Ch 54 :- Gift for teachers

When I woke up in the morning I found that Luna and Linia were already gone as I couldn't see them on my side anymore. I then looked at the mirror to check my neck, and there I could see the hickey they gave me last night.

I couldn't help but shiver when I thought both of them were gonna go for another kiss but just when I was about to close my eyes, their face brushed past mine as they went downwards as both lightly bit me before sucking real hard on each side now i have two hickey on my neck .

They didn't even mention what they just did, they just brushed it off as a regular kiss thinking I didn't know about it. But unluckily for them , I was the one who wrote the book where both first learnt about it in the first place.

But still, when I think about them trying to be all sneaky as they gave me two , I couldn't help but smile. It was pretty hot in its own way. However I was pretty worried as well. Since our home was just a very huge treehouse, I could feel everything that moved inside our house if I focus hard enough.

And last night I felt, Sister stay in the hallway for about 30 minutes. I couldn't feel or know anything further than that, I just knew that she stayed at the hallway for about half an hour after she was done talking to Mom.

I had a pretty rough guess of what she asked Mom, since I knew just how vaguely I wrote about the nature of incestuous relationships in the book I wrote. She must've been really shaken for her to have that kind of a reaction.

However I had other thoughts to think about as well. Considering how I wrote Anna in the novel, it couldn't be more obvious that I wrote her with Aerin in mind. I knew what Aerin was doing, and of course I'm just playing along with her.

She's probably pretty satisfied with the status quo by now and I'll just continue to play along with her. However I wonder what she can come up with to get me to stay if Luna and Linia started to get suspicious of her and tries to separate me from her.

I can't speak for everybody, but from what I atleast think and have experienced in the past, childhood crushes stem from admiration, sometimes maybe due to physical attraction however unless one had a really fucked up childhood, then it is almost never due to lust. So she kind of fit the bill perfectly, due to being my teacher, she's a target for admiration and she's really pretty as well.

However such affections can fade away, once someone starts to mature and see the wider world. I'm still not quite sure what she really wants from me, but I do know that she atleast needs to do something if she wants my affections to remain even once I'm at the capital, a place full of people.

She seemed pretty serious when she said that she didn't want my talent to go to waste in a small village like this. She was really happy when she found out that Mom finally agreed to go to the capital, but when I told her it's because Luna and Linia were about to study, she hugged and comforted me instead.

I cleaned myself up first before wearing clothes that covered my neck, I made sure it couldn't be seen as I went down the stairs to eat breakfast. Unlike a few months ago, Luna and Linia actually stays home to eat breakfast with us now.

As I was about to sit though in my usual place, Mom actually made me sit next to her instead and when I looked at both Sister's face, I saw them looking at my neck before grinning as they looked down the table without saying anything.

Breakfast then proceeded as usual as I ate while the family talked about random things like we usually do. After we were done, Linia and Luna then said goodbye as they informed Mom that they'll be training once again.

Once two sisters were gone, Mom went beside me as she called my name,

" Lith "

"Yes?" I replied as I looked at her

"Do you notice anything strange about your two Sisters?" Mom asked

"Strange? Like what?" I was starting to have a rough idea of how both of them must've asked their question

"Hmm... Nevermind" Mom took back her question once she heard me ask

"Did you finally get the proper stances down?" Mom asked

"Un" I said

"Then that's good" Mom said as she hugged me

"You're a good kid, right? Promise that you'll listen to Mom's advice okay~" she said as she cupped my face with both hands

"Un" I nodded

Seeing me nod, Mom kissed me in the forehead as she bid me goodbye as well.

I don't know if two Sis thought this far, but because the weather is already really cold I had to wear warmer attires. Thus I can easily hide my neck due to me wearing more clothes. I had a blue scarf wrapped around my neck, as I wore a small coat to keep myself warm.

I already arrived at Aerin's street, however there was still a thing I had to get as I went past her house. I continued walking until I finally reached Uncle Leo's boutique. The past months I've watched his progress on my commission, since I informed him I can wait until the end of the year plus since he's doing it for free, there was no pressure, so we tried a bunch of new things until the work was completed.

"Coming in~" I said as I opened the door

"Hm? Oh Lith , Leo already set off towards the capital" I saw Uncle Leo's wife, Clara, managing the store as usual during her husband's absence

"He said that you can take your commission if you want to, since he already finished it." She informed me

"Yes, I'm planning to take it today actually" I said

"Oh, wait I'll go get it" she said as she went inside

After about half a minute, she returned as she held two pocket watches. I don't know how much he owed Mom, but he did it for free and although it wasn't crazy expensive like it was still of very decent quality. I avoided adding any hearts design or anything that would seem it 'romantic'. Instead I went for a more vague approach, as I had a fleur-de-lys carved at the center, surrounded by beautiful intricate carvings that furthered its beauty and style.

If one held the button, at the top, down; the watch would open revealing the current time which was covered with smooth transparent glass, there was also a small hole at the bottom center revealing the inner mechanisms inside. The wind-up mechanism of the music box is at the back, which one can start by just rotating the 'lever' which was designed so that it wouldn't look out of place with the rest of the watch.

"You're gonna give this as a gift to your two teachers right?" she asked me

"Uhm... yeah" I answered

"Goodness, he didn't even put it in a box, or atleast wrap it." Clara face-palmed at her husband's mistake

"Wait here, okay?" she said as she took out a box, which had a small cushion inside before skillfully placing it inside.

She then took a vellum and a quill before giving it to me,

"Your Mom taught you how to write, right? The ink is there, and write your name yourself, okay?" she told me that I should write who it came from and to whom it was meant to be given

I then wrote down my name Amelia's and Aerin's in a cursive flowing manner, different to the one I used when I wrote dialogs in the comic book.

"There you go~" She smiled as she was me finish writing

She then cut off the excess vellum, before tagging the box with it. It now looked like more 'gifty' than what Uncle Leo and I originally had in mind.

"You'll thank me for that in the future, heh. If she decides to make you cry, just tell your Mom! It's fine if it doesn't work out, just find someone your age next time." she giggled as she said so

I guess she interpreted my gift in a different manner than her husband. Uncle Leo thought it was a gift of gratitude, while she thought it was more of a boy giving his crush a year end's gift or something. But I wasn't gonna complain, it did look more presentable now than it originally was.

I then put it in my bag as I walked towards the door.

"Thanks a lot, Auntie" I said as I waved her goodbye as I started walking towards Aerin's place

A few months ago, Aerin gave me an assignment about making my first composition. Of course, although I could wrack my brains and actually try to make my own, I don't think I can actually make a very good one. So why not just take a piece from my previous world, which I know was well-received both from the time period in which it was made and even until a few centuries later, at the time I died, and submit that instead.

It would be literally be 'out-of-this-world', and no one would ever know about it. It's the perfect crime. So I went for one of my favorite musical pieces, which is Salut d'Amour or Liebesgru, Op. 12. by Edward Elgar, and decided to submit that instead for my assignment. I knew how to play it and was able to easily transcribe it into musical sheets however there were some things I had to adjust.

First of all, I had no reason to name it Liebesgru or Salut d'Amour, since, in the first place, I don't know if people spoke those languages in this world. Secondly, it was named Liebesgru, because the composer's wife was proficient in German. Obviously, Aerin isn't German. So I had to think of another name for the Composition, and after some consideration I just called it a day, and name it Rinea.