Melodies of Motion

Chapter 8

I stretch and immediately smell roses. I open my eyes to see my room. Hyunjin must have carried me to bed. Thinking how thoughtful that was, I turn on my side to find my roses sitting in a vase. I sit up and smell one of them. It can't be a coincidence that these roses are purple.

I pick up my phone charging on the nightstand, 6 pm. I am shocked by how long I slept. I get out of bed and stretch again. I walk to the bathroom and laugh when I see myself in the mirror. One of my false eyelashes is hanging by a thread. I take them off as well as my hoodie, pants, and my bra and panties. I pull out the ponytail holder and laugh again seeing my hair is still in place. I turn the shower on and step in. Just letting the water hit my scalp for a few minutes. It takes three shampoos to get all the product out of my hair. I finish my shower and dry off. I decide to just go with the big, oversized hotel bathrobe. I towel dry my hair some and let the rest of it air dry. It needs to take a break after the competition.

I open the bedroom door to the smell of food. Hyunjin is standing by a cart of food and a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket. He places money in the hotel staff's hand. The man thanks him and leaves, not even looking in my direction.

"Perfect timing. I didn't know if I was going to have to wake you," he says smiling. He walks over to me and hugs me tightly. "Hungry?" My stomach growls as my answer. He takes me by the hand leading me to the dining room table. He pulls out a chair for me and I sit down. My robe comes loose revealing my nakedness underneath. He raises his eyebrow and sticks his tongue out slightly, twisting it.

"Well, I guess I know what I am having for dessert." I giggle as he goes to retrieve the cart. "I didn't know what you would be hungry for so I ordered a variety."

He starts putting on the table roasted chicken breast, asparagus, rice, salad, flank steak topped with a red wine sauce, an assortment of cheeses and fruits, and lastly, champagne with glasses.

"What are we celebrating?" I ask as I watch him gracefully sit in the chair next to me. He puts his hand on my thigh, drawing circles.

"You, silly, and getting into the finals. I looked up the DanceSport competitions. Your Latin heats are already uploaded on their YouTube channel and have over a million views," he says proudly.

"You are kidding!!! Show me," I squeal. I watch him pull up the video on his phone. I look at the view count and nothing else. I can't look at the dances now or I will psych myself out for Sunday. I lean back and close my eyes, enjoying Hyunjin's fingers on my thigh. This man is getting to me in such a good way.

"You need to eat after all that hard work. What would you like?" Hyunjin asks, waiting for an answer.

"Hmmm, I think the chicken and asparagus would be great. I could eat 4 plates of that," I admit while laughing. He grabs a plate and puts what I requested on it. For himself, he grabs steak and rice. He stands up to open the champagne. Pouring both of us a glass. He drops blackberries in each, handing me one as he sits back down.

"Congratulations Sylinda. You obviously worked very hard to get to this point. Now to win the finals," he says and clinks my glass. I take a sip of the champagne. He's picked a good one and the blackberries enhance the taste.

I look at him saying, "You know, you're pretty sweet. You keep this up and I am going to want to keep you around longer." Hyunjin laughs with a shy smile.

I am so full.

I ate way too much and drank too much. We finished the champagne and fed each other fruit. I enjoyed watching him eat strawberries with those beautiful lips. He kept giving me long kisses in between. I cover my mouth to yawn.