Dream Love : Dream Land - Chapter 132

Ray suddenly pulled Lia’s hand there and continued to move without stopping in the opposite direction from the road that Lia wanted to go through and didn’t say anything to the girl who was now a little confused by his actions. This is like deja vu all over again.

Lia however, never pulled her hand back and just followed the man, even though she felt weird with the action. Arriving at an area in the middle of a wildflower garden that surrounds the palace, there is a small workshop covered with wild vine plants.

Lia never know this existed as she never really come to this part of park. And if Ray didn’t bring her here she will never know that there’s a small building inside the she think it as a huge tree.

As soon as Ray opened the door, he pushed Lia inside, but before she managed to see the interior, Ray in fast closed back the door and pushed her on the wall adjacent to the entrance, with him, stood in front of her, while wearing an unreadable face there.

Lia thought that he is angry with what happened a moment ago when they confronted Ethan. He did warn her not to continue that firm conversation, but she is just too caught in that moment and just explode. She did regret a little bit about whatever she is saying to the third prince after she walked out from his residence but everything has happened. Nothing she can do to redo that again. So she just hope that some of her talking can make some sense to that prince and change his mindset now.

Lia gets nervous now as the first prince gives her a deep look at this moment.

“Wha … what? Are you mad at me for saying that to Ethan? He … I just felt angry for a while and couldn’t control my feelings just now. But you need to agree that he needs to snap out of it so that he can get into his normal self again. ” Lia said there trying to defend herself. But she stutters a bit when she realizes the intense look that Ray gave her that still hasn’t changed at the time.

But Ray suddenly puts his one hand on the wall next to Lia’s face, closed his eyes and lowered his face over the girl’s shoulder. Lia was quite shocked by this gesture making her heart beat fast instantly.

“It’s not that.” Ray began to speak as he let out a heavy sigh as if releasing a burden that was in his heart.

It was then that Lia realized that the man was also impressed by what happened to Ethan. This man also loved Mia so much and of course he was also hurt by the girl’s death, but he just pretended to be okay while Ethan was too obsessed with his grief. Both of the prince is managing their sadness in different ways and Lia just realized it.

“I just want to be alone with you. Is that okay?” Ray said again.

Lia smiles. She is not hurt by the fact that this man is remembering his love for Mia but choose her to help him managing his feeling, as their relationship actually started because they wanted to support each other, heal each other anyway. She is also still hurt by her own unrequited love, so she is completely understanding this.

“Okay.” Lia replied to him.

She then raised her hand there and started stroking the man’s head slowly and gently. She didn’t say anything now and just did so because she knew sometimes no words are needed, just being there was enough to help. And she decides to do this, this time.

They stood like this quite a long time before Ray finally calmed down and distanced himself now. He suddenly feels a little embarrassed there as he shows his weak side to the girl. He even blushed, and Lia was aware of the matter, but pretended not to see so that the man would not continue to feel embarrassed.

“So, what is this place?” Lia talks first so they don’t drown in awkward situations.

She started roaming around the place that was quite spacious there even though from outside the workshop looked small. There is only this spacious space where there are various carpentry fittings and one bathroom there.

“It’s just… My hobby. I usually come here and make something to calm myself down if I didn’t feel good about anything. Guess, you’re the first person that I bring here.”

Lia hid her smile there after hearing about the sentence ‘the first person’ expressed by the man. Look like he opened up to her quite fast as he showing this place to her. Lia knows, she should do the same. Since they decide to marry each other.

Lia browsed with every work belonging to the prince. From small things like plates made of wood till the large things like tables. She is so amazed now. Everything she saw here is looked too pretty.

“Do you really do this all by yourself?” Lia asks him while holding a small closet for accessory storage with a mirror there.

“I am.”

“You can sell this you know. It’s a really high quality work come from you. I never know a wind user like you could make something using woods.” Lia just said what she is thinking.

Ray chuckles a little hearing that.  He get that a lot.

“An earth user like Syaoran didn’t even care of something like this. Its all about self interest.” Ray said there.

“I guess so.” Hearing Syaoran name there makes her suddenly remember about the man, whereas for several days she has managed not to remember.

Ray notices the change making him feel guilty for a moment, but Lia doesn’t seem to care.

“So, what was the first thing you gave Mia?” Lia deliberately wanted to know.

“I didn’t have time to give her anything. I want to give her something if we got married, but you know what happens next.”

Lia nodded. She then continued exploring the workshop until she came to a corner where there were many pictures there along with frames of various shapes also made of wood. She knows Ray made it.

“Did you ever give Syaoran something?” Ray also started asking the same.

“I always give him something but he never accepts. So, it’s been a long time since I stopped doing that.” Lia honestly tell him with a smile.

Her hand began to hold one by one the pictures that were there for a closer look. Almost all the pictures there are Mia once in them. All is the picture of the six princes plus Mia. Or Mia with others, but not a single picture of Mia and Ray there.

“Guees you never took a picture with her together huh?” Lia asking without seeing Ray.

“I didn’t deserve that.” Ray let out a simple answer.

Lia didnt know how to response to that.

“Do you take a picture with Syaoran? Just the two of you.” Ray also wanted to know that. Don’t know why that moment, suddenly just became a moment where they were trying to get to know each other. But, they both know they need this kind of conversation sooner or later. To move on.

“I do. But funny things are, he never looks happy in each of those pictures. As I force him to take it along with me. I wonder what’s inside his mind at the time. Probably irritated.” Lia laughs a little there but Ray knows it better.

Her eyes are now fixed on a picture where Syaoran’s happy face is most clearly there. She didn’t grab the frame to see it more closer, but she seemed to think deeply while looking towards the picture.

‘He knows how to smile like that apparently. ‘ Lia said in her heart. She never saw Syaoran make the face like that in front of her. Often just lazy faces and forced every time they spend time together. Somehow, she feels a bit sad as she can’t be someone who bring happiness to the man.

Ray looked at Lia, who was now immersed in her own mind as she looked at the picture. Something suddenly builds up inside his heart. Something that tells him that he didn’t like what he just saw.

“Haiyahhh!”

Suddenly, Syaoran’s voice was heard quite clearly there. Lia continued to look towards the window and found the man who was gripping her feelings at the time was in a field not far from where they were now. He rides his favorite horse right there.

“When I ask him for a horse ride, he said no one rides a horse in the snow, but he does that.” Lia murmur to herself, but Ray manages to hear her too because they are not far from each other.

Listening to that Ray continued to feel incoherent. He is yet in love with this girl, but this girl already making him feel a lot of things for her. His jealousy and possessiveness now took over his mind.

Quickly he closed the window with a curtain so that Lia, no longer looked at Syaoran and trapping her on the table where the pictures were.

“What are you doing looking at the other man when I, your fiancee is right here beside you?” Ray said while looking right into the girl’s eyes.

‘Fiancee? Guess that’s right, as we have already promised to marry each other even though nothing is made official yet. ‘ Lia, who is now flush with that sudden change of Ray behavior now tries to find something to say.

“What? Wait… Said someone who still keeps pictures of other women and make his current fiancee to see that.” Lia tries to reasoning.

“So what are you waiting for? Help me to save all this and let us start creating our space here.” Ray speaks at her ears then started kissing her neck now, exploring there. He suddenly feels like making a mark to her.  To remind her that she is his now.

“Hey! Ouch! Ah!” Lia tries to push the man away, but he grips her too strong there. She feels hurt a little because the man suddenly nibbles on her neck, but the hurt is fast turning into something else.

“S… stop…” Lia manages to say there in the struggle.

“Why?” Ray is now back to see her face that is now so visibly red there.

“Don’t you think we’re going too fast here?” Lia is asking now. At the first time they talk to each other, they already share a very hot kiss. And now, the second time they are together, it seems like they are about to make out if this don’t stop.

“Never.”

With that, Ray continued to kiss the girl when the girl let her guard down. Lia gasps in shock there and Ray took the time to explore more of her with his tongue when he can feel the opening. He did it in a good way, making Lia is now finally closing her eyes, enjoying what was going on and shyly kiss the man back with the same pace.. The memory of their hot kiss before that always playing inside her mind now turns into something new.