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She was taken off guard by his comment, so when he pulled her closer she gasped. Her eyes widened, and she looked up at him with surprise.

And wonder.

He moved through the circles of the dance of getting to know her smoothly. A lot smoother than Flutter would have been able to manage. That she was open with him was a testament to how at ease he placed her.

"If you said something like that I would have to say that you were hiding the truth inside of humor because you are afraid of what I would say."

Why, oh why couldn't she just shut up when things were going well? That naggling part of her brain made her say exactly what it was that she was thinking each time. And every time it acted like a bucket of ice water being thrown over someone's head.

She looked away, afraid of what his reaction to her words would be.

She had expected him to be angry with her at seeing through his ruse. She was surprised that he appreciated the fact that she was so direct. Many had told her in less kind words that it was a curse to speak so freely of her thoughts.

Be what people want you to be, and work out something for yourself when you have them where you want them. That had been what her mother had done. She'd needed a husband to help her buy a house, and care for her daughter, and he had needed a wife to help raise his son, and would put up with his less than desirable traits.

A woman who wouldn't talk about the things he did inside of his home.

Flutter shuddered, and shook her head. Why did she always find herself back inside of those unpleasant memories? She was startled out of them when he held her face, and was thrilled when his lips tauntingly brushed against her. She found herself closing her eyes, and thinking only of his lips.

They were a nice pair of lips. Very kissable. When she opened her eyes up slowly to find him staring at her, she found those kissable lips twisted into a sinister smile. Yes, he was waiting for an invitation of sorts, and he was teasing her.

"I would believe you, but you would have to back those words up with a deed to seal my faith in your words." she said, giving him a coy smile of her own.

Flutter had teased him into becoming a man of action, but she had expected him to drawn out the taunting for most of the evening. She had been caught completely off guard. His arm around her lower back held a strength that set her pulse racing.

She was frightened, and exhilarated at the same time. How was that possible? In all the movies that she'd seen, the actress would be slapping the boy for being so bold. Flutter felt that she wanted to pin a medal on him for making her toes curl with pleasure.

She was breathless, and wore an expression of shock on her face.

She looked down at his hands on her hips, and shivered with delight. How could any of this displease her? She was one soft caress from jumping his bones right then and there. She had a lot of pent up sexual frustration within her, and hadn't had anyone hit on her like this.

Touch her like that, and now tease her.

It would have been cruel if he didn't mean what he said. One look at his face told her that he would go at a pace that she set. He wanted more, she wanted to give him more but there were all these people around them and these pesky clothes in the way.

"I am pleased. I want more. All of it." she said in a low, husky tone filled with the desire that he had awoken in her.

((ooc: I hope no one minds a small time skip in this thread to following day... ^_^))

Now the morning after a lot of drinking, was sometimes not the greatest of times. Raven didn't manage to escape a hangover this time around, at least his head didn't ache too badly. He was laying on a soft mattress, his soft cotton sheets covering him and without opening his eyes just yet, tried to determine his whereabouts murkily and to no avail. Slowly his turquoise eyes showed beyond sleepy eyelids, his room, his bed... good signs. Where was..?

"Jack..?" he voiced rough but quietly, with morning grogginess, turning his head to see if the redhead had ended up staying with him last night after all.

For a moment Raven's awareness came around quickly, just before he felt shifting in the sheets. He remembered a time when such a reaction in him to Jack's presence was one of indifference instead of wanting him to be there. The corners of his lips tugged as he heard the red head sigh and make a little noise before stating that it was dark... and blissfully so in the blond's opinion, "mm.." he answered throatily.
Somehow.. Jack had wound himself up in the sheets as usual leaving but the edging for Raven. He silently laughed to himself, a small smile finding it's way onto his lips and lifted the edge of the sheet in an effort to help out his companion while his other arm was found by Jack's hand. The next he knew, the bed grew quite warm. Which only meant one thing. And that soft smile grew a little more.

"Something wrong...?" it was said slow but there was a teasing undertone in there, as though he was attempting to get more of that warmth to radiate, the blond's eyes gentle as he continued to help sort out the mess Jack was in.

"Hn." the dj replied as he settled back on the pillow now that his companion wasn't so tied up. He wondered just what he meant by that answer but wasn't about to ask. No point in sullying a good morning with too many questions. Ah, right.. but was it really morning?

Raven's hand fished for the PAD on the bedside stand and lit up the display reading the time and set it back down. "Eight thirty-six" he answered. This time, flopping face first into his pillow, hugging it almost while laying on his front, he closed his eyes again. It was great knowing he didn't have to get up for a while longer yet, he could sleep off the rest of his hangover still. The only thing that would be of some importance to do today, was read through that file he was given, the offer of co-ownership of the Den Jack gave him last night. And that could wait, he had half a mind to just accept it outright, but still, it was almost too good to be true, things handed to him like that... but this was Jack after all. Deciding to worry about it later his next thought was about food. With his mind getting more active there was little chance he'd be drifting off again anytime soon. And the allure of bacon, eggs and coffee was about to make his stomach grumble.

The corner of Raven's lips pulled into a smirk; a throaty, slow chuckle escaped him and got muffled into his pillow as Jack complained. All was quiet then for a few moments, allowing that smirk of his to drift back to neutral just as the Den's owner shifted. Knowing he was being watched was usually the first thing to throw the Dj's defenses up. To the untrained eye, any other day perhaps, and definitely any other bed mate; he'd already be prepared to defend or escape, however, that was no where near the case this morning. To the taller man's recollection, it was the first morning he really wasn't bothered at all by being watched. After all, even Raven couldn't count how many times he had caught himself secretly admiring Jack without letting on or admitting it to himself on some occasions. So he just lay there without a care in his half dozing state.

That was until Jack moved closer and soothed his back with warmth. Although he didn't flex in response to the touch, Raven's eyes slowly half opened, just as Jack offered to make coffee. For a moment he said nothing in response and was only aware of how close his companion was to him. Finally it dawned on him that he had a decision to make and grunted softly into his pillow. "Hn... you don't have to do that." he spoke almost carefully, "The coffee maker will start on its own in about a half hour." he explained. It was always set to go for the next morning, since after breakfast, whenever he knew he'd be waking here the following morning. It was a necessity to have for the kind of life he lived in and a mini blessing in disguise some days.

"Buht, if ya wanna go, I ain't gonna stop ya." much less careful was he when saying those words, he knew damn well Jack didn't want to be going anywhere this early, not without a very good reason to. It wasn't just in what he said, but in how he said it that gave away the secondary meaning behind his words. And if there was anyone sensitive enough to read Raven, it was Jack. And Raven's silent message was blatantly clear.

'Relax... stay a while longer.... but only if you want to.'