Pleasure-pain

Ba dum!

Ba dum!

Lumina's heart thumped at the ambiguity of that sentence. The loss of breath coupled with the redness of her face gave away her understanding of the word.

Nix stared at her for a few seconds. At first, he had wanted to trick her like he did when he had referred to her, and the disarranged bed he had met the first time he had gotten to know about the dorm.

His breathing began to slow as his mind had another thought in store for him.

'She might not like it.' His thought reasoned.

Pupils dilating, the only sound of them breathing intensified the atmosphere, the rest was a ringing sound to distract him from the main point.

"Nix," Her voice was low and breathy as she said his name when she felt his breath fan her face.

Not willing to resist the desire that came with the proximity between them.