Chapter 6: Love Returned

Hands grasped at clothing in a desperate chance of keeping the person in them close to his body. Hak hoped, no prayed this was real. That his Princess, his Yona, wanted him as badly as he wanted her. His lips pulled away from hers only for them to be placed on her cheek and trailed small kisses to her ear. "Yona." He whispered her name into her ear.

"Hak." She said his name so gently he almost missed it and the words she spoke next. "I love you too."

His breath left his lungs. How long had he waited for those words? How long had he love her in silence? He wanted to cry out with joy, but instead captured her lips into another heart pounding kiss. As he kissed her his heart thundered in his ears. His blood seemed rushed faster through his veins as he picked her up. Her hands went to his face as the kiss continued, stroking and touching it while her legs wrapped around his waist to help anchor her to him.

Hak didn't mind this at all. No a part of him was overjoyed that she'd want to be this intimately close to him. He pulled his lips away from hers once more and began to kiss down the column of her neck causing her breath to catch in her throat. Her hands grasped his hair and groaned as he gave the side of her neck a slight suck before laving his tongue over the same spot.

His body was feeling slightly overheated, desire and lust were clouding his mind. Oh how he wanted to continue. He pulled her forehead downwards until it touched his own. I need to calm myself. He thought as he inhaled in her scent. I need to stop. His thoughts were interrupted when he felt her lips touch his cheek, then his jawline and finally land on his lips. Her tongue traced the crease of his lips causing him to part them. As soon as her tongue touched his own all rational thought left his mind.

Yona was on cloud nine. She'd heard from eavesdropping on the servants that kissing the man you love was the best aphrodisiac in the world. They'd been right. Her heart was pounding so hard and so fast in chest that she felt like it was going to jump right out. I don't mind. She thought. It's his now. He can have it. I know he'll protect my heart and it won't break this time. When he'd taken her forehead and touched his to hers she'd known he'd been trying to calm himself, that it would come to an end. Not yet. She thought as she tried to remember what she'd heard those women say all those years ago. So she teased him with her lips and pressed her tongue into his mouth. She had barely begun that when his tongue began to duel hers. His pressed against hers and pushed it back before he began to explore her own mouth ravenously.

Suddenly the strength in his legs seemed to leave them and she found her back pressed against the went ground below; but Yona didn't mind, not as long as his mouth continued to explore her own. However, all too soon his mouth left her making her moan with want and disappointment, that disappointment was shortly lived though as his mouth began to explore down her neck leaving open mouthed kisses in it's wake.

She found that her clothes seemed too tight on her body and she wanted to touch his skin to hers and when she went to touch him, he grabbed her petite wrists with one hand causing her to gasp in surprise. He lifted his face to hers and she found that she couldn't breathe. His face held a look she'd never seen on him before and though it didn't scare her, it did make her heart beat faster and suddenly her need to touch him increased tenfold.

With one hand he held her hands above her head and with his other he undid the sash around her waist. He moved so slowly, so agonizingly slow. Is he afraid I'll stop him? She wondered as she watched that hand pull the sash from her body. Her skirt parted and the shirt she wore became loosened. Yes. He is afraid. She thought as she looked at his guarded dark eyes."H-Hak." She stuttered his name and he froze, his eyes widened as he looked at her. His free hand paused in it's movements and his breath became shaky as he awaited with berated breath. "Please..." She whimpered. "Touch me." She watched his eyes widen at her words and she knew then they'd been the right ones to say.

Hak couldn't believe the words he'd just heard. They echoed in his mind and fueled him forward. Her clothes were slowly coming off and it was like opening the best present in the world. As the skin on her stomach was revealed he lowered his lips down and first touched her navel, then up to her bellybutton. He released her hands and grasped the material of her shirt and pulled it apart which revealed her chest wrappings. Her chest was heaving as she was trying to breath but instead was panting ever so slightly. He pulled her arms out of the sleeves and kissed from her shoulder to her hands.

It's like he's worshipping me. Yona thought before she gasped as he undid the wrapping around her chest. Indeed he was worshipping her because she was the most beautiful thing in this world and she was giving him a precious gift. Yona felt her cheeks heat up as she felt the cool air touch her breast. Closing her eyes she expected him to touch or do something, but after a moment nothing occurred she opened her eyes and looked up at him. He seemed...frozen. Worry began to fill her. Does he not like what he sees? More discouraging thoughts began to fill her head when she saw a smile spread across his face.

"So..." He began softly. "beautiful." Yona felt her eyes begin to fill with tears as emotion filled her being. Hak's eyes widened. "Yona?" He questioned. When he'd finally gotten those binding off of her the clouds above had split and moonbeams fell upon her being making her seem to glow in the moonlight. It had made his breath catch. She's so beautiful. was his only thought that he even voiced it, however now she seemed close to tears and that's not what he wanted. He was about to voice his concern when she grabbed his outer shirt and pulled at it.

"You.." She began. "have too much on."

He smirked and leaned his face into hers. "I'm not done." He stated causing her cheeks to heat up once more.

M-Angel: Phew! It's starting to really heat up. ^_^