Chapter Five

Previously:

“Perfect…” The brunette girl repeated in a trance. Her line of sight dropped, first to their hands, then to the fair hair spread on the thin shoulders, and finally arrived at the lips that had been glossed on by the dark red liquor. ‘Perfect, indeed.’ Without her noticing, she licked her own lips and bowed.

“Yeah, perfe—” The word was uttered again, but this time not completed, for Tina felt the moist, velvety, burning flesh enclosing on hers.

Neither of them moved, nor did they linger too long in the blissful abandonment. Bette pulled up, hesitantly paused in the air, attempted to dive in for another kiss, but at last stood tall. Tina let go of the mocha colored hand and placed her colder palm against her blushing neck.

The merest touch provoked the most extreme emotion. Like two puppies lost in the mist of the hot aired lustrous and dazzling street in the city of angels, the youthful beings let the youthful awkwardness and shyness fill freely up the small gap of silence in between.

As if the waves of the melody were still swaying gently, two pairs of keen ears perked and searched for any voice other than the humming echoes. The quiet moment was desirable, both of them contemplating the kiss they shared and what they could do with it.

Tina had imagined their first kiss over and over and over since her father had come up the plan of seducing Bette Porter. The way she had in mind was definitely how it played out. She thought about herself following the plan nicely and steadily, about baiting the brunette slowly into her arms, about making her fall head over heels for her, about taking initiatives in their first touch, first kiss, first night together… Now all was getting out of control, and she was falling too fast. ‘It was not supposed to be… why did she do that?’

‘What just happened?’ Bette yelled in her head. ‘Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, not good. She’s scared. She must be scared.’ Truthfully, she liked this girl the instant she locked eyes with her, maybe even more so when she challenged her. Just when they were about to be friendly together and have a slow evolving relationship, she couldn’t wait to think it over before taking actions.