o7. When Temptation Tastes Sweet
Her legs were tangled in the sheets as she struggled to reach for her bag on the ground. Her body slid over mine roughly as she began to get aggravated with my unwillingness to budge. I smirked. Messy strands of hair fell over her face as she tried to turn her head back to look at me. Or, glare at me, really. "Do you want it or not?" she said in a stern tone. "'Cause I can lie right back down and you're not gonna get any, mister, no matter how much you beg."
I sighed, gently running my hand down the length of her back. "If you lie back down... You're definitely going to be begging for something, Cid's Girl..."
At that comment, a look of recollection showed on her face and she reddened slightly as she turned her gaze. Her legs shifted underneath the sheets as she pulled away from me and pressed her head back into the pillow with a deep sigh. She folded her hands across her chest shyly. There wasn't that air of curiosity and audacity in her body language anymore. After the last hour, she had an abrupt change in her disposition around me, and I couldn't deny that I felt a change in me around her as well. It was as if each of us had surrendered to the other in the heat of the moment, and decided that humiliation was something we could both deal with if that meant the two of us could be together without the drama. Without the competition. Without having to be sneaky and discrete. I understood this when she buried her head in my shoulder, and laid her arm comfortably over my torso.
I glanced down at her, sliding my hand to rest over the bare skin of her abdomen. "Rikku…" I groaned with a hint of desperation. It was only for melodramatic effect since I had long realized that neither of us were going to have much of an intelligent conversation for the next little while. "…Can I pleeease have some gum?"
She laughed softly, turning her head up. She pinched my cheek as if I were a plump, newborn baby. "So the man can beg..."
I sighed, releasing her and bending down myself to snatch her bag off the ground myself. I dropped it between us. She swiftly unzipped the main compartment, her earlier threat completely forgotten now as she fished out the small colorful packet. "I don't know if you're gonna like it," she said as she dropped a piece into my palm. "It's apple flavored. And really sweet."
I shrugged as I threw it into my mouth, leaning slightly on the side to make sure I wouldn't swallow it. After a few seconds of thorough chewing, I attempted to smack it like she always did. Needless to say, it didn't work as well as I had hoped, and she immediately burst into a fit of giggles as she observed my disappointment. "How do you do it?"
"Secret," she replied with a cute wink. "Maybe I'll show you one day."
"Show me how to pop this thing in my mouth? ... Or your mastery of your tongue?" I added daringly.
She blushed behind her smirk. "Maybe when you learn how to smack it, then I'll show you what my tongue is capable of doing..." That bold look was slowly returning to her eyes and the suggestive tone in her voice teased my ears. But it was a different kind of suggestive tone now. She was more playful, more friendly, and actually within reach. She was slowly letting her guard down, and it was nice to see genuine emotions return to her face after weeks of trickery and deceit.
"When I learn how to 'smack' it…" I repeated, trying to think of a way to get around that statement. I knew that I'd never be able to learn how to do it in a reasonable amount of time, but that look in her eyes was challenging me. She was testing me, making sure I matched her skill for skill to be worthy enough of her time and effort. After all, she was the type of woman whose supply of suitors seemed endless, and I had an urge to stand out.
With a small smirk, I glanced down at her rear with a daring idea. Although there was a strong possibility she was going to beat me to a pulp for doing such a thing, I couldn't resist the thought of outsmarting her. It was true that after so long, she was finally within my arms and a small trust was beginning to grow between us as we lay comfortably side by side. It was a special moment to be unspoiled... but I gave into the temptation anyway.
SMACK.
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Sorry for the cheesy conclusion. Hope you still enjoyed it. Please R&R.