"Theo, don't push!!" Dimitra scolded as he kept leaning on her shoulder as he was trying to hide behind her.
"I can't~Get it away quickly~" He uttered as he literally climbed on Dimitra's back making her almost fall off the couch where they were both standing on.
"It's just a cockroach, why are you being like this?" Dimitra looked briefly over her shoulder towards him as she left those brave words that implied that she wasn't afraid, but the fact that she was on the couch along with him, with her shoes on, avoiding the floor as if her life depended on it, was a sight that already spoke for itself.
"Don't pretend that you are not afraid because from what I remember, you were the one that screamed like crazy when you spotted it."
"You screamed too !!"
"Because YOUR scream scared me, it was a domino effect!"
The two of them quarrel shortly before Dimitra's eyes travelled back to the spot the cockroach was and suddenly she froze upon the realization that hit her.
"Oh !! WHERE DID IT GO !!?" That simple question brought horror to them both as they started screaming again and jumping around on the couch as if something had come to get them, till they ended up holding tight onto each other while looking around the floor paranoid.
"What do we? It could be anywhere" Theo whispered to her already trembling at the thought that that thing could land on him without him noticing it on time.
"Let's run, I will count to three...1..2..3 !!" As Dimitra's countdown reached the end, they both speed up towards the exit door, leaving behind their food drinks and whatever else for all they were able to think about at that moment was to get out of there as fast as possible.
The two, run downstairs and in a hurry entered the apartment where Dimitra started shouting her friend's name immediately after she close that door behind her.
"Sophia! Sophia !! You won't believe-...."She halted her words as she noticed that she was not in the living room where she had left her and rushed to check to the rooms where she again found no trace of Sophia so she got back to the living room where she had left a scared and silent Theo waiting.
"What happened? Where did she go ?!" Dimitra wondered as she didn't recall her saying that she will go anywhere, and there was no way she would go alone to look for Shiro and Lisa, without even telling her prior.
"Dimitra, are you sure there are no cockroaches here?" Theo questioned her as he was still feeling endangered despite the fact that he had literally stepped into a whole new apartment.
"We clean our house, sweetheart, we are not like you up there," Dimitra retorted with suss right before a tiring exhale escaped her mouth for this night sure was getting long and messy. But at least she got to eat some pieces of free pizza, so maybe that was something she should comfort herself with and let that fact keep her positive.
"Sweetheart?!" Theo emphasized Dimitra's spontaneous words as a smirk spread on his lips, having decided to not let that slip of the tongue of hers go to waste.
"It was an expression" Dimitra excused herself as she avoided eye contact with him for after he made her realize her words better she sure grew to feel embarrassed of the way she referred to him.
"Is that so? What to do? Expression or not coming out of your lips sounded nice." He took the courage to approach her a bit more as the panic from before had left his chest and his thoughts returned to the conquest he had been thinking about from the moment he had Dimitra all alone with him in his living room. If it wasn't for that cockroach he would have not let the chance to make a movie pass him by however he was still with her despite that small deviation of his plans, so he could still try.
"You can call me that anytime. I like it" The innocent and friendly expression he had on some minutes ago, had been transformed into a completely different one that made Dimitra froze in place. She just stared at him, confused with the playful words he spoke to her but her stillness was not something that bothered him. Instead, Theo kept walked closer to her till she unconsciously started stepping back then he took hold of her arms and confidently pushed her backwards in order to fall on the couch that was behind them.
"And I sure like you too," He added to his statement, feeling brave and confident as he had her now caged between his arms and the couch while the close proximity of their faces, filled him with the courage to make a move. A move which he made a reality in a blink of an eye, leaving Dimitra in utter shock and disbelief.
---- Time skip ----
"What's wrong with you two?! I thought you would calm down after a night behind bars " The police officer who was responsible for the case of Lisa and Shiro shouted at the two which he had ordered to seat before him again, starting his morning with the headache that he left with yesterday.
As soon as he came to work early that morning, they had informed him about the mess they had done the night prior since Lisa, after seeing Shiro's chocolate, attacked him again and they ended up fighting, an action that resulted in Lisa having filled Shiro all over with scratches and bruises. Ultimately the guards had no other choice but to get into the cell and separate them, the policewoman putting handcuffs on Lisa as she took Shiro out of the cell and treated the wounds that this madwoman had done, as Shiro referred to her multiple times for the continued verbally arguing even from distance.
"I told you not to put me in the same cell with him, didn't I?." Lisa uttered to the police officer who gave her a fierce look for he surely was not planning to play nice with those two any longer.
"Can you please shut up? Cause if you continue like this I don't see them letting us go today either!" Shiro rubbed his forehead angrily as he glanced towards Lisa that was standing in the same chair she was yesterday beside him and was being equally annoying too apparently.
"Both of you Shut it! The heck is wrong with you both? Are you mental case?!" The police officer threw their file on his desk in irritation right before he stared at them till they both fell quiet then he grabbed his chair and sat on it and opened the file of their case.
"So, because I'm sure now that it was not a kidnapping case since it's more than evident that you know each other very well...I will let you go this time on one condition."
"I accept!" Shiro cut in as he jumped from his seat, straight away for he was exhausted already and all he wanted was to go home and let himself fall asleep.
"Sit down you idiot. Let him say what that condition is first. What If it 's something we can not do and -".
"Reconcile!" The police officer interrupted Lisa's words and they both turned and gave him a strange look.
"The whole police department has understood that you like each other so stop acting like children and reconcile." The policeman that brought them in yesterday added on the statement of his superior, making Shiro's facial expression turn to disgust upon hearing his words.
"Well, I am not gonna curse you cause you will get me again behind bars, but you are a police officer and not in charge of public relations." Lisa barely held herself from going off at the absurdities she was hearing and spoke those words in between gritted teeth.
"And the funny thing is that he says, ' all of them understood'. Should I feel reassured that the police officers of our country have the understanding capacity of a fish? Brickheads."
"I might have been a bit too nice with you two. Let me put it another way. Reconcile or you will spend your week together, handcuffed, hand in hand, behind bars." The police officer sat back on his chair and took a deep breath before letting them know that he was not gonna leave them going around causing trouble with their meaningless fights.
"The heck is wrong with my luck? Why do I go and fall into strange people all the time?" Lisa swallowed down the trail of curses that were threatening to escaped her mouth and looked over towards Shiro.
She was hoping she could understand something from his facial expression but he just looked back at her with a poker face on, making her sigh heavily for she understood that she had to take the decision on her own and so she did as she stood up from her seat and grabbed his arm, pulling him up too then brought him into her embrace.
Shiro's eyes grew wide as he felt her arms wrapped around his body for he surely was not expecting her to do such a thing despite the fact that he was aware that they had no other choice but to reconcile. He was expecting some kind of handshake and a cheep apology coming from both sides but definitely not her hugging him and that sudden action of her had brought trouble in his thought process as much as it brought chaos on his heartbeat.
Upon making that realization Shiro quickly pulled her away and left his eyes to travel around making the police officer smile slyly at his reaction.
"Good, can we leave now?" Lisa asked as she too was avoiding looking to his side for he was not the only one that had it difficult being in such close proximity with her.
"I guess, but this better not happen again, am I clear!" Urged the police officer and Lisa just nodded her head in agreement and a smile on her face for she was now happy that all this torment was finally over.
However, Shiro didn't look relieved at all for he got flooded with anger inside him. He had started to boil upon realizing the influence of her touch on him that should have been non-existent after everything that happened, yet here he was, feeling that poisoning desire for her running under his veins. As slow and fiery as it was irritating, making him want to desperately banish this feeling, hide it, bury it, kill it to the point of no return.
That surely was not something that could happen in a day but his pride was hurting him right there and now so he left his eyes to travel for a quick solution. Something that could break whatever moment they just shared. His eyes found their way to the policewoman with who he flirted yesterday for reasons of interest and without a second thought, he approached her.
"Can I thank you for the kindness you showed me last year?" He asked her, as he made his way before her with a serious gaze on and a mindset on erasing Lisa's touch off of him.
All had brought their attention towards him, Lisa included and they all surely were left gasping in shock after the policewoman nodded her head positively and Shiro didn't hesitate to grab her and pull her in for a kiss that was supposed to represent his thankful heart towards her for her help and good treatment she did to him towards the night he had to pass behind bars. A 'thank you' she most likely deserved but none -not even the policewoman herself- was expecting it to come in this form.
"Okay, I guess we are good to go, now" Shiro turned and faced Lisa, portraying nothing on his face for he would like them to think that he cared none of his actions nor he found them too much because for him it was something needed that held him from making a mistake of falling into the warmth poison of Lisa's previous touch.
Lisa, however, did not seem as nonchalant as him for she was totally angered with his actions and she was no longer able to hold herself back, as she approached him and gave him a slap that echoed around so loudly that made everyone open their mouths in shock.
"This time you may have gotten away with only one slap, but if you think you can cheat on my best friend in front of my eyes and not be punished, you better think again!" She told him while glaring at him with eyes that could pierce through his head if they could then she turned around and walked away towards the exit, wanting to have his face out of her sight.
"And you stop disgusting me by pretending like you care about her." He followed after her and left his shoulder shove against hers as he pass her by, making Lisa follow him, now even more furious.
"You are an asshole !!"
"And you are a hypocrite !!"
"I hate you!!"
"I hate you too!! "
The two of them started fighting again as they walked away however their voices were loud enough to be heard even inside, making the police officer shouted lean his head on his palm, looking rather done with them both.
"This couple is sick, they do not need to be imprisoned, they need to be taken to a mental institution!"
--- To be continued ...