Touch Me Deeper

Chapter Seven: Bold Idea

“The food's here”, Rose squealed

running to the door to receive the delivery man while Arnold stayed seated on the

couch laughing at her cute excitement.

“So can we actually start playing poker now after like ten warm-up rounds?”, he asked, growing impatient. “You're so eager”, Rose complained, coming back into the living room and putting the food down on the couch table. But he was right, Rose were stalling the game because she dreaded taking her clothes off in front of him. It's not like she felt uncomfortable around him, or he hasn't seen her naked.

It was the fact that this was the first step for every other kinky thing on the list,, and she'd be crossing a line. And she were sure that what comes next, is a one-way street. Being pretty excited and nervous about it, she had managed to convince him to start playing

strip UNO only when the food has arrived. So, the time had come.

Rapid.

"Let me take a bite of my taco, and then we

can begin, she yielded nevertheless. Rose bit off a piece off her taco and hummed

in happiness. It was as tasty as expected.

“Delicious”, she mumbled, closing her eyes and letting out a soft sigh. Arnold stared at her in awe and giggled, seeing her practically melt while eating Mexican food for the first time in her life.

“I still can't believe you ordered both, tacos and sushi”, he said, unwrapping his taco and opening the box of sushi. Rose always wanted to try tacos, but she was afraid to try new things and plus were also desiring sushi, so she

couldn't stop herself from getting both.

“Don't complain. I know you're the one

who's going to eat more than half of the

su-", Arnold cut her off by stuffing a big roll of

sushi into her mouth with his chopsticks.

Rose struggled a little and almost spit it all

out, but since that would be a shameless

waste of food, she slowly tried to chew it. Arnold laughed seeing her fight with the sushi roll, but then the look in his eyes changed as if one had turned a switch, it looked like he had an idea, a very bold idea.

He leaned forward, tilted his head to the

side and bit off the other half of the sushi

roll that didn't fit in Rose's mouth, brushing his lips against hers in the process. Rose had to remember herself how to breathe while trying not to choke on the rest of the sushi in her mouth.

Did he just kissed her?

"The sushi's good too, isn't it?", Arnold asked

flippantly giving her a flirtatious look. But it wasn't really a kiss. Her lips barely touched and he just wanted a bite of her sushi-that happened to be already halfway in her mouth. Rose nodded slowly and finally managed to swallow the sushi after you had chewed

carefully. No heimlich manoeuvre today.

“Well then, deal the card”, Arnold asked, still looking at her with a smirk plastered on his face.

Rose grumbled in response, still mad at him because of the sushi incident, but her mind was still stuck on how soft his soft lips felt on hers.

She began playing with the fact that she was awful in playing cards. She had to draw cards almost every time and eventually lost against him.

“Strip”, he demanded, smiling smugly after he put down his last card. “Fine”, Rose rumbled and took off her left sock.

“You got to be kidding me”, he groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose, “this is going to take forever. Stop being so prudish. Take off at least both socks.”

“Okay”, Rose gave in, rolling her eyes, “next round.” She dealt the cards, played and lost. Again. “Go ahead, take off your hoodie”, he said, piercing her with his devilish eyes. Rose sighed deeply and pulled the hoodie over her head. She was still wearing a light t-shirt underneath, so her body wasn't fully exposed yet.

She played the next round and finally won. She smiled and demanded Arnold to take off a clothing item. He winked at her, making her red instantly, and took off his t-shirt.

This time she didn't sneak a peek at him, she just bluntly travelled her eyes over his naked chest down to his abs carving his flawless caramel skin.

“Like what you see?”, he asked, dealing the cards for the next round.

“No”, she answered to defy him and puckered her lips. Arnold chuckled, amused, and played his first card.

Fourth round, Rose lost again. “This is so unfair. You're cheating or something”, she whined, tugging on the hem of her t-shirt.

“I'm not. Rules are rules, take off that shirt, Rose”, he said with a complacent smile. She removed her shirt and pressed her lips into a thin line, agitated now that she were only left in her sweatpants and black cotton bra. She was so glad that she had put on that one instead of the pink one which had a thin ribbon straps.

Arnold's eyes slowly wandered over her figure, a small smirk still playing on his lips “Stop drooling, Arnold”, Rose warned him.

“How can I not?”, he flirted, making eye contact with her just so that her cheeks turned red right on command. Rose quickly dealt the cards for the next round, so his attention wouldn't be on her anymore. This game seemed to be cursed because of her, as she lost again.

“Pants”, was the only word Arnold uttered, his eyes never leaving Rose's almost naked figure.

Rose thanked the universe in silence that she was freshly shaved and wearing plain black panties. Otherwise, it could have been a very embarrassing moment. So, she got up and slowly pulled down her sweatpants, well aware of Arnold'd stare. Why did she agree to this again? She couldn't say that she regretted it, though.

There was something about the adrenaline rush that she was feeling while standing in front of him only in her undergarments, and the way he seemed to take off the rest only with his hungry gaze. Rose felt… desired. And she liked that feeling of being wanted.

“If I'm already half-naked, I might as well eat”, she said, changing the subject and sat back down on the couch. He watched her gleefully with a wide smile tugging on the corners of his lips. He looked cute, but she knew that there were other thoughts happening in his mind. “Thanks for the food, by the way”, she said, swallowing the last bit of her taco.

“You're welcome”, he said leaning in, “oh, you have a small…”

And kissed her.

“Small crumb here”, he said.