melt

"Quick!" Rebecca urged, but there was amusement in her tone. "Get it inside or it will melt!"

"Jesus, woman. Give me a chance," Jean replied, huffing up the stairs. God, why did she need to buy so much stuff every time she went shopping? Damn lift was broken in her apartment building as well and he was the sad sap who offered to carry everything up the stairs for her. Not that he minded in the slightest, most of the time, but it was a sweltering hot day and lugging all her bags up the stairs wasn't an easy feat.

"Hurry up," she replied with a roll of her eyes. "And stop being such a baby."

"I'm not being a baby," he pouted petulantly, then grinned when he heard her laugh.

Jean dropped the bags inside her apartment with a relieved huff. Rebecca dove for the ice cream and put the two tubs in her freezer right away.

"I'd never forgive you if you let my ice cream go to ruin," she stated, flopping down on her couch to join him. Jean wrapped his arms around her tightly, drawing her against his chest.

"It's ice cream. It cost about two hundred cenz. I'd go out and get you more."

"The point still stands," she replied firmly. "I'd melt you if you ever let that happen," she joked.

"Oh yeah? Well, I really will melt on the spot if you make me go back out in that heat." For effect, he puffed air upwards out of his mouth to shift his fringe.

"Hmm, I could arrange that for you." Rebecca shifted around so she was resting on her side, her hand splayed across her chest, her fingers gently playing with the collar of his t-shirt. Jean rose an eyebrow at her, asking her wordlessly to elaborate. "I could make you melt…" Her grin was seductive as she cast her eyes up at him through her eyelashes.

"Hm, I bet I could make you melt too," he smirked, gently placing his thumb and forefinger underneath her chin. He knew he could, just with his fingers alone. He made a point to glance down at them, then back up to her face. Rebecca's expression turned hungry in an instant, catching onto his meaning.

"Challenge accepted," she murmured, pressing her lips against his, hard.