Sparking interest

Chapter 2

Kashi rubbed his head quickly with a small towel as he stepped out of the shower. He had taken Riza to a bar to help sooth her nervous fidgeting with a couple shots. The entire time she ranted about what she was going to do when she returned to work and how she thankfully had the day off to think of something to say. He ended up staying even after his old college room mate and best friend decided she had enough of the cheep jut box music and called herself a cab. Thankfully had caught the eye of a shapely blond awhile ago and much to Riza's unexplained disapproval, spent another hour of the night with her.

Hearing the door bell ring, he grunted and wrapped a towel around his hips before walking to the front door.

Who ever this was Riza must have known them to give them a key to the building. He glanced threw the peep whole and smirked as he saw Roy standing there holding a black jacket in his hands. Kashi devilishly chuckled before messing up his damp hair and pinched his neck creating a slight red mark.

He opened the door with a smile, but Roy's expression wasn't as thrilled. His eyes narrowed as he saw he was in a towel and had a red mark by his collar bone.

"Hey Roy, can I help you?" he asked looking innocently at him.

"Is Riza here, I need to talk to her" he grumbled. "She's still in the shower, she's still a little tipsy from last night, we went down to the bar and instead of the two martinis that get her just drunk enough she ordered another one. I mean two and she's good to go but anymore and she just becomes sloppy;" he rambled on inwardly smirking at Roy's hidden growl "but if you want to leave her a message ill gladly tell her" he finished.

"No thank you. Just give her this, she left it at the office the other day" he said handing him the jacket. "Oh I will thanks for brining it by" he said and took the jacket from him. "Oh and thanks for letting me bring her home early yesterday, I wanted last night to be perfect and believe me it really helped to get her out early." He said.

Roy gave a fake smile. "Well glad to help." He grumbled. Kashi smiled and waved as he tossed the jacket to the couch and shut the door.

Roy seethed and pulled his gloves out of his pants pocket. He moved to slip one on and burn the apartment down along with this new found boyfriend but then decided against it and opt to punch the wall instead hoping to relieve any pent up anger.

He took a few heavy raspy breaths before making his way down the hall. As Roy got into the elevator Kashi poked his head out, and glanced to the gently dented wall with wide eyes.

Riza sighed as she climbed the stairs to her apartment. Her lips curved upward as she remembered the first time she met Roy. He of course, was the same playboy, slobby procrastinator that he is today, but she was much the same as well. Always having to push him to do paper work and keep him in line while talking to higher ups. Even back then she had been to shy to tell Roy how she really felt. She sighed, and her happy expression resided back into a frown.

"What's the matter?" an all too familiar voice called from down the hall. She looked back to see Kashi sticking his head threw the doorway.

"Nothing why?" She asked as she turned and slowly walked back to the steal door. She moved to walk in but was blocked with Kashi's arm.

"Hmm…besides the fact that you were mumbling something to yourself, something so distracting, that you walked right by the apartment." He said raising an eye brow.

She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Fine, I was thinking about Roy now will you let me into my apartment?" she asked. He smirked and let his hand that had supported him against the door frame fall, allowing her passage.

She lifted her bag so she could squeeze threw. She grunted as she just fit threw and shot him a glare before tossing her keys onto the garnet counter top. She set the bag on the kitchen table and watched as he closed the door and slowly turned to stare at her.

"What?" she asked.

"Nothing" he said with a smirk. She rolled her eyes and started pulling her various grocery needs out of the brown paper sack. Kashi slowly walked over to her and pulled himself up onto the countertop staring down at her.

Trying to ignore his constant stare she finally gripped her fist and turned to him. "Is there something I can help you with?" she asked threw grit teeth.

He smiled "Sooo?" he muttered.

"Sooo what?" she echoed. "So what were you thinking?" he asked. She opened her mouth to say something but he interrupted "where to go for your first date?; your honeymoon perhaps, How you're going to seduce him?" he rambled.

"Kashi!" she growled. "What, hey I say just jump him. After what happened today he's going to be ready and willing" he said raising an eye brow as he opened the ice cream tub she had just bought and opened the drawer underneath him pulling out a spoon.

"What do you mean 'after what happened today'?" she asked, her eyes widening as she stared at him. He laughed and plopped the metal spoon into his mouth upside down. He pulled it out and glanced at it.

"Well, since today was you're day off, he came to return the jacket you left at Head Quarters." He said as he licked the remaining ice cream from the spoon before laughing out loud. "You should have seen his face when he saw me in just a towel!" He curled in laughter as she gapped.

"WHY! Why were you in a towel!" she half yelled panic stricken in her hazel eyes. He glanced at her and dug the spoon back into the cold treat in front of him.

"Well I wasn't expecting anyone and you were gone, so I jumped in the shower." He answered. "And when I stepped out I heard the door bell. I didn't have enough time to get dressed so I just wrapped a towel around myself and answered." He added.

"You answered the door like that!" she yelled. "Well I was hoping it was the girl I hit on yesterday after we went to that bar to clam your nerves after the little charade we did." He muttered

"YOU! Charade you did!" she yelled. "Aww come on" he whined.

"the first time I could let it slide, but if he keeps seeing us together the lies just going to get out of control!" she growled. "You would find this funnier if you saw the face he made" he mumbled.

Riza growled and threw one of the apples she had set on the bowl on the counter at him. He flinched as it hit his chest and opened one eye to see she had stormed from the kitchen.

"Oh yeah, just so you know, your hottie from the bar was a man!" she yelled In her wake, only to hear the metal spoon clack on the tile floor and him sputtering and coughing while remembering their heated kiss in the dim light of the singles bar.

Maddie brown

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Thanks to by first two fans Selene Illusinia and loyalsoul.

I hope to receive more reviews from both of you and anyone else who would like to give constructive criticism. I absolutely love support for my writing because well I don't get much of it from home.

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