The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 221

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Side Story 21

They say that after marriage comes the wedding night.
She’d certainly heard all about it from Olivia before.
‘Still, it feels strange.’
And to make matters worse, Cookie wasn’t here.
There was no cute Summoned Beast beside her to excitedly explain, “Airi, this is how you’re supposed to do it!”
‘…… A little, my heart feels odd.’
Airi, who had been pondering quietly, suddenly brightened her eyes.
As if taking the initiative mentally, she drew a deep breath, steeling herself, and then grasped Berry’s hand firmly.
“So, Berry. Shall we go inside the villa?”
“…… Yeah.”
Berry’s eyes gleamed faintly. As Airi gazed into those luminous eyes, she had a premonition.
…… That something would change tonight.

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The Southern Villa was warm and intimate.
The villa keeper had taken considerable care—firewood crackled pleasantly in the hearth.
Lying on the villa’s bed, Airi played with Berry’s hands.
It was habitual, but somehow today felt different from usual.
Yet until Berry’s hand gently brushed across her cheek, Airi had thought little of it.
So everything had felt rather trivial…… until.
As Berry’s fingertips traveled from her cheek to her lips, from her lips to her neck, from her neck to her collarbone—slowly, ever so slowly—
Airi suddenly understood something intensely.
That tonight, something truly would change.
Then Berry whispered in a low voice.
“…… Airi.”
A low baritone, as if holding something back.
Airi lowered her eyes and tilted her head slightly.
Berry chuckled softly and smoothed down her hair.
“Today, we’re not trapped in a room where we have to kiss to escape.”
“…… Uh, uh-huh.”
“And we’re not trapped in a strange box either.”
At that, Airi’s teeth clenched.
“…… That’s right. Now that you mention it, I’m furious. That wretched Cookie.”
Recalling the forced events she’d endured, anger surged naturally.
Berry laughed quietly and spoke.
“Don’t be angry.”
“…… ”
Somehow, Berry’s manner had shifted.
Airi gazed into Berry’s blue eyes, her lips parting slightly. She wanted to say something, but couldn’t.
Instead, Berry opened his mouth to speak.
“…… It’s not that, but here, I just want to keep holding you, Airi.”
As he spoke, Berry’s hand descended slowly.
Airi carefully felt his hand trailing down her body and tensed.
‘My heart feels strange.’
But there was no time to slowly savor that strange emotion.
Berry lowered his gaze and kissed her forehead briefly.
After a few small kisses ended, and Airi blinked before looking at him, that was when—
“…… Airi, may I keep holding you?”
“Yeah.”
“And…… what comes after that—may I do it?”
What comes after that.
Airi understood dimly what that meant.
Feeling her eyelids tremble, Berry lifted his hand and covered her eyes.
As if blindfolded, her vision darkened, and Airi swallowed softly, flustered.
Gradually, tongues mingled lightly, breath exchanged.
Then Berry nibbled at her lips and murmured.
“When it’s dark.”
“…… ”
“Don’t your other senses feel sharper?”
His tongue slowly traced her lip.
The movement was so delicate and unhurried that she could feel even the small ridges of his tongue.
Airi’s lips were slightly swollen from her habit of biting them, and Berry slowly, gradually, very slowly healed those reddened edges with his own, as if soothing them.
At the ticklish, tender touch, Airi exhaled softly and parted her lips—and that was when—
Berry’s tongue pushed into her mouth.
Simultaneously, his lips gently drew up her lower lip.
Her breath caught in an instant.
As if swallowing the breathless whimper from her throat, Berry’s lips drank in her breath again and again.
Slowly, she could see saliva stretching between them.
“So this is…… kissing.”
“You’ve done it plenty.”
“But…… I’ve never done it in bed before.”
At Airi’s innocent words, Berry closed his eyes deeply, then opened them again.
“You realize that sounds strange, don’t you.”
At the light remark, Airi’s face reddened.
“I just realized.”
As Airi murmured breathlessly, Berry laughed quietly. Yet his laugh felt subtly different from before.
As Airi’s lips parted slightly and her breathing flowed downward, Berry’s lips descended along her neck.
Light kisses traced from her strained throat muscle to her prominent collarbone, and then—
Berry’s lips moved lower still.
The moment his lips touched the upper curve of her chest, which rose and fell with her rapid breathing—
“…… Stop. Berry, stop.”
Airi’s face had turned crimson. From her ears to her cheeks to her collarbone, everything was flushed a rosy red, like a tomato.
Whenever she said stop, Berry always did. But now he simply gazed into her eyes.
As if asking: Do you really want to stop?
Then Airi covered her face with her hand and murmured.
“My heart feels so strange. …… The truth is, I don’t want to stop.”
At her confession, Berry laughed softly. He gently wrapped her wrist and spoke.
“That means you feel good, doesn’t it?”
At that, Airi closed and opened her eyes, murmuring.
“Honestly, yeah. I feel so good, but it’s unfamiliar…… ”
“Unfamiliar.”
Berry repeated the word “unfamiliar” several times. As if he would wait for her, he gazed intently at Airi.
“I want to continue, actually.”
Truthfully, no man could maintain his composure hearing his beloved say such a thing in bed.
And Berry, it seemed, was just an ordinary man.
He slowly closed his eyes, then opened them again, and spoke.
“Then we’ll continue.”
“…… Continue?”
At her bewildered echo, Berry laughed quietly.
“Yeah, continue. …… If that’s what you want, I could stay awake all night.”

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The next morning.
Birds chirped their song.
“The birds are chirping in the morning…… ”
…… Airi opened her puffy eyes. Berry was already awake.
Airi sighed shallowly as she composed her aching body.
“…… What is this feeling?”
They had said they loved each other, kissed, held a wedding ceremony, exchanged rings, and consummated their marriage.
So now, the emotion she felt with Berry lying beside her could be only one thing.
“Somehow, I feel…… complete.”
With that simple realization, Airi laughed softly, as if in wonder.
Berry, watching her intently, wore a faint smile as well.
At the sight of that smile, she somehow felt grown.
Tomorrow might be different, but at least today, it was so.

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