Persistent

"Not right now, Mantis..."

"Awwww, why not?"

"Because," Viper began, not opening her eyes to look at the pout that painted across her boyfriend's features. The pout every guy had once in a while that perfectly and precisely read 'why cant we get it on?' "I am so exhausted from training that I could barely keep my eyes open the rest of the day. And I'm not normally the easily-exhausted type. So, it's best I sleep now.." she stopped talking from there.

Mantis felt truly guilty that she was exhausted, and he wanted to just end it right there and leave the room... But after weeks of them not having any time 'alone' let alone any time at all to actually enjoy each other's company, suddenly he had found himself literally bouncing off the walls with an excited need to have some fun with the only girl he'd want to have fun with. And maybe, he could make her feel better by turning on the old Mantis-charm. "Ugh, I know you are babe, but I'm in a seriously... Er, excited, mood, and I really need to... You know... Get some tonight..."

She groaned, "All guys get like that, Mantis..." Her eyes remained closed.

"We haven't had any alone time in a while..." he traced one of his pinchers along her back gently, earning a quiet moan of what sounded like pleasure from his serpent girlfriend.

But Viper would not give in that easily. She kept her eyes closed, and remained expressionless as she pretended to be in a deep slumber... Though now, to her surprise, it was suddenly getting harder for her to actually sleep...

He leaned against her curled up form, chuckling as she tensed under his touch... Her wanting to give in to him, but not so willing to. "You know you want to..."

"No," she lied quickly, shutting her eyes. "Just go away. Please?"

He smirked. "You can't get rid of me that easily." Putting on his best seductive voice, he leaned in closer to her. "Do you know why I'm called Mantis?"

"Gee, maybe because you are a mantis?"

"Close." He nuzzled her softly, and she held back a giggle. "I'm called Mantis because the word 'Man' is in my name. There is a 'Man' in 'Man-tis', and baby, I am a man. I'm a real, all around man. A man who-"

"Oh shut up and kiss me already!" Smirking, Viper shot up and quickly tackled Mantis to the ground, startling him momentarily.

Sometimes he could be so persistent that it was becoming difficult for her to say no.

A/N: I needed to write another M/V one-shot, because this idea came to me, in all places, the shower. Yes, the SHOWER. XD I quickly realized that I get the majority of my ideas while in the shower... Hmmm... I don't know if that means anything... XD

Lol, yeah, just another, slightly naughtier KFP one-shot that I could not help but write. Aw, Mantis and his manly ways... XD Gotta love him.