Chapter 179 - Strange (2/2)
”I've missed you, Lyn.”
Before Lyn could say a word though, Rhys bent down and kissed her. As per usual, his kiss came with no regard to her feelings, and yet unlike how he forced her before there was something different about it. Something different and yet, 'She wonders if Rhys understands that by doing this, it makes things worse for him.'
Hearing a cough, Rhys pulled away from her. It was the man from before, Leo. ”Your fiance is waiting with the King.”
”Allen?”
Rhys deeply sighed, ”I thought I delayed him,” he trailed off and wrapped a cloak around her, ”Resting can wait, huh?”
..
Once they were down the hallway, Lyn noticed that Rhys was still holding her hand. ”You're sick unless you want me to carry you..”
”This is fine,” Lyn quickly interjected. Not wanting there to be an awkward silence, she quickly said something. ”H--how have you been?” she asked. Lyn realized how stupid that was and cursed herself in her head.
”Dead.”
”Dead?” Lyn looked at Rhys puzzled.
”Yeah, you weren't around. Having s.e.x with Beth is nice, but I'd rather do you.”
”This is what I don't like about you,” Lyn murmured.
”Hm?”
Lyn deeply sighed, 'Forget it,' she thought. There is no use talking to him about this stuff or entertain his thoughts about her further. Rhys may like her, but the way he expresses it is too much for her.
”Say, Rhys, have you been eating?” Lyn changed the topic. He seems to have lost weight a bit.
Rhys looked back at her, ”You know for somebody who keeps pushing me away, you sure ask a lot of questions.”
”That's only because I'm worried about you.”
”Why are you worried?”
Why? Ah, right. Changing the topic aside, why is she so worried about him?
”You know if you two are going to flirt. Maybe you should go back,” Leo commented, ”The King doesn't understand relationsh.i.p.s.”
Lyn turned red, ”We aren't flirting.”
”This isn't flirting,” Rhys said.
Realizing that they said it at the same time, Lyn looked away, 'How stupid.'
”Princess Lyn, is it?”
Lyn nodded.
”Don't you have a fiance? I don't know how things are in the Mist Kingdom, but external relationsh.i.p.s aren't allowed here.”
Eh, it isn't? ”Not even during the engagement process?”
”That's right, while our King himself is clueless regarding love. He's strict when it comes to relationsh.i.p.s. He has an outdated belief that people can only be in one relationship. I offered to pick you up because I wanted to warn you. Don't mention the other guy,” Leo trailed off and turned to Rhys, ”And you, better control yourself.”
”Oh? What makes you think I'm not the other guy?”
”From her reaction doofus, and were the same type.”
Rhys smiled, ”Are you the one who touched her?
”She touched me first.”
'That's only because she thought he was dead,' Lyn thought. But she kept that to herself; it's better not to mention that. Rhys seems very angry.
His grip on her tightened slightly; however, it wasn't because he wanted to hurt her. No, Lyn could sense his anger directed at Leo. ”Care to explain?”
”You're the same type as me so you should understand, no?”
Rhys simply sighed and turned to her. ”I didn't have time to see earlier, let me look, ” Rhys said, and trailed down towards her neck. ” Do you mind if I loosen this?” he asked, pointing to the button.
Lyn hesitated, what happened before remained in her head. It left a permanent scar on her heart.
She managed a nod, and Rhys does so. Lyn could feel him loosen her robes, revealing more and more skin in the process. Rhys placed his hand on the markings, carefully examining them. Unlike that time, he was not looking at her with bad intentions at all. How unusual, all of this. This place and Rhys, everything is strange and foreign to her. Is it because she does not have Kazuya by her side?