10 YEARS AGO
" I like you Rhea...", Denver shook his head adamantly as he tore off the paper from his book, crumbled it and threw it away which landed with at least twenty mire crumbled paper, " what am I doing.....", he mumbled to himself in frustration as his head fell freely on the table , she had adamantly told him to stop being her friend and yet...he wanted to confess," was he a fool", yes he was. At that moment yhe bell rang and people began to settle into the class , he had not eaten lunch so as to dive more into his thoughts, his friends came over and they began to laugh and joke, he had gathered every crumbled piece of paper and hidden it under his desk, he didn't want anyone to ask him any questions if they saw the papers, he looked around focusing his gaze on people tgat were just coming into the class to see if Rhea was amongst them but....she was not there , she was probably at the roof top, should he meet her up there later today?, will she get mad?, he sighed deeply , she had called him a distraction to her plans, what was she planning?, he never asked her anything because she seemed like the type of person who would pull away if he dug more and entered too deeply into her life, he had always tried to be cautious with her so that she won't pull away yet....he never asked.
The class suddenly became quiet as all the students settled in amd a teacher came in, a thick geometry textbook ladelled on her arm, her face expressionless and her eyes hidden in her thick rimmed glasses which made her features look sharper, her name was Miss Jane, a teacher who had worked in the school for over twelve years and who never had a stable relationship with her students, more simply put she was unapproachable because she was mostly unhappy and got easily irritated but...she was still a good teacher.
She settled her textbook which landed with a heavy thud on the table then she cleared ger throat, " before we begin today's class...I will like to inform you that one of our students Rhea Clayton will officially not be coming o this school anymore", those words escaped her lips like any casual thing a teacher could say , something that could happen anyway so it might as well just been done with, it was anything above teacher could say anytime, anyway and you couldn't even blame her because.....she was just a teacher.
He didn't know when he stood up , when her words finally registered or when he just dashed out of the class despite the yelling from the teachers , students, his friends, he just ran , his heart beating so fast like it was going to explode , amd just like that he was out of the school walls , his mind drifting, wondering , but she came to school this morning and as usual she was writing, nothing seemed out of the ordinary , it just felt like she would always be there, being at that seat with her ear plugs and her books but.....she was not there , she didn't know where he was running to, he may still catch up to her, where ever she is he may just be able to..." ding", he stopped , finally able to catch his breath, he whipped out his phone from his pocket rather briskly as if he had been expecting a text for a long time and...there it was , another unknown number which he could very much tell it was Rhea, a simple and short message which read " don't look for me", it was simple yet you could tell that she absolutely meant it and his legs just froze , he should push forward, text back, run to her , he should....he turned around, he was at the bridge where she had told him he was a distraction to her and that same bridge where he just stared longing for her presence.
He always knew that she would run away one day, she always looked like someone who was out of reach , she just...seemed that way, if he had asked her why she wanted to run away?, who she was running away from?, if he hadn't prioritised his feelings over her emotions...if he had just crossed that line between them, he held the railing as he looked out at the wide stretched sea , remembering how her fingers curled around her pen when she wrote , her elegant hand writing and how she constantly tucked her hair at the back of her ear , he clenched the railing as he bowed his head and muttered, " If I had just asked?".
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PRESENT
Low pants echoed through the thin walls of Rheas room , this time Denver was completely shirtless while Rhea was wearing just her singlet and shorts , their shirts tangled up on the floor as Rhea was still straddling Denver as their kiss grew more deeper and passionate, her neck tainted withdrew red hickeys all over , their breaths mingling as to every moment their lips claimed and their bodies exuding heat as they got closer till no space was left between them, their bodies pressed against each other in a sensual manner, contrasting to every morality they held so dear. It felt like the rain got heavier or louder or was it just their imagination , was it what their minds wanted them to think in this intoxicating state?.
Denver hand slowly crept under her singlet, his hand in contact with her bare skin, Rhea moaned softly as her head fell onto Denvers shoulder , her skin was soft soft and smooth , he didn't even know what he wanted to do to her right now , she was everything he had ever wanted and her being in his arms right now , her body melting in his, he got tempted or should he say he got.....greedy, as if daring his hands slowly began to creep upwards, Rhea tightened her hold on him as she tried to stifle the sound that was threatening to escape from her lips but she couldn't as his warm lips pressed against her bare skin, her body intimately pressed against his toned muscles, she was tempted to trail her fingers to every crevices of his skin , to feel his muscles tensed up amd relax under her touch, but then.....he stopped, his hand slowly pulling away from under her cloth , Rhea was confused at to what was happening then...she felt him pull her closer as he just.....hugged her?, what was he doing?, " Denver.....why did you...?", " you don't know how much I am holding back now Rhea...", his voice husky with a restrained desire lurking in , he slowly pulled away and their eyes met, both flushed and flustered both disoriented . Rheas singlet hand had slid off slightly from her shoulder, Denver noticed as he gently pulled it up causing Rhea to flinch lightly as his finger brushed against her skin sending a warm jolt all over her body, he then tucked some strands of her hair to the back of her ear as he just gazed at her softly, right now she just didn't know how dangerous she was, how just looking at her made him think the unimaginable, " why did you stop?", she whispered , she didn't want to sound desperate but at the same time she wanted to know.
" I want you to be ready....", he said simply, " ready?", she was more than ready , she wanted him and he wanted her so why was he pushing it when it was clear that they both wanted each other, Denver smiked softly, " because.....", he leaned closer to her face making Rheas cheeks to reddened, " I don't want you to regret it.....hah", he heaved softly as he just lay on her bed and Rhea almost forgetting everything he had just previously said could only stare at this man before her, him lying on her bed just gave her a better view of his body, those deep lines that travelled downwards, from his stomach to his waist line disappearing under, his toned muscles, broad shoulders and how he was just sprawled on her bed , it mad her get those thoughts, if they had gone further she would have felt everything, her cheeks flushed as she could feel her heart beating so fast, she looked away, she wanted to touch him, as crude as her thoughts were she wanted to feel him.
Before she could think of anything she felt his hand on her wrist as he pulled her down gently unto him, just inches apart from his face, his eyes scrolled from her eyes to her lips and some sort of emotion flashed through , a playful smirk playing on his lips as if he couls read hef thoughts," what are you thinking Rhea", his voice somewhat husky but it was clear he was teasing her, why would he call her name like that when they were in this kind of situation, " no...nothing", she stammered, as much as she didn't want to make eye contact with him she just didnt have a choice because if the kind of position they were in, his face settled into something calmer , softer, " liar", he mummured under his breath but it was very much clear for Rhea to hear, her eyebrows knotted into a frown as she wanted to protest but he just pulled her in and hugged her, " I....I won't do anything you would regret .....our relationship is not fully defined yet , I don't want you to do this when you have not fully made up your mind yet...", he pulled her closer caging her with his legs, " but I am ready, I want to...", " or...", he gently raised her chin up with his thumb as they both looked at each other , Rhea thought he was going to kiss her again but....., a teasing smirk formed on his lips, " or...do you just want to use me for my body", the way he said it like he wanted to do something...naughty, she could feel the colour of her face change to different shades of red as she just buried her face in his chest as she mummured softly with a hint of unwavering embarrament, " pervert ", this made Denver chuckled softly .
Just for tonight , till she is ready he will wait, he won't push her, it will be at her own time.