Without any further resistance or hesitation, Eliss's tongue finally slips into Aoshi's mouth. The stillness of the cool night air is soon filled with the sweet, wet sounds of their tongues and lips meeting, sliding, and intertwining without end — a slow, tender kiss that sends his mind spiraling into complete overload.
Eliss no longer even needs to hold him down — right now, not even a blaring earthquake alarm could make Aoshi stop that kiss.
I… I'm really kissing Eliss? Yeah, this isn't a dream—it's real! It's so… exciting! Feeling her tongue wrap around mine is the most incredible sensation I've ever experienced in my nineteen years of life. The kiss I shared with Miori doesn't even come close to this. Maybe because Miori never truly loved me… while Eliss, in her own way, does? So this is what it feels like to be kissed by someone who genuinely desires you? Amazing — it's beyond anything I ever imagined! It feels so good… too good! My hands… they're shaking uncontrollably! I'm dying to touch her… but can I? Damn it, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do when kissing a girl — how far can I go without looking like a creep? Okay, take it slow. The moment I realize I've gone too far and made her uncomfortable, I'll stop and pretend nothing happened!
Like an explorer lost in a pitch-black cave with a dying flashlight, Aoshi cautiously begins to move his hands, groping blindly along Eliss's body without the faintest idea of what he's supposed to touch.
He lightly wraps his fingers around her waist — no reaction from her at all.
Perfect… that means she doesn't mind if I touch her there while we're kissing. Well, of course not — her arms are wrapped so tightly around me I can barely breathe. I don't know whether it's her grip or the moment itself that's stealing my breath, but I'm starting to think it's her grip. Alright, now… maybe just a little lower — but only a little!
At the speed of a millimeter per year, Aoshi's hands begin to slide gently along Eliss's narrow yet perfectly shaped hourglass hips. Slowly, carefully, until...
Huh?
Eliss flinches the moment Aoshi's fingertips brush against the thin strip of bare skin between the hem of her shirt and the waistband of her leggings. Yet she doesn't pull away — if anything, her tongue starts swirling in his mouth with even greater passion, and the soft moans escaping her lips grow sweeter, deeper.
A clear invitation for Aoshi to get bolder — one he doesn't need to hear twice.
His hands move lower, finally reaching the beginning of the pronounced curve of her butt. In this position, arched upward and hugged tightly by her thin, skin-tight leggings, it looks like a small, perfect hill.
I can't believe this… I'm about to grab Eliss's butt! The first one I'll ever touch in my life — and it's the most beautiful girl in the world?! Calm down, Aoshi, don't lose it now or you'll ruin this perfect moment! Just because I don't want — no, I mustn't — start developing feelings for her doesn't mean I have to act like some awkward pervert who can't control himself, right? I bet this is just as hard for her as it is for me — no, harder! She's making out with a guy who's leagues below her, and she probably doesn't even want to deep down. The least I can do is show her the respect a woman like her deserves… which means I won't grab her ass like a drowning man clinging to a life preserver, but softly, naturally — as if it's the gentle, inevitable consequence of this moment, not the animal impulse of some desperate virgin who's never touched a girl in his life!
After calculating with surgical precision the exact distance between his hands and Eliss's butt — and deciding with meticulous strategy how to make his move with the utmost nonchalance, without making too obvious...
«Aaah…»
A sharp, breathy moan slips from Eliss's lips the instant she feels Aoshi's fingers tighten around her perfectly round, firm curves with the desperate grip of someone hanging over a cliff, clutching the last rock keeping him from the fall.
Yes, Aoshi's noble intentions have flown straight to hell, and the irresistible urge to squeeze that soft, flawless masterpiece has completely won out.
«A-Aoshi…» she whispers breathlessly, nibbling his earlobe as she speaks — a gesture that sends a shockwave of pleasure through him. «…I-If you keep touching me like that, I can't promise I'll stop at just kissing you…»
«S-Sorry…» he mutters, instantly pulling his hands away.
They really should build a statue in my honor for this kind of self-control… I mean, seriously, I'm pretty sure no one else in my position could've resisted after hearing that indirect "if you keep touching me, we'll end up having sex like there's no tomorrow". Some might call me an idiot, but those people clearly have never felt the pain of being dumped by the girl they loved.
Still, feeling her this close — her wet lips pressed against mine, her perfect breasts crushed against my chest, our legs tangled together, our bodies rubbing in all the wrong ways — damn it… every muscle in my body is trembling like crazy. Especially that one! I can feel it throbbing inside my pants — it's never been this hard in my entire life! Not even during the wildest, most explicit erotic RPGs ever conceived by humankind! But if Eliss noticed, she'd probably think I'm some pathetic loser who gets turned on just from a kiss. That would be way too embarrassing…
«A-Aoshi… I feel… something…» she murmurs.
And there it is! I knew it! What a freaking disaster!
«Well, it's only my second kiss ever, and you're lying right on top of me. It's normal for my body to, uh, react this way…» he mumbles, his voice trembling with embarrassment.
But that's not what she meant — Eliss suddenly looks far too serious for this to be about that kind of reaction.
«Aoshi… do you feel it too?» she asks in a low, cautious voice.
«Feel what…?» Aoshi repeats blankly, completely dazed. After that kiss, there isn't a single drop of blood left in his brain, and it takes several long seconds before his thoughts start working again and his senses finally catch up with reality.
She's right. Now I feel it too. That sound… footsteps? Yeah, no doubt about it! And not just one pair — multiple, coming from different directions, overlapping. They're getting louder and closer! Could they be patrol officers, making sure no shady types or horny couples sneak into the park at night? About time the Nagano Prefectural Police actually did something about those people! Wait a second — right now we're the horny couple sneaking around without shame! Damn it, if they catch us like this, I'll be living on rice and water for a year just to pay the fine!
Panic hits Aoshi like a thunderbolt. He quickly slides out from under Eliss and brushes the dirt and grass off his clothes.
And that's when he sees them: five silhouettes — two on one side of the trail, three on the other. The moonlight shines just enough for him to realize one terrifying truth.
They're not police officers.
Five shady figures, two to the left and three to the right, stand surrounding them, blocking every path of escape.