Chapter 66 (1/2)

Kyosul saw the front outer gate in front of the outer garden. The hard ground turned soft and covered with grass, and the grass and trees nearby were soaked with rain. After passing by them, she saw a hill in the center.

She stopped suddenly. Somebody was standing under the big tree in the center of the hill. On a rainy day like this, when it was raining so heavily as if the heavens opened, she could think of only one person standing there: Ruhae.

Without hiding her joy on her face, she walked toward him. He approached her quickly as if he also noticed her.

“Kyousul!”

What she touched first was the cold collar of his clothes, but she could feel his warm body in no time. Both greeted each other with great joy.

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“How come you came here, only wearing such a thin raincoat in this heavy rain?”

“What were you doing here then without even putting on a raincoat?”

“Of course, I was waiting for you, Kyosul.”

“That’s why I came running here.”

She looked up at him with a smile. Rain drops were coming down his smiling face. He quietly raised his hand to wipe them away in vain.

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“Come to think of it, this kind of downpour has one advantage.”

The moment she was going to ask what it was, he suddenly took her raincoat and covered her and himself with it.

The purple raincoat was large enough to cover both of them, but not convenient enough for them to stand together inside. In order to share it without being exposed to the heavy rain, Kyosul had to get close to him.

Though her silk dress was wet, she could feel his warmth. She blushed.

“It’s good that there were few people in the palace because of this heavy rain, and it’s much better if we cover our bodies with the raincoat, so nobody can recognize who we are and what we’re doing, ” he whispered into her ears in a cozy voice.

She blushed at his words and felt as if her whole body was getting heated. Her hands holding his sleeves were so warm she felt like he would notice it quickly. She looked at him quickly and burst into laughter.

He was blushing, too. Though he whispered so softly, he, too, was shy at that moment. Both of them were familiar to each other but felt awkward.

When she laughed, he got embarrassed and came out from under the raincoat. He held the collar closed, trapping her in the raincoat. She struggled to get out of it, but found it hard to get out.

She called, “Ruhae! What did you do?”

“As you are laughing at me like that, I can’t hug you anymore.”

“You’re getting rained on. You might catch a cold!”

“Now that my body is already so warm, I think I have already caught a cold.”

She found herself stuck in the raincoat as she couldn’t move because he held closed.

Then she stopped struggling for a moment and jumped into his arms.

“Oops!”

As she suddenly jumped into his arms, he fell backward. She fell on top of him with the raincoat on.

“That serves your right!”

She grasped the closure of the raincoat and pulled it open. After taking it off, she covered him with the raincoat. Once he was covered, she raced to the tree on the hill like a child. By the time she got there and caught her breath, he had already stood up with the raincoat in hand. He approached her through the heavy rain.

The big tree was grand and lush with green leaves. Thanks to the lush leaves of the tree, they avoided the rain. With a bashful smile, she sat down beneath it. Though her clothes were dirty from the mud, she didn’t care. He sat beside her and covered her with the raincoat.

“I’m all wet, so this raincoat is useless now.”

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“If anybody comes to find you, they might speak ill of you behind your back.”

“Same to you, Ruhae.”

Saying that, she opened the coat and put one side of it on his shoulder. Smiling at each other silently, they drew closer to share the raincoat.

It was so peaceful.

They felt even the heavy raindrops were soft because they were together.

They felt so good about spending their time together that they didn’t stop laughing for a while.

They appreciated each other’s warm considerations by gladly coming out in the rain to meet. As they went through many ups and downs to come this far, they got closer to each other quickly.