I'm here again, wow I'm really getting these out huh? Yay for me! And yay for you too because you get to read it!
I have a feeling this chapter is gonna be long, and a bit steamy, pun intended.
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable. I'm just screwing around over here.
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Previously on Key to My Heart
"You'd do that?" He asked.
"I swear to everything holy that I will end you if you pull anything, or if you're just pretending to be hydrophobic." She snapped. He nodded slowly. "Now c'mon." Her tone was soft now. She took his hand and led him to the bathroom.
Now…
When she pulled him into the tiled bathroom she let him go. "I'll be right back, I'm just gonna get our clothes together." She said giving him a slight once over to determine his size. She left to go to her bedroom and Loke heard the sound of drawers rolling open and closed, and the rustle of clothes. Then nothing until Tessa padded back into the bathroom carrying a set of clothes. She was in a small pink tiger striped bikini now.
"Cute." He chuckled, trying to ignore all the shadowed flesh that stood out on her pale skin. The bruises looked to be fading from their sickly brownish green/yellow color but they looked like they'd been pretty bad.
"Shut up. I'm not letting you see my underwear collection." She muttered.
"There's a collection huh?" He chuckled.
"Shut up and strip." She huffed as she set the clothes on the back of the toilet and then went back out to grab two towels. She came back in when Loke had his shirt off and was undoing his belt, his shades were sitting on the bathroom counter. She froze for a second, staring.
"What?" He paused and looked up at her. Her eyes shot to his.
"Huh?" She asked.
"What are you staring for?" He asked, looking amused. He watched the pink bloom on her cheeks and she glared.
"I wasn't staring. Just hurry up and shut up before I throw you back out in the rain." She grumbled as she hung the two towels on hooks by the shower and leaned over to start it up. Loke was momentarily distracted by her tail swishing back and forth and how it made her bikini bottoms dip down just a bit so it could be out over them without needing a hole cut. But the distraction was ended quickly when he heard the shower turn on. He gulped and undid his pants before taking them off. He'd taken off his shoes at her door and his socks had come off after his shirt. Now all he was left in were his boxer briefs. (I feel like Loke would be that kind of guy…) "Huh…" Tessa muttered when she turned around and saw him again.
"What?"
"I half expected a tiger striped banana hammock or something." She giggled as she took in the plain gray boxer briefs. Loke wrinkled his nose at that.
"Definitely not." He scoffed. It only made her laugh more. "So, you've thought about my underwear then?" He asked after a second. Tessa snorted.
"Only wondered if I'd be scarred for life from seeing it." She smirked.
"And?"
"And what?" She asked.
"Are you scarred for life?"
"No.. To be honest, this is what I hoped for. I feel like you'd look weird in boxers, and I was scared for a banana hammock so boxer briefs are a relief." She shrugged.
"Yeah I don't really like boxers, too airy and baggy." He muttered.
"You really don't have to explain your underwear preferences to me." She laughed. "Now c'mon, let's kick this fear in the ass." She said offering out her hand. The awareness of the situation crashed back down on him and he tensed up again. Tessa's expression softened. "I'm right here." She promised leaning forward to take his hand. She pulled him slowly towards the sound of the rushing water and when he was right beside her she pushed the curtain aside and stepped into the bathtub. Then she took his hands again and pulled him in after her, making sure to turn so that he didn't get hit with the water just yet. Instead she was standing under the spray.
"How come you're not….?"
"Afraid of water like pretty much all other cat spirited people are?" She finished. He nodded. "Tigers actually love the water."
"Really?"
"Yeah." She smiled. "But I can understand why you're not a fan." She shrugged and moved to drop his hands. He took her wrists and held tightly, perhaps too tightly because she winced but he was scared. "Ouch, okay, loosen up, you don't have to let go but that really hurts." She flinched.
"Sorry." He dropped her hands, but she took his again.
"I said you don't have to let go. It's just these bruises still hurt, ya know?" She smiled.
"You should smile more." He blurted.
"What?" That of course made her smile vanish. And he cursed himself for saying anything, he blamed it on the fear clouding his head, but her smile made her look really pretty even with all the bruises.
"You just… You look really pretty when you smile." He shrugged and watched her face flush. She dropped his hands and looked away from him. Yup, he definitely should have just shut up. She stepped back from him and he panicked a little when he saw the water hit her head and start darkening her hair and matting it to her head.
"I'm going to wash my hair and body first, and then we'll work on you okay?" She said. He nodded and made sure to stay far back from the spray coming from the showerhead. "Can you hand me my shampoo?" She asked pointing beside him. He looked over and saw multiple bottles. He picked one and handed it to her, hoping it was the right one. She gave him a look that showed he'd picked wrong. "I guess I'll get it." She muttered, trying not to smile or laugh. She moved out from under the water and Loke stood frozen. "Um, could you-.. well-… crap." She huffed realizing he couldn't back up more or he'd fall, and they couldn't trade spots because of the water issue. "Don't get any ideas." She warned before leaning down a bit to reach around him and replace the bottle in her hand for the correct one. It made her chest press up against him and the warmth of her body would have turned Loke on had he not be so scared. She grabbed the right bottle and stood back up quickly. She poured some into her hand and then once again put the bottle back as quickly as possible before straightening and rubbing the milky-looking liquid into her hair. She scrubbed and massaged her scalp humming a familiar tune, and then rubbed it into her ears.
"What are you humming?" He asked, trying to distract himself.
"I dare you to kiss me, with everyone watching, it's truth or dare on the dance floor." She sang quietly as she rinsed out her hair. Immediately Loke remembered their heated kiss and it distracted him from his fear well enough that he stepped closer. She raised her head and looked up at him to see his slightly hooded eyes.
"Why did you let me kiss you that night?" He asked quietly. She blinked in surprise, caught off guard by the question.
"Uh-…. Could you pass me the conditioner? It was the bottle you grabbed before." She muttered, pointing to it. Realizing she wasn't going to open up so easy, he backed off and grabbed the conditioner bottle. He watched her work it into her hair and then rinse it out before pointing to the soap bottle. He handed it over and she poured it on a loofa before scrubbing her body gingerly. She put some on her hands and worked it into her tail before she stepped back under the water to rinse it all off. After she finished she pursed her lips and looked at Loke, and he realized it was now his turn. She stepped out from the water and she took his hands in hers.
"Relax, think if it as a small rain storm." She turned and released one of his hands to adjust the setting to it wasn't coming down as hard. The showerhead changed with the magic button she pushed and the water poured out gently, like rain was falling from the small openings. "There." She smiled and took his hand again. She pulled him towards her gently but he resisted so she tugged a little harder, making him stumble forward. His hair caught in the water and he jerked back quickly but she pulled him hard. He jerked forward with the movement and crashed into her, making her stumble back into the wall while his hands shot out to catch himself. He was now completely under the spray and caging her in with his arms and her back pressed up against the tiled wall while he was pressed to her front. He barely felt the water soaking into his hair, or dripping down his back and face. He was more focused on how her chest looked, mashed up against his.
"Th-there…. Not so bad is it?" Tessa mumbled, fighting to keep her breathing even. She looked up into his hazel eyes and shivered. She'd liked to have blamed it on the chill of the tiles behind her.
"Tessa…" He murmured. She gulped and licked her suddenly dry lips, bringing his attention to her mouth. He leaned down and captured her lips with his, being careful of her injuries as he brought his hands down to cup her face in his palms. Her hands moved to his sides and her nails bit into his skin lightly as she gripped at him and pulled him closer. She kissed him back, and the passion she gave him was none too gentle. He groaned as he pressed up against her more fully, pushing her against the tiles more firmly. She gasped and it gave him the opportunity to let his tongue delve into her mouth. Her moan nearly sent him into a frenzy, she was clearly trying to hold back the sound and it excited him more, wanting to coax those noises up and out of her mouth for him to take. His hands moved down to her hips and around to her backside. She surely would have protested had her tongue not been busy. He cupped her ass in his hands and lifted her up so he didn't have to bend down. She gasped again and her arms came up to wrap around his neck while her legs twined around his waist. He pushed his hips into hers and she let out that unrestrained moan he'd been wanting to hear. He did it again and she broke the kiss with a gasp of his name.
"Leo!" He smirked and leaned down to kiss at her neck. She gasped again and her thighs flexed around his hips, trying to close her legs and alleviate the ache that had formed between them, but his body prevented it. She whimpered when he sucked at her skin and squirmed a little against him, making both of them moan as she rubbed up against his growing arousal. "Leo.." She mewled.
"Damn, so this is what I've been missing with showers?" The comment slipped out against her skin and the effect it had on Tessa was immediate. She gasped, horrified by herself, and shoved him clear across the bathtub, nearly falling to the ground in the process considering he'd been holding her up. "What the hell?" He muttered, confused by the sudden rejection.
"Y-you're rinsed off, and you seem to have overcome your fear." She spat. "I'm getting out." She pushed the curtain aside and when Loke moved to grab her she turned the water to freezing and aimed it right at him, making him jerk back away from the cold water.
"Wait, Tessa-"
"Your clothes are on the counter." She snapped out grabbing a towel and wrapping it around herself as he turned the shower off and got out. She grabbed the other towel and threw it in his face. By the time he got the cloth off of his head she was out of the bathroom with the door slamming shut behind her. He huffed out a sigh, glaring at the door in confusion. What had he done to piss her off like that? He shook his head and raised the towel to his head, trying to rub the water out of it. Now that she wasn't there distracting him it really made him uncomfortable to be dripping wet. He rubbed the water out as best he could and then wiped the rest of his body down, discarding his wet boxer briefs and replacing them with the boxers she had set out for him. He pulled the pajama pants on and then the t-shirt, hanging up his soaking underwear on the side of the tub. Somehow she'd taken his suit without him knowing, and when he left the bathroom, still rubbing the towel over his head in vain efforts to dry it completely, his suit was hanging on the back of the entry door, a clear plastic bag over it with a receipt saying it had been dry cleaned. He didn't think he'd taken that long and he wondered how she'd gotten it cleaned so quickly as he picked it up.
"You can keep the pajamas, but you need to leave." She snapped, making him whirl around. If looks could kill, boy would he be in trouble. Immortal or not, he was sure it would have been able to strike him dead on the spot.
"Did I do or say something to offend you?" He asked.
"No, you just reminded me of what you are." She scoffed.
"A celestial spirit?" He frowned. Her glare intensified, as impossible as it seemed.
"No, a playboy, a jerk who can't keep it in his pants, a fucking lion." She snarled.
"What the hell do you mean?" He snapped out, done with her attitude and prejudice towards him. "What the hell does me being a lion have to do with anything?"
"You act just like one, you have a harem of girls, you just go around screwing anyone that will let you into their pants! It's disgusting!" She spat.
"You didn't seem to be bothered by it five minutes ago! Or that night at the club for that matter." He pointed out.
"Lapses in judgment, caught in the moment, whatever you want to call it. They were mistakes. I refuse to be one of many in your extremely long list of girlfriends, one night stands, or fuck buddies." She sneered. He glared at her.
"For you information I've never once had a one night stand, or a 'fuck buddy' as you so nicely put it." He snapped in defense.
"I don't care if you have or haven't, little cub. The point is, I want someone who will be with me, just me. I want fidelity in a relationship, not some guy that's gonna flit from girl to girl like a goddamn bee with flowers! Now get the hell out of my apartment before I force you out!" She demanded.
"You can't force me out." He growled.
"Wanna bet?" She hissed as she marched over and shoved him towards the door. She flung it open and shoved him into the hall before slamming it in his face. He tapped on her shoulder and she whirled around, hissing at him. "That's it!" She snarled, her anger escalating even higher at the sight of his smug expression. "Samunn eite eite vos. Samunn eite eite vos." She chanted. Loke's eyes widened and he struggled to stay in the human world, backing away as she advanced on him.
"Where'd you learn that?" He demanded. She just threw his dry cleaned suit at him and continued chanting until Loke was forced back into the spirit world by the spell. She dropped down onto all fours and panted. It had expended more of her magic power than she had wanted, and she watched her hands shimmer in and out of existence for a second. "Dammit." She hissed, and vanished from the apartment.
Kay so before you ask, the spell were just random non words I made up, let's say they're from the Minstrel language lol. And basically what the spell does is force a spirit back into its original or home world. Like Loke, it forced him back into the realm of celestial spirits.
That clear it up for ya? Good. Like I said, this chapter is loooooooong. Anyone wanna take any guesses at what Tessa's hiding? REVIEW!
UNTIL NEXT TIME MY LOVELIES!
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