He turns towards her, striding over to her, then comes to a halt in front of her, looking at her with gentleness simmering in his eyes. Suddenly you could thinks that his eyes are not as yellow as Citrine, but rather like sweet, sweet sunlight ray. He’s giving her that dazzling smile now, the kind that lights up his entire face. He laughs a little uneasily, raising one hand to scratch the back of his neck.
“Nabi.. you know what happened last night can’t happen again.”
The words hang suspended over their heads for a few seconds. The grandfather clock in the corner of the living room is suddenly booming out the seconds. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock –
They’ve done it before, a couple of times in the bedroom, bright sunlight streaking their skin and his eyes glimmering beneath the sunlight every morning as dawn breaks in. She had to instigate it, though, every single time, pressing their mouths together to feel his breath breaking over her skin and his lips moving against hers.
But it wasn’t right; he was only there to protect her.
“Seven.. you don’t regret it do you? I know we are connected more now than ever because of that,“ she says, and she’s close now, so close he can smell her, that scent of flowers and sweetness that always seems to cling on to her. He holds his breath when he raises her eyes to meet his. No, not that look again. He can’t help but yank her forward without giving her a chance to even process what’s happening, and the next thing he knows, she’s in his arms and he’s pressing her against his chest. He has his head buried in the nape of her neck now, and she feels his breath turning into a pleasant chill scuttling down her spine when it hits her skin. And he smiles against her skin, smiles up at her that same brand of boyish charm that had always made her body stiffen and sent her heart into a terrified gallop, and then he begins to lick along the line of her collarbones, following the line like a marble rolling down a hill. His lips, capturing inch after inch of new skin, and marking it with his lips and teeth and lingering tongue. She shivers as his saliva dries on her skin.
“Nabi, it’s not that I don’t want you but don’t get confused I’m no prince charming nor is it safe to get close to me I warned you. I don’t want you to think I’m trying to take advantage of you either.” Who was he kidding? She seem to always begin these little moments. Seeing as she wraps her arms around his neck finally, pressing him a little closer. “I-I know that. I know – you would never. If I didn’t want to. I just thought you would,” she licks her lips, “like it?”
Thumb slipping down to brush against her lips. His smile is as warm as the embrace they’ve just shared. His hand trails up along her arms to her shoulders and then to her face, tilting her head forward until their foreheads touch and she can feel his breath on her lips.
She leans forward until their noses are touching, rubbing against each other when she slowly turns her head from one side to the other. He raises his head till mouths are on the same level, his damp breath breaking over her lips, and she purses her lips, fluttering them over his. She pulls his face lower, brushing her lips against his again. “You do like it right??”
He doesn’t give a verbal response, but he does kiss her back after another moment of hesitation, his hands flying to her head to bury themselves in her hair, and his mouth springing to life against hers. A low gasp tears from the back of her throat, but it’s muffled and then swallowed when he moves his lips against hers, opening and closing them, and his lips are so gentle and warm that her eyes slip closed, her hands wandering up to run through the feathery strands of his hair that are just as soft as his lips. This would only end the same way it always did; she would always get what get wanted but of course he was more than happy to oblige.