“Kiss my lips, Koichi.”
Kimijima Koichi shut his eyes tightly,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoInX87nfq2
as if trying to suppress something dangerously wild rising from within.
“…I’m sorry, my lady.”14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpLJNVao3y
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“…This… is the one order I cannot obey.…”14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nz0UQC1ft
His voice was as gentle as ever,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnPTDOtKft
but trembling—so tightly restrained it bordered on breaking.
Suzuran froze.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq6ZSlcplV
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.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKjSZlKojh
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That wasn’t a kiss between servant and mistress.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxP4qloFQu
It wasn’t gratitude, or manners, or carefully restrained affection.
It was—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2B3hgfe92
a man’s raw desire finally breaking free.
He was like someone who had finally allowed himself one moment of recklessness,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCr5dbvvE4l
tearing through years of self-control,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gRg2YeSdY
releasing everything he’d buried deep inside his chest.
That kiss carried all the love, all the pain,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi94xgvCJNd
all the things he could never say.
Suzuran froze in place, her lashes trembling.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnJinSbn5U
But in the next breath, she reached out—and wrapped her arms around him.
As if using every ounce of strength14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm8B6mf0tF
just to hold onto the man who had finally stopped running.
In that moment, she knew—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGAeQev94L
She hadn’t been imagining it.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEMYZ1oLjW
She wasn’t being rejected in silence.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubImJrXWMw
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.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOUEHrqLOt
It wasn’t hesitation.
It was a kiss that had been held back for far too long,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2jzkcUqyh
and now—finally—it was flooding out.
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He kissed her hard—but not roughly.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAziJLmZVEJ
It was filled with longing,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0c667SmdL
a tenderness pushed to the edge of madness.
One arm wrapped tightly around her waist,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFaPvI8INc
the other cradled the back of her head, pulling her into him completely.
His grip was possessive, but firm—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2br5Efrq5P
like someone who had waited his whole life just to hold her this way.
Their breaths tangled,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzEJgH3Loj
his kiss deep and consuming—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaukLmhGjm
sometimes urgent, sometimes slow,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuXlw9Muip
like waves of wordless hunger crashing over her reason.
Suzuran instinctively clutched his shirt,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokvO7fvSfu
her body pinned against his until she could barely move,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBAqR6Iyfn
small gasps catching in her throat as he kissed her breathless.
She stared up at him through hazy eyes—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4sIIRBK1z
his brows drawn tight,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLLYxmqzaj
his focus locked entirely on her—
like he wasn’t just kissing her lips,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1g58Hdhi7
but her very soul.
Those weren’t a servant’s eyes.
They were the eyes of a man who loved her.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9NPdRQbbs
Deeply. Desperately. Entirely.
Her breath hitched,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEddD4uE2k
her chest rising and falling under his touch,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QPDXpPNPa
her body absorbing the heat of his.
She could barely think—only feel.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjThovjJJ2G
Only let herself be kissed, piece by piece,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKKJVp96w6
by the man she’d wanted for so long.
Every time she gasped,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNVa7C7woe
his kiss only deepened, gentler yet more desperate.
He was no longer holding back.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybRq8dGH8N
No longer retreating.
He poured everything into that kiss—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AxWQsjdrc
his love, his grief, his devotion.
It wasn’t just a kiss.
It was defiance against fate.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjne47OtM3n
It was a vow.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHYJEtTOT7
It was the giving of a soul.
Tears blurred her vision.
She clung to him, trembling,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVOOB4ZByk
her fingers curling into the fabric of his shirt.
And she kissed him back.
Letting him steal her breath,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ktg73PefP
just so she could be closer to him—
to the man who had finally chosen her over duty.
Their breathing tangled,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkgxHXGGfa
their mouths meeting again and again,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesw6XyPaAb
until all that remained was them.
No titles.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvldQkBLYbT
No rules.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pGTVX1pDa
No fear.
Just her—and him.
Just this kiss.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfx5u3pC9P
Kimijima Koichi kissed her again.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGFCaLDkI3
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,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7C1d0GlJp
the deeper his kisses grew—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz61ux6rEvm
wild and unrestrained.
Like he’d fallen from the cliff of control,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUnbEpziHO
and there was no going back.
“H-Koi…”14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ7SXHCb9x
Her voice trembled as she whispered his name.
He finally stopped,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aslP5Vix7
resting his forehead against hers.
His breathing ragged,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL17og7nzt2
his brow damp with sweat.
He didn’t speak right away.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCl9KfXrCO
Just held her, then whispered softly—
“…Ran.”
Their eyes met.
And for once,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSWeyDPylx
his eyes weren’t calm.
They were burning.
She looked into those eyes—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdh9hVThbE
the ones always so composed.
But now?
They were filled with raw, aching emotion.
He looked not like a servant,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEZ2OBl04G
but like a man who had loved her for far too long.
She bit her lip,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihUAfNGUA2
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.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cdnaZGCPC
Tears shimmered in her eyes.
She almost didn’t dare hope that the warmth she felt…
was truly hers.
He was still breathless.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlCEwHQMZw
His chest rose and fell violently,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QgngEjep2
as if he’d just come up from drowning.
Usually so calm,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3eHHUKHr2
Kimijima Koichi now looked utterly undone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHJ87D5JJb
Raw.
He didn’t answer right away.
Instead, he pressed his forehead to hers again,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7dhOTPCBr
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.”14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHepaVJ3lp8
“So much I can’t even meet your eyes.”14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLgnObpfDd
“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,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUpcsjSdj9
barely held together by pride.
He didn’t answer.
He simply took her hand—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoGS3FH2Dr
gently, as always—
but this time, with certainty.
And then, he placed her palm over his chest,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcIUM4erE0
where his heart was pounding.
“Why don’t you see for yourself?”
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