CHAPTER 111: TO CLAIM EACH OTHER

A breath hitched in Lila’s throat as Mel’s right hand hovered over her collar, the other hand stroking her right thigh idly.

In the sunset’s glow, Mel figure enveloped hers, hairs fluttering down like silk curtains, thighs clasped tight around Lila’s waist.

"You’ve always been cute, Lila." Mel’s forehead still stuck with Lila’s, her hot breaths tickling Lila’s lips.

"But what gives now? Why so dishonest with me now?"

Lila’s whimpers were a desperate plea to retain her sanity, her hands clutching onto Mel’s back tightened with unspoken want.

She murmured. "It’s... I’m never..."

Mel’s lips curled up to a foxy smile, her nail twirling slow, maddening circles on Lila’s thigh, each coaxing out a breathy moan from Lila.

"Don’t worry." Mel pulled back a little, entrapping Lila’s watery eyes with her lustful gaze. "It’s a reward for you no matter what."

Then, she unfolded the first button.

No sounds occurred as Mel teasefully unfolded the second button, as only Lila’s heartbeat drummed against her ears.

And with another click, the third button came undone, revealing a smooth white collarbone beneath the fabric.

Like savoring steam from a hot meal, Mel exhaled sharply over Lila’s skin.

"Ah..." Lila squirmed more against Mel’s embrace. "Please... bully me more..."

[ Envy favourability: 78 - 89 ]

Watching how her favourability increased, Mel chuckled lightly.

She leaned in, lips parting as the tip of her tongue darted out to trace a deliberate, burning line across the exposed skin.

Lila’s waist arced against the wet tickle, as Mel’s slick tongue moved her way up to her neck.

"Better be honest now, Lila." Mel placed a kiss just below her jawline. "Or I might just gobble you up right here."

Lila’s blush reached her neck, her breath hasty and uneven as Mel raised to meet her eyes.

To her hazy confusion, a serious glint crossed Mel’s lust-darkened gaze, beckoning her to answer.

"I..." She breathed out. "I just want to be owned by you, Mel."

Mel’s lips curled further up, her left hand still grasping Lila’s thigh as her right’s thumb coaxed her mouth open.

Her tongue stretched again to enter Lila’s mouth, licking against Lila’s tongue before pulling back to draw a regretful whimper from Lila.

The thin strand of saliva connecting their lips fell silently onto Lila’s neck before Mel lowered her mouth to hover above the damp skin.

Smiling against the wet protuding part of the throat, she kissed it. "So do I, Lila."

The single declaration snapped Lila awake, her desire put aside to make way for Mel’s confession.

"What...?" Lila mumbled, as Mel’s kiss traced up from her neck.

Another chuckle escaped Mel’s lips as she kissed upward along the side, moans slipping out between presses as her lips brushed against Lila’s cheek, before nearing her ear.

"There’re moments when I think of that, too." Mel’s teeth grazed Lila’s earlobe, her voice a hot whisper. "How you’re so cute I just want you to possess me, too."

A hiccup escaped Lila’s lips Lila’s lips, her hands clutching Mel’s uniform loosening in a heated confusion.

"But you aren’t, Mel."

Her thoughts unwillingly darted back to the villager’s basket, then the Knights’ betrayals sparked a bitterness she was unwilling to recall.

"Even if I know that..." Lila’s hands moved to the back of Mel’s hair, fingers tangling in the strands.

"Every time you let someone else care for you, every time you cared for someone else, it felt like a tiny betrayal, Mel."

Mel smiled against Lila’s ear, tongue flicking out to taste the earlobe. "And what else?"

"So...ah..." Lila dragged Mel’s closer to lick further. "So I’m afraid that I... I will be unable to stand it one day... ah..."

"Then you just have to be cuter and cuter, Lila." Mel’s tender whisper came in-between the lickings.

Then she pulled back, her golden eyes a sincere, doting gaze into Lila’s.

"Expand the moments when I want to be owned by you, indefinitely."

Lila’s lips parted slightly, as Mel’s hand unbuttoned her own collar.

Her Mel’s neck, now exposed before her in a milky glow against the sunset.

"Or make me regret ever wishing otherwise."

Mel’s tiny declaration prompted a gasp from Lila, her hands now gliding from the pink hair to cradle Mel’s neck.

"But I never want to hurt you." Lila whispered. "It feels too selfish of me, and I..."

I’m just afraid you’ll shut me out, like Rosana did with her traitorous Knights.

Lila’s words lodged in her throat as a silent protest.

But the bond between Rosana and her Knights was too frail to ever rival what she and Mel shared.

"Relationships don’t work that way, Lila." Mel cradled her cheek, thumb stroking slow, soothing circles into her skin.

Then she finally leaned in, kissing and biting each spot of Lila’s neck, marking her territories.

"Just as I crave you," she murmured against Lila’s neck between searing kisses. "Confess that you desire me equally as well. And I shall lend all of myself to you, hurt and all."

Lila’s whimpers melted between kisses, her lips falling open wider, eyes locked onto Mel’s exposed throat.

With a slight arch, she finally surrendered as her teeth sank into Mel’s neck.

A mutual bite. A mutual claim. A mutual possession.

Pink and blue strands twisted together as they marked each other with equal desperationl.

The forest air were filled with wet sounds of slick kisses and muffled cries, until they finally broke apart.

Their gazes locked, lips swollen, they both crashed together again to seek each other’s lips.

"Mmm..."

Happiness bloomed within Lila’s chest, one she finally recognised as her own.

Even if this magic was fleeting, the desperate hope made it glow brighter than anything permanent

[ Envy favourability: 89 - 99 ]

[ Envy Awakening Progression: 93% - 95% ]

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After the passionate session, Lila stumbled back up with the help of Mel’s.

With quick adjustments to their rumpled collars and tangled shirts, Lila curled deeper into Mel’s embrace.

Mel’s arms around her waist tightened instinctively, as her doting gaze swept upon Lila.

"Tired?"

Lila merely snuggled her head further into Mel’s chest with a grumble. "Whose fault do you think it is...?"

"Hehe. I’m sorry."

As she watched Rosana coming back in a distance, Mel petted Lila. "Remember, Lila. Be so adorable I won’t mind to be gobbled up by you."

"Mmm..."

Lila’s tired voice lingered as she pulled back, her hand still clutching onto Mel’s.

"Let’s... well..." Lila hung her head. "Let’s not keep others waiting. We still got a Miss Samantha to search."

Mel’s dark chuckle curled around them as she watched Lila blush, her own thighs squeezing in restless need to feel their hips aligned.