Her eyes closed in anticipation of his touch and as he leaned closer she could feel his warm breath on her supple soft skin. Her fingers immediately curled and tugged on to the sheets tightly in response.

He leaned in closer and captured her lips with his own, one lip at a time, teasing them, tearing them apart. He rained havoc.

Slowly as they unraveled into the warm and moist interiors of each other's mouth, they both grew restless with their heart pounding for more and more with every passing second.

He slowly moved his hand and placed it under the base of her neck to support her and pulled her even tighter towards her, even though there was no distance between them that needed to be diminished.

His tongue had started exploring inside her mouth, igniting all the passion and fire within her that he could. She gave in herself completely and kissed him back with equal intensity like she was thirsty for his lips, his touch for centuries and it was a now or never for her.

He could faintly taste the cranberry juice that she had during the dinner and somehow that seduced him, even more, to deplete her from her reserves and to render her barren.

Then suddenly he released her lips and she moaned, for she wanted more and more.

He liked teasing her.

But she frowned.

Her eyebrows rose up, but her eyes were still closed and when she opened them, she saw him gazing at her intently with those tranquilizing dark brown eyes.

"I like strawberry flavor now !!! Very very much. Didn't know that I could develop a liking for that".

Saying that he softly captured her lower lip again with his own lips and sucked hard.

She arched her back in response as it was too intense for her.

But he showed no mercy and kept devouring on her lips. He nibbled them, licked them and tortured them in every possible way until she felt like she was in the seventh heaven, afloat over the clouds, where her heightened senses had breached all barriers to reach the penultimatum of ecstasy.

He wrapped his fingers around her fingers which were tightly holding on to the sheets and slowly rendered them free. It was like he was repleting her from anything and everything that could hold her back from him.

She slowly raised her arms and wrapped them around him but the moment she did that, he flipped her again, making her body rest on top of his own.

He relentlessly kept tugging onto her hair and started kissing the crevices of her neck, under her chin, her collar bone and on every possible space that his heart desired to.

She moaned loudly for it was too much for her. The thin line between pain and pleasure had vanished for her.

He immediately covered her mouth with his hands, scared that Mike could hear them out.

She resisted at first but then she dug her teeth into his palm, unable to control herself and her carnal desires. Her heartbeat had reached the peak and then came a moment when she just couldn't take it anymore. Her hands reached for his lips and she covered them with her palm and mumbled,

"Timeout !!! I need Timeout".

He looked at her.

She looked like she had been tormented with pleasure. Her forehead glistening with the beads of sweat from the intimate jaunt of theirs.

He laughed and then hoisted himself up to sit on the bed while his arms still embraced her. She buried her face on his shoulder while sitting on his lap.

He gently caressed her back like she was the only thing in the whole world upon which he doted and could bet his entire life while she hugged him tightly like she wanted to captivate him forever.

He kept on caressing her fondly till she could find her breath back.

She took a deep breath and then lifted her head up.

"You ok?"

"Mmmm..." she said and just nodded.

"It's ok. Just rest", he said and ran his fingers through her hair and softly planted a kiss on her cheek.

She rested her head back on his shoulders and closed her eyes in his embrace.

He felt like he had fallen in love all over again.

He closed his eyes to be lost in that faint lavender smell of hers that captivated his entirety.

But then suddenly,

"Akira !!! Akira !!!"

"Open the door, looks like our fuse is blown out".

Mike said and pounded on the door.

They suddenly opened their eyes and realized it was pitch black all around them.

They were so engrossed and lost in each other that they had no idea when the electricity went off.

He immediately got up and with the help of his flashlight, he immediately ran towards the window and opened it. He immediately stepped out but before leaving he said,

"Maverick loves you !!!"

"I love him too", she said and smiled.

Then without wasting a single second she hurried towards the door of her room and opened it.

"What took you so long?", Mike said and frowned.

"Can't you see I was half asleep", Akira said faking a yawn.

"You slept in these clothes? Great!!! That's something new. Since when have you started sleeping without your PJ's", Mike asked.

"Really that's the problem you are gonna discuss now?", Akira said rolling her eyes.

"Well then fix it !!!", Mike retorted.

Akira stomped on her feet and went to the basement with a spare fuse to connect into the socket.

"TaDa"

"See easy peasy", Akira said and dusted her hands just to show off.

Then she rushed back to her room and locked it and then ran near to the window. Probably a part of her wished that he was still there, waiting for her.

And he didn't dare to disappoint.

He stood there solemnly leaning on the side wall.

"Hey !!! You didn't leave?", Akira asked in a hushed tone.

"How could I leave you in the dark like this?", he said and then inched close and stole a quick kiss from her.

"Now I can go back and probably sleep !!!", he said and smiled and walked towards his car.

She stood there all speechless.

So much love was there around her, that she was bursting with happiness.

She didn't care for what next she had to endure, she didn't care for what tricks people were going to play, for she knew one thing for sure that her man was there for her. Ready to protect her from anything. Ready to mend her heart for if it broke.