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𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠. 𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡.

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She opened eyes and looked up at the ceiling. It was dark and there was no glimpse of Klaus.

She sat up and looked around the room. The room where she stayed immediately after he saved her.

The days when she was still a helpless little mouse and her father was the big scary cat. She was no longer that, she might still have carried some fear but she was getting bolder.

She slung her feet of the bed and sipped the water on the bedside table.

She stood to find Klaus. There was some noise from the lower floor.

She opened the door to the room and descended the stairs of the house. So, in case they got married, some day, they could live here in this meticulous house. But she would refurnish the room she was in or change their room.

The noise was from the kitchen so she went there instead of more exploration that she hadn't completed from last time.

She blinked twice when she saw him half naked in the kitchen. Apronless.

Well, a breakfast treat wasn't bad.

He cursed under his breath then finally, she looked at what he was cooking or rather burning.

"What are you-" she walked closer.

He hissed shaking his hand left to right as if burning. She looked at the pot on the fire and smiled amused.

She inspected his finger then put it in her mouth to ease the pain from the burn naturally. She was used to doing that while taking care of her sister's who could never 𝑑𝑜 any type of manual labour. Even cooking for themselves.

She hovered her face over the pot, it smelt nice but tasting it she frowned.

"That bad?"

His eyes were trained on her mouth with the finger in it.

"Have you ever cooked before?" she asked busily removing the excess boiling soup and then later adding some salt.

He just watched her as if amazed by her. "No"

"Very very bad" she smiled finally looking at him and withdrawing his finger from her mouth.

He chuckled drawing her into him his hand around her waist. His other hand holding her chin up to face him.

Goosebumps crept up her skin making her alert.

"You'll certainly make a good wife Aella" he smirked.

"I certainly will but I don't want to cook when am married" she said leaning closer to him.

He wrinkled his brows, "Why?"

"All my life I've been cooking for others but later in my life I don't want that, I want to be cooked for and be served too, I need to feel that" she finished looking away as if she was ashamed of wanting something. And truly he understood her, she wanted to be on the other side of service. The receiving end.

"That's fine Aella, it's ok I'll make sure that you are served as much as you want to but-"

"But what?"

"You'll have to cook for me only, is that ok"

"No problem, now let me go the food will burn" he did so and she removed the pot.

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"Have you looked at yourself lately?" She paused and looked up from drinking her soup. Klaus was being clingy today and had not left her side and she had no problem with that.

"Why?"

"Your hair it's changing color" he was rubbing strands of her hairs between his fingers.

"Really?" she asked jokingly not believing a word from him.

"You should look at yourself later when you take a bath." she nodded.

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"When are we going back to Dalotopia?"

"When do you want to go back?"

"Soon." Soon just not yet. She wanted to stay with him for a while before going back.

After that that she dissapeared into the doors of the bathroom, undressed and entered the bath.

The water was warm, good warm for her skin. She still wanted to look at herself in the mirror for the so called colour change and also at her cut thighs.

Behind the screen she heard the door to the bathroom open. Her heart pounded in chest. She peeped through the spaces and saw him undress.

He knew she was there, right? Why was he joining her.

"Klaus?"

He didn't reply, she brought her knees closer to her chest and covered herself wincing a little from the pain on her thigh. His shadow crossed the room and he was standing before her. But she closed her eyes earlier when she saw him begin to move.

"Yes Aella" the bath was big enough was big enough to fit two people but if he joined her, and he did, she would have to stay on her side to avoid contact. Which was weird since they had swam together countless times, her in her skimpy nightdress, contact was everywhere when they were swimming.

She shouldn't be worried, the only problem was that, he was naked in the bath and so was she.

"Are you naked?"

The water bubbled in front of her and she felt his toes touching hers. Her toes curled her blood pulsing harder.

"Isn't that how people take a bath" he stated.

"It is but-" but what? she questioned herself. Earlier she had indirectly agreed to be his wife and cook for him. So there was nothing wrong with this, she was just being shy.

She opened her eyes and stared at his green ones. Grey ones to green ones.

Heat coated her veins. He filled the tub making her air insufficient.

"I miss kissing you Aella, you've been denying me that then today you sucked on my finger, do you know how many ideas you gave me?"

She shook her head.

"You don't, then your thigh is bleeding from the cut"

He left his position and hovered over body.

She was shivering but not from the weather but from his closeness. Too close. Very close.

He leaned in and captured her lips.