A/N: Next chapter.
Chapter 17: Innuendo
Vanellope moaned as Ralph kissed her, pressing her up against the wall in the secluded back hallway of Tapper's. His hand ran it's way up her thigh as he moved his lips down to kiss her neck. She trembled and gasped and arched up off the wall. She wrapped her arms around him tightly and –
"Ralph?" Vanellope asked.
Ralph snapped out of it and his eyes refocused on the sight before him.
They were still on the dancefloor. Vanellope was still in his arms and looking down at him, a little more concerned than euphoric like she had been a minute ago. She was breathing heavily still, and her legs were clenched tightly around his waist.
Ralph blushed at his uncharacteristically x-rated train of thought.
"You okay?" Vanellope asked.
Ralph had been fine just a minute ago, she was sure. He hadn't even broken a sweat while they were dancing. Then his eyes had glazed over for a moment. When he'd started to breath heavily she'd been a little concerned. She was pretty sure it wasn't because of added weight.
"Umm..." Ralph cleared his throat. "Yeah, I'm fine. Wanna go sit down for a bit?"
"Okay." Vanellope answered. Ralph set her down gently, then let her lead the way back to the bar.
When they got back to their seats Calhoun was smirking like a cat who ate the canary. Ralph ignored her.
"Trust her to just know that sort of thing..." Ralph thought. He was fairly sure no one else had noticed. Calhoun had a heightened sense of perception because of her weird soldier programming.
"Ralph, I never knew you could dance." Felix said, sounding amiably impressed.
"Me neither." Ralph replied.
"We should do this all the time!" Vanellope exclaimed. She took a large swig of the drink Ralph had ordered.
"You mean like double dating?" Felix mused.
"Yeah!" "No!" Vanellope and Ralph answered at the same time.
"Aww, why not Ralph? You certainly looked like you were having a good time." Calhoun teased.
"Oh, you wouldn't mind having your date night intruded on?" Ralph challenged.
"Touché." Calhoun conceded.
"Oh, we wouldn't mind at all." Felix answered eagerly. Calhoun lightly cuffed him on the head.
"But I like dancing." Vanellope insisted. "Oooh! We could go dancing at DDR instead!" She said in excitement at her idea.
"Noooo!" Ralph protested. "I can't stand that place."
"Why?" Vanellope asked.
"It's too loud." Ralph insisted.
"It isn't." Vanellope said.
"I don't like the music either." Ralph went on. "I bet they never play slow songs." He reasoned.
Vanellope turned pink at that and smiled shyly into her mug.
"I'm sure we can find other ways to occupy the time." Ralph assured. Then paused as he realized the innuendo. Calhoun snickered.
"We could dance at my place." Vanellope offered. "There wouldn't be a crowd or anything, we'd be alone and could dance however we wanted."
Ralph face palmed as Calhoun started giggling. Felix, wisely, said nothing.
"What'd I say?" Vanellope asked. All three of the others just shook their heads.
+++[Fix-It Felix Jr.]+++
Later that night Vanellope dropped Ralph off at Fix-It Felix Jr. It was getting on towards dawn and almost time for the arcade to open, but there was a little time to spare.
"I had a lot of fun tonight." Vanellope said, trying not to sound silly and shy about it. But then again, it was their first 'date' so maybe she was allowed.
"I'm glad." Ralph said.
"You're supposed to say 'I had a good time too'." Vanellope admonished with a pout.
"It was alright." Ralph replied. Vanellope rolled her eyes.
"You just never give an inch!, do you? Vanellope protested, causing Ralph to chuckle.
"Yeah, yeah alright. I had a good time too." Ralph admitted.
Ralph patted Vanellope on the head and leaned down a little to kiss her on the forehead as a goodbye. Vanellope, seeing the cues, wasn't going to have any of that. Just as Ralph bent just a little she got up on her tiptoes and angled her head upwards.
Ralph froze for a split second as his lips met Vanellope's. The sudden impact and the change in the atmosphere of their interaction caught him off guard. He'd thought they'd been having a cute little friendly moment...
His brain caught up to the moment and realized he should probably be protesting this... But the rest of him vetoed. Ralph moved his hand from the top of Vanellope's head to the side and tilted it into a better position to deepen the kiss.
Vanellope brought her hands up Ralph's shoulders and squeezed. Her legs were getting a little wobbly. She felt Ralph's other arm wrap around her waist and sighed happily at the sensation. It made her feel so safe. She leaned a little into the embrace as Ralph squeezed.
They stayed like this for a moment and then-
"Eep!" Vanellope yelped as she jumped away.
"What?" Ralph asked, sounding as startled as Vanellope looked.
"You just..." Vanellope seemed like she didn't know how to put it. She was holding her bottom like she'd hurt it somehow...
"Ah." Ralph said after a moment, realizing what had happened. Vanellope was looking up at him, confusion and upset all over her face. Ralph honestly didn't know what to say to this.
The first thought that came to mind was that he thought it was ridiculous that she seemed to be objecting to this, admittedly somewhat unintentional, action on his part, considering her behavior. But then again...
They both just stood there awkwardly.
Ralph got a brilliant idea. He raised his hand dramatically, looked at it very crossly, and lightly slapped it with his other hand.
Vanellope giggled despite herself. Ralph gave her a reassuring smile.
"Won't do it again." He stated with confidence.
Vanellope didn't think that wasn't exactly the answer to the problem she wanted, but didn't know what her other options were.
"Good night Ralph." Vanellope said with a smile.
"Night, you goob." Ralph replied as Vanellope headed to her kart.
Ralph closed the door to his little house and leaned against it as he heard Vanellope drive away.
"Ralph, you are such an idiot." He said to himself with conviction. "You really need to stop this."
A/N: You guys all kept making Vanellope out to be this weird temptress, I just thought I'd undercut that she's NOT.
This chapter actually was a little late. I spent all day drawing today instead.
I'm too tired for review response this time. It's like 3 AM. Sorry guys.