25 – A Gift Only for Her (5)
Somehow we found ourselves at the edge of the Kangwon-do coastline.
With our business with Mr. Itaeseok and ExMachina finished, we finally had some time for just the two of us.
Of course, the place we spent our time together was the spectacle Luina encountered for the first time.
It was in front of the roaring sea.
“The weather seems a bit chilly, there aren’t many people.”
Looking at the vast blue sea right in front of us, we looked around at our surroundings.
Even though it was a holiday, we could not see a single person on the beach.
If it was the midsummer vacation season, this place would be so crowded that there would be no room to step foot.
I pictured a scene in my mind of cool and beautiful young people in bathing suits, each showing off their unique youthfulness.
Of course, even I, who was lost in such old-fashioned thoughts, was still of an age lively with youth.
However, after graduating from Hero Academy,
I had spent the past two years as a civil servant without a girlfriend.
Since I had never once painted a picture of a sparkling youth,
It was just a distant story to me.
But now, it was different.
“Come on in quickly. It’s damn cold. Ahahahaha!”
Luina, dipping her bare feet into the sea water, was blooming with a bright smile.
Every time a wave rolled in, she would shriek and splash her feet, which was irresistibly cute.
This pretty girlfriend of mine was adding vibrant colors to my life, where all youthful spirits were dying off.
Although she may be a super high-risk villainess, my nullifying ability enabled me to see her as just a woman with immense power.
So whether she’s a villain or whatever…
I really…
Splash!!
“Phew!?”
I was suddenly splashed in the face.
For a moment I thought a wave had reached the height of my head.
As I wiped my surprised face, I saw Luina scooping up the sea water with both hands.
“hehehehe. Right? It’s damn cold like I said?”
“Wait a minute, Luina. I don’t have any change of clothes…”
“Feeling hazy and wrong about it, huh. Sigh♪”
“Wait─.”
Splash!!
A much larger water bomb than before drenched me in an instant.
With the cold and damp sensation engulfing my entire body, I tasted a salty sting on my lips.
“So you’re coming at me like that? I didn’t know!?”
After being attacked twice, I immediately retaliated.
I put my hands together.
Dunked them into the sea water.
And splashed!!
“eeek!”
Though the amount of water I splashed was far less than what Ruina splashed, it was enough to drench her.
Ruina, who was soaked up by my water, screamed but still burst into laughter.
Seeing her happy reaction, I couldn’t help but break into a smile as well.
“You attacked! This time, I’m going all out!!”
“What!? Your full strength — that’s cheating─.”
Whoosh!!!
On the deserted beach in fall.
Our belated water fight continued until we were both thoroughly soaked.
* * *
“Achoo!!”
Luina let out a cute sneeze.
“See, it’s already chilly out…”
I grumbled as I dried Luina’s wet hair with a towel.
This towel, unsurprisingly, was handed over by a secret agent hiding nearby in a black suit.
Did he predict we’d be splashing around in the water here?
“hehehehe. It was fun though, playing in the water with you. Did you have fun?”
“Yeah, I had a good time too, aside from the fact that we might catch a cold tomorrow.”
“Ugh, you didn’t have to mention that.”
“I still think it’s best to play in the water during summer. If we catch a cold for no reason, it might ruin the holiday we’ve just welcomed, you know?”
“That might be true…”
Luina squeezed out the ends of her hoodie, which had been dripping wet.
Watching the sea water drip, she nodded her head.
“hehehehe… Next time I play in the water, I should wear a swimsuit. I got completely soaked.”
Luina in a swimsuit…?
For a moment, my instinctual imagination poked and prodded at my brain.
Her proportions are impressive, even though I’ve only seen a bit of her in casual loungewear.
Undoubtedly, she would look stunning in any swimsuit.
A cute one-piece would be nice too.
A light, billowy pareo would also be good.
A provocative bikini, I love it…
[Luna’s bikini…!]
That’s it.
Nothing else comes to my mind.
The image of Luna in a bikini fills up the sparse spaces of my mind.
She hides her teasing, deeply cleaved bosom in a somewhat bashful manner.
Yet, the smooth curve from her waist to her hip is unabashedly exposed. Such audacity!
If I were to have Luna in a bikini right in front of me during a mid-summer, I probably wouldn’t be able to keep my sanity.
It wouldn’t just be me.
All passing guys would sneak peeks at her, and those who have lovers would likely earn themselves a reprimand.
Ah, just imagining fills me up with an extreme sense of bliss.
To think such a pretty, cute and well-figured girl is my girlfriend…
“Do you want to see me in a bikini…?”
“If I have the chance to see you, of course, I would—.”
I snap my mouth shut.
I simply responded to an unexpected comment.
It was only before I could realize that the comment was from Luna.
“Ho-, how…”
I stuttered without thinking and bowed my head down.
Louina, with a towel wrapped around her head, was looking up at me, her cheeks flushed.
“I heard…. your thoughts….”
Louina subtly pointed to her earring and looked away.
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“Oh.”
That’s right, wasn’t it!?
If I focus a little bit, my thoughts are directly transmitted to Louina.
Then the passionate thoughts that I came up with just now were all delivered to Louina….
“Oh, no, uh, I mean, that…”
“I could show you even if it wasn’t summer…. hehehe♡”
“Oh….”
This is trouble.
This is really, really trouble.
Louina’s face, drenched wet, is blushing and looks incredibly beautiful.
Weren’t we the ones trying to honestly kiss each other today?
As my earlier thoughts overlapped with Louina’s present form, my breathing started to get rough.
[Kiss…a kiss with Louina…]
“You…I’ve been receiving your thoughts for a while now.”
“……Louina.”
I tightly gripped her two damp shoulders.
“……Yes?”
Luina briefly shrugged her shoulders and looked at me intently.
If she already knew everything I was thinking, there was no way I would retreat like a coward.
Feeling my heart pulsating, I tilted my head up towards Luina’s face.
Luina raised her tip-toes slightly to match my height.
And then we…
We met each other with passionate breaths.
We kissed each other outside for the first time.
Not at the level of contact we had hesitantly maintained until now, but with a deeper exploration of each other.
“Puhahahaha…”
As if it were a momentary occurrence.
After the melting time had passed.
A long thread stretched between our separated lips.
“I received a kiss as a present ♡”
Luina stuck out her sticky tongue and smiled mischievously.
Ah, is it really so adorable?
I embraced her and gently stroked her hair, which had just started to dry.
“hehehe. As expected, the only person who sincerely adores me is you.”
“It doesn’t matter how much of a vicious villain you were in the past. Now, you’re just my woman. The only woman who has brought me this happiness.”
I hugged her even tighter.
And then Luina’s arms wrapped around my waist.
“Really. Our darling is sometimes very manly. I’m so lucky to have met him. Truly……
“Ruina. I can hear your thoughts right now.”
“I did it on purpose. So only you can listen♡”
Staring at me, Ruina winked, lifting her leg cheekily, and leaned in even closer.
“I love you, Ruina.”
“Yes. Will you continue to love me?”
Guided by each other, our lips met yet again.
* * *
At the same time,
In the cutting-edge hero, X-Machina’s dim-lit safe room.
“If you do such things, later, you’ll be very disliked, you know? Captain.”
On the monitor broadcasted the CCTV video of the two people at the beach, exchanging kisses one after the other.
Staring blankly at it, X-Machina chuckled, looking back over her shoulder.
“I don’t care. I’m used to playing the villain.”
Standing sternly behind her, with his arms crossed, was Taesuk.
“By the way, even a stone Buddha like you knows when to act.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You planned all this, didn’t you? From unnecessarily calling me here, to telling the handler to go see the sea.”
“………..”
Taesuk did not respond.
Last night. Ex Machina, located in the mountains of the southern region, received his request.
It was a request to move to the safe room on the coast of Gangwon Province.
“He even made the unreasonable demand that I create a specialized transmitter within a day. He must think I’m a convenient tool to be used at will.”
“Such unreasonable demands can only be asked of a superhuman like you.”
“Regardless, what a romantic plan. The insidious father who secretly watches over his child’s love affairs?”
“All for the sake of everyone’s safety.”
Tae-seok pulled out a faded Polaroid photo from the front pocket of his shirt.
In the picture was a young him, with an awkward smile.
And his heavily pregnant wife, holding their child, sharing a warm moment together.
Tae-seok’s wife and their unborn child were victims of an incident caused by an SSS class villain like Ruina from the past.
“No more tragic disasters should occur at the hands of the villains. So, we must absolutely ensure Ruina’s happiness. If that is not possible, we will resort to forceful methods.”
“You’re still stuck in the past…. Well, I wouldn’t prefer super dangerous villains running wild either.”
“I may need to ask you for more unreasonable favors in the future. So, I am asking you in advance. Ex Machina.”
“Ah, right.”
Without a change in his expression, Tae-seok stowed the picture and looked at the monitor in front of him.
There, a young man and woman, both radiating happiness, were holding each other’s hands.