As Sukuna in Invincible-Chapter 52: Relax

The dimensional energy continued to pulse across the sky in eerie waves of green light as Sukuna and Eve soared above the clouds, leaving the chaos of the city far behind.

They flew side by side, Eve propelled by her pink molecular energy while Sukuna used his newly integrated smart atoms to keep pace with effortless precision.

"Are you certain this is wise?" Eve asked, glancing over at him with a mixture of concern and excitement in her eyes. "With Emperor Mark actively hunting for you, perhaps we should remain at the facility."

Sukuna's lips quirked slightly. "The Emperor has no intention of forcing a confrontation until after sunset. It's a psychological tactic, designed to make me choose to come to him willingly."

"And you know this how?" Eve pressed, executing a playful barrel roll around him as they flew, her momentary joy breaking through her scientific demeanor.

"Because it's what I would do," Sukuna replied simply. "And despite his differences, he thinks as I would. As Megumi would. Strategy over brute force. Patience over impulse."

Eve couldn't argue with that logic. If anyone could read the Emperor's playbook, it would be Sukuna.

Still, the thought of deliberately leaving the safety of the GDA facility made her stomach flutter with anxiety that had nothing to do with her aerial maneuvers.

But they had to, the privacy was necessary from the Marks, other Eve, Nolan, Debbies and Uncle Kenji.

"Besides," Sukuna continued, his tone softening slightly, "we've been in crisis mode since this whole merger began. A brief respite will sharpen our minds, not dull them."

"Well, this is new," Eve smiled despite her concerns. "I used to practically have to drag you away from training. When did you start advocating for breaks?"

"Perhaps I've learned to value certain... distractions," he replied, his eyes meeting hers with an intensity that made her nearly drop a few feet in altitude.

They continued flying in comfortable silence, the world spreading out beneath them like a patchwork quilt gone wrong.

The dimensional merger had created a landscape that defied all natural laws - mountain ranges that shouldn't exist alongside familiar landmarks, rivers flowing in impossible patterns, forests and deserts existing side by side.

Eve suddenly banked sharply to the east, picking up speed. "Race you there!" she called over her shoulder, her scientific composure momentarily forgotten in a burst of playfulness.

Sukuna didn't respond verbally, but the subtle acceleration of his flight was answer enough.

He kept pace easily, his control over his newly integrated smart atoms allowing him to match her most complex aerial maneuvers without visible effort.

"We're almost there," Eve announced as they began their descent, passing through a layer of clouds that scattered like pink-tinged cotton candy around her energy field.

Below them, a hidden valley revealed itself - a secret paradise nestled between two mountain ranges that had somehow survived the dimensional upheaval intact.

A crystal-clear lake shimmered at its center, fed by a waterfall that cascaded down from the surrounding cliffs.

The shoreline was ringed with wildflowers in impossible hues, their colors almost painfully vibrant.

"I discovered this location several months ago," Eve explained as they landed gently on a small, grassy promontory overlooking the lake.

"It's become my sanctuary, my place to think when everything becomes overwhelming. You're the first person I've ever brought here."

Sukuna surveyed the valley with appreciative eyes, noting the perfect isolation, the natural beauty, the strategic value of a location unknown to others. "It's... suitable," he said, which from him was practically a standing ovation.

"Such enthusiasm!" Eve laughed, her formal demeanor slipping again as she gently nudged his shoulder. "Try not to strain yourself with all that excessive praise."

The corner of Sukuna's mouth twitched in what might have been amusement. "It's beautiful," he amended, his voice carrying a sincerity that made Eve's smile widen.

From a small pocket dimension she had created with her molecular manipulation, Eve produced a blanket and a basket containing food and drink - a picnic prepared hastily before their departure from the GDA facility.

"I apologize for the simplicity," she said, spreading the blanket on the grass with a flick of her powers. "Just some sandwiches and fruit. And wine, because I thought we could use it after everything we've experienced."

"It's more than adequate," Sukuna replied, seating himself on the blanket with fluid grace.

They ate in comfortable silence for a while, watching the play of light on the lake's surface. The dimensional energy in the sky cast strange, shifting patterns across the water, creating an otherworldly light show that was both beautiful and slightly unsettling.

"Do you remember our first date?" Eve asked suddenly, breaking the silence. "At that Thai restaurant after we secured the quantum module?"

Sukuna nodded, the memory clear despite everything that had happened since. "You were nervous," he observed. "Your molecular control was fluctuating. The silverware vibrated when you picked it up."

"Was it that obvious?" Eve laughed, a slight blush coloring her cheeks. "And here I thought I was maintaining perfect composure."

"To most, it wouldn't have been noticeable," Sukuna assured her. "But I observe carefully."

"Sometimes too carefully," Eve teased, pouring them each a glass of wine. "Like how you pretended not to notice me studying your movements for weeks before that."

"I noticed," Sukuna confirmed, accepting the glass. "I simply saw no reason to acknowledge it."

"And now?" Eve asked, her voice taking on a more serious tone. "Do you regret acknowledging it? Acknowledging me?"

Sukuna studied her for a moment, his expression thoughtful. "No," he said finally, the single word carrying more weight than a lengthy declaration might have from someone else.

"Good answer," Eve smiled, clinking her glass against his.

They fell into easy conversation about simpler times - training sessions with Mark, Eve's laboratory experiments that occasionally yielded unexpected results,

quiet evenings spent discussing everything from quantum physics to philosophical questions about the nature of the world

For a brief, precious time, they were just two people enjoying each other's company, the apocalyptic scenario unfolding across the world temporarily forgotten.

As the sun began its descent toward the horizon, casting long shadows across their private valley, Eve's expression grew more serious.

"What's your plan?" she asked directly, setting down her wine glass. "For the Mad Emperor? For this dimensional merger. For all of it."

Sukuna was silent for a long moment, his gaze fixed on the distant waterfall. "I would prefer to keep that to myself for now," he said finally.

Eve's eyes narrowed instantly, her scientist brain switching to full analysis mode. "It's dangerous, isn't it?" she said, her formal demeanor giving way to emotional directness.

"Whatever you're planning - it's something incredibly risky. Something you don't want to tell me because you know I'll object."

"Eve-" Sukuna began, but she cut him off.

"No, don't 'Eve' me with that tone," she said, pink energy flaring briefly around her hands as her emotions took control.

"I know you too well now. I can read between the lines. You're planning something self-sacrificial, aren't you?"

Sukuna's expression remained impassive, but his silence was answer enough.

"Damn it, Megumi!" Eve rarely used his original name, saving it for moments when her emotions overwhelmed her careful scientific demeanor.

"After everything we've been through, you still think you need to face things alone? That's not how this works - not how we work!"

"Some battles cannot be shared," Sukuna replied, his voice calm despite her outburst.

"That's completely unacceptable and you know it," Eve responded, rising to her feet as her composure fractured further. "We're stronger together. Whatever plan you've devised, whatever you're facing - let me help. Let me be there."

Sukuna stood as well, looking down at her with those intense eyes that always made her feel like he was seeing straight through to her soul. "It's not a question of strength," he said quietly. "It's a question of necessity."

"Necessity?" Eve repeated incredulously. "Is it 'necessary' to keep me in the dark? To make decisions that affect both of us without even consulting me?"

"If those decisions protect you, yes," Sukuna stated firmly.

These words themselves still surprised Sukuna that they fell off his tongue. He, the once cruel, aloof, tyrannical king, who ruled the Heian Era with an iron fist stating something so... soft. Gentle.

He understood that this was love - this was being in love, a feeling he had never experienced previously in any of his lives.

He still couldn't understand how people could stand it, to care so much for another, and yet, he still liked it.

It was a pleasure that was akin to a seasoning that was applicable to any food, for whenever he was with Eve, wherever it was, he felt incredible joy.

"I don't need protection!" Eve's voice rose, her frustration evident as small objects around them began to float in response to her agitated molecular control.

"I need partnership. I need you to understand that whatever happens to you happens to me too, because that's what it means to be together!"

Sukuna was silent for a moment, studying her with an unreadable expression. Then, with uncharacteristic gentleness, he reached out to touch her face.

"Trust me," he said simply, the words both a request and a promise.

Eve's anger deflated visibly. "That's not fair," she whispered, leaning into his touch despite herself. "You know I trust you more than anyone."

"Then trust that whatever I do, whatever plan I execute, it will be with one purpose above all others," Sukuna continued, his voice low and intense. "To ensure your survival. Your future."

His continued existence as well of course, but continued existence is not the same as not dying.

Death has after all never truly earned him.

"I don't want a future without you in it," Eve replied, her voice cracking slightly. "Don't you understand that by now?"

Instead of answering with words, Sukuna leaned down, capturing her lips with his own.

The kiss was gentle at first, almost tentative, but quickly deepened into something more urgent, more desperate.

Eve responded immediately, her arms wrapping around his neck, pulling him closer as if she could somehow keep him safe through sheer physical proximity.

The pink energy that constantly surrounded Eve intensified, enveloping them both in a cocoon of molecular manipulation that responded to her emotional state.

The world around them seemed to fade away, leaving only this moment, this connection between them.

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When they finally separated, both slightly breathless, Eve's eyes were shining with unshed tears and fierce determination. "Promise me," she demanded. "Promise me you'll come back to me, no matter what your plan entails."

Sukuna hesitated, which was unlike him, he pushed any doubts away, "I promise,"

She immediately met him with another kiss at the reassurance, deeper and more insistent than the first. This time, there was no gentleness, only raw need and desire that swept away all other considerations.

They sank back onto the blanket together, hands exploring with urgent precision.

Eve's fingers traced the contours of Sukuna's chest, feeling the musculature beneath his skin, while his hands moved to the small of her back, pulling her closer against him.

Their bodies pressed together, separated only by the increasingly inconvenient barrier of clothing.

Sukuna's lips moved from hers to trace a path along her jawline, then down the sensitive skin of her neck, drawing a soft gasp from Eve as he found a particularly responsive spot. Her hands tangled in his hair, guiding him as her head tilted back to grant him better access.

With deliberate slowness, he began to remove her clothing, piece by piece, his eyes never leaving hers as each new expanse of skin was revealed.

Eve's breath caught in her throat at the intensity of his gaze, the raw hunger there balanced by something deeper, something that spoke of possession and protection in equal measure.

When she was fully bared to him, she reached for his clothes with trembling hands, her usual scientific precision abandoned in favor of urgent need.

He helped her, his movements efficient where hers were clumsy with desire, until they were skin to skin, nothing between them but the charged air and the soft glow of Eve's molecular energy.

"You're beautiful," Sukuna murmured, the rare compliment making Eve's heart race even faster.

She pulled him down to her, their bodies aligning perfectly as they had so many times before, yet somehow different now - more desperate, more meaningful, as if both sensed that this moment might be precious beyond measure.

Their coupling was intense from the first movement, Eve's back arching as Sukuna entered her with a single fluid motion that drew a cry from her lips.

Her hands clutched at his shoulders, nails digging into his skin as he established a rhythm that quickly had her gasping his name.

The molecular energy surrounding them pulsed with each movement, responding to Eve's pleasure in waves of pink light that rippled outward across the valley.

Flowers bloomed spontaneously around their blanket, grass grew inches in seconds, and the very air seemed to shimmer with the force of her unconscious manipulation.

Sukuna's control was perfect, his movements precisely calibrated to bring Eve the maximum pleasure, his own release held in check through sheer force of will.

He watched her face with intense focus, noting each reaction, each shift in her expression as he adjusted his angle, his depth, his speed.

Eve's scientific mind was completely overwhelmed by sensation, all her careful analysis abandoned as her body responded to his with increasing urgency.

Her powers flared with each surge of pleasure, creating small molecular distortions in the air around them that refracted light in impossible patterns.

When her climax finally came, it was with an intensity that momentarily disrupted her control completely.

A wave of pink energy exploded outward from her body, causing the lake below to briefly ripple in perfect concentric circles and the flowers around them to suddenly grow to three times their normal size.

Sukuna followed her over the edge moments later, his own release accompanied by a subtle pulse of cursed energy that merged with her molecular field, creating an ethereal display of intertwined power that lit up the valley like a miniature aurora.

They remained joined for several long moments afterward, both breathing heavily, Eve's body still trembling with aftershocks as Sukuna held her close.

When he finally moved to lie beside her, she immediately curled against him, her head finding its familiar place on his chest.

They lay together in comfortable silence, Eve's head resting on Sukuna's chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heartbeat.

The sun had nearly set, painting the sky in shades of orange and purple that mingled strangely with the green dimensional energy still pulsing overhead.

"We should return soon," Sukuna said softly, his fingers tracing idle patterns along Eve's spine. "Sunset approaches."

Eve nodded but made no move to rise. "Just a few more minutes," she murmured, her eyes closed as she savored the moment. "The world can end without us for a little longer."

Sukuna didn't argue, content to grant her this small request. As they lay there in comfortable silence, his enhanced senses detected something that gave him pause - a subtle change in Eve's molecular structure, a shift so slight that even she herself likely hadn't noticed it yet.

A new energy signature, tiny but distinct, had formed within her. A spark of life, created from their union, already beginning its journey toward becoming something more. An impossibility made possible through the merger of two extraordinary beings.

Sukuna's hand moved almost unconsciously to rest protectively over Eve's abdomen, though he said nothing of what he had detected.

This knowledge, this unexpected development, would remain his secret for now - one more reason to ensure that whatever happened in the coming confrontation, Eve would survive it. That he would be there for her and what was going to come.

Something that will change his life forever.

As the last rays of sunlight disappeared behind the mountains, casting their valley into shadow, they reluctantly rose and prepared to return. The moment of peace was over; reality awaited.

"Are you ready?" Eve asked, her hand finding his as she gathered her molecular energy around herself, her composure restored now that they were returning to their responsibilities.

Sukuna nodded, his expression unreadable as always, but his grip on her hand firm and sure. His own energy flared as he activated his smart atoms for flight. "Ready."

Together, they rose into the darkening sky, flying side by side as they left their private paradise behind and headed back to face whatever fate awaited them. The dimensional energy pulsed more intensely now, as if sensing that the final act was about to begin.

Sunset had come. The Emperor would be waiting. And whatever plan Sukuna had formed would soon be put into action, for better or worse.

But no matter what happened next, a part of him would continue - unseen, unknown, but growing stronger with each passing moment within the woman who now flew beside him into the gathering darkness.

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(Author note: Hello everyone! I hope you all liked the Chapter!

Question, did that scene count as a lemon scene? I didn't use any explicit words, so I don't know. I'm not really familiar with the definition.

So yeah, do tell me how you found it, and do give me theories on what you think Sukuna's plan is.

Since this isn't just about the Emperor, but also the Merger. It's a concept I have already in someways hinted at in earlier Chapters. So do know that I won't pull something out of my behind.

Well, I hope to see you all later,

Bye!)