Caress

Luca's hands are a gentle caress against my goose-flesh skin. The tip of his fingers trace up the sides of my neck and I feel my heavy pulse knocking against his touch.

My body is frozen.

I can't move, even though I want to.

It's too obvious now, Luca really does want to drink my blood. And I, being the dimwitted dummy I am, literally walked right into his vampire lair and laid myself out life a blood buffet.

Luca's face moves closer to mine, and I feel the heat of his breath on my cheek. Every hair on my body stands and my eyes threaten to close as if my body likes what he's doing.

~I don't like it, by the way.~

His soft touch, the way my heart is beating, the way his eyes are looking at me like I'm delicious. It may feel good.... But I don't like it... I think...

Luca lightly tips my head back so my neck is completely visible and vulnerable. He runs a finger down my throat and I find myself inhaling quickly at the touch, then swallowing, as if I could swallow down the sound of a moan that threatened to escape me.

~I need to get out of here! But why am I not moving?~

"Are you doing alright?" Luca asks me and his voice is a low purr. I feel light-headed at the seductive sound.

Words form in the back of my mouth, words saying I want to stop, but none of them pass my lips. Instead, a tiny squeak comes out of me, one that Luca probably assumes is from pleasure.

~great...~

"I'll only leave one mark." Luca says, and black dots swim before my eyes.

~He's actually going to bite me!!~

He leans closer and I feel his breath against my neck. My heart rate increases again. "I'll do it right here." He says, then brings his lips to touch my neck.

And as soon as I feel the soft skin of his pink lips plant onto a patch of my neck... The room around me goes dark...

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I wake with a start.

"stop! Stop!" I yell sitting up, my hands on either side of my neck creating a shield around myself.

My mouth falls open when I see where I am.

Still in Luca's room, laying on his bed, and Luca is beside me....

he's also laying on the bed. But his shirt is off, and he's casually reading a book, with his ankles crossed in front of him.

I stare at him.

"You're awake." He assesses and looks at me over a pair of glasses.

"You wear glasses?" Is surprisingly the first thing that comes out of my mouth.

"Yes." Luca answers flatly.

I look at him again, his black hair looks ruffled, his tan chest is of course a six-pack of clean delicious-looking abs, and his glasses make him look kind of cute.

~Why is he so damn hot? And why am I in bed with him??~

I look down at myself, I'm still clothed, but my body feels lethargic....

~like I just lost blood.~

My hands fly to my neck to feel for some kind of bite mark. "Wh- What happened?" I ask panicked. "Did you... or did we?" I look back at Luca with eyes wide.

~Did we do it? Why don't I remember? Why else would his shirt be off?~

Luca takes his glasses off and sets them on top of the book in his lap. "Yes." he says again.

If my eyes could pop out of my head, they would. "We did?"

Luca stares at me straight-faced, "You don't remember?" He asks, then leans toward me. The book and glasses fall off of his lap onto the bed as he comes to stare straight into my eyes. "You kept asking me to do it again and again."

My mouth drops open... "I- I did?"

Luca inches closer to me then pulls up his hand and taps my nose. "No." he smiles.

I blink.

"I'm lying." His smile broadens and he leans back on the backboard of the bed picking up his book again. "You passed out before I could bite you."

I sigh passes through me, and I rake my sweaty palms through my hair. "Oh my god..." I say, "That makes so much more sense."

Luca laughs loudly at my remark. "Why would you agree to do something that you're so afraid of?"

I look at him out of the side of my eyes, before placing my attention on a set of closet doors across the room from us. "I-" I clear my throat, "I thought you were bluffing."

Luca laughs again, this time quieter, "well, I guess you can see that I wasn't."

I clear my throat again. "Yeah..."

"Well," I feel the weight on the mattress shift again and I look over to see Luca scooting closer to me. "If you want," He takes my chin in his hands and tips my face toward his, "The offer still stands. 5,000 for a sip of your blood."

I swallow, then bat his hand away, "No thanks!" I jump off the bed and my head suddenly feels light. I wobble for a second as the blood rushes from my head, and when my vision stops blurring I realize that Luca is standing in front of me keeping me from falling over. I step away from him, "I don't need your help." I push his hands away, then turn to leave. I stop in the doorway, and I'm grateful that Luca didn't follow me.

"If you change your mind..." Luca says.

"The 10,000," I cut him off.

"what?"

"I want the 10,000," I say, "I'll stay on the stupid team. But I want my money."