She's My Sleeping Pill

Cayenne frowned and found this a little bit weird but she didn't think too much about it and just pushed it at the back of her mind. Their dinner continued while they converse about random things. Cayenne was obviously having fun and the smile on her face lasted even when they reached home.

"Thank you for treating us all to dinner." Cayenne whispered to her husband and kissed his cheek. "I can see that my mother's getting better every day and she stays positive as well. Jasmine also told me that she stopped making a fuss about her medication."

Stefan hugged her and placed his chin on her shoulder. This became his new habit now. He liked to cling to her and cuddles her. As long as the time and place permit it, he would start acting clingy to her. "I'm glad to know about that. As long as it can make you happy and erase your worries, I'll do everything I can to achieve such result."

"You promise that you'd visit Jillyanna and Travis, right? When are you planning to go there?"

"Next weekend."

"Okie dokie. I'll take that moment to invite them as well. You wouldn't mind, would you?"

"Why would I? If that makes you happy then, go for it."

Cayenne cupped his face with both hands and kissed his lips twice. "I love you so much."

"I love you to the moon and back." Stefan replied and returned the kiss. And just like what Cayenne mentioned before, once he started to make his move, it would be a little bit difficult to stop him. But Stefan made it to a point that he will only caress her body and touch the places that feels good to her; then, he would instantly stop when he feels that things were going out of hand. In the end, he will relieve himself in the bathroom and take a cold shower before coming out to sleep with her.

Cayenne felt a bit guilty whenever this happens but even if she wanted to give in to him, just thinking about the pain she felt would make her want to cry.

The next day, it was working day once again and for the very first time in her life, Cayenne went to look for Luna, asking for advice during their break.

"Holy mother f*cking of god! Yenyen, how could you come up to me and ask these questions?!" Luna exclaimed with wide eyes while looking at her best friend. "Your boyfriend is an expert in this field, why don't you just leave the rest to him?"

Cayenne took a deep breath and sighed. "That's the problem." She whispered to her. "I'm the first virgin he ever had and he never knew that it would be very painful. And I think, it seems like a traumatic experience to him."

Luna wanted to laugh but seeing the anxious look on Cayenne's face, she held back her laughter and calmly advised her. "Yen, I won't pretend that I don't know these things since I basically did it with my boyfriend. Just give it time. Rest to ease the pain and then, you can do it once you're feeling better. Once your body get used to it, you won't feel the pain again."

"Are you sure?"

"Trust me." Luna clasped her friend's shoulder and grinned. "But if your boyfriend's thing is rather big than what you think is normal size then, you might really need a lot of mental preparation every time you do it."

"How big is big and how big is a normal size?" Cayenne asked Luna with a bashful expression. Now, this question truly horrified Luna.

"Don't ask me this thing. How would I know? Innocent ladies are terrifying." Luna checked the time on her wrist and stood up. "Break time is over. Let's go back. Anyway, experience is the best way of learning."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing."

Cayenne pondered the things that Luna told her making her very quiet for the rest of the day. Celine and Manager Kim even asked her several times if she was alright. And she could only say yes even when she's not. Travis was the same. When he came to pick her up from work, he noticed that she's been very quiet and she would only respond to him perfunctorily whenever he asked her some questions.

"We're home." Stefan opened the door to the apartment and announced their arrival but Cayenne just went inside without even taking her shoes. "Ayen, wait." Stefan held her hand and pulled her back to stop her from walking farther.

"What is it? Did something happen?" she asked, still oblivious to what was happening.

"Your shoes. You have not removed it yet." Stefan crouched down and removed her shoes for her. "Did something happen at work? You've been spacing out since I picked you up."

"I'll tell you about it later. Thank you for taking it off for me."

Stefan pat her head and there was a gentle smile on his lips. "Just get inside and change." Cayenne also smiled and turned around to get inside her room.

"Thank god! I thought this flirting will never end." Kyle commented who was actually standing behind Stefan while holding several grocery bags.

Stefan chuckled without making a comment to Kyle's words. "Did we run out of groceries?" Stefan asked him while taking some of the grocery bags to help his brother-in-law. "Sorry, I forgot to buy for our supply."

"Oh no. Not at all." Kyle waved his hand in front of him. "We still have enough supply but mom wanted to eat something else for tonight and most of the ingredients weren't available so I ran out to buy some."

"Okay. Please let me or your sister know if we ever ran out of groceries." Stefan replied while walking to the kitchen. He placed the bags on the table and looked around. "Is there anything that I can help?"

"Hn." Kyle nodded. "Go and talk to my sister. Help us ease her mind. I don't know what's happening to her but it's very obvious that she's bothered by something."

"I'll do that, then."