Chapter 1713 - 238 - A Night with Natasha (3)

Natasha and I went to the bed together, although calling it "going to bed" made it sound much more intimate than what we were actually doing at that moment.

Both of us were lying on the bed, but we weren't exactly close to each other. There was still a decent amount of space between us, enough that neither of us had to worry about accidentally brushing against the other. We were simply lying there in the same position, stretched out straight with our backs pressed against the mattress and our eyes staring toward the ceiling.

It was honestly a little strange.

We had agreed earlier that we should have a rest together, but I hadn't expected her to actually follow through with it. I had half expected the whole thing to be one of those casual suggestions people made without seriously intending to do anything about it. Somehow, though, we had actually ended up in the bedroom, lying beside each other like this.

I had no idea what I was supposed to do with myself.

For a while, neither of us said anything. The room was quiet enough that I could hear the small movements we made against the sheets, which somehow made the silence feel even more noticeable. I found myself thinking about whether I should close my eyes, say something, or simply pretend that this wasn't awkward.

The third option sounded safest.

While I was thinking about that, Natasha suddenly turned toward me.

Her movement caught me off guard because I hadn't expected her to move at all. She shifted closer until her body was pressed against mine, particularly her breasts against my side.

She was lying on her side now, facing me.

I stared at her for a moment, wondering if she had done that deliberately or if I was simply reading too much into something that might have been completely innocent.

Then, for some reason, I turned onto my side as well.

The moment I did, we ended up face to face.

Natasha immediately blushed.

She didn't look away, though.

I wasn't exactly sure what surprised me more, the fact that she had moved closer or the fact that she was still looking directly at me despite how obviously embarrassed she seemed.

Her cheeks had turned noticeably red, and she looked like she was trying very hard to act as though nothing unusual was happening.

She wasn't particularly convincing.

I leaned forward a little.

She did the same.

The tension between us was so thick that I could practically feel it hanging in the air. It felt like the sort of tension you could actually slice with a knife if someone happened to bring one into the room.

I hadn't expected Natasha to become like this.

"You're going to sleep, aren't you?" she asked.

"Well, yeah."

"Good," she said. "I think you deserve to rest. More than any one of us."

"You sure are making this into a big deal," I said. "It's not like my body requires resting in the first place."

"Believe me, Leon. Even if your body does not need rest, you still have to rest. You never know what will happen to your body if you don't take care of yourself," she said. "So you have to rest for now."

"You should as well."

"I've gotta watch you sleep first, or I'd be unable to because I am worried you're going to jump at me."

I raised an eyebrow.

"Jump at you for what reason?" I asked.

"You're not?"

"You sounded disappointed for some reason," I said, looking at her. "Did you want to get jumped by me?"

Her expression changed almost immediately.

"Well, if you do, I won't complain, but I definitely won't like it."

I stared at her.

She sounded like she was trying to explain that if I did go on top of her right now, she wouldn't exactly push me away, but she also didn't want to openly admit that she was interested in the idea. I had no idea whether she was telling the truth about not liking it either, because her expression wasn't exactly helping her argument.

She looked embarrassed, nervous, and strangely confident all at once.

I could feel the gears in my head starting to turn as I slowly began putting the pieces together. Maybe I had been overthinking everything. Maybe she really was trying to give me permission to take things further.

Should I test the waters?

I decided to reach one hand toward her thigh.

My movement was slow enough that she could easily have stopped me if she wanted to. I deliberately didn't rush it.

She looked at me for a moment.

Her eyes shifted around nervously, almost as though they wanted to escape from the situation before the rest of her had a chance to do so.

That reaction told me quite a bit.

I decided to go a little further with my attempt to test the waters and touched her breasts directly.

"Nnn..."

The sound escaped her almost immediately.

That wasn't exactly a moan. It sounded more like a small noise of embarrassment that she hadn't managed to hold back.

I hadn't expected her to even let me do this.

"Are you sure about this, though?" I asked her.

"Why are you asking me something like this?" she asked, glaring at me, although the glare didn't accomplish much since she still looked cute even while trying to look annoyed. "Just do it if you want to, before I regret even considering it."

Her words made it pretty clear that she was actually willing to go through with it.

I still wondered what had gotten into her mind to make her initiate something like this.

Maybe she had been thinking about this longer than I realized. Still, I didn't feel like wasting the opportunity she had given me.

I went on top of her and stared at her body for a moment before looking back at her face. I wanted to see her reaction rather than simply assuming that everything was fine.

She closed her eyes.

That seemed to indicate that she wasn't going to move away from me.

Eventually, I leaned down and took her lips into mine.

When I did, there was a certain awkwardness to the kiss, but neither of us stopped.

Her lips were incredibly soft, and while I was kissing her, I could feel the warmth of her body against mine.

My hands moved down to her legs and then toward her crotch, where I touched her directly with my hands.

When I did, I touched her panties, and she was incredibly wet already.

"Nmmmn... Ahhh!"

She let out a pretty cute moan.

I paused for a brief moment.

She opened her eyes slightly and looked at me.

My fingers then went inside her panties and then slipped a finger inside her pussy.