No Strings

Half Date

"You're criticising me now but you weren't about half an hour ago.. If I remember, you were guiding my hands and begging me to touch you."

"Yeah? Well.. You called me baby" she tries to use against me, I shrug a little

"I can't help that it suits you."

"It does not.." she lowers her brows at me, I smile

"Are you getting all sulky, baby?" I make a point of calling her baby. She likes it, and we both know that. She's just trying to be bratty.

"I'm not.."

"It sure seems like you are"

"Oh stop." She gets off of me. I feel like complaining, but honestly I was lucky to have any skin contact with her at all. She's flawless. "Well what now?"

"I guess we go to bed." I answer, she sighs

"I'm not tired."

"We could go do something else? I don't know what we could do this late, but.." I raise my shoulders "it keeps us out of bed."

"What if I'm enjoying it in the bed though?" She asks. It's sweet, but it really makes me nervous. It feels heavy and like we've accidentally caught feelings, which absolutely is not the case.

"We can stay then" I find myself replying, despite my nervousness.

Surely she felt that too? The seriousness and the lack of distance between us.

"Good."

I glance at her, catching her looking at me. She makes me smile

"Why're you staring?" I ask, she smiles too a little

"I don't know, I suppose I can't believe what just happened.. again."

"Why not? You should know that you're hot, and that I have a lot of interest in you." I compliment

"Well you too. Shall we get ready for bed?"

"What, now?" I ask, she nods

"It's getting late, and it's nice being ready to sleep whenever."

"Aww, are you all tired?" I smile, she laughs a little

"Maybe.. In my defence, I've been through a lot this evening."

"Showing everyone your gay little music video?" I tease, she rolls her eyes. "It is a gay video. You must see that." 

"I danced with half naked men, I don't understand how I managed to make it gay." She mumbles, I smirk

"Neither do I. I guess you just can't help being so gay."

"Whatever.. Get up, I want to get ready to sleep."

We get some clothes on and brush our teeth. Separately though, because doing it together would feel too intimate... I know - I just fucked her. But that's a different intimacy to the intimacy we're avoiding.

"You wanna do anything tomorrow?" I ask.

Even though we don't want to catch feelings, I want her to know that I do like her, and that she deserves to be spoiled. I don't want her to feel like I think she's just a pretty face.

I'm walking a very fine line with how I treat her.

She looks at me confused, getting back into her bed with me. Maybe I'm being too much for her.

"What like?"

"Anything you like" I reply, she smiles

"Are you asking me on a date?"