The Abandoned White Magician’s Tea Life - Chapter 79 : Happy Night (2)

Translator: Sunnyshies

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Chapter 79 : Happy Night (2)

“…Amalia-san?”

“Hiccup!”

Leonardo turned around, wiping his hands with a towel, and then looked at her. Amalia felt as if she was being accused of admiring his back, even though she was only looking at him, she was so flustered that she withdrew her hand from the wooden plate she was holding.

“Ah…!”

“Uh!”

The plate slipped out of her hand, and Amalia hurriedly crouched down and reached for it―― but Leonardo quickly grabbed the plate before she could.

“Are you okay?”

Leonardo asked hurriedly behind Amalia’s ear.

The plate is fine.

But Amalia is not okay.

They both tried to pick up the plate, so both of them were in a half-crouch position. Leonardo then reached behind Amalia and caught the plate, so she was in a position where she was covered by him.

In addition, Leonardo ran toward her at once to pick up the plate, so his left hand was propped on the table to support his body, as if he were holding Amalia’s shoulder.

‘Shhh, my heart hurts…’

Amalia stiffly turned back and her gaze collided with Leonardo’s gray eyes.

At first, he stared back into Amalia’s eyes, as if in a daze, but soon he seemed to realize the position he was in. His pupils widened, and he quickly moved away from her with the same agility as when he grabbed a plate and covered his slightly red face with his free hand.

“E-excuse me! Um, I was just trying to grab a plate!”

“Uh, yeah. I know, I was going to grab a plate, too.”

“Yes, the plate…”

“Un, the plate…”

There, they suddenly stopped moving and stared at the plate Leonardo was still holding in his right hand.

He places it on the table without a word and extends his hands toward Amalia. Amalia gulped and remained still as he placed large hands on both of her shoulders.

His gray eyes were lit by a soft heat.

When she realized that she was the only one reflected in those eyes, a strange sense of elation, satisfaction and ――unbounded love overflowed from her chest.

“Amalia-san.”

“…yes.”

“May I kiss you?”

With a voice that had not yet lost its tension, Leonardo begged forgiveness.

There have been times when they have looked at each other like this and gotten into a sweet mood. He is very disciplined and often asks Amalia’s permission before kissing her in this way.

He doesn’t have to be that careful. There was no way she would refuse Leonardo’s kiss when he asked her. And Amalia said so, but Leonardo was strangely stubborn, saying, “In case you don’t like it, I don’t want to do anything you don’t want to do.”

Leonardo blushed as he asked, Amalia nodded and closed her eyes. With her heart pounding, she looked up slightly, and their forehead touched each other, and her nervous breaths hung on the tip of his nose―― their lips met with a soft click, which was almost drowned out by the swaying of the window frames in the night breeze.

The kiss was not intense or bewitching at all, just a light touch. However, Amalia really liked the feeling of her lips touching Leonardo’s, sharing each other’s warmth and conveying their feelings.

The warmth that was not her own faded away, and Amalia opened her eyes. Leonardo’s face was bright red as he stared at Amalia, and he looked away shyly―― making her chuckle.

“Leonardo, you’re blushing.”

“…I just kissed the person I love, of course, I will blush. You, Amalia-san, are the one who’s entirely red.”

“I’m blushing because someone I love just kissed me.”

When she mimicked Leonardo’s tone and said it back, he chuckled too.

He is usually so gallant and cool, but when he smiles, his face is as innocent and cute as when he was a child. She won’t tell him because he would definitely sulk, but Amalia also loves his innocent smile.

With a yank, she tugged the collar of his shirt and silently pleaded, “Again.”

Hearing Amalia’s coaxing, Leonardo loosened his gaze and nodded, and once again kissed her faintly, as if he were touching a delicate treasure.

They looked at each other and smiled,

This alone filled her heart and made her so happy that she could cry.

“…Amalia-san, you are adorable. I like you very much,”

“I like…you too. You’re very…cool too.”

“I am honored. Thank you for staying up so late tonight…it’s time for you to go to bed.”

“…yeah.”

Leonardo gently held her by the shoulders, and she lightly surrendered herself to his strength.

She left the kitchen with him, and walked up the stairs, then faced him at the bedroom door.

“Good night…we’ll talk more tomorrow.”

“Yes, good night…and Leonardo, have a good night’s sleep too.”

On the other side of the door is Yugo. After exchanging a few words as if they were having a private conversation, they kissed without making a sound.

‘May you have good dreams.’

With a prayer, her lips part and she slips easily into the bedroom.

She walked through the  dimly lit room by starlight and slipped into the  warm, cool sheets. Yugo seemed to be completely asleep, so she pulled up the quilt and closed his eyes, making as little noise as possible so as not to wake him up.

‘What to talk to Leonardo about tomorrow…’

She remembered, Yugo played a prank, then she chatted with Eva, and then gave away dried fruit Bruno had ordered from a distant country.

She wanted to tell him a lot of stories and laugh a lot.

‘Please, may these happy days last forever…’

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