The Pursuit of the Unknown

WE MEET ONCE AGAIN!

ROSA POV

“Okay, don’t take too long.  Let me go to the bathroom real quick, yeah?”

“Don’t get lost Rosa!” Hazel said with a hint of laughter in her tone.  She turned around to search for the bathroom, ‘It couldn’t be that hard right?’ she said to herself. A few steps to what looked like a private passage, she felt a chill go down her spine and goosebumps all over her body. ‘Why am I getting this feeling?’ she took a look around her, praying that there was no one following her or anything creepy. She followed the passage and ended up on the other side of the club with restricted entry. She was internally reeling, regretting ever entering this wicked place anyway. She turned in another direction to go back and find Hazel, but somehow the corridor she had taken now had many ways in and out of it -she was literally lost. In an effort to retrace her steps, she turned around and decided to walk backwards and a few seconds later, she comes into contact with what seemed to be a bumpy wall. “Sheesh! What a poorly maintained club! With such bumpy walls!” she said out loud.

“Ahem! Do I look like a wall?” she heard the voice of a man behind her and gets the worst embarrassment of her life. She turns around slowly, hoping to apologize then walk away quietly.

“I am sorry sir, it is my mistake. I –“before she could even complete her apology, her mouth goes wide open in shock and she audibly gasps aloud. “You!” its that man she met a few streets away from her house, and she is looking at him with amusement in her eyes that is reflected by the faint smile on his face, ‘Gosh! This man is beautiful’ she was dumbstruck and couldn’t help herself but stare at him in amazement for a few seconds.

“I think you should start walking facing the direction you are taking, lest you find yourself crashing into ‘bumpy walls’. Do I feel like a wall sweet thing?” he asked her moving closer to her. When she saw this action, she naturally took a step back and this is what he wanted – to close her into a wall. Rosa, however was finding it difficult to catch her breath around this man, who was out-of-this-world beautiful.

“I ne- need to leave, my friend is waiting for me. I – I need the bathroom; I have to go. Pl- please excuse me.” She stammered, trying to create some distance between her and the mystery man. All the while, she avoided his gaze; there was something about it that hypnotized her, making her lose all sense of reasoning.

“Sweet thing,” the man whispered, his voice hoarse, “Have you any idea what I went through after you left me that night? I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I finally found you.” In her ear, before catching her earlobe with his teeth, grazing it lightly before sucking it. This made Rosa go into a frenzy; her legs uncontrollably trembled, she was panting lightly – no one, absolutely no one had that effect on her, then in came this mysterious man who unraveled her with simple actions, making her wanton in a heartbeat. She grabbed him by the collar and tried to push him away, little did she know that this turned him on all the more. With a groan, the mystery man closed the few centimeters that separated them and kissed her – feverishly. His hands roamed all over her body before grabbing her waist and crashing her small figure into his chest. He bit, licked and sucked her lips before slipping his tongue into her mouth and revelling at the warm yet cold contrast of it. She felt really good and this sensation was not something he was ready to let go of. She tasted so good, and this drove him wild – he lost control. A few minutes later, he lifted her, making her straddle him and he ground against her – he caught a whiff of her desire, before smiling wickedly against her mouth, “I see I am not the only one who longed for the other.”

 “I don’t feel anything for you, put me down.” Rosa said trying her level best to seem unphased, in fact she felt the exact same way he did and that scared her.

“Is that right?” he asked, his eyes darkening the slightest bit. “Then I hope you won’t mind if I carry on with my task.” With this, he caught her lips with his again – this time, a bit more fiercely. He grabbed her off the wall and went up to his private room without relenting in his tongue pursuit. Inexplicably, Rosa enjoyed it to the point that she couldn’t tell where she was after he stopped. He put her on his couch and crouched down to look at her, ”Do you know who I am sweet thing?”

Trying to catch her breath and hiding her flushed cheeks, she looked down and said,” No, I don’t know who you are. I mean no disrespect, but it is quite disturbing that you kiss me and this is only the second time we are meeting. I find this behavior very peculiar. Please don’t do it again.” Concluding, her voice breaking slightly, revealing the fear she felt towards this man. At the time she said those words, there was a dangerous aura that was exuded from him. He stood not too far from her and looked at her with no expression on his face. He moved closer to her, due to his height, he crouched down to make sure he is face to face with her,

“Luca Maldive – my name, and you are?” implying her to talk. All the while, he studied her eyes, yet as if he was reading her soul.  He saw how nervous Rosa was in front of him and this excited him, he lifted her chin and said, “You have beautiful eyes, Sweet thing, don’t hide them away by looking down.”

Rosa blushed red, and responded in a low voice, “My name Rosa Kimi. Please excuse me Mr Maldive, I need to leave and go fi-“ before she could finish her sentence, Luca immediately displayed his disapproval.

“You may not leave, you and I need to know each other more Sweet Rosa. Where are you from? Who are your parents? Who do you descend from? What’s your favorite color” Firing the questions at her one after the other, with clear inquisitiveness; he had every intention of knowing Rosa and yet she wanted nothing more than to leave this weird man, this club and just go home.

“I am sorry but there is somewhere I need to be. Please let me go and if possible, don’t do that again –  I hate having my privacy intruded upon.” Pulling down her skirt and walking out of the unknown room without looking back at him. Luca stood here, staring at her retreating form amazed at how he just got rejected. ‘Nobody ever rejects Luca Maldive!’ he thought to himself, not until he came across this young lady who happens to intrigue him much more than he is willing to admit.

As she walked downstairs, she came across a scary looking bald man by the door, and asked him for the exit. After getting the information she wanted, she couldn’t get out of there sooner. She arrived home after a short while and called Hazel to let her know she couldn’t stay, coming up with a lousy excuse for leaving without her knowledge, “Whatever Rosa, you couldn’t do this one thing for me – its okay anyways, I understand.” Hanging up, she felt her friendship with Hazel was hanging on loose thread. With a sigh, she headed to the bathroom to have a much-needed shower and had on straight to bed. As she changed into her sleep shirt, she felt the same chill she felt earlier at the club. She turned around in a start and found her bedroom window open. ‘Gosh! I was so scared!’ she closed the window and before closing the curtain, she took a quick look around to see if there was anyone there and after finding nothing, she put her paranoia to rest and just went to bed. She had no idea that what she thought was dream was actually reality!