The first new day

Finally, Saturday arrived.

I woke up early, much earlier than usual, I could hear birds singing and even feel the "feeling of the sun" it seems that luck was on my side today.

I was finally going to say to Liss that I liked her.

I was scared, very scared, but I knew I was in a race against time, that didn't stop worries from attacking my head tho. It's not like I've never proposed, hell, it was like 7 months when I told Selena that I liked her, even so, no matter how many times you do, you just never get used to it and this was no different if not worse.

Even if now we talk very little, Liss is still my best friend, is not something that i want to lose, but I know that if I am going to propose to her, things are going to change between us.

And that Scares me more that I could imagine.

Even so, it was too early to worry, literally. the clock barely showed that it was 5:30 AM, even if I was in a hurry, I knew that maybe I had woken up a little too early.

"So... what to do?" I said looking at my messy room.

My room was the smallest in the house, not because my parents decided it or something, they wanted to give me the most big actually but I said them that I like it this one. I always liked tight or small places, I liked that everything was "at my hand" to say, also, from here I had a perfect view of Liss's house. When we were little we wrote in notebooks or threw balls of paper at each other to get each other's attention so that was a plus to want to be here.

"Well, I was always the one who threw the papers..." I thought to myself, laughing to myself at the memories.

Memories.

Lately that was all I had from Liss, what had happened these last 2 years could hardly be called communication or even friendship. We didn't look at each other and when we talked more than a conversation it was like talking to an automatic responder who only knew how to say "yes" or "no".

Still, I tried to put those thoughts out of my mind, I didn't need to think about the past, my mind was made up, I was going to her that I liked her, whatever happens, this would be my first step to fix or change our relationship.

Taking one last look at my bed I decided better to go eat something, my cooking skills were nothing to write home about, but at this time my parents were probably still sleeping so I didn't really have a choice but my plans collapsed the moment I heard a slam on the other side of the door, apparently there was someone on the other side and I hadn't even noticed, whatever was blocking the door moved and when I was finally able to opened it I found out that it was my little sister who was now massaging her head due to my blow.

"Oops, I didn't hit you too hard, did I? I didn't expect you to be outside my door, or rather, to be awake so early." I said to my younger sister for just a few months who was now looking at me angry. "Why are you here? if you needed something you could have knocked on my door you know?"

"I just arrived, I didn't even touch it when you slapped me withe the door" she said calming herself to now look inside my room "I'm the surprised one, what are you doing up so early? normally you wake up like, I don't know, 9:00 PM?"

"ha ha, funny, today I have things to do so I wanted to wake up early" I said sarcastically to her. "Still, it seems I really woke up too early, are Mom and Dad awake?"

"Dad? good joke, but Mom is awake, she was going to make me breakfast, let's go downstairs and ask her to make you an egg or something."

With that interaction, we went down the stairs. My sister, Sophie Thompson who had finally turned 18 after several years of the pain of "I'm a grow up woman, I can go out with friends without having to tell you!" now enjoyed her days in peace, she had decided to take this year off to rest and then she would start looking for a job. apparently she never wanted to go to college, my parents were always pretty cool about us, as long as we could survive it was all ok. As for our relationship, well, she and I knew that I was my parents' favorite, I thought that this would make her hate me while we were growing up, but before my doubts she proved me otherwise.

If one word could describe my sister it would be "responsibility" since she was the spitting image of this and, despite the fact that my parents never gave her the same attention as me, she never blamed me, or hated me, and apparently, like my parents, she felt this need to "protect" me too.

she pushed away any girls i got along with and absolutely hated anyone who came near me saying always "You are very naive, I know that if a girl proposes to you, you will go out with her right away, but you will only be allowed to go out with the girl that I choose for you"

yeah, she was that type of sister, the one who believes that my life belongs to her and that she is responsible for me, even so, she has always been kind to me so I have never had a complaint other than that she overprotects me too much. Now As for her physique, well... she brought our mother's curves along with an straight long black hair that only made her stand out. Unlike my eyes who where a soft dark green, her eyes were dark brown and her face, although beautiful, showed confidence in herself a little too much. Her breasts were nothing to highlight, much smaller than our mother's, I would say Bs I guess? but if something was unique about her it was that big ass of hers. Not only was it big, no, but it was the definition of a perfect bubble butt, it was a work of art from God and she knew it, she always tried to wear clothes that defined the curves of her body, right now the tight pants she had on hers only showed her figure so well that it was impossible for me not to look down at her. I knew it was wrong to look at my sister that way, but after all I was a man and I always liked to admire art.

I'll just pretend it was my instincts that **** me to see her body that way and move on.

Lost in my thoughts and my sister ass we quickly arrived at the table and sat next to each other, we spoke little but we really got along, you could say that the reason why we spoke little was because we got along well.

"Oh? Erik, are you awake too? Sophie, you should have told me! Do you mind having some toast with eggs for breakfast?"

At mom's commentary Sophie smiled at me with an "I told you!" look.

"No problem Mom, although if you want to do something that takes more time I don't have a problem with it either, I woke up too early and now I really have too much time in my hands" I told my mother who was in the kitchen finishing cooking Sophie's food.

As I was still thinking about my sister's ass, I couldn't help but look at my mother's while she was cooking quietly, it wasn't a bad butt or anything, it's just that Sophie's ass was a too high bar to pass, almost to the point that comparing them just sounded unfair, Even so, my mother's ass was quite large and well toned thanks to her frequent outings, her figure was more slender, noticing a bit the years that she had on top of her. but if anything brought age- erm, experience, it was her big bust, it wasn't "perfect" like Sophie's ass (yes, I'll keep mentioning it because it's REALLY a work of art) but it was BIG. Massive if I had to say, I'm sure I could stick my hand between them and still be hidden, my father really did have an eye for women, not to mention that as long as she wasn't angry she was an angel personified, Her black hair, like my sister's, differed from her thanks to the fact that she wore it a little short, apparently my mother never liked long hair "a lot of trouble" she said and I can respect that (without saying that it looked very stylized).

Oh, right. I didn't say her age right? well be prepared because she was... 54. yup, she was, well, lets say experienced in the game called life. I'm surprised how well she is for her age, hopefully I'll at least get the right genes from her.

"So where will you go?" Asked Mom from the kitchen "If you need money you can ask your father later and in case you want to invite someone tell me in advance to be or leave you two some time alone."

Ignoring my mother's possible accusations, I looked at my sister who was smiling from side to side because of my mother's overprotectiveness. if only she knew that she is identical to her if not worse.

"I thought about hanging out with my friends and if possible, telling Liss to come with me, we haven't talked lately, right? That's why I thought it would be a good time to invite her" I said lying like nothing, at this point I was used to it, partly it was because I didn't want them to find out how I was treated at the school that they tried so hard to put me and also because it was quite embarrassing.

my mother took my words and returned to concentrate on her kitchen and with that short interaction I waited for breakfast to arrive and once it arrived, my sister and I began to eat. Apparently she waited for me to start eating, she always tries to annoy me, but moments like these make her look more like an older sister than a younger one.

The breakfast was delicious and seeing that it was only going to be 6 o'clock, I decided to clean the dishes today and once I was ready I began to wait a little longer, sitting down to watch TV in the living room, Liss and her mother were usually up a little after 7 AM so I figured waiting half an hour would be enough time not to disturb them.

Time passed and passed, I don't even remember what I watched on television, the closer the moment was, the more worried I was. It's not like I'll come to her house, knock on Liss's door and say "I like you, please she go out with me!" I was dumb but not that dumb, I thought about spending a good time with her, maybe go out or something and then confess at a hopeful good moment.

Trying not to think too much about things that hasn't happened yet, I said goodbye to my mother and took a deep breath before opening the front door.

the breath that I took quickly escaped my lungs, I thanked heaven that I had not gone out drinking something because otherwise I would have spit it all out at that moment. In front of me was Liss who, when she saw me, gave me a big smile.

"Erik! You finally woke up, a little too early today, no?" she said with a voice so happy that I'm sure I've never heard her use it.

Not only her voice, but her words were as strange as the face that maybe I was making.

"Liss? what, uh, what are you doing here? Did something happened? you needed my Mom?" I said confused, I wasn't prepared to see her so early, or rather, find her outside my house so my mind was going at a hundred.

"Hmm? Ooh, no, sorry if you're worried, I just really wanted to see you! we're friends right? It shouldn't be weird to want to see you today or any day really"

The words that come out of her mouth only confused me more, I mean, we got along well, more than once I will had appeared at her house without warning her so it wasn't that weird, but something for some reason didn't make sense, yet I wasn't able to see what it was.

"Um, of course, did you just arrive? If so, it's funny, I just wanted to go see you and I was thinking of going to your house." I said calming down a bit and speaking now more relaxed.

"Ah, no, actually I got here around 5" She said happily as if what she had said was something not only common, but also funny "But... you wanted to see me? hehe... oh Erik... you know can go whenever you want..."

ignoring the last part I couldn't help but take all my attention to her first words.

"At 5?! But! if that's the case, why didn't you knock on the door? It's cold today, you must have been freezing out here!"

I inadvertently raised my voice a little before Liss, it was out of concern obviously, but due to the little we had talked about I thought that maybe she could take it badly, I hoped it wouldn't be like that.

Liss's reaction to my words was again weird, or strange? or maybe both at this point, I don't think I've ever seen such a face, happiness? she was definitely smiling, but I think even that would fall short, it was bizarre how happy she was, I think that even people who have won the lottery have been less "happy" than her.

Even so, her tone did not change, she still had that sweet tone in her voice.

"Silly, how could I knock on the door so early? I could have woken you up! still, thank you so much for caring so much about me... you really are wonderful... Erik..." She said while touching my face with her hands only to walk away the moment she touched me coming to her senses apparently.

...

.....

…...OK? Was she always like this? I don't know why but something weird was happening to her today.

But I had to get out of my thoughts, her hands were cold, even if she said it was fine if she continued like this she could catch a cold or something worse.

"Um, I understand...? Well, not really, but you're freezing, do you want to come in while you're here?"

"Oh, thank you very much, but no, I really came here to invite you to my house, as I said I wanted to see you so I prepared some things, do you want to come? Otherwise, no problem, you decide."

Her words, although sweet, felt strange, I couldn't quite understand what it was, but they definitely sounded... too kind? sweet? something between those lines, even so, she was really frozen and seeing that she apparently would not enter my house, the best solution for her was for me to go to hers.

She was acting kind of strange, no, quite strange, but in her own way it was cute, once our path was decided she quickly grabbed my hand and started walking, was she always this proactive? I mean, it felt like things were going in my favor but I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, maybe she had a twin sister with the same name?

Even so Liss acted quite happy, walking at a safe but slow step, enjoying the trip I suppose, even so the way she held my hand was not soft at all, she did not squeeze me but she definitely did not want to let go.

Normally Liss, although she knew how to carry on a conversation, was quite shy to speak, it was something that we both had alike, but it seems she only acted like that at school? at least her acting now was completely different from her "usual self" I think that was a good way to define it.

My thoughts were again interrupted when I got to the door of her house, it wasn't a long trip, we were neighbors, but I couldn't help feeling that it was a very long journey to get here, it had literally been years since the last time I was here, will Liss's mother be alright? probably she told her that I was coming, anyway I remember that she disappear quite early to go shopping or something for which there was a possibility that she was not there.

Liss knocked on the door, I guess because she left without her keys or something and although it was short, a few seconds of discomfort passed on my part. I could see the big smile on Liss's face as she hummed a song seeing that the discomfort was only felt by me, but almost as if she was waiting, the seconds ended quickly with the sound of the door opening.

my eyes widened, I'm sure Lucia, Liss's mother said something to me, a greeting or maybe to come in, whatever it was went in one ear and out the other.

And how could I pay attention? Lucia, a woman as beautiful as my mother if not much younger than her, stood in front of me, looking down the street in what I could only describe as an ultra micro bikini. I'm sure that being naked would probably cover more than what she was wearing and that even a whore would feel embarrassed, even so, her gaze didn't show the slightest bit of embarrassment, what's more, the moment I raised my gaze to her face I could even see pride in her eyes.

This brought me back to reality, or, to the dream that I was probably having. I was finally able to hear the words that were coming out of her lips or rather, understand what those sounds from before meant.

"Don't you want to come in? It's very cold outside" she said in a very kind voice only to say next "although if you want to continue looking there is no problem with that, but maybe it could be better inside where is not so cold?"

Her voice was the definition of sweetness, looking at me like I was a baby, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed looking at her so I looked away.

"Y-yeah! I—eh, will! yeah!" I said in the stupidest voice I've ever heard, I mean, really? I'm sure that my voice cracked in the middle of that sentence.

Before I could even take a step towards the house or rather Lucia, who was blocking the door, I felt Liss's pull on my hand again, I had even forgotten that we were holding hands. Could it be that she was angry? whatever was happening here wasn't really my fault, her mother's breasts were practically greeting me at this point.

Still, I can't say that I wasn't afraid of how Liss would react, seeing her mother's bare breasts (yes, bare, again I don't know if those clothes can be called clothes in the first place) was not a "first" impression that I wanted to give her after not see each other for so long. but the moment I saw her face my fears disappeared as fast as they appeared, her calm and happy expression really made me wonder if I really was in a dream, maybe this was the other world? How could it be that she wasn't worried about how her mother was dressed? Was it common in the house? Did Liss dress the same?

my mind was RUNNING, trying to process, understand what was happening around me, but I didn't have time for it, Liss cheerfully guided me to the couch in the living room and practically **** me to sit there with the phrase "I'll be right back~".

There, sitting on the couch, I looked around me, the house was brilliant with how clean it was, everything around me was incredibly clean, it seemed as if the house had been delivered yesterday, many objects that I remembered from the living room were gone such as some pictures and photos. My mind didn't have much time to wander, because although I initially thought that Lucia, Liss's mother was just going to open the door for us to... get dressed. She quickly sat next to me on the couch as if it were nothing and started talking to me.

"So how have you been Erik? forgive me for not having spoken to you for so long, you have done so much for Liss and I never even went to visit you, really, something must have been very wrong with me" she said sounding guilty as if she had committed some kind of crime only to then grab my hands and **** me to see her again "But don't worry, now I'll do things right... forgive me... please forgive me and give me another chance, I will prove to you"

Lucia said looking at me with such **** that I couldn't help but feel pressured, what the hell was she talking about? she was always kind and sweet to me, I would even say she was too sweet to her own good, but now she was no different than an abandoned dog, trembling in her hands, as if I was going to throw her away.

Seeing her face I couldn't help but respond with the same seriousness to her words.

"ma'am, I have never thought of you as someone who needs to prove something to me, you are the mother of my best friend, if someone had to thank you it should be me for raising her so well" With this and trying to change the so heavy subject I went to answer her first question "As for how I've been, I've been pretty good, today somehow things have been a little weird, but I got to see Liss and spend some time with her, we haven't talked in a while so this was in my favor" Noticing that I left her out, I quickly added "and of course, your presence is something that I have also enjoyed"

Changing her guilty face to a happy smile I could see how a tear fell from her eye, was she really crying? Could it be that Liss's mom had depression? such volatile changes of emotion was not something I was used to.

Could Liss have told her about how I was treated at school? was that the reason for her clothes? her guilt? If that was the reason, well, the truth is that it made me quite sad, or rather, embarrassed, I didn't want anyone to know but Liss went to the same school as me, it wasn't something that could be avoided.

Even so, probably due to her change of mood to a more cheerful one, I could not help looking at her body again, her swimsuit now literally covered nothing since she had moved and her nipples were completely exposed to me, she could see my obvious look, but instead of getting angry she took her hands under her breasts and pushed them up to give me a better view.

"I'm sorry, I said that I would do better for you, but despite wanting to see my body I **** you to focus on my face, I really have a lot to learn" With those phrases and stretching back, now with a completely captivating look, she slightly opened her legs "Don't worry, look at me, you can look at me whenever you like, if you want a specific position you just have to tell me or maybe you want to touch me? if so..." Reaching out her hand grabbed mine and guided it to her chest for me to touch "does it feel good?"

halfway through her words my brain short-circuited again, I thought that maybe she was like that because she felt guilty for not being able to do anything against my bullying, but this was already another level, was I teleported in the middle of the night to another world?

"Erik, I'm back" said a voice behind me and my surprise was so great that I accidentally squeezed the chest that I had in my hand with a little much ****, Lucia's voice came out of her lips and turned into a very clear moan.

Fuck.

Was it really all going to end here? How the hell was I going to be able to explain the situation? "I'm sorry Liss, your mother asked me to look at her and touch her, but I came here to say that I like you and want you to be my girlfriend!" if I was able to say that with a straight face I should probably start my acting career, with shame in me and quite harassed by all the weird things happening around me I turned to look at Liss only to realize that now she was wearing the same bikini as Lucia only that hers was pink.

and translucent.

"Liss? w-what, what the fuck is going on here!" unable to take it anymore I finally talked about the elephant in the room, really what the hell was going on here? Nobody was really going to explain to me why not only Lucia, but Liss were in bikinis?

I stood up from the soft sofa only for Liss to stop me again, placing herself in front of me, her body was beautiful just as I thought, she was not a fan of wearing tight clothes so I could rarely appreciate her figure like now.

"Just as I thought, you must be confused, this shows that I really know about you Erik" Liss said confidently and then sat next to me, thus having Liss on one side and Lucia on the other "but don't worry, I'll explain, I'll tell you everything Erik, I know it was going to sound crazy, that's why I "asked" my mother to help me" she said and then looked at Lucia "isn't that right?"

"Yes, please explain everything to him, Erik, my daughter has something very important to confess to you, but don't worry, you will understand everything just as I did." Lucia said happily next to me only to then, out of nowhere, see how Liss separated from me to go slap her in the face.

"Liss?" I said worried seeing what she had just done, but her look who that until now was the definition of calm and happiness showed a fierce look, as if she had heard something horrible.

To say that she looked furious would be an understatement, her face was red with rage and she was looking at her mother on the floor with disdain.

who... who was the girl in front of me?

"How the hell dare you say that I will treat Erik the same way I treat you? Do you think I would do something to Erik? change him? How the hell did that thought enter you? It seems that I was very soft with you "mother" you still don't understand the gravity of what you just said, NEVER think about changing Erik. He is perfect, I, we are the ones that must change for him, not the other way around, have I made myself clear?"

"yes... yes, I'm sorry! I don't know why I said that! i-it seems that I really haven't been able to understand everything yet... forgive me, please, forgive me! I'll be better" Lucia said submissively before the now angry Liss.

"That's the biggest problem... Do you know why I'm angry? disappointed? I'm your daughter, you can tell me anything, treat me however, but right now you insulted Erik, right now you said that he had to "change" to understand us, do you understand what you did?" Liss crouched down to be level with her mother whose cheek was reddish from the slap "you just let him down"

Finishing that word, Liss stood next to my feet, waiting, looking at me with the same happiness as when I entered, with a sweet and kind face that contrasted with the look of her mother who was now trembling looking at nothing with tears in her eyes.

What the hell... what the hell was going on here?

Who... who was this girl that was at my feet?

Sometimes it was Liss and sometimes it wasn't Liss, I had tried to avoid thinking about it all, but now I was sure, my brain was telling me over and over again that something was wrong, but now I finally understood something that it almost sounded obvious.

This girl was not Liss.

"Did I... disappoint him? I... insulted him...? I... I..." Ignoring my words, I could hear the trembling voice of Lucia, who was on the floor to my right, whispering to herself.

her voice sometimes raised in tone, sometimes it calmed down, sometimes she would ask herself the question more than once and other times her voice would not come out.

It was a terrifying sight, like a broken toy, like a broken record, like an abandoned pet, like a broken instrument the cycle repeated over and over again, shaking, crying to herself.

the sight seemed like it wasn't going to change and I finally realized that I could move, I was so stupefied that I had almost forgotten how to breathe, quickly and somewhat abruptly I leaned towards Lucia to take her hand trying to help her, only for her to move it away from me at the same speed as I touched her.

finally she moved her gaze out of nowhere and looked at me, first with surprise, as if she had forgotten that I was there, and then she began to tremble and slowly, as if I were going to attack her, she lowered her head before me.

"I...I...I'm sorry...I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I... forgive me please, forgive me... forgive me...! Please... I... I'll never do it again! What should I do to ask for your forgiveness? I... I...!"

And just like a cornered animal stretching out her hands with her head still bowed, Lucia began to ask for mercy at my feet.

what the hell had happened in this house? What the hell did Li... no, this thing did to Lucia? What's more, who was now at my feet... was Lucia in the first place?

I didn't know, I didn't understand anything, but whatever it was, what was happily by my side waiting for me was dangerous, even I could realize it, despite that Liss still looked at me with that clear and sweet smile talking to me again.

"You shouldn't be so soft with her Erik, when someone does something wrong, they should be punished, right? she insulted you, so you have every right to be mad at her, ah, but If you don't want to punish her, you just have to ask me, if it is difficult for you, I will do it" said the being next to me sounding worried.

How... how was such words possible after what she had just done? was she crazy? no, did she even understand what madness meant in the first place?

I wanted to yell at her for leaving Lucia in such a state, but fear dominated me, I knew that whatever it was she could eliminate me as if it I were nothing, no, less than nothing.

Even so, Lucia's trembling made me pay attention to her again, I was afraid to even stop looking at Liss, but raising Lucia's hand, I spoke softly.

"Lucia, look at me and if not then listen to me, I'm not angry, I'm not upset, if you don't believe me look up and listen to my voice, I..." I didn't know what to add, how could I calm her down? While I was trying to think of a solution, the words that "Liss" said appeared in my mind and now surely I said "I forgive you Lucia, you don't have to worry about anything, you're free"

Like a spell, Lucia's hands stopped trembling and her face returned to the color it always had, her cheek was still red from the slap, but her gaze came back to life. "d-did you forgive me? you... did you forgive me? even though I said such an insult? really?"

happiness returned to her face and she sweetly hugged me, the scene would have been perfect if it hadn't been for the detail of the girl who was on my other side, a sigh from her was enough to make me remember the situation in which I was.

"Really... you had every right to get angry and punish her and you still forgave her... really, you're so amazing Erik! I knew it would be impossible to me to be like you, but you always go beyond my expectations" Liss said now happy and almost proud as she walked to Lucia's side, I wanted to protect her, but fear **** me to stay still, even so my gaze towards her was now anything but kind, even so Liss now touched with kindness her mother's cheek "are you not happy mother? Do you now understand His greatness? Erik is that amazing."

Lucia, with the same happiness as Liss, nodded to her words and then joined her hands with Liss's "We really... we don't deserve it, no, just like you said my daughter, nobody really deserves it, we must be better, we must really be able to be with him"

"Mother... you really manage to understand me, but don't worry, making mistakes is normal, we're not perfect like him, we make mistakes, so what we have to do is be quiet and listen to him... although of course, I haven't explained the whole situation to him yet, It's still hard for me to understand, but... right now I must look really bad and crazy in front of you, isn't that right Erik?" Liss said, quite aware of the situation she was in now.

I looked at the girl, at both girls who were now crouched together, trying to look at me from below, noticing how uncomfortable the pose was and seeing that my words would probably come to loose ears, I decided to return to the sofa. Whatever it was, "Liss" apparently wasn't planning to attack me, if half of what she said was true it probably wouldn't be a problem even if she spoke to her so I did.

"You... who are you?"

"I am Liss, your best friend"

"...No, you're not Liss, don't lie to me"

"No! I would never lie to you!" she said while I saw her worried for the first time "I mean... the truth is that I'm not just Liss... Erik, could you listen to me? You don't have to be so uptight please, I would never hurt you, I would kill myself first before to even think about it, you can talk to me, you can yell at me if you want, but you don't need to be afraid of me.... please"

Her voice, as clipped as Lucia's when she was in that state, finally **** me to let go a bit, whatever it was, apparently she really wasn't planning to hurt me "What happened? where is Liss? No, what did you do to Liss? please tell me... I don't understand anything"

Happy that I finally spoke to her calmly again Liss smiled at me and her mother and then approached me crawling, I had forgotten the clothes they were wearing so it was quite difficult for me to keep my eyes on them, even in this situation I acted So stupid, there really was something wrong with me.

"Erik... thank you... I promise I'll tell you everything, Erik, I hope that once you understand everything you can understand this happiness" Liss said, finally letting go of her posture and then getting up and walking towards the door, there, stretching out her arms, she looked at me happily and said "happiness awaits you Erik, I promise, no, I swear to help you, I will make this life that you have an incomparable dream"

"What are you talking about?"

"Hehe~ of your new day of your new life of course!"

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finally a new chapter, normally i write my chapters in the same day, but for this one it took me too long because of this horrible thing called reality. My aunt fell into the hospital, so things around here have been pretty crazy, barely having free time, for the same reason the rest of the chapters will take a little more time, I thought I would finish my first arc in 2 or 3 months but it might take longer (yes, arc).

even so, I hope you enjoy the chapter and look forward to the rest!