“Kiss my lips, Koichi.”
Kimijima Koichi shut his eyes tightly,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNPlyqF1Vr
as if trying to suppress something dangerously wild rising from within.
“…I’m sorry, my lady.”21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu4XLXslS2
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“…This… is the one order I cannot obey.…”21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9Su8D2bmY
His voice was as gentle as ever,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rflplqtEU
but trembling—so tightly restrained it bordered on breaking.
Suzuran froze.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8xvDNkm6A
Then tears spilled from her eyes—just as he added quietly:
“…This is my personal will.”
And in the very next moment—
his lips came crashing down.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3irvdaKOUe
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That wasn’t a kiss between servant and mistress.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZa8KUpW18L
It wasn’t gratitude, or manners, or carefully restrained affection.
It was—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAobe2PBzd
a man’s raw desire finally breaking free.
He was like someone who had finally allowed himself one moment of recklessness,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkIW9X3Hfd
tearing through years of self-control,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXA0qSfTSH
releasing everything he’d buried deep inside his chest.
That kiss carried all the love, all the pain,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZrKnzVMlD
all the things he could never say.
Suzuran froze in place, her lashes trembling.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjHAiyFPUs
But in the next breath, she reached out—and wrapped her arms around him.
As if using every ounce of strength21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4J9ZDYNsu
just to hold onto the man who had finally stopped running.
In that moment, she knew—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTzKtK3jjo
She hadn’t been imagining it.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7ycemR5ML
She wasn’t being rejected in silence.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvxw0l46oI
She hadn’t been loving alone.
The man she loved… had finally kissed her back.
The moment his lips touched hers, Suzuran forgot how to breathe.
It wasn’t a brush.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVgIXmglfT
It wasn’t hesitation.
It was a kiss that had been held back for far too long,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBXBoedijH
and now—finally—it was flooding out.
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He kissed her hard—but not roughly.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7URfvgHfTN
It was filled with longing,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JDpk4SqqQ
a tenderness pushed to the edge of madness.
One arm wrapped tightly around her waist,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLrLutPat8
the other cradled the back of her head, pulling her into him completely.
His grip was possessive, but firm—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxXgO5zKAa
like someone who had waited his whole life just to hold her this way.
Their breaths tangled,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtOzTJ4Bgt
his kiss deep and consuming—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk96vZJBVB
sometimes urgent, sometimes slow,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUK46qeEiK3
like waves of wordless hunger crashing over her reason.
Suzuran instinctively clutched his shirt,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gMaICw3gq
her body pinned against his until she could barely move,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4cSLBb9BT
small gasps catching in her throat as he kissed her breathless.
She stared up at him through hazy eyes—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nRrkSXQLZ
his brows drawn tight,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQEJRWevqr
his focus locked entirely on her—
like he wasn’t just kissing her lips,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDndSYBifjA
but her very soul.
Those weren’t a servant’s eyes.
They were the eyes of a man who loved her.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS3y8R3v1f
Deeply. Desperately. Entirely.
Her breath hitched,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhHcssoVEA
her chest rising and falling under his touch,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSjFJ8NGw7
her body absorbing the heat of his.
She could barely think—only feel.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8HTJcnlQ2
Only let herself be kissed, piece by piece,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVUkZ6aqkO
by the man she’d wanted for so long.
Every time she gasped,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEhZEtAwH6
his kiss only deepened, gentler yet more desperate.
He was no longer holding back.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyHWTvO4u7
No longer retreating.
He poured everything into that kiss—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEOrSdPFh9
his love, his grief, his devotion.
It wasn’t just a kiss.
It was defiance against fate.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WIjQ7uahJ
It was a vow.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4adDelEfMC
It was the giving of a soul.
Tears blurred her vision.
She clung to him, trembling,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2dHBf9hTM
her fingers curling into the fabric of his shirt.
And she kissed him back.
Letting him steal her breath,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2r2E43Lti
just so she could be closer to him—
to the man who had finally chosen her over duty.
Their breathing tangled,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZroZHCRcsR
their mouths meeting again and again,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2YuBQozKJ
until all that remained was them.
No titles.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nhcs4n2zl
No rules.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapOlW4TSR5
No fear.
Just her—and him.
Just this kiss.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8JoTOS9M7
Kimijima Koichi kissed her again.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlEeDVD61p
And again.
Pulling back only to return to her lips like he couldn’t bear the distance.
Suzuran gasped, barely able to speak.
The more breathless she became,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuazabKNJ3I
the deeper his kisses grew—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH3wJJoV3A
wild and unrestrained.
Like he’d fallen from the cliff of control,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFiycVdh5D
and there was no going back.
“H-Koi…”21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbliJodIuVu
Her voice trembled as she whispered his name.
He finally stopped,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jgZleP5N2
resting his forehead against hers.
His breathing ragged,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnajaicWQzw
his brow damp with sweat.
He didn’t speak right away.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gjoOtDn9z
Just held her, then whispered softly—
“…Ran.”
Their eyes met.
And for once,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfRbyt8563
his eyes weren’t calm.
They were burning.
She looked into those eyes—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PFeCgmdof
the ones always so composed.
But now?
They were filled with raw, aching emotion.
He looked not like a servant,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygcUsrfB2y
but like a man who had loved her for far too long.
She bit her lip,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSprZnq91U7
then finally asked the question that had haunted her for so long:
“…Koichi, do you—really love me?”
Her voice was barely above a breath.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAveIxD7Ww
Tears shimmered in her eyes.
She almost didn’t dare hope that the warmth she felt…
was truly hers.
He was still breathless.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YxvMWdMSG
His chest rose and fell violently,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKH6Zw8XsO
as if he’d just come up from drowning.
Usually so calm,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM6DFbaVVj
Kimijima Koichi now looked utterly undone.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWUNdnzuVs
Raw.
He didn’t answer right away.
Instead, he pressed his forehead to hers again,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu4qCsz9eW
eyes closed tight, as if enduring something painful.
Finally, his voice came—hoarse, shaken:
“…I wasn’t supposed to love you.”
“But I’ve loved you—this whole time.”
“So much I can’t stop.”21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGvbxb2F0k
“So much I can’t even meet your eyes.”21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPGaHG4zOo
“So much I’ve had to use everything I have to hold it back.”
His voice trembled.
Like the words weren’t just spoken—
but torn out from a bleeding wound.
Suzuran whispered:
“I thought… I was the only one whose heart was racing.”
“I thought it was just me…”
“A one-sided love.”
The words fell from her chest like a sob,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzmocxAejr
barely held together by pride.
He didn’t answer.
He simply took her hand—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVWUQ7jjCk
gently, as always—
but this time, with certainty.
And then, he placed her palm over his chest,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7ZAixdiP4
where his heart was pounding.
“Why don’t you see for yourself?”
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