From Mind to Letters

Alina’s heart was racing inside her chest, she couldn’t believe she just tasted Amanda’s lips onto hers. She loved it; she loved Amanda’s incredibly soft hands caressing her, her tongue playing around inside her mouth, her warmth mixing with her own and her delicious sweet smell... “Jesus Christ... Did I really fell for her?” Alina whispered to herself, she couldn’t believe her heart was stolen by the blue eyed woman, she had never felt something like this. She was afraid of it. 

“Hey, you!” Alina yelled to a pretty maid that was passing by, while massaging her temples; she was still out of herself. The maid noticed and deduced the lady wasn’t feeling well. “Are you ok, my lady?” The maid asked softly, with a worried face between being afraid Alina wasn’t in a good mood and that she may have gotten sick. “I’m fine, sorry for calling you like this.” Alina apologized and it was a bit strange for the maid, since she usually didn’t act that way. Alina noticed the puzzled look on the maids face and ignored it for the time being, her cheeks turning a light pink. “Please send our guest these pills along with a well cooked breakfast.” The hazel eyed woman took the maids hand and deposited the bottle there, leaving the woman behind to carry on the task just received.

Amanda was still resting, her body felt over-used and she probably needed more sleep, but she wasn’t going to stay there on Alina’s house taking advantage of her hospitality. She decided to get off of the bed and change her clothing but when she was about to move a knock on the door stopped her on her tracks. “I’m one of the lady’s maids, I brought breakfast.” The woman announced and opened the door to see Amanda’s awkward smile. Even though the maid didn’t notice and thought Amanda’s smile was cute, the other woman had a small knife under the sheets, just in case.

“Hello there, thank you for the food. What’s your name?” Amanda casually asked in a flirty tone when receiving the food on a bed tray in front of her, making the other woman blush a little. “I’m sorry my lady, but our names shouldn’t be said.” The woman smiled, leaving the pills on one side of the tray. “What’s this?” Amanda asked taking the bottle in her hands, naturally suspicious of it. “Lady Alina asked to give you these along with a well cooked breakfast.” The maid simply answered, taking a position beside the door, waiting for Amanda to finish her meal or to tell her to go. 

“Well, these are just painkillers and I won’t be needing them so, I’ll just eat this amazing looking meal. Is it poisoned?” Amanda asked jokingly but with a serious stare which made the maid nervous and stumble with her words. “W-what?!... N-no...” The woman’s straight posture became all crooked with nervousness. “Hahahaha! Relax, relax, I’m just joking. I’m naughty like that.” Amanda replied with her natural flirting tone while taking a sip of her coffee, she was usually like this with everyone she didn’t know as a defense mechanism.

“In all seriousness, was this meal made by you? It is delicious!” Amanda said truthfully this time and the maid smiled softly with her cheeks turning red. 

“Hahahaha!” Alina heard chuckles and laughter behind the door she was about to enter. “Is this Amanda and... the maid?” A surge of jealousness entered her body when she kept listening both people having a pleasant conversation, more like Amanda “flirting” with her maid and the other woman replying to it. The hazel eyed woman opened the door without thinking and both women inside stopped talking, looking straight at her with a surprised look on their faces.

Silence overpowered the room and Alina’s face had a small frown adorning it, Amanda noticed right away and told the maid to leave the room with just a look, since she suspected something or someone was going to explode. The maid left silently and without looking at Alina’s eyes, not without doing the usual reverence first.

“What was that?” Alina asked Amanda, and the woman in the bed got confused at the question. “What was what?” Amanda didn’t know what the fuck just happened. “Were you flirting with my maid just now?” Alina didn’t sugarcoat the question at all, she didn’t know why she felt her chest making knots. Amanda’s face turned serious and analyzed her next words carefully. “... Are you jealous?” And apparently she didn’t analyze enough because Alina’s frown got bigger and suddenly she left the room, leaving the door completely open.

“What did I do now?...” Amanda whispered to herself, but she kind of suspected what was going on, Alina was jealous and mad at her because of it. She knew her usual behavior of flirting with other people may have gotten to Alina’s nerves, specially if it was one of her employees. Her body felt like shit, but she didn’t let that stop her from changing clothes and look for the hazel eyed woman, she wanted to apologize even though she felt she didn’t do anything wrong.

Alina’s chest felt heavy; a sensation you get when you’re extremely jealous and your heart broken, but she didn’t understand why. Amanda wasn’t her partner, they weren’t even dating, why was she reacting this way, she shouldn’t care. Her footsteps echoed all the way to the outside of the mansion, through the garden, she needed to sort her head right at that moment or else. Her feelings were all over the place and she couldn’t control them. She was about to enter through a beautiful arch made of bushes when she felt a delicate hand grabbing her forearm, stopping her abruptly.

“Alina...” She heard that beautiful voice that made her melt, she didn’t know since when she found it beautiful though. “What are you doing out of bed? You should be resting.” Alina said with a worried voice masked with a bit of anger, kind of forgetting the reason why they were in that current situation. “You didn’t give me a choice. I got worried about you since you left in such an angry manner...” Amanda said and Alina could see in her eyes confusion and sadness mixed in together. “I... I...” Alina couldn’t muster the words she was thinking and Amanda loosened the grip on her forearm lowering her head down a bit.

“I know I may come up as an asshole most of the times...” Amanda started to explain, searching for a way to fix the current wall between them somehow. She didn’t want to loose the closeness she had achieved with Alina, she really liked her a lot, more than anyone she had ever met. “The flirting you heard wasn’t as real as you think, I do that when I want to know who I am dealing with.” Her hand left Alina’s forearm completely but she came closer, getting inside the hazel eyed woman’s personal space. “I don’t trust people easily and I thought that woman was going to kill me, either with the pills or with the food, so I had to use some tricks up my sleeve to find out...” Amanda was feeling anxious, she didn’t want to loose Alina without even having her, she wanted to be with her badly even though she denied it so many times before.

“I like you so much, Alina...” Amanda held the other woman’s face with both hands softly and Alina’s breath hitched at the touch. The hazel eyed woman was still silent but she didn’t look mad anymore, her eyes softened quickly at Amanda’s words. “You’re the only one that has been able to make me feel this way... You could kill me if you want right at this moment, since you’re my biggest weakness...” Amanda’s voice came out so soft almost like a whisper but mixed in with such a passion that the other woman’s heart skipped a beat. Alina’s eyes narrowed down and stared at the other woman’s lips while her sneaky hands pulled her from the hips abruptly, stealing a deep sigh from Amanda’s lips. Their faces were now only inches away from each other.

They almost kissed if it weren’t for Alina’s cellphone interrupting the moment so abruptly. Alina’s face changed to one of concern while releasing Amanda from her grasp, usually all the times she would get a phone call it would be for the worst news. She held the phone in her hand, tentatively, not knowing if to actually pick it up since she didn’t recognize the number. “Are you going to answer?” Amanda asked a bit worried, wondering if Alina knew who the caller was. Alina answered and her face shifted again to hatred when she heard the voice on the other side. “What do you want?” The hazel eyed woman said and Amanda kept quiet trying to decipher what was going on.

“Remember the favor you promised me?” The voice of her father in jail sounded through the device. Alina had forgotten completely about the favor she promised the man when he gave her Amanda’s location a while back, when she was looking for her for a whole different reason. “Yes, I remember.” The woman gritted her teeth inside her mouth, she was a woman of her word but she hated the fact she gave it to the wrong man for the wrong reasons. “Well, I need you to marry the governor. Details will be sent soon.” And the man hanged up.

Alina’s eyes were open like plates, she was in shock. Her eyes looked straight into Amanda’s deep blue ones and somehow the other woman could read she wasn’t fine. “Hey, what happened?!” Amanda touched Alina’s cheek softly closing in on her but Alina stepped back, building another wall between them, leaving Amanda’s hand in the air. “We have to stop seeing each other.” Alina said with a cold tone that hurt deep inside of her and she imagined Amanda would take it badly as well. “Why?” Amanda’s semblance changed to a serious one, she knew something had happened and she wasn’t giving up on Alina that easy either way. 

“I’m marrying the governor soon.” Alina replied, looking elsewhere, she wasn’t happy with the outcome of her day. She knew something this fucked up would end up happening soon enough. “Like hell you will.” Amanda blurted out, serious as hell, she was getting angry by the minute. “I won’t let you” She said following up. “I have to.” Alina said absent minded. “Why?! Do you love him or something?!” Amanda yelled with anxiety in her voice, her chest was feeling heavy now and her heart felt like it was making knots. “Of course not!” Alina answered with a similar anxiety in her voice, she looked at Amanda’s eyes and she wanted desperately to embrace her. She wanted to tell her she was the one she loved, but she couldn’t, just to make things easier.

“Leave.” Alina turned around and gave Amanda her back, she wasn’t able to hold the other woman’s gaze anymore. “Fine. I’ll leave.” Alina was surprised at Amanda’s reply and turned around to see her again, she couldn’t believe what she saw. Amanda had tears dropping down her cheeks slowly; she noticed Alina’s gaze and cleaned them up with the back side of her hand, trying to hide the fact she was deeply hurt.

To be continued...

Amanda decided it was time to put an end to her biggest problem, the Zero killer. She knew who the guy was, he was infamous for his well done job of killing without mercy; in other words, for being a psychopath. He was the best of the best from a well known russian mercenary clan, the “Chernyye Nayemniki” (meaning Black Mercenaries), rivals of another clan called “Prizraki” (meaning Ghosts). Funny enough, Amanda was an ex-member of the Prizraki, and even though she never had the luxury to meet the infamous man face to face, she knew who the guy was thanks to his background stories.

You may wonder how the woman was able to escape the clan she was in back then, because no one was able to do so without dying, but that is a story for another time; the important part right now is how “Zero” got out of his own clan. The man being the best of the best got bored out of his mind trying to find someone capable of fighting him back. He got so impatient that one day he decided to fight and kill all of the members of his own clan at the same time, killing them all with ease. He said that they were weak and he was a god, deciding who was going to live and who wasn’t. Naturally he went after the Prizraki after, but even though he almost killed them all, he got wounded badly by one of the members and escaped the country. No one knew where he went, until now.

“Lady Alina, are you ok?” One of Alina’s men noticed she was “out of it”. They already cleaned everything up and got rid of Marcos body. “I’m fine Julius.” She replied looking away; she was worried sick about Amanda. She wasn’t ok with the blue eyed woman dying, she needed to do something with her own hands.

Everyone around her kept forgetting she knew how to fight and defend herself. It was a long time ago she used her brute force to “climb up the ladder”; everyone was used to see her looking and acting like the “mob princess” she was nowadays that they forgot she was actually someone they needed to be afraid of. “Actually...” She said doubting for a moment her next words. The man just stared awaiting for her next request.

“Do you know where I could find this “Zero” man?” Alina asked turning around, her eyes looked determined and the man suddenly got nervous. “He is a well known mercenary, I am sure one of our connections knows how to find him.” Julius answered truthfully. “I need to know how to find him right away... a life or death emergency.” The woman said giving Julius the task, which he understood right away and disappeared from the room. 

“There you are... I somehow knew you weren’t dead.” A deep voice could be heard from the depths of the night. Amanda knew who it was, she was waiting for him to “bite” on the obvious trail she left for him to find. “Zero, my man... you’re so easy to find nowadays aren’t you?” Amanda answered showing her teeth with a confident smile that she even surprised herself with, since she knew she was probably going to die that night. 

“You remind me of someone...” The man walked to one side and then the other, obviously trying to think who was that person she reminded him of. “The woman who almost killed me from the Prizraki clan... but you’re not her.” He remembered and smiled. “Eliza... That was the name.” He had a smug look on his face when he saw Amanda’s eyes turn bigger in surprise. The guy remembered Eliza, and of course he did since she was the one who broke his pride into pieces.

“Who are you to her?” He said with curiosity embedded into his words. “Don’t tell me you’re both related?” He kept asking but not getting any response from the now mute Amanda. “Sisters... perhaps?” He finished his last question throwing the cigarette he was smoking to the floor and stepping hard on it. He saw Amanda’s reaction and he confirmed they were indeed... sisters. “You don’t have to answer now, its all written on your face.” He said chuckling a small evil laugh that could send shivers down the spine to the vilest of men. 

“Leave my sister out of this.” Amanda turned serious and her voice deepened with hate. “Don’t worry, after I kill you I will find her and kill her next, she has been always on my mind.” His voice was cold, devoid of any emotion and Amanda knew she wasn’t dealing with a human being, she was dealing with a real life monster.

“You’re mad if you think I will let you hurt her. I even have more reasons to end you tonight.” Amanda was determined to finish him off, she wasn’t letting him hurt her only family, the only person that took care of her since she was a child. “Lets see you try. I’ll even drop my guns for you. Come on, try to hit me.” The man said opening his arms after dropping his guns to the floor and Amanda knew he was underestimating her ability to fight. 

“Lady Alina, sources say they saw him right now with a female victim. He is apparently fighting her in hand to hand combat...” Julius said while entering Alina’s office and the woman stood up from the chair immediately. “We have to go there right NOW!” Alina ran to her car with Julius following behind, the guy didn’t quite understand what the hell was happening but still he was loyal to his leader.

-Huff... huff...- Amanda’s hard breathing could be heard a mile away, she was fighting with every inch of her body and her stamina was running out. Even though she landed a lot of hits, she received a bunch as well. The other man looked sweaty but not as tired and hurt than she was. “Are you going to beg for your life now?” The man said cackling, he was having fun playing around with her.

“Sorry to disappoint you, but nothing like that would ever come out of my mouth.” Amanda replied letting a weak smile creep out on her lips, she then threw a jab at her opponent, which the man dodged and counterattacked with a punch on her stomach which made her fall on her back. 

A small grunt came out from her lips and then the coughing started when she tried to regain some oxygen inside her lungs. Blood came out her mouth in a generous amount; she was badly hurt, specially in the same spot she was shot a week or so ago by the same man.

“You’re done for, what a disappointment...” Zero walked closer to her and grabbed her by the neck with one hand. He was noticeably bigger than her and pulled her off her feet with ease, chocking her slowly in the process. “It was fun nonetheless. Be proud of being the second person in the world to actually do some damage to me.” He smiled chocking her harder and Amanda tried to free herself with no avail. Her arms loosened up from weakness and dropped down; her eyes were closing themselves slowly, she was loosing consciousness. 

You know what they say, that when you’re about to die you see all of your life flash through your eyes? Well, that is what happened, but at the end she saw her... she saw Alina smile towards her. She saw the woman that stole her heart look at her with loving eyes and it stung deep inside, because all Amanda did was hurt her ‘till the very end and she regretted it. She needed to say sorry and make it up to her, and she wasn’t going to be able to do so if she was dead.

Alina arrived at the scene and saw what was happening, she ran towards the two of them and shouted her name in desperation. “AMANDA!!” And Amanda’s eyes shot open, a new rush of adrenaline ran through her veins and she clawed in on Zero’s hand with her nails. The man got confused for a moment with the arrival of the other woman and grunted in pain when he felt his hand get opened by Amanda’s nails. “What the...” Only he could muster, when Amanda climbed onto his arm with both of her feet and somehow kicked his face in the air with her right leg, making him loose his grasp on her neck completely. The man fell backwards on his ass, and Amanda didn’t loose time to run towards him and hit him under his jaw with her knee, making him fall on his back with force. 

“I ain’t dying today...” Amanda whispered below her breath, her stance uneven but still standing. “I still have things to make up for...” And she took a hidden knife from one of her boots when the man that hardly stood up again grabbed a knife of his own with his good hand. He was badly hurt now. “YOU FUCKING BITCH!!” Zero was infuriated, he didn’t expect the woman to be so fast and flexible. Something changed with her when Alina arrived to the scene, and he looked at newcomer with deep red eyes then to Amanda. Amanda knew he was plotting something. 

“I WILL TAKE THE HEAD OUT OF YOUR GIRLFRIENDS BODY AND HANG IT UP IN MY ROOM, ALL IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES!!” He screamed and ran towards Alina’s location. “AS IF... YOU FUCKER!” Amanda screamed running faster than him and climbed onto his back, stabbing the weakest points of his back side along the way in swift motions until she got to his neck, which she stabbed from below his chin, making him abruptly stop. She jumped off of his back and could hear the man gurgling to his death while he fell down to the ground. Amanda couldn’t believe she was still alive, a sudden rush of relief made her legs wobble and fell down onto her knees, holding her old wound that kinda reopened. 

“Julius check if that man is dead, if not kill him on the spot. I will check on the woman.” Alina ordered to the man who was standing not so far away from her in shock, he was still not sure what the fuck was happening. “Yes of course, my lady.” And he went to do what he was told to, he was relieved when he found out the man was indeed completely dead.

“Amanda! Amanda...” Alina ran to her and dropped down onto her knees in front of her, she couldn’t see the other woman’s face so she delicately grabbed her cheeks with both hands turning her face up a bit. “Hey beautiful...” Amanda said with a flirty voice; one of her eyes already closed because it was swollen and her forced smile covered with strands of blood. “Stop trying to be funny at moments like these.” Alina said in a whispered scolding that didn’t sound harsh at all, it sounded sweeter than intended. One hand of the hazel eyed woman left her cheek while she was checking her out for fatal wounds, and Amanda just grabbed her hand and put it back on her face. 

“It feels nice like this...” Amanda whispered and Alina felt her stomach flutter at her words. Suddenly Amanda let herself fall forwards into Alina’s chest, while she was falling unconscious. “Hey! Amanda, are you... ok?...” Alina asked worried and noticed she was breathing just fine; she was badly hurt and tired but she was going to survive. 

The next day didn’t come fast enough, Alina stayed on Amanda’s side all night. The hazel eyed woman called her own personal doctor; the only doctor she could trust with her life to help out Amanda “the right way”. The man told her she did most of the work already and it seemed she was skilled in the arts of healing, but he gave her some pain killers either way, for the woman, if she ever woke up. “What do you mean if she ever wakes up?” Alina asked worried now, the old man noticed she was sensitive about the subject. “I mean, we can’t say anything for certain, but according to her wounds if she doesn’t wake up in the next 48 hours she has less of a chance to ever waking up from her coma state...” The old man rested a hand on her shoulder as a small sympathy gesture and left, he wasn’t going to be able to do anything else if he stayed anyway.

Alina sat down beside her and held her hand with her own, she felt powerless, not being able to help Amanda. “Don’t you dare going away from me...” Alina’s words were heavy with sadness, she felt Amanda’s grip tighten in her hand softly, still inside her slumber. “Sorry...” Alina heard Amanda mumble in her sleep and got closer so she could hear better what she was saying. “...I’m so sorry... Alina...” Small tears came down rolling from Amanda’s closed shut eyes and Alina softly cleaned them up with her free hand. The woman on the bed was having some kind of a nightmare and Alina was part of it. “I forgive you Amanda. I forgave you a long time ago, even when I said I wouldn’t... If that is all it takes to get you back to me, then I’ll forgive everything ever done to me by everyone... Just come back to me...” Alina’s eyes got full of tears, she hid her face with her forearm while resting her head on it and falling asleep out of exhaustion.

Amanda’s eyes opened slowly the morning after, the light coming through the window made her uncomfortable and woke her up. The bed she was in was soft and smelled sweet, just like Alina. She noticed right away she was in her room. Her hand felt warm and she looked to her side, there she saw the woman of her dreams still sleeping with her hand holding onto hers in a soft but tight grip. Amanda couldn’t help but smile, the woman holding onto her was beautiful and she was glad to still be alive to see her again. 

“Hey, gorgeous...” Amanda called the other woman out in sweet tone, trying to wake her up in a softer way. “Alina, love...” She called again moving her own hand a bit, which made the other woman open her eye lids softly at first, then they shot completely open when she realized Amanda was awake smiling at her. “You’re awake!” Alina jumped and gave the blue eyed woman a hug, a little bit too tight which made Amanda hiss in pain for a bit. “Sorry, sorry! Did I hurt you?” Alina asked while unknowingly putting her left hand on Amanda’s left cheek in a loving gesture. “No.” Amanda held her hand there with her own, closing her eyes while enjoying the warmness of the touch; making Alina notice what she had done in the process. “If I get this kind of attention from you when I’m like this, I’ll be sure to get hurt more often.” Amanda said jokingly to which Alina’s reaction was to pull her hand off her face and move back, her heart was pounding inside her chest but she wasn’t the type to openly express her feelings.

“I’m just glad you’re not dead. This is the second time you make me go through this kind of scare.” Alina responded with a small frown, which looked adorable to Amanda’s eyes. “So you were scared for me, huh?” A warm smile appeared on Amanda’s lips that made Alina’s cheeks turn pink without her realizing. The hazel eyed woman ultimately didn’t respond to her question and just looked into her eyes, waiting for her to say another joke of hers. “I care about you deeply, as well.” Amanda confessed, because she knew the other woman wasn’t going to say she cared for her with words, she just showed it with actions instead.

Alina couldn’t muster anything, she was dead silent and her belly full of butterflies, this woman was making her feel all kinds of emotions she couldn’t control and that made her kind of uneasy. “Come here.” Amanda said with a sweet tone that made Alina melt. The blue eyed woman held the palm of her hand in the air, inviting the other woman to take it. Alina doubted for a moment but took her hand afterwards; Amanda pulled her softly but strong enough to make her fall towards her chest. Alina let out a small squeal escape from her lips, she didn’t expect Amanda pulling her that way. “You look tired, let us cuddle and sleep together, like this.” Amanda explained like it wasn’t a big of a deal, but undoubtedly it was a big deal for the both of them because they could feel their warmness and smell both their scents; their hearts beating fast at each other closeness. 

Alina adjusted her position and her face came closer to Amanda’s without her realizing at first, her heart stopped for a moment when she noticed. The other woman just looked at her lips without shame, she was craving them since forever and her eyes reflected her desire. Alina’s eyes narrowed down and gazed at Amanda’s lips as well, she couldn’t deny she wanted to taste her lips as well. “I want to kiss you...” Amanda’s voice was heavy with desire, her left hand softly caressing Alina’s face; the other woman closing her eyes to Amanda’s touch, seemingly enjoying it a lot. “And I want to feel your lips onto mine...” Alina finally said something freely that ran through her mind. Amanda was surprised for a second but her desire to kiss the woman overpowered her actions. Amanda ran her fingers behind Alina’s neck and firmly pulled her face closer to her own, she could hear the lady’s breath hitch when she made the move and her eyes closed softly expecting her next move. 

Amanda smiled and finally shortened the small distance between them; trapping her soft lips between hers, tasting them slowly and taking her time while doing so. She couldn’t stop herself from pushing her tongue inside of Alina’s mouth which the other woman didn’t object to, instead, the other woman responded caressing her tongue along hers, letting a small moan escape in the process. They both separated from the kiss for a moment and Alina noticed one of her hands already travelled through Amanda’s back, under her shirt. Her cheeks were red in shame and Amanda noticed, the blue eyed woman caressed her lower lip with her thumb. “I don’t mind. You can touch me anywhere.” Amanda said with a lustful look, her voice gave chills to Alina, but the good kind. 

“I’m afraid I will hurt you.” Alina said truthfully, caressing Amanda’s back down. “If what you’re doing is called hurting then I want you to hurt me some more...” Amanda replied kissing her again, this time a bit faster and passionately. She couldn’t stop kissing Alina’s lips, they were so delicious, they tasted sweet like berries. Alina was loving her mouth onto hers and was loosing her mind in the process; she wanted more than kissing her, but she had to control her urges or she could hurt her wounds badly. Her body reacted on its own though and she ended up adjusting herself on top of Amanda; clashing her lips onto those of the other woman and exploring her body with one hand. A moan could be heard from Amanda’s throat when she felt the lady’s hand travel along her torso. “Goddamn... You feel so good...” Amanda whispered onto Alina’s lips, making the other woman’s lower belly burn. 

“We... We have to stop... Otherwise I could hurt you for real...” Alina stopped touching her, going against her own will because she wanted to eat the other woman out. Alina jumped off of Amanda’s body and bit her own lower lip, restraining herself from jumping on that bed again. “Get well soon, then we will finish what we started.” Alina left the room and Amanda just put a hand on top of her forehead, not believing what just happened; she kissed Alina and she wanted to do all kinds of lewd things to her. 

Around an hour had passed when Alina left the room and came back, this time she came bearing gifts, also known as some food for the wounded lady.

“I made you some soup, in hopes of a well done recovery.” Alina’s voice was soft, taking care of Amanda came naturally and just seeing the other woman getting better made her feel more calm; but obviously she was hiding the fact from the other woman, she was proud like that.

“Smells so good, thank you.” Amanda responded contently, not giving a chance for the food to be set in front of her on a small bed table, eating it right away. “Mmm... and it tastes so good as well...” Amanda was moaning out of satisfaction while eating, which made Alina make an annoyed face and roll her eyes while she was seating down on the chair next to the bed. “Damn...” Amanda kept at it, just for “funsies”. 

“Are you done? Or are you gonna cum while eating your food? Jesus.” Alina couldn’t keep her mouth shut, she needed to express her annoyance, but at the same time forcing down a smile that was trying to creep out on her lips.

“Might as well do... but for that I would need something else.” Amanda’s lips moved on her own, she was so used to be flirty with strangers that she forgot she was talking to her. Suddenly she felt the rooms aura shift to one full of awkwardness; Alina’s face was serious looking somewhere else rather than Amanda’s eyes and Amanda’s eyes were open a bit, realizing what she had done while slurping the last of her meal.

“What I meant is, your food is delicious, sorry. I’m so used to have a loose tongue that I must be pushing your buttons the wrong way.” She was embarrassed of what would Alina think of her, which was a first since she never cared what anyone else thought of her, not really.

“Get better soon and we may talk about that something...” Alina’s voice shifted to a very... sensual tone; her beautiful hazel eyes locked in with the deep blue ones of Amanda’s, showing a glimpse of darkness in them that Amanda deducted right away as lust. An evil smile appeared on her lips next when she noticed Amanda returning a similar look at her while biting her own bottom lip, she knew the other woman wanted the same as her, even though they were masking it as a joke.

“I will, as soon as possible, then.” Amanda replied with a rather raspy voice thanks to the sudden heat her body was emanating; she wouldn’t shut her own mouth now, Alina was flirting with her and she couldn’t waste an opportunity like this. This woman was killing her slowly from the inside and out; she wanted her badly, and she just realized how much right at that moment. 

“I can’t wait.” It’s all Alina whispered, taking the empty plates off of Amanda’s hands and while doing so their finger tips somehow brushed lightly in the exchange. A genuine small smile escaped Alina’s lips and Amanda stayed staring at her astonishingly like a fucking dog. “Close your mouth or you’ll drool all over the place.” Alina said jokingly leaving the room again, probably to wash up the plates. 

An extra week went by since the “Amanda’s almost dying” commotion, meaning she was already better to take care of herself and Alina was ready to go back to her place (yes, Amanda apparently heals up faster than normal). Alina told her she needed to fix things up with Marcos and in the way she said it she didn’t sound happy at all. This made Amanda worry because the guy was super dangerous and in the days both ladies spent together they grew closer than what they imagined they would. Amanda knew the guy would be extra jealous if he knew they were together in the compound for a week; he was probably going crazy already, wondering where Alina went all of those days.

“I’ll be fine.” Alina reassured Amanda on her decision; she needed to go back either way, her people needed their leader. “I’ll go back with you.” Amanda offered but sounded more like a done thing, she wasn’t letting her go alone back to where that fucking psycho was. “No. He already tried to kill you once and almost achieved it, Amanda. He probably is still waiting for you to pop up again.” Alina’s voice sounded stern, but for good reason, she wasn’t ready for Amanda almost dying again; it wasn’t fun the first time it happened. 

“Alina...” Amanda’s voice was low, trying to convince Alina to let her come back with her, whatever the price was. “I wont repeat myself again, Amanda. You just don’t get it, do you? I don’t want to see you ever again after this.” Alina responded with a cold tone this time, even though her heart was breaking just by looking at Amanda’s eyes; her eyes looked genuinely hurt by her recent words. The blue eyed woman felt confused, but just for a second. All the time they spent together; Alina caring for her until she was healthy again... all of those memories came back to her and then she didn’t believe her words one bit, even though they did hurt inside. 

Amanda just fell silent gazing at Alina’s back while she was leaving; Alina was committed to her “cold bitch” act until the very end but Amanda didn’t give a shit, she was definitely following her without the other woman noticing.

“Where the FUCK have you been?!?!” An exasperated Marcos asked Alina, his attitude was completely different to what Alina was used to know, he noticeably looked a whole lot crazier and mentally unstable. Alina wasn’t scared by him, she was used to be around this type of crazy all the time, that is what drugs do to people, sadly. “I don’t have to explain myself to you.” The woman responded with a cold tone, giving his insubordination a halt. His face went blank and he remembered he couldn’t fuck with his boss the way he was trying to; blatantly into her face. “I apologize, its just that I was worried out of my mind for you...” He started to change his tone, trying to calm “the waters” down a notch, but it didn’t seem to have any effect on Alina.

“Don’t come at me with that bullshit either, Marcos. What the hell were you thinking, sending someone to kill off Amanda?!” Alina didn’t wait around for the conversation to come up, she rather tackled it right out front. “W-what do you mean?” He answered cowardly, not knowing what to say to save his own ass. Alina was losing her patience faster than usual and grabbed the man by his collar, pulling him close by force. “You tried to kill her and almost killed me in the process.” She said slowly in a not-so-obvious faux offended voice, not giving away the most important detail; that she knew he tried to kill Amanda again a second time and that she herself saved her life.

“I- I didn’t know the guy was that bad, I swear! I wouldn’t do anything to hurt you, Alina.” He was sweating like crazy and Alina couldn’t differentiate if it was nervousness or if he needed to take his drugs, maybe a bit of both. “Get yourself together.” Alina pushed him off with a disgusted face, this wasn’t of Marcos liking but he hid his feelings well. “The first time didn’t go as planned but I think I got her on the second try.” He said trying to “show off” and Alina gritted her teeth in anger, not giving him a chance to look at her face by giving him her back. “We haven’t heard from her since then...” He kept talking like a news report.

“We?” Alina knew he was talking about the new hitman, but she was obviously playing it dumb with him, she needed to know who the guy was. “He is a hitman, one of the best I must say. His name is Zero, like the number.” Marcos replied with a tint of happiness in his voice, he really hated Amanda, it seemed. “Trust me, if he didn’t kill her that time, he will the next... Even if I don’t pay him more money than I already have; since he must stay at zero escaped victims to still be called Zero... hahaha!!” “Shut the fuck up.” Alina snapped and cut his sentences short, she was getting highly annoyed by Marcos stupidity. “You do know I don’t feel ANYTHING for you, right? Not even the slightest thing. Anything you may do to try to impress me isn’t going to work.” She finally said it, she wasn’t letting this man keep obsessing over her, she was tired of it.

“...What?...” The man eyes turned red, and his expression seemed lost in space, he really needed his drugs plus a psychiatrist. Alina’s poker face seemed to annoy him even further because he tried grabbing her by the neck, which she dodged easily and punched him in the face making him fall to the floor. “You forgot who I am, didn’t you?!” The woman asked, voice full of rage, kicking him in the stomach twice. The man coughed blood and held himself like a baby inside their mother’s womb, he looked pathetic on Alina’s eyes, she couldn’t believe that man was ever her “right hand”.

“You’re no longer required.” She steadied her voice and sounded more collected, her rage was still there but hidden. The man kept quiet on the floor, he was probably in shock of what the woman just said, she couldn’t decipher anyways because his face was hidden. “After all these years...” His voice changed completely to a heavier tone, growing slowly from a whisper to almost a scream. “...After all I’VE DONE FOR YOU!!” He somehow got up from the floor in mere seconds and taking Alina by surprise he launched himself at her with a knife on his hand.

-BAM!- A sudden gunshot was heard by both of them. Alina’s eyes went wide looking at the man in front of her, she didn’t expect for things to escalate so quickly. Marcos held his new wound on his stomach with both hands, automatically dropping the knife that was being held a minute ago; the weapon sounded like a very heavy metal when it clashed on the floor. His eyes lingered from his overflowing wound then to Alina’s eyes, then to the newcomer; letting himself drop to the floor when he weakened from the blood loss. Alina stared at the scene in front of her in a bit of a shock, then moved her head to the side looking for the culprit of the gunshot. She saw Amanda lowering her arm, she noticed her eyes looked genuinely worried.

“Are you ok?” Alina heard Amanda ask while she was walking towards her, the tenderness of her voice waking her up from the trance she was in. She then felt the slim fingers of the other woman caress her cheek and her breath hitched; it was the first time the other woman touched her like that and it felt incredibly good.

“I’m fine...” Alina’s lips finally moved, realizing she was just saved by the woman in front of her. “I told you I never wanted to see you again...” She awkwardly stated, to which Amanda just smiled. “Are you sure about that?” Amanda asked and Alina didn’t respond, their eyes still meeting. “If you’re sure about that, then I’ll leave and you’ll never see me again.” This time Amanda’s voice changed to a sadder tone and Alina realized she may have hurt the blue eyed woman’s feelings again. 

“I...” Alina’s words died on her throat when she heard her men storming inside the room. “What the hell happened here?” One of the men asked with his gun pointing at both of the women but lowered his weapon as soon as he saw Alina. “Lady Alina, you’re back.” Another one said, his voice sounded relieved after seeing her again. “Sorry to keep you all worried.” Alina responded to them and looked at Amanda with the corner of her eye, she saw the other woman getting awkward by the situation. “Marcos?” One of the men said surprised to see the man dead on the floor. “... and Joselene?” The man raised the gun to Amanda when he recognized the woman, even though she looked way different. “Its ok, she is on our side.” Alina walked in front of the blue eyed woman in an over protective gesture, telling her men to lower their guns with a swift movement of her hand.

“I think it is time for me to go.” Amanda whispered so only Alina could hear, the lady understood her request and nodded approving of her decision. “She is called Amanda and she just saved my life. Marcos tried to kill me with his knife.” All the men looked surprised at the news but kept silent. “You may all give her a free pass and help me clean this mess up.” Alina finished pointing at the body on the floor with her finger. Amanda took advantage of the moment and swiftly walked to the exit of the room but Alina noticed right away and grabbed her by the arm, halting her on the spot. 

“Wait.” The woman said with a rather serious tone and Amanda felt like a bucket of cold water dropped on her head. “Umm... Yeah?” Amanda looked back at her with a funny smile, just like a kid does when they’re being scolded by their mom. “The new sniper guy is called Zero, and he wants your head to still be called like that.” Alina just said as fast as she could, she needed to let Amanda know she was still in danger. Amanda’s face changed drastically to a serious one, she heard that name before and it wasn’t good. 

“I’m fucked then.” She let out as a joke, which was her usual defense mechanism. “Amanda, you have to take care of yourself...” Alina ignored her jokes and looked at her in the eyes. “I will send some of my men to...” “Your men would probably die regardless.” Amanda cut her words short, basically letting her know it was pointless to try to help her. “He almost killed me and I’ve been training all of my life, the only way to get rid of him is to kill him myself.” Amanda looked away and gave Alina her back, hiding her emotions in the process. “It may be the last time we see each other so... It was fun while it lasted.” And the blue eyed woman left as fast as she could, never looking back at the woman who was shouting her name.

Vi stood up and closed the gap between them, their bodies almost touching. “What if I want to do more than seeing you?…” Vi’s voice turned into a raspy one, her desire taking a hold of her actions. “I wouldn’t object in the slightest.” Caitlyn answered pulling Vi’s face with both her hands on her cheeks again, this time a bit more hungrier than before, and this time their lips actually met. A moan left Caitlyn’s throat when she felt Vi’s soft lips onto hers and Vi followed along when she felt Caitlyn’s tongue enter her mouth unannounced and caressing hers. Vi instinctively grabbed Caitlyn by the waist, caressing her naked skin all the way to her back, enjoying touching her supple skin.

Both separated from the kiss and rested their foreheads together, their lips were parted letting deep sighs go through and their cheeks were completely pink from the hot and steamy kiss they just shared. “Cait...” Vi whispered and it sounded like a soft plea; her eyes rested on Caitlyn’s lips and then her deep blue eyes, she could feel the other woman gazing down towards her, she was obviously taller than her. She is so hot, Vi said inside her mind, this time resting her arms around Caitlyn’s neck and pushing herself closer to her body. Vi felt Cait pulling her at the same time from her hips, which made both their bodies shake a bit from the force and their faces getting closer than before; mouths inches away.

“Do you want me?... Vi” Caitlyn’s breath caressed Vi’s lips and chin, it was warm and smelled like peppermints, indirectly seducing Vi to taste her lips again. “I’ve been wanting you since forever...” And this time was Vi who pulled Caitlyn in for a kiss; she started slow, tasting every inch of her mouth, but soon enough it turned into a hungrier kiss that none of them could control. Vi’s tongue entered Caitlyn’s mouth and pressed softly, caressing her tongue in passionate motions; the Kiramman lady seemed to enjoy it deeply because her response in the end was licking Vi’s scar seductively then biting the red haired woman lower lip softly, stealing a sexy grunt from her. 

Caitlyn pushed Vi all the way to her back onto the bed, not inching away in any moment and her hair dropping down onto the sides of Vi’s face. Vi’s hands travelled down Cait’s chest while adjusting to her new position, almost touching her nipples but deviating her hands on purpose, trying to make the other woman desperate for her touch and it seemed to be working. Caitlyn rested a leg between Vi’s center in revenge, making a bit of contact in the inside of her legs, which made her notice the place was already warm. “MMm...” Vi let out a small moan and looked to the side shyly, giving Caitlyn a clear view of her neck, which she took advantage of by depositing a very hungry and wet kiss. 

Vi could feel Caitlyn’s tongue travel all the way to her chin from her collar bones, giving her small sensual bites that made her shake from arousal. They were enjoying the moment to the fullest until Caitlyn suddenly stopped and separated her body from Vi in a rather fast way, she placed both her arms side by side around Vi’s body holding herself up; her face had a very concerned look that gradually changed into a panicked one. “Cait? What’s wrong?” Caitlyn’s panic infected Vi because now her eyes were as big as hers. “My mother...” She replied in a strained voice, getting herself up in a swift movement, Vi following along. “Quick, by the window!” Caitlyn whispered in a low scream, grabbing Vi by the arm and guiding her to the escape. 

“She must be entering now. I don’t know why she is back so soon, I’m so sorry.” Caitlyn covered herself with the towel she previously dropped on the floor, she grabbed it along when pulling Vi all the way to the window. Vi didn’t quite understand all the ruckus but went along with it, she imagined her mother arriving was a very bad thing or that Cait was ashamed of telling her mother that she was going out with her; the latter idea hurt more. Vi opened the window and posed herself so she could start descending. “Caitlyn, why is it so bad that your mom arrived? Are you ashamed... of us?” Vi’s eyes looked up to meet with those of the blue haired lady, the woman eyes turned sad and worried when Vi asked those questions. 

“I’ll explain later, for now you really has to go. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Caitlyn replied in a hurry, closing the window when Vi lowered herself along the borders of the building. “Caitlyn honey, I came back early!” Caitlyn’s mother announced in a “sing songy” voice when opening the door in a swift movement, causing Caitlyn’s back to stiff up. “W-Welcome back, mother...” Caitlyn’s face was pale, she turned around trying to hide her nervousness with a smile that came out wrong, her mother noticed and one eyebrow of the old woman shot up. 

“Are you ok? Don’t tell me you’re back to your old ways of sneaking girls up in this room from left to right. I thought we were past that stage...” Her mother crossed her arms and her features changed into an annoyed reflection of her internal emotions. “W-what?! N-no! Of course not!” Caitlyn replied, her hands making a stop gesture towards her mother; an spectator would’ve had the laugh of their lives looking at their interaction. 

“Well, no matter. Dress up and come, I brought you some gifts.” The old woman left the room, her attitude changed in a millisecond; she was used to her daughter being a flirt with a bunch of girls in her younger days and since she didn’t saw one today she opted to not fight about it.

Next day came by and Caitlyn decided to leave home early so she could find Vi; she couldn’t stop thinking about the way the night ended and the sad looks Vi shot at her, she definitely felt bad about it and needed to make things right. Hours passed and she couldn’t find Vi in the usual places she hangs out. “Vi... Where are you?...” She whispered to herself, exhausted from walking all of the Undercity in search of the red haired woman. “Ah! There you are! Perfect timing!” A familiar voice could be heard not so far away, it was Ekko running towards her with a big smile on his face. 

Caitlyn turned around with a bummed out pout that changed to a hopeful smile, maybe her best friend knew where she was? “Ekko, long time no see.” The blue haired lady greeted in her usual sweet and formal way, which Ekko completely ignored and gave her a serious long “dap greeting” that she somehow managed to follow along flawlessly (with a “wtf” expression plastered on her face). “Badass! Thats our greeting from now on, by the way.” The guy smiled to the side and gave her a friendly wink, Caitlyn just smiled warmly, she liked his uplifting attitude. 

“Now, you must be like: Where the hell is Vi? Can’t find her anywhere...” Ekko didn’t gave Caitlyn a chance to open her mouth, he already knew the status of the situation; Caitlyn had a stunned face, he probably knew all about the previous night. “She didn’t want to face you so soon, but I know she would be making a huge mistake not talking to you. She is a dummy like that...” He put his hands inside his pants pockets, relaxing his back a bit to the side. “She is at my place. You can go and sort things out, no one’s going to interrupt, I made sure of it.” He winked at her again and left her in the same spot speechless.  

The first thing that Vi did when she left Caitlyn’s home was finding Ekko, the guy just laughed at her story and told her she was taking things out of context. He was probably right but she couldn’t stop thinking that maybe, just maybe, Caitlyn wasn’t that much into her; after all, the woman was gorgeous and probably had hundreds if not thousands of admirers waiting for her to give them at least one look. She was probably hiding the fact that she was into women from her family, because most likely they wanted her to marry a good looking suitor with lots of money like them.

“Typical...” Vi said to herself while punching a boxing bag. She was training relentlessly while thinking about the woman who stole her heart; she remembered her smile and the look full of lust she gave her when she dropped her towel to the floor. Vi grunted out of frustration and leaned in on the sand bag; she was still horny for the woman and giving her all towards the training didn’t help at all. “Is this a bad time?...” As soon as Vi heard that sweet and sensual voice her heart jumped out of her chest, her reflects made her jump off the sand bag and look at the woman standing at the door frame. The Kiramman lady was holding her left forearm with her right hand in a rather timid pose.

“I’m training.” Was all that Vi said, but her voice didn’t sound as harsh as she wanted to, she couldn’t express her mixture of emotions with words; she was mad, sad, in love and horny at the same time, what a combination, she thought. “I know we left things hanging in a bad way, but I wanted to explain...” Caitlyn started to formulate her thoughts into words but Vi didn’t want to hear it, she put the biggest wall between them, just in case she ended up hurt. “I know what you’re going to say. Something along the lines of: we can’t be together because my family wouldn’t accept this and I’ll probably marry a handsome and rich man instead. And thats okay, cupcake, I knew it was impossible for us to...” “Can you let me finish, please?” Caitlyn cut the fighter’s sentences short, she walked firmly closer to the shorter woman’s presence, making her step back a bit out of nervousness. 

“When I was young I used to be a womanizer.” Caitlyn dropped off the bomb on to Vi, the red haired woman eyes turned into plates and her lips parted, amazed at the news. “W-what?...” Vi said to the air, trying to imagine a Caitlyn being a heartbreaker with the ladies; I mean, she was hot so it was possible, I guess. “My parents, specially my mother, were tired of me sneaking up girls into my room all the time. They were always annoyed at my instability in love, they wished for me to find someone I truly loved instead of shooting at hearts at random...” Caitlyn touched the boxing bag and leaned to it, resting herself a bit. 

“I matured and learned to be alone for the right person. I would wait until I felt my heart really flutter and jump of joy; feel my cheeks burn and my hands sweat of nervousness... feel real love for someone, and that someone is you, Vi...” Caitlyn walked closer to Vi, staring at her eyes deeply. “Yesterday when my mother arrived and I told you to escape through the window, it wasn’t because I’m ashamed of what I feel for you...” The blue haired woman grabbed Vi’s hand and put it on her chest, so the other woman could feel her heart strong beatings. “Its because I want you to meet her the right way; I want to show you and my family that my intentions are true. I want you in my life, Violet, not as ‘another one’ but as someone who holds my heart in her hands and has me weak at my knees. I want you, Violet...” Caitlyn’s eyes darkened a bit with desire; she could see Vi shoulders relax and her eyes change from anger to a softer look that instantly changed into a yearnful one. And as soon as she stopped talking she felt Vi hands grab both her forearms and push her towards the nearest wall, her lips clashing onto hers into a desperate kiss that turned hot and steamy by the minute.

“Then get me, cupcake...” Vi whispered in a deep hungry voice close to Caitlyn’s lips. Caitlyn noticed the heavy urges mixed into those words and it turned her on instantly; her hands lowered down by all the arch of Vi’s back and ended up on her ass cheeks, squeezing them a bit on the hard side. “Mmm..Ah!...” Vi seemed to enjoy the rough but delicate attention this woman was giving her, her moans were being stolen without a hitch.

“I love your sounds... I want you to say my name like that when I make you cum...” Caitlyn’s perverted side came out and an evil smile showed when saying this; she was unable to stop herself from wanting to eat Vi up completely, and the other woman needed it badly as well. “Then what are you waiting for? Make me yours...” Another hungry kiss landed on Caitlyn’s lips and she battled back inserting her tongue on Vi’s mouth, she could taste the sweetness of Vi’s saliva, like a mix delicious berries. Caitlyn stopped the kiss and grabbed Vi’s hand, pulling her to what she deduced was a bedroom in the place. When she opened the door she couldn’t believe what was there.

It was a dark lit room filled with candles, a white bed covered with rose petals and a trail on the floor that the only purpose was to guide someone (or some in this case) towards the bed. Caitlyn smiled and imagined how all of this was arranged. “Did Ekko told you about this?” She asked Vi, probably knowing what the other woman would say. “No... That idiot...” Vi’s cheeks turned red, she indeed didn’t know her best friend would do something like this. “Well, I’ll take up on his suggestion of using the bed...” Caitlyn pointed towards the rose petals trail and pulled Vi softly towards the bed, pushing her into it while she herself took her own uniform top off, letting a sleeveless shirt that was hidden underneath out in the open. 

Vi swallowed thickly, she could admire her toned arms when she was holding herself up, while sensually crawling on top of her. One of Caitlyn’s hand caressed from her left thigh upwards all the way to her stomach and then on top of her boob, squeezing the last one softly on top of her clothing. Vi closed her eyes and arched her back towards her, letting her know she wanted much more done to her, while also pulling Caitlyn by the back of her neck into a sweet and slow french kiss that both of them didn’t want to end. “Mmm... Violet, baby...” Cait pulled herself a bit from the kiss, letting a thin strand of saliva that was shared by both their mouths hang in the air. The blue haired woman took Vi’s clothing from the top between kisses until she was naked there, leaving her breasts and her toned abs completely visible. 

“You talk about me being hot, but look at you...” Deep blue eyes gazed down with lips parted, touching the middle of the red haired lady’s torso lightly with her index finger. “You’re so much sexier and hotter than me...” Caitlyn whispered with ache in her voice, opening the button and zipper of Vi’s pants while delivering a wet kiss on her neck. Vi couldn’t control her urges anymore and pushed Caitlyn to the side so she could be now on top, holding the other woman hands so that she couldn’t touch her while she planted wet bites and kisses onto her neck. “I want to taste you completely, cupcake...” Vi said with a hidden meaning behind her words that Caitlyn understood right away, they were both already panting and sweating out of control. 

Vi didn’t take much to get rid of all of Cait’s clothing; her hunger was making her desperate enough to not wait around anymore and as soon as Caitlyn’s breasts were loose Vi opened her mouth and took a taste from them. She took in the most she could from one of her boobs inside the warmness of her mouth, licking and sucking thoroughly while caressing the other one with her hand. “Aaahh...” Caitlyn didn’t expect the sudden change of positions, but she didn’t mind at all; she loved Vi touching her all over her body, she was full of desire for the red haired woman and anything she did was making her insanely wet. 

Vi’s lips descended slowly to her stomach with a specific course in her mind, she kept letting warm trails of saliva all the way until she landed on the inside of Caitlyn’s thigh, dangerously close to her weakest spot. Cait held the bed sheets strongly with her right hand while the other one was on top of her own mouth trying to muffle her own moaning. Vi let out an evil smile, showing her pearl white teeth clearly like a predator, she was hungry for her cupcake and was going to eat her whole. Her sensual licks and bites on Caitlyn’s thigh was making the Kiramman lady insane, she didn’t know such an arousal was possible and ended up doing what she didn’t expect to end up doing: begging for her to give her pleasure there. “Vi, please... eat me...” The woman begged with a moan mixed in her voice, cheeks flushed from the heat she was feeling all over her body.

Vi didn’t object to the request and did what the other woman so desired; she spread her legs more open and inserted her mouth in her pussy, licking and sucking everywhere. “Mm! Yes!... Aah!” Caitlyn let out in a small scream she couldn’t control. Vi let a moan escape herself because she could taste the delicious liquids on her lovers sex, she was indeed sweet like a cupcake. Slowly Vi turned the pace faster and faster, making Caitlyn to turn and twist out of pleasure, adding later on a finger that went deep inside the woman like butter, making her moan louder than before. “I’m going to cum...” Caitlyn said in a moan while touching her own breasts, giving herself a boost in her pleasured state. “Harder...” And Caitlyn pushed down Vi’s head a bit while pushing her thighs up so she could feel more pressure on her center, making it easier for her to cum in an instant. “Aaah...Aah! Violet! Mmmh...” Caitlyn came strong on Vi’s mouth and the red haired woman licked clean her pussy, she was super wet herself by eating her lover out.

“It’s my turn for revenge.” Caitlyn pushed Vi on her back now, caressing her breasts with her hand while she trailed some wet kisses along her torso; Vi felt her center get a sudden pleasured knot form when Caitlyn’s warm breath touched around her nipple, taking it in her mouth completely afterwards. “God...” Vi moaned lowly, trying to contain herself; her pantings giving her state away. Cait smiled looking up to her while licking seductively her nipples, lubricating them with her warm saliva and Vi’s eyes turned darker lost in lust. 

The red haired lady still had her pants on but Cait fixed the issue right away, tearing the pieces of clothing away from her skin; she noticed the other woman was warm and sweaty from her arousal which made Caitlyn bite her lower lip, she wanted to make her cum badly. She lowered her body so they could caress each other, her nipples were touching Vi’s every now and then, turning the heat of the room even more on. Caitlyn closed in on Vi’s lips and opened her mouth, sticking out her tongue, inviting the other woman to caress it with her own; both the outside of their mouths getting wet with long trails of saliva. “Mmm...” Caitlyn could hear Vi moan. She caressed down along her body and without lingering anymore she touched Vi’s clitoris with her middle finger. “Mmfgh...Aaah!” Vi moaned inside her mouth and pulled back from the kiss to let a second moan be heard entirely.  

“You like this?...” Vi could feel Caitlyn’s gaze on top of her, which increased her arousal because she was giving her that lustful look she loved so much. “I love it... Give me more...” And Caitlyn understood her request right away, letting a finger enter deep down on her wet pussy and pumping back and forth rhythmically. “F-fuck... D-don’t stop cupcake...” “I won’t...” Caitlyn whispered in her ear, then moving down to suck on her boobs. Vi straddled Caitlyn’s hips trapping her position and making the sensations on her sex deeper than before. “Aahh... Harder baby...please...” Vi begged and Caitlyn inserted a second finger, she could feel it get lubricated with her lovers liquids right away. “Cum for me...” Caitlyn whispered in her ear and deposited a wet kiss on her neck, their movements now turning erratic in the heat of pleasure. 

“Aaah!..Aaah!...Caitlyyyn!...” Vi screamed her name from the top of her lungs, her walls trapping Caitlyn’s fingers while she came; her arms surrounded the tall woman while she steadied her breath and her legs dropped down exhausted. Caitlyn caressed her cheek and smiled, she was insanely happy. “I love you so much Vi...” The woman deposited a sweet kiss on her lips, while she positioned herself into a position that demanded a cuddle. “I love you too, cupcake...” Vi smiled, wishing the time would stop right at that moment.

“Give me a break.” Vi looked annoyed up to a certain degree with Ekko. The guy just smiled because he knew he was pushing the right buttons.

“Oh! No!” Ekko opened his eyes and put both hands into his mouth making a very faux surprised expression. “Please tell me you’ve not been wasting all this time NOT asking Caitlyn out? Daamn woman, you sure got no game.” He let his hands drop down in an exaggerated motion, turning the point he was making a whole lot bigger than normal.

Vi just rolled her eyes and a defeated smile appeared on her lips. “Look, I haven’t asked her out because... I don’t think I’m the right person.” Her voice lowered down a bit at the last few words, she sounded tired of thinking everything so much, especially not being enough for someone as perfect as Caitlyn.

“What? Are you kidding?” Ekko looked at her with a serious expression on his face, he looked at Vi from head to feet, then from feet to head. “You’re baddass!” He blurted out, not believing how his friend was this naive when it was something related to her huge crush. “I’m not the right person.” He imitated Vi in a mockingly tone. “You ARE her person, you just haven’t grown the balls to tell her. Trust me, she must be waiting for you to take the first step already.” Ekko just made a facepalm and dropped his ass at the nearest big block of debris.

Vi just stood there taking the not so subtle scoldings Ekko was giving her, and apparently she still wasn’t getting convinced by them just yet. “She is from Piltover, man... daughter of a counselor... I’m just, me.” Vi said not giving herself any credit. She was crazy about Caitlyn and she wanted to be with her with all her heart, but the difference of “status” made her back up completely. “Caitlyn is nice, she doesn’t care about those things.” Ekko defended Caitlyn’s position even though he didn’t knew her that well, but for the short period of time they knew each other he could tell Caitlyn genuinely cared about people, not their “status” or the money they had in their banks.

Vi smiled because he said something that was the main reason she loved Caitlyn so much. She was the most open minded person she had ever met; she didn’t care about where people came from or what they did in the past, as long as they learned from it and became a better version of themselves. She had a sense of justice in her blood but she wasn’t quick to judge others with it, she wasn’t cruel and knew that not everyone was born lucky in this world; everyone deserved a chance if they wanted it inside their hearts. She was amazing, lovable and kind. She believed in Vi since the first time they met, even if she didn’t have to. She was gorgeous inside and out and that made Vi’s heart jump of happiness every time they saw each other. That woman had Vi weak to her knees and Caitlyn probably didn’t even notice.

“That is true.” Vi replied with a smile stamped on her lips, she was gathering courage to ask the blue eyed woman out, finally. “I will ask her on a date, today.” And as soon as Vi finished the sentence Ekko screamed some funny howls, celebrating Vi’s decision. “You go girl! Can’t wait for you to tell me how the first kiss goes!” The guy said chuckling, he loved teasing Vi around regarding her crush. He knew in the end both of them would be happy, since he could see the tension between the two women, miles away.

Vi was a strong willed woman; anything she wanted to do she would do it without asking anyone. She would set her mind to a goal and no one would make her change her decisions. She had a big heart and strong emotions, but would try to hide them because she needed to be strong for everyone else. A natural born leader and protector of those she cared for. She was a fighter; but when it came down to Caitlyn she didn’t know how to even proceed.

Vi decided to look for her and start from there, hopefully she didn’t screw things up like she was used to do; sometimes she would put Caitlyn in precarious situations, or not give her enough credit on her ability to get her out of problems as fast as she did. Vi was a troublemaker and Caitlyn was her “savior”.

She arrived at the first place she thought she would find Caitlyn, the Shooting Range in Piltover. It was mostly a silent place and no one would use it, that was probably why Caitlyn loved it so much; she could hit targets and practice most of her free time, when she wasn’t in duty. Vi saw her and her heart skipped a beat, the other woman was an amazing shot and sexy at that, she stayed hidden admiring her skills and her beauty.

“Are you going to stay behind that bush all day?” Caitlyn asked while recharging her weapon to keep her practice going. She smiled; she knew Vi was there since the moment she arrived but decided to stay silent giving the other woman time to introduce herself. It was becoming awkward though, being watched in silence. She moved from her position to point and shoot at a different object that was flying into the sky.

“Sorry, I didn’t want to interrupt.” Vi went ahead and showed herself, she found Caitlyn but what now?! She was panicky, not knowing what say to keep a healthy conversation with her, what an idiot, she said to herself.

“You aren’t. How are you? It’s been days since I last saw you.” Caitlyn stopped her shooting and turned around to look at Vi, who was looking at her with parted lips, like if she wasn’t sure she was there or not. Caitlyn smiled cutting the distance between both of them and gave Vi a hug, she missed her a lot. “I’ve missed you, you big dummy.” Could be heard from her lips through a deep sigh of relief. Vi hugged her back and gave her a stronger hold, she didn’t want to let her go. “I’ve missed you too, cupcake. Much more than you imagine...” Her raspy voice gave Caitlyn butterflies on her stomach, but the deep blue eyed woman could hide it very well. 

Vi broke the hug first and instinctively rested both her hands on each of Caitlyn’s forearms, the other woman didn’t mind but thought it was strange; usually Vi was more reserved to be touchy than that. “Are you ok?” Caitlyn suddenly changed her expression to one of concern. They were subtle details but Vi was acting strange nonetheless and Caitlyn noticed right away. “I’m fine, I’m fine...” Vi noticed why was the question made and her hands left Caitlyn’s forearms as fast as lightning. Caitlyn felt a bit disappointed by the lack of Vi’s touch and her eyes narrowed down, gazing at Vi deeply. After a few minutes of silence Vi decided to tell her something.

“I was just wondering if...” Vi started doubting if to actually tell her or not. “If you wanna go on a date... with me?” Her voice sounded high pitched at the end accompanying it with a comical flinched face, expecting the worst as a response. “It would be my honor.” Was Caitlyn’s response; one hand resting on Vi’s tattooed cheek trying to calm her, since she noticed the red haired woman was nervous as hell. She stole a smile from Vi’s lips by doing this and the red headed woman felt her confidence come back little by little, she thought her day would end up in rejection but it was the complete opposite.

“Really?! I mean, you don’t have a problem going out with someone like me?” Vi had to ask because she almost didn’t believe her response. “Someone like you? What do you mean?” Caitlyn was genuinely lost to what Vi was referring to. Vi observed her oblivious reaction and thought she looked adorable. “As in, someone from the Undercity instead of someone from Piltover.” Vi simply responded and it all came down to Caitlyn’s realization, a chuckle left her fine lips afterwards. “I don’t care about those things, Vi. All I care for, is you; the kind hearted woman standing in front of me.” Caitlyn’s voice was soft and her fingers rested on Vi’s chin for a bit after caressing her cheek, she could notice a blush making an appearance. 

“When and where should I meet with you, then?” Caitlyn asked because she noticed Vi kind of forgot about mentioning those details. “I... Uhh...” Vi did forget about those details, shamefully. She had everything down to the point of asking and getting a rejection (in her mind), but after that it didn’t occur to her what would be a great place to take Caitlyn out to if she did indeed said yes. “You don’t have the slightest idea, do you?” Caitlyn asked, zero judgement on her voice; she knew the other woman was having it rough just by asking her out, apparently. Vi’s expression transpired shame, panic and nervousness, all at the same time, trying to find an inexistent response inside her mind. 

“No need to worry, I know what we can do.” Caitlyn came to the rescue, again, Vi thought. This woman was too precious. “Wanna come to my place? My parents are absent from home for the week, which means you don’t have to worry about a dress code or anything. We could ask the family chef to cook anything we want, including Undercity cuisine, which he has told me he knew about. Also!” Caitlyn was clearly hyped about the date and Vi couldn’t stop her face from smiling now because the blue eyed woman was ranting all over the place. “I could show you a place I love visiting when I want to be alone, a secret place I only want to share with you.” She said looking at Vi with sparks on her eyes, Vi instantly knew this place was important for her. 

“Yes, we can do all those things.” Vi brushed Caitlyn’s cheek lightly with her fingers, mirroring what Caitlyn had done a few minutes ago without realizing it. “How about I meet up with you at 7:00 pm at your place?” Vi asked observing Caitlyn’s eyes, she was looking back at her with loving eyes which made her feel like the luckiest woman in the world. “Sounds fantastic.” Caitlyn replied without a second thought, saving her weapon on her gun bag that was resting on her back. “I will patiently await your arrival, Violet.” Vi’s heart skipped a beat when the other woman said her whole name like that, with a deeper voice and a subtle flirt added to it.

The hours went by, slowly, adding weight to Vi’s nervousness. “Hey, don’t be nervous, you got this.” Ekko could be heard close by trying to calm Vi down. “...Remember the condoms though.” He jokingly said and Vi looked at him with a frowned face, making his smile disappear in an instant. “Dude! Stop! You’re making me more nervous than what I already am. Plus, its our first date...” Vi ended up the sentence lost in her thoughts, she suddenly imagined kissing Caitlyn furiously and pushing her into a bed, dripping sweat all over the place. Her face became red and she turned around, giving Ekko her back side trying to hide her burning cheeks. 

“Yeaaaa... I don’t think the night will end up with a kiss on the cheek...” Ekko noticed, he knew what was happening inside his friend’s mind and probably on Caitlyn’s; the two women knew each other for a while now and both wanted the same thing, they were waiting for a moment like this for a long time. Vi looked at him but didn’t say anything, he understood the silent “shut up” she gave him. “A’ight, I’ll shut it.” Ekko replied putting both his hands up in the air as “giving up” and started to leave the place not without saying something first. “Good luck!” He said winking at her. “It’s almost time.” He reminded her and she noticed the hour. “Fuck! I have to hurry.” And Vi left in a hurry, running all her way to Caitlyn’s mansion.

A heavy doorbell sound radiated inside the mansion, Caitlyn opened the front door meeting a very fatigued Vi outside. “Sorry I’m late.” Vi blurted out not giving Caitlyn a chance to welcome her. “It’s completely fine, Vi, are you ok? You’re sweating like crazy.” Caitlyn answered disregarding completely that Vi was half an hour late to their date, she instead was worried if she had been recently into a fight and wounded somewhere. “I’m fine, I just took longer to arrive than expected.” Vi answered with a defeated smile, she was already fucking things up, she said in her mind. “Come, the food is going to get cold.” Caitlyn gifted her a smile and pulled her to the table, lacing her fingers into hers in the process. 

It felt good to Vi being taken care of by Caitlyn, the woman was delicate and warm towards her in everything she did and said. Vi knew she was already kind, but since the date started she was more affectionate than normal (which she didn’t mind, obviously), it seemed there was a wall blocking Caitlyn from giving Vi all the affection she wanted to give her, and now the wall was gone. 

“Were you always this affectionate towards me?” Vi asked out of nowhere, trying to take the conversation they had going into a different direction, she was curious about what Caitlyn felt towards her right at that moment. The question came as a surprise to Caitlyn, and even though she didn’t mind at all, she wasn’t going to answer her just yet. 

“Before I answer your question, lets go somewhere first.” Caitlyn jumped off of her seat and grabbed Vi by her hand again, lacing her thin fingers softly into hers. Vi’s heart melted every time she did this, she loved the way Caitlyn was treating her, like she was some sort of precious treasure. 

After spending some time walking through a maze behind the mansion’s garden, they arrived to some sort of secret arch entrance covered by vines. “Close your eyes.” Caitlyn said and Vi looked at her with a “really?” reaction that stole a small chuckle from the Kiramman lady. It looked a bit creepy in Vi’s perspective but she trusted Caitlyn with her life, so she closed her eyes and tightened her grip on Caitlyn’s hand a little bit. “Ok, I trust you.” Replied the red haired woman and Caitlyn smiled, pulling a blind Vi through the place and sitting her in some sort of cement bench. “Open your eyes.” Vi heard Caitlyn whisper and she opened her eyes slowly. 

Vi’s eyes were met with a gorgeous view, the most beautiful she had ever seen in her life. It was some sort of hidden garden, with a pond in the middle filled with water flowers and colorful fishes. Even though they were in an open place there were some wooden structures covered with vines and beautiful flowers on top of them, making the place feel like a natural green house. The place was guarded with tall walls made of bushes and a huge tree across the other end, giving the ambient some sort of a relaxed feeling. There were lights everywhere illuminating the garden, but most of the illumination was thanks to some tiny and cute critters that glowed through the night.

“This is... so beautiful.” Vi’s mouth was agape, full of wonder, not knowing how to express how much she loved the place. “I’m glad you like it.” Caitlyn smiled, she gave a proud look to the garden. “I’ve been working on this garden since I became an enforcer, whenever I had the time, really. It was a difficult time for me back then; my mom didn’t approve of me doing that kind of work and my coworkers hated me without actually knowing me. Jayce tried to help me but didn’t know how to and I snapped at him, pushing him away for a while... So I used to spend countless hours fixing up this place apart of practicing my shooting, to keep my mind busy.” Vi noticed that Caitlyn’s eyes saddened while remembering the past, making her wish she was back then helping her instead of being inside a cell rotting.

“This place has helped me at my lowest and hopefully it will help you as well, whenever you need it.” Caitlyn kindly offered, she wanted her special place be Vi’s as well. “I-...I don’t even know what to say, cupcake. I appreciate this and everything you’ve done for me since we’ve met. I’ll be sure to visit whenever I need...” Vi locked eyes with Caitlyn and suddenly looked at her lips, her eyes lingered being tempted by them, but she controlled herself and looked away again. Caitlyn noticed but didn’t inquire about it, she didn’t want to pressure the red haired woman in any way.

“About what you asked at the dinner table...” Caitlyn suddenly remembered Vi’s question, the question she wanted to answer only at this place. “I’ve always liked you Vi, since the day we first met.” Caitlyn paused for a minute, looking straight into Vi’s eyes. “I tried not to be obvious about it though, since I was afraid you would leave and never come back to me.” The blue haired woman confessed, still a bit afraid her words would scare Vi away. “That is why before today, I didn’t show too much affection towards you in the way I really wanted but if you don’t like it I can...” “I love it.” Vi cut Caitlyn off in the middle of her sentence, she didn’t want Caitlyn getting the wrong idea off of her.

“I love the way you treat me Caitlyn, please don’t stop being the way you are with me.” Vi said with a small blush on her cheeks. Caitlyn’s lips parted in surprise and suddenly felt the urge to kiss Vi on the lips; her eyes darkened and with both hands she held Vi’s cheeks softly, pulling her face closer to her own. Their noses brushed lightly and they could feel their warm breaths mix with each other, but as soon as they did it started raining out of nowhere and with force, making them jump off of the bench and run back to the mansion.

The two women entered the mansion completely wet thanks to the sudden storm covering the city. They were both breathing heavily and while they were catching their breaths they remembered they almost kissed just a few minutes ago. Caitlyn smiled to herself, Vi had her weak and for a moment she couldn’t control her desire of tasting her lips. She wanted to lick Vi’s scar...

“Are you ok, cupcake? You should change to warm clothing.” Vi commented, trying to break the silence and stop both their minds from running, since she was also fantasizing about Caitlyn’s lips on her own. Damn rain, she said inside her mind, of all the times during the day it had to rain right at that moment.

“You mean we should change of clothing.” Caitlyn corrected her, she wasn’t going to let Vi catch a cold either. They ended up upstairs, inside Caitlyn’s room, so they could use the shower. “I will find you some clothes while you shower. Feel free to use any of my things, they’re yours as well.” Caitlyn left a confused Vi inside her huge bathroom. “How did I ended up in here.” Vi whispered to herself, remembering what Ekko said to her: “...I don’t think the night will end up with a kiss on the cheek...” Her cheeks turned red while dropping her clothes to the ground and jumping inside the shower, she couldn’t deny the warm water was good. 

“Here are the clothes I found for you, I will leave them he...” Caitlyn entered the bathroom forgetting to knock beforehand and stopped on her tracks, when she saw a semi naked Vi drying herself up. “I’m so sorry, I should’ve knocked before entering.” Caitlyn turned around as fast as she could with the clothing still on her hands. “You’re fine.” Vi said with a smirk that Caitlyn wouldn’t be able to see. “I used to shower with other inmates all the time. I don’t mind you looking at me...” She lowered her voice into a sensual one, sneaking a hand into Caitlyn’s side caressing her arm lightly while she snatched the clothing in the process. “I- I will wait outside.” Caitlyn replied and left the bathroom so Vi could finish.

“Your turn.” Vi announced and Caitlyn almost ran to the bathroom, trying to hide her shame because of what happened a minute ago. Vi smiled because she knew she had a sudden effect over her and an evil thought crossed her mind, but she instantly dismissed it, she had to stop herself from making raw decisions.  

A few minutes went by and it sounded that Caitlyn had finished her shower. Vi was biting her lower lip while sitting down on the bed, thinking if to leave already since her mind was running wild with all sort of thoughts. She heard the bathroom door open and her eyes met with Caitlyn’s, who was covered only with her towel and her skin looked still wet in most areas. Caitlyn’s eyes were narrowed down and her cheeks looked flushed. Vi could see drops of water traveling down her neck to her collar bones and that undeniably turned Vi on instantly. Caitlyn walked closer to the red haired woman that was sitting down on her bed and stood in front of her for a minute. 

Vi swallowed thickly, she didn’t know what was going through Caitlyn’s mind. “Do you want to see me?...” Caitlyn asked with a voice filled with lust and that made Vi feel hotter than normal. The blue haired woman didn’t give the other one a chance to react when she suddenly dropped the towel down to the floor, revealing her perfectly toned body to hungry eyes. Vi’s eyes narrowed as well while she felt her body turn hot, she couldn’t take her eyes off of Caitlyn’s curves, she wanted more. 

Vi stood up and closed the gap between them, their bodies almost touching. “What if I want to do more than seeing you?...” Vi’s voice turned into a raspy one, her desire taking a hold of her actions. “I wouldn’t object in the slightest.” Caitlyn answered pulling Vi’s face with both her hands on her cheeks again, this time a bit more hungrier than before, and this time their lips actually met. A moan left Caitlyn’s throat when she felt Vi’s soft lips onto hers and Vi followed along when she felt Caitlyn’s tongue enter her mouth unannounced and caressing hers. Vi instinctively grabbed Caitlyn by the waist, caressing her naked skin all the way to her back, enjoying touching her supple skin.

“Where are we going?” Alina could be heard after half an hour had passed, she was growing desperate each passing minute and it could be sensed by Amanda that noticed her companions left leg moving. “Relax. I won’t kidnap you. Not yet anyway...” Said the last words more to herself than anyone in a hidden flirty-pervy tone and Alina couldn’t quite hear it. “What?” Was Alina’s reaction trying to decipher the other woman’s strange behavior, one eyebrow going up slowly. “Nothing, nothing.” Amanda said waving an open hand between them, like if she was able to brush off the tension that had built up in the air. 

“I will invite the lady to my compound, if she so desires.” Amanda used her english woman voice and Alina’s cheeks showed a small blush; with her angry face anyone would say she was flustered instead, it was a bit confusing to Amanda nevertheless. “Stop the car.” Alina blurted out, her insides were confused towards Amanda each time she opened her stupid mouth and couldn’t put up with it anymore. Amanda stopped the car and saw the other woman jumping out the door as soon as the car parked. 

“Hey! Wait!” Amanda went after her jogging all the way until she was in front of her. There she saw what the other woman was trying to hide, she could see some tears rolling down her cheeks that she was trying to clean sneakily. Amanda’s lips parted letting a small gasp out, she didn’t expect to see such a woman crying for... her? “I’m so SO, sorry.” Amanda seemed to grew a heart three times bigger and slowly reached Alina’s face with her slim fingers, she expected a refusal but was greeted with acceptance instead, which invited her to clean the other woman tears with her thumbs softly. 

“Look, I’m gonna be honest with you...” Amanda’s face transformed into a soft loving one, there wasn’t any sassiness, any bitchiness or any cynicism present and Alina was surprised by this; she could see the real Amanda and it was shocking, but it felt good. Their eyes met and Alina’s stomach fluttered. “I’m not good dealing with people. My job makes me one hell of a liar, a heart crusher, an asshole and a cold hearted bitch. I don’t know how deep I hurt you... but I just want you to know that I regret doing so.” Her hands left Alina’s face and the woman felt a coldness be born out of the warmness Amanda’s hands had produced a few seconds ago. She could see the other woman look at the floor full of regret and her own heart skipped a beat when watching this. 

 “That day I did almost die.” Amanda looked at Alina’s eyes, holding her gaze up to hers so she could see she wasn’t lying. “I don’t know why I did it, though. Either way I wanted to let you know it was real.” And Amanda moved an arm in the air “brushing it off” in a “its not a big of a deal” kind of way, while walking back towards the car. Alina stood there in shock for a minute, she knew it probably wasn’t an easy thing to say for Amanda, since she looked like the kind of woman that had been hurt countless times before, and in an attempt of protecting herself she left some huge walls around her heart. 

Alina silently went back with her and also entered the car, putting the seatbelt on in the process. Amanda saw this by the corner of her eye and smiled. “Lets GO!!” Could be heard from an excited Amanda and Alina groaned in response, she found the other woman’s hype to be a little too much.

“What the fuck happened?!?!” Marcos asked exasperated to a weird looking guy that seemed to be a very unprofessional sniper. “What do you mean? I was trying to kill the woman you told me to.” The guy said not giving an actual shit of what was going on. “YOU ALMOST KILLED MY BOSS!” Marco said screaming in rage, his face completely red; the other guy noticed sweat forming in Marcos forehead. “Dude, calm the fuck down. I didn’t know she was your boss...” “Take the FUCKING MONEY and LEAVE!” Marcos screamed again in which the other guy just huffed, took the money and left. Marcos was trying to kill Amanda and he feared he just made them closer instead. “Where the hell are you, Alina...” He whispered cleaning his sweat off of his face in a worried state. “Fucking Amanda!” 

Amanda sneezed while she was opening the door for Alina and looked around the place in confusion. “What? Whats going on?” Alina saw the funny behavior and wondered loudly. “No cold and no dust... Someone must be talking about me.” Amanda replied, in a serious tone that made Alina burst out laughing right away. “Pfft!! Hahahaha” Alina couldn’t stop laughing and Amanda found this to be very amusing. “Yeah, yeah, laugh at me all you want, Princess.” Said the black headed woman in an “offended” tone but smiling nonetheless, it was the first time she heard the other woman laugh so freely.

“I love your laugh.” Amanda said without thinking and the brown headed woman stopped laughing out of shyness, her cheeks were indeed pink, just like Amanda’s, but just like the other woman she tried to hide it. “I don’t think this is necessary.” Alina said suddenly. “What isn’t?” Amanda went walking ahead picking up stuff from the ground and making space along the way. “You trying to protect me, like this.” Alina knew the other woman was doing everything she could to keep her safe, even if she didn’t openly expressed it.

“It is to me.” Amanda looked at her briefly, trying not to gaze at her too long. Alina bit her lower lip in secret, Amanda didn’t know how much her devoted attention was making the other woman melt. “I won’t keep you against your will, Alina.” Amanda said in a low voice, looking away from her. Alina’s stomach felt full of butterflies just hearing Amanda pronounce her name out of her delicate lips. “I just want to be sure the guy that attacked us wasn’t trying to kill you, which would take me a day or two.” Amanda explained. “After that you can go back to your life and forget all of this.” Her voice sounded a bit sad in the end, Alina noticed.

“Fine.” Alina responded, defeated by the blued eyed woman’s request of staying put while she did whatever she had planned to do to find the snipers identity. “But for the record, I won’t forget about you.” Alina said and Amanda didn’t know if to take it in a bad or a good way.

A day had passed and Amanda found out who the lousy guy was. How the hell did she found him? You would ask. Well, she has many powerful contacts. Amanda waited for the idiot to come out of the bar, and while he was completely drunk she followed him through the dark of the night. “What do you want?” The drunken guy asked turning his head to the side and looking back with the corner of his eye, he felt someone following him up close. Amanda ran the few steps they were apart and pushed the man to the closest building wall around, putting pressure in his neck with her forearm, easy enough. 

“Hey hey! What did I do now?” The man said with a dead tongue, he must of have drank a lot because his breath stank a lot as well. “Jesus Christ man!” Amanda exclaimed when she felt a punch to her nose thanks to the bad smell she just inhaled. “Forget it, you just defeated me.” She said holding her nose with two fingers on one hand and the other hand moving it like she had a hand fan in it (but instead it was her gun, heh). 

“What do you want?” The guy made an offended face while trying to balance his legs to stay on his feet. “Well, YOU tell ME. You tried to kill me and my companion two days ago.” Amanda said moving her head from side to side in a “I can’t believe this shit” kind of way while pointing at the man in the chest with the gun. “Ah! That wasn’t personal, my friend. Marcos sent me to kill you... because he is afraid of telling his boss... he has crush on her, haha...” And the guy fell down to the floor asleep. 

“Well that wasn’t that hard.” Amanda said to herself feeling accomplished. She knew what she wanted in mere minutes and no blood had to be spilled, now the guy would wake up tomorrow morning not remembering a thing. The problem is Marcos now, he had an obsession with Alina and not a healthy one, how would she tell her that?

While she was pondering the information she just got from the drunken sniper she felt a presence coming from behind her, she instinctively turned around with the balls of her feet and rapidly took shelter, the person made a shot with a gun but failed to hit her. “You’re just like a fucking cat, aren’t you? Evading every shot at every angle” Marcos voice could be heard from the dark and Amanda wasn’t surprised, if Marcos couldn’t get what he wanted by sending someone he would do it himself. “I can’t help it, I was trained like this.” Amanda answered with her natural sassiness, making Marcos angrier than ever.

“Who the hell are you? Or what are you, even? One day you’re just a fucking street dog and then the next day you’re the hardest bitch to kill.” Marcos was growing impatient, saying whatever his mind was playing inside his head. “Who knows? Maybe I’m the next anti-hero in a comic universe.” Amanda started saying random shit, playing around with the echo of the place, there wasn’t any street lights around which was beneficial to her purposes. 

“How should I be called?... Street Gunner?” Marcos was feeling dizzy because her voice was everywhere and he couldn’t pin point where she was. “Solo Lady?...” She kept saying random names and her voice kept enveloping Marcos in a strange wrap full of desperation. “... Oh! I know! GF Thief!” And Marcos felt a cold gun barrel behind his neck, he froze in place knowing all too well how would that go. “Get it? Girlfriend thief?... In like, I stole your girlfriend? Well not really YOUR girlfriend was it? More like your BOSS...” Amanda at this point was tired of playing around with “her food” and was deciding what should she do in this case.

“You will never stay with her, thats a fact!” Marcos screamed in anger, waiting for his possible death. “Dude, I told you I’m not interested. You’re the one complicating things for yourself.” Amanda replied, tired of the guy saying the same shit over and over. “Have you tried a medical professional? Because they would have a field day with you...” “FUCK YOU!” The man answered in a scream and Amanda just smiled, her usual evil smile in times like these. 

“You know what? I won’t kill you.” She stated in a pitiful voice, and Marcos was actually surprised at her decision. “W-what?” Could be heard from his mouth, not believing what she said at all. “Out of respect to a former boss. Because you’re her right handed man and I wont steal that as well.” She replied while she was thinking of Alina’s reaction if she actually did kill the guy off; it wasn’t a good one. Why did she care about what she said though? Fucking bullshit.

Amanda heard someone running over to them and moved to the side again in an attempt of evading a newer gunshot, this one actually did hit her even when she moved as fast as she did. “Fuck...” Amanda blurted out, holding her side, a bit over her hip. It was a clean shot but she was bleeding more than anticipated. If she was hit this fast, the newer person in the scene was as good as her. Marcos could be heard talking to the newest arrival in a happier tone. “Thanks, at last I get my moneys worth.” 

Amanda knew this problem was escalating rather quickly and getting out of hand, so she decided to escape for the moment, with her tail under her legs like old people used to say. She needed to get to her compound as soon as possible before loosing consciousness, she was hopeful that Alina would help her instead of letting her die in the floor.

“Aren’t you going after her?!” Marcos said impatiently to the hitman in front of him, forgetting the man could kill him instead if he wasn’t careful with his words. “She’s long gone.” The man answered, igniting a smoke and putting it on his lips. “We will find her soon enough though... have patience.” He said to Marcos, shutting his whining in the process. 

Amanda arrived to her place, not before double checking if anyone was following her or not; in the end she decided to believe she ran fast enough to get away on time. Amanda was having trouble entering her own place; her body was starting to go into a shock state thanks to the blood loss. Alina heard the jerky movements at the entrance and found them to be weird, so she grabbed a gun on her way to check out the commotion. 

“Amanda!” Alina dropped the gun and ran desperately to catch Amanda in her arms, she grabbed her just in time before her body hit the ground. Suddenly Alina felt a moment of deja vu, this had happened before, the only difference was the gunshot location and the severity of the wound. “I’m fine...” Amanda whispered with a shaky voice, her eyes shutting off slowly; Alina could see she was trying to stay awake. “Stay with me, please.” Alina begged while she carried her to the medical room in the compound from her good side and Amanda helped with her own weight as much as she could until they got there. Alina was so worried for Amanda that she didn’t know how to deal with her own heart that felt like a frost inside her chest; a scare that doesn’t leave your body and makes you wanna scream to try to relieve it. 

But the good news were, that Alina wasn’t new at healing people with deep wounds in their bodies; she was an expert already thanks to the thousand of times she had to help her loyal followers. If she had a different life she would’ve been an excellent doctor. Alina inspected the wound and saw it was a clean shot, which meant she didn’t need to extract a bullet. “Thank God...” She exclaimed, but Amanda wasn’t in the clear yet, she needed to disinfect, close her wound and see if she didn’t need a blood transfusion, all in which she did in the fastest way possible; Amanda wasn’t going to die, not on her watch. 

Thanks to Amanda’s medical room Alina had it easier than what she imagined; every possible thing was there to be used when necessary. This woman was prepared for anything, it seemed. In part it was sad imagining her life being so alone, like a wolf that was left behind by their pack; Amanda’s aura felt like this, a lost soul looking for a home, where to belong. Alina started to understand why she was the way she was and she didn’t feel angry with her anymore.

She caressed Amanda’s cheek softly when everything was better, the woman wasn’t shaking anymore, her breathing started to normalize and the contours of her face reflected some sort of tranquility; she was alive and resting. “If you ever want to kill me through my heart, do this again...” Alina murmured scolding her and resting her hand in the middle of Amanda’s chest, she could feel her heart stable, beating like it should. 

Amanda was having a nightmare. One in which she couldn’t control the outcomes the way she wanted. She saw Marcos laughing at her, dressed for an important occasion... more like a wedding. She was dying in one of the seats, bleeding out when she saw Alina appear in a pearl white dress, but instead of looking happy she looked like the saddest woman in the world. Amanda tried to scream but no words came out, she didn’t have enough strength to go after her and stop her from marrying that asshole. 

“Aaaahh!” Amanda screamed while waking herself up, she almost jumped off of the bed but felt some delicate hands stopping her midway. “Hey, hey, sshh... You’re ok...” She heard Alina saying in a comforting voice, trying to calm her heavy breaths; her face being dangerously close to Amanda’s while pushing her back into the bed. Amanda noticed she had a wet cloth in one of her hands that she was using to cool her forehead down, but dropped it as soon as she saw her wake up; Alina was taking care of her and it seemed a day or two had passed.

Amanda looked at her with narrowed eyes, she didn’t understand why the other woman helped her instead of letting her to die. “How long I’ve been out?” Its all Amanda could articulate, she wanted to know how long she was being a piece of crap. Alina covered her almost naked torso with the bed sheet, trying not to stare at her finer details covered only with a bra. “Three days. Who did this to you?” Alina had questions of her own and suddenly Amanda knew she was angry at someone else rather than her, what a relief. “I don’t know.” Amanda was trying to evade the question, but her headaches didn’t allow her to create better excuses. Too bad.

“You ARE going to tell me Amanda, or else I’ll find out on my own and really, really be angry at...” “Marcos.” Amanda blurted out and as soon as she did she shut her own mouth with a hand, her eyes looked like big plates, she fucking told her. Alina wasn’t as surprised as Amanda thought she would, or maybe the shock of her own right handed man being an asshole took off her ability to speak.

“The sniper guy was for me, not for you in the end.” Amanda started to explain when Alina glared at her, asking without saying a single word. “I went after the guy, he was drunk and easily told me Marcos hired him. He’s been hating my guts for a while, because he thinks there is something going on... between us.” Amanda blushed saying the last part, saying it out loud sounded quite stupid, she thought; but thanks to her fever the blush was hidden in plain sight. “He fired the sniper guy and bought a pro now, hence the shot that almost killed me...”

“This is all my fault.” Alina responded looking down, one hand holding Amanda’s, the black headed woman felt her fingers lazing into hers. Her dark blue eyes met with hazel ones, and she felt another electric shock going down her spine, just like the day she betrayed her. She remembered what she did and broke the hold abruptly. “No, it’s mine.” Amanda replied, feeling guilty of all of Alina’s problems right now. “If it weren’t for me, we wouldn’t be in this situation right now. I break everything I touch... Alina. That’s why I have to stay away from you.” Amanda felt her heart sink when saying this, everyday she felt she needed to get closer to Alina; she was becoming a drug to her without her even realizing it.

“I won’t let you. I would find you again either way... We are bound.” Alina left Amanda in the room astonished with her words, she wasn’t sure if she imagined it thanks to the fever she had or not. 

The night came and Amanda knew her decision was going to cost her something more valuable than money, even if she didn’t know it before hand she had a sixth sense for moments like these. There she was, in the middle of a clusterfuck, like she loves to say. One side was Alina’s father with a devilish smile, the other side was Alina with Marcos with a confused look. Alina had a heartbroken glint in her eyes and Amanda’s heart sank all the way down; she had hurt her, deeply. 

“You are... the woman in the wooden chair, aren’t you?” Alina’s vocals were to the point, but soft in a sad way. She was remembering details she let escape during those months they interacted with each other. “Yes.” Amanda said, looking to the floor guilty as hell but decided not to fall victim of her own emotions. She took her black contacts off, they were bothering her anyways; her hair was already long enough to make a bun in her head and she also took the black leather jacket off, revealing her delicate features underneath. She also stopped talking like an english woman, going back to her regular accent (which was kind of latina by the way, who knows).

Alina’s father broke the tension with an evil laughter that sounded stolen from a crappy horror movie. “Shut the fuck up.” Amanda said pointing a gun at him with no second thoughts. The old man’s laughter died in his throat and stayed stiff in his place. Alina’s lips parted a bit, trying to process this whole thing. “Now, that the family is reunited and everyone is silent, it is time to finish this claustrophobia of a moment.” Amanda’s attitude changed completely from the “cool” looking tomboy girl to her original form, the sassy, sarcastic femme fatale bitch she was, funny too. 

Amanda saw Marcos moving his hand slowly into his pocket, trying to reach his gun unnoticed and while he thought he was triumphant in touching it for a second Amanda just shot at the floor close to his feet to make him stop. “Drop it, handsome.” Both Alina and Marcos were startled, Marcos dropped the gun and his hands went into the air hoping Amanda didn’t shoot him in the face next. “Joe, we were in this together, please.” He said trying a psychology technique or something. “The names Amanda, thank you very much, and I DON’T give a shit, doctor.” She said like if he was some kind of therapy specialist, those she hated with all her guts. Marcos just shut his mouth in response, his teeth were going to break with how hard he was biting inside his mouth.

“Like I was saying; You fucker, owe me money. You two, do whatever you want after I leave.” She was pointing at everyone with her gun, starting to get really annoyed. “What money, what did you do?” Alina asked now, she was still in denial apparently, but her eyes were notably furious. “Your asshole of a father owes me money for killing all of your “detective efforts” against him.” Amanda replied, with a winning voice. “You didn’t delete anything, I made you think you did.” Alina’s response was swift and she showed part of her teeth with a sided smile. “You ARE going down with HIM.” And as soon as Alina finished her words, a bunch of cops started to enter the abandoned building they were in.

Amanda was quick to understand what was happening though and somehow escaped, not without exchanging bullets with some of the cops along the way and using some of her martial arts knowledge to hurt instead of killing. It was hard not to kill, but she couldn’t add cops to her list of enemies. 

“Fucking dumbass.” Amanda was cursing herself and her lack of noticing what the fuck was actually going down that night. Alina didn’t want her father dead, (duh! obviously), but she didn’t expect her to be working with the police! of all kinds of people! And she didn’t even tell her, of course she didn’t, why would she? She was intelligent enough to omit most if not all of her fucking plans, she was just another grunt worker to her, dammit. 

“Do you think she will ever come back?” Marcos asked Alina what seemed to be a stupid question. “Of course not. And even if she did, I wouldn’t forgive her.” Alina’s aura felt somber than usual and Marcos was trying to thread lightly about the “Joe” conversation. “I’m sorry she ended up being traitor, I would never do such a thing...” Marcos was trying to give Amanda some dirt so he would receive praise thanks to her wrong decisions, but he stank of desperation. “I’m not in the mood for your “macho” moments, see you around.” Alina left the guy with all the cops “paperwork” stuff in purpose, so he would leave her the hell alone.

Alina was more heart broken than ever, she couldn’t stop thinking about Amandas real version, her personality and her way of carrying herself. She knew something was off about her since the first day they met, but even though most of her act was fake, there were some things that were real. For example; when Amanda risked her life for hers, she ran and took Amanda in her arms, she really thought she was dead, but instead she was greeted with a loving look on her eyes. Amanda put her delicate fingers on her face and asked if she was ok, she didn’t seem to care about her own arm that was bleeding at that moment, and she didn’t think that small interaction that felt as short as seconds was fake at all. “Fucking liar...” Alina said below her breath, she was angry either way and at the same time wanted to see her again. Why? She didn’t know.

A week or so went by and Alina did what she said she wasn’t going to do, search for Amanda. She wanted to find her but didn’t know what for. Was she going to kill her? No. She wanted to see her and yell at her, tell her how much she hated her soul and how much she wanted to punch her guts. She went out of her way to visit her father in jail, just to find some info on her whereabouts or how to even find her. At first he wasn’t giving in at all, but in the end she convinced him by offering him a favor in return, a favor she didn’t even know what it was, until it was claimed by him. At that point she didn’t care what he wanted later on, she just wanted to find the woman haunting her dreams, and found her she did, this time she went alone to meet her.

Amanda in the other hand had an appointment for apparently an easy job. She wasn’t going to accept it at first, but took pity on the guy that was crying like a little bitch over the phone; he wanted to confirm if his wife was cheating on him or not, typical. Even though it sounded like a weird interaction over the phone she decided to have some fun and arrived to the desolated parking lot the guy explained vaguely. “Not creepy at all...” She wasn’t scared at all but the place seemed desolated at first. “I’ve been looking for you all this time.” Amanda’s heart froze when she heard that voice, it was Alina, she called her name a thousand times inside her mind, she was probably going to die today though. 

“What for? A date?” Amanda tried to mask her feelings behind her usual sarcastic self. “I can’t believe the AUDACITY you have to keep on your life like nothing ever happened.” Alina exploded walking with a fast pace towards the other woman, her heels could be heard echoing along and that made Amanda nervous... again. “It was hard finding you and I sacrificed some things to do so. But I came here to tell you right in your face THAT...” A sudden sniper shot was heard, not giving Alina enough time to finish her line. 

Amanda lowered herself to the ground automatically and her eyes went right to Alina’s, mostly to check if she was ok or not; she didn’t know why that was always her first reaction regarding the safety of the other woman. Alina copied her stance and noticed Amanda’s look, but decided to ignore it, she wanted to discover where the shot came from first. “I think they’re looking for you. How many enemies have you made? They must be many, I’m guessing.” Alina said sarcastically, giving what she said for a fact. “That shot wasn’t for me, dummy.” Amanda replied in a huff, “stating the obvious”. She got closer to Alina to grab her hand and pulled, guiding her to a safe area. “... Come.” She was doing it again, saving her life. 

“Who was it for then? Me?” Alina asked dumbfound following Amanda, but not by choice, more like for her own survival since she didn’t trust her that much anymore. “Your father isn’t the loving type, I assume. Even less when you sent him to jail.” Amanda said in a murmur trying to find an explanation to the whole situation. Everything came crashing down into Alina’s mind, she realized it could be true; her father sent to kill her mother in a heartbeat when she was a child, sending to kill his own daughter would be an easy task. 

But Alina remembered; he wouldn’t be so stupid to send someone after her when she offered him a juicy favor, he wouldn’t dare to lose that, whatever it meant. “Even though we hate our guts, he wouldn’t do it, I owe him something.” She said the last words tentatively, not wanting to explain further. Amanda heard another shot and suddenly pulled Alina, a bit too much it seemed, because Alina landed on her chest and then the force pushed both onto the closest wall. Alina’s hands were resting on Amanda’s shoulders and thats when she noticed Amanda was a bit taller than her. Her eyes went wide for a moment and Amanda’s blued eyes rested on hers after seemingly inspecting her lips for a mere second... or she didn’t?

Alina pushed herself off of her and turned around, I guess she is still angry at me, Amanda thought. “You don’t owe him anything.” Amanda said keeping the conversation going, trying to ignore what just happened between them. “But anyways... I don’t think this guy is for me, if it were someone sent to kill me, they wouldn’t be such a low class killer.” “What do you mean, that I’m a cheap target?” Alina asked annoyingly, taking it a bit far too personal, being blinded by her angry emotions towards Amanda right at that moment. 

“Jesus Christ lady, that wasn’t what I meant at all. What I meant is; that I’m a very hard to kill target. Usually I get sent after me some top class professionals, at least to try.” Amanda tried to explain but realized after a minute that she sounded full of herself; she saw Alina turn her head to the side with her eyebrows meeting in the middle, she was real angry with her and that made her feel... uncomfortable? But even though she was mad at her, Amanda appreciated how beautiful she was... she was a gorgeous lady.

“I guess you were also acting when you “saved me”, huh?” Alina asked out of nowhere doing the quoting fingers into the air, if what Amanda said was true, that she was so “hard to kill” it meant that she was also acting when she saved her. Amanda knew she somehow made a mistake with the wording, and understood why Alina would doubt about that day, she deserved all the doubts in the world after all. She fell silent and didn’t answer, it was for the best, it seemed.

The sniper ended up being a lousy one, just like Amanda thought he was going to be; that meant they would be able to get out of there easily. “Let’s get out of here.” Amanda took Alina’s hand again, guiding her this time to the exit of the building, which they found in a couple of minutes. The sniper must of have thought they were still inside the building because they left without anyone following behind. A couple of minutes went by and Amanda was able to convince Alina to enter her car.

“I don’t need you to give me a ride, I can take care of myself.” Alina said crossing her arms, to Amanda she looked adorable, just like a child would in a similar situation. “Yeah, yeah, yeah... Shuddup and put your seatbelt on, my child.” Amanda said giving a playful smile, even though she knew Alina wanted to kill her and Alina just rolled her eyes and did what she was told.

Amanda looked at her bathroom’s mirror with quite some interest; she wasn’t actually looking at her own perfectly toned, slim body, or admiring her long wet hair dropping down to her chest. She wasn’t counting her scars accumulated on her white-as-a-sheet skin, no. She was a weird soul lost in thought, remembering everything that had happened that day; repurposing thoughts and exchanging possible outcomes. She was thinking of “Alina” and how she would finish the task she was given by her client.

Alina’s father was a huge asshole. As the right hand of a man called Joseph King (prominent corrupt politician, soon to be president), he had a background full of sins and a tendency to make enemies everywhere he went, including his own daughter. Why would his own daughter want him killed? You may ask. He wasn’t father of the year, apparently. He had abandoned her after ordering her mother’s death, gifting her a lonely life as the “mob princess” she became afterwards. Long years of street violence and carnage made pain and blood her only language.

It was bothersome for Amanda having to work this type of cases, since she wasn’t going to be able to kill anyone by sheer mistake. This case would definitely send her hundreds if not thousands thugs and killers behind her back; if something did in fact go wrong she would need to disappear as a last resort. She needed to be completely careful, she thought. She needed to change her physique and invade Alina’s compound (again!) as a spy of some sort. Pizza delivery girl? Huh, no. Daughter of a popular mob boss in town? Maybe. A “non-interesting” new recruit? Perfect. Next few weeks were going to be insane!

She cut her hair short, in a “side swept undercut” style and painted her tips in a light blue color. Wore black colored contacts to hide her undeniably beautiful blue eyes, and covered her body in dark leathered clothing like a biker would. She looked hot, instead of her usual “femme fatale” style, she looked a bit more like a “tomboy with a girly girl streak”, perfect for the task at hand.

“Who the hell are you?” Alina’s voice echoed in the room with a bored tone, not even looking at her guest directly in front of her; she was more interested in the computer in front of her, which made Amanda offended a little bit. “Joselene, but you can call me Joe for short.” Amanda had mastered an english accent out of nowhere, she just thought it was a nice touch to her improvised character.

Alina found her accent a bit on the strange side; an english woman wanted to join her forces? She analyzed the situation and started to get curious about what was happening. Her right-handed man told her she was a rare case but worth it, supposedly. “Why are you here?” Alina asked turning away from the computer and her left eyebrow jumped up, giving “Joe” an inquisitive look. “I’m here for a job opportunity.” Amanda says not giving up her act, she was a good one. 

“I meant, here in America.” Alina said not swallowing the whole story, something didn’t quite fit and she didn’t know what. “My parents died in a fire when I was a kid. Chose to come to America, so I could have a change of scenery. Also, who doesn’t love some racist assholes?” Amanda said in a cynical tone, trying to make the questioning a lighter chat, hoping to deviate the conversation in the process. It seemed to be working very well. “Marco said you needed some muscle.” She continued not giving Alina the opportunity to process. Amanda flexed her right arm, showing the formed muscle she had in some type of a funny joke. She could swear she saw Alina’s face soften up a bit when she did this, almost stealing a smile, but it was gone in mere seconds, making her think that maybe it was just her imagination. 

“Marco is right. I need someone to find my father’s whereabouts. He is back in town but hidden somewhere, trying to evade getting his ass roasted by the authorities.” Alina mentioned casually, moving her hands up into the air and letting them drop like someone “giving up”, Amanda knew perfectly that THAT wasn’t the case. “I have all the incriminating information to put him under and I’m pretty sure he wants it to disappear. If it does, he would be saved and I wouldn’t be able to get my revenge.” Alina said to Amanda, and she as “Joe” swallowed thickly in secret; if Alina knew she was the same woman as the past few weeks and that she worked for the same guy she wanted to see disappear, Amanda would be dead in a heartbeat.

“Leave it to me.” Is all “Joe” said, turning around and leaving the room. Her back leaned on the door as soon as she closed it behind her, then looking up to the ceiling and closing her eyes, saying all of this was fucked up inside her head. Her own conscience was starting to fight her, but she kept it far away, trying to ignore it.

Alina gave “Joe” some difficult jobs at first, mainly to verify her “loyalty” to the group, even though she didn’t actually say so from her mouth Amanda knew that this was indeed the case. In the end “Joe” successfully completed every work in an easily manner and gained Alina’s favor and respect. It was time to give Alina the hope she so desperately wanted, and after a long time Amanda gave it to her, a hint to her father’s whereabouts. 

“Are you sure about this?” Alina was hopeful and looked at “Joe” with a glint of gratefulness in her eyes. Her face was always serious but, when she was with “Joe” the features of her face softened without herself even noticing. Amanda somehow always noticed things like this; she could see tiny details of a person’s body language with ease. The last month or so Alina gave her trust to the “english lady”, a very difficult thing for her to do since she didn’t trust anyone, until now. 

“We will grab him by surprise, tonight.” Amanda said, biting her lower lip, nervous about what was going to happen next; the “betrayal” she was going to gift Alina tonight, made her skin crawl in disgust with herself. The other woman noticed and thought it was “Joe” being nervous about something going wrong with the task that night.

“You’ll do exceptionally fine, as always.” Alina grabbed “Joe’s” forearm with her delicate fingers and gave her a reassuring squeeze. Both of them shared gazes at each other, their eyes meeting in an awkward stare, which suddenly made them feel like getting struck by something electrifying; neither of them knowing what it was. “Uh... I... Thank you. I will prepare everything for tonight.” Amanda replies trying to regain her cool which was the attitude she always reflected in front of Alina as “Joe”, and left the room in hurry.

Alina was left alone in her office, trying to make sense of what just happened, not being able to figure it out. She ended up lost in thought asking herself some questions; Did she like Joe? She did but not in a “romantic” way, at least she thinks not? “No, I doubt it.” She murmured to herself. Did she trust her? Yes, she did. The last couple of times she worked with her she would be dead if she wasn’t present. She even took a bullet for her; when a Russian thug shot at her Joe got right in the middle without thinking it twice, getting injured on her left arm for weeks. Aline smiled in secret, she thought Joe was very brave, she loved the fact that Joe cared for her enough to give her own life for her. Was she worth those sacrifices though? No, she wasn’t, or so she thinks.

For Amanda in the other hand, was a complete... “Clusterfuck, FUCK!” She screamed below her breath, trying not to call any attention while she was leaving. She left Alina’s office in a very awkward and in a very hurried pace, she didn’t know what else to do; trust her mind, her heart or her conscience? She needed the money to survive in this jungle and gave her word to the wrong person, sealing a job she thought would be easy because she thought his daughter was also an asshole! But Alina wasn’t that bad in the end, Amanda thought, she was only misguided by her own desire of revenge and hate for her father. Deep inside she had a good heart, she was kind but hidden in a monsters facade. 

“UGH!” Amanda let out in frustration and a guard looked at her with a confused look. She ignored him and kept walking. What should she do? Give Alina to her father and steal all the info the guy wanted? Or give the guy to Alina and disappear, because she would probably kill her with her own hands? Either way, she was fucked, but why? Why did she cared what Alina thought of her or if she ended up hating her? She wasn’t her friend. “She is nothing to me.” Amanda whispered looking at her hands, expecting to see some answers there for all her troubles. 

“Are you ready for tonights event?” Marco’s voice appeared out of nowhere, he was a silent man and while he was posted resting his back into a wall, smoking... something, he saw “Joe” stopping in the middle of his line sight. Amanda was startled by his voice and turned to the side, looking at him with a smug look, trying to hide her real emotions inside. “Yeah, of course man.” Its all she could come with, keeping the conversation short just in case.

“You don’t look fine. Want some?” Marco showed his hand, two fingers holding out a bit of the smoke he was enjoying, out of sympathy for her. “Thank you, but I don’t really smoke. I appreciate it though.” Amanda replied, starting to walk away. “Hey, hey, wait up.” The guy went after her and Amanda turned around to look at him in the eyes, her face was confused. “Look, I wanted to briefly talk to you about something.” He didn’t waste time to explain what was going on with him, probably because he saw “Joe” was in a hurry. “Its about Alina...” And his face turned serious, head down with sad eyes, he looked like a puppy. “She needs you tonight, more than ever Joselene. This is the most important event in her life and you’ve become the most important person in her life.” He looked straight into "Joes” eyes, and she couldn’t understand what was happening. She knew the guy had a big crush on Alina, but she didn’t know it was THAT big.