deia froze in her place after hearing these unexpected words. She even forgot how to breathe and her mind suddenly went blank.
"I-I thought you’d be mad," deia asked hesitantly.
Lucian slowly approached her, leaving no distance between them. "Why would I be mad? We hugged before, rember?"
deia lowered her eyes and muttered, "That was different ..."
Lucian had hugged deia in the Stormclad base because he felt relieved she was alive.
But last night ... deia hugged him because she just wanted to, for no other reason.
"But I don’t feel any different." Lucian gently lifted her chin so they could look into each other’s eyes. "It’s really no big deal. You don’t have to overthink it and avoid all day."
He tilted his head. "Besides, friends hug all the ti, right?"
Friends?
So he considered what she was doing a friendly hug?
deia suddenly felt as if sothing inside her wanted to explode.
But if that logic ant that deia could hug him whenever she wanted without looking weird, then she would gladly enter his friend zone.
Maybe their relationship would grow from friend zone to fuck buddy in the future.
No! She ant from friend zone to brother-sister zone!
Wait, that sounds even weirder than before.
Ah, whatever.
The future was a mystery anyway.
"Really? Then how about a hug now?" deia gathered all of her courage to ask him.
She thought Lucian would reject her right away, but who would expect him to imdiately spread his arms, as if he was allowing deia to hug him.
Without further thought, deia jumped into his embrace and buried her face in his pectoral muscles.
Good heavens.
She finally had more opportunities to touch those big muscles.
On the other hand, Lucian was surprised by how eagerly deia had thrown herself into his arms. But then his muscles relaxed and his arms closed around her body.
They stayed in that position for almost three minutes, embracing each other like there was no tomorrow.
It felt as if the embrace could recharge their energy and erase their fatigue in a second.
"Okay, that’s enough." deia was the first to break the embrace. "I don’t want the others to think we committed adultery in the middle of the day."
Lucian seed a little disappointed, but he didn’t try to convince deia to hug him any longer. "deia, hugging doesn’t count as adultery."
Yes, but hugging was the first step before a couple started sharing their bodily fluids.
"Let’s just do it in private, okay?"
Lucian only smiled, but deia assud that he had agreed to her request.
"What ti are you leaving tomorrow?" asked deia to change the subject.
Lucian looked at her, his expression softening. "At dawn. The first batch must arrive early so we can return to the village at night."
deia nodded. "I see. That’s a good plan." She said, "Nico and I will co with the last batch because the village still needs his shield."
It wasn’t that she cared too much about Nico, but the boy would definitely feel anxious as soon as Sister Jeanne and the kids left the village before him. If deia didn’t keep an eye on him, Nico might lose control again.
"Oh, I think Bear will stay with us too. People are still afraid of him, so I don’t want to leave him in other people’s hands," deia added.
Lucian gently stroked her long hair with his fingers. "So we won’t see each other much for the next few days." There was a hint of disappointnt in his tone.
deia tilted her head, trying to lighten the mood. "It’s not like you’re going to miss , is it?"
Lucian locked their eyes. "I will miss you, deia." His fingers moved to her face, caressing her soft cheeks. "It’s really hard for not to see you for so long."
What nonsense.
They had only spent so ti together, how could he have beco attached to her?
But he also sounded genuine, so deia couldn’t help but feel happy when he said that.
She took a deep breath before she said. "It’s hard for too."
deia had hoped to spend the night with Lucian before he left in the morning, but both of them were busy helping the villagers pack the goods that would be taken to the base.
"Miss deia, can I take this to the base?" Jeremy, a seven-year-old boy, held up his toy train, which looked like a piece of junk.
deia wasn’t even sure if the toy would be intact when it was placed in a storage box.
So rather than hear his ugly cry later, deia decided to co up with a white lie. "We can only bring sothing useful like clothes or food because the car will break down if we bring too much stuff."
Jeremy’s smile imdiately turned down. "But I really like this train ..."
deia groaned softly, thinking that a kid really was a nuisance. "You know... the base is filled with lots of materials, so we can make new toys when we get there."
He looked at deia enthusiastically. "Really? You know how to make new toys?"
She tried to smile softly. "I can try. Now start packing your things."
Jeremy nodded, then ran quickly to his room with the other children.
"You are very good with children, Miss deia," Sister Jeanne praised. "I hear there are a lot of pregnant won on the base?"
It was more like she was good at acting.
deia nodded. "Yes, at the mont there are eight pregnant won. Their condition wasn’t so good because they had been living underground for years, so your arrival will be a breath of fresh air for them."
The won had never had a proper health check, so deia could guess that they would appreciate Sister Jeanne’s ability more than anything else.
Sister Jeanne smiled graciously. "I’m glad if I can help."
The night felt so short while they were busy. Before they knew it, the sun had risen from the east, signaling the first batch to leave the village.
After Harry listed the batch group, he realized that there were only seven people who could drive cars.
That was because when the radiation hit Arcion fifteen years ago, the villagers under the age of 30 were just kids back then, and the elderly couldn’t drive for very long.
"It’s okay. The base has a lot of big trucks, so seven drivers are more than enough," Lucian assured.
The villagers helped them get their belongings onto the truck while Lucian used the remaining ti to talk to deia.
Lucian, "I’ll be back in the village at night, so you better take care of yourself until then."
deia chuckled. "I had already take care of myself before you co."
But once she tasted the sugar, she would crave it again.
deia could take care of herself, but the idea of being protected by Lucian made her happy.
"I have sothing for you." deia asked Lucian to turn his palms up and then placed a silver ring on his palms. "Don’t ask where I got it, but this ring can track our condition while we are separated."
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