Making Up for the Missing Past Sweetness

Lin Shuang's eyes widened.

But by the time she could react, she was already unable to move.

A tangible force bound Lin Shuang, and the sweet flesh and blood mixed with the leftover juice was constantly sucked away.

The suppressed desire and longing in the eyes so close to her shocked Lin Shuang.

It also made Lin Shuang realize that this was not a kiss but Acheron's greed for past memories.

Having figured this out, Lin Shuang stopped struggling, released her right hand that was grabbing Acheron's wrist, and supported herself, bearing the weight from Acheron.

She couldn't even imagine what Acheron was feeling at this moment.

Full of savagery and aggression, even the calm Acheron seemed to have gone crazy because of this sudden accident.

Until the peach scent disappeared.

Acheron still didn't stop. She held the back of Lin Shuang's neck with one hand, tilted it down slightly, and bit Lin Shuang's lips with her teeth, applying a little force, drawing blood before resuming.

"Nngh…"

The sudden pain made Lin Shuang struggle subconsciously, but she was unable to resist Acheron's power.

The taste of rust spread in her mouth, and Acheron's pupils trembled in recognition.

The familiar smell of blood has never been so clear.

There's even a hint of sweetness remaining.

Acheron's frenzy gradually subsided, but her eyes still couldn't maintain their former calmness.

As if realizing what she had just done, Acheron let go of Lin Shuang's shoulders and head, and her tongue tip swept across the wound for the last time, drawing away the last drop of blood.

"Haah…hah…"

Lin Shuang panted, looking at Acheron with a flushed expression, whose lips were stained with blood and looked weird, and her apologetic gaze, and giggled inwardly.

She raised her hand and gently wiped away the remaining blood from the corner of Acheron's mouth with her thumb:

"Better?"

As she softly spoke, a drop of blood dripped from the corner of her mouth and landed on the peach that she had not yet finished eating, splashing a conspicuous red.

"…"

Acheron looked at her, and even her eyes seemed to be more lively than before.

"...I'm sorry, although I'm good with swords, I'm not good at medical treatment."

"It's okay. Compared to your teachings, this is probably not even an injury. There's nothing to apologize for."

Lin Shuang wiped the corner of her mouth. In just a short period of time, the bleeding had stopped.

She continued:

"What happened to you just now? You feel no longer like how you were before."

Although Acheron knew that Lin Shuang had deliberately skipped over what happened just now, she just nodded and continued speaking:

"For some reason, I lost my sense of taste, and my memory is also fragmented. But the sweetness of peach is one of the few flavors I vaguely remember."

"Just now, I tasted the sweetness in my memory for the first time in a long while. This should have been impossible for me. I urgently wanted to verify it, wanted to taste more, and even wanted to experience the second taste that I could still remember..."

Acheron said this, lowering her eyes and looking at the drop of blood on Lin Shuang's peach that was diluted by the juice.

Lin Shuang nodded thoughtfully.

"It smells like blood, doesn't it?"

"…Hmm."

Acheron nodded slightly.

In fact, strictly speaking, what she remembered was the smell of death, and blood was just one of the smells that followed.

However, Acheron did not intend to tell these words to Lin Shuang.

What made Acheron feel relieved was that Lin Shuang did not ask any further questions.

Instead, she smiled:

"In that case, in the future, you must go to more places and taste more beauty so that blood is no longer a taste that needs to be remembered. Make up for the sweetness that was missing in the past."

"…"

Acheron hasn't been touched by other people's words for a long, long time.

Or maybe there was, but she had forgotten.

For the first time, Acheron wanted to remember this scene forever.

"Lin Shuang, can I take a picture?"

"Hmm?"

Lin Shuang didn't react for a moment. After all, the topic was a bit too sudden.

But Acheron had already taken out her mobile phone from her pocket, so Lin Shuang naturally couldn't refuse when she saw this.

Then, there was a click.

The girl's smile faced the sunshine and remained in the painting.

The silver ring on the ring finger of her left hand, which was holding the uneaten peach, was shining brightly.

After taking the photo, Acheron tapped the screen again, and after some finger movement, she showed the screen to Lin Shuang.

"Does it look good?"

Lin Shuang felt that there seemed to be a hint of showing off in Acheron's calm tone.

What do you even want to show off?

Lin Shuang felt that she was a little too sentimental because of the ambiguous "kiss" just now.

With a self-deprecating smile, Lin Shuang carefully looked at the line of words in the photo.

Then she couldn't laugh anymore.

"How come you wrote down what I just said..."

"Because I think it's great, and I like this sentence very much. Is that not okay?"

Anyone would be unable to hold back if their casual words were recorded in such a sentimental manner.

Lin Shuang even felt the heat on her cheeks rising.

But Acheron, such an older sister, is sitting in front of you, asking you carefully if she can keep this photo.

Who can resist this...?

"…Okay, okay, you can. I can't see it anyway, so I'll just pretend I don't know about it."

"Yes, thank you."

Acheron nodded, put away her phone, looked at the screen again and again, and set the photo as her wallpaper.

As long as the screen is turned on, Acheron can see this reassuring and beautiful smile.

Of course, Lin Shuang didn't see these things.

She was currently chewing a peach to hide her shame.

Just when Lin Shuang quickly finished eating the peach, she found herself speechless for a moment.

Acheron's voice came over.

"Come to think of it... you don't seem to have a cell phone yet?"

Following the sound, she saw that Acheron's phone had turned off, but she was holding it in her hand to signal.

Mobile phones naturally come in all kinds of styles in this world and are called different names, but the one in Acheron's hand is similar to the one Lin Shuang remembered from the game.

"Indeed I don't."

"I have a spare one here. I'll give it to you first. There are some credit points in the account inside. You should be able to use it after you leave here."

As she spoke, Acheron took out another cell phone from her pocket and handed it to Lin Shuang.

"Thanks."

Lin Shuang thanked her and did not refuse. She really needed a cell phone and credit points; otherwise, it would be very troublesome for her after she leaves this planet.

She can't always stay by Acheron's side; otherwise, she would just be a burden.

Acheron waited until Lin Shuang became familiar with the use of the mobile phone before she stood up and tightened her grip on the scabbard again.

The atmosphere instantly switched to a state of vigilance.

"That's enough for the break. It's time to make the most of the time to exercise."

Lin Shuang, who was almost unable to bear her own wild thoughts, stood up in an instant and gripped the sword again.

"What exercise do you want to do next?"

"Next, it's time for you to experience real fighting. There are Rift Creatures and Antimatter Legion enemies everywhere. Go and clear out all of them in this abandoned city."

T/N: WOAHHHHH I fucking love yuri. Peak genre.