Dancing with the STARISH

Burning Desires

Last night was such a blur to Mai. She was surprised that she still had her clothes on and in her room and her headache wasn't as bad as she thought. The dancer heard a soft thumping coming from underneath her, 'Hm? I don't remember being with Camus...' she thought as she felt around. Mai assumed it was the Count because of the body type and she felt some locks of hair tickle the top of her head. She lifted her head and her face turned red when she saw a face she didn't expect. 'What the hell is Ren doing here?!' She poked his cheek repeatedly, trying to wake him up.

Ren groaned a bit and opened his eyes, "What time is it?" he muttered.

"Oh it's half past- Why are you shirtless and in my bed?!"

"After you spilled your drink on me, I took you back but you wouldn't let me go," he smirked lightly. "You had like five drinks and you wouldn't get off the tables."

"What?!" she looked at him in disbelief.

Ren folded his arms behind his head and looked at the ceiling, " What was really embarrassing was your failed lap dance and your attempt at stripping."

The 20-year-old girl pressed her face into a pillow and screamed, "I'm never going to be able to show my face out there again!" The words were somewhat muffled but he understood what she said. The flirty member in STARISH couldn't help but let out small snickers. She looked up and glared in his direction, "What's so funny?"

"You actually believed me!" he stated laughing, "All you did was spill your drink then clung to my arm the whole night." Ren only had a couple of drinks that night so he was able to keep an eye on her. However, he didn't want to miss the opportunity to mess with her.

Mai took the pillow she was holding and started hitting him with it, "You asshole!"

~Later that day~

Quartet Night walked down the halls searching for their juniors till they found them crowding the doorway to the dance room.

"Hey what's going on?" Reiji asked the group.

The redhead looked at his senpai and answered his question, "Today is Mai and Ren's last day of practice before the contest..."

"And we want to see how good they're doing!" The other guys shushed Natsuki since they didn't want to be seen by the dancing duo.

"They're actually pretty good," Syo said.

The older group was curious about what their dancer was doing with another man so they joined in on the spectating. Some of them, mainly Camus and Ranmaru, were not pleased with what they saw. "What kind of salsa involves her sliding between his legs," everyone can practically see the angry tick mark on the rockstar's forehead.

The two dancers shook their hips, twisted, and turned in sync with the music. They were both fully focus because of all the lifts and if one messes up it will result with a kick to the head or falling on their face. They finished the dance while locking eyes with each other. A cough shattered the moment and they looked over at their audience in the doorway.

"Oh, guys!" Mai smiled and moved away from Ren, "Need something?" she asked them.

"Yes, an explanation to why this peasant is all over you," Camus crossed his arms over his chest.

"Well, it's part of the routine. You like?" she tossed her partner a bottle of water before taking a drink from her own.

" I thought it was very...um," Reiji tried to think of the word, "Libidinous?"

Ai nodded, " Someone has been using their word of the day app. Good job Reiji."

Reiji was brimming with pride knowing that he is expanding his vocabulary, "Thanks, Ai-Ai!"