"I am giving you my pinky promise", she said and extended her Pinky finger in his direction .

He stood there all bemused because of her childish innocence . Her face looked all angelic and divine to him . And that smile of hers and that dimple that played on her cheeks, he could wage wars for them .

"What I am gonna do with you Akira?", he mumbled and came closer .

With every step of his as he was closing into her periphery, he had a behemothian task surmounted on his head . He had to channel out all his energy to focus on anything else possible in that room apart from her .

"Ok, then tell me exactly where else you were hurt when you took a fall?", he asked .

"A bit on my shoulder and a bit on my ankle", Akira said sheepishly .

Then without a warning, his hands straddled her waist and he hoisted her up on the kitchen counter . He came so alarmingly close that Akira was about to scream .

"Oiiii, what are you doing?", she asked .

"What do you think am I doing?", he said giving her an annoyed look and kneeled down to check her ankle .

"It's just a bruise and it has healed very fast . See", she said and before he could inspect any further she removed her heels and turned her foot to the side so that he could see her almost healed bruise easily .

He held her foot very delicately in his palms and ran his fingers with a touch that made her s.h.i.+ver .

"Stop it!!! It tickles", she said all embarra.s.sed .

He smiled in his head knowing that her feet were erogenous . He buckled her shoe back on her foot and then he slowly got up, his hands tracing her leg upwards till they reached hemline of her skirt . Eager to trace further, his hands itched, his veins throbbed and his heart exploded, but he commanded them to rest . He realized at that moment, he will never have enough of her .

She was rendered speechless by his reckless behavior . But how could she tell him to stop touching her like that when all that she wanted was his touch . She was rendered all breathless and it was all fascinating and new for her . The rising and falling waves of the warmth of his hand blurred all her abilities . She felt all helpless as his proximity increased . Her eyes struggled to keep themselves open like she had been drugged .

"Is this why they say love is like a drug", she wondered .

He rested his hands near her knee and leaned a bit further and said,

"So coming back to the deal, I need to know how truly you will stand by your words"

"You tell me how you want me to prove it?", she said struggling to gather her words and syllables .

"Fine"

"You are looking super pretty today", Raymond said unabashedly and started deep into her eyes .

"Huh . . . oh . . . ok", she started stammering .

He was amused to see her struggle with her words . After giving her a few seconds to recover he said in a complaining tone,

"See our friends.h.i.+p isn't working . I gave you a compliment, but what did I get back? Nothing . How is this working as per your so-called hypothesis?"

"Well . . . . Well, you always look das.h.i.+ng and I guess you get that a lot from others . So I didn't want to state the obvious", Akira said and made a quick escape .

He had clearly underestimated her . No wonder she was a smart one .

He looked at her for a while . His hands were inching closer and closer . A moment before they were resting on the sides of her knees and now they were slightly touching her . His thumb playing with her skin dangerously every now and then . He knew that he was voyaging into unknown territories, but that was totally not under his control .

"I am allergic to sandalwood smell, but I like lavender", he said and moved his nose close to the nape of her neck to take a waft of the faint lavender note . His senses got all muddled up with the soft smell of hers . His heart ached to touch her lips .

He immediately distanced himself from her and stood upright and said,

"There I gave you my secret, give me yours"

She straightened her head to be able to think straight and said,

"I hate it when people lie to me and I am a sucker for Lindt chocolates", she said and giggled a bit .

The moment she finished her statement, all sorts of naughty and raunchy thoughts started running in his head . He locked his eyes on hers again and said,

"Wait for me" .

He brushed her nose gently with his index finger and went to his bedroom .

Akira's mind was boggling thinking about what just happened . She didn't know how and why she had started flirting back with him .

"Is any of this even real? What the h.e.l.l is going on?", she thought in her head and pinched herself .

"I have something that I want to 'give' you", Raymond said focussing on the word 'give' .

He came close and took her palm in his and placed a Lindt on her hand . She saw the small ball of happiness in her hand and her eyes gleamed with happiness .

"This guy is so thoughtful", she thought and started unwrapping it quickly .

Just when she had put half of it in her mouth, she saw him move extremely close to her . His body completely leaning over hers and his face just inches away .

"I thought we were sharing", he said with a smirk on his face .

She couldn't understand and neither could she speak as her mouth was half filled . She just raised her eyebrows all surprised with his statement . But before she could act out, one of his arms had cupped her face and with another around her waist, she was pulled forward . The s.p.a.ce between them had evaporated and all that was left was intimacy . His face was right there, his lips ready to steal away half of the treat .

"I am giving you my pinky promise", she said and extended her Pinky finger in his direction

.

He stood there all bemused because of her childish innocence . Her face looked all angelic and divine to him . And that smile of hers and that dimple that played on her cheeks, he could wage wars for them

.

"What I am gonna do with you Akira?", he mumbled and came closer

.

With every step of his as he was closing into her periphery, he had a behemothian task surmounted on his head . He had to channel out all his energy to focus on anything else possible in that room apart from her

.

.

"Ok, then tell me exactly where else you were hurt when you took a fall?", he asked

.

"A bit on my shoulder and a bit on my ankle", Akira said sheepishly

.

Then without a warning, his hands straddled her waist and he hoisted her up on the kitchen counter . He came so alarmingly close that Akira was about to scream

.

"Oiiii, what are you doing?", she asked

.

"What do you think am I doing?", he said giving her an annoyed look and kneeled down to check her ankle

.

"It's just a bruise and it has healed very fast . See", she said and before he could inspect any further she removed her heels and turned her foot to the side so that he could see her almost healed bruise easily

.

He held her foot very delicately in his palms and ran his fingers with a touch that made her s.h.i.+ver

.

"Stop it!!! It tickles", she said all embarra.s.sed

.

He smiled in his head knowing that her feet were erogenous . He buckled her shoe back on her foot and then he slowly got up, his hands tracing her leg upwards till they reached hemline of her skirt . Eager to trace further, his hands itched, his veins throbbed and his heart exploded, but he commanded them to rest . He realized at that moment, he will never have enough of her

.

She was rendered speechless by his reckless behavior . But how could she tell him to stop touching her like that when all that she wanted was his touch . She was rendered all breathless and it was all fascinating and new for her . The rising and falling waves of the warmth of his hand blurred all her abilities . She felt all helpless as his proximity increased . Her eyes struggled to keep themselves open like she had been drugged

.

"Is this why they say love is like a drug", she wondered

.

He rested his hands near her knee and leaned a bit further and said, .

.

"So coming back to the deal, I need to know how truly you will stand by your words" .

.

"You tell me how you want me to prove it?", she said struggling to gather her words and syllables

.

"Fine" .

.

"You are looking super pretty today", Raymond said unabashedly and started deep into her eyes

.

"Huh . oh . ok", she started stammering

.

He was amused to see her struggle with her words . After giving her a few seconds to recover he said in a complaining tone, .

.

"See our friends.h.i.+p isn't working . I gave you a compliment, but what did I get back? Nothing . How is this working as per your so-called hypothesis?" .

.

"Well Well, you always look das.h.i.+ng and I guess you get that a lot from others . So I didn't want to state the obvious", Akira said and made a quick escape

.

.

He had clearly underestimated her . No wonder she was a smart one

.

He looked at her for a while . His hands were inching closer and closer . A moment before they were resting on the sides of her knees and now they were slightly touching her . His thumb playing with her skin dangerously every now and then . He knew that he was voyaging into unknown territories, but that was totally not under his control

.

"I am allergic to sandalwood smell, but I like lavender", he said and moved his nose close to the nape of her neck to take a waft of the faint lavender note . His senses got all muddled up with the soft smell of hers . His heart ached to touch her lips

.

He immediately distanced himself from her and stood upright and said, .

.

"There I gave you my secret, give me yours" .

.

She straightened her head to be able to think straight and said, .

.

"I hate it when people lie to me and I am a sucker for Lindt chocolates", she said and giggled a bit

.

The moment she finished her statement, all sorts of naughty and raunchy thoughts started running in his head . He locked his eyes on hers again and said, .

.

"Wait for me"

.

He brushed her nose gently with his index finger and went to his bedroom

.

Akira's mind was boggling thinking about what just happened . She didn't know how and why she had started flirting back with him

.

"Is any of this even real? What the h.e.l.l is going on?", she thought in her head and pinched herself

.

"I have something that I want to 'give' you", Raymond said focussing on the word 'give'

.

He came close and took her palm in his and placed a Lindt on her hand . She saw the small ball of happiness in her hand and her eyes gleamed with happiness

.

"This guy is so thoughtful", she thought and started unwrapping it quickly

.

Just when she had put half of it in her mouth, she saw him move extremely close to her . His body completely leaning over hers and his face just inches away

.

"I thought we were sharing", he said with a smirk on his face

.

She couldn't understand and neither could she speak as her mouth was half filled . She just raised her eyebrows all surprised with his statement . But before she could act out, one of his arms had cupped her face and with another around her waist, she was pulled forward . The s.p.a.ce between them had evaporated and all that was left was intimacy . His face was right there, his lips ready to steal away half of the treat