Chapter 13: Not Now But Later
"Why would you purposefully do this to Draco? What is there for her to learn from me? From my view of it, you're just being kinda rude and unfair as well as exacerbating a problem that could've been easily fixed," I say, voicing my displeasure of her actions.
"Do you not want her here?" Smith questions.
"I didn't say that," I sigh.
"Listen, Ryuta. I'm doing this for a good reason. You don't see it now but you will in time. Do you trust me on this?" She removes her glasses.
"I… I do," I answer.
She lays a hand on my cheek, her serious eyes maintaining contact with me.
"Then promise me. Promise that you'll do your very best for Draco no matter what," she says.
"I promise," I say.
"Show her why we call you… o-our sweetheart," her voice softens while she lightly blushes.
On one hand, that really warms my heart but on another, why is Smith so different today?
I put the back of my hand against her forehead, making her flinch and yelp.
"W-What are you doing?" She stammers, blushing harder.
"Making sure you're not sick. You're really out of character today. Is there something you're not telling me?" I ask.
"I-I'm fine! Really I am! Don't worry about me!" She assures, holding her hands up in front of her.
"You're burning up something fierce!" I say.
"I feel completely okay! You're just imagining stuff," she says.
"I don't think so," I scoop her off of her feet, bridal carrying her.
"R-Ryuta," she stutters, surprised.
More proof that Polt's training is benefitting me.
I don't think I would've had the strength to pick her up so easily a month ago.
Slowly but surely getting my high school self back.
Maybe I'll be able to pick up Tionishia as well.
That would be something.
"Are you actually sick? Just be honest already," I ask.
"I… I am," she admits.
"Didn't I tell you to take better care of yourself?" I say while walking up the stairs.
"I knooow," she groans.
Walking into my room, I shut the door with my foot.
"I'm not tired," she says.
"Then just lie down for a couple hours at the very least," I say, letting her down.
"Okay," she says.
"While you're doing that, I'm gonna go check on Lilith," I say.
She grabs the collar of my shirt before I can even move.
"You went out of your way to carry me here but you're not gonna help a woman undress?" She inquires, trying to bait me.
"I-I'm not gonna do that! You're perfectly capable to do that yourself," I say.
"How rude! I guess you're not as much of a sweetheart as I thought," she says, being melodramatic.
How lazy can she be?
If it'll get her off of my case so I can handle my business then so be it.
"Fine. Just no more playing games please," I sigh.
"Thank you, Sweetheart!" She looks over her shoulder, smiling at me.
Being extremely careful with my hands, I unbutton and take off her blazer as well as untie her tie and undo her dress shirt.
"So… how are you and Lilith?" She asks.
"Best of friends," I answer.
Lilith's moreso a second girlfriend but I don't think I can tell Smith that though I'm sure Polt already told her.
"That's good to hear. I knew she would take a liking to you," she says.
I really doubt that.
I remove her skirt.
Huh, white panties under pantyhose.
They seem to really hug her ass… not to mention really cameltoeing it up.
"Don't stare too long or that report's gonna be coming your way," she playfully warns.
"I-I'm not gonna do that!" I quickly say.
Shit! I slipped up!
"So you are staring then?" She giggles.
"Y'know what I meant!" I shout.
"Do you think it's nice?" She questions.
"Is what nice?" I try to act dumb.
"Is… do you think my ass is nice?" She inquires sheepishly, sticking her butt out at me.
"Smith, what the hell is going on?" I say.
"I'm just trying to make conversation is all. Answer the question please!" She says defensively.
"You have a really nice ass as well as some amazing legs. That's the truth," I compliment honestly.
"I appreciate that very much," she says.
"You're welcome," I say as she goes and sits on the side of my bed.
Kneeling down, I take off her heels, struggling not to look dead ahead at her crotch.
"There you go. I'm all done," I say, standing up.
"Hey, do you think I'm sexy?" She suddenly asks, putting her glasses on the nightstand.
"You're an attractive woman and that's all I'll say," I answer hastily.
I really don't wanna get into this because she could definitely get me to act if she keeps pushing it and for all I know, it's only a game to her and nothing more.
"Would you have sex with me?" She says.
And there it goes.
How about I just tell her?
"Let me be real with you. I haven't had sex for the last two weeks because Polt has been busy and you're not helping me in the slightest. I honestly… I honestly wanna throw myself at you right now more than ever before! So I ask that you stop this flirting and sexual teasing game of yours when we both know nothing will come of it especially with that stupid law in place," I bluntly lay out how I'm currently feeling.
"Then let's break the fucking law, Ryuta! That's where I'm at right now as well!" she says, agitated.
I think that's the first time she ever swore or even sounded mad.
Kinda takes me back a bit.
"S-Smith," I say, surprised at her outburst.
"I want you. Even if it's just once, please sleep with me," she begs softly, her hand rubbing my crotch.
I can't take it anymore! Fuck it!
I slam my mouth against hers with a hand on her cheek, clashing tongues as we hungrily kiss.
Pushing her on her back and pulling her bra up, her boobs fall out.
Caressing her chest with my hands, I break the deep kiss, opting to alternate between sucking and pulling on her nipples with my mouth, hearing her moan.
Slowly trailing kisses from her chest to her midriff, she suddenly grabs my shirt, preventing me from going further down.
"We… need to stop, Ryuta," she says.
"Something wrong?" I ask, worried as I get off of her and sit beside her.
Sitting up, she puts her glasses back on, looking really sad and disappointed.
"This… is far from the right time to be doing this. I'm sorry. I fucked up," she says, pulling her bra back down and buttoning up her shirt.
"What do you mean?" I say, confused.
"Let me tell you something, Ryuta. I work these long strenuous hours everyday with zero raises. I come home to no one and drink to make that desire for romantic intimacy with someone or even just sex go away. Guess the desperate part of me decided today felt like the right day to try to sleep with you hence why I was acting so weird," she explains.
"I… didn't know. That's rough. You don't need to feel that way anymore though. I'm interested in you and I care about you just as much as I care about Polt and the others," I say, slowly grabbing her hand.
Even if Draco doesn't care for me at the moment, she's my home stay now and I'll see to it that she gets the same treatment. The same thing Smith went out of her way and felt the need to ask of me!
She smiles just a bit.
"You really are a sweetheart… but what I did was still wrong," she says softly.
"How so?" I question.
"There are far more important matters we both need to take care of first. Draco needs you far more than I do at the moment despite how it looks so I request that we please put this away to continue to do our jobs," she says, letting my hand go.
"I… I understand," I say reluctantly.
"I need to go now. It's for the best," she says, standing up.
I quickly jump up and hug her as tightly as I can.
"You don't have to go. Besides, you're sick and need to rest for a bit. Please do at least that much… for me," I beg.
"I'm afraid I can't do that. If I don't force myself to leave, I'll want to stay for a few more days and only get in the way. As for my fever, I'll be fine. It could be said that this is my punishment for deciding to blow off something that could possibly be a serious matter in exchange to be selfish," she says, hugging back.
"Damn it," I say, pained.
Letting go of me, she throws on the rest of her clothes.
"As of right now, we're not gonna talk about this anymore," she says.
What?!
"You're telling me that we're gonna act like this never happened?! I can't do tha-," she suddenly kisses my lips, her hands on my cheeks.
Kissing back, I put my hands on her hips.
She slowly pulls her lips away.
"Put this out of your mind for now. That's all I'm asking." she says gently.
"And when will we pick this back up?" I question.
"I couldn't honestly tell you," she answers.
"Just… not now but later?" I say.
"Exactly," she says.
That really sucks but I'll do as she asked.
Going over to the door, I open it for her.
"I'll see you around. Hopefully, we can continue much sooner rather than later," she says, smirking.
"I look forward to it," I smile, giving her a smack on the ass to her surprise.
"If there's something that really sets you apart from your brother, you're definitely daringly forward," she says, blushing.
"That's because I'm not a chicken but then again he also had to obey the law when intercourse was illegal so surely he's not like that anymore," I say.
"You might be surprised. Anyway, I need to go," she says.
"You're going to still show up for food and stuff, right?" I ask.
"Of course I am! I would be crazy not to!" she exclaims.
"Great because I like having you and MON come over," I say.
"Is that so? I got the impression you were annoyed at most," she points out.
"That's only when it gets overly chaotic and then all of you leave to avoid cleaning the mess you made," I retort
"What can I say? Can't help it when duty calls," she shrugs, giggling.
Back to normal, I see.
"Sure, that's what that is," I chuckle.
She grabs my left shoulder and leans over into my right ear.
"When that time comes, we're gonna be fucking until the bed breaks. You hear me?" Her voice has a hint of lustful aggression.
"Y-Yes, ma'am," I say, taken aback.
"Bye for now," she says, walking out.
"Bye… wait! Don't you have any advice for me about Draco?!" I shout, walking out of my room into the hallway.
She's already going down the stairs.
"Nope! All I can tell you is to keep being you. After all, that's how I fell for… things will work out. I'm sure of it," she says, not even turning her head to look at me.
"What was that middle part? You stopped yourself," I question.
She dramatically speeds up.
"Don't worry about it. I'm gone now. Goodbye!" she talks very fast and swiftly exits via the front door.
That was odd.
I should've asked what that possibly serious matter was but it's probably best to not pry into government affairs.
In the meantime, I really need to tend to myself before anything else.
A/N: This was originally a much smaller scene within Part 2 but I decided to make it into its own chapter so I could add some stuff for… future context.