"L-like I said earlier, I'm still cold… s-so warm me up yourself." Verdra demanded feverishly, with upturned gaze and cheeks reddened in heat.
She said she was still cold, but from what I could see, she totally looked anything but—if anything, she must've been feeling really hot right now—from embarrassment, that is.
I moved closer to comply with her request and gently embraced her dainty body. Just that alone was enough to make my heart start pounding faster.
*Ba dum* *Ba dum* *Ba dum*
Damn… why does she smell so good? I want to sniff her mor—
No! Hold it together, Yuu! That's not what she really wants. Calm down! Calm down. Calm down, calm down…
I was fighting the fiercest battle of my life—against my own self-control.
"T-this should be enough, right?" I whispered nervously near her ear. "You can put your blazer on if it's still cold." We're about the same height—horns excluded—so hugging her like this'll put my face right beside hers.
I felt her body flinch in an instant after my breath brushed her ear. And yet, instead of pulling away, she tightened her arms around my waist, blocking my escape route—that's not a metaphor, she pulled me into a bear hug, with full strength—SSS rank level of strength… against an F ranked one.
"Ugh…!?" a small grunt left my mouth instinctively.
H-hey, easy—!
—I swear this girl would definitely kill me by accident in the future…
…My condolences, future me.
"No. It's not enough! And I don't like wearing a blazer in my sleep either," she replied sullenly, pulling her face back to meet my gaze. "Just… do what you usually do."
"T-then… e-e-excuse me," I stammered.
No matter how many times I did this, it never stopped making me nervous.
I slowly leaned in closer, stopping when I felt her breath mix with mine. Looking into her vermilion eyes from this distance, I could clearly see my own reflection in them, looking into mine with a gaze filled of expectation.
I moved closer again—
—and gently pressed my lips against hers.
Soft, and warm…
Even though I was already quite familiar with the feeling, my heart just wouldn't stop racing.
…This is bad!
I pulled back after only a few seconds. "Th-this should be enough, right? If you ask for more than this, we'll really be in for trouble."
"No. It's not enough!" she protested, sulking, like a spoiled child denied candy. "You always pull away after just a brief kiss. I won't be satisfied with this. I want more!"
"D-did you really understand what you're implying right now?" I warned, trying my hardest to stay calm despite my pounding heart. "Girls—especially you—should never test a boy's restraint. It'll come back to bite you hard."
Verdra was stunningly attractive, and that wasn't an exaggeration. I doubted there was a man alive who wouldn't gulp hard the first time they laid their eyes on her. In all honesty, if I didn't restrain myself enough every time we got this close together, I would've given my beastial instinct a way in a long time ago. The fact that I'd managed to hold myself back until now was something I was genuinely proud of.
An enclosed space, a boy and a girl in love, this close together—that alone should be enough to explain why it's dangerous.
Without restraint, things would escalate quickly before either party could've even realized what they're doing. That was why I warned her. I didn't want to ruin what we had built up till now over a moment of reckless impulse—
—but her reply was something I never could expected—or trying to believe it was. Perhaps, I really am a coward, just like she said...
"I am," she declared, tightening her arms around my waist and looking straight into my eyes. "So stop restraining yourself. I'll accept you for whoever you really are."
Hearing her heartfelt declaration, all sorts of emotions bursting out of my heart—sincere, yet tainted.
I want to love her.
I want to be loved by her.
I want to protect her at all cost.
I want to make her completely mine.
I want to mess her up real bad.
I, want her.
I tighten my embrace around her before gently pressing our lips together once more—without asking permission, and without restraint. I am surrendering myself to my abundant love for her, and my deep desires of her.
Her body tensed for a few moments before it could finally relax. She closed her eyes as she also surrendered herself at my mercy.
I pressed a series of light pecks against her lower lip, lingering and caressing it in different places, tilting my head left and right, now and then, searching for a more comfortable angle, while my breaths gradually grew heavier with each passing seconds.
After enjoying her lips for quite a while, I slowly pulled back until I could see her whole face, carefully reading her expression as I tried to gauge her reaction—and whether she wanted me to continue, or stop right there.
Her cheeks were flushed a vivid red, standing out against her flaming vermilion hair. Her long lashes fluttered as she looked up at me with a pleading gaze, her plump lips parted slightly with each heated breaths, still faintly damp from what I'd just done to them.
Lascivious—that was the word that kept echoing in my mind as I looked at her.
—she's just… irresistible—!
"Mfgh…!"
Without warning, I seized her lips in a rough kiss, swallowing the sweet, muffled groan that caught in her throat before it could spill out. A sweet sound that shambled most of what remains as my reasons, further deepened my desires for her.
Stretching my tongue out inside her mouth, I'm searching for her warmth. She reciprocates by also reaching out with her own and intertwined it with mine, drawing out a series of soft and sweet, muffled groans that further melt all my senses.
Fiercely, I keep reaching out for her, searching for more of those sweet sounds.
Minutes had passed since the start of our inexperienced, awkward, yet intensely heated, make out session.
My breaths grew shallower by the second, but I just couldn't pull away from her, as though I'd stumbled upon a taste I was already addicted to.
I tighten my hands around her shoulder, intending to not let go, responded by her gripping the back of my shirt even tighter, as if afraid I would disappear the moment she let go.
After another minute, I slowly pulled my mouth away from hers, desperately in need for fresh air.
A string of saliva that's connected to each end of our tongue stretched out from our slightly gaping mouths—before it finally breaks. My shoulders heaving unevenly from the lack of air in my lungs, while each breath drawing out a hoarse voice without me even meaning to. Right now, I must've been looking like someone who'd just crossed the finish line of a long, exhausting marathon.
I kept my gaze locked on Verdra's eyes, focusing my entire attention on her. She's in the state that's not that different from mine.
Her flushed cheeks.
Heavy breath.
Hoarse voice.
And her pleading gaze.
It's all looks and sounds dangerously enticing to me.
I really, really, REALLY! wanted to indulge myself further with her, but more than this—there's simply no going back anymore, so I decided to ask her, as my last ditch of effort to somehow keep my crumbling self control in its post.
"...Are you— haah… allow me to— haah... continue?" I asked her in hoarse voice between my ragged breath.
"Haah… why did you— haah… stop?" she replied with another question, while also trying to stabilize her breathing.
That reply, was the last confirmation needed as a switch snapped 'on' inside me—
"Mngfh…!"
She let out another one of those sweet, muffled groan, after I once again sealed her lips tight without any prior warning.
There's no more reasons left with me, only heated love, burning desires, and my tainted intentions towards her that are now become the only driving force of my actions.
"Nghh… mnfh…"
Our passionate kiss was getting deeper and deeper with each seconds passed, and her sweet groans only further flared up the burning desires within me even more.
With our mouths still planted over each other, I slowly pushed her backwards, directing her to a stack of sheets made of Yeti pelts, something that I've spread on the floor earlier this evening, a sheets that I'm planning to sleep on peacefully for tonight. I've also spread one for Verdra's use, but it seems that tonight, we're only need one, and it's definitely not for sleeping peacefully.
After successfully pushed her there, I slowly pushed her body further down, holding her in my embrace so that she didn't fall down roughly.
She's now lying down flat on her back—with me on top of her.