184 Christmas Eve - Celestial

[Luna's Perspective]

Christmas Eve, a time of great festivities and celebrations, a time where one spends their day with those that they love. It was the best day of the year for me as the beautiful city outside is covered with a thin layer of snow, making the Christmas decorations appear even cozier and festive in contrast. Because of the cold winter, I am able to cherish the warmth that my clothing and the heater in my house provided.

Tonight, I have a date with my boyfriend, someone who I have been dating for a year now. He's special to me, and it's because of him, I am standing before my opened wardrobe in search of clothing that I will be wearing while staying warm and cozy in my pajamas.

The first piece of clothing I decided to pick out were my lingerie. According to my older sister, I needed something special and sexy, just in case, but...I'm not expecting us to go that far tonight.

I blushed when I realized that the lingerie that I had picked out was one of a seductive purple lace. I immediately paused in my motion and stared at it, confused as to when I had bought this piece. I don't recall purchasing it, but I suppose it must be my older sister who slipped it into my drawer so that I could wear it.

With an amused smile on my face, I decided that this set of lingerie will be the one that I shall be wearing for the date. I'm not expecting anything, but—my face turned red—just in case if something were to happen.

After setting aside the lingerie on my bed so that I could change into everything at once later, I continued the search for a suitable outfit in my drawer. I took into account the time that we will be outdoors, so I decided that it would be best if I were to wear something extremely cozy. However, it must be good-looking as well. Therefore, I picked out a stylish looking winter coat to wear over my knitted creme sweater with a button up shirt at the very bottom. Then, I picked out a pair of skirts as well as knee-high stockings to keep my legs warm in the weather. I used to get quite cold whenever I would wear skirts in the winter, and would always wonder why the other girls wouldn't get cold wearing skirts. However, I suppose the real trick is to just become accustomed to it as there's really not much one can do to keep their legs warm in this weather aside from wearing boots and stockings or socks.

With my outfit picked out, I glanced over at the charging stand where my phone was sitting on as it charged and checked the time that was displayed on the screen. It was around 4:00 P.M., which is close to the meetup time that I had agreed with my boyfriend. Therefore, I immediately stripped myself of my pajamas and changed into the outfit that I had picked out.

After changing, I grabbed the brush that was on my dressing table and kept my eyes focused on the mirror and at the reflection of my hair as I tidied up the disheveled strands of hair. Then, I applied makeup onto my face in preparations for my date that will be occurring at 4:45 P.M.

After I was satisfied with my appearance, I grabbed my phone from the charging stand and slipped it into my purse. Then, I exited my room and started making my way for the exit. I notified my parents of my departure, and after putting on my boots, I exited the house and made my way over to the elevators.

With my heart beating rapidly in my chest out of excitement, I tried to take deep breaths to calm myself. I have this tendency to become extremely excited whenever I am with my boyfriend, making me appear somewhat aggressive. That's something my older sister, who's out on a date with her boyfriend, had told me last night.

"Don't be too clingy," she said to me last night while she was in my room. "If a girl is too aggressive or easy, then the guy wouldn't treasure you as much."

Her message is pretty reasonable, so I decided that I would implement them as well. Therefore, I must act calm and composed and not too happy when I see him. But rather, I must play with his heart a bit, make him wonder what's wrong with me and have his mind constantly wondering, providing him with a positive type of stimulus. But, the thing is I'm not so confident that I'll be able to succeed in that department...

The travel to our meetup location was at Nocsinis Station, so it's not too far from my house, just a few stops away in fact. About fifteen minutes after leaving my house, I had arrived at Nocsinis Station and saw my boyfriend standing at our agreed-upon waiting place waiting for me to arrive.

"Sorry I'm late," I smiled as I greeted him.

"It's fine," he warmly smiled in response. "I've only just arrived."

I did my best to contain my chuckle when I saw through his lie. I know for a fact that he did not just arrive. Instead, he has been waiting for a while now as the tip of his nose was red and his lips appeared chapped, both signs of him staying out in the open for a prolonged period of time. Seeing him being considerate and lying about not having waited for so long reminded me of the reason why I had fallen for him in the first place.

"Let's go," I smiled at him as I brought my arms around his arm, hugging it as I signaled to him that we may begin our date.

***

This date wasn't anything different from the ones we had previously. We went and watched a movie, had a meal together at a restaurant, and simply spent time talking with each other and enjoying each other's presence. As high school students, this is the most that we could do with our budget. However, both he and I were extremely content as the most important thing for us was each other.

It was a bit after 7:00 P.M. that we finally left the restaurant after enjoying a thirty-minute meal. I was actually quite reluctant to leave as this departure would mark the end of our day today, so I intentionally walked with slow steps. It would appear that he also did not want the day to end so quickly as he was also taking small steps, or maybe he was simply trying to accommodate me.

When we exited the restaurant and stepped foot once again on the chilly, winter streets of Palisia with its festive decorations, I hugged onto his arm even tighter, providing my body with his warmth. His body tensed up, probably because his arm was being buried between my breasts through my coat, but I made no effort to care.

"Luna," his voice was tense and trembled somewhat from nervousness. "You mind um...staying with me for a bit longer?" Slowly, he looked over at me and gazed into my eyes. "If you don't mind...I'm thinking maybe we can...take the next step?"

His face was red from nervousness and maybe some embarrassment or fear for my reaction. This was a side of him that I find quite adorable. This shyness of his was actually quite cute and attractive as this was simply not what one would expect from someone with a handsome appearance like him.

"S...sure," I blushed and also responded.

"R-really?" He appeared quite excited and a look of joy appeared on his face. "Then let's go."

This wasn't a decision that I made lightly. I've actually thought of this possibility before, and after considering it again when he had asked, I reasoned that based on the current state of our relationship, I am ready to take our relationship to the next level. To be fair, we've been dating for almost a year and a half now and our relationship has been progressing at an extremely slow pace. But even then, he treated me with his utmost love. Therefore, he's someone that I can trust...

It would appear that he already knows the location of our destination as we walked without looking at a navigation device. He must've done his research beforehand, and it amused me that he was so nervous despite practicing that very scene earlier multiple times in his head before the date.

He led me onto a busy pedestrian overpass that crossed over a wide road where numerous automobiles passed underneath. This overpass was one that's used by many as it was so close to the busy Nocsinis Station. Therefore, there were plenty of other pedestrians using the overpass as us, with the crowd going to and from. Because of the crowd, I hugged onto his arm even tighter, smiling as I mentally prepared myself for what will happen soon.

I slowly looked up from the ground, and that was when my eye was caught by a teenage boy around my age who had a black muffler scarf around his neck. My eyes widened slightly for some reason when I saw him and my neck turned as I kept my gaze fixed on him. It was even to the point that I stopped in my steps and turn my body slightly in the direction that we had just come from as my eyes continued to remain fixed on the back of the boy, taking in his black hair and muffler scarf. For some reason, when I saw him, I felt my heart tighten in my chest.

"What's the matter?" my boyfriend asked me, somewhat astonished by my abrupt stoppage.

"Nothing," I smiled so as to relieve the awkwardness.

Then, we continued walking. However, I looked over my shoulder once again and at the figure whose distance with mine gradually increased.

The two of us entered a lover hotel, used the automatic check-in machine to get ourselves a room, and made our way to our room. Upon entering the room, the two of us nervously stepped into the center of the room, standing over the circular waterbed. Our faces were red, but I wasn't sure if his was red from the red illumination that was used in the room to create the atmosphere.

Slowly, he turned towards me, placing his hands on either side of my shoulders and turning me to face him. He gazed into my eyes momentarily before he slowly brought his lips to mine. After allowing our tongues to intertwine for a while before we finally broke contact to gasp for air. Then, he brought his lips to the side of my neck and began kissing me there.

"M-maybe we need to shower first," I gasped between moans.

"It's fine," he said as he breathed deeply, his breath hitting the soft skin of my neck. As he kissed, he removed my coat and tossed it on the bed.

I felt my legs soften and soon, I fell limp on the soft, waterbed with him over me. His lips were still on my neck where he slowly started to move his hands down my sides and removed my knitted sweater, leaving only my button up shirt. Then, he started unbuttoning that as well as he kissed my shoulder. Finally, as the last of the buttons were undone, my stomach was exposed to the air as the shirt parted before my chest, revealing my purple lace bra.

My face was red from pleasure, and when I opened my eyes, the only thing I could see was the top of his head as he kissed my neck once again. His hand was also down on my thighs, rubbing gently against them as he slowly crept them up my skirt. Looking down, instead of my eyes focusing on him, it focused on the purple lace lingerie that I wore. At that moment, my mind focused on it to the point that I couldn't feel the pleasure that his kisses brought to my body.

I was confused as to why this piece of lingerie was so mysterious and attractive my attention to such a degree when images started flashing through my mind. Images of a boy that I had never seen before with his face obscured by a dark fog...memories that I had no idea that had existed.

Who are you? I asked as the memory brought me back on that pedestrian overpass where I watched saw him. The boy that I had seen earlier was the same one as in these memories. I know that for sure. Yet, whenever I felt as if I was able to recall his face, I would realize that I am unable to do so.

Please, I cried out to him. Who are you.

I reached out a hand in his direction, begging for him to stop.

Don't leave me here alone!

As if answering my pleas, the figure stopped in his steps. Slowly, he turned around and revealed his face to me.

Alevian!

I snapped back into reality, back into the hotel room, and back on the bed where my boyfriend moved his fingers to undo my bra.

"Stop!" I said to him, pushing him away with my hands.

Startled by my sudden resistance, he stopped just as I had asked. He slowly rose from the bed, allowing me to sit up and start dressing.

"D-did I do something wrong?" He appeared quite distraught by what had happened.

"It's not you," I answered him as I finished putting on my coat. "I'm sorry but I just remembered that I have to head home by seven."

Following that lie, I immediately ran out of the hotel room, making my way to the ground floor and out into the city streets of Palisia without waiting for my boyfriend. Once outside, I started running back towards the pedestrian overpass, hoping that he would still be near. I flew up the stairs of the overpass and surveyed my surroundings in search of him. However, I was unable to find him. But, I did not give up and continued in my search, heading down the stairs on the other side of the street and running through the street, weaving between the crowd in search of him.

My heart became more and more desperate as each second passed by that I did not see him. It rapidly pounded in my chest, making me feel even more frantic. However, when I saw him in the crowd, that feeling of fatigue and anxiety vanished. Instead, in its place was a feeling of joy.

I ran up to him, called his name.

"Alevian!"