Kris let Lena down as he carried her to the rooftop.
"Wait there." He said.
Kris walked and pressed a b.u.t.ton so the covering of the pool opened, displaying the clean water of the pool. Lena smiled and ran toward the pool.
"CANNONBALL!" And plopped. She went down to the deep side of the pool.
Her head popped out and she trod on the water. "Are you going to join me?"
"Soon." He smiled at her before turning around. He left to go back down to his house as Lena hopped swam to the ledge to wait for him.
A few minutes later, he came up with a bottle of wine and two gla.s.ses. "Just one bottle to celebrate."
He popped the bottle and poured them to the gla.s.ses. He gave one for Lena to sip before taking it back and placing both of theirs on the table.
"Do you want me to just join you like this?" Kris was referring to their uncomfortable clothes that were not meant for swimming.
"Yeah..." Lena laughed. "Look at my gown, you can see my underwear."
Her nightgown was floating on top of the water and not covering her at all. It was a dress after all. Kris slid down the ledge and join Lena in the pool. Lena swam to him and held his hand. He dragged him to the middle of the pool.
"I thought we were going to continue off where we left off in the elevator?" Kris curiously asked.
"We are celebrating. We should do something fun!"
"Ok... like?"
"I want to know if you can really breathe longer if you kiss underwater."
Kris had utterly no word to describe the mind of Lena. He burst into a small laugh and then he dived his head underwater. He pulled Lena"s leg for her to join him. She dived in with him. She only stayed for 15 seconds before kicking her leg and going back up for a breath.
She only took a quick breath before Kris pulled her down underwater again. He immediately kissed her. It only lasted for a few seconds and Lena went back up for a breath of air. She was cough and breathing really hard.
Kris popped out 5 seconds later and looked at his exhausted Lena and laughed. "You"re so cute."
"It"s not funny. It"s horrible! It doesn"t work!"
"It does." Kris swam close to Lena. "You were thinking too much about the kiss and not breathing. Let"s try again."
Kris dived back down. Lena took a deep breath and went down with him. She countdown on her fingers for 10 seconds before they can kiss. After that, she grabbed Kris and they kissed. This time, she focused on the breathing and they lasted for a while more. But she knew it was ineffective.
She and Kris went back up together and she took a deep breath of fresh air. "Phew! How can you breathe so long?" Lena asked.
"I was meant to breath longer so I can save you."
"Aw... C"mere!" Lena leaned in and gave Kris a smooch on his lips. She swam back to the ledge and hop out, her nightgown completely soaked.
She walked up to the table and grabbed the bottle of wine. She took a drink and then walked to the stairs to go back down to the main house.
"Where are you going?" Kris was left alone in the pool. "You said you wanted the pool!! You lied to me..."
"Yes, I did." Lena turned around and look at Kris. "So you can punish me in bed instead." She turned back and slowly walked down the stairs, waving her bottle of wine. "Make sure bring your cuffs and you better be naked before you enter the room."
Lena ran down and went to a random room. She was definitely not going to do it on his uncomfortable bed. She placed the bottle on the nightstand. She took off all of her wet clothes and got into the bed, covering herself in the blanket.
Kris smiled and quickly got off. He went down the stairs and took off his pants and completely naked himself before his bedroom doors.
"Lena?"
She was not there. "Tsk... how old is she to be playing hide and seek?" Kris laughed and went to open the next door.
She was not there too. Lena must be in the third bedroom. It was empty before but he finally furnished it after the "no bra" incident.
He opened the door and he saw Lena cuddled up in the blanket, covering her entirely. Lena heard the door open and she stuck out her head.
"h.e.l.lo, Handsome." Lena whistled at him.
"h.e.l.lo, s.e.xy. I would like an order of two large melons today." He teased her and then hopped into the bed. He flipped open the blanket and crawled in with her.
He kissed her from her ankle up until he met her pretty face.
"Did you bring your cuffs?" Lena asked.
Kris touched her face. "We can use cuffs on a different day than we actually do it."
"Okay." Lena was happy that none of them were rus.h.i.+ng ahead of one another. She covered them with the blanket. "Who first?"
"Of course it"s you... you needed to be punished." Kris tickled Lena and then he positioned himself on top of her. "You ready?"
Lena wrapped her arms around him. "Yessem!"
They both tangled in bed throughout the evening. But they did not go for long since both of them had to work the next day. They cleaned themselves before hopping to go sleep on Kris" bed. The bed was softer because Lena was sleeping with Kris. Only with him by her side, everything was happier, brighter, and more comfortable.
Lena was not going to run away from all the things that Kris will show her. She will not run away from their future. Blood or nothing, demons or not, monster or human, she was going to battle the heavens to be with him. She had done it before, one more time won"t kill her that easily.
Kris hugged her as they close their eyes on the bed. Lena opened her eyes. "Kris?"
"Hmmm?"
"You should stay home with your mom until the weekend."
"What about tomorrow?" Kris asked. They originally made plans to meet and hang out tomorrow.
"We have the rest of our lives together. You ditched your mom to come to celebrate with me... you should stay home with her and try to see if you can hug her more." Lena turned her body around so she was facing Kris. "I think you will be fine... as long as I am here."
"Yes, my lady." Kris kissed Lena on the forehead and they both closed their eyes.
Kris hoped that Lena will continue to smile when she learned all about him. He can"t show her everything about himself at one time, but he will slowly show her everything that he is. The good, bad, and ugly.