Coffee Noona

will never do this to you

After three rounds of back and forth, the sun had risen, the light shining through the slits of the curtains.

Irene sat half-kneeling on Lisa's legs, with her palms clutching at the back of the other's head. She probed the tip of her tongue into Lisa's moist mouth, hooked the other's soft tongue around hers and rolled them, their tongues intertwined in a fierce battle. Lisa's ears turned red as she raised her neck and supported Irene's back with one hand.

After a long kissing session, Irene slowly withdrew her tongue. She rubbed Lisa's ear and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, are you feeling sad?"

Irene didn't forget that this child still remembered the events from last week, and Irene knows that she cared but was silently enduring the entire time.

"No," Lisa whispered, taking back her hand, her knuckles white, "There's nothing to be depressed about."

Irene took a deep breath as she adjusted to the sudden feeling of emptiness on her back. She lifted her hands to brush her scattered hair and then raised Lisa's face to kiss her once again.

She kissed very lightly, and slowly, and Lisa's eyes gradually changed, and a certain deep feeling stirring in her eyes.

"Don't overthink about it..." Irene whispered, kissing the corner of her lips, slowly slid down as she lifted her chin.

Lisa was startled and hurriedly reached out to stop her, but unexpectedly Irene caught her hands and pinned them above her. Lisa's clenched her teeth as her ears turned a deeper shade of red.

The breakfast ended up untouched as it turned cold on the table.

When the sun reached the center of the sky, the two of them finally got out of bed and ate some noodles for lunch.

In the afternoon, Lisa went back to school, and Irene looked after the shop.

In the evening, Irene received another bouquet of blue roses delivered to her by the nearby flower shop. No need to guess who ordered it, she already knew who sent them as she signed the forms.

This was the first time that the customers saw her accept flowers from anyone, so a familiar customer asked curiously, "Sajangnim, who sent those flowers?"

She set the bouquet on the left side of the bar and smiled softly, "My lover."

The customers were more surprised by this revelation. They had all thought it was just an excuse.

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Recently, the weather has become hot, and Nayeon was less busy than usual. She invited her friends to get together, and they decided to rent out an outdoor swimming pool.

Irene took Lisa with her, and some of the other guests also brought their lovers or their friends.

Everyone here was quite liberal about their choice of wear, all of them wearing seductive three-point bikini sets, naturally, that included Irene as well. Lisa had been following her, refusing to be farther than half a step away.

"Your child is so clingy..." Nayeon whispered and pulled Irene to the side.

Irene glanced at Lisa behind her, raising her slender eyebrows as Nayeon smiled meaningfully and walked away, cocktail in hand. Irene led Lisa towards one of the poolside chairs, handed her a sunscreen bottle, lifted her hair as she lay on the chair.

"Help me apply the sunscreen."

Lisa stared at her.

She looked down and stared at the bright and beautiful back for a moment, then squeezed out the sunscreen, rubbing it into her back, shoulders, back, waist... and above the tailbone, where her hand stopped, hovering there for a long time.