Two dominant assholes ~ Niragi x fem o/c

TWENTY-TWO: Couple goals

Lol not me writing this as a form of procrastination for my numerous assignments 😭🤞
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Spiderwebbing cracks run up the sides of the plaster walls, my rhythmic breathing filling up the silence of the meeting room. They've been in there for five minutes now, and I'm bored as hell.

Of course the only thought in my mind right now is of Niragi. I wonder why he's making a move on me, I wonder whether he even likes me at all, or if I'm just another toy to him.

Then again, I've seen how he is around other girls before, and it's not like this. I'm no Bob the Builder, but I sure as fuck can be persuasive. I just want to be his, and only his.

Damn that was deep.

I keep meaning to ask whether he wants to be in a relationship when I'm with him, but I'm either too chicken to ask or he makes me totally forget. It's kind of unsettling how mesmerising I find him.

Interrupting my wistful thoughts, the door to the secret meeting room finally opens, and out comes Aguni, striding straight to the exit door without even looking at me.

Fuck, he's going straight to see the cards. He'll know in under a minute.

The cards dig into my skin.

All the other highest ranking executives follow, and Chishiya comes straight up to me. I groan internally.

"Hey Chishiya," I smile.

"So... you and Niragi huh."

"Shut up, it's nothing you didn't already know," I hit his shoulder and he raises an eyebrow.

"But the way he looks at you, Aika,"

"What." I ask, trying not to get my dumbass hopes up.

"It's new, is all." Chishiya shrugs.

I notice Niragi coming over, and quickly shush Chishiya.

Niragi's face immediately switches to visible annoyance at the sight of my company. I roll my eyes at his pettiness when he stands slightly in front of me, blocking Chishiya from my view.

"Why are you talking to her?" Niragi asks passive-aggressively.

I shove him to the side and bite my lip when he stumbles in shock, looking at me with hurt in his eyes.

"We have names, Niragi." I narrow my eyes as he looks down on me threateningly. Somehow I don't believe he'd ever try to mortally wound me anymore.

"Don't worry, I'll leave now so you guys can have your 'lovers discussion'." Chishiya says quickly.

He gives me one last unimpressed but amused look, then turns to leave, hands deep in his hoodie pockets.

I put my hands on my hips and face Niragi's death stare again.

"That was uncalled for." He hisses through his teeth.

"Sorry." I say with an attitude, "But why do you have to hate Chishiya so much?"

"He thinks he's so clever and he can look down on everyone else, which he can't, by the way, because he's so damn short." Niragi rants.

"HEY! I'm literally shorter than him, don't bring height into this." I scowl.

Finally, a smile.

Niragi rests his arms over my shoulders, bending down so we're eye to eye. His cool breath fans over my face.

"Yeah, but your height makes you adorable." He smirks, and I swear, my internal organs liquefy.

Without thinking, I lurch forward slightly, our lips meeting.

I hesitate, but Niragi doesn't. He grabs me and pulls me flush to his body, deepening the kiss as his arms wrap around me protectively. Thank god everyone else has left the room.

My hands snake around his slim waist, and he responds by moving against my mouth, our tongues meet and familiarity settles in me, with a profound sense of content.

The kiss is light and sweet, then we both break away a little, smiling, a strand of saliva connecting to our lips. Niragi leans his forehead on mine, breathing deeply.

"Are you blushing?" I ask half-mockingkly, whilst stroking his cheek.

"WHAT NO, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT IDEA FROM?!" Niragi raises his voice, straightening back up, and I giggle.

"Niragi, you're practically a tomato," I tease, prodding his face.

"WELL YOUR CHEEKS ARE RED, TOO!" He yells, going pink, "YOU BLUSHED FIRST."

My face heats up even more. I look down smiling.

I love moments like these.

"Aika, Niragi. Aguni needs you to search for the cards. Apparently they were stolen."

My head snaps up to see Mira standing in the doorway with an odd expression.

Niragi is better at acting than me, his expression drops, and fear, shock, anger flickers in his eyes. I do my best to look incredulous, but I dropped school drama classes as soon as I could, so I can't imagine it would have been convincing.

Mira inclines her head, long hair cascading over her shoulders, "The boss says you need to search every room on Hatters floor, then report back to him in here after half an hour."

"Thanks Mira." I say, trying to look in shock.

She turns and gracefully walks out, indifference all over her. Does she just not care that this could be the downfall of the beach?

I sigh as soon as she's gone, scratching an itch on my neck.

"We'd better just go, otherwise people will suspect us." Niragi says, walking to the door.

Awh, he's saying we're in this together now.

"Wait up!" I call, jogging to catch up with him.

He smirks down at me, then we walk side by side to the stairwell, a certain lightness in me making my steps bounce.

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I'll try to make the next chapter longer to make up for this short one :>