During the long time we hadn’t expected to embrace each other again, it was difficult to breathe, making it hard to recall the memories of that precious time. Now, holding me and feeling each other’s breath, we might have vaguely reminisced about those memories.
“We probably didn’t expect to embrace each other like this for a long time, right?”
“It’s hard to even think about escaping.”
Jun’s smile lightly lingered on his lips as he gently brushed my lips.
“Back then and today, I didn’t have such thoughts.”
“Yeah, because today, it’s just us, in this house.”
The cool night air, devoid of the warmth of the daytime sunlight, began to touch the spot where the blouse had wrapped around.
Jun, who had just pressed his lips against mine, used one hand to caress my waist, slowly moving up my back and stopping at a certain point. Feeling the touch there, I tightly gripped Jun’s shirt with both hands.
With a click, the sensation unfolding behind my back made my shoulders tremble, but the gentle touch that reassured me it was okay came forward, moving from my back to the front.
My chest started to pound louder. It was becoming fearful, as if worried that this tremor would be conveyed to Jun.
During summer, eyes would quickly open due to the sunlight brightening the window from an early hour. It felt like I had barely slept for an hour, and I was already awake. Perhaps that was why.
Unconsciously furrowing my eyebrows, I opened my eyes. In that moment, as I looked at the face of Haru, who was cuddled up and sleeping in front of me, her body slightly hunched, memories of last night quickly filled my mind.
Haru. Yes, my Haru.
Gazing at Haru, who was lightly exhaling through her slightly parted lips, I wondered why it felt like I was in a dream.
Why is even your sleeping figure so lovely?
I can’t even hug you for fear of waking you up.
From the densely arranged eyelashes to the tiny drops on the tip of her nose and the lips that whispered love last night, I felt the impulse to touch each one. And soon, that small impulse tried to evoke even larger fantasies.
I hurriedly turned my body, lying down and staring at the ceiling. Maybe this will make it better.
Then, at that moment, it felt like Haru, who had just woken up, was tossing and turning with a sound like “Eeuunngh.” When I turned my head, I could see her eyelids fluttering as if she hadn’t fully woken up yet.
Should I close the curtain? She might be tired.
Trying to get up, Haru, who seemed to have just awakened, was slow to rise due to the sluggish movements from sleep.
But then, with a sigh, I burst into laughter without realizing it. Perhaps I didn’t know that I had been wearing only a thin blanket all this time because I had just woken up.
As I tried to get up, the blanket, which had slipped down during the night, seemed to be trying to come down again as soon as our eyes met. Realizing the situation, I was embarrassed, so I simply bent over towards the bed.
“Why are you so embarrassed?”
I lowered my head and lightly tapped Haru’s cheek with my fingers. Her cheek, quickly tinted with a blushing color.
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
Haru pulled the blanket towards her chest, revealing only her face, and covered her entire body inside the blanket.
“What are you doing?”
“I… covering myself with the blanket?”
“You cover up to your chin in the middle of summer?”
“Yeah. I always do. This is how I cover myself.”
No, you didn’t. I saw your sleeping figure from just now.
Covering herself with the blanket up to her neck, Haru, with only her face peeking out like a penguin, wore a stern expression. Watching her, I simply swallowed all these words. Then, lying next to Haru, I embraced her, with the blanket wrapped around her like kimbap. Since she had her arms inside, she couldn’t push me away.
“Kim Jun. It’s hot. Go away.”
“You said you sleep with the blanket covering up to your neck. It’s not hot. You’re not hot.”
“I’m hot.”
Even so, she couldn’t give up the blanket, and she started pushing my chest with her arm extended from the blanket.
Ah… Nothing I can do.
Despite wanting to hug her, she kept pushing only my chest away. Eventually, I gave up on holding Haru with my arms and just lay down next to her, watching.
Haru’s round eyes, staring quietly at me, sparkled faintly in the morning sunlight.
Such a quiet time. A time when Haru filled my eyes, and I filled Haru’s eyes. A time when warmth spread from our chests just by lying down and listening to each other’s rhythmic breathing.
“Haru.”
“Yeah.”
Instead of continuing the conversation, I lowered my body to Haru and lightly kissed her cheek. Perhaps my warmth transferred to Haru through that kiss. Her cheeks seemed to be burning more than a moment ago.
“Haru, you’re beautiful even in the morning.”
“Don’t tease me.”
“Huh? Is it a joke?”
“Oh, come on…”
Actually, it’s sincere. A sincere feeling from my heart. You’re so beautiful, from head to toe. Enough to make the blanket feel burdensome.
“Haru.”
“Yeah.”
“I love you.”
“…Yeah.”
“Today more than yesterday, and tomorrow more than today, I’ll love you more.”
“…Then, today, you’re saying you love me less than tomorrow.”
“No. It means I’ll keep loving you more. The memories we love will grow more than yesterday, more than today. It will keep accumulating. More than today, more than tomorrow. So, I love you. I’ll love you tomorrow too.”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah, not just ‘yeah.'”
“Oh…”
After hesitating for a moment, Haru shyly responded.
“I will too. In this moment, in tomorrow’s moment, I’ll keep loving you more.”
I couldn’t look at her, feeling embarrassed, but Haru’s shy expression as she spoke was truly adorable.
“Iharu.”
“Yeah?”
“Do you know that?”
“Yeah? What are you talking about?”
“When you make that face while on the same bed, I can’t just watch silently.”
“What?”
Before Haru could finish speaking, I reached out into the blanket she was covering herself with. Even though she asked why, the bright sound of her laughter echoed pleasantly in my ears.
Maybe I’ve long dreamed of such a morning.
A morning that is not at all different and exactly like now.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
