Aether was honestly surprised to see Maelona standing inside the room, frozen between the door and the wall as if she had walked into a trap she never meant to step into.
'This is the surprise she was talking about?' he thought weakly, a quiet disbelief passing through him before he shrugged one shoulder. His gaze dropped on instinct, landing on his proud shaft that stood without shame.
He had expected fire, so he came prepared, but instead he found himself drowning in water, deep, flustered, and... far more dangerous~
Maelona was already panicking, her palms striking the door again and again as her composure shattered.
"O-Open the door, Aria. Aria, please open the door."
Her fingers curled around the handle as she pulled hard, but the door did not move even a fraction.
Her entire face burned beet red despite her blue skin; the colour bloomed across her cheeks and down her neck as if she truly were on fire, exposed in a way no one had ever seen her before.
