1 Beach

I immediately sat up. I'm in my room. In my own bed. I should be dead. What in the world is going on?

After my initial confusion, I looked up today's date. It turns out that after I was killed I went 10 years into the past. Joy flooded my body.

My name is Ben. I have hazel eyes and brown hair. My face is really pretty. Not handsome, pretty. I'm often confused as a girl because of it. I'm an orphan. My parents died the day after my 18th birthday. The me who was supposed to go to college no longer needed to. My parents were multimillionaires. They worked all the time, so I only saw them about once a year.

You could say I'm cold hearted or unfilial, but when they died I didn't feel much. Yes, I was sad, but not overwhelmingly so. Looking at the date, it seems that today is almost a week after their death. It's also exactly one month before the apocalypse.

Half of the population transformed into zombies overnight and animals mutated into creatures of myth. However, humans weren't completely helpless. We evolved too. Nearly every single person who survived developed a power. The power you obtained was very dependent on your own will. The stronger your will, the stronger your power would be.

I never awakened an ability, but considering I've gone back in time, I might've awakened it just before I died or I had already awakened it, but was unable to use it.

I have a month to prepare. I start searching for large pieces of land just outside the city. I found several locations, but one of them already had a large hangar built on it.

I contact the owner and buy it for 3 million USD. I draft up a contract that my company uses when they purchase land, in my name instead of my company's obviously, then send it to his agent.

Soon after that there's a knock on my door.

"Ben, are you up?" A sonorous voice resounded from behind the door.

"Yeah, come in." I replied.

The door opened and an attractive man walked in. He is 6'5" and muscular. He has a square jaw, a handsome face, piercing blue eyes that look like they were taken directly from the sky, and short black hair.

His name is Harold, aka Harry, and he's been my bodyguard for the past 4 years. He's 26, single, and doesn't have any family. That and his military background are the reasons he was hired by my parents.

He's also the reason a powerless person like me could survive 10 years in the apocalypse. He awakened an extremely powerful ability. Telekinesis. The ability to lift up houses with a single thought. That was when he had just awakened it though. Over 10 years of training, his abilities improved to the point where destroying a large city was entirely within his capabilities. I died because someone wanted to control him. They considered me an obstacle and eliminated me.

There is one major thing though. I love him. I realized I was in love with him when I was 15. I've never told him my feelings before. Even during the apocalypse, I never told him. He was extremely powerful and basically perfect. He deserves someone who can stand by his side and help him, not someone who can only drag him down. This time, I will tell him the truth though. I'll tell him how I feel. I'm not powerless anymore.

When he walked in, I couldn't control myself. My body shot towards him and I hugged him. I'm 5'8" so my head only comes up to his chin. I can feel tears running down my face and his body tense up before relaxing and wrapping his arms around me.

I don't know why I'm acting like this. Wait, maybe I do... I died... I almost never got to see him again... I almost never got to tell him how much I love him.

I squeeze tighter.

"I have something I need to tell you." I said in a voice that sounded as if it would break at any moment.

At this moment I looked up at him and stopped hugging him. I took a few steps back and looked down at the floor

"I like men." I said while staring at the floor. Too afraid to look up and see his face.

"I know." Harry said.

I quickly looked up at him. His expression was neutral.

"You have a bad habit of not clearing your history."

I felt my face heat up.

"I also know that you watch me working out."

I don't know what I look like right now, but I'm pretty sure my face was as red as an apple.

"Why didn't you say anything!?" I shouted out in embarrassment.

"I figured you would tell me when you're ready." Hardy replied with a smile. "Thank you for trusting me. I, myself, am actually bisexual. So if you ever need to talk, I'll be here." He turned around to leave then stopped at the door and turned around. "Breakfast is ready by the way." He left and shut the door.

I walked over to my bed, put my face into my pillow, and screamed. That was the most embarrassing moment of my entire life.

Wait a minute. Harry is bisexual, so does that mean I actually have a chance?

At that moment something appeared in my mind:

[The Perfect Husband System has awakened. Please work hard to become the best husband you can be.]

[Mission 1 - Give Your Lover A Massage

Mission 2 - Tell Your Lover How You Feel About Them

Mission 3 - Hold Hands With Your Lover]

[When you finish a mission, you will receive a reward and a new mission will be generated. Please do your best!]

What the hell. Is this my power? This is so embarrassing. What am I supposed to say my power is? I'll never tell anyone. Definitely. Maybe Harry though.

I change out of my pajamas and get dressed. Then I head downstairs to the dining room. I sit down in my usual spot. Harry takes the seat right beside me. We usually eat together, after all, eating by yourself is lonely.

Harry and I are the only ones who live in the mansion. The chef lives nearby, so he commutes and the cleaners are from a company I now own.

Once we finished eating, I told Harry that we would be going to the beach today. It was about 80 degrees out and will likely be the last time I can go there due to the animal mutations and zombies in the future, plus all of the preparation I'm about to begin.

Harry and I went to our respective rooms, put on our swimming trunks, and headed back downstairs. The car was already loaded up with an umbrella, beach blanket, towels, chairs, lunch, sunscreen, and I brought along a few books.

We made it to the beach and it wasn't too crowded as it was still early at around 9:30. We find a good spot and set everything up.

"Can you help put sunscreen on my back?" I asked Harry as I took off my shirt.

He nods and grabs the bottle of sunscreen. I laid down on the beach blanket. He squirts the sunscreen on my back and begins to rub it in. I can feel his rough and calloused hands running up and down my back.

Before I know it, I'm rock hard. Shit. I try to think about something else, but I can't. Every time he touches me, it feels as if electricity is flowing from his hands, pulling all of my attention.

"Alright. I'm done." Harry said as he takes off his shirt and begins to apply sunscreen to his body.

I'm both relieved and saddened that he was done. I point it upwards as I sit up and begin applying sunscreen to my body. This also gives me a moment to calm down.

"I'll do your back for you too." I say to Harry.

He nods and lays down. I start applying it with a massage.

His back is really defined and incredibly sexy. The erection that had started to soften became even harder than before. Luckily it's still tucked up so I'm not pitching an obvious tent.

After a few minutes text appears in my mind again:

[Mission 1 - Give Your Lover A Massage - Completed

Reward - Godly Massage Technique - A massaging technique with the ability to increase the body's ability to heal and obliterate all fatigue.]

I felt a rush of information in my mind. The system directly transferred all of the details on how to use this massage technique. I immediately tried using it on Harry.

"Mmmm"

Did Harry just moan? I want to keep going, but Harry suddenly sat up.

"Okay, thanks." Harry says.

"Are you shy cause you moaned?" I asked with a grin. I really want to tease him.

He doesn't respond.

"I'll take that as a yes. Don't be embarrassed though. If someone can be massaged by me without making a sound, I'd give them everything I have. Hahaha." I say. After all, the technique has Godly in the name.

Wait a minute. If it removes all fatigue, do I even need to sleep anymore? With this realization I realize just how godly it would be if that were true.

In the apocalypse, fatigue can be a death sentence. When you sleep you're basically defenseless unless you've gone through training to be aware even while you sleep. That's why during the beginning of the apocalypse many people died in their sleep.

What's the new mission?

[Mission 1 - Cook A Meal For Your Lover

Mission 2 - Tell Your Lover How You Feel About Them

Mission 3 - Hold Hands With Your Lover]

Cooking. At least this one's easy.

"I'm going swimming." I say as I begin making my way towards the water.

The water feels cold so I go out to about waist depth then I dive in. I come back up and it doesn't feel as cold anymore. I make my way out to the area before the waves break and start floating. It's really calming. The bright blue sky with the occasional white cloud along with the rocking of the sea. Every now and then I would swim a bit so I'd didn't drift away, but for the majority of the next hour, I was just watching the sky.

I make my way back to our umbrella and I see Harry reading one of the books that I brought along. It's a book on first aid treatment.

"Why'd you want to read about this?" He asked.

"I'm interested in it. After all, it's better to know than to not." I replied as I started drying myself off with a towel. "Could you reapply the sunscreen to my back for me."

He sets the book down as I lie down on the towel. I grab a book I brought. This one is on agriculture and I begin reading.

I try to keep my focus on the book as he's applying the sunscreen, which helps a little with the entire arousal thing.

He finishes pretty quickly. I set the book down and begin applying sunscreen to the rest of my body.

"Thank you." I say to him, to which he nods and smiles before going back to the book. I lay on my stomach and continue where I left off.

I'm on my stomach because I don't want my front and back to be tanned two different colors.

After another hour, I start getting hungry. I come and sit in the chair next to Harry underneath the umbrella. I pulled out a sandwich from the lunch the chef prepared and eat it.

I go back to reading my book, but stay in the chair. The sun is getting really high and the temperature is as well at around 90. The shade from the umbrella is really cool.

Every now and then I glance over at Harry. His body is seriously amazing. That 8 pack, those pecs, and his arms. His entire body is so incredibly sexy. Plus, I don't have the luxury of looking at him shirtless too often so I'm going to enjoy it while I can.

We spend a couple hours in silence, just reading and eating every now and then.

Around 3, I decide I want to walk around the boardwalk.

"Would you mind if we walked around the boardwalk?" I asked.

"Sure. Let's take the stuff back to the car first." Harry replied.

It takes about 30 minutes to get everything packed away in the car. Then we begin our walk. It's getting really busy though. There's a ton of people.

I spot an arcade and grab Harry's hand. I pull him towards it. It's been forever since I've been to one. I release his hand. It seems like I'll have to hold his hand for longer than a few seconds. I'll just ask later.

I get some tokens and wander around with Harry in tow.

"Play this with me Harry." I say as I point to a shooting game. You're supposed to shoot the zombies as quickly and as accurately as possible. You get bonus points for headshots.

He nods and I put in the tokens and we start playing. He set a new high score and I managed to take the, now, 3rd place high score.

"You're so awesome! I wish I were that good." I stated excitedly.

He smirks at me.

"Of course I am. You did amazingly yourself considering you've never had any training."

I blush a bit.

"Thanks." I say in a quiet voice. I'm not really used to being complemented. I did spend 10 years relying almost completely on him to survive after all.