It's Not Him, It's You

Chapter Seven: His Place

“Tell me why I chose to become a BS Bio student because I don’t know myself,” Jessica groaned as we met at the fields. She just finished another lecture inside BS Bio Laboratory.

“You gotta be kidding, right? I thought you took this course because you love Biology!” my eyes narrowed as turn around to face her.

“Oh, come on! I’m not kidding when I said I love Biology. It’s just that…I nearly vomited earlier,”

“Why is that?”

“We dissected a cat,” her face distorted into a disgusted one and I can’t help but laugh at her reaction.

“Want water?” I held out my water bottle.

“Thanks. You’re the best,” she groaned and gulped in a swift all the water. She then looks at the book I was currently reading.

“What is that?”

“A book,” I replied with my eyes still on the book.

“Thanks for stating the obvious,” she deadpanned.

“We have to make a reaction paper to one of classic literature and I decided to read The Alchemist again. I was 16 when I first read this one but not entirely,” I said.

“Ooh, Paulo Coelho? That’s nice,” she said and fetch out her phone inside her pocket. “Oh, you’re here?” she suddenly said. I realized she was talking to someone on the phone.

“Where are you, by the way?” she roamed her eyes around the field. “Oh, I’m at the fields,” she said. “Okay. Stay there,” she ended up the call and turned to me.

“Who’s that?”

“My cousin. He’s waiting in the cafeteria. Come on!”

“What?! Why should I?”

“You weren’t able to meet him the last time he visited here and he didn’t attend the party, so this is the time,” Jessica didn’t wait for my response. She pulled me up and together we went to the cafeteria.

Should I do this? I mean, Scion’s back to my life. The idea that I am meeting a guy at that party made him jealous that we ended up making out. I secretly fanned myself as I remember that night.

“I think this is a bad idea,” I said before we could reach the cafeteria.

“What? I thought you wanted someone to hook up to?”

“And that’s okay for you to use your cousin?”

“Well, I think so?” she giggled.

“No. I don’t think so. Besides, I’m…going out with someone,” I said, a hint of hesitance in my voice. I know to myself that I and Scion still got no label at all. I mean I enjoy his company and I’m still not ready to commit to something serious.

Jessica let go of my hand and I got scared. But then, slowly, her hands dramatically covered her mouth. “Gosh!” she squealed. “Are you for real?!” she added.

I just nodded as I felt my cheek heat up. Jessica quickly pulled me into a corner where we can talk privately.

“So, have you made out already?”

“What the hell, Jessica? Really? First question?”

“Oh, come on! Just answer me first!”

“Fine! Yes, we did. But just once,”

“Are you the first one to move or him?”

“I let him take the first move. Not me, duh,”

Her eyes sparkled, “I’m so proud of you!” she covered her mouth like she was about to cry.

“Goodness, Jessica. You’re making me uncomfortable,” I groaned as I look around. I got suddenly conscious.

“Whatever. Okay, since you made a valid reason. I won’t introduce you to my cousin anymore. You better be strangers, yeah,” she nodded with her hands on her chin.

“Gosh, you’re acting like you’re deciding on something critical,” I giggled at her.

So, Jessica let me off after that. I decided to spend some time in the library before my next class. I pass by the parking lot and a car caught my attention.

“Isn’t that Scion’s car?

Nah. How many people in this world own the same car as his? I’m sure there’s a big chance that you’ll find someone with the same model of car as yours.

I brush off the thought out of my mind and continued on my way to the library. It’s been three days since I last saw Scion. He must be very busy. He also told me before he left my apartment that night that he’ll be visiting his family for two days. I wonder if he’s back already.

It was 11 pm in the evening when I received a text from an unknown number. I was getting ready to get to bed when I received the message.

Meet me outside your apartment. Save my number. – It says. My forehead creases as I think who would be sending this to me.

Like a light bulb, my eyes lit up to the recognition.

Without a second thought, I save his number and called him.

“Hello?” I said and waited for him to say something.

“Hi. Do you want to come to my place?”

I gulped a big lump in my throat. His place?

“I miss you already and I want to cook something for you,” he said. “It’s okay if you have eaten dinner—”

“I haven’t. Wait for a minute,” I said and ended the call. To be honest with you, I don’t eat dinner. It’s part of my meal plan. I eat a huger meal in the morning, and back to regular at lunch. Then, I don’t bother eating anything at night.

I quickly wore a pair of denim shorts, an oversize white shirt, and my cream cardigan. I wore my sneakers, got my phone and purse, and went out of my apartment.

I am so eager to see him again that I wasn’t able to fix my hair. I just brush it using my hands and let it flow. Since it's cold, it’s better this way.

When I went outside the apartment and I saw him leaning on his car’s hood across the street. I walked across the street to approach him.

“Hi,” I said, putting a strand of my hair at the back of my ear.

“Hi, beautiful,” he said and smiled at me. He stood up and held my hand and carefully drag me to the passenger seat. He opened the door for me and I get in without any word. He went around and entered the driver’s seat.

“Let’s go?” he asks.  I smiled and nodded at him.

It was a fifteen-minute drive from my place. His place was huger than mine. The lights automatically turn on when we went inside. Everything was simple yet elegant.

“You can watch something while I prepare,” he said and went to the kitchen. I roam my eyes around his place. There’s a staircase that leads to another floor.

I sat down on the couch, take off my cardigan and reach the TV’s remote control. I have no TV in the apartment. It’s my one way of eliminating distractions. Besides, I have my laptop if ever I want to watch some shows.

Just as I was about to finish the third episode, he called me to eat. I pause the movie first and stood up. I went to the kitchen counter where two different dishes were already served.

I took a seat at one of the high stools before the kitchen counter.

“Wow, everything looks delicious,” I complimented and raise my head to smile at him. I realized he has been looking at me. I cleared my throat and look down at the counter instead. Then I realized, “Why is there only one set of utensils? Aren’t you going to eat with me?” I ask.

“Later. I especially cooked this for you,” he said and went around the kitchen counter to sit down beside me.

“Okay,” I hesitated before I started eating. “It tastes good. How did you learn to cook?”

“Mom insisted that I should know how to cook since I’ve been planning to move out of the house. She said I better packing my things if ever she finds out I’m eating fast foods, so I started cooking when I was eighteen, well of course, with the help of mom,” he chuckled as he poured wine on the glass.

“Wow, both of your parents are so health-conscious,” I said amazed.

“I know right? Especially my aunt. She’s a licensed nutritionist, so…” we both chuckled as I get his point. “That’s why my cousin always gets scolded. She likes to go to parties and drink like there is no tomorrow. Since she’s quite hard to tame, she does whatever she likes including eating foods she loves which is…fast foods,”

“Interesting,” I nodded. “What course did you take, anyway?” I curiously ask since I never asked him about this before.

“Oh, neuroscience. What about you, then?”

“Ha…English lit. It’s quite a thing since my dad insists that I take, you know, agricultural engineering or econ but it’s not what I love,”

“And you just made the right decision,” he smiled at me as he leans his head on his knuckles.

“Yeah, I guess,” I laughed as I nodded. “I think I’m good,” I said as place down my fork and took a sip of wine.

“Are you sure? How small is your stomach? You eat like a hamster,” he said but laughed nevertheless.

“Not familiar with the word ‘diet’?” I sarcastically said.

“Ah, right,” he chuckled and started to fix up.

“I’ll wash the plate,” I offered before he could start the faucet.

“No, just continue what you are watching. I can do this,” he said and started washing the plates.

“Okay,” I nodded and walk towards the couch, and comfortably sat down. I placed down my glass of wine at the coffee table before reaching out to the remote control to play the movie.

Later on, Scion sat down to join me. I felt his hands on my thighs and automatically spent shivers down my spine. My throat is all dried up, so I reach my glass again and took a sip of wine.

 “The wine tastes good,” I said as I place back down the glass and look at him.

“Really?”

“Yup,” I nodded.

“Mind if I take a taste?”

“Sure,” I nodded.

I thought he will take the glass to taste the wine but instead, he cupped my cheeks and captured my lips. Just what he did before, his tongue explored every corner of my mouth. I slowly closed my eyes as he took his time. Soon after, he broke away and casually nodded, licking his lower lip.

“Yup. It tastes good,” he said and smirked.

“Y-yeah,” I cleared my throat and took a sip of wine again. This wine isn’t helping! I turned my attention again at the TV but his hands started to snake on my nape, down to my arms and rested on my waist. I felt his hands sneak down my shirt and made a tingling circle using his thumb on my skin.

I silently gasp as I feel him. I was about to say something when he said, “Do you want to play a game?”

I turned to him, “What game?”

“In 30 minutes,” he said. My forehead creased, “What’s that?” I confusingly ask.

“I’m going to do something to you and in order to win, you have to follow one condition I give you. If you fail, you have to make a dare,”

“But if I win?”

“I’ll do whatever you want me to do,” he said.

“Sounds great. So, who goes first?”

“Toss a coin. Head or tail?”

“Head,” I said and he tosses the coin on the coffee table. I grimaced when it goes ‘tail’. “Fine. What is it?”

“I’m going to do anything I want to you,”

I stared at him, “But?”

He leaned closer to my ear and whispered, “You shouldn’t moan or you’ll lose,”

Just with that whisper, my heart started beating so fast. He moves away and smirked, “Deal?” he said.

“Sure. Do whatever you want,”

He set the timer on his phone and as soon as the time starts running, he quickly cupped my cheeks and passionately kissed me. His other hand traveled down my arms to the button of my denim shorts. While his hands are busy fidgeting my button and kissed me passionately, I fought hard not to close my eyes. As I kiss him back, I reach the remote control of the TV and turn it off. Now, only our kisses resonated inside his condo.

I am already lying down on the couch with my head on the armrest. He broke the kiss and smirked because so far, I haven’t made any noise.

He smirked as he leaned down again to kiss me. I heard my zipper unzip and slowly, he pulled my denim shorts down to my knees and strip them out of my leg, tossing them on the floor. Now, I’m only left with my underwear.

He started kissing down my neck. I bit my lip to resist moaning. Then, he went down and sneaked under my shirt, and started kissing my stomach. I jerked up but I was still able to resist myself. f**k, I think my lower lip might bleed because I kept on biting it.

But then he even went lower and started kissing my pelvis. I silently gasp for air. He raised his head and leaned closer to my ears. “Wet for me, Nikola,” he whispered as cup me with his other hand and started to rub his hands outside my underwear.

But then, the timer rung which only means I won. He groaned and move away from me to turn off the alarm.

I sat up. “Well, I won,”

He laughed, “Wow, you’re amazing,” he shakes his head in disbelief. “Okay, time to grant your wish,”

I went on my knees and encircled my arms around his neck. I push him back and now he's lying down with his back on the armrest. His dark eyes are observing my own. With my one hand on his chest and the other went down to his jeans button. Without breaking our eye contact, I successfully unbutton his jeans zip them off.

I leaned closer to his ear, “Strip it off,” I whispered. His eyes darken and he easily stripped it down, tossing it on the floor.

I can see him bulging underneath his boxer shorts. I kneeled on his lap with my thighs apart. I gasp as I feel him under me and I can see in his expression how much he loves it.

I leaned closer to him and captured his lips with mine. Full and pressed down on him, we kissed passionately. I hold onto his shoulders as he sat himself up again. Now, he’s much closer to mine and I think that made me fire up.

“f**k it, Nikola,” he cursed as I rub our hips together. “It feels so good,” he moaned as we kissed like there is no tomorrow. We both move in sync and I felt like I was in utopia.

“Faster,” he moaned to me, and automatically, I fastened my pace. I clawed my nails onto his broad shoulder for support as he equaled mine. I tilted my head back he held my butt and push me even more. I moaned, “Scion…aah…fuck! You make me feel so good,” I moaned.

“Not as much as you do,” he whispered. I moaned as I grind my hips even more until I reach my peak that I collapsed on his chest. We were both breathing for air as we stop.

“That feels so good,” I gasp as I encircled my arms around his neck.

“It’s torture to me,” he said as he leaned down against my neck and started sucking my skin. I laughed as I tilt my head to give him access.

“You’re making me thirst for you even more,” he whispered and bit my earlobe. My eyes went flutter shut as his two fingers snaked down to my underwear.

I glared at him lustfully, “That’s cheating,”

“You’ve been a very bad girl, Nikola,” he said with a husky tone and inserted two fingers inside me. It made me jerk up and down as he starts to pull it in and out.

“You’re making me c*m twice tonight,” I moaned as I grind my hips back and forth, in sync with his fingers.

He placed his free hand behind my neck to make me look at him as my head is tilted back.

“Whenever you’re with me, I can’t resist myself to taste you every now and then. You’re so beautiful, Nikola,” he said slowly thrust his fingers inside me again. It’s so slow that I felt so dizzy again. Like it’s taking the s**t out of me.

“Me too. You take the s**t out of me,” I replied and kiss him back again.

He trusted his fingers out of me to hold both of my thighs and carry me up. I quickly locked my legs around his waist as he climbed up as kissed me passionately. He kicks open the first door in the hallway and kicks it back to close.

He sat down at the edge of his bed and we broke apart. Our eyes met and I saw them sparkled like this way.

“Stay for tonight. I’ll wake you up early tomorrow morning,” he said. I just nodded and smiled at him.

He leaned down once more to kiss me. It was so quiet that I can only hear the sound of our kisses. It was so tender and slow that it made me sleepy.