Chapter 183 - Bite Those Lips

How complicated is it to fall in love with someone? How do you think two souls find their way to each other? Do the eyes lead that way or is it the skin? Or perhaps, it's the magnetic pull of the universe? 

Actually, it doesn't take a kiss or someone akin to fall in love. Honestly, no one can certainly say how one falls in love. But one thing that's for sure is that it only takes a moment. It can be a moment of laughter or crying with them. Or it can be a moment of hearing that particular person calling your name that eventually did some unexplainable things to your heart. Nonetheless, it can also be a moment of silence you shared with that person where you heard a peculiar melody and only then realized how loud silence could become.

But it doesn't really matter which moment it was. What matters is that when two souls fall for each other, all that's left between them is a yearning. A yearning to be close to each other. And that yearning leads to fear of every goodnight turning into a goodbye. Because souls don't have the notion of time and distance which means for the souls, the absence is like separation. That's why the souls feel the presence of their significant other intensely even through a mere hand held. 

For Xiu, him holding her hand as he led her inside the apartment building was really special. As they were in the elevator, she couldn't keep her eyes away from him even now. But Darren was feeling really strange under the scrutiny of her eyes and kept fidgeting. 

"Aren't you tired of looking at me already?" he finally voiced out.

Xiu took a step towards him and he took a step back on instinct. Perhaps it was her predatory expression that cornered him as his back hit the wall of the elevator. Xiu placed one hand on the wall and looked at him saying, "I don't like seeing anything between us."

"There is literally nothing between us," said Darren pointing at the way her body was almost pressed against his own.

'Clothes are still between us!' her dirty mind reminded her and Xiu almost puked blood at her own thinking. Where did that come from? Seeing how Darren was looking at her, she kept her straight face and said, "Well, the heart has no logic and feelings are beyond magic. Then why are we keeping rationality between us?"

"Sweets, who led you astray while I was away? When did you become so... Indecent?"

"You did," replied Xiu honestly with an innocent look. "You are doing things to me that I can't even describe in words. But I do know that..." she laid her hand on his chest and drew circles as she went on, "I really want to bite those lips."

*Ding*

As those words left her mouth, the elevator door opened and Xiu walked out like she hadn't just been breaking his walls. As for Darren, he finally breathed out not even knowing that he had been holding his breath until now. She came on too strong and suddenly for him. He definitely didn't expect it from her. Wasn't she the shy type? Only alcohol made her brave. 

Poor guy didn't know that love always made the shy turn into the brave one and the brave into the shy one. Like himself!

As for Xiu, she didn't drink tonight, then how was she this bold? While Darren was wondering he caught up to her and said, "Sweets, are you playing with me?"

Xiu clicked her tongue and shook her head saying, "I haven't started yet." Darren found her rebellious spirit a little too exciting.

"What are we gonna play then?" he asked.

Xiu stopped in front of his apartment, not her own and leaning against the door, she tugged at his jacket and pulled him towards herself. Looking up into his eyes, she said, "We're gonna play... Taming my little king." 

Darren's eyes widened in shock when she called him 'my little king'. It sounded so familiar and yet so foreign. However, he certainly loved it when she said it.

"Would you like to play?" her voice didn't waver even when she could feel the tension in the air. She knew she had hit a spot but that was what she was looking for. Outrightly telling him that she was Chen Xiu was not an option. But if she gave enough clues, he'd figure it out. Or at least, he'd have a little bit of doubt. And that doubt was what she was looking for.

Seeing him standing there without any reaction, she gently leaned in and kissed his warm lips. As she pulled apart, Darren gave her an inquisitive look while she took shallow and shaky breaths. Xiu opened her mouth to say something when Darren held the back of her head with his hand and pulled in for another kiss.

This time around, it was fiery and passionate yet it was so darn slow that Xiu's heart felt like exploding. She didn't even realize when he had opened the door behind her but she only realized it when he held her waist and picked her off the ground. The kiss wasn't broken but he had carried her inside.

Soon, she found herself falling and when her back hit the couch, she m.o.a.ned and taking advantage of that, his tongue expertly explored the recess of her mouth. She was lying on her back with his body matching her body form. Her hands lifted to explore each crevasse, each line along his perfect physique.

They pulled away and opened their eyes. There was a whole world of wonder in her eyes while there was a curiosity in his. Although no words were spoken, a lot was said between them. Darren leaned in and softly kissed up and down her neck. Xiu involuntarily let out a whimper of anticipation. As he found his way back to her smooth lips, Xiu's hands became even more determined as they slid under his shirt.

However, she had yet to feel his taut muscles without the barrier of clothing when Darren held her hands over her head and bit her lips a little harshly as he said, "We're done playing. I don't know about my Sweets taming her little king. But seems like my Sweets is pretty much tamed now."

It took her a while to pull herself out of the fantasy world he had brought her in and harshly threw her out at the end using her own words. She glared at him in anger but he laughed at her expression finding it too funny. 

He ruffled her hair and said, "This is why you should not play with the player or you'll end up getting played by the player." He patted her head treating her like a puppy and added, "So be careful next time."