Nuel wasn't taken aback, or perhaps he was glad his suspicion about Kanji had been confirmed, but he wasn't sure how much he could trust her.
After all, Aria was in with the plan Kanji had plotted against him and he couldn't push back the possibility of Aria going against him sooner or later.
He gave Aria a brief stare before turning around to survey the floor they were in. Nuel began to remove what was left of his gear when the sudden appearance of his wings had popped a portion off of him.
"Nuel!" Aria called after him, prompting him to stop and turn back at her.
Before he could register what was happening, Aria rushed at him, flinging her arms wide open at him and throwing a forced hug on him.
Aria's succulent chest pressed against his hard strength and Nuel tripped backwards. He missed a footing which made him plummet towards the ground.
His hand instinctively reached out to grap Aria's arm, his other hand guarding her waist to tell her fall in him while he landed on his back.
"Ack!" He grunted as he hit the ground.
"Are you okay?" Aria asked with concern as soon as she had recovered.
"I guess so…" Nuel replied.
"Forgive me— I was being clumsy again." Aria continued, her look in her eyes indeed pleading.
"I would appreciate you giving me heads up before doing something like that again." Nuel pressed a warning, hoping she would get up from him fast.
"So… I can hug you again?" Aria asked, her face lighting up with surprise.
Nuel just couldn't wrap his hand around what was going on inside Aria's head. She had a way of turning a dire situation into something not so serious.
To her, she deem everything easy and her actions and words make everything look easy. Nothing seemed to bother her one bit and she had her way around things in the most casual way possible.
'She's a lot of work to deal with.' Nuel said to himself in his thoughts.
A slight chuckle graced his lips and then silence dawned between them. Nuel could feel the sound of Aria's heartbeat change as she got aware of how close she was to him.
She was basically lying on his chest, her head a few inches away from him, his hand wrapped around her waist and her soft milky chest pressing against him.
None of them was willing to speak first as they continued to stare at each other, with their breath hitching together, softly grazing on their faces.
Nuel's back was numb against the cold dungeons floor and all that traveled around him was the softness of her body and the warmth of each single breath she let out on his face.
"Nuel…" Aria suddenly called, breaking the silence by calling his name with a light moan.
"What is it?" Nuel siad back to her, his voice a little hitched in his throat.
Aria took a minute in, wondering how he would react to what she was about to ask him. She suddenly grew nervous, her heart pounding heavily within her while her fingers became sweaty in a minute.
"Can I kiss you— for a bit?" She finally asked, folding her lips in as she awaited his response.
Her slender fingers tightened around Nuel's biceps as the tension between them heightened.
The look in her eyes seemed pure and warm, her subtle hold around his biceps creating a spark of warmth within him— perhaps telling him he could take advantage of her in that moment.
'She's really soft.' Nuel admitted to himself in his thoughts, the weight of her soft milky mould still pressing against his chest ringing in his head.
Aria, unable to hold it in any longer, leaned further towards him, taking his silence for a yes. Her breath caressed the hair on his face as she drew nearer each second.
Both couldn't help but stare into the depth of each other's soul. Aria finally reached his lips, her eyes shutting against the world as she let her soft, plump lips touch his in a lovely serenade.
Nuel's hand snagged towards her plum behind, caressing her gently while Aria's hand crawled up his face.
Aria had her body glued to Nuel, while they sucked each other's lips and their wet tongue intertwined with each other.
Her soft milky melons still tightly pressed against his chest as her hands tenderly roamed through his hair.
She bit his lips and allowed his tongue to explore the depth of her mouth while also graciously sucking on his tongue.
Her elegant curves, soft bouncy behind and breast all fell in his embrace, giving him all the authority he needed to touch them at will.
Aria finally gracefully withdrew her lips from their intoxicating kiss, leaving a glistening trail of shared saliva in her wake.
She had kissed him enough that she had a hard time breathing during the break. A soft smile broke on her face as she looked Nuel in the eyes— he was vulnerable in that moment and she thought he was more handsome than she could handle.
"Do I take that as you've forgiven me? Can we put all that has happened behind us now?" Aria asked, taking advantage of his vulnerability.
Nuel chuckled for a bit then his face suddenly turning cold as he looked into her eyes without a single emotion in them.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, Aria. A single kiss from you doesn't wash away your sin. I don't forgive betrayal, so you will have to try harder to please me." He said.
Aria recoiled, making an attempt to get up from him, but her intentions were far from that. She suddenly yanked Nuel's free hand at one of her milky melons, pressing his fingers hard on herself.
"Ahn~" She moaned, biting her lower lip as she did. "Make me yours, Nuel and I will never betray you." She cried out.