The Bet || Lizrei

Chapter 16

"Here, partner, have a drink," said Jungwon, passing over a glass of the beer on tap.

Rei politely declined, leaving the drink in the center of the table for anyone else who needed a refill. "No thanks. I wanna keep all my faculties tonight."

"Because your girl will prob'ly need to get hammered to handle whatever Ahn has planned?" Niki asked around a mouth of his sandwich.

"Nah." Rei shook her head. "Mostly, it's because I want to remember every detail of her humiliation so I can tease her about it later." She couldn't keep the grin from spreading across her face. Perhaps she shouldn't take so much delight in her victory, but Liz had put her in a lot of awkward situations this week (although she had been a mostly willing participant), and it wasn't often that the detective got to beat the attorney at something. Scrabble wasn't the only thing Liz was good at. She never made bets she didn't think she could win.

Schadenfreude was a wonderful thing, Rei decided.

"Oh how the mighty will fall..." said Jake Sim, confiscating the beer glass that Rei had turned down. "So, any word on what the dare is?"

Everyone just shrugged at him. Even Rei didn't seem to know. "Ahn just told me to be here at nine," she said, checking her watch. In this modern age of cell phones and instant wireless Internet connections, most people found them inconvenient, but she liked her watch. So did Liz. She claimed it added to Rei's sexy butchness. Rei usually disliked the label, but once in a while it was fun to play cave-woman, throw Liz over her shoulder, and drag her back into the bedroom...

"Same here,"Niki said. "I hope they don't kill each other."

"Liar," Jake snorted. "I know you'd be thrilled to watch a good cat fight between those two."

Fin didn't bother protesting. "Hey, it's better than Daytime TV or Jerry Springer, and you don't hafta pay for it."

"That trash will rot your brain," Jungwon said, sounding very much like a father.

Rei laughed. "I hate to break it to you, Won, but you're the one watching Teletubbies in your spare time."

Her partner groaned. "Don't judge. I hear that song in my sleep now... One day, it's gonna make me snap."

"I pray at Synagogue every day that I'm not around when that finally happens," said Jake.

Rei rolled her eyes. "When's the last time you actually went to Synagogue? Besides, you're not a full Jew anyway. You only take up that mantle when it puts you at an advantage."

"Doesn't that prove I'm a Jew? We're an enterprising bunch..."

"That's a stereotype."

"Look, there's Yujin!" Niki said, interrupting their conversation, to stand and point at the Federal prosecutor, who was sashaying towards them from the other side of the establishment.

Rei looked up and smiled. "I thought she said she was bringing Liz... ex... Oh. My. God."

"Damn, Kim!" Niki whistled appreciatively, which earned him a solid kick in the shin and a death glare from Rei. "You can't blame me for that one!" he argued. "ADA Kim is looking..."

"Sea worthy?" Jungwon offered with a small laugh.

"I was going to go with mighty fucking fine," Niki informed him. "But considering the outfit, sea worthy works too."

Rei growled at the men who were drooling over her girlfriend as she drank in the sight herself. Apparently, telling Yujin 'no nudity' didn't negate the possibility of scandalous outfits in public, because Liz was looking absolutely sinful. She offered her girlfriend a wink and a small smile as Liz stood at the end of the table in her knee high leather boots, fishnet stockings and an insanely short black skirt that barely, barely covered the necessities, all of which was topped off with a billowing white shirt that dipped low enough in the front to show that Ms. Kim was wearing one hell of a push up bra. Or a corset.