Yi Soo’s body was completely confined by Ji Ho.

At the same time, Ji Ho’s head lowered and their lips deeply overlapped.

Yi Soo slowly closed her eyes at the sweetness that rushed in, parting her opened lips.

Ji Ho slid in smoothly, thoroughly exploring the tender inner membrane and persistently delving deeper.

“Ah…”

A small moan escaped Yi Soo’s mouth at the dense kiss, different from before.

As the kiss deepened, a tingling sensation overwhelmed Yi Soo’s entire body to the point where she couldn’t think straight.

Each time the moist flesh rubbed together, squelching sounds filled the air.

Yi Soo’s heart pounded at the excessively explicit sounds.

“Too… dizzy.”

The briefly parted lips were inevitably sucked back in, entangling deeply inside.

Yi Soo clung to Ji Ho’s neck, feeling as if her whole body was melting.

As the kiss deepened, it felt like something inside her body was boiling hot.

With muscles tightly contracting and tremors spreading to her toes, Yi Soo didn’t know what to do.

“Haa…”

At some point, rough breaths poured out between the separated lips.

Eyes full of desire looked down at Yi Soo’s face as if caressing it.

Yi Soo turned her head to the side, avoiding Ji Ho’s breathtaking gaze.

Ji Ho grabbed Yi Soo’s chin and turned it back under his face.

“Don’t avoid it. Look at my face.”

Yi Soo was inescapably bound within his gaze.

The two people’s gazes intertwined stickily.

“…Don’t you like it? Should we stop?”

Yi Soo’s eyelashes trembled finely as she faced Ji Ho.

Though she hadn’t had a sip of alcohol and was perfectly sober, it was hard to come to her senses as if intoxicated by something.

Yi Soo’s hands were still wrapped around Ji Ho’s neck.

Her heart felt like it would burst, burning hot as if on fire.

With just kisses, her whole body felt like it was melting, and she couldn’t even imagine what more would be like.

“I want to have all of you.”

Burning red eyes turned towards Yi Soo.

He said he would hold back, but it was impossible to endure.

It was as if a switch had been flipped on the desire that felt like it would burst at the slightest touch.

Even so, if Yi Soo disliked it, he had to back off.

Ji Ho’s lips were parched as he waited for Yi Soo’s answer.

“I want that too.”

Even now, one word of dislike would make him back off immediately.

Yi Soo silently looked at Ji Ho with trembling eyes.

“Hm?”

Ji Ho brought Yi Soo’s hand to his heart.

Yi Soo could feel the fierce heartbeat pounding as if about to burst.

At this moment, Yi Soo seemed to know what she wanted.

No more hesitation was needed.

“Me too.”

Yi Soo’s hands cupped Ji Ho’s face and pulled it down.

Their noses touched and their lips met and parted.

“Hold me.”

**

Yi Soo’s body was lightly lifted into the air, and at some point her back touched the bed.

Yi Soo’s sweet scent filled the entire room.

Ji Ho leaned on one hand on the bed and swept Yi Soo’s hair back with the other hand.

“If I hold you now… I don’t think I’ll be able to stop.”

Ji Ho’s voice cracked low as he gazed intently at Yi Soo’s trembling gaze.

It was Ji Ho’s last remaining patience he could show.

His throat was parched with burning thirst.

“…It’s okay.”

Ji Ho’s heart heated up at Yi Soo’s trembling voice.

Ji Ho intertwined his fingers with Yi Soo’s and lowered them.

It felt like all the blood flowing through his body was rushing to one place.

The suppressed desire boiled over all at once, erasing even the last bit of patience that remained.

All he could think about was wanting to have Yi Soo, who was looking at him with a face so beautiful it hurt his eyes, right now.

All his confidence in being able to hold back until the end was just arrogance.

He wanted to have everything and give everything.

As soon as Ji Ho’s broad, firm chest pressed against Yi Soo’s body, he devoured her lips.

He savored the sweet lips again and again.

Hot breaths mingled.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Their heartbeats could be clearly felt through their tightly pressed chests.

Ji Ho gently stroked Yi Soo’s hair with their intertwined hands.

“I want you too.”

At the shy whisper, Ji Ho’s hand slid inside Yi Soo’s clothes.

It felt like fire ignited everywhere the warm touch passed over bare skin.

Clothes fell to the floor below the bed with soft thuds.

Every time Yi Soo’s heated breaths were heard, every time her body twisted in the hot passion, Ji Ho felt like his heart would burst.

Yi Soo became dazed by the unfamiliar sensations that were frighteningly overwhelming.

She clung to Ji Ho with her eyes closed, swept up in the endless waves of tremors.

It felt like her mind went blank after the sweetness that seemed to melt her bones.

Yi Soo’s ears rang and her mind grew faint from sensations she had never experienced before.

It didn’t feel like something of this world.

**

Yi Soo frowned at the bright light she felt on her closed eyelids and opened her eyes.

Her whole body ached and felt stiff.

In the blue dawn, they had completely possessed each other and fallen deeply.

Last night felt vivid yet unreal.

It felt like crossing an impossibly high mountain that seemed uncrossable.

Just thinking about it made heat rush to her face in an instant.

The more she recalled the memories, the more her body seemed to heat up, so Yi Soo tightly closed her eyes then opened them again.

‘Stop thinking about it.’

She could feel Ji Ho’s warm body heat behind her back.

Yi Soo was using Ji Ho’s outstretched arm as a pillow instead of a pillow.

She could hear Ji Ho’s breathing as he slept, holding Yi Soo tightly to his side like a child.

‘He seems to still be sleeping… What should I do now?’

She wasn’t sure what had come over her last night.

It was a night where she felt bewitched by something, without drinking a single drop of alcohol and in her right mind.

Yi Soo let out a small laugh.

In the end, it felt silly how she had put up walls against Ji Ho all this time as if it would absolutely never happen.

‘We’ve only been dating for how long and really… Was I always this kind of person?’

She felt a bit of self-loathing, but no regrets.

It was a very nervous and scary moment, but every moment was happy because it was with Ji Ho.

The gentle touch and kindness as he cared for Yi Soo until the end made her feel deeply loved.

Yi Soo squirmed and turned her body.

She tightly hugged Ji Ho’s back as she turned over.

She thought it would be nice if time stopped like this.

‘So this is dating, and this is love.’

Her heart fluttered at Ji Ho’s scent and warm body heat in her arms.

“Are you awake?”

Ji Ho’s low, husky voice came from above her head.

“Oh! Yeah.”

Yi Soo answered with her face buried in Ji Ho’s chest, hugging his back even tighter.

Ji Ho smiled as he stroked Yi Soo’s back and then caressed her hair.

The feeling of waking up with Yi Soo in his arms was indescribably happy.

Her warm, soft, and squishy body had a familiar scent.

His heart swelled as if he had the whole world.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Mhm.”

When he tried to pull away to see Yi Soo’s face, she hugged him even tighter.

As Ji Ho moved back, Yi Soo moved forward the same amount to stay hugging him.

“What, are you trying not to show me your face?”

Yi Soo was too embarrassed to show Ji Ho her face, which felt like it was burning even to herself.

‘What should I think about to cool down the heat in my face?’

“I want to see your face.”

Ji Ho murmured in a low, sweet voice.

“Just a little, stay like this a little longer.”

Ji Ho hugged Yi Soo with a soft chuckle.

“Alright. I like it when you hug me tightly like this too.”

Yi Soo could feel Ji Ho’s heartbeat clearly through his chest where her face was pressed.

“Your heart is beating so fast too?”

“That’s because I’m holding you like this.”

“I thought it was just me whose heart was pounding.”

Seeing Ji Ho’s composure even while kissing had made her feel a bit resentful.

“I’m not some iron heart, how could I not? My heart feels like it’ll burst every time I hold and touch you. It pounds just thinking about you.”

“Really?”

At that moment, Yi Soo pulled away and lifted her face.

Ji Ho looked down lovingly at Yi Soo as she tilted her head back and looked up.

“Yi Soo, why are you so pretty?”

From her flushed cheeks and clear skin, high nose bridge and red lips, to her soft hair and slender long neck – there wasn’t a single part that wasn’t pretty.

He kissed Yi Soo’s forehead as she lightly rolled her eyes.

How could it feel this good?

He finally felt like he understood what it meant to feel crazy with joy.

Ji Ho looked at Yi Soo feeling like he would go mad from how much he liked her.

There wasn’t a single part of her that wasn’t lovable from head to toe.

Ji Ho gently brushed Yi Soo’s hair behind her ear.

He kissed her round forehead, then once on her eyes, once on the tip of her nose, once on her cheek.

Ji Ho felt intoxicated again by Yi Soo’s scent washing over him.

Yi Soo didn’t know what to do with Ji Ho’s shower of kisses from the morning.

“How long are you going to keep doing this?”

Yi Soo wanted to get out of bed, sensing the suggestive mood like something might start again.

“I want to stay like this all day.”

Ji Ho felt his whole body tense up at Yi Soo’s fragrant scent.

He wanted to feel her deliciously sweet skin again.

That was his honest feeling, but seeing Yi Soo’s clear face, he couldn’t push his desires and only kissed her.

Even being extremely generous, just having their skin touching seemed good enough.

“I’ll really just hold you. I can’t get up from this position now. Please.”

Yi Soo burst out laughing as she rolled her eyes at Ji Ho hugging her playfully.

Then a large hand immediately entered Yi Soo’s clothes and gently caressed her smooth skin.

“I’m going crazy because I like you so much.”

Yi Soo smiled shyly with a slightly reddened face.

Her heart pounded at Ji Ho’s clear confession.

“So you take responsibility.”

Soft lips lightly touched then pulled away.

“Hm? Okay?”

The lips came down again.

Yi Soo rolled her eyes and pressed her index finger firmly against Ji Ho’s lips.

“Didn’t you say you’d just hold me?”

“One last time.”

Ji Ho savored her lips again as he looked at Yi Soo rolling her eyes and laughed softly.

It was a sweet morning.

**

That afternoon.

After eating a late lunch, Ji Ho left the house to drive Yi Soo home as promised.

“It would be nice if you stayed for dinner too.”

“No, I want to go home.”

Ji Ho nodded at Yi Soo’s words.

He wasn’t saying it with big expectations, so he agreed quickly.

Ji Ho felt disappointed and anxious every time Yi Soo said she would leave without a hint of lingering.

As they drove along the uncongested road, Yi Soo’s house soon came into view.

“Don’t come in, just stop briefly here on the side of the road.”

It meant don’t even turn off the engine and just leave right away.

Ji Ho chuckled as he sensed Yi Soo’s determination to not even give him a chance to get out of the car.

“Why, afraid I’ll follow you home?”

“Mhm.”

“Wow… that’s too much.”

Ji Ho shook his head and parked the car at the shopping center in front of the apartment entrance.

As Yi Soo was about to get out of the car, she turned her body and leaned towards Ji Ho.

Soft lips lightly touched Ji Ho’s lips then pulled away.

“Drive safely. Oh! Thanks for the blanket.”

Yi Soo hugged the large shopping bag containing the rolled up blanket and got out of the car.

The window slowly lowered.

Yi Soo nodded and smiled at Ji Ho telling her to be careful as he dropped her off in front of her house.

Yi Soo stood there until Ji Ho’s car disappeared from view, then turned around.

It felt like waking up from a dream and returning to reality.