Chapter 143 - Sheer Love

With the determination he didn't know he needed before; Ethan entered the Lychee Inn before noticing that Aya was just exiting from the kitchen with a plate in her hands.

While Ethan laid eyes on her, she turned her head slightly before seeing the same person she had seen in the company of a girl a brief time ago...

"Do you... want my help?"

She remembered that her Papa had said Ethan was a kind person, so seeing him enter for the second time, Aya decided to try helping him...

To her words, Ethan shook his hand to make her understand that everything was okay before adding

"I don't know if your father told you, but Lefiya decided to stay here for a while. I was busy dealing with a matter, and I said I would come again to get her..."

At his words, Aya thought for a moment before realizing her Papa had mentioned something like that earlier, and this led her to nod as if to make him understand he could go, and that there was no problem...

Responding to her gesture in the same way, Ethan decided to leave her to her duties while Aya noted in her mind to remind her parents the room Ethan and Lefiya had rented would be free in a few minutes...

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On the way to their room, Ethan decided to start by knocking on the door. Even though he was determined, now that he was standing in front of the door, images of what had happened in this room resurfaced in his mind, and Ethan's greatest fear was that Lefiya would run away, or worse she had already done so.

But a part of his concerns vanished the moment he could hear a voice say weakly

"I-It's already open...you can enter..."

Feeling compelled to reply, Ethan replied

"I'm coming in then..."

She felt just looking at him would remind her of their time together, which she wanted to avoid, since the embarrassment she was feeling was already quite high.

The state Lefiya was in led Ethan to look down. He was aware that it wouldn't be easy to talk about their relationship and everything else, but now there was something more important that Lefiya needed to know, which led Ethan to break the tense atmosphere as it was quickly overwhelming the conversation, leaving behind a silence that only made things worse.

"There's no need for you to be so embarrassed. A lot of things happened, so we'll postpone any conversation--"

Before he was able to finish though, Lefiya responded by saying the one thing she wanted him to know...

"Know that I... I will never back down. Embarrassed or not, with...strange feelings or not... I will never doubt our relationship ever again..."

Stopping for a moment to hear what she had to say, Ethan was incredibly surprised by her words. He had well understood Lefiya had some doubts, and that she lacked self-confidence, but he didn't think that all this could be of such intensity in her, but what most surprised him, was the determination she seemed to have now, as if every word spoken were spoken with such conviction he felt shivers running down his spine.

At that moment Ethan realized that even though he thought Lefiya was in love with him, he didn't really understand how intense this love could have been...

But even though he felt a little intimidated by her words, Ethan decided to give up the idea of going out at once and taking the time he understood was necessary.

'I'm sorry Ais, Yowaka, you'll have to wait for a while...'

While he did so, Lefiya continued to look down embarrassed while, without even realizing it, her hands were nervously moving in search of some calm before Ethan brought both his hands on hers.

This, led Lefiya to slightly raise her eyes to look at how their hands were on top of each other and, the warmth his hands led her to bite her lip as Ethan replied

"It doesn't matter if you have doubts, it doesn't matter if you don't feel able to continue, and it doesn't matter how embarrassed you may be. As long as we continue to face all these problems together, you'll see as we solve them all."

By saying these words, Ethan had a serious and determined gaze. Although he didn't know if his love for her could be enough, he would still try his best to make this girl happy, and to protect her from any harm.

At his words Lefiya turned her eyes, first focused on his hands still on hers before stopping to look him in the eyes and, noticing the determination contained in them, Lefiya felt that tears were quickly filling her eyes, making her vision blurry.

This reaction led Ethan's eyes to widen in surprise but before he was able to ask her why she was about to cry, Lefiya removed her hands on her knees as she brought them on her face to cover herself...

"Please d-don't misunderstand... your words made me so happy that I... I couldn't help myself..."

As Lefiya had just specified, those tears weren't of sadness. In fact, she felt so happy that she could no longer hold them. But the real reason she covered her face was that she didn't want to be seen by Ethan in such a miserable state...

Seeing her so 'happy' to even cry, Ethan couldn't resist the temptation and instinctively wrapped his arms around her before bringing her closer to him.

"All right. The only thing you will have to remember from now on is that you need to talk about it if something's wrong, or if you want changes. I can't know everything, remember this..."

These words led Lefiya to nod slightly and, although the embarrassment as always enveloped and held her tightly, she still wanted to reciprocate his hug and, slowly carrying her hands behind him, she managed to somehow remain in that position while Ethan, not expecting her 'reply', was again surprised and intrigued.

'I wonder what happened to make her act this way now... it's all started since my gaze crossed her...'

Ethan still remembered he had clearly felt a difference in her, he remembered the way Lefiya looked at him, and the way she was so free from all worry.

'It was certainly different from now, but anyway it only took that to make her so confident...'

With these doubts, Ethan who had her head close to him decided to not waste this opportunity as he gave her head a kiss.

Although this startled Lefiya for a moment, she accepted the gesture of affection without answering in any way while Ethan, taken by curiosity, could only ask...

"Lefiya... what happened before, was it on your own initiative? I've never seen you act that way..."

This question led Lefiya to nod slowly. Although it was true, she felt she could say whatever was in her mind, it was always she who chose to do it, so she knew admitting it was better than rejecting it...

Ethan wasn't surprised. Instead, it could be said his curiosity had increased while Lefiya tried to cover her head with Ethan's c.h.e.s.t, but she still couldn't escape his questions.

"I understand... although I could feel some differences, it was always you who decided..."

Even though he wasn't trying to embarrass her, and he was just curious to know, Lefiya couldn't help but feel a little teased, so she responded by hitting Ethan's back with the little strength she had in her fist while he, upon feeling her doing so, brought his attention to her before understanding the reason for her sudden anger.

"I'm sorry if I embarrassed you, but I'm really curious about what happened, it's not my usual teasing"

Hearing him admit he occasionally amused himself teasing her, Lefiya wanted to add something, but the moment she lifted her head to answer, she could see his expression was really serious, and this led her to stare at him while Ethan, previously lost in his thoughts, was now focused on her.

"If you don't know why it happened or when, the only option left is to go on, and if the thing will happen agai--"

Before he was able to continue though, Lefiya broke her stare as she looked down before bringing her hands, which were first embracing him, near her c.h.e.s.t as she answered

"I f-felt like I could say whatever was... in my mind, as if feeling these feelings was just natural, like everything was n-natural, and I could feel your...protection, your warmth... everything as if it was amplified.. without barriers..."

With his interest in this topic increase more and more, Ethan saw how quickly Lefiya was getting lost in embarrassment, so he decided to change his question.

"Do you regret saying all those things, since like you said you have doubts about them?"

He didn't want to put her in a difficult spot or make her think he was angry, but the question Ethan asked was a natural thing to ask, but what he didn't expect, was that Lefiya lifted the head she was trying to cover with a determined expression and the face all red.

"I do not r-regret anything I said, b-because it was precisely thanks to those words that I realized the truth... even if at this moment I am not able to express myself in the same way... the f-feelings...have not changed.."

Saying these words, Ethan saw how Lefiya covered her face again in embarrassment, and he although her words had removed another boulder that he didn't know was there until it was removed, He still decided to stop pressuring her for answers as he could only sigh

"I understand... I'll take the words you said even more seriously then..."

By saying this, he was about to mention the others as they were waiting for them, but Lefiya 'decided' it wasn't yet time to go.

"I'd like to try that feeling again... so that I could tell you w-whatever is in my mind..."

These words led him to be surprised for the umpteenth time and, although he might feel slightly embarrassed again at the idea, he could only nod answering with a weak 'mh' to make her understand he understood.

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(Alternate Titles: "Lefiya & Ethan..such a sweet moment!", "Meanwhile, Ais is trying to pat Maple..." "Lefiya is a maid in love, but will Ethan be able to 'satisfy' her sheer love? At least, that's what Ethan is worrying about in his heart OwO")