The player and the shy girl (english version)

Tensions and Trust: A Risky Decision

"Nobody will touch you except for me!"

"Don't get your hopes up too much, Lucas," I reply, giving him a serious look.

He turns me around and places his hands just below my chest.

"You don't want me to tempt you, do you, little one? Don't test me," he whispers in my ear, his hand moving gently down to my stomach, making me lose my balance. He pulls me close, holding me tight.

He leans his head into my neck and starts kissing me. My breath is losing its rhythm. I bite my lower lip to try and hold on.

By the time his hand reaches my area, he starts caressing it.
"Lucas... st-stop," I manage to say with great difficulty.

"Only if you promise that I'm the only one who will touch and kiss you."

"The bet we made, Lucas, has no limits."

"Then let's make sure no one else touches us during this bet."

"Alright," I give in without a second thought, and he stops while still holding me.

He turns me around to face him.
"I hate you when you do this," I say, looking at him.

"You don't hate me. You just hate that things aren't going your way."

I look at him, then check my watch. 9:15.
"We need to go," I say, glancing back at him.

"Wait a minute."
He grabs the spray paint again and writes something on the opposite wall. When he's done, he steps aside for me to see it.

"Stop ignoring it, Emma!" he says, and I smile faintly.

"Now, let's go," he adds while packing his bag, grabbing my hand.

"You don't need to," I say, referring to our hands.

"Why not?"

"I'll be fine."

"I'm not doing it because I have to," he says, "I'm doing it because I want to protect you."

At this moment, I can feel my heart melt. He's so sweet... Calm down, Emma, get a grip.

"Emma, are we going?"

"Yes," I reply, smiling.

We walk out of the building and head to the car. We get in, and a moment later, Lucas starts the engine.

"How was it?" he asks while driving, glancing at me briefly.

"It was amazing," I reply, looking at him.

"I'm glad," he says with a smile.

In about 10 minutes, we arrive at Mia's house. I get out of the car, walk up to her door, and ring the bell.

She opens the door, already holding a bag.
"Ready before you even asked," she says with a grin.

Yeah, because, I did her a favor.

"Great, let's go to the car," I say, gesturing towards Lucas' car.

"Is that Lucas' car?" she asks.

"Yeah, why?"

"OH MY GOD, THAT CAR IS INSANE, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" she says, trying not to scream.

Yeah, it's nice, but let's not make it a big deal. Sure, I like cars, but I'm more into motorcycles.

That is Lucas' car.

"Come on, stop the nonsense and let's go."

I get in the back seat with Emma...

"Finally, what were you doing for so long?"

"Mia wanted to make sure she got her money," I answer, and Lucas looks at me through the rearview mirror.

"Mia, did you get everything? I don't want to turn back."

"Yeah, I got it all," Mia replies.

"Emma, do you want to grab something from your house?"

"If you can," I answer, and Lucas' phone starts ringing...

× What's up, man?

× Now?

× Outside my house? Man, I can't right now, I just picked up Mia, and I still have to take Emma home...

× Mia? Lucas turns and looks back at us. "Do you want to go with Peter to my place while I drop Emma off? The other guy is coming over to mine."

"Umm, yeah, no problem," Mia replies, and I look at her like, "are you serious?"

× Alright, hurry up. We'll wait here until you get there..

. × Next to the café, yeah, that one.

× Okay, later. He says and hangs up, stepping out of the car. I step out with Mia as well.

I give Lucas a half-annoyed look. But he just glances at me and then ignores it... How can he leave Mia alone with Peter?

After five minutes, Peter shows up, gets out of his car, and greets us.

"How's it going?" Peter says and then looks at Mia. Oh boy, what have we gotten into...

Lucas hands Peter his house keys. "Mia, ready?"

"Umm, yeah." She looks at me, and I give her a look that says, "be careful," and she nods.

They get into the car, and Peter drives off. As soon as they leave, I turn to Lucas, furious, while he leans against the car like nothing happened.

"Why did you let her go with Peter?" I ask, glaring at him.

"What is he gonna do to her?" he replies.

"I don't know, you guys know each other better," I snap. Okay, maybe that was a low blow.

"First of all, calm down. Peter's a good guy, he won't do anything... And second, get it together. After all, you're the one who hugs Peter and talks to him about me and a bunch of other things," he says, raising an eyebrow at me.

Yep, he's talking about that time we had a fight at school, and Peter stood up for me...