Chapter 67 - Promise
In the bed, Avery woke up with Yue laying her head on his chest, as she tightly clung to his waist.
Avery stared at her face as she had a happy and relaxed expression.
The cute little nose and that sweet lips that he wanted to taste again.
He brought his hand over her face as he gently caressed her.
Bringing his fingers to her lips as he gently traced below them.
As he did so, he can't help but notice her cheeks redden.
Smirking, he decided to plant a quick kiss on her lips eliciting a surprise from her as she quickly opened her eyes, only to see her big brother happily smirking at her.
Embarrassed that she got caught pretending to be asleep, her face can't help but redden more.
"Hehe… my little sister is so cute," Avery said as he hugged her, "and why is my little sister so shy now? After the kissing session we had a while ago I thought you would be more proactive."
"Big brother…." Yue muttered as being reminded of all the things they did a while ago made her hide her face on his chest further, refusing to let him see her state.
"Hahahaha." Avery laughed happily as he saw her cute response.
Hearing him laugh made her more embarrassed, thinking that she can't be the only one, she decided to tease him back.
"B-but you were the one so active big brother! I-I thought that we are almost going to do t-that!"
"W-what do you mean I was s-so active? You were the one who r-refused to let our lips be apart!" Avery retorted back in embarrassment as his cheeks quickly blushed.
"B-but you were the one trying to remove my shirt!"
"A-anyway, w-what did you see in memories?" Trying to change the topic as quickly as possible, Avery asked her without much thought.
"..." Yue immediately quiet down, as she thought about what she did.
"Hmm?" Avery was suddenly confused as to why she suddenly got silent.
"I am sorry…" Avery then heard Yue suddenly apologizing out of nowhere.
"What is this all of a sudden?" Avery asked.
"I am sorry… because of me we had fight and all."
"Yue…" Realizing what she meant, Avery called out to her.
"I am sorry for doubting you and misunderstanding the situation."
"I am sorry I tried to hide my trauma from all those years ago." Yue continued with guilt and shame, trying to blame herself for the bad things that just happened.
"Stop. You don't need to apologize. Let's look at the bright side. If things did not happen the way they did then I doubt we would be able to taste each other's lips right? From how you acted a while ago, I can see that you really enjoyed it." Trying to light up the mood, Avery teased.
"Big brother…" Yue reddens before lightly punching him on his chest.
"Besides that was all in the past now so no need to sulk over that matter, let's just take this situation as a lesson, ok?"
"Nn." Yue nods in agreement.
"Let's make a promise so that situation like this would never happen ever again. A promise that we would no longer hold secrets from one another and express what we are truly feeling instead of hiding it from one another."
Yue understood him and promised with determination, "I promise, big brother. I would never hold a secret from you and hide what I am truly feeling ever again."
"Then it's a promise. Thank Little Yue." Avery smiled happily before remembering what he saw in the memory, "About your trauma, Little Yue… I am really sorry. It was my fault I was selfish back then. I actually also loved you back then as a man, but I was scared of the consequences. I was scared that you would suffer because of the nature that our relationship would take. Thinking that you could avoid the pain, I distanced myself. I was so selfish, that I did not think of your feelings for me. I only thought of what I felt and what was going to happen and did not notice that I was already harming you. I am really sorry, little sis." Avery said solemnly with guilt and shame.
"I disagree, big brother. It's not your fault, it was mine. It was me who hid what I felt from you. It was also me who hid my trauma… and whatever happened in the past timeline, I think it was also my fault. It was probably due to my stubbornness. So don't blame yourself big brother since it was really my fault."
"Little Yue…. it's not really your fault, it was me who neglected you all those years ago. It was also me who did not even clear up the misunderstanding in the first place. And it was also me–"
"No! Don't blame yourself! It was my fault, ok."
"Little Yue, you also don't have to blame yourself since it was my fault."
"But–!"
"Nope. It's my fault. Ok?" Avery stared at her as she looked into his eyes.
After a few seconds of staring at one another in silence, they both burst into sudden laughter.
"Hahahaha." Avery and Yue laughed.
"What are we doing, trying to take the crown on who is at fault?" Avery said in the midst of their laughter.
"How about we agree that both of us are to be blamed for what happened, ok big brother?"
"Alright Little Yue, this debate won't end if both of us think that it is not the other who is at fault. In the first place, we both did something that make us at fault in the first place."
"Right." Yue smiled in agreement.
After ending their small debate, they were now silent once again as they were dazed staring at one another.
They both can't help but be mesmerized by the beauty of one another.
The atmosphere started to take a turn as they slowly leaned their face forward.
Their lips were nearly touching as they felt the air of breath coming from one another.
But before they are able to taste the lips of the other…
*Growl*
A stomach growling due to hunger was heard, interrupting their supposed kiss.
Yue embarrassedly hid her face onto Avery's chest upon hearing her stomach, "I-I am sorry!"
"Hahaha. It appears that my cute little sister is already hungry!" Avery laughed happily seeing her sister act like this again.
"Anyway, I think we should get up. I'll go ahead and prepare our food." Avery then went out of bed to prepare food while Yue laid on the bed, embarrassed.
After Avery went out, Yue quietly stared at the ceiling before giggling, "Hehe." She giggled as she thought of what happened so far.
She rolled on the bed and giggled in happiness.
"Hehehe… big brother kissed me!" Yue said as she buried her face into Avery's pillow.
"Big brother finally said he loved me!!" Yue can't hold her excitement as she kicked her legs up and down the bed.
After a few moments of excitement, she finally got out of bed and hummed happily as she went in the direction of the bathroom.
[A/N: Hi! Sorry for the late chapter, and as always a compensation chapter will be made to make up for it! I'll be uploading another chapter in a day or two! Thank you for understanding and have a good day!]