Explain Yourself

*Cre~ak*

The sound of door screeching open could be heard throughout the bar, as one man tried to sneak in without making a sound.

"I swear I know oiled these damn doors recently..."

Cursing under his breath as he slowly walked in with steady steps towards the stairs, when he noticed a steaming hot teapot sitting on his bar counter...

(Hm? tea...? when did I-...unless...)

Pushing the thought to the back of his mind before taking a moment to make a quick check over his cloths for any blood stains that might have been left on him.

"Alright, as clean as I'll ever be I guess"

Taking a quick whiff of himself knowing full well that he was gonna wanna take shower after all that late night 'exercise'.

Walking up to his door and slowly reaching for the doorknob, hoping that whatever was behind his door wasn't going to skin him alive as soon he entered through it...

Gently twisting the doorknob and peering the door open just enough to see inside, he noticed his lights were still turned off...

(Off to a good start I suppose...)

Walking in calmly while closing the door softly behind him, thinking that it might of been a false alarm...is what he tried convincing himself of...

"Look who decided to show up this late at night"

Stopping dead on his tracks, closing his eyes, knowing exactly who it was that just spoke in the darkness of his room.

*Click*

Hearing the sound of his tall lamp shade turn on at the corner of his room and seeing the whole room dimly lit up, Zac turned his head around sheepishly, ready to face the reality of his situation...

Zac saw Annette sitting down with a leg crossed over the other in an overbearing manner on his well made leather chair that was made out from a rare monster's hide he had slayed a few years back.

She was wearing a skimpy red flower patterned lingerie with a translucent night robe around her body, hugging her curvaceous figure loosely while holding a glass of Hot Toddy with a thin slice of a yellow lemon inside and a cinnamon stick sticking out from her drink, which seemed a bit darker in shade from its usually light yellow color when served...

(Did she add too much dark rum or bourbon? or maybe it's just the cinnamon-)

Suddenly putting one and one together as Zac now figured out why there was a hot n' ready teapot downstairs in his bar.

"Well? Care to explain yourself?"

The sound of her voice was fill with a type of sternness while she had an expression of that of a calm before the storm, He knew he had to chose his words wisely here...

"Oh I just went out for a late night walk"

"For what reason, might I ask?"

"...To clear out my thoughts for tonight since it is a special night for the both of us especially for you..."

"So~, I decided that taking a night stroll around town would help me to better perform for tonight"

Squinting her eyes slightly as she switch her crossed leg over to the other one while stirring her drink with the cinnamon stick before taking it out for a slow sip of her glass with closed eyes.

It was then Zac noticed the black high heels on her feet, stealthily looking with the corner of his eye...only to see the spot by the door where he left her heels in the morning...completely empty...

(Who knew that a pair of shoes would come bite in the ass...)

Wondering if he really was cursed or if it was just karma for what happened that morning...

"Then if you don't mind me asking"

Snapping back from his inner thoughts and paying attention to the imposing red beauty in front of him as she asked her next question.

"Why do you reek of iron?"

"...That's probably from all the adventures that came in today after hearing about the 'all you can drink' spiel and you know how adventures come back with a bloody smell after a hard days work"

Trying to make it sound as plausible as he can with a straight laced smile, feeling a bit of sweat run down his back, knowing full well that simple cleaning magic only ever washed off stains from your body but, not so much the smell afterwards...

"Uh huh"

She let out an unconvincing response to his excuse as she proceeded to take a longer sip of her Hot Toddy, till it was nearly empty, setting it down next to a drawer beside her as she prepared to ask her last question.

"Then that just leaves one more thing to ask"

Stretching her delicate hand out towards the thin air with a grasp, as if grabbing a hold of something in the air.

*Crack-!*

She squeezed the air so tight, to the point of hearing something about to shatter under her domineering grip, squeezing tighter and tighter until multiple cracks could be heard throughout the room.

*KSHH~A!*

Zac had a good feeling as to what she just smashed to pieces with her own hand just now...

"Now, care to explain why you would put up a sound proof barrier around the whole bar before leaving?"

Annette just stared at Zac with a dark look in her eyes, she slowly retracted her hand back to the armrest while tapping her fingers in rhythm, Warning him that if he spits out anymore bullshit from his mouth, he can only pray for what's to come next...

Finding his situation becoming rather more dire by the sec, Zac braced himself for what he was about to do at this very moment!

Staring straight in her belligerent vacate like eyes with certain look of fiery passion blooming within him as he decided to go all out on the last obstacle standing in his way!

"Why? Well, isn't it obvious?"

"...?"

Giving her a stren look while watching her face as he saw a tiny reaction from his response.

"I see...you don't know what I mean"

Walking towards her with slow strides as he grabbed a hold of her hand with his and placing it on his chest without an ounce of fear as he leaned above her, looking down into her surprised eyes, having her feel his heart beat loud for her.

"what are yo-"

"Is it too selfish of me to want to keep you all to myself?"

Caught off guard by his actions and words that she couldn't respond to his weird gaslighting question, feeling his heart rate beat ever so strongly on her hand.

"Was it wrong of me to want to make your night special away from prying ears and eyes that could ruin it?"

Moving in slowly towards her face as he spoke his sweet nothings for her ears to hear and saw a tingle of red creep onto them as he did, making sure that he was close enough to have her attention on his eyes and nowhere else.

What was he trying to achieve? He was merely trying to get her flustered to the point of jumbling up her thought process a bit or in a layman's terms...gaslighting the crap out of her.

"B-but, that doesn't answer why you put the barrier up before leaving!"

It seem like it wasn't working too well as she still asked him for a thorough answer but, he wasn't going to given in just yet as he kept staring into her eyes with a loving gaze.

Quickly turning her head to the side from how embarrassed she felt being this close to him face to face, when she felt a hand turn her chin gently back to face him...

"I simply didn't want to alarm you of when I left on my walk to collect my thoughts...I just wanted to consult myself on how I could make your promised night as special as possible..."

Giving her an apologetic smile that only a man could give, to a girl that he truly cared for.

...Only this smile felt the most sincere out everything that's happened so far in the exchange of theirs conversation.

Technically, he wasn't lying about wanting to get rid of prying meddlesome people and trying to make tonight as pleasant as possible for her without any interruptions.

"May I ask for your forgiveness for my misunderstood actions and making you anxious all the while?"

"..."

Trying to put her thoughts in order...when she calmly grabbed a hold of the hand that was holding her chin with an exaggerated smile of forgiveness, plastered all over her face as her crescent eyes showed a deceiving sense of security.

"Oh~ Zac, do you take me for a fool?"

?

Feeling like he was missing something here... until she quick pushed him away rather hard with the hand that was placed upon his chest, enough for her to stand up from the momentum of the push from her sitting position while still holding on to his hand that was holding her chin just a second ago.

Pulling him right back towards her from the forceful push, as she took a step forward to the side of him to where she was completely behind him while lifting his arm above her head and behind him with two hands then swiftly flipped him over her shoulder, as she knock him off his feet to make him lose his balance and flung him really hard across the room, onto his bed.

*CRASH!*

Splitting his bed into two after his crash landing from the beautifully done move she executed on him.

"Ten out of ten!...and *Cough* well deserved!...but maybe a bit of forewarning before pulling a move like that on me..."

He achingly got up praising her harsh action towards him, instead of getting worked up about it but, after registering the condition of his bed...he couldn't help but feel a sharp pain in his heart.

"...you could have at least spared the bed you know..."

Not even checking if his back was ok after the crash, chalking it to the bed breaking his fall.

Quite literally...and only caring about the lost of his comfy bed...

(Now where I'm I going to sleep...)

"Zac"

Quickly tuning in quietly while staring right at her calm raging eyes, wondering what else was in store for him after witnessing the passing of his bed.

"I've known you for 10 years...did you really expect to get away from trouble with your smooth talk?"

"...yes?"

Pitching her nose bridge with closed eyes, full of frustration, while her other arm was folded underneath her bosom to hold her free elbow with her hand as she was contemplating on what to do next.

"Look, I know you wouldn't 'completely' lie to me without a good reason so I'm going give you a chance to redeem yourself here"

Hearing her put emphasis on 'completely' made him feel a bit better...for various reasons.

"And what might you have in mind for this guilty of a man?" Zac said in a singing voice like he didn't even mind that he was being called out for his wrong doings.

Lifting three fingers in the air, as she recited her demands one by one.

"First, take a shower because you smell like you just came back from the butcher shop"

"Secondly, After your done with taking a shower you come straight to my room, no funny business"

And Thirdly, you will explain 'exactly' what happen in detail when you went out on your little 'walk' Am I clear?"

"...crystal"

"Good!"

Quickly walking out the door with a smile over her face and slamming the door at the end, leaving him in the debris of his once comfy comrade, feeling completely deafeated after the whole exchange.

"Well Zac, you reaped what you sowed"

Talking to himself, as he got up from his broken bed and decided to take a shower like he was going to in the beginning when coming back from his 'walk'.

"Well it's not like it can get any wor-"

Stopping himself from finishing his sentence... feeling that if he did, He might really be asking for it.

[I hope I didn't just jinx myself by almost saying that unlucky line]

Shaking his head and such unneeded thoughts as he headed inside his bathroom...