Chapter 56

Rehearsing.

At that word, the eyes that seemed to have been carved by light amethysts fluttered wide. His small lips also parted open. Renato was speechless for a moment and blankly stared at Khalid.

Khalid calmly waited for Renato’s reply. He also felt he was acting a little impulsively, so he intended to follow Renato’s decision.

“……Okay.”

Moments later, Renato made up his mind and slowly opened his mouth. His voice was as small as a scattered sigh, but Khalid did not miss his words. However, he asked again just in case.

“Are you really okay with that? Once we start, there is no turning back.”

It was not like holding hands, hugging, stroking his head, and kissing on the cheek or around the eyes. Those were things they could do with friends, comrades, and family members. But what Khalid was trying to do now was different.

It was something that could change the relationship between the two more in a more definite way than a marriage contract.

So he had no choice but to worry. It would be different if they didn’t do it at all, but if they did it just once, their relationship would never go back to the way it was before. And even if they had nothing to do with each other anymore, the memories and sensations would remain in their bodies.

“I’m okay with it. As you said, it’s necessary anyway, your highness.”

Not knowing if he was aware of Khalid’s concerns or not, Renato was calmer than expected. He made eye contact with Khalid with a quite determined expression.

“Okay, if that is what you want, Your Imperial Highness.”

Knowing that Renato’s resolve was firm, Khalid put a little force on the hand that was wrapping around his cheek. Renato gulped, feeling the man’s fingers lightly pressing under his eyes. He agreed to do it, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t nervous.

“What should we do now?”

“First……”

Khalid drawled his words and slowly lowered his head. Tap, the man’s black hair tickled Renato’s forehead, and a slightly cool body temperature touched him. Following their foreheads, the tips of their noses rubbed against each other.

“Let’s start with the kiss.”

Smooch. As soon as he finished speaking, something soft and smooth touched Renato’s lips, then parted away. It was light and soft, closer to a peck than a kiss, as if a feather was gently falling down.

“……Is this the end?”

“How could it be?”

Hearing Renato’s question, Khalid let out a soft laugh. The breath that flowed from the man’s lips scattered and tickled Renato’s skin. Khalid moved his hand on Renato’s cheek to hold his slender chin.

“It’s just the beginning.”

This time, as soon as he finished his words, their lips touched. This kiss could be clearly felt compared to the previous one. Khalid repeatedly pressed his lips against Renato’s and parted away.

Smooch, smooch.

The sound of flesh bumping against each other echoed in the quiet room. Feeling a strange ticklish sensation, Renato just quietly accepted Khalid’s kisses. The kisses were polite and gentle, despite his tension.

“Nngh.”

Renato pleasantly closed his eyes as the kisses rained down on his lips. The hand holding his chin, the arm wrapping around his waist, and the body touching him were all rough and hard, but the man’s lips were soft and gentle, making him smile a little.

“Haa……”

Renato let out a hot breath, feeling his cheeks and the nape of his neck gradually heat up. At that moment, Khalid paused and turned his head to the side. Their lips deeply interlocked with each other.

Khalid pressed his lips against Renato’s and lightly rubbed them. Then, he opened his lips and lightly bit the flesh that touched him.

“……!”

Renato was startled by the warmth that abruptly swallowed his lower lip. In response, Khalid nibbled Renato’s lips painlessly with his own to appease him.

“Huu, nngh.”

Because of that, Renato relaxed his stiff shoulders and continued to enjoy the kiss. Then, as if praising him for having done a good job, Khalid swept Renato’s back with his hand. Renato also grabbed his firm shoulders in response. Then, a tingling sensation came up from his lower lip. Khalid just suddenly bit his lip.

“Ah!”

When Renato’s lips parted in surprise, Khalid’s tongue broke in as if it had waited. The moist and hard flesh, different from the man’s soft lips, ran across Renato’s even teeth and slightly tickled the roof of his mouth. Then, as if welcoming the intruder, saliva pooled up in Renato’s mouth.

Knowing that would happen, Khalid moved his tongue. Their saliva quickly became entangled with each other’s. Squelch, when the lips soaked in saliva rubbed against each other, a wet sound rang out.

“Wait, nngh, ugh.”

Unable to bear the sensations swirling in his mouth, Renato raised his eyelids. Then, the red eyes similar to the blazing sunset filled his vision. When their eyes met, Khalid slightly pulled his head back and bent his eyes.

“You have to, close your eyes.”

“But you don’t, close, mhm……!”

Renato’s protest was swallowed by the lips that approached again. The rough kiss continued as if everything up until a while ago was merely a joke. Feeling dizzy, Renato trembled. Gradually, he was out of breath and his head was becoming fuzzy.

“Breathe, through your nose.”

“Huu, ha.”

Khalid parted his lips again when Renato felt suffocated. Renato followed him, trying to breathe through his nose. But Khalid didn’t give Renato much leeway. The man swallowed his gasping lips again and shoved his tongue into Renato’s moist mouth.

Squelch, squelch.

Only wet sounds echoed from between the interlocked lips that didn’t have the slightest gap apart. Each time their flesh rubbed against each other and their saliva intertwined, Renato trembled. He could feel the saliva that he couldn’t swallow dripping from his lips.

“Ha, uuh……”

Not knowing what to do, Renato tightly clutched at the man’s firm shoulders, trying to seize his fading consciousness. When his fingertips grabbed the man’s shoulders, Khalid paused, then pushed his body towards Renato in a rush. The man’s momentum caused Renato’s body to lose balance and was pushed back.

As the sofa’s armrest touched his back, the leather and his clothes rubbed together, making a squeaking sound. It was then that the hand gripping his chin came through his hair. The man’s long, hard fingers ruffled his hair and wrapped around the back of his head, making his nape shudder.

“Ugh, st, ha. Huff.”

The word ‘stop’ was scattered in his breaths and disappeared. Renato couldn’t come to his senses because of the endless kissing. He felt fear now. He thought he could truly lose his mind at this rate. It felt so good that it was scary.

What is this, just what is this?

Renato tried to somehow follow Khalid’s kisses. But the heat that rose to the top of his head blurred his vision and spun the world around him, making him only able to hold onto Khalid.

Squelch, squelch.

The lips, which seemed to never pull back, parted away when Renato began to shed tears. Startled because of the moisture on his skin, Khalid stiffened his shoulders and pulled himself back. Their lips, drenched with saliva from each other, moved away, forming a thin line in the air.

“Huu…… Ha, hu.”

When the kiss barely ended, Renato gasped for breath like someone who just managed to come up after falling into the water. His body, lying on the sofa, rose up and then sank down over and over again with each gasp.

Khalid, on the other hand, looked fine except for a slight flush on his face. Renato’s pale purple eyes pierced at the man’s appearance which seemed as if nothing just happened, unlike his.

“S, so unfair.”

“What do you mean?”

Khalid, who had been catching his breath, heard Renato’s words and blinked his eyes in confusion. Then, the man exclaimed ‘Ah’ and asked in a cautious tone.

“Was it bad? Did you feel it was bad?”

“No, not that……”

Hearing Khalid’s question, Renato quickly shook his head. The kiss he just had with Khalid felt good. Rather, it was so good that it was a problem. Renato’s body inadvertently trembled when he felt the sensation lingering on his lips.

“Then why?”

“Only I always…… No. I was just grumbling a bit.”

Renato was strangely envious of Khalid, who seemed skillful and relaxed no matter what he did, as opposed to him who had to follow the man every time because of his inexperience. Then, he thought of himself as pathetic.

In the end, the problem was that he was clumsy. Because of that, he was acting like a child in front of Khalid for nothing. Renato suddenly felt incredibly ashamed.

“Did you feel good, your highness? It was my first time, so it wasn’t good because I was clumsy, right?”

“It was good for me. And it was my first time, too.”

“Then I’m glad…… Pardon?”

Renato felt relieved by Khalid’s answer, then quickly widened his eyes. First time? What? He opened his mouth, unable to believe what he had just heard. Managing to come to his senses, Renato looked at Khalid with a confused gaze.

“Wait a minute, your first time? What?”

“What else do I mean? Didn’t I tell you a little while ago? I’ve never slept with anyone before. Of course, that includes kissing as well.”