All is fair in Love & War

Chapter 10

Said bell boy arrived with breakfast the next morning, and left it on the table located in the middle of the room. You waited for him to finish before you tipped him, like always.

"Can I offer you anything else, miss?" he asked. "There are complimentary chocolates for you on the tray, in thanks for your kindness during this time."

You smiled at him behind your mask and was about to reply, when Max showed up and cuddled you from behind. "That's so kind Jack, we will enjoy them a lot! Thanks for your service." He piped in.

Jack greeted you both and let himself out. You were still in Max's arms, so you turned to him. "Possessive much?"

"I thought we agreed on not letting the bell boy fall for you..." he smirked.

"Well I'm sure he got the message right, we'll see what happens when the queen of social media decides to do another video of your pretty face..."

"You will be totally allowed to show her who I belong to," he responded proudly.

You bit your lip and smiled while placing your arms around his neck. "Yeah? And who that might be, may I ask? Just so I don't misunderstand..."

"You know it too well," he mumbled, with his chin on your head.

You looked at him. "I would never assume, Max, our unspoken thing needs to be spoken I reckon..."

He smiled. "What do you want me to say out loud that I haven't said already with everything else I do?"

You blushed and softly played with his hair, which was getting longer. "The same things you would like me to be honest about when I do this, for example..."

"It tickles?" he said with a giggle and tightened his grasp on you when you pulled a small strand of his hair, calling him out. "Sorry, it does tickle! But it feels nice, I feel cared... I don't know, I'm not a very  emotional guy."

You smiled at him and stroked his face too. "Everything you've done since you made me laugh that day you found me crying, has made me feel the same way, Max..."

He licked his lips and nodded. "Does that answer your question?"

"About what?"

"About who I belong to."

You giggled. "I believe it does, but I need a confirmation just in case I forget," you winked.

He went slowly to your face. "You, of course..."

Your face went totally red and you bit your lip, looking at him so close to you. Then you let him go and turned towards the coffee table. "Ohhh this looks nice, let's eat!"

"What the hell was that?" Max said, confused.

"What? Breakfast?" You said and played dumb.

"Oh so that's your game now! Beautiful!" He growled and stormed off outside to one of the balcony chairs.

You giggled and left him there to cool off for a few minutes, while you picked a toast and put on peanut butter and strawberries, then you walked out to where he was.

"Hungry?" You asked him, amused at his pout.

"Yes, but I will eat later, just leave it all there."

You suppressed a laugh and put the toast in front of his face as you sat on the same chair, next to his legs. "Want some? Don't stay out and sulk, come on, it was a joke..."

"Yes, but it wasn't a funny one." He deadpanned.

"I know, sorry about that..."

He sighed, and went to take a bite of the toast, when you swiftly moved it out of the way, and placed your lips instead, kissing him. "Feeling better?"

He stared at you. "If anything, I'm hungrier now," he said before grabbing you and kissing you more.

You giggled and kissed him back, slowly giving into his pulls to lay with him on the big chair. He moved so you would be almost totally on top of him while he stroked your back softly.

You pulled out for air and looked at him with a smile. "You're just..."

"I know, same," he said with a chuckle and stole another kiss, which you returned deeply.

You laughed at his words. "We should get breakfast, because as much as I would like to stay here kissing you forever, we have to feed ourselves and train..."

He smirked and bit your lip playfully. "There's one way to do cardio that will do the job perfectly..."

"Ah really? Without a proper dinner date?" You asked lifting one eyebrow.

He giggled and kissed you again. "Never, schatje, my apologies, I will absolutely organise a dinner for us, even if it is the same thing because we're still confined here."

"What's that word? Sch... something"

"Schatje, it means baby," he said it and left a kiss on your cheek. "Been wanting to say it for a few days, but always restrained myself..."

You blushed hard and grinned at him. "Why? I love it..."

"I mean, it was going to come out one way or another because you inspire me to call you that, but as we weren't in kissing terms, I wasn't sure..."

"Oh Max, you tell me, we've been together but without kisses for days now, haven't we?" You smiled.

"I have to admit that I thought of you as-- no, never mind..." he got suddenly shy.

"Ahhh, come on schatje, tell me..." you said in your best attempt at Dutch.

He closed his eyes and smiled. "Wow, you speaking Dutch to me is like... ahhh!" He groaned and cuddled you more against him, as he looked at you. "How can I deny you anything after that?"

You bit your lip and hid your face in his neck. "Would you tell me, then?"

"My girlfriend..."

You lifted your head and kissed him long and sweet. "Then that's what I am, your girlfriend," you said as you booped his nose, then whispered. "Yours..."

He squirmed a little bit and let out a small grunt. "Baby if you want me to wine and dine you don't do that, you'll unleash the lion..."

You laughed at it and held his face with one hand as you kissed his cheek. "Sorry love, I was just trying to tease you a bit, since you're all mine too."

He giggled and kissed you again, which took a while again, but eventually ended with you both having breakfast feeding fruit to each other and then training, like every morning.