Part Twenty Six

I reached up to kiss Nathan again. He was perfect. Perfect times one thousand. He'd been gentle and slow, everything i'd needed him to be at all the right times and now i was lay, resting against his chest as our breathing slowed to a safer speed.

"Was it okay?" He mumbled, drawing a line with his forefinger down my arm.

"Mhm. Perfect." I smiled back.

"Good." He shifted slightly, clearly feeling pleased with himself. I stifled a giggle and let him pull the covers over our heads.

"What are we doing under here?"

"Being together."

"Okay?"

"It's my favourite thing in the whole world - Being with you"

"Really?"

"Mhm" He moved his face to meet mine and grazed his nose over mine before gently kissing me.

"Do you love me?" I whispered.

"Of course" He smiled.

"Are you in love with me?" I asked.

"Wh- Why?" He stuttered.

"Because i think i'm in love with you" I blushed, dropping my head so he could see my face.

Creating a hook with his forefinger, he lifted my head by my chin to look at him.

"I think i am" He laughed.

"Are you sure?"

"No. But isn't that how i'm meant to feel?"

"I suppose" I shrugged, not really understanding.

"Esmie, you're beautiful. I don't actually know how I feel right now. But i know that every second i'm not with you, i wish i was"

"Really?"

"Mhm" He laughed. "Let's get up and do something then. It's a bit stuffy under here" He pulled the cover off himself and got out of bed. He found his boxers on the floor and pulled them on. I decided not to bother getting dressed and fashioned a robe out of the duvet. My feet were freezing but the rest of me, toasty warm.

We- Well, I shuffled through to the front room and sat at the Piano and let the duvet fall around my hips. The blinds were wide open and i had nothing on under the duvet but i didn't care. The only person i cared about seeing my body was Nathan and he'd already seen it (and enjoyed it - i'd hoped) He leaned over the back of it and watched my hands shift positions to play the same composition i had months earlier, when i first arrived. I still had no clue of the name.

He shut his eyes and rested his chin on his crossed arms.

"Let me teach you one" He suggested, pulling up a dining chair once i'd finished playing. I drew my hands away from the keys and let him play his piece, it was quick but simple and beautiful. It slowly built to a climax where his hands were racing across the keys and then stopped suddenly with one final chord.

"Who's that by?" I asked.

"Me" 

"It's lovely" I nodded.

"I should think so. You inspired it"

"I did?" I blushed again.

"Yep, now i want you to play it"

"Okay, i'll try"

We spent the next hour playing the song together. At first he slowly taught me the basics and when i'd just about got the hang of it, he threw me in the deep end, competing to play it and my prize? A kiss, which was good enough for me. 

Once i'd almost mastered it we shifted to the sofa, Nathan was cold and i wanted a cuddle. 

"You ready for round two yet?"

"Of course"

He jumped up and pulled me to the bedroom and falling onto the bed, dragging me with him. I ran my hand down his chest while simultaneously sucking gently on his neck, moving across his collar bones. I let my hand drift over his boxers, teasing him when there was a loud knock at the front door.

"Ignore it" He instructed. 

I smirked and continued to tease him. As his hands wandered, looking for a safe ground on my skin, i pushed them above his head.

"Nathan, it's me. Is Esmie in there?" Max's voice boomed through the flat.

"Well that's a mood killer." I laughed and climbed off him.

"What do you want me to tell him?"

"Say i'm with Nareesha. I'll call her now and ask her to make something up"

"I'm crap at lying"

"Go!" I ordered, planting a kiss on his hand as he walked away.

I pulled the duvet around myself and found my phone to call Nareesha.

"Hey babe, could you tell Max i'm with you? I'll explain later"

"Esmie? Is that you?" Siva replied"

Shit. "Um, yeah sorry Seev, could you put Nareesha on?"

"She's in the shower, i'll take a message?"

"Oh, okay. Just tell her to tell Max, if he asks i'm with her"

"Okay?" He said slowly.

"And i'll explain later" I repeated.

"Okay. Bye then" He hung up sounding thoroughly confused. I brushed it aside and crept up to the door to listen in on Max and Nathan.

"She's ain't here mate" Nathan babbled.

"Then you'll let me check" Max demanded.

Shit. Double shit. 

I looked around for a hiding place and was only offered two. Under the bed and in the built in wardrobe. I decided on the latter, grabbing a thinner blanket from the foot of the bed and shifting in, hiding behind the two rails of clothes.

I could hear the footsteps getting louder and Max getting more and more agitated. He came into Nathan's room and opened the wardrobe straight away but having ducked down and tucking myself into a ball in the darkest corner he looked over my head and continued to search the room.

It was another tense ten minutes of searching before he left. Nathan practically slammed the door behind him and came and found me;

"Es?" He called.

I slid open the door and crept out.

"Where were we?"

"About here" I winked and reached for him, pushing him back on to the bed.