Duty-Bound: Chapter 87
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She was treading on dangerous ground, but she had thought about this long and hard. Moreover, she really wanted him and was pretty sure he felt the same. With ragged breath and a fast-beating heart, she murmured her reply to him, "I can, but..."
Her hands removed the cloth that covered his head and let it fall to the ground beneath them.
"I don't want to assume," she continued and threaded her fingers through his raven hair. "Why don't you show me?"
Moments later, lips were connected while their hands tried to remove the other's garments. She didn't flinch when her bare back met the grass-filled ground. He showered her with gentle kisses and treated her body like that of a glass doll. Everything was perfect until he suddenly stopped.
"Natsume?" The haziness of her mind slowly cleared.
"I don't love you less without doing this, Mikan..."
Her heart swelled with love. "I know, but I want to give myself to you here and now."
Upon seeing his hesitation, she sighed and pulled away from him. At least, try to since she was trapped between him and the ground. When she tried to push him away, however, he refused to budge.
"Mikan, please—"
"I understand. You respect me too much to do this." She glared at him heatedly. "Now, why don't you move away, so I can get dress—"
"Listen to me, woman," he interjected with a growl. "I'm just being cautious about this. If—"
"I already took the medicine," she snapped. "Now, move a—"
His lips sealed hers, not giving her a chance to continue. And just like that, he did what they both had always wanted.
With the stars as their witnesses, she became his just as he became hers – body, mind and soul.