Her:
The ride to the mall is quiet, except for the roaring of the engine and the beating of my heart. I've never liked motorcycles, the sound is loud and annoying. But the feeling of holding on to Nico's waist drowns out all noises. I never thought that riding a bike would give me butterflies, but here we are.
We arrive at the mall's parking lot and I see a very excited Mika waiting for me. Her eyes follow Nico as he parks the bike and she mouths an "oh my god" to me.
"Well, well, well..." Mika says as she walks towards us. "Never thought I'd see you on a bike."
"He doesn't have a car, it was our only option." I reply.
"I don't recall you complaining about my choice of transport, princesa." Nico joins the conversation while he takes off his helmet, reaching out to take mine off too.
"Princesa?" Mika asks with a sly smile.
"It's the only pet name she'd let me use." Nico whispers to Mika, as if I can't hear him loud and clear.
"I can imagine, she's so picky with those things."
"Tell me about it..." Nico says sarcastically.
"Guys... I'm still here." I complain. "Mika, which side are you on anyway? Shouldn't you be defending my choices here?"
"I'm on the side of love, pookie." Mika replies, giving more emphasis to the word 'love'.
"Okay, we're leaving, thanks for the ride." I tell Nico as I grab Mika and lead her away. I hear the sound of his bike driving away, but I don't turn to look.
"You definitely fucked him." Mika teases when we enter the mall.
"Good morning to you too." I say sarcastically.
"Good morning princesa, did you two have sex or not?"
"We didn't have sex. It was... weird."
I explain Mika everything that happened yesterday evening. The fight, the teasing, the kiss, him bringing me to orgasm in minutes... She listens attentively, only interrupting to make some comments about how 'cute' and 'romantic' everything was.
"It's kinda weird that you kissed, though." She says after I've finished explaining.
"He ate me out, but the kiss is what sticks out to you?" I joke.
"Well, yeah..." Mika mumbles. "He hasn't kissed anyone in years, I think. It might be just a rumor."
"That can't be true, I know he's fucked plenty of women, yesterday he said that he 'knows what he's doing'."
"That's not what I meant, baby. It's true that he's fucked many women, but they've all complained that he didn't let them kiss him. He always says something along the lines of 'no talking, no kissing, and no eye contact' it's kinda creepy actually."
No talking.
No kissing.
No eye contact.
The words resonate in my mind as memories from last night hit me. He never said any of those things, he even encouraged me to 'use my words', it doesn't make any sense.
"We didn't have sex, though. Maybe he is fine with kissing outside of sex." I reason.
"But you did have sex." Mika says, raising an eyebrow at my comment.
"No. Sex is when there's penetration, isn't it?"
"No, baby, sex is any kind of intimacy, that's why it's called oral 'sex' too."
"Oh."
Oh.
"So we did have sex?"
"Yep."
"And he did kiss me."
"Yep." She repeats. "Maybe the reason why he doesn't kiss is because he's never been attracted to anyone other than you, he's been waiting for you."
"Not everything's a romcom, Mika. Those things don't happen in real life, and those kinds of men definitely don't exist either."
"They do exist!" She complains. "Nico is like a man written by a woman."
"Are you sure you are not in love with him?" I ask with a smile.
"No baby, I'd never take your man."
"He's not my man. I don't like him in that way."
But I do, I like him a hell of a lot.
Thankfully, the conversation drifts to other topics after that. We talk a bit about school, about the new book she's reading and about how good the croissants from that specific bakery are.
I can't hide my smile when she talks, there's nothing I love more than listening to Mika yap about everything and anything, it's my kind of therapy.
But then, something wipes my smile away. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up and a shiver runs down my spine. There's very few times where I've felt like this, fear in its purest form.
Somebody's watching me.
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