Lovers Beyond the Mirror

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Chapter 15 – Ranua (1)

Seriana woke up later than usual.

She barely opened her shaky eyes and barely moved her body that was stretched like wet cotton, though she immediately stiffened her body with the strange warmth that wrapped tightly around her waist.

“Ah—!”

The memories of last night flooded her mind as she looked down and saw what was wrapped around her own waist. The hot and rough hands that caressed every part of her body, and the lips that touched every single place from head to toe…

The moment she remembered it, Seriana’s body instantly turned red.

‘It, it was like that…’

It was a small realization that came along with shame. She couldn’t believe that a night for a man and woman to spend together by marriage was so hot! Seriana, with both her hands, gently wiped her reddening face.

‘How can we part after spending time together like this?’

Unlike Chaitun, which does not allow remarriage except in exceptional cases, Rajen was a country where divorce was freely permitted.

So, her mother could be greedy for the position of a queen.

Seriana shook her head, thinking of the nobles of Rajen who repeated marriage and divorce. Even after spending a night like this, how can they part…? She didn’t yet know that everyone’s situation was not the same, and it was something she couldn’t understand.

‘I’ll have to get up first…’

Biting her words and barely breaking the thoughts that followed, she lifted her head slightly and looked out the window through the midday sunlight.

The thin curtains fluttered in the wind, revealing and hiding the blue sky repeatedly.

Seriana hesitated for a moment, then moved her hand and gently grabbed Vaisha’s arm. It was difficult for her to toss and turn her body because of the thick forearms that wrapped around her waist.

However, whether it was because of her overworked body last night, or whether it was because of Vaisha’s forearms that were two or three times thicker than hers, she did not think that his arms would move even if she gave her own hand strength.

Although no one would trespass in the bedroom, she was impatient.

Even without looking in the mirror, the messy image of herself was clearly drawn in her mind, making her heart even more impatient.

At the very least, she wanted to wash her face and say good morning to Vaisha.

“It’s bustling in the morning.”

“Gasp…!”

Seriana, who was wrestling with Vaisha’s arm, was startled by the sound of his voice in her ear and shut her eyes tightly.

At that, she pretended to be asleep, trying to escape the situation. However, the shallow trick did not work for Vaisha. He let out a low laugh as she stiffened her body and closed her eyes tightly as if looking at her cute joke, and kissed the nape of her neck.

“Are you going to stay asleep? Of course, I’m fine, but you’re going to have a hard time, right?”

“…Go, good…morning?”

“Good morning.”

“Yes…”

She opened her mouth, feeling the heat rising all over her body once more as he pulled her body closer together, and his lips touched the nape of her neck and her shoulder.

The smile on Vaisha’s face deepened at the sound of her trembling and drooping voice. He then gently bit and licked her white shoulder, which was exposed outside the blanket, and then stretched her widely from her lying position to a sitting position.

A thin blanket, which ran down his hard body, barely covered his bottom.

Seriana, who had pulled the blanket over her chest, followed him from the bed, and her soft hair ran down her white back.

Vaisha followed her pale skin, which disappeared in an instant through her hair and the traces of last night on it. The first feeling of satisfaction and a new thirst swallowed him up…

The scent of lily flowers that had emanated from Seriana’s body last night seemed to still linger in the bedroom.

“Ah…!”

Seriana sat up after him on her seat, and she let out a small groan of pain that followed right after. The muscle aches seemed to have come from her last night’s strange and violent movements. In addition, the secret pain underneath made her recall more vividly what happened last night.

Vaisha, who gazed at Seriana, who had dyed her ears red to the tip of her ears as she groaned in pain, descended from the bed with a mischievous face and lifted her body.

At the sudden movement, she quickly turned her head.

Both of them were still naked.

As she was about to protest in a small voice, Vaisha lifted Seriana’s body from the blanket and took her into his arms.

“Please, wait! Kudra wh—why all of a sudden…?”

“Because we have to wash?”

“Yes?”

“Shall we wash together?”

For a moment, she couldn’t understand what Vaisha was saying, so Seriana, who had a blank expression on her face, widened her eyes. The red blush that dyed the tip of her ears ran down the nape of her neck and permeated her round shoulders.

Vaisha, who burst out laughing out loud at her cute figure, carefully laid down Seriana and lightly kissed her on the cheek.

“I don’t care, but I can’t shame the new bride any further.”

He pointed his finger at the bathtub filled with clean water prepared in advance and covered her bottom with a large towel hanging from the screen near the bathtub.

“Wait, I’ll call Chiarin.”

“Kudra…?”

“Name.”

“Yes?”

“It’s just the two of us here, so wouldn’t it be better to call me by name?”

“Ah… Then, where will Vaisha be?”

“I can wash in my room. So make sure to wash comfortably. Let’s have a meal together.”

“Yes.”

Saying so, he walked out of the room, kissing her once more on the cheek, who nodded her head shyly, still draped in the blanket.

The moment his dark hair disappeared from view, Seriana’s legs loosened and Seriana sat down on the floor, covering her face with her hands and bowing her head. In the end, she ended up saying good morning to Vaisha without washing her face.

Her body felt like her body was on fire from the embarrassment. It was not enough that she was clumsy last night, and in the morning, she showed a messy and disheveled figure…

Seriana couldn’t help but squat on the floor, dyeing her whole body red until Chiarin came in and said her morning greetings.

After washing her body clean and changing her clothes, when Vaisha visited the room, she could barely make up her mind. Barely felt the shame of showing him her messy appearance, Seriana changed her bathrobe and found traces of mottled patches all over her body.

Thanks to the maids and Chiarin, who luckily pretended not to know it, she managed to calm down, still… Somehow, she could not look directly at Vaisha, who was smiling with a clean face as he sat in front of the table where the food was placed.

“Seriana?”

“Yes, yes?”

“Doesn’t it suit your taste?”

Seriana, who had been lowering her head to hide her gaze towards Vaisha without realizing it, raised her head in amazement.

Doubts filled Vaisha’s face as he glanced at the plate in front of him. Since she came to Chaitun, Seriana went through a lot and looked so foolish that she reacted in surprise to even the smallest things.

“…No. it is delicious.”

Even though she said she was delicious, in Vaisha’s eyes, because she didn’t know how she looked, he only had a dark face.

“Was it bad?”

“…Yes?”

“I thought it might be because I wasn’t good last night. Even though you were crying, I didn’t stop, far from comforting you.”

“Yes…?”

“I took some advice, but later found out that it was nonsense.”

Follow his instincts and don’t lose his reason.

Vaisha’s handsome brow wrinkled slightly. After experiencing Kayan’s words, he learned that it was even crazier. He remembered himself from last night when the fever rose to the tip of his head, and he frantically moved his waist.

It was simply the movement of a beast with no reason.

“What…?”

“It’s my first time, too, so now I know that I need to be considerate to you…”

“Va, Vaisha!”

Seriana tilted her head at his sudden question. As his words continued, she felt her face reddening again, barely regaining the original color. Her heart, which had barely been calmed down, was beating fast again.

“Seriana?”

Vaisha, who put down the glass of water he was holding, sat close to her and opened his mouth again.

“Did you not like it?”

“It’s not like that…!”

The response that came out loudly was too quick. But, before she could even realize it, she was captivated by the amber eyes she met.

His face and hot breath approaching her nose made her mind hazy.

“I, I don’t hate it.”

Seriana answered, who managed to lower her gaze.

“Then why don’t you look at me?”

“…I’m, embarrassed—”

“…What?”

“I am so embarrassed…”

Seriana, who eventually covered her face with her hands, bowed her head and answered.

There was nothing Vaisha did wrong, although she was somehow so embarrassed that she couldn’t raise her head.

How could he casually throw such an embarrassing story at breakfast? Do couples who spend the night together normally have these kinds of conversations? If so, Seriana would not be able to become an ’ordinary’ wife.

Unaware of what Seriana was thinking, Vaisha smiled contentedly as the answer leaked from between her small palms, stretching his face that was crumpled in concern.

After spending the night, he was even more convinced…

His wife was a person who could satisfy him with everything from her head to her toes.

Seeing his war-weary people cheering for Seriana, he thought that Ranua was doing her job well enough, but he never thought that he would be so satisfied with even such personal things.

“I’m glad you didn’t hate it.”

“….”

“I’m more than happy that you like it so much that you were embarrassed.”

“….”

With her arms wrapped around Seriana’s waist, who couldn’t lift her head, Vaisha easily lifted her body up and laid it down on his thigh.

He felt it from the moment he first saw her, though his wife was too light. Although she was still beautiful enough, it would be even better if she gained a little more weight.

Thinking so, Vaisha moved one free hand and picked up a piece of fruit lying on the table before bringing it over to her lips.

Seriana, who had been covering her face even then, gently opened her eyes to the cold feeling that touched her lips.

The scent of the sweet fruit lingered on the tip of her nose. She parted her lips and swallowed the fruit he had given her as if bewitched by the sight of Vaisha tapping her lips again with the fruit he had brought to eat.

“Meat doesn’t suit your taste, isn’t it?”

“…Yes, a little.”

Chai Tun’s meat had a stronger flavor than Rajen.

They hid it with strong spice, but even that spice did not suit Seriana’s taste, so she had only eaten flat-baked bread, vegetables, and a little fruit.

“This way, instead of gaining weight, you’re going to lose more weight. No, it is definitely worse.”

“I still eat a lot of fruit.”

“Is it?”

“…Yes.”

Vaisha, who brings out new fruit as soon as she swallows what’s in her mouth, forces Seriana to move her mouth diligently.

She didn’t know if all the fruits of the desert were like this, but the fruit, which was much sweeter and more succulent than what she ate at Rajen, was perfect for her taste. No, there might not be anyone who wouldn’t like this…

“You swallow it deliciously.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m the only one eating…”

“Then, would you like to share some with me?”

“Yes…? Of course. It’s the food brought for us to eat together.”

Saying so, Seriana turned her head to look at the tabletop of the fruit piled high.

She seemed to be full enough to eat fruit without anything else.

Does she have to eat the fruit Vaisha brings out, and does she have to feed him the same way he does? She pondered for a moment.

“Then, I won’t refuse…”

“Yes, help yourse—heup…!”

‘Help yourself.’ The words she was about to spit were crushed along with the fruit that entered her mouth.

Vaisha, who had dug between her lips, which she had not closed, tenaciously pressed their lips together, as though tasting her with the fruit and stirred inside Seriana’s mouth.

A hot breath overflowed with the juice of sweet fruit between the lips that started to fall apart. Her head was dizzy because of the lack of breathing, though with one hand holding her waist tightly, she couldn’t get rid of him as he held her tightly and his hand ran to the back of her head.

It was after a long time that their lips parted.

Seriana’s lips puffed up slightly with hazy eyes and exhaled her long breath.

Vaisha kissed her briefly, making a squeaky sound with her moist red lips.

“It sure is delicious. Is it because you gave it to me?”

He lightly grabbed her chin as she was about to bow her head again in embarrassment. The water around her eyes, who had been weeping nonstop last night, came back again.

After just one night, the sense of distance disappeared.

No, was it there in the first place…?

Unfamiliar with himself, he smirked.

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