Dawn was just breaking. Sunlight slipped through a gap in the curtains, spilling a veil of light across the room.
The covers lay crosswise over them on the fairly roomy single bed. Even in their sleep, they held hands, fingers entwined. The two sisters slept face-to-face, sweet and warm.
Chris and Ruo Xiaoxi rested their foreheads gently together, the space between them forming what looked like a hollow heart. Their black- and white-stockinged legs curved around each other and overlapped, making a breathtaking sight.
Chris rustled softly and shifted, then slowly opened her alluring, ruby-red eyes.
Ruo Xiaoxi showed no sign of waking yet. Maybe yesterday had worn her out, and she needed a good rest. Chris was awake, but she stayed in bed, quietly watching her.
When two people slept together, whoever woke first earned the right to sneak a look at the other’s sleeping face.
Chris blinked her big eyes and studied Ruo Xiaoxi’s face.
Her pretty face was fair with a rosy flush. Her delicate nose was straight and fine, and her tiny cherry lips were cute as could be. A glimmer seemed to tremble on her soft, pink lips. She was a little enchantress capable of turning the whole world upside down.
A beauty who brought ruin—emphasis on the ruin. Chris could already imagine girls fighting over Ruo Xiaoxi someday. It was hard not to envy someone so popular.
“Poke, poke, poke~” Chris gently prodded Ruo Xiaoxi’s cheek with a slender finger.
For some reason, seeing how beautiful Ruo Xiaoxi was made Chris genuinely happy. She felt a sense of warmth and contentment. After all, this was her first time giving someone the Embrace, and the little sister she’d embraced was now one of her own.
And Ruo Xiaoxi had inherited her bloodline. Xiaoxi might not see Chris as her real big sister, but to Chris, she was just like a real little sister.
She’d given the Embrace to such a cute girl. Chris never tired of looking at Ruo Xiaoxi. There was admiration in her gaze, but even more than that, there was care and affection.
Look at her—such a cute girl, created by Chris herself. Their family’s little sister! It filled Chris with a kind of pride, and for the first time, she felt she had someone she could pour all her love into.
“Let’s curl your eyelashes a little~” While Ruo Xiaoxi was still asleep, Chris took the liberty of picking up an eyelash curler and gently fixing her lashes, making them look even more lovely.
She rummaged around and found a lipstick, this one a pale pink. It didn’t look too noticeable when applied, but it made the lips look more hydrated and pretty.
Chris twisted up the lipstick, then gently traced it over Ruo Xiaoxi’s lips. The soft, dewy lips yielded beneath the lipstick as she moved it across them.
She was dressing up her own doll—only this doll was a little bigger than usual.
“Ah, I think I put on a little too much.” Chris took a closer look, then smiled. She lifted her chin slightly and leaned her face closer. “Then let me have a little~”
Their lips met softly. Their mouths were a perfect fit in size and shape, and both shone with lipstick. Chris also took the chance to give Ruo Xiaoxi a kiss.
After being gently poked in the cheek again and again, Ruo Xiaoxi furrowed her brows. Still half-asleep, she let out a few soft, slightly embarrassing sounds—then suddenly opened her eyes.
What was her big sister doing, waking up so early and then just lying in bed without getting up…?
Once awake, Ruo Xiaoxi reached out too. She pressed a fingertip against Chris’s soft cheek and poked her back.
“Hehe, while you were sleeping, I put on a little lipstick for you.”
“Lipstick…? I’ve never bought any… Oh, right. Someone gave me one.” Ruo Xiaoxi thought about it. It was Xia Zhibai who’d given it to her. She didn’t know anything about lipstick shades, so she’d just left it unused by the bed.
She pursed her lips. Why did they feel a little wet?
“I’m off now, sweetheart. I’ll come visit again when I get the chance.” Chris tapped Ruo Xiaoxi on the nose and sat up in bed. The stockings brushing between their legs beneath the covers made Ruo Xiaoxi shiver.
“You’re leaving already? I thought you’d come teach me magic or something. So you were just craving it and came to drink my fresh blood…”
“You said you were making my blood taste better and all that, but it feels like you were just taking advantage of me…”
Ruo Xiaoxi had always been intensely curious about new things.
Just like in those novels and stories, once she’d been turned into a vampire, shouldn’t Chris start teaching her all kinds of amazing magic? Then she’d go fight in battles or something—
No…? Wasn’t that how it worked?
“This is how sisters get closer. And there’s nothing embarrassing about your big sister looking at your body.”
“It’s definitely embarrassing… Even if you’re the one who made me like this, I should still have some right to privacy. Especially when you’re staring at me so closely…”
“Is there something you want to keep secret from me?”
“That’s not what I mean. I don’t have any secrets. Well, I used to, but you’ve already seen everything.”
“Oh~ If you don’t have any secrets, then tell your big sister honestly: how many girlfriends have you had?” Chris slipped both arms under Ruo Xiaoxi’s, hugged her around the shoulders, and sprawled on top of her, rubbing against her.
“I haven’t dated anyone! I’ve never had a girlfriend!” Ruo Xiaoxi was pinned beneath her and shouted her explanation.
“Why are you panicking? Every girl has her own time of life when she starts thinking about romance. It’s only natural to long for love when you’re young, right?” Chris wasn’t nearly as clueless about humans as Ruo Xiaoxi had imagined.
“Huh! You’re a real vampire, but you seem to fit in and understand this world really well. Or should I say, this era? People?”
“Me? Well, I was born in what they call the Middle Ages…”
“Granny.”
“I’m gonna hit you.”
