The Scars Between Us | KTH ✔️

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Iris

Although his closeness sparks some sort of fire in me, spreading a slithering burn all over my body, numbing my limbs and stealing my breath... I roll my eyes and face him.

"Don't baby me", I deadpan. The irritation is obvious in my tone, which makes his smirk widen. It's his nonchalant attitude that drives me to the edge, and not because the nickname stirs up the feelings that I have been trying so hard to keep restrained.

"What would I call you then, baby?", he insists. This man thrives on pestering me.

"I don't see any need for you to call me in the first place, Mr. Kim."

"But I do."

I stand up, getting away from his intense proximity, and stand on the edge of the pool. I'd rather avoid any further confrontation with him so he won't get the wrong idea. Not that he hasn't, but to not make it worse.

"What makes you think that there would be a circumstance where we need to converse, Mr. Kim?", I retort.

A few seconds pass without an answer. Maybe he doesn't have anything to say. As silence takes over, I'm sure he's gone, but all my certainty disappears in the flash of an eye when I feel his presence behind me.

He sticks his chest to my back and snakes his arm around my waist, capturing me in a tight hold. My heartbeat accelerates at the contact of his veiny arm traveling up and down my abdomen.

"I could give you many or... I could show you many. Which one do you prefer, baby?", he whispers.

At this point, my plan has failed miserably. So, I'll play his game, maybe I can even beat him at it.

I turn around... Now we're chest to chest, face to face, breath to breath, forcing my heart to throb all the harder. Worsening my state.

He looks so fucking sexy this up close. But that's not the case.

I place my hands on his lower abdomen, which is now occupied with more prominent abs, making him close his eyes. I love seeing him like that when I'm the one in control. When I'm the one that could break his ego, break his defiance, break his heart.

I levitate my hands up further his chest, his collarbone, until I reach his neck, circling it, clinging my body to his... Let's see how you'll survive this baby.

His grip on my waist tightens, he opens his eyes, and I'm met with the most beautiful set of brown eyes I've ever seen.

His stare penetrates me, digging holes into my soul, holes that I never want to fill. Even though his stare is dangerous, a stare that would make one run away and hide somewhere far away, I enjoy it.

"Why would I want to know?", I ask seductively.

He gulps, making his adam apple bop, before answering, "I want you to want to know and not make you want to know."

The audacity this man has...

"And how would you make me want to know?", I play along, combing the hair that's falling over his eyes.

"In many different ways...", he smirks.

I smirk back, amused.

"Don't you think that this bathing suit is kind of revealing, baby?", he dares to interfere in my business.

"So what?", I shrug.

"Go change", he deadpans. All the foreplay from earlier fades as if it was never there.

"Make me", I defy him. He pushes his tongue against the inside of his cheek, looking pissed.

Perfect.

"Don't challenge me, Iris", he threatens.

I tiptoe so now we're at the same height, "What if I do...", I whisper in front of his lips, "Tae?"

As the nickname rolls off my lips, a big smile crosses his features, and I find myself sinking in the pool... With his lips sticking to mine...

He kissed me.

But that's not just it...

I kissed him back.