A/N: Thanks to you folks who let me know that they enjoyed/liked the previous chapter. It made me happy ;) Hope you'll enjoy this simple chapter ;) And, hopefully, you aren't fed up yet with all the fluffiness ;)
Chapter 9. Ice
"I knew this was a bad idea," she grumbled, trying to make herself comfortable at the lap of a perverted alien. Said perverted alien wasn't paying attention to her words, though, and was busy trying to bury his face on her neck, causing goose bumps to appear in her arms and nape. She had fought him tooth and nail earlier about their current position, and as usual, he won the scuffle. He was currently enjoying his victory by inhaling her scent with gusto. She shivered when she felt something warm and soft in her skin as he decided that he wanted more from her. He peppered kisses on her neck, smiling in her skin when she shivered once more. He was taking advantage while she was still pliant in his arms. He knew that she would start fighting back again much sooner than he wanted.
"To be my snack," he murmured in her skin. He chuckled when she tensed in his arms. He counted in his head the seconds that would take before she erupted into a raging volcano. He didn't have to count long.
"Usui Takumi. We. Are. Supposed. To. Be. Studying," she said, gritting her teeth, trying not to be violent, yet.
"I am studying," he answered with a chuckle, giving a little bite at her delectable neck.
Her hands trembled, both from annoyance and the sensations he evoked. She moved her neck away from him and turned to give him the full force of her glare. She was not surprised to meet his innocent look. She knew better. He was in no way innocent.
"Should be studying this!" She snapped, slapping the notes in his arms.
"Don't wanna," he said with a pout.
Her brow twitched at his response. Clenching her fists, she made a move to get away from his lap, giving him a warning look when he attempted to stop her. Pout growing, he let go of her and crossed his arms in his chest like a child that had his favourite candy taken away from him. Well, she was her favourite above all else, so it should be understandable.
Rolling her eyes at his childish behaviour, she stalked to the kitchen.
He listened as he heard the clinking of glasses and the sound of running water. When she came back, she was carrying two glasses of water with plenty of ice.
"Here. Try to cool down yourself. Ice should do that. In fact, I could bring all the ice and doused you with cold water. Or better yet, why don't you just turn into ice so that I can study?" she said with a warning.
He regarded her silently as he mulled over her words. When a grin appeared in his lips, she immediately prepared herself for something stupid that would come out of his lips.
"That's a brilliant idea, Misa-chan. I turn into ice, and then you can melt me later on. If I am water, my melting point would be 0 degrees Celsius (9). Fortunately, I'm not, so you need to be really hot to melt an alien like me," he said with a suggestive grin.
Instead of saying something as a response, she picked one glass of water and brought it near his face. "Drink."
And instead of getting the glass of water, he opened his lips. Snorting, she gave in to his wishes and brought the glass to his lips, tilting it so he could drink.
"What are you, an invalid now?"
Though ranting, she didn't stop him from acting like a child. The thought of dousing him with the water crossed her mind but she dismissed it as soon as it entered her head. No matter how much he irritated her sometimes, she could never do something like that to him.
'Like that's any different from hitting him all the time.'
"Are you cool now? Can we study now? Can I go back to studying now?"
He chuckled at her annoyed expression and then nodded when her eyes narrowed. Leaning on the couch, he watched her sat next to him and picked her notes once more.
Silence engulfed the room as she studied her notes and he studied her reading her notes. He suppressed a smirk when he saw the pink tinge in her cheeks, and especially when she squirmed in her seat. He watched the dainty fingers holding the notes, in a death grip if he might add. Those were the same fingers that could inflict so much pain in just one hit, and yet those were also the finger that could be as soft as the butterfly wings if the owner of the said fingers wanted to be.
"Stop gawking and study!"
He let go of the mirth he was holding when she finally had enough of him staring and snapped at him. He looked at the fire in her eyes, and was tempted to reach out and hug her to him.
"I told you to study, creepy idiot!"
"Nah. I'd rather study my Misa-chan."
He had the satisfaction to watch the pink tinge in her cheeks turned into red.
"Besides, I know the lessons already. I don't need to study anymore," he explained nonchalantly. He flinched when a dark aura surrounded her.
'Oops...'
"Do you mean to say, that you were lying to me when you told me that we study together, perverted Takumi?" She screamed. She should have known he had other agendas when he annoyed the hell out of her the whole day to come to his place and study.
"I was telling the truth. We study together. I just never said what I was going to study," he explained as he reached for the other glass of water.
She gripped the notes she was holding as he nonchalantly drank water. When she opened her lips to scream at him some more, she was stopped by cold lips suddenly pressing on her own. How he managed to do that in a blink of an eye, she had no idea. And when she opened her lips to protest, something cold and hard entered her mouth. She almost choked when he continued kissing her with the object in her mouth.
She glared at him when he finally pulled away. She was panting as she tried to melt the ice that he had sneaked into her mouth during the kiss. Normally, him doing something bold like transferring food from his mouth to hers would have caused her to erupt into several shades of red. This time, however, it was pure irritation that was written in her face.
"Are you...trying...to kill... me...idiot Takumi?"
"You were too hot. I'm just helping you to cool down, Misa-chan."
His playful answer only caused her to bristle. Her glare intensified as she searched for the discarded notes. When she got them, she stood up, ignoring the alarm in his eyes.
"Misa-chan..."
Thinking that he had gone too far with his teasing, he didn't immediately jump into action as she picked her bag. He would chased her if she leave, of course, so it was such a shock to him when instead of going to the door leading out of his apartment, she went for the other door. Wide eyed, he watched her open the door to his bedroom and then paused to look at him.
"Stay there, idiot Takumi."
And then the door closed with a bang. He was speechless for a moment, before a smile appeared into his lips, which quickly turned into laughter. He stood up, placed his hands on his pockets, and strode towards the closed door. He knocked at the door, a smile plastered in his lips.
"I told you to stay at the couch, perverted Takumi!" Misaki yelled from inside the bedroom.
"That's so sly of you, Misa-chan. We aren't married yet and you're already letting me stay in the couch."
He grinned as he waited for a response. There was no movement in his bedroom for a while. When he finally decided that he would let her study in peace, he heard heavy footsteps coming closer. He prepared himself for what was to come as the door swung violently.
"You're right. I should go home now," she said angrily, her face red.
When she tried to walk pass him, he caught her waist and then carried her, despite her struggles, back to the bed.
"You can stay here, Misa-chan. I promise to behave now."
She stopped struggling and looked at his face suspiciously. Seeing the seriousness in his eyes, she huffed and then settled more comfortably to the bed. He smiled at her acquiescence. Leaning to her, he dropped a chaste kiss on her surprise lips before leaving the bed.
"I'll prepare some food for us."
She watched him with surprised eyes as he strode towards the door. He paused when he reached the doorway.
"Is Misa-chan fine with ice cream for dessert?"
"...yeah..."
And then he was gone, closing the door behind him. She stared at the door for long even when he was gone. Thoughts about the kiss they shared earlier crossed her mind. Now that he wasn't around to annoy her, she couldn't bring to the surface the anger she felt earlier. In fact, what she could remember was that the kiss was just like the previous ones they had shared, the ones that could make her breathless, and warm, and…
She slapped her forehead.
"I should stop thinking about stupid things," she muttered. Shaking her head, she picked her notes to continue studying. Before totally immersing herself to studying, a last thought crossed her mind.
'Ice could be sensual too…if he isn't terribly annoying, stupid alien.'
(9) "Ice." Microsoft® Encarta® 2009. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.
A/N: Next chapter will be out whenever I have it ready ;)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for those who celebrates the holidays!
-Arvendell-
18 December 2010
1:25 PM
