"Are you ready?"
Hearing the gentle voice of the boy in front of her asking, Aliya's head was filled with thoughts.
'Should I really do it?'
'Is that too soon?'
'But, he said he is going to leave. I want him to remember me both with his body and with his mind.'
'What if he forgets about me? Will he think this was just a fling?'
In her head, a lot of clashing thoughts were gathered.
Her eyes were anxiously looking at the naked chiseled body of the boy in front of her.
'I need to give an answer now.'
With her heart getting more and more disturbed, she was unable to control her thoughts.
"Ahhh...."
But at that moment, she felt a sudden pleasure and pain coming from her navel again.
Raising her eyes, she locked her eyes with those bright red eyes in front of her that were looking gently.
"If you are not ready, we can do it any time later. You don't need to push yourself."
A touch on her cheek and a slow caress were all it took to relieve her mind slightly.
"... Why?"
"Hmm? What did you say?"
Seeing the slight smile on the boy's face, she got the courage she needed.
"Why are you like this?"
"Like what."
"Like a person that knows me more than anybody else."
"…. I am not such a person."
"No, you are. I am sure nobody would be considerate like you in such a time when we are staying like this."
"..."
"You know the feelings in my heart, those anxious thoughts. It feels like you are always helping me. But what can I give to you? Why are you with such a person like me? You can get more beautiful girls, smarter ones, or stronger ones? Why is it me?"
She was finally able to say the things she had wanted to say for a very long time.
From the beginning, when she met Callius, she had always been watching him.
He got her interest because he was a very handsome boy. I mean, who wouldn't get interested in beautiful people, right?
However, as she kept watching him from a distance, she saw how he worked hard every day—waking up early, training his body, and diligently doing the things that were entrusted to him. They do not even rest when they arrive in cities but instead go on dungeon explorations, making more money.
She had never seen him drink with others either, so it was difficult to approach him at first.
However, as time went on while traveling together, she somehow managed to gather her courage and started talking to him.
And, the more she conversed with him, the more those feelings of interest she had started turning into the feeling of love.
She didn't even know how that happened, but somehow it came to the point where she wanted to see him as the first thing in the morning or hear his voice as the first voice.
But there was one thing that was bothering her.
She thought she was not worthy of him.
Although they had the talk that she had different talents, she still thought she was not worthy of him.
Those feelings were not something that would go with just some little talk, although it sure helped.
She decided not to say anything about those feelings and tried to repress them.
But everyone has a limit, and this was where hers ended.
"I don't know."
"Huh?"
"I don't know why I like you."
"…."
"I don't know why I want to bite your ear every time I see you from behind. I don't know why I want to hug you from your back when you look a bit tired. I don't know why I like to see you working so hard on something with your glasses on your face. I don't know why I want to pull you on my lap and just sit there and do nothing. I don't know why I don't want you to talk to other males, even if I know they are way older than us."
"Ah…."
Hearing all those things he was saying with a straight face, her face got redder and redder, almost smoke coming from her face.
"I don't know why all of those are happening. But I know one thing for sure. It is that there is no way I am letting you go."
Seeing the look of seriousness and honesty in his red eyes, her eyes widened.
'Ah….. That's right. I am so stupid not to understand this simple thing. He trusts me.'
'I have never seen him look at someone other with such look…. I am so stupid to realize this only now.'
"Ah…."
Feeling a slightly cold touch of a hand on her cheek again, she let out of sound of surprise.
"So, don't worry about me leaving you anytime sooner, okay?"
"Ah…. I really love you. I love you so much."
Not being able to contain her feelings anymore, she put her arms on his neck again.
/SMOOCH/ /SLURP/
And then pushed her lips onto his smacking them with a huge vigor.
'It feels so good to kiss him like that. I love him; I love him so much. I love him. I love him. I love him.'
From that point on, there was nothing that made her mind hesitate.
And Callius knew that too.
With his arms supporting her from her back, he gently raised her from her back and slowly laid her down on the bed while letting her kiss him as passionately as she wanted.
"I am taking this as you are ready."
Looking down at her from above, he asked.
"Do you really need me to say it?"
With her heart fluttering with anticipation, she said with a smile.
"Heh…. Now, this is more like you. Smile more."
"I will."
"But only to me."
"Only to you."
"Good girl."
Saying that, he dived into her neck again, this time attacking her by himself.
"AAAH!"
And a moan soon followed, showing that the night was still young.
