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She met Sidney’s eyes as he leaned towards her. A thousands thoughts raced through her head. Is this even something he wants to do? Or is he just doing it for either me or Nicolette? That last thought made her hesitate, but she still stood on her tip toes and kissed him gently. Her kiss was hesitant for she knew not how he’d take it.

He replied to her kiss, slowly wrapping his arms around her waist. She felt so….small and petite inside his arms, which he found somewhat cute. She’s a lot shorter than him so he had to bend low and it made his back hurt a bit so he lifted her slightly and made her stand on his feet.

She tried to become as tall as she could. She wrapped her arms around his neck. “Should I jump up and wrap my legs around you so you don’t have to bend down as much?” she asked breaking the kiss, but not moving her face away from his.

"Huh?" He was so surprised he jolted backwards slightly. He didn’t expect her to use that kind of pick-up line. "Maybe…not now." He blinked his eyes widely.

Azalea blushed and looked down. “I was just wondering because you were bending over so far, not in that way,” she said quietly. She was very embarrassed about the way it came out.

He leaned down again closely to her face and smirked. “You sure you’re not having….an inappropriate thought?” He asked teasingly. Teasing was one of his specialty.

"I’m sure," she said blushing even more. "Though your reaction definitely gave away what you were thinking about." She smirked back at him and met his eyes. The blush was still there, but it was going away.

"Yeah, that’s right." He answered calmly. "Isn’t it obvious that I am indeed….that kind of person…” He whispered lowly. “I have no idea why would you be surprised at all..”

Azalea brought her hands from Sidney’s neck to his face, lightly cupping it. “I know what kind of a person you are. And I obviously don’t mind,” she said, then kissed him again gently.

He smiled lightly and raised his eyebrows. His eyes widen when she kissed him again, more like surprised that she had the bravery to kiss him and make the first move. He didn’t mind it a bit so he just let her.

A laugh bubbled from her. After a minute or two she broke the kiss. “You sure looked surprised,” she teased as she dropped her hands and took a step away from Sidney.

"I am." He nodded. "I didn’t expect you to be so…bold. Oh well, you said you’re going to the groceries and your old apartment? Then we better go now it’s like 3 PM."

Azalea laughed. “I guess you’re not used to that. Yea, we probably should be going. Just let me grab something,” she said as she ran to her room and grabbed her purse.

"So, how would I know that you weren’t the one who’s doing naughty stuffs to me while I was sleeping?" He snickered. "Wait, me too. I need to brush my hair, change my outfit and smeared some perfume. I don’t want the people in the groceries to think that I’m going there sleep-walking."

"Why would I? I told you I fell asleep instantly," she said, loudly so he’d hear, over her shoulder. She decided to grab her phone as well and went back into the living room to wait for him.

It was like half an hour before Sidney finally came out in black cardigan, grey vest, creme dress shirt and a black tie. “Oh gods, I’m so sorry. I just remembered that I haven’t take any bath this morning so I bathed but quickly like really fast but I need to dry my hair and I can’t find my Valentino so it took a while. Does this look okay?”

Azalea looked at Sidney bewildered. “It looks amazing,” she said smiling at him. “Do you always have to worry about appearance?”

"Thank you," he replied happily. "I am not worrying about how I look. Actually, I had a lot of fun with it. I like to wear things that look pretty. They’re perfecting me. And doesn’t it feel good if you’re always present yourself as best as you can, and to give a good impression.” He locked the doors and took her down with the elevator. “I also don’t like to be seen as an average.”

"And what’s so bad about being average?" Azalea asked. "They do look really good on you though." She entered the elevator after him.

"First, I’m not an average since the beginning. See? Second, I’m not the person who cant stand staying in a corner doing nothing. I want to stand out. And if you really want to be by my side, you should start getting used to being noticed as well. How does that sound?" He raised his eyebrows.

Azalea sighed. “That sounds fine, but I will warn you that I’m not used to attention so I don’t know how I’ll handle it,” she said. “So be weary of that.”

"It’s okay to feel awkward at first. But try to get used to it at least.." They came out of the elevator and walked to the parking lot. Sidney’s Ferrari was parked a bit far so he decided to ride his black lamborghini Aventador this time. "Come on in."