Chapter 25 - 25. Let me hold you...

After giving it some thought, she decided on sandwiches.

As she pressed some sandwiches, he stayed by her side looking at her as he nibbled on an apple, she had passed to him to eat.

You know he must be hungry plus as they say,' One apple a day keeps the Doctors away'?

The atmosphere was very comfortable even though no one spoke.

Some light passed into the kitchen from the huge windows in the lounge area, well, the kitchen was separated from the dining table beside the living room only by a wall with a counter, it was generally an open kitchen so, anyway, it gave a surreal scene.

Disturbing the silence seemed sinful as even Qin ZiXuan's nibbling didn't produce any sounds but still, in the end, the one to break the silence was Qin ZiXuan.

"Linlin?"

"hm?"

"How is he?"

"He?", Meilin was absent-minded and didn't immediately get what he was talking about.

"The drunk guy from yesterday....", he said squinting his eyes at her.

She flinched and her body froze for a second but then she normally continued pressing the sandwiches again while saying, "....I haven't called back. He should be fine, you don't need to worry about the matter", she didn't want to continue anymore.

Qin ZiXuan had noticed her slight movement but didn't pry anymore," hmmm...."

She let out a small sigh, 'answering the call yesterday was a bad choice...'

She was glad that Xuanxuan didn't ask much.

If possible, she didn't want to explain much, it wasn't the right time yet.

But before she could completely relax--

*BUMP*

'deja vu?'

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Atsuki's corner;

To the Readers: "Has anything ever happened like she wanted it to be when she was with him, hmm?"

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Bzzt! Bzzt!!

"What are you all taking your sweet time for? The answer is very very simple ba!!"

Taking all the sweet time of the world.....

"IT'S a BIG FAT 'NO!!' "

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The story continues.....

Just when she thought everything was following the script, he had decided to hug her from behind out of nowhere and this time the poor sandwich fell, thank lord, on the plate.[Author hates wasting food because she is a good girl..teehee (feels goosebumps all over her body) "..."]

'Dear God, are you testing my limits, huh?' she cursed inside her head. [No, he is not~ ...I am!!]

When her heart was speeding like a bullet train, she felt his breath beside her ears and she almost blushed but gave it her all to control any weird reaction from coming out, as she has said earlier, she was battle-hardened, though of course, the man being the final boss will not change!

"Is it cold outside", he asked in a light voice as he tightened his hold over her tiny waist and nuzzled closer, "your face is red.."

Qin Meilin finally received the signals from Earth, the cold became both of their excuse and salvation, he was venting his repressed feeling, while she thought of 'it' as the reason for this sudden skinship, 'so that's why.....'

She replied a bit incoherently because of the after-shock, "eh? Ah! Hmm. It's a bit cold outside today."

"Oh~" He replied nonchalantly, "I'll hold you to make you warm"

"No-"

His face was too close, his body was too close, his voice is too close...good Lord #SOS#

"Linlin, it's okay. Let me hold you?"

His voice was very low giving it a sexy charm, she was dazed and unconsciously nodded, "hmm", when she came to her right mind, she again stiffened.

There was an awkward silence in the kitchen, well, at least for her.

Her hands kept shaking as she could feel his deep breaths beside her face, he was snuggling his face against the crook of her neck, he was really at ease but she couldn't be any more worse!

Maybe he noticed it as he used his hands to hold hers in them, "It must be really cold outside, even your hands are shaking", he said as he made the distance between them almost non-existent.

Qin Meilin had already stopped moving; as he helped her press the last of the sandwiches he said in a carefree voice, "This reminds me the times when we used to snuggle up inside the kotatsu and you kept embracing me. My body temperature has always been a bit high and yours a bit low...hehe. The Linlin back then was very cute, not that you're not now but back then I really loved when you kept clinging to me and kept calling me your 'personal heater'..."

Reminiscing those memories he let out a soft chuckle which brought her back from her stupor,

' That's right, it's nothing new for you, right? Get a hold of yourself Qin Meilin, don't always act so desperate, it's embarrassing!' she scolded herself as she loosened up in his embrace.

"It was only during winters, right? Because from what I remember you've always been like my tail, always liked to stick close and you still haven't grown up a bit", relaxed she chided.

"hmmmph..I've grown up ba....I-- I'm taller now..." he said in a sulking voice but.....

what he wanted to say was 'Meilin, I'm grown up now and I'm not a kid anymore' .....but he couldn't say it, she might run away again like she did years ago.

"en..en...our XuanXuan has grown up into a fine man, I'm proud of you", she said cleaning her fake tears.

"Linlin!!" he pouted.

"en..en, Sorry ba" , the atmosphere became light again.

No matter how angry he was, he didn't want them to be awkward so, he gave her a way to relax.

After the sandwiches were done, they ate till their fill.

As she took the dishes to wash them, she handed him a glass of warm milk, which he gladly took.

After she washed them she came back to see him squinting his eyes in pleasure after drinking the milk, 'Really, like a cat.'

He licked his lips clean and came to the kitchen with the glass to wash it, Meilin followed him back to help him clean his milk-moustache and the day continued.

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Author's corner, AGAIN!

After he lets go of her when they were done with the sandwiches...

Qin Meilin felt his warmth gone and secretly mumbled, ' I wish he had continued doing that' but then as if realising her wrong shook her head violently, as if, exorcising her thoughts.

The instigator Qin ZiXuan whose lips had turned into an evil arc giving him a devilish look, 'Once you taste it, it's really hard to give up on it, na?'