I Couldn't Resist
I figured you wouldn't resist anyway. Chuu—
“Th-this is…!!!”
A completely new sensation bloomed across her lips. Warm, soft, and dizzyingly sweet. It clouded her mind in an instant.
“Hup! R-Rian?!”
Shocked by her very first kiss, Cynthia instinctively pulled back. But Rian wasn’t finished. He closed the distance with a longer stride, pressing his body flush against hers. Then he wrapped both arms around her waist and yanked her tightly to him.
Squeeze!
“Hah… ah…!”
“Cynthia.”
Her breasts, her stomach, every part of her that no one else was ever allowed to touch was now crushed against a man’s body. Because Rian had pulled her in without the slightest hesitation, Cynthia found herself completely immobilized. To be precise, she could have broken free, but for some reason her body refused to obey. All she could do was stay still.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
‘I-I can hear his heartbeat…’
Wrapped in his embrace, the sound of his heart reached her ears with startling clarity. It pounded as if he had been drinking, and the heat radiating from his body was far hotter than she had imagined. The first man’s body she had ever touched was harder, more alive, than anything Cynthia had expected.
Squeeze.
“Ah…”
“I wanted to… so I did it.”
Still holding her tightly, Rian whispered the words directly into her ear. His voice trembled faintly at the end; he was just as nervous as she was.
“I won’t apologize. I simply kissed the woman who belongs to me.”
“……”
“I had a wonderful time today, Cynthia. Get home safely. Let’s meet again tomorrow.”
After those final words, Rian slowly released her waist. Cynthia’s expression was half-dazed, as if her mind still hadn’t caught up with the situation. Rian stared at her for a moment, then asked,
“Aren’t you going?”
“……?”
“Should I do it again?”
“!!”
With a sharp turn, Cynthia practically fled toward the carriage. Her steps were unsteady, wobbling slightly with every stride. Rian watched her the entire way.
“R-Rian.”
She stopped halfway, then spoke in a tiny voice.
“…See you tomorrow.”
“…Yeah.”
After parting with Cynthia, Rian returned to Veilburg County. The moment he reached his room, he collapsed onto the bed.
Thud!
“…………Ughhhhhhhhh~~~ Aaaaaaaaah!!”
He began thrashing wildly across the mattress. Only after arriving home did the full weight of what he had done finally hit him.
“I-I did it! I actually kissed Cynthia…?!”
Bang!
“Young master! How did it go?!”
Anna burst into the room without so much as knocking. Yet Rian welcomed her intrusion. Right now, she was the only person he could talk to about the storm raging inside him.
“Anna!”
“You did it, didn’t you? You really did!”
“Y-yeah… I did it!”
“Good job, young master! There, there~ Well done!”
She patted his back as if he had accomplished something truly magnificent. For some reason Anna looked even happier than Rian himself. Overwhelmed by sudden embarrassment, he fell silent. Anna, however, was eager to hear every detail and immediately began firing questions.
“How was the theater? That’s where you kissed her, right?!”
“No, I failed there.”
“Huh? Then where did you succeed?”
“Well… at the beginning.”
Rian started recounting the entire date in detail.
“I tried to kiss her at the theater first, but I failed.”
“Why? That would’ve been such a good scene!”
“The timing was off. The moment I leaned in, the play ended.”
“Ah, I see. So how did the kiss happen then?”
“We were walking back after the show. But my heart was pounding so hard…”
Recalling the moment, Rian’s face flushed crimson and he lowered his head. Anna watched his innocent reaction with sparkling eyes, completely absorbed, as he continued.
“When I looked at her beside me… Cynthia was so beautiful. She’s always beautiful, but today she looked especially stunning.”
“A-and then?”
“I wanted to kiss her, but I couldn’t find the courage. Then the Rebellion Grand Duchy carriage appeared in front of us and I suddenly felt desperate. If I didn’t do it now, I might never get another chance… I just got impatient.”
“Hup!”
“So I just went for it. While she was off guard…”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaah~!”
“!?”
Anna suddenly screamed and began flailing about. She grabbed every cushion on the sofa and hurled them across the room, throwing punches into the air. It didn’t matter. She would be the one cleaning it all up later anyway.
Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham!
“Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!”
“…Did you drink?”
“No. I’m drunk on you, young master. My romance cells are going absolutely wild for the first time in ages because of you.”
“Thanks to you, I’ve actually calmed down.”
Watching her rampage had instantly sobered him. He really didn’t want to learn that kind of behavior. Seeing the older-sister figure he respected acting like this was not something a younger brother particularly wanted to witness.
“So? What did Lady Cynthia say?”
“…Nothing?”
“She didn’t say anything at all? It just ended like that?”
“She did say ‘see you tomorrow’ at the end.”
“Ughhhhh~ That’s more than enough!”
Sharing a first kiss and then immediately agreeing to meet the next day was an undeniably positive sign. At the very least, it meant she didn’t feel any disgust toward him. No—in fact, their relationship had only one direction left to go: forward.
“This is your homework, young master!”
“Hm?”
“Kiss her again tomorrow! It’s the perfect timing! The moment you get the chance, just plant one on her lips!”
“…That was my plan.”
“O… Ooooooh!”
At Rian’s unexpectedly bold answer, a thrilled gasp escaped Anna. She had never seen this fierce, manly side of him before. Even though embarrassment burned his cheeks, Rian had no intention of correcting himself and simply stayed quiet.
‘…I wanted to do a lot more…’
Rebellion Grand Duchy.
“Welcome back, Lady Cynthia.”
“We greet Lady Cynthia.”
Click, click, click, click.
Cynthia walked through the mansion with a stiff, expressionless face while the servants greeted her. Many of them offered polite acknowledgments, but she naturally ignored them all and focused solely on moving forward. They were used to her cold demeanor and simply stepped aside without another word.
Bang—
She reached her room in no time and was about to hurry inside when—
“Lady Cynthia.”
“What?”
A maid standing guard outside her door stopped her. Cynthia’s face twisted with clear annoyance.
“…Would you like dinner prepared?”
“I already ate outside.”
“Understood. Then shall I prepare a bath—”
“Don’t ask questions. Just do it.”
“Yes, my lady.”
Thud!
She cut the conversation short with obvious irritation and stepped into her room. She stripped off her outer garments and belongings, then dove straight onto the bed.
Thump!
“……”
A few moments passed.
Bam… Bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam!!
She swung her fists wildly, pounding the mattress. It wasn’t that she wanted to hit someone; she simply needed to vent the excitement that had risen all the way to the top of her head. Only after pummeling the pillow for a long while could Cynthia finally regain some semblance of sanity.
“Haa……”
Thump-thump-thump-thump—
‘I’m going crazy.’
Right after the date ended—more precisely, right after Rian had forcibly stolen her lips—her heart refused to calm down. Heat kept pouring out from every inch of her body, and her heart raced so violently it felt like her chest would burst. She wanted to suppress this excitement somehow, yet at the same time she wanted to keep feeling it. She had no idea what to do.
‘A kiss… I was kissed.’
Chuu—
(I wanted to… so I did it.)
(I won’t apologize. I simply kissed the woman who belongs to me.)
“Ughhhhhhhh~~~!”
Wham-wham-wham-wham-wham-wham!
The embarrassment surged again. Not satisfied with just her fists, she began kicking the bed as well. After raising a cloud of dust for quite some time, Cynthia finally managed to stand up.
“Huff! Huff! I’m losing my mind. What am I supposed to do about this…”
“Are you all right, my lady?”
“Kyaaaah!!!”
A woman’s voice suddenly spoke from inside the room. Cynthia let out a genuinely startled, girlish scream, but the moment she realized who it was, she shouted in irritation.
“Who said you could come in?!”
“My duty is to guard you, my lady.”
“So what?!”
“Strange noises kept coming from inside the room. As your guard, I could not overlook—”
“How dare you!”
May, Cynthia’s personal guard knight. Even after witnessing Cynthia’s earlier rampage, May’s face remained completely emotionless. But Cynthia’s shame had already reached its absolute limit. She shot up, drew her beloved sword, and pointed it at May.
“I’ll kill you.”
“Please calm yourself.”
“Shut up!”
Shiiiing—!
In the blink of an eye, Cynthia’s strike reached right in front of May’s nose. It was a dangerous blow that could have taken her head clean off, but May simply shifted slightly, dodged the blade, and spoke in a calm voice.
“That excitement is a perfectly normal reaction. There is no need to feel ashamed.”
Cynthia flinched and paused her sword for a moment at May’s words, but she clearly wasn’t finished. Her eyes sharpened like blades. Sensing genuine killing intent this time, May quickly continued.
“More importantly, you should prepare yourself mentally.”
“What?”
“Judging by Young Master Rian’s state today, he is already completely enchanted by you, my lady.”
“Of course he is! Don’t bother stating the obvious!”
Cynthia declared with absolute confidence that it was only natural for Rian to like her. May looked at her with a slightly ambiguous expression.
“Are you sure you don’t need to prepare?”
“What have you been saying this whole time?”
“If you meet him tomorrow…”
“…If I meet him tomorrow?”
“Well, he might end up taking more than just a kiss.”
“!?”
Whoosh!!
The mere thought of Rian made Cynthia’s face burn an even deeper shade of red. Her arm lost strength and the sword drooped downward. Her whole body began trembling as she struggled to contain the surge of excitement.
“Are you all right, my lady?”
“Y-you… what would someone who’s never even dated know…”
“I may not have dated, but I never said I lacked experience with men.”
“What? You… you have a man?”
“No. I simply occasionally serve as Lord Casion’s partner.”
“!!!”
A shocking secret she never wanted to hear. The heat that had risen to the top of her head instantly froze at May’s single sentence.
“Ugh… what the hell.”
“Are you all right?”
“I didn’t want to hear that. Damn it, how disgusting… So in the end, even my brother is no different from any other man.”
“I don’t quite understand why you’re so upset.”
Watching Cynthia’s genuine revulsion, May offered a calm rebuttal.
“Sex is not an unclean act. If it were forced upon an unwilling partner, that would be different. But when both parties consent, why should it be considered disgusting?”
“Consent? Are you saying my brother didn’t order you?”
“It’s ambiguous. At first it was simply part of sexual education, but now we help each other whenever the need arises…”
“Shut up!!”
Perhaps because it involved her family, Cynthia glared at May with eyes full of pure disgust. Yet May simply tilted her head with a puzzled look and continued speaking nonchalantly.
“However, judging by your current state, it appears you will soon experience your first time as well, my lady?”
“Wh-what?!”
“I observed you during today’s date. Young Master Rian was far more conscious of you than usual. At the earliest, he will likely lose control of his excitement and attempt to claim you before the week is out.”
“!!!”
“Of course, if it’s you, my lady, you should be able to resist.”
‘G-get claimed? Me?!’
The moment Rian’s face floated into her mind again, Cynthia reflexively wrapped her arms around herself—an unconscious defensive posture. Watching her adorable reaction, May decided to tease her mistress just a little more.
“I will prepare contraceptive herbs in advance.”
“What?!”
“Because it doesn’t look like you’ll resist.”
“……”
“Shall I also prepare an aphrodisiac just in case?”
“……”
“I will prepare it.”