Damn it.

How did time fly by so fast? Why did I have to watch a movie just now?!

Diona’s heart was screaming.

Just a moment ago, she’d clearly noticed Lin Mo move. He’d even lifted his foot and almost hooked it up to rest on the sofa!

His foot!!!

His foot!!! That adorable little foot, just recently snugly wrapped in the sock I’d worn!

Diona trembled all over. She was terrified—truly terrified that if she let her guard down for even a moment, she’d be separated forever from this boy and his beautiful feet.

And the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to take Lin Mo right here and now.

After all, if you can eat a cake in one bite, why put it off until later?

Gradually, Diona’s gaze cleared.

At the same time, her eyes grew serious. This was the feeling of truly wanting to hunt—like the first time she’d tried to catch and kill a chicken at age seven, only for it to flap wildly and almost fly over the poultry pen’s wall. Diona’s eyes had now locked onto Lin Mo from head to toe.

Her breathing slowed…

Slower still…

Don’t startle him. Slowly, bit by bit, first put a hand on his shoulder.

Then suddenly throw her whole body on top of him—he was wearing pajamas, and she was wrapped in a bath towel. Come to think of it, he was a guy, and he’d shown no reaction at all when a girl came out wearing just a towel and sat beside him. He’d definitely given his silent approval, right? Definitely! Definitely!!

Having made up her mind, she suddenly planted a hand on Lin Mo’s right shoulder.

Then Diona focused her entire mind and body on what she was about to do. She grew restless and fierce all over. Now! Right here! She was going to wring this adorable guy dry and teach him just how formidable girls could be!

But—

At that very moment—

“Ah.” Lin Mo suddenly threw up a hand and let out a cry.

“Wah, how can they just start kissing like that…?”

With a little squeal, Lin Mo took advantage of the perfect moment when two supporting characters in the movie were kissing passionately, buried his head, and hugged Diona, who had nearly turned into a she-wolf.

“Ah, ah—ehhh?!” Diona was thrown into confusion.

“Honestly, Diona!”

The characters in the movie were kissing passionately. Lin Mo deliberately pouted and lifted his face from Diona’s arms, looking up at her:

“You didn’t pick this movie for me on purpose, knowing it had a scene like this, did you?”

“I mean, an ordinary kiss would be fine. But this is clearly getting close to… that kind of thing, isn’t it?”

“You brought a man home all by yourself. And now you’re watching this kind of lewd movie with me.”

Lin Mo bared his teeth.

He leaned forward theatrically, bringing his face close to Diona’s, whose face was already bright red. “Diona, you’re so lewd.”

“Eh—whaaa?!” Diona was no longer confused. But this wonderful reality, enough to make any inexperienced girl lose all composure, instantly knocked her flat. She’d never been with a man before, after all.

Her mind went blank. She’d been thinking, “Forget everything and just force myself on him!”—but now she was back to being the shy, timid girl she’d been a moment ago.

So Diona could only blush nervously and wave her hands wildly:

“N-no, that’s not it. I didn’t—I wasn’t…”

“I just… The only reason I wanted to watch a movie with you was…”

Suddenly—

Diona tilted sideways and slid right off the sofa.

Thump!

She landed hard on her butt. It should’ve hurt quite a bit, but the small pain meant nothing to her when she was so focused on the man in front of her.

But that inexplicable fall cleared her head in an instant. Right! She was a girl! As a beautiful girl, why did she have to act like some unpopular loser, getting flustered the moment a boy came a little too close?

“Eh……”

Lin Mo stared blankly at the sash in his hand.

“……” Diona had decided she absolutely wouldn’t embarrass herself again. She stood up with stubborn, almost heroic resolve.

She felt a chill all over.

Now that she’d pulled herself together, she casually glanced down.

At a glance, she saw high peaks and deep valleys, a stretch of soft, pale skin.

Her gaze moved lower, and Diona noticed the bath towel she’d just loosened, now crumpled on the floor.

And the sash she’d used to tie it around her waist was still in Lin Mo’s hand.

“……” (Diona)

She looked at herself, then at Lin Mo.

She looked at Lin Mo, then back at herself.

For a long while…

Lin Mo never cried out in shock. He didn’t even cover his eyes and turn away. He just stood there, stunned.

……

Diona quickly bent down, scooped up the towel from the floor, and turned to walk barefoot toward the changing room, pretending she wasn’t in a hurry.

One step,

Two steps,

Three—

Skrrt—clang! Thud, bang!

Her unsteady feet suddenly slipped, shooting up into the air. Diona’s whole body hung suspended for a brief moment, and then she was about to hit the floor hard.

“Look out!!”

Lin Mo reacted in time, lunging forward and catching Diona by the back.

As an assassin, his reflexes were pretty reliable.

However, he was nowhere near as tall as Diona. Trying to catch a girl that much taller than him at the last second was clearly wishful thinking.

Thanks to Lin Mo’s effort, Diona pitched forward and the two of them fell to the floor together. Fortunately, his move had softened the impact, so neither of them was hurt.

“Mmh, gah…”

He should’ve ended up pinned underneath Diona.

But Diona reacted much faster. She couldn’t regain her footing, but just before they hit the floor, she managed to turn Lin Mo around so she landed beneath him instead.

That sent Lin Mo tumbling straight into the girl’s soft, warm embrace, bringing their bodies into close contact.

“Ah……”

When they pushed themselves up again, they’d ended up in a rather compromising position.

The pale-gold-haired girl was completely naked, her cheeks flushed red as she stared blankly at the handsome man on top of her.

Lin Mo braced both hands against the floor. As he tried to get up, he realized what he’d just buried his face in.

For a moment, neither of them said a word.

The movie was still playing, and the TV blared with the sounds of a chase. But to Lin Mo, the whole world had gone so quiet that he could hear the shower dripping in the bathroom, two doors away.

He stared blankly at Diona’s breathtaking, picture-perfect face.

His gaze came to rest on the girl’s sapphire-blue eyes. He fell straight into them, unable to pull himself back out.

His teeth were chattering. Though his mind and body were both exceptionally strong, for Lin Mo—a perfectly healthy adult man—to face a sight so close to paradise was simply too much, too fast.

(I’ve gotta… get up first.)

His thoughts were as tangled as willow fluff whipped up by the wind. Lin Mo tried to stand, but the moment he put weight on his arms, they seemed to turn to chicken bones. He couldn’t muster any strength at all.