43. Play a Game With Me!
Somin and Teho
Frantic"knocks" on the flat door disturbed Somin from her failed attempts to focus on reading in order to relax from the whole day of working. She tiredly opened the door.
"Coming!" Somin expected to see Mia, even though the night was still young.
Late enough to fall asleep with a book, but not to be back from a dancing marathon.
Would the party be so short?
Somin yawned, already clothed in her pajamas—a pink and green cactus print set.
"Well look who the cat dragged in," she remarked, seeing the slightly red face of Teho snickering back at her.
What? Somin's face revealed shock.
"Wanna play a game?" the slow-downed boy asked without pretense, honest as one could be.
We're friends after all. Teho smiled drunkenly.
Now, when it was clear Mia wouldn't be at his side for a while, he wanted to check if the Somin chemistry had finally left. Testing his hypothesis that it was due to the frustration from the lack of intimacy.
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The loneliness of Teho's flat made him restless.
There was nobody comfortable to socialize with who stayed around for a Saturday night. All his roommates went home after an early lunch together.
He couldn't make himself stay still or work for that matter, feeling guilty he had bailed out of the party, leaving Mia alone with her girlfriends heading to the club. He made a bullshit excuse about meeting them later. Although she looked more than alright just in their company.
He had a few beers with all of the familiar faces while out with the gorgeous dancer, but couldn't find the right mood. The day, well spent outside shooting, couldn't have ended on a more sour note. To prevent ruining his reputation, feeling moody and too drunk to stay polite, he quietly left.
Well, Somin is alone at home, let's have some fun.
His drunken self felt immense relief that the opportunity invited itself this smoothly.
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"Are you drunk?" Somin asked.
"Aren't you?" he asked back, holding the frame of her door a bit too tightly.
"No, I'm not," she said. Being alone the whole day she hadn't felt the urge to pour some.
"How should I've known? I hoped to match your spirits," he enunciated.
"Are you even aware that you basically drink every day?" the boy said, alcohol honesty letting it out.
"Fuck you," she said, insulted.
He's not wrong though, damn. Somin felt ashamed of the bad habit.
"Where's Mia?" Somin asked to change the topic, also curious.
Why else would he be here without her? Her mind worked on a hundred percent.
"Dancing," he answered.
"Huh," Somin let out, "So why aren't you dancing, Romeo?" she mocked him.
"Come and play with me," he asked, skipping the dancing question.
"Don't be like that," he commented on her pajamas touching the hem of her top playfully.
"Thorny, dry, and threatening," his intoxicated mind made a link between her and the cactus.
His fingers traced the shape of the green buttons. Tugging on them gently.
I don't even know what I'm doing. Teho couldn't stop smiling.
But there it was again, the feeling in his stomach that was absent with Mia. This exciting nervousness—like stepping over a threshold with eyes closed.
"How many beers did you have?" Somin was curious, feeling a bit scared to be alone with him, moving his wandering hand away with a smack. It only made him smile wider.
I must be out of my mind.
"Four," Teho said, hand back at its gentle exploring business.
"So that's a four times NO. Sleep it off or play with yourself," she said sharply, pushing his palm with force, her heart pumping with excitement.
"Ya! Play, what now?" He was shocked by her audacity while she closed the door on him, pushing his face out of the frame.
What the hell was that? Her heart raced, thundering like never before.
Somin made it to the counter, opening some wine, at last, to ease her confused mind.
I don't want to go to his place, do I?
The unwanted answer formed in her mind.
But the clear answer didn't come to her. Instead, a feeling of want lingered on her skin when cold buttons touched it, being pushed by his hand.
Just as the confused girl finished her first glass the urgent knocks came alive again.
What the actual fuck? Why does he make it sound like a song?
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