oh, darling of mine | michaeng

She

Chaeyoung's POV

She's got this way to caress my lips with such care, in such an elegant way, in such a delicate form.

"Have you ever swam in a river?" I said as I pulled her into an embrace.

"You can swim in rivers?" My goodness.

"I mean, I don't know if we're allowed to, but that's not really the point" I caress her hair.

"You're always pushing me to do illegal stuff" She dramatically faked a punch to hit my chest.

" I've never obligated you tho" For every sentence she takes out of her mouth, I've got a perfect response.

"Shut up" She hugged me harder.

"Is this how you get mad?" I can only laugh maturely at her actions.

"You don't want see me mad" That sounds pretty adventurous to me.

"I want to see you in every form, shape, attitude, color ..."

Her cheeks got so red I could feel the burning in my chest.

"So, do you know how to swim?" I started to get out of the embrace.

No response. Oh my God. She doesn't know.

"Pfft you can't be serious" I burst out laughing.

"It's not my fault. Shut up" I-can-not-resist-her-adorable-face.

I take her by the hand and make her fall into my gaze. She is so pure, to the point where her soul can embrace darkness and not get affected by it but instead transforming it into a beautiful ocean of butterflies. The type of person who could hug the world and warm it with her smile.

There is beauty in every aspect of her existence.

I am lost in her.

"Do you have a bathing suit?" I asked in an innocent tone even though I know she doesn't have one.

"Mmm no, I didn't think we would be swimming" She responded with a confused look.

"That's fine, I'll see what I can do. Let me make us some breakfast so we can go" Since the sun is still accompanying us, I want to make remarkable memories with her.

She gave me a warm smile, so bright her eyes closed.

"If you keep smiling at me like that, I can only think about dropping everything and keep you by side until we cease to exist" Honesty is my strength.

"Then start preparing to drop, because with you there's only one thing that crosses my mind: happiness, which is expressed trough my smile" She said as if she was a philosopher.

"This sounds compromising"

With that being said, I gave her a soft kiss that lasted less than three seconds so I could make something for us to eat.

After we stuffed ourselves with fruits, eggs and bread, we made our way to the river behind the house. 

The flowers blossom as if they were an open book, the type of book that is unfinished but persistent and delicate. We were the ink that illuminated their growth. Their scent attaches to our skin making a diffusion of love, then the warming breeze meets us with a soft wind that made our hairs go behind our backs. The trees were lined up to make a path, which lead to a small stair to get to the bottom of the place.

This is just a fraction of a beautiful moment.

I go down the stairs first so that I can take her hand and help her come to me.

"Thank you" She said when she saw my hand extended to her. She took it and met me at the last stair before getting into the water.

I started taking my clothes off until my body was totally exposed. She immediately turned her back on me. As if she has never seen my glowing skin before.

"Nothing you haven't seen, Myoui" I said to her. "Should I help you get undressed?"

She took off her clothes is such a fast pace I almost couldn't admire her, then she jumped in.

"Oh, you didn't wait for me" I jokingly said while pouting.

"Don't you think I will fall for that trick of yours" She said with a bossy tone.

When she faced me, her jaw almost dropped.

"You are shining ... How?" Her stare was intense.

I slowly got into the water, without breaking eye contact, I went to her.

"Getting a bit delusional, aren't we?" I said as I get near to her face.

"You were literally shining"

"So were you. We are under the sun's touch, don't expect anything else from mother nature"

Then she laughed again. I like it when she smiles, it's very calming.

"You said you don't know how to swim, right?" I asked her as I opened my arms to make circular motions into the water.

"No" She said shyly.

"Come here" I took her hand and dragged her calmly towards me.

"To learn how to swim, you must know how to float. Do you know how to?" She shook her head in disapproval.

"Let's do it together. Take a deep breath ... Wait, not yet. Wait until I finish giving the instructions silly" We started to laugh.

"So, take a deep breath and curl your body up like a ball. Got it?" She gave me a thumps up.

"On the count of three: one, two, three ... go!" She took a very deep breath making her face squeeze a little, and dip under the water.

I also went under the water, I saw her doing her very best to hold her breath ... I thought she could use some of mine. I went near her, cupped her face with my hands and gave her a kiss. She got so tranquil, I thought something bad might have occurred but when I opened my eyes she was floating so nicely, her eyes were closed and she was simply enjoying the oxygen we were sharing.

Mix our skins. Make of us the best recipe.