Chapter 139 - Midnight Bonding (Part 4)

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[Please note: This chapter is written in Kai's POV - after he asked Senara to take off her clothes and change into a nightgown]

'That look on her face… fuming in anger and almost crying, with red and pouting cheeks. How could I stop teasing her if she's this cute? This is fun.'

"What's wrong?" I asked her, purposely in a teasing manner. "Can't do it? Are you going to beg me to change to 'truth' instead?"

Ah. She snapped. If looks could kill, she would have killed me with that stare.

"NO!" Senara replied firmly. "And I'm not wearing that nightgown again!"

"Eeehhh… But you lost. You should do the dare."

'Her angry stare turned into a pout. Now, she looks like a cute bunny on the verge of tears. Hmm… I wonder if I'm teasing too much? Should I stop? But she's too cute. Maybe I'll tease her a bit more then stop.'

"I-I'm not changing to the truth. But if you really want me to change clothes, please not the nightgown! I'd rather change into your clothes than wear that again!" she pleaded. "Please? Pretty please?"

Ahhh… How could I say no to that adorableness?

Smiling, I agreed with her request. "Alright. I'll be merciful and let you change into that instead. My clothes are over there. Just pick whichever fits you."

"Really?" her face lit up in an instant. "There's no take backs, okay?"

"Yes. I promise."

And so, Senara dashed into my walk-in closet and started changing. As I waited for her to change, I prepared my phone so I could take a picture of her again. I wondered too, which one she'd pick. Would any of my clothes fit her though? I'm much taller than her since her head was up to chest only. And my shoulders were broader than hers, not to mention my arms would be longer.

"Hmmm… She'll probably look like a child wearing her dad's clothes," I murmured to myself, trying to imagine how she would look.

A few minutes passed and I heard Senara calling my name from inside the dressing room.

"Kaiden! Kaiden! Come here and look!" She sounded excited. Was it fun wearing a guy's clothes?

I went over to the dressing room and knocked on the door.

"Can I come in?"

"Yes! Come in and look!"

I opened the door—she didn't even lock it. What if I suddenly barged in while she was changing. Haaah. Seriously, she's so defenseless.

Anyway, I went in and saw her facing the mirror. Then, she turned around and…

…

…

…

Badump! Badump! Badump!

Dangerous. That was the first word that came to mind.

I never knew… girlfriends wearing their boyfriend's clothes would look so… dangerous.

Senara picked one of my long sleeve polo shirts—a white one, and it just had to be a bit thin, too. I could somewhat see her body's silhouette from it! Didn't she notice that?

I unconsciously averted my eyes from her. It's too… tempting. If I didn't have my condition, I probably would have run to her by now and… Haaah.

"I tried on your pants but it's too long for me. Your legs are too long, Kaiden!" Senara complained. "But I found this shirt and look! It's almost like a dress for me!" She smiled so beautifully and chuckled as she explained. She's definitely enjoying it. "If only one of your belts fitted me, I could add one and it will look like a real dress. Well, except for the sleeves. It's too long!"

She stretched out her arms, showing me how the sleeves surpassed her own arms.

"Can you help me fold it?"

I breathed in deeply before I went to her and helped fold the sleeves to her elbows. As I did that, I noticed how the neckline was big for her, too, and her collarbone was showing. Not only her collarbone… it reached all the way down to her… darn it. Tsk! Tsk! So defenseless! I made sure to button everything until there were no more buttons left.

"Thank you for helping," she smiled at me.

Now I'm not sure if she's deliberately doing this to get back at me or she's just too clueless. I'm still a man for goodness' sake. Haah… I should tell her to change back. Yeah.

"Ehem. Since you already did your part of the dare, why don't you change back to your clothes now?"

"Huh? But it's so cute! And comfortable! I want to wear it a bit more. Pleeeease," and there she begged so cutely again.

Haaaah… she'd be the end of my sanity.

"I promise not to make it dirty!"

I sighed again. Looking down, I could see her bare legs.

'It's too short for her. If she's thinking of it as a dress, shouldn't it extend to her knees at least? But it's shorter than that! It's only covering half of her thighs! Four or five inches above the knee? It's too short. And once she sits down later, it will be shorter. Is she even wearing something underneath aside from her underwear? Haaaah. I shouldn't have agreed to her wearing my clothes. I didn't know it would be like this.'

"What's wrong?" Senara asked, looking all sad. "Does it look bad on me?"

"What?! No! It's not that it looks bad. It's—haaah. Well, it's…"

'How in the world should I explain to her that it's making me crazy without it sounding like I had fallen madly and deeply for her?'

Yeah. Mother said not to let her know my feelings too early or she might get scared and run away. We should get closer first.

"It looks good on you," I shyly admitted. "Too good, actually."

Senara's face flushed pink.

"A-ah, I see. T-thank you."

Then, she immediately ran away, out of the dressing room and sat back on the sofa. With trembling hands, she took a glass from the side and poured water onto it, and drank it.

'Did my comment scare her? Haaaah… This romance stuff is so hard. I'd do better answering hard mathematical questions or coding an entirely new game than this.'

After that, I went out of the dressing room and closed the door. I went back to the sofa and sat in front of Senara. Like her, I ended up getting a glass of water for myself.

"Ahm, Kaiden," she suddenly called my name.

"Yes?'

"Are you alright?" she asked, worried.

"Yes, why?"

"Ahm… Are you feeling okay?"

'No. I'm not. I'm on the verge of losing my sanity, if that's what you mean. And I have to endure seeing you wearing my shirt so sexily until you get tired of it and change back to your normal clothes.'

"I'm good."

"But your face… It's so red. Are you sure you're not sick or anything?"

"Yes, I'm good. It just felt… hot. Anyway, let's continue."

Senara looked like she was doubting what I just said. Nonetheless, I prepared the board and began rolling the dice. If I win this round again, I'd make her change back to her clothes. I could only tolerate this for a few more minutes.

As we played the game, I was so distracted. I tried rushing in to win the game but looking at Senara made my focus falter. And it was impossible not to look at her. She would sometimes exclaim when she takes the lead. Then, she would smile so cutely.

'Since when did playing board games become such a torture?'

After a few minutes more of playing, I eventually… lost the match. Of all the times I would lose…

"YAAAAAYYY!! I WON!!! Finally!" Senara jumped in joy.

She kicked and punched the air in her delight as well. She was really so happy she won. I liked seeing her smile. Maybe I should let her win more often?

"It's my time to shine. Wa-ha-ha-ha," she laughed evilly. Then, in a sing-song tone, she asked me the question she'd been wanting to ask, "So, Kaiden. Truth or Dare?" Her eyes sparkled with mischievousness.

Hmm… Now what should I pick? If I pick 'truth', she wouldn't ask me something so cliché as to who I like, right? And if I pick 'dare', she might make me do something stupid for revenge. Hmm…

"Truth."

Yes. I'd rather risk the cliché question in case she's curious about it. Then maybe I can hint my feelings for her and gauge her reaction.

Senara looked surprised at my choice.

"So, what is your question?"

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Hello Pumpkins!

I would like to apologize for the delay of today's chapter and for publishing 1 chapter only (though I made it longer). This stupid author ended up binge-watching Jujutsu Kaisen and falling asleep after T_T. I swear I said I'm just gonna watch 1 episode but obviously that didn't happen. Forgive me. T_T

PS. I definitely didn't watch it because I was attracted to the overly handsome Gojo Satoru. Yup. I did not get swayed by an anime character. On the side note, it's a really good anime in case you're interested.

Hope you all had a wonderful day.

Lots of love,

Macy Bae