So you all liked Dimitri's gift for Rose. :) More sweet moments coming right up.
Chapter Three.
5th June 1960.
He'd kissed her.
They'd grown closer over the past two months, spending every spare moment with each other. Rose had finally confided in Lissa, and as expected, Lissa had squealed loudly, only shutting up when Rose had hit her with her pillow. Then Lissa had stood up, ready to go and kick down Dimitri's door so she could threaten him, to warn him of the consequences that would come with hurting her best friend.
But at the desperation on Rose's face, she'd stopped, with a pout on her lips, and sat back down again. Rose wasn't sure how Dimitri felt about her, and she didn't want their friendship to be ruined by Lissa jumping to conclusions that were more like delusions.
But it seemed she might not have been as delusional as she thought she was.
"Dimitri," Rose's stomach clenched with fear as she asked the question that had been eating away at her hopes ever since they'd first started spending time together. "W- why did you start talking to me?" At his surprised expression she'd blushed and dropped his gaze, stumbling over her words in her hurry to almost clarify her meaning so he wasn't offended. "It's not that I'm not happy you did- but, I mean- why now? Why did you- I just-" She sighed and dropped her head into her hands, jumping slightly when she felt Dimitri's fingertips under her chin, tilting her face up so he could see her reddened cheeks.
His hand had moved then, sliding along her jawline until he was cupping her cheek, his fingers softly caressing her smooth skin while his free hand twined into the ends of her hair, twisting and twirling one of her long curls before he leant in and pressed his lips to Rose's softly.
She'd frozen, not believing that he was really kissing her, until he pulled back. She'd blinked, gaped a little, and then curled her hands into the front of his shirt as he watched her nervously.
"Because I've liked you for years and always been too cowardly to do anything about it. I knew I had to do something before you met someone else and I lost my chance. I just didn't know how to do it."
"Oh." Rose didn't quite know how to react. What she was supposed to say when the man of her dreams had just confessed to feeling the exact same way about her as she did him?
Dimitri's fingers rubbed soft circles across her cheek as he waited for her to respond, disappointment shadowing his eyes when she didn't do anything.
"I'm sorry. That was rude of me to just assume-" He tried to back up a step, but Rose's fingers curled into the front of his shirt even more, the pressure stopping him from backing away further.
"It wasn't." She closed her eyes and tilted her face up, hoping he'd understand what she meant, what she couldn't put into words.
And he did.
His lips crashed against hers, hungry and demanding as she slid her arms up and around his neck, her fingers twining into the ends of his hair as his hands slipped down to her waist, pulling her body flush against his.
It had been their first kiss, and it had been perfect.
Next update will be early tomorrow morning. Good night!