"No!," I yelled out in a fit of laughter. "Please! Sebastian! I'll do anything you ask!"

"Anything?," he asked, glancing down at me with a mischievous glint in his eyes. A smirk grew on his face as ideas formed in that head of his.

I paused as I thought it over for a minute, finally being able to think straight after being tickled to death. "No," I rushed out, wanting to stop any inappropriate thoughts from circling in his mind.

"Really?," he asked. I nodded my head. Before I knew it, his fingers worked their magic on me as I turned hysterical. My unstoppable laughter made me receive stitches in my stomach. I tried to pry his fingers away from me. I kicked my legs out and somehow managed to fall of the bed. He sat on the edge watching me, just trying to control his laughter.

"Fuck!," I groaned out. "That hurt."

"Stop being a baby and get your ass up," he said as he got comfortable on the bed, leaning against the mountains of pillows that I just made.

I pulled myself up and glared at him. "Asswipe."

"You really have a thing for my ass, don't you?," he asked. "It's always 'asshole', 'asshat' and 'asswipe'. You got anymore to add to that little collection?"

"Don't worry," I narrowed my eyes at him. "I'm just pulling them out of my sleeve one at a time."

Without a warning, I launched myself on top of him on the bed. I landed on my stomach on him. His hands instinctively made their way to the back of my thighs in a way to grab me in case I fell. I didn't move and he didn't push me off. I adjusted the way I was sat. My legs fell on either side of him as his hands moved to lower part of my back.

"You're really comfortable," I mumbled against his chest. He let out a low chuckle. I moved slightly, trying to sit more comfortable. His chuckle stopped abruptly as he let out a groan. He moved his hands and slammed them down on my thighs, preventing me from moving any further. It was then that I realised that I had accidentally grinded against his crotch.

"My amore, you know what you're doing and you won't like what'll happen after it (my love)," his chest rumbled as he spoke through clenched teeth. I pretended to think it over before coming to a conclusion.

"We'll see," I said shooting him a wink. "I think I'm good here." A smile grew on my face. I tilted my head upwards and caught his lips in a chaotic and hungry kiss. Not even a second later, his grip on my thighs tightened as I felt something hard pressing against me. It didn't take me a while to realise what it was.

He let out a low groan, his voice causing shivers to run down my spine. I broke away from the kiss and let out a sigh before climbing off him. I held my arms above my head and stretched causing my shirt to rise up a tiny bit.

"What you are doing?," he asked, cracking open an eye.

"I'm gonna shower," I shrugged.

"No, you're not," he demanded. "You're gonna turn that ass back around and finish what you started."

"I think you can do that yourself," I chuckled as I grabbed a towel and slowly walked towards the bathroom.

"I'm coming with you then," he shrugged as he stood up.

"Nope," I said. "There's only enough space for one." I stayed silent for a moment as I looked him up and down, skimming my eyes over the big bulge in his pants." Why do you wear suits all the time?"

He glanced down at himself, flexing his arms slightly. "That's why," he said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes as him as he showed off his muscles.

"Go and shower somewhere else."

"We really shouldn't waste water. We're all about helping the environment," he shrugged unapologetic.

"Shut up and shower somewhere else." A small smile played on my lips at his ways of persuasion.

"Okay. Okay," he finally said before he left the room.

~

"Lets go for a drive," I shrugged as I glanced at the clock. 11:00pm. He nodded his head and grabbed his keys. "But can I drive?" I bit my lip nervously. He loves his car and as far as I know he hasn't let anyone drive it.

He paused for a moment, thinking it over before hesitantly agreeing. "Really?," I asked, wanting confirmation as my eyes lit up in happiness.

"Really," he repeated. "But, one tiny little scratch on it and I will kill you."

"I promise there'll be no scratches," I chuckled. I slid my coat on over my pyjamas before following him out of the door and towards the car. I can drive a car but I'm not a good driver since I haven't driven in months so I guess I'm a little bit rusty.

I started the engine then hit the roads. From the corner of my eye, I saw Sebastian putting on his seatbelt which is a first. Dumbass never does it, it's like he has a death wish or something.

I kept my foot on the gas as I drove through the mostly empty streets, zigzagging my way through them. I watched with glee as the speedometer increased going into the 100s. Laughs and yells left my mouth as I rolled the windows down, wanting to feel the air hitting my face.

Ten or so minutes later, I heard Sebastian say something about releasing pressure from the gas. Over the roar of the engine, I slowly lifted my foot off it causing the engine to move to a low humming sound. I pulled up next to the sidewalk and left the engine running.

"Crazy bitch," I heard Sebastian mumble.

"You're such a jackass," I laughed as I lightly punched him on the shoulder. For the first time in ages, he was finally wearing something other than a suit with sweats and a hoodie covering him.

"Now, I know not to piss you off."

"You should know not to do that already. After all, I am Red," I flexed. "The undefeated fighter to this day since you managed to lose that title." We were both undefeated fighters but that day he came and we fought, he lost.

"Don't fucking remind me," he scoffed out. "I was having a shitty day." Plus the fact that they were drinking the night before.

"It's okay," I told him feigning concern. "You lost because you're a shitty fighter."

"That's how you wanna play this?" I nodded don't head. "You and me outside now. One on one. Lets go."

I cut the engine and got out of the car. Not knowing if this was going to be played by the rules. I instantly punched his jaw, not hard but enough to cause him to stagger back. "I didn't say go."

"No rules," I told him. He rolled his neck and agreed.

"Don't think I'm gonna take it easy on you," he warned as he got into a stance.

"Wasn't counting on it."

~

Turns out that he did take it easy on me, claiming he didn't want to hurt me. We joked and mocked each other as we got into the car. Then suddenly as if the whole day had just slammed us into a wall, forcing us to face reality, we sat in silence. With both of us thinking the same thing, we held hands, squeezing the others to comfort them and ourselves in a way.

The mafia ball is in three weeks time. As soon as we return from our vacation, we thrown yet again into another mess.

"I-," he suddenly said before stopping himself.

"What?," I asked.

"Nothing," he shrugged, waving it off. I narrowed my eyes at him, practically demanding him to tell me. "The next two weeks it's just gonna be me and you. I don't want to hear no talk of what'll happen when we go back home. We need to just enjoy what's happening now."

"I agree with you," I said softly. "But we do need to make a plan just in case."

"Already got one," he said. I gave him a look. "I was bored and had nothing to do. Plus you were sleeping."

"Now, it's just us. We're not part of the mafia. We're just normal, boring people," I said.

I stared at his face, completely mesmerised. Who would've thought all those months ago that we'd be at this stage? I sure as hell didn't. To be honest, I thought I would've been dead by now. I'm glad life pushed me in this direction because if it didn't, we wouldn't have met. I know for a fact that I would've tried to stay as far away as possible from him.

Could it be love...?

~

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