Chapter 2 of Spilled Porridge      

A/N: I never intended to write a second chapter because it was meant to be a one-shot. Fortunately, the story takes an interesting turn that even I didn't know it would take. Enjoy!

Summary: Siegfried and Seung Mina realize the real reasons for their night fiasco.

   Arggg! I’m here again,” Seung Mina groaned silently to herself, settling in the hot springs. She had her ladle this time. Almost triumphantly, she filled it with the warm water and poured it over her head. As she bathed, she found herself humming a soft tune. For her bathing time, Seung Mina did not worry about anything. For some reason, she was extremely calm, like everything was all right. Seung Mina almost wanted to question her passiveness at the current situation.

            When she woke up that morning, she was completely naked and lying ridiculously near the snoring Siegfried. In her fury, Seung Mina did not gather enough information to find out what actually happened. She assumed he had taken her virginity while she slept. As soon as he disappeared to change his clothes, she was off, dashing through the woods with her (dry) possessions, making her way as fast as she could for the hot spring.

            She glanced downwards at her mound through the clear water. Seung Mina smirked at her naivety. Even if he had taken advantage of her, she wouldn’t had known it. Any sign of penetration would had dissolved as soon as the warm water hit her. Her hand instantly went to her lower lips, caressing them and exploring her mound to find any tears or swollen areas. She found herself imagining how it would feel like if his massive manhood entered her. The fantasy and her stroking fingers sent a chill up Seung Mina’s body despite the steam.

            Her mind wandered into the fantasy as her fingers continued, in hard rubs, between her lips. She felt her eyes start to close as the fantasy overtook her mind and her body. Seung Mina imagined Siegfried’s manhood rubbing deliciously against her lips, asking to bite into the sweet juices dripping from her hole. She would nod and he would enter her with the utmost caution and massiveness, filling the inside of her almost instantly.

Her rubbing fingers traveled to a spot she had never touched before, and she felt a buzz in her brain begin to hum. She rubbed harder and faster, feeling a rising feeling beginning to envelope her brain and the inside of her moistness. Within a few moments, Seung Mina’s middle finger was going in and out of her hole, faster and deeper, trying to be filled with it, hitting the spot that needed to be hit hard.

“Ah…ah….” She breathed, her moans become louder and faster. “Ah!” Her hole seemed to open up to her penetrating finger, a feeling of euphoria and unrealism hitting her like a wave. The spasms she experienced was none she had ever felt, her hips slightly thrusting into her still finger. Finally, the muscles around her hole finished contracting, allowing her finger to slip out slowly from their wet bondage.

Seung Mina gave out a relieved sigh, running her hands over her inner thighs to wipe away what would had been her fluids. The hot spring has already washed away her natural and slightly sticky wetness. Seung Mina sank deeper into the hot spring until the water came below her ears.

She glanced at the bright sky. Blueness. Brightness. Light. She thought of those words as the hot water relaxed her muscles.

As she stared at the bright sky, a shadow suddenly clouded her vision and a familiar face came into view.

“Siegfried!”

Seung Mina nearly bolted upright at the sight of his face. He stared at her nonchalantly, his nose nearly touching hers. She tried to cover her breasts and her bush, but she knew his eyes had already fallen on forbidden territory.

Siegfried’s face looked weird, as though he were trying to stare into her soul. His unwavering stare made Seung Mina uneasy, especially since she was naked. She looked away to avoid his penetrating stare.

 “What do you want? Can’t you see that I am bathing?” Seung Mina demanded, realizing that he only had a towel over his…area. 

He stared at her for a little longer, making Seung Mina’s face turn crimson. Siegfried suddenly turned his attention to something other than her face.

“You…you don’t remember?” came his soft inquiry, looking in the distance passively.

            “Remember what?”

            “What happened last night,” he replied softly, his voice a whisper against the air. Seung Mina turned her attention back to him and glowered at him. As if he felt her icy stare, Siegfried met her gaze with gentle eyes. “You whispered my name. You stripped me of my clothes and we laid beneath the covers naked. I didn’t initiate any of it, you did. I thought it was you, but it wasn’t you. You were asleep, but your body was not.”

            Seung Mina couldn’t believe her ears! It had happened. She gapped as her head lowered to gaze into the water. His hand came forward and tipped her chin upwards, making her to look him in the eyes.

            “It wasn’t you,” Siegfried’s lips breathed. His statement sent chills down Seung Mina’s bare back. “It’s all right. I suppose there’s a spirit floating around here, awaiting a body to inhabit. I believe that you were under the influence of that spirit last night, so the memory wasn’t yours.” His eyes were filled with sorrow as his eyes continued to plunge into her being. “I am truly sorry for being your first, the one you didn’t love. I have yet taken another piece of your pride from you.”

            Seung Mina wanted to be angry, wanted to thrash him over the head with her Zambatoh, but she couldn’t find it in her. Those sad blue eyes, that handsome face, the right words and emotions, she couldn’t be mad at someone who only held guilt for what he had done. It all couldn’t be helped.

            “Siegfried…”

            His eyes searched her face, then he broke into one of his dazzling smiles. “Yes?”

            Seung Mina leaned forward and brushed her lips against his cheek. She quickly moved herself out of the hot spring and took up her robe, wrapping her glistening body beneath its warm material. She quickly grabbed her gear and disappeared into the forest.

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            Months felt like years to Siegfried as he settled into his favorite chair within his small home. He was glad to be in the comforts of his home after months of traveling in the forests of China. Although he had accomplished his task of meeting Seung Mina in the forest and apologized for all of the pain he had caused her, he felt empty again. After that kiss she had softly brushed against his cheek, she had disappeared again from his life again. It disturbed him greatly to lose such a beautiful girl to her independent ways, especially when she wasn’t a very good stealth tracker

            Siegfried gave a sigh as he glanced at the book in front of him. It filled him with emptiness to be without her. It had been short, barely a full day, but he had made love to her, and fell in love with her. He ached for something of hers to meet him again; her scent, a lock of hair, anything to remind him of her would had been suffice to keep his heart from aching.

            Why was he so oblivious? She didn’t love him. She was just there for a blanket and the blazing fire. How could he allow his emotions to cloud his judgement? Siegfried banged his fist against his wooden table, grunting as he did so.

            “I’m so stupid!” he bellowed in anger, banging his fist again.

            “Yes, you are.”

            Siegfried glanced up at the unknown figure in his doorway. She held Scarlet Thunder in her hand.          

            “Seung!” He quickly pushed back his chair and rushed at her, enveloping her into an embrace. The girl’s arms didn’t leave her side and her back remained rigidly straight as her expression stayed blank. Siegfried stared her face in confusion at first. Realization immediately dawned on him, causing him to release Seung Mina. “You’re not Seung Mina.”

            It smiled very slightly. “Good,” it breathed, leaning Scarlet Thunder against the wall and dusting off the dark cloak. “You’re smart as well as handsome.”

            Siegfried backed away from her. “You must be a strong willed spirit to control her body during her conscious hours,” he retorted sharply.

            It’s smile grew bigger, her eyes still dull and passive. “I am not strong willed, my dear Siegfried, but I am kind,” came her confident answer. “I politely asked her if I could borrow her body so that I can finish my business.”

            “Then why are you here?” questioned Siegfried, his eyes sharpening at the thought of Seung Mina’s spirit being suppressed as her body was taken hostage. “As a spirit, you were haunting that forest for whatever business caused you to become what you are now. Is your business afar from the forest?”

            It shook her head. “I was not confined to that forest. I died in a forest near here,” it answered wistfully, gesturing through the window at the hill that loomed in the distance.  “My husband and I were walking through this forest to find some flowers for my mother’s vase. Bandits came and murdered us.” It’s borrowed eyes became sad. “At least Fate granted that we died together. He moved on in knowing I was with him, but I stayed behind.”

            “I couldn’t just leave without telling my family goodbye. I knew I should had gone, but I needed to know if my younger sisters and my mother and father were all right. But there wasn’t a body to accept me. I wasn’t strong enough and they were too busy.”

            It’s eyes met his gaze. “But then, this girl came into town, seeking you out. When you knocked her unconscious, her heart willingly accepted me. That was why she became ill and fell into a disturbed slumber for three days. Unfortunately, her mind would not consciously know of my existence in her body, so I had to remain dormant.”

            Siegfried’s face turned bright red suddenly. “Then why did you possess her body for us to…” He trailed off, knowing that she knew what he meant.

            “You see,” explained the spirit, “conditions apply to spirits, most of which are different because we die in different situations. My condition was that I could possess the body when I came across a reincarnation of my past.”

            “A reincarnation?!” Siegfried’s head felt light all of a sudden. “Don’t tell me…”

            It nodded with Seung Mina’s pretty face.

            “My husband’s reincarnation.” As Siegfried looked away, it went on with its story. “You see, it was more than twenty years ago, so he must had reincarnated almost immediately.”

            Siegfried merely blinked at the information. So, she was in Seung Mina’s body and he was the reincarnation of her husband. It wasn’t their fate that brought them together. It was the fate of a couple that sent them to meet. Siegfried’s eyes narrowed at the spirit.

            “I am not meant for this woman.”

            It nodded in agreement, its eyes filled with sadness and guilt. “I am very sorry that this had to happen.” It stepped forward to place a sympathetic hand on his massive shoulder. Although it looked like Seung Mina, it wasn’t her. He could almost smell the spirit’s musk from Seung Mina. “I will leave soon so that you will find the one you are meant for. I will exit this body in the same fashion I entered. Seung Mina will be sick again for another three days.”

            Siegfried looked down at his feet, sorrow filling his expression. It pained him to know that Seung Mina was not the one for him. She was meant for another man, and he was meant for another woman. “Was I really in love with Seung Mina then?”

            He felt it place Seung Mina’s hand over his heart. His eyes fell on her smiling face. “I woke up love in your heart because love is familiar to it,” it responded. “You have my husband’s spirit in your soul, so you fell in love with my spirit as well.  But you thought I was the girl. I would assume you did fall in love with the girl.”

            Everything went blurry for a moment. Siegfried blinked to find himself on the verge of tears. “Will you be leaving soon?” he asked quietly, forcing the tears away from his eyes.

            Its lips touched his cheek, making him look up in surprise. “Yes.” It took his large hand and gave it an affectionate squeeze. “Even without me in this body, you will feel your emotions towards this girl. It will be all right. Everything will work out. Trust in my words.”

            As if to bid him goodbye, it pressed Seung Mina’s hand to his cheek and gave him a wide smile. Siegfried touched his hands to her cheek, mimicking her actions, sadly smiling down at the spirit. He felt her aura change as her hand fell and her body went limp. Siegfried caught her before she could hit the floor. Taking her in his arms, he took her to the bedroom and laid her on the bed.

            She would be sick for a while again.

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            Light hurt. Light was too bright. Ow!

            Seung Mina blinked as her thoughts seemed to wake up from whatever slumber she had been in. She shielded her eyes from the light and slowly sat up, trying to figure out why it was so bright.

            Dammit! Somebody had left the window drapes open for the sun to stream its ultra-bright rays right into her eyes. She frowned, for it didn’t look like the inn she had last checked into.

            Where am I? Seung Mina heard a resounding snore come from near her. She glanced down to find the handsome Siegfried fast asleep in a chair next to the bed. His body was seated in the chair, but his upper body was leaned on his arms on the bed. His long blond hair fell over his shoulders in golden waves, his handsome face peaceful and angelic.

            Seung Mina stifled a scream. What was she doing here again? She tried to backtrack her travels, but she couldn’t recall what had happened since she fell asleep in the inn. She had become more exhausted as the days went by without knowing why. Her conscious hours lessened and decreased so much, Seung Mina wondered if she were possibly pregnant.

            She had gone to a doctor in Peking to check if she had a child growing in her womb, but to her fortunate luck, she wasn’t with child. So what had made her tired? Seung Mina couldn’t remember. Now she was in Siegfried’s home again and she stared down at the handsome young man.

            Feeling eyes on him, Siegfried’s eyes fluttered open and stared back at Seung Mina. As he pushed himself up from his uncomfortable sleeping position, he smiled at Seung Mina, who noticed the dark circles forming beneath his eyes.

            “Good morning,” he greeted, smiling brightly as he did so.

            She continued to stare at him. “How long have I been asleep?”

            “Three days.”

            “Were you by my side this whole time?”

            “Yes. You kept screaming and saying things in your sleep.” He looked away.

            Seung Mina swung her feet over the bed and stood up, but dizziness took a hold of her head, making her sway. Immediately, Siegfried was at his feet, steadying her body. She sank back onto the bed and shook her head, trying to steady her mind as well.

            “Whatever you need, Seung Mina, I will bring,” Siegfried told her. “What do you want?”

            All she could do was gaze into the tired boy’s face. His face was flushed, as though he had run someplace. Before Seung Mina could think, her hand came forward and pressed against Siegfried’s forehead.

            “You’re burning up!” she cried with surprise, staring at him sympathetically.

            He shook his head and smiled. “No, it’s just too much excitement,” Siegfried returned, gently removing her hand from his forehead and holding both of her hands. “I’m fine.” The smile he gave her seemed to lift away Seung Mina’s dizziness. “Now, what do you want? Soup, maybe?” She blushed and nodded. He beamed even more and stood up, patting her head affectionately as he did. “All right. I’ll be back.”

            Seung Mina watched the young man stand up and head for the door. She realized he was dressed in commoners’ clothing, with a white collared ruffle shirt, a brown vest, and mahogany-colored trousers. His boots clunked on the floor as he stepped. Seung Mina noticed how much thinner he had become since the last time she had seen him. His frame was thinner, but because of his massiveness, thinning down made him look more masculine and not grotesquely inhuman.

            Suddenly, Seung Mina’s reverie snapped away from her and she glanced at the floor. He laid there.

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            Seung Mina managed to drag Siegfried’s limp body to the bed and lift him onto its mattress. She pried his boots off his feet and began to take off his restricting clothing. Jeez, he stinks…When he only laid on the bed with only his trousers and socks on, Seung Mina spread the covers over his body and propped a pillow beneath his head. She felt his forehead and face to find that he had a definite fever.

            Jeez, this isn’t fair, thought Seung Mina as she made her way for the kitchen.

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