To Love & To Loathe (Jingliu X Fem Reader)

(18+) Chapter 21: Taste Of You

After a long day of thinking about everything that was happening, Jingliu finally went back to her lover's place to find that she had already prepared their dinner.

Once inside, the sword champion sat herself down at the table and waited patiently for Y/n to finish setting the table as she just sat there in silence. She couldn't bring herself to speak to her lover, not after the emotions she felt earlier have left her mentally exhausted.

Jingliu merely stayed quiet, watching Y/n eat her food as she herself wasn't feeling too well enough to actually eat anything. She didn't even say anything as her mind was now filled with this bittersweet feeling of sadness and relief. This mixed feeling inside her heart only continued to confuse her more about what she should actually feel at this point.

"...My love, are you not hungry?" Y/n asked as she stopped eating her food.

Jingliu only looked up at her lover for a moment, her tired eyes masking beneath her veil while looking straight back at her and the silence in the air only made the atmosphere more tensed.

"I guess I'm not..."

Jingliu managed a small smile as she spoke with her usual calm and nonchalant tone and yet the sadness in her voice was quite obvious here. She tried to hide the disappointment and frustration that she still felt in the form of a neutral expression, not wanting to make her lover worried about her feelings currently.

"...."

Y/n sighed as she stood up from her seat and sat on her lover's lap. Jingliu, however, just sat there, looking confused at her lover's gesture as she began to realize what the latter plans to do. It only took her a second to notice the object that was placed in her mouth and realized what it is.

"Y/n..." Jingliu said quietly with a tired look as she felt more mixed emotions of love and relief as she slowly chewed on the food that her lover gave her.

"I already know what's bothering your mind, and it's not worth it to count those remaining days ahead, okay? Just... enjoy what we have now." Y/n smiled reassuringly at her lover.

Jingliu simply nodded her head, knowing that her lover is right in this case. It's useless to try to stop what is inevitable to come so that they should spend the remaining time enjoying each other as much as they can. The food in her mouth was slowly beginning to taste better and now she can't help but feel a little better due to both the tasty food and her lover's comforting words.

As Jingliu swallowed the food, she smiled faintly at her lover before kissing Y/n that causes Y/n's back to hit the table and accidentally spilled the wine that Y/n's clothes were now stained by it, but they both didn't care at all and instead chose to wrap their arms around each other's body.

This moment was far too precious to be marred by something as trivial as a spilled drink. Instead, she chose to focus on the feeling of Y/n's lips against hers, the way their tongues danced together in perfect harmony.

"You smell like wine..." Jingliu whispered softly against Y/n's mouth when they finally broke their kiss.

Y/n chuckled, "Does seeing me stained like this motivates you to eat your dinner now?"

"Hmm, perhaps," Jingliu whispered, nibbling gently on her lover's bottom lip before pulling back to look into her eyes.

"There's something incredibly enticing about a woman who accidentally spills wine on herself while making love."

With that, she traced a finger along the damp spot on Y/n's clothes, grinning wickedly as she watched how it made her react.

"Perhaps I should help you clean this up..?"