Rogers slowly opened his eyes, he felt her warm body beneath his touch right before he woke up. Her face was still sore and some of the bruises had become yellow, but Roni didn't complain at all. The guy who did it was still free, but Rogers had promised himself that he would find him, dead or alive. He closed his eyes once again, pulling her closer to his body, he kissed her hair and for a moment they laid together, tangled in each other bodies.
"Good morning." she whispered with her eyes still closed.
"Good morning." he answered, kissing her neck.
Roni opened her eyes, trying to focus on the clock on the nightstand, but every time Rogers' lips touched her skin, she froze beneath his touch. She bit her lip, trying not to moan, but before she did it, his hand went to her breast.
"Aren't you supposed to…" she started, "go to work or something?"
"Yes, but I have some work to do here." he smiled, licking her ear.
He rolled her onto her back, looking at her for a moment to admire how beautiful she was, and he kissed her lips, entering them with his tongue. Roni opened her eyes, moaning and trying to catch her breath. She lifted herself and before he knew it, Rogers' back touched the bed. He was so impressed by her strength that he didn't notice her hands running under the waistband of his boxers. Rogers closed his eyes and took a deep breath when her cold hands touched his member. She caressed it gently, looking at his stoned face, she kissed his lips, and went down to his neck, her hand was still touching him when they both heard a rang.
Roni lifted her head and smiled, trying to focus on what she was doing.
"Go, detective, you should totally answer that call."
"Roni…" he whispered, grabbing his phone from the stand. "Rogers," he answered.
Her lips went lower, she was kissing the way down, squeezing his penis every time her mouth touched his bare skin. She lifted her sight, he was trying to control himself, but his eyes were shut.
"Ooff course." he said with a higher voice, when her lips touched his belly, "mhmm, yes." he opened his eyes and saw her evil smile.
"No!" he screamed before her mouth touched the tip of his penis. "no it wasn't no for you sir. I just… my cat wanted to eat something. I had to stop him."
Rogers' hand went to her hair, he pulled her up and gave her a small kiss, Rogers pulled her to his body, she was laying on his chest when he finished the call.
"Did you really want to do ….this?" he asked, looking at her.
"Well, we didn't try it yet and you were talking with your boss." she giggled.
"You think it was funny?" he asked, lifting his eyebrow.
"A bit. He must be thrilled. At once you have a cat."
"Babe, he knows I don't have a cat." he kissed her hair.
"Well if you get a cat someday… you should call it Roni," she said, lifting herself from the bed.
"Why?"
"Because you could yell at her with your 'no' in the middle of the fun."
"Are you mad?" he asked, looking at her wearing jeans.
"Not as much as your boss will be when he understands that you're late."
"I'm not…" he looked at the clock. "Fuck! I'm late."
Rogers put his jeans on, while he tried to find his shirt Roni was thinking about him and her, together. They wanted to tell everyone they were a couple, but the timing wasn't good, or they just didn't want to rush it. She took his shirt from the floor and stood in front of him, wearing only jeans and a red bra.
"Here you go, detective."
"I love…" he started, "that you know where everything is" he kissed her lips.
"Do we have plans for tonight?"
"Yes! I'll try to get here early!" he shouted, closing the door behind him.
Roni was standing behind the bar like she always did at that time of the day, she was watching some clients trying to choose the best name for a friends baby. The others were just drinking a beer in silence. There was something she couldn't stop thinking about, the red spot on her floor, her own blood. A week had passed since she had been laying on the ground, bleeding and trying to survive. Roni was had tried to clean it, but nothing worked. Roni's sight lifted when she heard the doorbell, she smiled to herself remembering Rogers' face when she convinced him to answer the call from his boss.
"Hi, Roni! What's up?" Jack, one of Rogers' friend, asked, sitting on the bar chair.
"Nothing much. What can I get ya?"
"A beer would be fine." he smiled.
The detective looked around, trying to scan the room, he was used to it that much that he didn't even know he was doing it. Jack turned to Roni, he had a little crush on her since the day she brought him the first beer, but he had just divorced then and didn't want to make it complicated. He took a sip of his cold beer, trying to think about something to talk about with Roni.
"I heard that…" he started, "that you made a statement. About what happened."
"Yes. I hope that you will find that guy." she smiled, cleaning the bar.
"Roni… I was… wondering if…" he started. "if you want to go with me… for coffee?"
Roni's eyes became bigger, she hadn't noticed any signs that Jack liked her, she liked him, but only as a friend. He was funny, handsome and she could be with that kind of guy, but since Rogers and her were a thing, Roni didn't know how to react.
"I would love that, but… I have someone. I mean I'm seeing someone and I don't want to give you false hopes." she said quickly.
"Oh, I see. It's okay." he said, looking at his beer, "we're okay, right? Still friends?"
"Yes of course," she answered.
Rogers was still by his desk even if his shift ended about a hour ago. He was pissed that his plans with Roni got canceled because of work, but papers on his desk made a dangerous tower and he was afraid that someday that tower would break.
"You shouldn't be on a date?" Weaver asked, entering the room.
"Date? Me?"
"If you think I didn't see you have a girlfriend… you must think I'm not a very good detective."
"I don't… I have… I don't think you are..." he tried to answer.
Both of the detectives looked in each other eyes, they both knew what happened when they had secrets, but both of them were too secretive to tell the other. They had been sitting there for some time when Weaver broke the silence.
"Did you hear about Jack?"
" What's with him?" he asked, without even looking at his partner.
"He asked a girl out and she said no."
"Do you really pay attention to that kind of things? I thought you weren't interested in other's love life."
"I'm not. It's just a conversation…"
"Okay." Rogers went back to his work.
"Don't you want to know who the girl was?"
"Well, it seems I don't have a choice. You wouldn't stop talking and I want to do my job quickly"
"Roni." Weaver said, "he asked Roni to go out with him."
Roger's eyes opened wildly, he didn't know if that was true, but the words made him happy. She was his girl, he thought that statement or telling everyone wouldn't be necessary. He knew she was his and she knew he was hers, but in that moment Rogers wanted to scream to the whole world that Roni and him were a couple. He stood up trying to look normal, he left all the paperwork and when he was just about to go, he heard the voice of his partner.
"I'll make that work for you! Don't let the poor cat wait for you." he smiled.
Rogers entered the house with the loud noise of shutting the door. He looked around, trying to find Roni, he looked at the balcony door that was a bit opened. He took a few steps towards the place and after a moment he saw her. She was laying on one of the chairs, her eyes were closed, but he knew perfectly the color of them shining in the sun. At once he put his lips on hers, she shrugged, but after a moment her eyes met his and she gave him the kiss.
"You said that you'd be late tonight," Roni said, confused.
"Weaver said that I couldn't leave my cat alone for so long." he smiled, looking at the floor.
"Everyone knows you have a girlfriend now… does that bother you?"
"No. I ran here with a thought… that I want to tell everyone that you and I are together, but when I got here… seeing you here… in my house, wearing my shirt… now it's not that important to me. I know you are mine, Roni. I want you to know I'm fully yours. Even if I don't want my mates to know about us, because it's just… awkward for me. I'm not that kind of guy who tells everything about himself. I'm secretive. That's all."
Roni looked at him, his eyes were so blue she couldn't focus, she put his hands on hers, trying to tell him what she felt. She lifted one of her hands up and touched his cheek, she caressed it slowly until his lips gently kissed her hand.
"I understand. We don't have to scream it out loud. The most important thing is that you and I know. We know what's between us. That's all I need."
Rogers stood up and sat behind her, he took off his jacket and put it on her shoulder just to make sure she wouldn't be cold. He kissed her neck, holding her in his arms and for that moment she was everything he needed.
