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Leon took another big breath to calm his nerves as the taxi steadily took them towards Claire's apartment address. He turned his head to his side to find Claire asleep beside him; the wine from their dinner earlier had finally taken a toll on her. And to be fair, his head was also still slightly fuzzy, but he still needed to make sure that Claire would arrive home safely.
He still couldn't quite believe it. He's finally asked Claire to be his girlfriend tonight! And he thought that this moment would never happen to him... he thought Claire would reject him and say that they would be better off remaining as friends. But Claire actually didn't mind having him as her boyfriend! Cool!
Also, a bonus was that he didn't have to worry about Chris disapproving of their relationship. Maybe? There might still be a catch after all this... but...
... he'll worry about that later...
Claire unlocked the door to her apartment before turning around towards Leon shyly.
"Thanks for escorting me home, I really appreciate it... Leon," she started to say. "But it's fine now, so... shouldn't you hurry back down before that taxi leaves? I don't think you'll be able to call another one so soon at this time of night—"
Leon just shrugged off her concern as he rolled his eyes at her. "Well, I'll manage... even if I missed that taxi..."
Hearing that response, Claire immediately frowned. "Leon, you—don't tell me that you're planning to stay the night here with me, are you?"
Leon lowered his face closer towards her as Claire immediately blushed. "Why not?" he asked. "It's not as if it's my first time spending a night here and... Claire," Claire blinked hard as Leon's voice suddenly turned serious.
"Since we're officially starting to date right now... c-can I kiss you finally?"
Heat immediately rushed up her cheeks as Claire's eyes slowly trailed down towards Leon's lips. She swallowed the suddenly forming lump in her throat as Claire immediately recalled a memory from a few years prior when she first kissed the man. Back then, Leon was a bit emotionally compromised and wasn't fully conscious; she had kissed him as a way to comfort him. But now, Leon was fully awake... and she had no idea what would happen this time if—Claire slowly nodded her head as Leon immediately leaned over to kiss her...
It happened so quickly that it took Claire a while to register everything. One moment she was kissing Leon in front of her apartment, and the next moment they were inside as Leon guided both of them into the apartment while they were still kissing each other.
The keys in her hand dropped onto the floor as Claire heard the lock click behind her. Tingles started to pop up all over her body as both of them continued to kiss each other desperately, as if they were in a desert and dying of thirst. Moments later, they parted to catch their breath as a foxy smile started to form on Leon's lips.
"Felt like this wasn't your first time at this," Claire gasped as she could feel Leon's hands trailing down towards her back. "Do you always act this fast every time you start a new relationship with someone?"
Leon let out a soft snort as Claire felt a hand groping her butt gently. "I wouldn't know about that—" he said softly, as Leon's voice started to become husky. "—aside from you, I never did get past first base with any other woman before."
"Does that mean that you've kissed other women before? Besides your mother," Claire asked testily as Leon shrugged at her.
"Well... it's more that they kissed me first. And another time... it was more because of emergency reasons rather than anything else. But regardless... I haven't kissed any other woman the way I've just kissed you..."
Claire blushed harder at the unexpected confession as Leon pulled her closer towards him. But of course, that shouldn't be surprising. Of course, Leon could have had those kinds of experiences in the past. And what woman wouldn't pass up the opportunity to kiss someone as attractive as Leon? But still, a part of her was slightly bothered that there were other women who had the chance to kiss Leon... when he was younger...
Leon suddenly sighed at her, as if he could read what Claire was currently thinking.
"I can't change what had happened in the past... but maybe, there's something that I could do to make it up to you—"
Leon started to pull her closer as Claire suddenly noticed a certain hardness pressing against her. She glanced up towards Leon as the man pretended to be oblivious to what he was doing.
"What are you planning, Leon? Don't you think that you're taking this a bit too fast right now?"
Leon rolled his eyes at her. "I'm moving too fast, you say? I thought we've been taking too long to reach this point... don't you think?"
Claire glanced down towards the suit Leon was wearing. Suddenly, she recalled an amusing memory as she grinned at Leon.
"This outfit doesn't really suit you—" she started to say as Leon stared at her suspiciously.
"Oh, really? I thought you said that you liked it on me a few hours ago. Chris insisted that I get a nicer suit before coming to the dinner—"
Claire giggled as she started pulling on Leon's bowtie. "Well, I need you to take it off now..."
A wide grin immediately formed on Leon's lips as his hand finally found the zipper on the back of Claire's dress and started pulling it down.
"Now, who was it that's being naughty right now—?"
The rest of the dance continued without any more words exchanged between them. As Leon gently steered Claire towards the single bed placed on the other end of the living room, pieces of clothing kept dropping to the floor as both of them frantically tried to strip each other out of their own clothing. By the time Claire ended up lying on the bed, she was reduced to just wearing her underwear, while Leon was left with only his shirt on as well as his boxers.
Claire grinned as she glanced up at Leon hovering over her, his unbuttoned shirt revealing everything that had been hidden from her sight all this time. Having grown up with her big brother all these years, Claire was not at all unfamiliar with looking at a man's bare body... but somehow, looking at Leon being half naked on top of her still made her blush. She reached a hand out to touch his chest as she felt tingles running down her body.
"So... how far are you planning to go tonight, Leon? Are you really aiming straight for the home—"
Before Claire could finish talking, Leon swooped in for another kiss as the two of them embraced in yet another round of intimate dance...