Chapter 122: Kiss, Kiss, Kiss
“Now… do you understand what kind of ‘like’ I mean?”
Their lips, which had been lightly touching, parted slightly as Mi Hongdou spoke. But their foreheads still touched, their bodies still intertwined, their arms around each other as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Ji Junxin’s tears had stopped during their passionate, almost accidental first kiss. Now, Mi Hongdou’s warm breath on her cheek sent shivers down her spine. Even though they had just kissed, her mind still hazy, that warm breath rekindled the desire, and Ji Junxin, her head lowered, quickly licked her lips.
“What, you still don’t understand?” Mi Hongdou gently tightened her arm around Ji Junxin’s waist.
Ji Junxin, already weak and pliant from the kiss, swayed slightly with Mi Hongdou’s movement. Leaning back was fine, but leaning forward meant practically falling onto Mi Hongdou. She squirmed slightly, embarrassed.
Mi Hongdou, thinking that her embrace was too tight, loosened her grip.
The comforting warmth disappeared, and Ji Junxin bit her lip, a little unhappy. But asking for another kiss, another embrace, so soon, wouldn’t that be too… forward?
So, Mi Hongdou, waiting for an answer, watched as Ji Junxin, who had just been a soft, pliant mess, slowly lifted her head, blinked her teary eyes, let out a soft “hmph,” and then, pouting slightly, asked, “If you’ve always liked me, why didn’t you tell me?”
This was a dangerous question, one that could easily ruin everything!
“Because… I… wanted to pursue you… but I hadn’t had the chance…” Mi Hongdou chose the most plausible truth from her tangled thoughts.
And then she watched as Ji Junxin’s face turned redder and redder, her gaze darting around.
She wasn’t happy with this answer? It was the most honest answer she could give…
Just as Mi Hongdou started to panic, Ji Junxin, fiddling with her clothes, her gaze averted, whispered, “Then… wasn’t I… too forward… just now…” Was it too impulsive, too immodest?
“No… no, no…” Mi Hongdou, seeing Ji Junxin’s eyes watering again, quickly reassured her. “Not at all. It’s… wonderful… if you hadn’t said anything, I don’t know how long I would have waited. It’s wonderful, you’re… wonderful.”
Mi Hongdou rambled, not even knowing what she was saying. Fortunately, her words seemed to have calmed Ji Junxin down.
Relieved, Mi Hongdou chuckled, “They say after a confession, you’re supposed to be all lovey-dovey, but we’re just… asking questions…”
Ji Junxin glared at her playfully. “Well, you weren’t the one who confessed.”
Didn’t my earlier words count as a confession? Mi Hongdou thought, then, seeing Ji Junxin’s slightly arrogant expression, her heart softened. She, who had lived two lifetimes, had actually been the one being confessed to…
Ji Junxin’s hand, which had been nervously fiddling with her clothes, was suddenly held by Mi Hongdou. The warm, soft touch made her shiver slightly, but she didn’t pull away, just letting Mi Hongdou hold her hand.
“I like you very much, very, very much. If possible, can you give me a chance to… take care of you? Be with…” Before Mi Hongdou could finish, Ji Junxin was already nodding, and Mi Hongdou felt a pang of bittersweetness in her heart. I was so blind, when did she start liking me, how long has she been struggling with it… She could write a book about the struggles of having a crush on a girl. And the thought that she had been so oblivious, making Ji Junxin also go through this, made her heart ache.
Although Ji Junxin had already agreed, Mi Hongdou still finished her sentence. “Be with… me?”
The answer, naturally, was yes.
Mi Hongdou, her eyes slightly red, pulled Ji Junxin into her arms.
Just like this, just holding her like this…
“The cockroach… we’ve been in here too long…” Ji Junxin mumbled against Mi Hongdou’s shoulder, wiping away her tears. “We should go out.”
Oh… damn it!
“But I haven’t asked you when you started liking me, what you like about me…” Although she knew they had to leave, Mi Hongdou tightened her embrace, reluctant. “I still have so many questions…”
Ji Junxin squirmed slightly, her body pliant in Mi Hongdou’s arms, but her voice firm. “We’re together now, what’s the point of asking so many questions? Should I tell you what I like, so you can change?”
What the hell!
Mi Hongdou, amused and exasperated, released her. “Do you think I’m that stupid?”
“Hmph.” Ji Junxin turned, one hand on the shower door handle, the other pointing at her slippers on the floor outside. “You kill it later.”
“You’re acting spoiled,” Mi Hongdou said, placing her hand over Ji Junxin’s and stopping her from opening the door. “You’re so cute when you’re like this, do you know that?”
I don’t want to know!
Her supposedly grand confession had turned into a teary, whispered one, how embarrassing, and now Mi Hongdou was calling her cute… I’m not cute! I’m leaving!
“One more kiss…”
Mi Hongdou’s soft whisper stopped Ji Junxin.
Ji Junxin slowly turned around, her face flushed, a “what can I do with you” expression, and nodded slightly.
Then…
Then neither of them moved.
They stared at each other…
Ji Junxin was stunned. Did she mean… I should kiss her? No way! I’m not playing anymore!
That “I can’t do anything with you” expression, the shy nod, the widening eyes, all so cute! How can she be so adorable!
Mi Hongdou, who had been enjoying Ji Junxin’s expressions, noticed that she was about to flee.
“Hey…” She stopped Ji Junxin’s hand and closed the shower door. “Don’t go yet…”
“The viewers will think our bathroom is infested with cockroaches…” Ji Junxin said, shuddering at the thought.
“But there aren’t any,” Mi Hongdou reassured her.
“Hmph.” Ji Junxin wasn’t appeased.
Although reluctant to leave, Mi Hongdou knew that if they didn’t go out soon, the crew would come knocking.
A reality show where you can’t even show affection, what kind of reality show is that, hmph!
“What are you doing…” Ji Junxin gently pushed Mi Hongdou away as she leaned closer.
“One more kiss,” Mi Hongdou said, putting her arm around Ji Junxin’s waist and pulling her closer.
Ji Junxin’s hand was still on Mi Hongdou’s chest, but she didn’t push her away.
Unlike her earlier impulsive kiss, this time, as Mi Hongdou slowly approached, before their lips even touched, Ji Junxin’s heart pounded.
Mi Hongdou was also nervous, but this nervousness was overshadowed by the thought that once they left, she wouldn’t be able to touch Ji Junxin like this, and by Ji Junxin’s adorable expression. Beauty emboldens the heart.
Just a spark, and the dry kindling ignited…
No more guessing or testing, only need and desire.
The initial touch was hesitant, then, as the warmth spread, igniting them both, an eager invasion met with a passionate response, their love conveyed in their mingled breaths…
A soft moan, a body melting, a heart pounding, they clung to each other, wanting more.
As if nothing else mattered, only the desire…
“Jun… Junxin…” Mi Hongdou, her voice breathless, clung to the last shred of her rationality, then grabbed Ji Junxin’s hand. “Your… your hand…”
Ji Junxin, leaning against the glass wall for support, her eyes hazy, followed Mi Hongdou’s gaze.
And then, the earlier passion instantly cooled.
“I…” She quickly retracted her hand, which, she hadn’t even realized, had been gripping Mi Hongdou’s breast, and darted out of the shower like a startled rabbit.
That soft feeling… I don’t remember it… and my hand… it wasn’t me! Ji Junxin, her face burning, stood outside the shower, not knowing what to do with her hands and feet.
Mi Hongdou: …She was the one who touched me!
An awkward silence lingered.
“I’ll… go out first, you continue with your shower,” Mi Hongdou said, finally recovering, grabbing her slippers and going to the door. She knocked a few times and said loudly, “Hmph, I can’t even hit you!” Then she went to the toilet and flushed it, although she didn’t need to use it.
Ji Junxin shivered slightly. Was she angry because I… touched her?
Mi Hongdou, unaware of Ji Junxin’s thoughts, thinking that Ji Junxin was embarrassed because she had called her out, said, “I’ll… go out now…”
Ji Junxin nodded slightly, fiddling with her clothes.
Mi Hongdou washed her face, trying to cool down, then, annoyed with this reality show, returned to her room.
She had to put on her bedsheets. As she did, her face felt warm again. The shape of the bunched-up blanket reminded her of… Ji Junxin’s hand on her… earlier…
Mi Hongdou’s earlier interruption had mostly been due to the time and place… she didn’t think that… that itself was inappropriate.
But Ji Junxin, who seemed so soft and innocent… why had she… initiated it? Something felt… off.
While Mi Hongdou was making her bed, Ji Junxin, in the bathroom, was gently touching the hand that had just… misbehaved.
Was I… too hasty? We just got together. But… it wasn’t my intention!
It’s all Mi Hongdou’s fault, wanting another kiss, and another, and another… until I lost control!
It’s all her fault!
But…
So soft…
The uniform is a bit thick…
Annoying…
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