Another Museum Date (2)

Although it wasn’t something she was trying to hide, Selene was a little flustered, as if her decision to observe Theron had been exposed.
“…What did you see?”
“I looked it up, and the Mulshe Graduate School summer admission ceremony is in two weeks. A person like that wouldn’t have time to leisurely browse through an art museum.”
“…”
“This is important to me. So if it’s not a difficult question for you, please answer me.”
Suddenly making such a serious face was a foul.
The man who looked like he would wag his tail any moment was now staring at her earnestly, as if desperately waiting for her answer.
Selene’s lips parted.
“Alright… I’m going to study abroad in the winter.”
Theron didn’t ask if she was sure about that decision.
However, from the way his eyes curved beautifully, it seemed he had a vague idea of why she had decided to postpone it to the winter instead of the summer.
“That’s great.”
“…”
“Thank you.”
Selene turned her eyes away from Theron.
There were still many paintings to be viewed to be wasting time unnecessarily like this.
Theron looked excited.
Whether it was because he was happy that she wasn’t leaving right away, or because he knew that he was the reason, he seemed to have completely forgotten her command to follow her quietly.
Theron chattered on nonstop about when this art museum was built, where they mainly get their paintings from, and who the patrons of these artists were.
As it became difficult to concentrate, she was contemplating whether to warn him to be quiet when an unexpected problem arose for Selene.
The heel of her shoe had broken off.
Ah.
For a moment, Selene lost her balance and stumbled.
Theron, who was walking side by side with her at a distance, quickly grabbed her arm.
“Selene!”
Theron’s chest unfolded before Selene’s eyes.
“…”
As she lifted her gaze from that state, her eyes met Theron’s in mid-air.
Theron’s worried eyes, in a flash, were filled with a look of fluster and wavered.
Selene, who had regained her balance and straightened her back, pointed out her current, overly close posture.
“How long are you going to stay like this?”
“Ah… I was just worried you might be uncomfortable standing.”
As he said that and let go of her arm, Theron’s face was already as red as a person who had been standing outside for more than two hours on a summer day.
Selene found it absurd that Theron was blushing like an innocent gentleman just because their bodies had gotten close.
‘And what about the times when he was so skilled, as if he couldn’t stop once he started taking off her clothes? Not to mention, he had said all sorts of lewd things over the phone.’
So, she tried to walk, ignoring Theron’s strange reaction, but it was much harder to walk than she had thought, and Selene was in trouble.
Although she had thought it would be fine since her limp wasn’t severe, it seemed she wouldn’t be able to go through all the remaining galleries at this rate.
As Selene was wondering what to do, Theron took notice.
“It’s hard to walk, isn’t it? If you just wait a moment, I’ll go buy you a pair of shoes.”
Selene gave Theron a look.
‘Wouldn’t it be better to just finish the tour and go back to the car?’
However, Theron was already taking Selene to a nearby resting area.
Coincidentally, that resting area was the place where she had fondled Theron’s hand before, and Selene felt strangely odd.
Although Theron himself didn’t seem to notice that fact and had disappeared to buy shoes before she could stop him.
A faint scent of soap came from where Theron had been.
It was a scent she had started to notice sometime ago.
A scent that seemed common, but was a subtle blend with Theron’s own body scent.
As she was mulling over that scent, the image of Theron, with his face against her neck, licking her skin, was naturally drawn in her mind.
Selene’s brow furrowed immediately.
This was not a proper train of thought.
To recall the lewd acts of the past when she was only in the stage of observing Theron Cox.
‘It’s because of the flesh-colored painting I saw earlier.’
The Impressionist painter’s painting, whose intention was unclear, had a particular way of reminding her of Theron’s skin color.
That flesh color had briefly distracted her concentration.
“Selene.”
Theron returned while she had been blaming that painting for a while trying to erase the lewd scene from her mind.
Theron’s forehead was beaded with sweat, as if he had hurried.
His thick chest was also rising and falling rapidly to soothe his panting breath.
That sight was unintentionally eye-catching.
“I’m not late, am I?”
Even his slightly panting voice sounded somehow lewd.
“No.”
Selene nodded, not revealing her thoughts.
“Come to think of it, I don’t know your foot size, so I just bought them based on a guess.”
Theron placed the flat shoes in his hand at Selene’s feet.
Then he naturally knelt on one knee and placed Selene’s foot on it.
Selene was a little flustered by his unexpected action.
Such a fuss in a public place, even if there were no people around.
Besides, it was the first time Theron had placed her foot on his firm thigh since ‘that time’.
“…What are you doing?”
“I have to put them on for you.”
Theron acted as if it were a matter of course.
Besides, he was already taking off the shoes from her feet.
However, it seemed Theron also soon realized that what he was doing right now reminded him of ‘that time’.
The time when the two of them first slept together.
The time when he had carefully kissed Selene’s leg, so much so that it felt somewhat sacred.
Theron’s body stiffened as if frozen.
“Don’t look up.”
Selene warned.
She also remembered the moment when Theron, in the same posture, had stared intently at the secret place between her thighs.
Although her skirt wasn’t short or raised right now, the angle was subtle, and if Theron were to look up, her underwear might be visible.
But at Selene’s warning, Theron’s breathing became rougher instead.
Selene felt she knew without having to look.
When Theron breathed so rapidly, it wasn’t just his face and shoulders that stiffened.
“Theron Cox. This is outside. This is not something to get excited about.”
‘Damn it.’
As if she had hit the mark, Theron let out a low curse at Selene’s warning.
At the same time, even if he tried not to be aware of it, Theron’s raised crotch was felt.
“Theron Cox.”
“This is not something I can control. It’s a physiological phenomenon.”
‘That may be so. But it was none of Selene’s business.’
“To get excited in a situation like this. Don’t you really think it’s vulgar?”
“I can’t help it even if it is vulgar. Honestly, you’re also responsible for this this time.”
Theron’s rebuttal astounded Selene.
“What am I responsible for?”
“You told me not to look up. I wasn’t thinking about anything until then.”
“I said that in case an accident happened. It was an angle where my panties might have been visible.”
“Selene, please be quiet. Every single word you’re uttering right now is stimulating me.”
Theron Cox was as perverted as ever.
It was clear from the way he was reacting so sensitively to just the word ‘panties’.
However, Selene had no intention of stimulating Theron any further.
If she continued to talk to the owner of this lewdly pickled brain, she might get swept away as well.
That was quite dangerous.
Selene had to remind herself that it had only been a few days since she had decided to observe Theron Cox.
“I’ll give you some time, so calm down.”
At Selene’s words, Theron let out a deep breath.
Then he silently finished putting on the flat shoes and sat next to her.
It was a good thing it was a Wednesday, with no people around.
Selene, judging that it would be better for her not to be nearby for Theron to calm down, took a short walk around the art museum alone.
When she met Theron Cox again, who was sitting in the resting area, his raised crotch had returned to its original state.
Theron seemed embarrassed to have shown that side of himself, but as they didn’t mention it to each other, the frozen atmosphere gradually thawed.
In fact, Selene was not in a bad mood either.
No, was it closer to being fine?
Especially the sight of Theron, willingly kneeling and putting on her shoes for her.
Besides that, in the moments when she met Theron’s smiling face or his sincere gaze, she felt as if she had returned to the past when she had known nothing.
‘Although it’s too early to judge anything.’
Still, it was clear that she was not as wary of Theron Cox as before, after he had honestly confessed his past.
The change was small but clear.
However, if there was one thing that Selene was momentarily overlooking, it was that her and Theron Cox’s personalities and values were as completely different as an Impressionist painting and a realist painting.
That difference sometimes became a childish fight.
Just like right now.
“About your study abroad, are you going with your maid, Gwendolyn?”
Theron asked casually, as if sensing the not-so-bad atmosphere as they were leaving the art museum.
Selene, who was also getting tired of arguing over a single question, answered obediently.
“I haven’t decided yet. But it will probably be difficult to go together. Gwendolyn is not young.”
“Then you’ll be going completely alone.”
“That was the original plan.”
“Originally?”
“Because Logan suggested we go together.”
At the unusual answer, Theron, who had been walking side by side, stopped in his tracks.
“Logan…?”
At Theron’s reaction, Selene belatedly realized that a lot had happened while she had been cut off from him.