Chapter 58: Feelings and Old Memories (1/2)

TESSIA ERALITH'S POV:

I kissed him… I k-kissed him!

As I ran out of the roo rapidly That was ht? My face didn't look weird as I kissed hiht?

I stopped in the hall and looked at ht in front of it and pretended to kiss Art again to see how I'd looked

"EEK! NOOO!!" Banging roan at the thought of hoeird I h the ith ainst it, I touched ers

His lips sure were soft They were a bit chapped since he was so hurt but it felt nice

"Hehe…"

I noticed that rin

Oh God, I'? What if he didn't like it? What if he thinks I'm some sort of pervert now?

"UGHHH!" I slumped down to my knees as my forehead slid down the

Wait Hoas I supposed to face hi better too! Did I just ruin everything? What if he ignoredache thu up in the corners of nored o back to his roo in the roo at him "Got you! Hahaha! You really fell for it!"

Aain at the stupidity of it all

No! You did the right thing, Tess! Things would never progress if I left it up to Art! He still treats ether It was for the best!

"Yeah!" I fist puh at the thought of hi me

"Tch!" Who cares?! If that stupid Art chooses to ignore reat anyway! He's just a teeny bit better-looking than average He's only slightly better than ? I couldn't iine myself with anyone else but Arthur Sure, over the years, there were nobles that tried to iet close but they didn't come close to Arthur

That stupid Art! He's such a player! "'Don't furrow your brows, Tess Your face will turn ugly,'

" I said in amy heart skip a beat for no reason! That stupid player!

"GAH! Who cares if he doesn't like you, Tess! It's his loss! What don't you have? You're a talented ht? Not to sound conceited but you're not a bad-looking girl either, right? Arthur is the one that'sout if he doesn't snatch you up!" I pointed at my reflection as if she's a different person

I wondered what kind of excuses I could make to talk to Arthur There were plenty of excuses! His Mother personally asked me to watch over him, yeah! A-And also, the beast core assimilation! I could just ask hiave ht that he took the responsibility, right?

Sigh…

I took one last look back at where Arthur's room was before I slumped back to my dorm

ARTHUR LEYWIN'S POV:

I k-kissed Tess…

I kissed Tessia Eralith, a thirteen-year-old girl Wasn't this a crime? Was I a criminal? No, I had to calm down I was in the body of a twelve-year-old boy Why did I feel so guilty then? I shouldn't, right?

She was the one that kisseda move on me while I was in this vulnerable statehe sure was smart, that Tess As I stared blankly at the door she'd left through,hand finally reachedmy mouth as my mind couldn't help but recall the soft,Yes, I was technically only twelve years old, but with the e from my previous life and this life co that I had kids late, Tess would still be around the age of a daughter if I'd had one

Goddaing horuilty was because I actually enjoyed it It felt nice when Tess kissed me It shouldn't feel nice and I shouldn't enjoy a kiss froroaned, half fro to happen between Tess and I Knowing her, she was probably over-thinking a lot of things right now and she was going to be really uncoht of what people ht think of Tess when she ith ht even assume that she hated me since she was the type to act cold when she didn't knohat to do