New Life : A Second Chance

Sari gingerly took out the dress, standing up as she did so.

It was a simple white lace mermaid dress, that had a lace shawl covering the upper top part of the body, and wrapping itself until the back. The inner dress had a satin-like material, that was a round collar neckline, and sleeveless. It was fitting until the waist, then finished off as a high waist pleated skirt that reached the knee.

The dress was to accentuate Sari's highlights, and hide the 'flaws', so to speak.

Sari was petite with a slim figure. The lace shawl covered the upper body part to de-emphasize the chest area, and the high waist skirt was to create the illusion of longer legs.

Sari had a slim waist, thus the high waist skirt had a belt around it, and the pleated skirt created a less formal and playful look. Sari was the type that liked simplicity and was playful, thus Kyle felt it was suitable for her.

Sari saw that there was a pair of shoes and a small box as well, which were revealed when she took the dress out of the box.

With trembling hands, she took out the shoes from its thin muslin wrap and gasped again. It was high heels, silver in colour with straps that would be wound around the ankle. The box contained simple teardrop pearl earrings, completing the whole outfit.

The entire outfit was so beautiful.

Sari turned towards Kyle, her eyes full of tears of happiness, only to find - in shock - that he was on one knee. 

Holding up a box, he opened it and revealed the prom tickets inside, "Sari, will you go to the prom with me?"

It was a prom-posal.

In her school, prom-posals were a big deal. 

Guys normally ask the girl out to the prom in an elaborate manner, as it served one other purpose: it was asking the girl out to be his girlfriend.

By accepting being his date to the prom, she was also accepting his 'proposal' to go steady.

Although Sari was already Kyle's girlfriend, this gesture of his touched her so much she couldn't stop the tears now. 

Crying happily while smiling, she said, "Yes."

Kyle grinned, got up and hugged her tight, putting his cheek on her head but making sure that he didn't squish Kitty between them. There was a slight gap between them at the pouch area. 

Sari hugged him back, also being careful not to squish Kitty. Kyle looked down at her tenderly, and she smiled up at him, totally mesmerizing him. 

He blinked.

He gulped.

He sat down at the table, pulling her closer to him as he did so. Now they were at the same height, and he stroked her cheek gently. 

"Sari, can I kiss you?" Kyle asked softly.

Due to the extreme reserved nature of Country M, Kyle was very, very careful not to overstep his boundaries. Sari was already what one would call a 'protected species', just like how he had been in his past life.

Holding hands, hugging and the occasional kisses on the forehead were the most that could be done, and even then, brief hugs and kisses.

Now, though, Kyle wanted to have a taste of those lips. 

Just a little bit.

Just from the question, Sari's face became beet red.

Kyle smiled at that, then shook his head, laughing a bit as he said, "I'm sorry, forget I asked. Did you like the present?"

Sari didn't answer him, biting her lower lips. 

"Sari?" Kyle asked worriedly, taking her hands in his.

"I'm sorry, sayang," Kyle said, using the endearment which meant 'darling' in the national language of Country M. 

He would only use this for special occasions, like right now, when he was feeling bad for putting her on the spot earlier. He had most likely made her uncomfortable, for she felt bad for refusing him after what he had done for her birthday.

He mentally kicked himself for the bad timing.

It really did look like he did all of this just to get a kiss from her, when in fact, it had been a completely spontaneous request. When she had looked up at him earlier, all sorts of rational thoughts went out the window and he seriously felt like ravishing her there and then.

"I didn't mean to make you uncomf-" Kyle began, when suddenly, Sari kissed him on the lips.

It was a quick peck, with their lips just barely brushing each other and she pulled away, quickly wanting to run away after doing it.

Kyle was in complete shock when she kissed him, his mind going completely blank. Luckily, his training kicked in, so his hold on her hands didn't lessen when she tried to pull away and run off.

He held her tightly, and pulled her closer, kissing her again.

This time, it wasn't just a peck on the lips but a lot of kisses on her lips as he savoured the gentle, shivering in nervousness girl's lips. His lips would kiss her top lips, bottom lips and then her cheeks, before going back to her lips again.

It took all of his willpower not to let go of her hands, for he knew that if he did, he would be doing other things with those hands. He didn't do more than just those innocent kisses, feeling it was more than enough.

When they finally broke apart, their breaths were a bit uneven. Towards, the end, Sari had started to return his kisses and he knew that if he didn't stop, he would be deepening the kiss.

That would have been too much, too soon. 

Kyle smiled at Sari gently, and said, "Let's go home."

Sari kept quiet. She was still in a daze.

Her first kiss.

All of her imagination paled in comparison to the real thing.

She looked as Rex got down from the table, her eyes on his lips.

She gulped.

It was seriously addicting.