Zane⁓Chan: The Handmaiden and The Pirate Mercenary

TWENTY: A Kiss

Nana-Chan's POV:

I've never been kissed before and it's the best feeling ever.

I was told never to kiss anyone until my wedding day when I would share a kiss with my husband...my parents always said it was wrong to kiss someone who wasn't my husband.

And if they seen this moment they would probably die and I know I should push him away but I had been wanting to do this and never had the courage too.

I'm not going to push him away.

Standing on my tippy toes, I pushed myself closer to him and wrapped my arms around his neck as his hands slid down my waist, holding me there as we kissed.

I felt so inexperienced compared to him and I couldn't help but wonder if he had kissed someone before...and wehn the jealousy sunk in, I chose to ignore it.

Zane's hands slid up to my face, cupping my jaw as he titled my head back further and stepped closer to me, he didn't seem to care that I had never done this before.

I was the one to break the kiss and take in a deep breath as I looked up at him, unsure of what to say or do and whether or not he was just going to leave me here.

"You look nervous" He commented.

"I am not nervous" I replied.

"Liar"

"Hey!" I shouted and he chuckled in response to my reaction as I looked away from him and down at the ground to find the proper words but there was nothing.

I don't know what to say.

Before anything could be said, I heard my father's voice and another mans voice coming in the direction we had just come from and looked up at Zane.

He grabbed me and pulled me behind a small area and kept me there while he let himself be seen as I heard my dad and the man pulling themselves out of the water.

"That's him!" The man shrieked.

"What are your shrieking about?" Zane's voice was monotone as he spoke and I didn't have to see my father to know he was glaring at him right now.

"You were with a pink haired woman!" He shouted.

"No I wasn't"

"Yes you were I seen yo–"

"You mean the pink haired woman who ran up that way?" Zane gestured towards the hill on the opposite side.

My dad has to be seething right now.

I couldn't hear the words being spoken between the man and my father but I soon heard them running up the hill and Zane slowly slipped an arm around my waist.

I let out a laugh when he pulled me back around and to him as I peaked over to see them disappearing over the hill while I stood there laughing at their confusion and annoyance.

"I think your father wanted me dead" I laughed and looked to Zane.

"He does" I replied.

"Oh right. Oh well, he's going to have a difficult time executing his plan" I smiled up at him.

What would my father think?

A new sense of confidence came over me as I stood on my tippy toes and pressed my lips against Zane's once again and he didn't push me away like I half expected.

Instead he grabbed my face again and kissed me back but it ended quickly when we heard my father and the man's voices again shouting and cursing.

I looked up at Zane again who grabbed my hand and pulled me with him into the water to get back to the tavern again without being seen by the two searching for me.

Diving underneath the water, Zane pulled me with him as we surfaced near the docks and he helped me out of the water, we went running back down the docks into the tavern again.

Garroth was there with a grin on his face as he took in our appearance and our intertwined hands but didn't say anything, the entire tavern erupted into cheers as we stepepd inside again.

"Here" I looked over at Aphmau and smiled as I took the jacket from her and pulled it on while she started fixing my hair for me with a smile on her face.

"I'm surprised he didn't catch you two" Garroth commented.

"He seen Zane" I replied.

"And let me guess, Zane told him the wrong way and you guys left?" I nodded my head as we left out what happened between us and just looked at each other.

What does he think about it?

Brushing the thoughts out of my mind, I looked over at Aphmau and smiled gratefully towards her as I looked around the tavern for a minute and slid down in my seat when my father poked his head back in.

Don't notice me.

Thankfully he didn't notice me and walked out a minute later while the man who was trying to help him, walked back in looking defeated as he slumped down but was quickly met with a few pirates.

"We don't like snitches" One spoke at the same time someone covered my eyes so I could only hear what's going on around me right now but it's probably for the best.