150 iv. Melted

“You shouldn’t be kissing me so early in the date,” she pushed at him as soon as she was able to catch her breath.

He chuckled and lifted her chin so their eyes can meet, “Why shouldn’t I?”

“Because a gentleman waits at least for the third date before getting a kiss like that,” she pouted.

“And you know that how?” he raised an eyebrow, of course he was just pretending to be cool at this point.

If she so much as mentioned she had been on a date before, he would move heaven and earth to find that man who dared to kiss his woman.

“Don’t tease me,” her frown deepened.

“Come, tell me. I’m being serious here,” he insisted.

“From watching movies,” she covered her face with her hands as he burst into a peal of laughter.

“Don’t laugh at me like that, you moron!” she pinched his arm once she has recovered.

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“No, no. I am just really happy with your answer,” he admitted.

“It means I wouldn’t have to go and kill someone just because you went on a date and accidentally kissed a guy,” he said, the seriousness in his voice making tingles run through her spine.

Why is this madman so serious? He doesn’t intend to kill every man she happened to form any sort of relationship with, does he?

“I was serious when I said you were my first. My first kiss, and first in everything,” she mumbled frustratedly.

She never knew being single for so long will ever be of any help except in this situation. This perfectly hot man seriously has problems. She sighed.

If anyone told her before all those times she would spend moping and wishing she had someone to hold will end up into her bumping into someone so obsessed with her she would not have believed them.

She was far too ordinary to be obsessed over by any man, especially the likes of him. Dominus has no business liking her so much. Even the idea itself is too absurd that she felt like laughing.

“Well, shouldn’t you be happy about that, my love? Just now, you sounded so frustrated,” he followed her as she walked away, looking at other boots.

“Who will be happy when you are being this weird,” she complained.

She blushed when he held her hand again and pulled her close to him, “Is it really so bad that this weird man is all over you? You got a yandere in your midst.”

She couldn’t say anything in response to that. She blushed. She had always dreamed of having someone become a yandere for her. She just never knew it will be possible.

“And you know that term how?” she asked, blushing still.

“From your slum book dated way back to your high school. I got access to your high school classmates, if you ever feel like inviting them to our wedding,” he offered.

Her eyes widened in shock, “Why would you do that?!”

“Why shouldn’t I?” he asked, his eyes were blank as if he really did not understand her sentiments.

“Because that’s just weird,” she pouted more.

He held her hand and walked by her side, stopping when they reached a shooting booth. She blushed when he held a rifle in her hand.

He handed her the gun much to her surprise. She shook her head, she didn’t know how to.

He took some headphones on the stand for the both of them, placing the headphones carefully so that her ears can be well protected.

He positioned himself behind her and supported her hand with it. With trembling hands, she managed to press the trigger.

She closed her eyes as she felt the trigger go off, when she opened them, a huge teddy bear was already on the floor. She removed her headphones and screamed.

Laughing, he removed his headphones as well and kissed her forehead. He asked her if she liked the experience. She nodded and embraced him tightly.

They walked hand in hand while his other arm held into her prize. They stopped in front of a ferris wheel.

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Finally, there was at least an operator waiting for them. Dom casually instructed him that they would like to board.

She sat beside him and hugged him tightly as the ferris wheel started to turn. She felt like they are finally on a real date.

The ferris wheel stopped moving when they reached the top. He instructed her to look out the window.

“Why?” she asked, afraid the magic will stop if she so much as moved.

“Just trust me and follow my instructions, will you?” he insisted.

Despite having her doubts, she looked outside the window just as when firecrackers started to paint the sky. She felt like she was floating in the air as she watched the explosion of colors in the night sky.

“I have never seen something more beautiful,” she murmured.

“Neither have I,” he whispered.

She looked at him and realized he was not looking at the outside but he was staring directly at her instead. She felt her cheeks burn when their eyes met.

He leaned closer until he was just a hair’s breadth away, “Will it be proper right now to kiss you?”

She nodded her head, blushing, “Given the kind of atmosphere you created. I think it will be acceptable if you do.”

He grinned before he pressed his kiss into her lips. She felt dissatisfied by the kind of kiss he gave her so she tugged on his collar.

He chuckled and put some distance between them, “So hungry already?”

“What can I do? I am starving,” she greedily said as she tugged on his shirt again.

He answered her kiss with equal passion as he parted her lips open with his tongue. Their tongues danced in a slow rhythm as a soft moan escaped her lips.

She was breathless when their lips separated but she didn’t feel like losing her hold on him. Instead, she tugged on his shirt yet again.

He laughed when she did it the third time, “I think that won’t be a good idea, my queen.”

“Why not?” she asked. She couldn’t believe he wasn’t taking the opportunity she offered.

“Because your family is waiting for us,” he whispered, making her cheeks burn even more.

She looked down and saw a bunch of people waiting for them downstairs. She couldn’t be mistaken, it was her family indeed.

She couldn’t take her eyes off them as the ferris wheel started to go down. Her whole concentration is on them as the children waved at her.

When she was finally out of the ferris wheel carriage, she didn’t know exactly what to do. She was frozen in the spot as he family hugged her.

When the excitement finally died down her father explained that Dominus was able to relay to them that she has been suffering from a viral infection for days. For that reason, they were requested not to visit.

She was likewise told that Dominus planned this reunion with them, taking into consideration what the kids wanted.

Her mother explained that her sister couldn’t join them because she was suffering from a headache. Of course, she doubted that it was the case, but what can she do but to try to believe so that it doesn’t ruin the moment?

They ate dinner at the food park, and they were served by his kitchen staff back at the castle but with the menu exactly as to be expected from an amusement park.

The kids had buckets of fries and ice cream, it wasn’t healthy but she didnt want to be so strict when their dad even allowed it.

She laughed when her dad cracked a silly joke, and was surprised that Dominus smiled too. She never knew he had any sense of humor.

Soon, her eyes were just focused on him. As if he was the only one that existed in their table.

Funny how letting her be exposed to these many people made her realize that she has become too vulnerable to him. She couldn’t understand it herself why her eyes seemed to be catching his even when they were surrounded by much noise.

When they finished their dinner, everyone started to say their goodbyes. His father hugged her and told her how Dominus is such a nice guy, and that he won’t be having any objections if and when they decide to get married.

She blushed but couldn’t protest. If only she can be honest with herself, she would have told her father how hearing it just made her heart throb so painfully against her chest.

He carried her back to their car and sat her on the passenger’s seat. She held into his arm before he could close the door completely.

“Thank you so much,” she said, her lips quivering from the emotions she felt.

He felt amazed seeing her so lost, so overwhelmed that he reached out and traced her lips with his thumb, “It was my greatest pleasure to know that I have made you happy this much.”

“I am. I really am happy. Thank you for going through all the troubles,” she tugged on his arm again so that his eyes would focus on her blue ones.

“Then all this is worth it. That was my only goal going forward. Nothing else matters to me but your happiness. I am really sorry for having you locked up, it was only out of necessity. I don’t have the words to explain my conduct, but if you only knew how wretched I feel every time I would think of the possibility of losing you, maybe you would look more kindly towards me,” he tried to explain.

She blushed and whispered, “Please... just shut up and kiss me.”

And so he did. He did kiss her that night under the moon and stars that twinkled so serenely above them. He kissed her until all her defenses melted away.