Constant and Changing (kryber)

Chapter 31: Paper Heart

Krystal shook her head and smiled shyly. "I just wanted to make sure you were real."

"Oh," Amber responded, somewhat surprised by Krystal's response. "I guess I should have been confirming if you were real, too..." Amber reached her hands towards Krystal, who was now straddling her waist. They were both completely naked, and Krystal found the skin-on-skin contact to be breathtaking. From her lying position, Amber placed both hands on Krystal's cheeks and slowly, gently, trailed her fingertips all the way down Krystal's shoulders and arms. The younger girl shivered and closed her eyes, feeling the depth of the simple action.

Amber's hands grasped her wrists and pulled Krystal towards her. She fell forward onto her hands and knees and hung over Amber so that they were staring directly into each others eyes. And then, ever so gently, Amber placed her right hand on Krystal's breast, right over her heart. The warmth from Amber's fingertips penetrated Krystal's chest and Krystal knew that Amber was feeling her heart beat.

"Yeah," Amber murmured softly, staring up at Krystal. "You feel real to me." Krystal lowered her eyes shyly at Amber's tenderness. "What about me?" Amber asked. "Did I pass your test?"

Krystal brought her gaze back to meet Amber's. Wordlessly, she leaned down and teased the older girl for a kiss. She hovered her lips over Amber's and stayed just out of reach, moving her head side to side slowly. Krystal did this over and over with a wicked smile until Amber couldn't take it any more. The older girl grabbed Krystal's face with both hands, pulled her closer, and kissed her fully on the lips. Their tongues danced languidly over each other, making Krystal's heart melt.

"You're definitely real, too," Krystal breathlessly informed the other girl. She rolled off of Amber's body and settled back into the bed. They laid down side by side, facing each other so that their noses were touching and their lips were just inches apart.

"Good morning," Krystal murmured.

"Morning," Amber murmured in return. Their eyes were fixed solely on each other, as though nothing else existed in their private little world. "Did you sleep well?"

The younger girl nodded earnestly with a satisfied smile. "Yeah, really well. You?"

Amber nodded. "I feel 100% refreshed."

Krystal touched Amber's face gently, happy to see Amber looking so relaxed. "Were you awake very long?"

"Long enough to know that you're beautiful when you're asleep," Amber replied.

The compliment instantly made Krystal feel self conscious. She dropped the hand that caressed Amber's check and buried her face into Amber's shoulder in embarrassment.

"God, you're such a creeper," Krystal retorted, trying to find a happy middle ground between annoyance and embarrassment.

"You always get so shy when I tell you how beautiful you look," Amber observed. She ran her fingers through Krystal's long locks of dark brown hair. "Do you not believe me?"

Krystal shook her head, burying herself deeper into Amber's shoulder. "It's not that I don't believe you. I just can't see myself the way that you see me."

Amber smiled and extracted the younger girl's face from her body. "Should I stop complimenting you then?"

"No!" Krystal quickly shot down Amber's suggestion. "I like it when you call me 'beautiful'".

"...but you don't like feeling embarrassed?"

Krystal nodded. "Right."

"So you want me to call you 'beautiful', but it makes you embarrassed and you don't like to be embarrassed." Amber laughed. "You make absolutely no sense, Jung Soojung, you know that?"