𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟶𝟻

KANE

I smirk, my eyes focused on her. She grumbles, squinting at me before adjusting herself in the chair, now showing me the side of her body.

Chuckling softly, I lean over the table and tug at her hair, earning a whine. "Reed!" I tug her hair again, enjoying the way she scowls at me. I love everything she does.

"Let me eat, Reed!"

"Okay," I lie, snickering when she gasps, her hand floating in mid-air.

"Now look what you made me do!"

I glance down at the mess she made, my lips pursed as I try to hold in my laughter.

"Me?" I mock, raising my hands.

She narrows her eyes at me, gritting her teeth. "I dropped my noodles because of you!"

"That wasn't my fault, Izzy," I sing back, laughing unattractively when the noodle I fling at her lands on her cheek.

"Cunt," she mumbles, wiping it off, and I raise an eyebrow.

"Say that again," I challenge, my voice low and teasing.

Izzy halts her movements, mischief sparkling in her eyes before she expertly masks it. She furrows her brows in exaggerated confusion, the corners of her lips twitching upward.

"Say what? I didn't say or hear anything," she replies innocently, her tone dripping with playful defiance.

It was irresistibly cute.

A soft chuckle escapes my lips, and my heart does a little flip at the cheeky smile she tosses my way. "Oh, but you did. So, why don't you repeat it for me?"

"No, I didn't," she shoots back, rising from her seat, and saunters over to the sink with her dish. The chair scrapes against the floor, a sound that seems to echo in the playful tension between us. I stand up and move closer, my determination unwavering.

"Come on, say it again."

As I approach, a sweet, intoxicating whiff of raspberries envelops me, and I have to stifle a smile. She is completely obsessed with that scent.

And you're just as obsessed with her.

Her back is turned, but I can practically feel the smirk radiating off her. She shakes her head, hair cascading down her back like a waterfall. "Make me," she dares, the glint in her voice pleading me to try.

Shit- shitshitshitshit

Oh shit. Don't fuck this up Kane. Whatever this is.

I smirk, arms going on each side of her, caging her against the island, back towards my chest. She shivers, breath hitching. "Say it again, Izzy."

Her body leans in my touch, increasing the warm feeling in my chest. Only her.

"I didn't say anything, Reed." It comes out as a breathless whisper. My heart beats against my chest, aware this is us somehow flirting.