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CHAPTER 10
Wrapping his arms around her sobbing form tightly, while stroking her hair and soothing the raw vulnerability of her unsheltered emotions, Hak yielded to the bittersweet anguish of Yona's love confession.
He felt his heart twinge and lurch within him. His own eyes welling with unshed tears.
Never would he want her to shed another tear... Let alone to be the cause for their onfall...
But Yona said...
She loves him...
She loves him!
How could she not know that he had always been hers?
How could she find it in herself to love a man like him?
How could he not love and cherish her all the more?
Hak cradled her face in the palm of his hand, softly thumbing her tears away before gently ghosting his lips over their still damp trail. Gazing into his eyes with a flush on her face, the look in Hak's eyes stole Yona's breath away.
"Princess... it's you... It's always been you... I've loved you forever... and I love you even now..." he said, his thumb lightly grazing over the fullness of her lips, as he leaned in closer, closing the fading distance existing between them.
"You don't know how deep... and how long I've loved you... But now... Yona... I love you even more..."
"Hak..."
With that...
He leaned in to kiss her lips...
There in the subtle luster found in the moonlight... With the multitude of stars giving their beauteous approval...
Hak and Yona shared their first kiss.
It all felt too surreal...
It had to be a dream...
But the feel of their lips gently brushing each other...
And the feel of wind caressing them in their embrace...
The feel of Yona's hair, soft silk in his hands...
The feel of Hak's skin, so warm to the touch...
These intimate things, so new to their bond, all let them know that this was real.
Time stood still and everything faded away as they poured their emotions into their first, tender kiss.
All they could feel was the depth of their bond.
All that mattered was this moment in time...
Fluttering her eyes open, as though it was all just a fantasy, Yona lovingly touched his face, touching her forehead to his.
This moment is real...
He's here with me now...
I have his love...
And he has mine...
There was only one thing she had on her mind...
There was only one thing left for them to discover...
"...Hak..." she said, as she looked into his eyes.
"...Hak...please show me... what love feels like..."