|Rayansh|

Oh wow, would you look at that? The girl was staring at me as if I had stolen her virginity or something. It's not like I was just trying to help her or something.

Ohh nah, instead of being grateful, she was glaring daggers at me. I suspect, if looks could kill, I would be dead by now. What's her problem?

Yeah, fine, I admit. It was partially my fault that we banged our heads together and why my head was ringing right now too. But I wasn't the one only at fault here, you know.

Sighing, I held the silver key of her apartment room tightly in my hand, as I watched her stand up on her own, refusing to grasp my outstretched hand. Well, if that's how she wanted to play, then so be it.

"Uh, you're alright, right?" I asked her hesitantly, my eyes warily on her. For a girl as beautiful as her, it wasn't a wonder that her glare looked so....hot too.

She just glared back, not even uttering a word, as she crossed her arms over her chest. Perplexing girl, indeed.

Her gaze lowered and stopped at my hand. Yes! The one I was holding the key of her apartment. And then she looked back at me, no, glared some more at me and appeared kinda irritated.

Wait! What? I didn't do anything yet and she's already pissed. I wonder why?

Taking a deep yet silent breath, her eyes rolled to side, as if in some deep meditation. Though, she isn't the only one. Even I can't help but think why hasn't she spoken anything yet. Except for low growling and groaning, she hasn't uttered a single word.

Is she dumb?

But my question was answered instantly when she lifted her hand and stretched it at my direction, "My key," and spoke.

Not dumb. Cool!

And her voice. Fvck! So melodious. I mean, it's not like honey dripping right now, considering how pissed she is but still it's beautiful and I wanna hear more or it.

"Oh this? " I asked, as I lifted the key dangling it in mid air, in front of me. "Yes, it is yours, but I'll only give it back on one condition," I relay to her, and couldn't help the smirk from forming on my lips.

She was silent for a while again, maybe a second or two, but those seconds felt so heavy and slow passing to me. Finally, I saw some jaw movements, which meant she was clenching her jaws or something.

"What. The. Hell. Do. You. Want?" she growled at me, actually growled, sorta like a werewolf. Whoa, was she a werewolf? Okay, I'm just being silly now, they don't exist.

"Okay, first, you don't know how to open your apartment, admit that. Second, I would give back your key if you be nice to me. Sounds like fair play?" I drawled out slowly, deliberately, wanting to stretch my words for a bit, to agonize her.

Instead of answering me immediately, she stared at me as if I had suddenly grown an extra pair of head or something. Blinking her eyes, as If she was utterly baffled for a moment, she looked at me, willing me to explain my words, but I just shrugged back at her.

"Play nice? Will you stop fooling around and give me the key back already?" she spat out, literally glaring daggers at me.

"I already saw how good you are at handling that keyhole," I started, rolling my eyes, and walked up next to her, right in front of her door. "So, being the gentleman I am, I'm gonna ignore your rude behavior and help you out," I drawled out, slightly teasing, as I did what I said I would do.

"See, it goes in like this. The part with the round indentations are supposed to be pressed, and twisted like this, then the lock on the inside will turn, and open," I demonstrated, actually serious this time, with no teasing or joking element to my voice.

I looked back at her to see that she was observing keenly, but when she met my eyes, she looked away abruptly, with a light hmph.

Chuckling to myself, I straightened up to my full height, and wiggled my eyebrows at her direction. "Got that imprinted in your brain?"

"Just give that back to me," she growled again, trying to swipe the key from my hand, but me being as awesome as I am, and having godly reflexes, quickly moved the key from her point of reach.

"Ah ah ah, the second condition was for you to play nice. And you aren't doing that, plus you haven't even given me your name. You intrigue me, sweetheart," I teased her with a smirk, still moving the key around in mid air, above her reach. It helped that I was a full two inches taller than her.

She simply clenched her fist, giving up her dance of reaching out for the keys, and again went to staring daggers at me. Pretty sure if I had the ability to read minds right now, she would be praying to the sweet words to have lightning come descend on my head or maybe fortunately Thor himself to come and smash me to smithereens.

"Okay okay, geez, quit plotting my death will you? Those glares are gonna give me the chills for the rest of my life," I said, pretending to shiver, but was sure that she could see that I was merely pulling her leg, from the sudden tightening of her jaws. I could also say that she is holding back a few colourful choiceful words from slipping past her mouth at this moment.

I pretended to give out a long weary sigh, as if I was dealing with an impossible toddler here. "Fine, tell you what, if you tell me your name, and promise me one date, I think I'll return your key. Kapeesh?" I proposed the deal to her, raising an eyebrow on the process.

"Oh for heaven's sake, you know what, keep the key," she suddenly started the words out, and before I even knew what the heck was going on, she stormed past me, into the Now unlocked door of her apartment, pulled it open, stormed in, and slammed the door on my face, and in addition, I heard a bolt inside, clicking into place.

I stared dumbstruck, at the door that seemed to be mocking me, hiding the girl behind it, as if saying, I was a sore loser, that couldn't even get a girl to tell me her name. Fvck you, you stupid door, fvck you.

Everything had happened in a fluid motion, that I didn't even have time to register what she was doing before she practically slammed the door on my face.

I did NOT see that coming!!

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