Chapter 136 - Midnight Bonding (Part 1)

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[Please note: We're back to Senara's POV - when she fell asleep again on Kaiden's arms <3 ]

"Haaaaaaah…" I yawned as soon as I got up from bed.

The lights were turned on but it was still night time. And I was still in Kaiden's bedroom though he was nowhere to be found. Maybe he went out?

Turning my head towards the wall, I saw that the time was midnight. Oh my goodness! I slept that long? And in Kaiden's room! Wow, Sena. You're the epitome of shamelessness! How dare you sleep in a man's bedroom? And to Kaiden's room of all people? Not because he allowed you to sleep here before when you got scared thinking he was a ghost, meant that you could sleep here anytime!

Ugh. Realizing the stupidity I did again, I groaned and hit my face with my palm in dismay. Yes, dismay of myself. Since when did I become so shameless? It seemed that I was being too complacent and too familiar with Kaiden. What if he's already offended by my too much closeness and he's just too kind to tell me? I should have been more considerate!

Then, I heard the sound of the door opening. It was the door towards the bathroom and Kaiden got out from it, wiping his face with a white towel. Noticing I was awake, he smiled and walked towards me.

"You're finally awake, sleeping beauty," he jested.

"Ack! I'm so sorry. I fell asleep in your room again," I shyly apologized. "Also… W-why did you transfer me to bed? I could have slept on the sofa just fine. There was no need to… ahm," I asked in a murmur.

"It's more comfortable sleeping on the bed. And besides, you were sleeping so soundly I didn't want to wake you up," he replied. "Don't worry, it's fine. You can sleep here anytime you want."

"W-what?! I can't possibly—I mean, we're still young. Waaa! What am I saying? I mean, i-it's bad to do that, right? We shouldn't be sleeping together… ugh," I struggled finding the right words.

Right. We shouldn't be sleeping together at all! What in the world went within my mind that I actually felt okay and even enjoyed sleeping here?! Waaaaaaa… I'm so hopeless!

"Oh? Is that so? Hm… It can't be helped though. You already slept here twice. It won't make a difference if you do it one more time or many more times. Besides, it's not like we're doing anything naughty. No one will believe it even if we lie about it," he said all that with a serious face.

He was right though. So I guess it's really fine? Wait a minute. Why did it sound like he liked me sleeping in his bedroom? Hmmm… Nope. I'm just being delusional and misinterpreting his kindness again. There's no way. He probably meant it like when Callan and the sly fox Verrill sleeps over. Nothing special. Yup.

"On the bright side, mother and father will believe our relationship more since it will sound more convincing," he added.

"Oh, you're right!" I agreed with him. So that's what he meant—for our "deal" to be more realistic.

'Is it normal for girlfriends to sleep over in their boyfriend's room? Isn't that t-too much? And we're still sixteen! Shouldn't we wait until we get married to do that? Though we're not doing anything naughty. But would we even get married? Wait, that's beside the point. Uggghhh… this love and relationship thingy is too complex for me. I don't know what should and should not be done. Oh well. He makes a fair point though. So I guess it's fine? Also, me and Hora living here is already weird enough. Can girlfriends really live at the home of their boyfriends? Hmmm…'

"Anyway, are you hungry? We skipped dinner since we fell asleep."

Grumble… Grumble…

"Ahh… he-he-he. Now that you mention it, I am hungry," I shyly admitted.

"Everyone's probably asleep now but it's fine. I'll just cook for us. What do you want?"

My eyes lit up. "Really? You're going to cook? Can I watch?"

"Yeah, sure."

"YAAAAY!!!" I jumped from bed in my joy. "Oh! One moment. Can I borrow your bathroom first? I'll just wash my face and brush my teeth."

"Go ahead. There should be spares in the cabinet."

"Thank you!"

And so, I did as I said… all in a flash. I wanted to watch Kaiden cook so bad. Making sure I had my phone with me, you know, for picture purposes, I followed him towards the kitchen.

Once in the kitchen, Kaiden grabbed some ingredients from the fridge and began cooking. He took an apron from one of the cabinets and put it on. Then, he washed the ingredients and chopped them all nicely. All his movements were so fluid and flawless. Like a veteran chef of some sort! Kaiden was really amazing.

Of course, the me who had been watching since the beginning, didn't forget to take lots of pictures along the way. He only chuckled seeing me do so. He was probably used to me by now. That was good. I didn't need to keep explaining myself, much to my delight. He-he-he. Kaiden was really kind. Under normal circumstances, he hated getting his picture taken but he's been so kind to me. I'm not selling them anyway. They were all for my eyes only. Yup. All mine.

After just half an hour of cooking, Kaiden was done. He also plated everything beautifully and even managed to make dessert! Wow! That was fast. It was a complete meal, too. With soup, salad, main course which was grilled salmon for me, and grilled steak for him. For dessert, he made coffee jelly with vanilla ice cream.

"Wooooooow," I marvelled at the perfection he made.

The food looked so delicious, making my mouth water. I took lots of pictures of the food, too, along with him who cooked it. I didn't make the food wait for too long and I immediately ate it. We didn't bother going to the dining area and just ate at the kitchen counter table.

"This is really yummy. How can you be so perfect, Kaiden?" I giggled as I happily tasted his cooking. "Ahhh… please marry me."

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Ooops. My big mouth slipped.