Erik hesitated, would Liona make fun of him for liking romantic comedies? Any kind of drama was usually his go-to movie, but those were all really old movies from the early 21st century he had watched. He wasn't sure what modern ones were available, nor could he name them.
"What about a simple drama or a rom-com? We have all kinds, and I'm not too picky about what we watch."
"Would a rom-com be alright?" Erik asked quietly.
"Sure! We have all kinds to pick from. Anything in particular that you want to watch?"
"I don't have a preference. You pick for us…" Erik didn't know what was available, and none of the titles he saw flash by on the TV looked familiar to him.
"Well, there's this particular movie that I loved watching with my grandfather when I was little. It's pretty old, but still so good!" Liona was excited to share this movie with Erik that she liked. As much as she preferred science-fiction, she could also get into a good romantic drama.
"Okay, whatever you pick, I'm sure I'll enjoy, Lia." Erik smiled at Liona as she seemed excited to pick out a movie for them. He was honestly just glad to spend this time with her. If he was with her, everything just felt right and good.
Liona selected a winter holiday movie even though it wasn't near any winter holidays, but since she held plenty of fond memories, watching it, she put it on anyway. The Prince of Christmas started up, and she snuggled further into the crook of Erik's arms against him. As the movie played, Liona could tell that Erik was enjoying it too, and when Erik met her gaze as she observed him. Slowly he leaned down to kiss her. She happily met his lips in a sweet, but chaste kiss.
Erik was enjoying the movie, but what he was enjoying more was the feel of Liona in his embrace. Sometime, partway through the movie, he felt her gaze on him, so he turned to see her observing him. Slowly, as if drawn to her, he leaned down and met her lips. The sweetheart shaped face and the button nose with those cupid's bow lips that irresistibly drew him in, were always soft and felt wonderful on his. Although the movie wasn't at a sensual or even particularly romantic part, he felt his body heat up as Liona kissed him again. There was a hint more heat to this kiss, but he gladly accepted her advances as she deepened it.
While the movie played in the background, Liona found her attention more on Erik than on it. As their lips met again, Liona took her kiss deeper and put more heat into it. This was a thousand times better than the movie, just because her fated mate was the one she was spending this time with. Their chemistry was undeniable, especially when Erik was learning quickly how to kiss her so that she melted.
The movie forgotten for the moment, the two kept kissing and before long, their hands found each other. Erik had his hands on Liona's waist, while Liona had reached behind his head and was eagerly pulling him down for those deep and heated kisses. As they kissed, he held her small waist while her hands slid down his back. Without even realizing it, he found the fabric of her shirt had slid up, exposing the delicate skin of her waist. Not thinking about it or the direction they were headed as they made out, Erik caressed the newly exposed skin. The resulting moan from Liona was enough to put even more heat in his kiss as they started to lean.
Liona moved her hands from Erik's neck and slid them down his back as their kisses heated up. She hadn't realized that as they were kissing that her shirt had ridden up and, at the contact of Erik's calloused hands, she moaned. Pulling him down as she leaned back, she slid her hands up Erik's shirt and made contact with his heated skin. As their kisses were getting even more heated, both caressed the other's skin, which was exciting their inner selves, as well as their own muddled heads while their pheromones were mixing. By the time that Liona felt the couch on her back, she was almost too far gone to notice. Moaning as the exciting thrill of Erik's hands touched her heated skin, she took a moment when they broke contact to look into the forest green eyes of her fated mate. They reflected a desire that she herself felt and expressed in her darkened omega influenced eyes.
Just as Erik was about to move his hand up Liona's body, there was a noise and then a clamor of voices that were laughing and giggling. He froze. It was then what position he realized he was in with Liona and what he was about to do. He started to panic as he sat up.
"Erik, it's okay, we were just kissing, it's not like we were doing anything wrong. It's just my siblings anyway." Liona tried to reassure Erik, whose pheromones had slightly soured.
"But I was about to do something that we both agreed that we weren't ready for!" Erik hissed as he tried to calm down, but was having trouble doing so when he saw that Liona was flushed. The neck of her top had slid down over one of her shoulders, exposing her delicate collar bone and lovely rounded shoulder. When she had been wearing her dress earlier, he had noticed her lovely collar bone, but it hadn't occurred to him that it could be so sexy at the time! Why was it any different now?!
"Erik, look at me." Liona asked. Once he turned to look at her, she grasped his face in her hands to prevent him from turning away from her. "Do I look as if you went too far? I was more than aware of what you were doing. You don't have to be ashamed of a little petting. I was enjoying your touch. You're my alpha, after all, so why should we feel ashamed of a little light exploration? We didn't undress, nor did we even get anywhere close to heavy petting, so I say we're fine." Liona was firm.
This may be her first serious relationship, but it wasn't the first time a boy had tried to take things further with her. She had always put the brakes on if they so much as touched her bare skin because the touch practically revolted her. Now she knows why. Her body was only for her fated mate to touch and enjoy, and boy did she enjoy that thrill. Although she was a little disappointed that things hadn't progressed further, she knew that feeling was coming from her omega and not her sound mind. Thankfully, both of them were on their suppressants, or this could have easily evolved into more than a bit of light petting.
She was also thankful for the perfect timing of her siblings. It was a school night after all and the new term starts tomorrow. They all had school, so her siblings were, of course, coming home in time for their curfew, which was an hour before hers. Which also meant that she needed to take Erik home soon, or risk getting caught by her parents with him. He didn't want the questions her family would politely ask, all the while they probed about his personal life, which is what she thought he was afraid of, rather than just her parents in general.
"Hey Sis?! Are you home?" Nolan called for Liona.
"Yeah! In the living room!" Liona called back as Erik sat stiffly and embarrassed next to her.
"We got news… Whoa! Oh, man! Liona! Mom's gonna have a cow!" Ariel stepped into the living room.
"A cow?! More like a whole herd! If she catches a whiff of you in heat with a boy here, she's going to flip!"
"What are you talking about?! I'm not in heat anymore!" Liona insisted.
"Hah! Then what are these heavy pheromones, sis?!" Aurora asked as she looked at their brothers as if to ask them what they knew.
"Sis, forget Mom having a cow, if Dad catches a whiff of Erik and your mating pheromones, you'll probably be grounded for life!" Noah spoke up, since it seemed he was the only one who recognized the types of pheromones. They didn't affect family members, but they could tell from the heavy and thick cloud of them in the living room that the two of them had been up to something.
"Next time, keep it in your room! That way, you can at least pull the privacy card on Mom and Dad. But the living space is what's going to upset Dad most, besides Mom flipping out that you have Erik here and smelling like you were up to no good!" Nolan sounded exasperated.
"This isn't what we had in mind when we covered for you at the celebration, Liona." Aurora commented.