Best to have met you

Chapter 14.3-To Understand, To Love and To Promise Ourselves to One Another

Both were new in this male-female thing. Although impetuous, reckless and inexperienced, they still got their satisfaction. It gave them a sense of peace and security, that they would be together through anything, even the troubled times.

Xu Mo Ting held her in his arm but failed to calm the agitation in his heart. His fingertips were running through her hair and he kissed her slightly damp forehead.

An Ning opened her tired eyes. She felt the stormy passion that had passed a bit too much to bear. But she did not regret it one bit. She just felt very contented. She moved sideways to embrace his neck and rubbed against it. Then she muttered softly: "Very sleepy."

Mo Ting's heart felt hot, so the body also started to feel a burning sensation. He could not help but lean over her once again. However no matter how much was the yearning, he also cannot bear to demand over and over again from his girlfriend on her first time. Mo Ting bent down and kissed her lips. Then he reached out to turn off the light and said softly in the dark: "Sleep la."

An Ning said okay and slowly closed her eyes.

When she woke up again, the person next to her had already gone. The room was dark and quiet because the thick curtains were blocking everything bright. Only the LCD alarm clock on the bedside table was displaying the time.

An Ning got up and went to the bathroom to wash the face and rinse the mouth. The towel and clothes were placed neatly on the glass table. The shirt and knitwear belonged to him. After bathing and dressing, she discovered that the sleeves were too long, so she has to roll them up twice. When she walked downstairs, Xu Mo Ting was sitting on the dining table in the living room table with his laptop on. Seeing her coming down, he smiled and said: "I am boiling porridge which should be ready soon."

"Okay." An Ning walked over and sat beside him. She looked languid and blurry. When she was just about to lie on the table, he reached out and propped her chin, "The tabletop is cold."

An Ning straightened up, rubbed her eyes and unconsciously mumbled: "I am still a little tired."

Xu Mo Ting was smiling when he put his hands on her neck to massage and pinch it. His strength was neither light nor heavy making her so comfortable until she gasped. Xu Mo Ting looked at her with his clothes on. The shirt was open at the collar, revealing some of her fair skin and stirring up some peculiar emotion in his heart again. He withdrew his hands and hesitated for only two seconds before asking softly: "An Ning, we'll get married after the Lunar New Year?"

An Ning stared blankly at him and her face turned red instantly. Although he has previously mentioned the 'marriage' topic every few days, he has never made her nervous like this time. Also, remembering their intimate behavior last night, even her ears were also red.

"Why ...... I ...... isn't it too sudden ...... I have not graduated yet ......"

Mo Ting had already taken her hand and with tender emotion in the eyes said, "An Ning, I don't want to wait for another two to three years. I want to be together with you. I think we share the same thought on this. Since we love each other, marriage is only a matter of time. Furthermore I am more timid. If we get that piece of paper a little earlier, it can make me feel at ease. Are you willing?"

An Ning was blushing and did not know how to respond all of a sudden. It felt like pledging to marry without parents' approval.

"I ...... never thought so  ......to get married." She has not even thought of love before, only thought of accompanying her mother step by step until the end.

When he saw her awkward and helpless expression, he felt somewhat distressed. Thus he leaned forward slowly to hold her shoulder and appease her by saying: "I'm sorry for being too impetuous."