Sterling's POV:
I smiled at her softly, leaning forward to press a gentle kiss to her lips. "And you are my lovely queen. I was a silly prince before you came around, but now I'm happy to be your king," I murmured, kissing her again. An idea popped into my head, causing me to smirk a little. I moved my hands from her face and wrapped them around her waist like I was just pulling her into an embrace. Instead, I attacked her sides with tickles, grinning widely.
Eden’s POV:
I smiled brightly when I felt his hands wrap around me. I wanted to be embraced by him, but what he did next completely took me off guard.
His hands dig into my sides, moving up and down mercilessly. I screamed, laughter bubbling out of my throat as I tried to get away but failing.
“Sterling!” I broke out laughing, trying to wriggle out of his hold but it was strong. He only increased the intensity of his attacks, tickling me harder as I flailed around, tears gathering at the corner of my eyes as my stomach started to hurt from laughing. “Ster—Sterling! Stooooooop!!”
Sterling's POV:
"What's the magic word~?" I singsonged teasingly as I continued my attack. She was so ticklish that it was hilarious. Honestly, I don't think I have met anyone who's as ticklish as my girlfriend.
Eden’s POV:
No, no! Why did he have to attack my weak point? Why did I have this weak point in the first place? Oh, God, I’m dying. I’m going to die. This would be the worst death ever. Eden McArthur—died from being tickled.
“Please!!!” I shrieked, laughing, trying to pull his arms away from me. “Sterling—!!!”
Sterling's POV:
I laughed and stopped tickling her. Instead, I pressed our lips together again, but only for a moment. She still needed to catch her breath, after all.
"There. You're freed," I told her, my voice still holding the laughter from moments earlier.
Eden’s POV:
I rolled on my side, my jaws hurting from smiling too much. I panted heavily, trying to catch my breath.
“I will…” I took another deep breath, glaring over at Sterling playfully. “Take my revenge… you…”
Sterling's POV:
I raise an eyebrow at her, giving her a challenging smirk. "Oh? And how do you plan on doing that, hm?" I wondered.
Eden’s POV:
I glared at him harder.
“I don’t know,” I admitted hotly, pulling myself up to sit as my glare intensified. “But I’ll think of something. I promise you, my king, you’ll regret torturing me like this.”
Sterling’s POV:
I chuckled a bit and quickly leaned forward to peck her on the lips. Yeah, I’m sure she would find something, but I don’t know how long it would take her to do so.
“If you insist, my queen. But I’ll have you know that I know many of your weaknesses,” I reminded her with a wink.
Eden’s POV:
I fell back on my back (lol), still trying to catch my breath as I glared at Sterling.
“Like what?” I knew it was a terrible idea to challenge Sterling. He did, in fact, know almost all of my weaknesses. Yet I couldn’t help myself as I maintained a stubborn eye contact.
Sterling’s POV:
“Well, tickling you, for one,” I chuckled, leaning closer. A playful smirk tugged at the corners of my lips as I looked down at her. “And for another… When we’re kissing, and it gets a little heated, and you think you can be in charge of it, but then I bite down on your lip… That’s another.”
Eden’s POV:
I trembled from underneath him. My breath hitched in my throat and the longer I looked at him, the harder it was to breathe.
The smirk on his face made my heart squeeze and act like a professional acrobat. It was a confident look, one that knew whatever he was talking about was true, that I lost this argument because I couldn’t say anything in my defense to turn the tables on him.
And he was right. He was so right.
“Well, that’s two,” my voice was strained, coming out in a hushed whisper. It wasn’t like me knowing what weaknesses of mine he knew would help my case. If he wanted to dominate me, he could do it easily, zero resistance from me. Probably about 1-5% percent resistance, actually, but useless. “What next?”
Sterling’s POV:
Gosh, this girl… I may be confident in my actions, but it came purely from being around her. She was my weakness…
“Next? Next would be simply me in general, sweetheart,” I told her, my voice low and rumbling in my throat. I knew the effect I had in her, and I found it incredibly hard to refrain from doing this to her.
Eden’s POV:
I swallowed thickly, my throat parched and dry. It was like my brain froze over—I could not think about anything else other than the fact that Sterling was so close, he was so close and he was doing this to me so easily. His voice sent shivers down my spine and I curled my toes, biting my bottom lip in the process.
I opened my mouth to speak, to shoot back a remark, to try to turn the tables in my favor but the only thing that came out was a weak, barely audible, “r…right…”
Sterling’s POV:
With another deep chuckle, I leaned in and kissed her softly before pulling away. “I think we should start getting ready for class, now.”
Eden’s POV:
My mind was still hazy and I was unable to register his words, especially after that kiss, but once I did, I sent a glare in his direction.
“I hate you,” I muttered. How could he tease me so easily? How was this even possible? He did it like it was the easiest thing in the world! And then he would change the topic like it was the simplest thing to do.
Still, I pushed him away as I poured and set my feet on the floor.
“I’m going to make toast,” I said to him fiercely, refusing to look at this teasing male.
Sterling’s POV:
I chuckled and followed after her quickly.
Whelp… I was doomed. She would certainly be getting me back for this.
“Hey. You know I love you,” I reminded her as I trailed after her.
Eden’s POV:
I pouted, crossing my arms. I knew it was childish to be upset over something like this, but I couldn’t help it. He couldn’t just tease me like this!
“Nice,” I replied, opening the cabinet and taking out bread before putting it in the toaster. I opened the fridge to take out butter while I waited for the bread to toast.
Sterling’s POV:
“Babe, c’mon… Look, I’m sorry for teasing you,” I said, walking up behind her. Resting my chin on her shoulder and wrapping my arms around her.
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