When last did I sleep like this, the warmth of the sun felt unto my skin, the softness that seemed to drown me whole and his scent. my eyes slowly fluttered open, the blinds were open and the sun shone directly, I looked over at the side of the bed and.....he was not there, did he just snob and leave after everything that happened last night. My whole body felt sore, yesterday...was so intense, I can still remember how he had touched me, kissed me in places where I had never thought of, how he held me, and his eyes under that dim lighting was fueled with desire, I don't remember when I had passed out, I probably did after the fourth round, maybe midway into it, I could feel my cheeks and my whole body suddenly become hot, how he had whispered shameless things into my ear.
I shook my head rather involuntarily and slapped my cheeks with my two hands as if to get back to my senses, I looked down at the clothes I was wearing, just a t-shirt of his that was pretty large on me, the sleeves which would normally stop at his arm, exceeded my elbows and the shirt stopped just a little above me knee. I stood up slowly, and attempted to go outside the room when I just stopped by his window, the sun was so bright, the few times I was in his room, I had never really noticed how bright his room could be in the morning, it felt so .....homely.
I was lost in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed Denver was already inside, and then rather expectedly he wrapped me up in his usual warm embrace, our bodies pressing against each other, I knew he had not gone anywhere, I was literally drowning in the sweet aroma of morning brewed coffee and crispy bacon, "I thought you ran away----", it came out rather teasingly, "hmm.... you are making it sound like I used you and ran away----," he teased and I couldn't just help but break into a smile. "you changed me---," I knew he changed me, it was so obv--; "I also washed you----," I didn't know why but I swiftly turned to him, he looked so unbothered when he had said it, so non-challant but to me.... washing seemed more intimate than actually sleeping together, I could feel my cheeks bubble over as my last line of defense was just to hit him on his chest rather...pathetically.
"Why----;" he leaned closer with that cocky smirk of his, "you didn't want me to wash you", I couldn't even look him in the eye, he was so shameless, I felt him place a finger under my chin, lifting my head up to meet his gaze, they had softened but you could tell he was cooking up something to tease me again, I cleared my throat, I won't let him win this round, "before I confessed... you said you going to be busy..... you liar", "hmm----- i didn't specify what would cause me to be busy Rhea... I was thinking of just counting every minute of an hour to see you the next day.....", he took a step closer to me before wrapping his arms around me and interlocking his hands at my back, so I was partially close to him, then he tilted his head slightly with a knowing smile, his eyes seemed to slowly scan me from head to toe with this quiet mischief. "who knew.... we would actually get busy...." this man was just...., I swallowed hard, he was damn charming, "I----I'm hungry ----lets eat something...," and just like that I seized that chance and ran away from his hold and I heard him chuckling as I ran away, every action he pulled in just made me like him even more, it felt like my heart was literally getting ripped from my chest.
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Different soups were laid on the table, from chicken soup, to bone broth soup and then tomato soup, Rhea just stared at it.... so what she was smelling was actually not bacon but---- soup, that was disappointing cause she was already imagining herself stuffing her face with bacon but her reality---- was soup, "I'm sorry---- I didn't know which soup could help with soreness so--- I just made the best options that I had sourced from the internet".., he seemed nervous, unlike his confident self back in the room, he actually looked rather---- apologetic, "ha---- i'm sorry," he said with his face in his palm, like he was ashamed or something.
"why are you apologizing--..?" Rhea asked, she was rather curious, why was he apologizing, "I hurt you---.," "you didn't, ---- and why would you apologize now after shamelessly flirting with me---- -," she dramatically picked up her spoon and pointed it at him with a sort of a blank expression, "stick to one personality----"; it sounded almost like a tease that Denver couldn't help but smile, he had been so out of it that yesterday that they ended up going till five in the morning, they had only stopped when Rhea had passed out, he was glad that she wasn't mad at him.
There was silence for a while as Rhea silently sipped on her bone broth soup which obviously tasted absolutely amazing, and for some weird reason or was it just something that popped randomly into her head as she just wanted to spill it out, for some reason she just ended up asking, "how many women have you dated?", and that sense of immediate regret settled in, that didn't come out right, it sounded like she was some sort of an obsessive girlfriend or something----, "none---- why," it was straight forward like he never intended to hide it while Rhea just stared at him in almost disbelief,it wasn't something she had expected but her mind had gone back to when she had seen Kathryn with him at that resturant, so thy weren't actually dating ,how had he never dated, with his looks, height, physique and cooking skills ---- there was no way, if he had never dated, how was he so forward, flirty, how was he even that good at----" her shameless mind began clouding in, yeah --- he was very good, "how were you ------- ", "cause I have great stamina," he said answering the unfinished question that had meant to be delivered. was he just naturally gifted or --- he was just teasing her-----" but something in the way he said it was proof that he was not lying.
Then he leaned in from across the table and gently took hold of Rheas hand entwining it with his, "Rhea------ Sometimes I may come out as too much, or---- I love too much and I may be hurt badly but----," he rubbed his thumb softly against her thumb, "I just tend to like one person alot------, sometimes I see it as not fair---- but that is just the way I am, what can I do If I can't stop liking you - hmm Rhea".
Looking at Denver, who was so sincere, Rhea could only stare back, how painful was it to like someone so much that you won't date anyone, If she hadn't come into the picture for just a little more time, would he have found the right person for himself and will just realize that his teenage crush was just a fading phase?. She held his hand which had been holding hers before, she sighed softly as she looked down on his hand, "Denver------ I can't promise you forever but I sincerely do wish... to make you happy, I had always thought----- I didn't understand the feeling I had for you---- It almost sounded pathetic..," she slowly raised her head up and met his gaze, his eyes were so had softened, as he just stared at her she felt his overly sense of warmth that tingled, "I've grown a backbone now---- I am no longer a coward so I will acknowlege every feeling I have for you because-- that is how much---- I like you---- Denver."
That tension that had slowly seemed to build up gradually tensed, Denver gently removed his hand from Rheas hold, "then----," he slowly stood up, his chair scraping on the floor, looking at her for a moment longer that necessary, "don't take that back", and just as he walked towards her, Rhea stood up almost expectedly as he came towards her and claimed his lips with hers, as Rhea enveloped her arms around his neck, he gently backed to the table as he lifted her onto the dining table, they softly departed, "I--- I won't go all the way...", he whispered against her lips as his hand gently rested on her thigh, "why---?" she panted slightly, "why--?", Denver replied to her question with a smile rather teasing as his hand slowly and sensually moved up to the middle of her thigh, "mmhh" Rhea moaned softly, "because you are sore", "you-----.", he swallowed her forth coming words with a deep kiss.
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Rheas phone continuously buzzed in Denvers room, a message appeared on the screen by Diał which said if, "It's your fault i'm this way, why aren't you answering, you have abandoned me again, If you don't text me back----- I will kill myself". and with that final message the screen went black.