Drabble:147

Rose was a very attractive woman, Dimitri knew that. Hell, anyone with a pair of functional eyes could verify that. With her dark eyes and hair contrasted against her almond-flesh skin-tone, she was beautiful on her worst days. On her best, she was drop-dead stunning.

That was a well-established fact.

Dimitri knew that she was the fantasy of not only him, but of many men at Court, even some of their guardian friends, so yes, he was well aware of her beauty (and hotness) and how eyes always roved her whenever she walked into a room.

But on Halloween's that year, she….left him breathless….him and rest of the testosterone fueled male population present at Court.

He'd been assigned to supervise one of the main costume parties at Court (and the one which his Roza was slated to attend), so there he was, standing in the corner, doing his thing when she arrived.

He'd always had this way of sensing whenever Rose walked into a room, so the moment he 'felt' her nearby, he automatically looked away from the entry point he'd been perusing and looked at her. And looked. And looked. So did the rest of the guys and even some women present there, many with their jaws dropping….because Roza was dressed in leather. Skin-tight, figure hugging black leather.

Rose had complained to him on several occasions that week about how she didn't want to put on the costume Lissa had bought for her, and he knew that she'd even tried to persuade Lissa to let her wear something else, but Lissa had persisted. And won (thankfully). So here Rose was….dressed in that.

Nonchalantly, as if she couldn't feel every eye on the place trained on her, Rose picked up a few snacks in a disposable plate from the buffet table and after saying hello to a few of her friends in the room, she made her way over to him, and all the while Dimitri's eyes never shifted from her. Her and her black stiletto heels, and red lipstick and brushed-back hair and...whatever she was wearing.

"I take it that you like it", Rose said teasingly, when she reached him, her bright eyes sparkling with mischief.

"Oh Roza", Dimitri groaned appreciatively, the sound making her chuckle. He surveyed her from head to toe another time before asking her who she was supposed to be.

"Selina Kyle", she replied primly.

"Catwoman?", Dimitri asked confusedly, his inner geek coming out. "Doesn't she have-?"

"A mask?", Rose interjected cheekily. "I wasn't really feeling it. Besides, putting on that mask would have deprived you of seeing my beautiful face, and I couldn't let that happen now, could I?"

"You're always beautiful, Roza.", Dimitri replied faithfully. "Always, even when you almost burn down our kitchen"

"That was just twice!", Rose protested. When Dimitri arched an eyebrow at her, she amended, "This month."

"Yeah", Dimitri chuckled. "But tonight…tonight you're not just beautiful, you're-"

"Hot?"

"Scorching", Dimitri affirmed. "And by the way everyone's gawking at you, you know so too"

"I don't care what everyone else thinks", Rose replied, a blush working its way up her neck at his compliment. In all the time they'd known each other, Dimitri had never called her hot. Beautiful, yes. Gorgeous, yes. But hot, never till now.

"You wanna know what I think?", he asked intensely, in a low voice.

"What?", she asked breathlessly, feeling flushed by the way he was looking at her.

"You should work the room for the next eight minutes"

"Huh?", Rose asked incredulously, wondering how they had gone to discussing her social life from what Dimitri thought of her costume.

"You should, because my shift ends in eight more minutes. Seven and a half now", he clarified. "And after I'm done here, you won't be seeing anyone till tomorrow morning, so I suggest you go mingle. Now"

She did. For seven more minutes.

And then Dimitri took her home. And worshipped her with his body. And eyes. And lips. And hands.

And Lissa received a wonderful thank you gift from Rose, on both her and Dimitri's behalf.

Guess who's back!

So my exams are done, so yay! I'll try going back to my normal writing schedule, so expect new drabbles soon. And I've had a couple of request to pen a few scenes, so fear not, I'll get to them in due time (if I remember)

So thank you for reading, lovelies, and thanks for sticking around. Don't forget to review!