38. Stay a little longer...

Looking around now, her eyes and mouth grew from big to bigger, and from bigger to biggest. And her hands flew over her mouth as she ran some serious calculations in her head.

"Don't I get a good morning?" Deep and captivating, slow and seductive, the sweet ring of his voice echoed through the room.

And she bit down on her lips, chastising herself in her head. How in the world did she end up in this room, on his bed??

But that was a stupid question, she knew it was. Clearly, she must have fallen asleep while playing video games... And he must have carried her here.

Lords! At the moment, she could die from embarrassment.

Slowly, she crawls to her knees on the bed, and now she knew she was supposed to be serious and apologize for her mistake. But moving on the bed now, she could feel it, the softness, unconsciously, she moved her hips on the bed again, checking it, feeling it.

It was so soft and bouncy!! She loved it. 

"Should I join you?" Instantly, she turns around on her knees, and... Wow! He was gorgeous in the morning.

His raven black hair completely covered his forehead, and some longer strands fell over his eyes. Sitting on a sofa in a grey polo shirt, and a matching jogger pant.

He was barefooted, she noticed. It was the first time she was seeing his bare feet and she smiles foolishly, thinking ``Even his feet are lovely.``

"I_ I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to covet your bed. I shouldn't have fallen asleep. You should have woken me up!" She quickly states.

"And what would that make me?" He slowly rises from the sofa, her eyes looks up and down his full length and a drooling smile curls up her lips.

Oh! Only the universe could save her from this man. She knew it. He was just too beautiful to not admire.

"Tell me, White, what kind of boyfriend wakes his woman up because she fell asleep in his house?" He placed one knee on the bed, gradually climbing his way up to her.

"I_ I mean, I didn't... I mean, I_ I came to see your games, s_ so falling asleep was inappropriate." She was starting to stutter as he presses his fists into the bed, and edged closer to her. Bringing his face close to hers.

"Hm, what's inappropriate about you sleeping in my house, on my bed?" Lords! He was bound on killing her, this man.

His face was so close to hers, his eyes staring into hers, his nose half an inch away from hers. Their lips were just a breath apart. It was torturous.

"Tell me, White, what is inappropriate about that?" He asks again, causing her to avert her gaze, looking at the ceiling and behind him, and around him, but not at him.

"I_ I don't know. But it was rude of me. You never invited me to stay, I just barged into your house and..."

"So if I'd invited you to spend the night with me, would you have agreed?" Oh, lords! There was a certain joy he gained from teasing her. Some kind of fulfillment. He just couldn't explain it, but he liked the feeling.

Her face had quickly turned red because of his question. Her lashes fluttered open and close continuously, her hands fidgeted with the bedsheets, and she needed something to blow her as the temperature of the room had gotten hotter.

"I_ I didn't mean... What I meant was... I..."

"HAHAHA HAH AHAHA!" Reuel burst out laughing, he couldn't hold it in any longer. "Oh, White, you are a clown. I swear it." He laughs even harder, causing her to pout and cover her face in embarrassment.

"Why, are you covering your face?" He asks, still chuckling. "You're cute when you're red." He laughs some more.

"Maybe I'll call you red instead." He notes, and she throws a light punch at him before staggering off the bed and toward the bathroom. "Hey, Red! Reddy Red, Hey, Red!" He playfully calls as he watches her run off into the bathroom, leaving him laughing.

In the huge bathroom, Erina rested her back on the door. Her eyes still closed in embarrassment as the question played in her head again...

``So if I'd invited you to spend the night with me, would you have agreed?`` Ooomph! Those sweet goosebumps crawled up her skin as she heard the words again. She didn't even want to start imagining it.

"What are you thinking of? He just meant, spend the night playing games. Nothing more!" She blushed even harder at her own lies.

"EEEEK!" She shakes her head vigorously, and runs to the basin, now she could see herself in the huge mirror. "I'm so red," She laughs, turns on the tap and soaks her face in a palm full of water.

She repeats the motion a couple more times, before cleaning her face with her sleeve, even though there was a little face towel there.

Now that it was morning, the sun getting into the bathroom was giving it an even better view. Looking at the glass walls on one side, she shakes her head as a naughty thought slipped into her head.

"Oh, Roxy will love this bathtub." She laughs, but then her eyes opened wide and she looked at herself in the mirror. "ROXY!!"

She yells and bursts out of the bathroom, much to Reuel's shock as she ran out with sheer panic written all over her face. And it made him wonder if Helfer got into the bathroom, but the lizard was quietly sitting in his glass.

But then again, she wasn't scared of Helfer in the first place, so he couldn't have been the cause of her panic.

"No_ No_ no... How can I be so stupid!" She squealed and looked through what seemed to be a pile of her things.

"What's wrong? What is it?" He asks, and you could see the sign of worry in him as his forehead creased with confusion.

"My phone, I can't find my phone... I didn't call Roxy. She'd be so worried, she'd be worried sick. I can't believe I made such a mistake."

Now Reuel's previous worry was completely overturned by a feeling of nonchalance. He just strolls to the bedside shelf, and pick up her phone that was in plain sight...

"Calm down, White... I already talked to your friend." He didn't want to say her name. He really didn't like the woman.

"What?" Erina quickly grabs the phone from him as he explains.

"She called when you were asleep, so I answered the call and told her you're safe, I even showed her a video of you, so you can be rest assured that she knows where you are and who you're with, and why you didn't call." He gives a detailed explanation, and Erina falls on the bed with relief.

She knew it, Roxy would have been worried. She clicks the screen of her phone. "It's almost seven," She whispers, as she breathed in and out.

But then...

"It's almost seven... OH MY GOSH IT'S ALMOST SEVEN!!!" She jumped up from the bed again now remembering it was Friday, and she had the morning shift, that was why she had set the alarm that woke her up in the first place.

"What? What's wrong with this time?" He wonders again.

"I'm going to be late for work!!"

"White,"

"I totally forgot I have work to go to!"

"White,"

"Oh my gosh! I can't believe I'm so clumsy." She trembled as she picks up her shoes and frantically starts to put them on.

"WHITE!!!" He yells. It was the first time she'd ever heard him yell, and she flinched in shock, dropping the shoe in her hand.

He walks in front of her, and slowly goes down on one knee before her.

"I think you mostly forget who you're dating," His voice was a low whisper. As his hands reached for her curly bangs, and he ruffles them.

"Me," He breathes the word out, "Reuel." he palms the side of her face. "I can make the whole mall close down just to give you a break." He states a fact, and a chuckle escape her lips.

"So stop panicking, Gary already called in to say you won't be coming in." He states, and her eyes go even wider.

"But I..."

"Anything!" He suddenly says, and she tilts her head to the right a little, trying to figure out what he was talking about.

"You promised last night, to give me anything... Stay with me, White." He requests.

"Take the day off... And stay a little longer with me. Just till the end of the day. That's what I want."

Just a little longer, just a few hours more with her. That was all he requested, and yet when she looked in his compelling eyes, it was like he could give anything... Or everything in return for those mere hours.

She could see it in his eyes, the world in exchange for a little more hours with her.

With the look of desperation on his face, when those malachite green eyes seemed to hold promises unsaid, how could she refuse his simple request.

"As long as you'll let me play as much games as I want." She states, and lords! The smile that slowly rose up to his lips made her heart light up.

"I'll give you the entire arcade, if you ask."