MISUNDERSTOOD

With a splash and a thud, the run came to an end.

Water splashed out to three meters high after they fell in. It was a sea area that they had entered. The Tale Sea that bordered the Dark Forest.

The energy Ye Chen had been conserving too came to an end at that moment.

A wave of dizziness hit him before he passed out.

The mission was accomplished anyway, he had done his best.

Cheyenne was glad that she had survived this Honestly, she never wanted to die at the moment she had pulled that trigger but for the love of her brothers and sisters in the organization, she had to do it to prevent them from being found out.

Pulling out his body from the water she heaved a sigh of relief.

This was the man who had risked being shot at just to save her.

Her young tender heart was beating at an accelerated rate as she thought of the way he had held her tightly by his chest. She did not think much at that time as she was too squeezed by him but thinking of it again she blushed.

'He looks young but he is handsome and looks refined. I don't know why but he seems to resemble my godmother, are they related? Ah, never mind, I should probably be thinking of saving him now!'

She held his body and turned it before trying to pump the water out of his stomach.

"Argh..." Mouthfuls of water flowed out before she breathed a sigh of relief as she looked around for a safe space to stay as she awaited him to wake up.

Although she did not know much, she still tried to perform hands-on CPR are his breath seemed to have stopped but there was no chance at all.

'Ooh, come on breathe, please. Don't give up yet, please wake up.'

All her frantic actions did not bore any fruit as his breath came to a stop no matter what she tried.

With no other option left, she decided to do a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

She had never expected to experience her first kiss this way but since she already liked him and he had saved her. Why not just close her eyes and do it?

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Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes as he felt a warm touch on his lips.

'Ooh my god! WTF is going on, is she assaulting me? NO NO, don't do that little sister, am still a virgin like hell.'

'Hmm, wait. She seems to be trying to revive me, phew, I thought it was an assault. I would have been the first man in history to be ever assaulted like this. But wait, isn't this a good chance? I've not kissed for long and I don't know if I'll ever meet Miss Ning again. Aah, fuck this, let me do it, hey Xiao look out for your big brother and make sure to record this spicy scene. It's my first kiss after many years, wahaha!'

His thoughts ran wildly as he imagined being entangled in that position. Yeah, that one probably.

His body being that of a growing up teenager, could not resist this kind of temptation at all.

Unknowingly, he cupped her cheeks before kissing her.

She too had lost herself in the process as she had already closed her eyes imagining he was kissing her.

Thinking that it was still her imagination. She too reciprocated to the action as she returned the gesture.

As Cheyenne's lips met Ye Chen's in the life-giving kiss, a spark of life seemed to ignite between them. Unbeknownst to both, their lips lingered, not just in a desperate attempt to revive, but in an unconscious moment of intimacy.

Time stood still, and the world around them faded into oblivion. It was a kiss born of necessity, yet it held a tenderness neither could have anticipated.

Their eyes fluttered open simultaneously, meeting each other's gaze in a moment of shared vulnerability. The realization of their unintentional kiss dawned on them, painting their faces with shades of surprise and confusion.

For a fleeting second, they remained motionless, their breath mingling, hearts pounding in a rhythm as ancient as the sea itself. Then, as if jolted by the same current, they parted, each grappling with the whirlwind of emotions that the accidental kiss had stirred within them.

Before long, she was already out of breath before she realized this was REAL.

'Ooh what the hell, he had been awake all this time, aah!' 

She really wanted to look for a place to hide her burning face.

Embarrassment washed over them like the cold sea, their eyes darting away, unable to hold the other's gaze. Words stumbled on their lips, a clumsy dance of half-starts and silences. The air between them was thick with unspoken thoughts, each heartbeat amplifying their shyness.

Suddenly, Cheyenne's eyes brimmed with tears, a fragile dam giving way to a torrent of emotions. "You took advantage of me," she whispered, her voice a broken melody. The accusation hung heavy, a stark contrast to the gentle sea breeze.

She turned away, her shoulders shaking with sobs that echoed the sadness in her heart. With each step, her cries grew louder, a poignant symphony of betrayal and hurt. She looked back once, her eyes a mirror of her shattered spirit, before disappearing into the embrace of the Dark Forest, leaving Ye Chen alone with the haunting echo of her despair.

'What is wrong with her? wasn't she kissing me moments ago, who took advantage of whom?'

Her accusation sounded too farfetched, who was in the wrong here, he wondered.

"My brother Xiao, what should I do about this?" He really did not know what to do in this kind of situation.

"You should check on her, she seems not to have expected that, she is just scared and surprised I guess."

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'Why did I run away, Aah? This is too embarrassing, really Cheyenne. And what is with all this crying?'

She questioned herself after stopping to think of what had happened between them.