14. Salem
ME:
Dinner at Tahini’s?
PISCES:
I can’t.
ME:
Why not?
PISCES:
You know why. Your place. At 7? Starving.
ME:
Woman, do I always have to feed you to get you to eat?
PISCES:
You make it worth it.
Koi and I had been going strong, making plans to see each other daily. She spent every night at my house because her place was too close to campus, and mine was on the other side of town.
We enjoyed eating, watching TV, talking, and just chilling together.
Sometimes, we would go to the park across the street from my place, but we didn’t venture out farther than that.
She wasn’t comfortable with us being seen together in public.
I craved her attention in any way that I could get it, so I didn’t complain.
“Mr. Gates, would you please put your phone away and answer the question?”
I jerked my head up as Koi glanced at her Apple watch, which was connected to her phone, with a smirk, and then glared at me.
“I’m sorry, Professor. What was the question again?”
“What are the ethical implications of AI on society?”
I thought about it for a minute and then answered, “Barring the potential for misuse, job displacement, and discrimination, we must also consider plagiarism and the impact it’s having on communications and media from journalism to fiction writing.
Most people are for AI and believe it enhances society, but I don’t think they’re considering all the aspects of it and what it will do to our future or the human race as a whole.
What happens when more people are being displaced by robots in the workplace, and one can’t feed their hungry child or afford to pay their bills?
More and more people will turn to crime to support themselves. ”
I continued with my answer and then listened to a few other students.
Before I knew it, class was over. I wanted to go to her, but I couldn’t.
Other students swarmed her to ask questions, and although I took my time packing up, Carlos Bryant hung around a little longer.
He flirted with her, and she dismissed all his efforts, keeping it professional.
I was pissed and wanted fuck that nigga up, but I knew if I did, that would raise suspicion. It fucked with me that I couldn’t be with her in public the way I wanted to. I needed her, and keeping my distance wasn’t helping.
I glanced at her, and she looked up at me. She gave a subtle shake of her head, so I turned and headed out of her room and on to my next class. The day dragged on, but when the evening finally arrived, it seemed like it took forever for her to arrive at my place.
Although I was tired of sneaking around, and I wanted to take her out in public on a real date, I respected her right to privacy and to protect her job.
Koi was the type of woman who was independent and enjoyed shaping minds and making a difference.
It wouldn’t matter if I told her to walk away from the university, and I would take care of her; she would never do it.
I looked around my apartment and made sure everything was the way I wanted it to be. When the doorbell rang, I took one final look before I opened the door.
“Hey, sorry I was running late. Professor Jimenez needed me to?—”
Koi’s mouth dropped open as she looked around my apartment after stepping inside. “What is all this?” she asked.
Bouquets of sunflowers were on every viable surface, and I had erected a tent in the middle of my living room. Fairy lights were strung up around the tent, and flower petals created a walking path from the front door to the tent.
“I’ve been trying to get you to Tahini’s, but you’ve declined my invitation. So, since I couldn’t get you there, I decided to bring Tahini’s to you. Only I did one better, baby.”
“What’s that?”
“I cooked myself.”
“You’ve been saying that you can cook. Let me see what you’re working with.”
“Come inside,” I invited, holding the tent panel open. We usually ordered out, or she cooked for us.
“Let me wash my hands really quick.”
I waited until she returned and then held the panel open again. When Koi stepped inside, she turned to me with watery eyes. “Salem. Oh my God, why do you have to be so freaking sweet? Nobody’s ever done anything this nice for me before. You’re so creative.”
I had run out and grabbed a low table along with a charpai for us to sit on.
“You even bought a thali to serve our food on,” she stated, gesturing at the round metal platter.
“I wanted everything to be as authentic as possible,” I explained as I took her hand and helped her sit down. I moved across from her and instantly served our food.
“How did you know what to make?”
“I’ve heard you talk about Chicken Tikka Masala and how much you love it. So I decided to add some biryani, butter chicken, naan, and samosas. I figured I couldn’t go wrong with that meal.”
“Not at all, sir.”
She lifted her fork to her mouth to taste the Chicken Tikka Masala and then closed her eyes. When she moaned the way she did, I instantly grabbed my dick and squeezed it hard.
“Fuck,” I grumbled.
“What’s wrong?”
“Baby, don’t make that sound unless I’m buried deep inside of you.”
She covered her mouth with her eyes wide and then giggled. “I’m so sorry.”
“I’ma take that as a compliment to the chef.”
“I’m definitely loving this meal. I know that you’ve been bragging about your cooking skills, but you downplayed them.”
“I’m a humble man, Koi. A humble, patient man who will do whatever it takes to get what he wants.”
“And what is it that you want?”
“Don’t play with me, girl. You. From day one, all I wanted was you. Everything starts and ends with that, my desire for you and to pleasure you.”
“I’ve been thinking about what happens after you graduate. I don’t know how we navigate this, Salem. I don’t want to give you up.”
“That’s not an option.”
“But I also don’t want to lose my job.”
“Let me ask you this. What is it about your job that you are afraid of losing? Benefits, salary, colleagues, the work that you do, or the impact you make. What is it?”
She sighed. “I mean, . . . all of those things on some level. They’re all important to me.”
“If you could find all those things at another job or in a different career, what would you miss about the university?”
She thought about that for a moment as she continued chewing her food. When she finished, she replied, “Shaping minds.”
“That’s what I thought.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s clear that even after I graduate, you’ll still have reservations about being with me because of the implications if anyone were to find out. So, the only way around that is if you were to leave your job.”
“That’s a lot, Salem.”
“It is. Question is, how much do I mean to you? What are you willing to sacrifice to be with me, or are you willing to sacrifice anything?”
She pushed her food aside and crawled around the table to me. She straddled me and locked her arms around my neck.
“Baby, you mean the world to me. I’ve fallen so deeply in love with you, Salem, and that in itself is a risk. You scare me.”
“You ain’t gotta be scared with me, baby. I will always be here for you. I’ve got your back no matter what comes, and I’m in this for the long haul. Think I’ve told you that a few times before.”
“You have. But this feels so good right now. It makes me wonder when the other shoe is going to drop.”
I slid my hands underneath her halter top. “That’s the kinda shit you gotta stop thinking. We already got the world against us. The last thing we need is for you to be sabotaging us from the inside out.”
“That’s not what I’m trying to do.”
“But if you’re putting negative energy out, pretty baby, then that’s what we’re gonna get back.”
Koi pressed her lips into mine, and I cupped her face to pull her deeper into the kiss. Her hips rocked side to side, and she pressed her breasts against my chest. Her tongue was warm and slightly spicy. I wanted her, and I knew there was no way that I could finish the meal.
That was the problem with Koi. Whenever I was around her, I wanted her, and it made it difficult for me to restrain myself. She leaned back and removed her halter top. I lifted one of her breasts to my lips and sucked greedily. She moaned her contentment, and I fingered the other nipple.
“What I tell you ’bout wearing these itty-bitty skirts around me, Professor?”
“That you would fuck me real hard.”
“Damn right. Ya ass don’t listen to instruction too well. So, since you ain’t passing the exam, I think you gon’ have to study a little harder.”
“I like studying,” she replied and giggled against my lips as she shifted up.
I reached inside of my sweatpants and pulled out my dick as she pushed her panties aside. Koi lifted higher until my erection was pressed against her entrance. When she shimmied her way down, she felt so damn good and tight.
That pussy was wet and hot just like I liked it.
“Aww, baby. You got a nigga’s balls on lock with this pussy.”
“I think we need a bigger space,” she moaned, kissing the side of my neck.
“Yeah, we gon’ break all this shit in here.”
Koi hopped up and walked to my bedroom. Me and my dick eagerly followed her. She pressed a hand to my chest and pushed me down onto the bed. When she climbed on top of me, she removed her panties and tied them around my wrists.
“I’m about to fuck you real good.”’
“You got the game twisted, shawty.”
She winked and slid down my pole. “You can’t touch me, Salem.”
Koi rocked her hips left and right before she slowly slid them in tight circles like she was belly dancing.
My erection pulsated in her hand when she grabbed it as she slid to the tip again.
I groaned as she worked me over that way several times before she leaned forward, kissed me, and played with my balls while she rocked back and forth on my dick.
She contracted around me with a tight grip and wouldn’t let my dick go. Her core convulsed in a fast rhythmic pattern before she began to ride me hard again. She eased up, turned around, and rode me reverse cowboy.
The way she rocked up and down in a fast pattern on my shit, with hard bounces of her ass slapping against my thighs, and lots of energy had me about to lose my gahdamn mind.
“Aww shit, baby! Work that ass.”
She leaned forward and rested her elbows on the bed. She rose and dropped down low. She did it fast for several seconds and then slowed before she picked up the pace and intensity again. I wanted to spank her ass, but she had tied my wrists tightly with her panties.
She looked over her shoulder with her bottom lip pulled between her teeth. “You like the way this pussy looks milking that fat dick, Salem?”
“Fuck yeah!”
“This pussy’s greedy for that dick, daddy.”
“Fuck! I’m ’bout to nut up in this bitch!” I grunted.
“Give it to me, daddy. I’m cumming now.” She moaned.
The sight of her creaminess coating my dick was all I needed. I exploded inside of her with barely concealed shouts. I couldn’t move my hands, but I could thrust up inside of her hard and deep.
When we finished, she rose and turned around. She planted a kiss on my lips.
“Gahdamn, girl. You a fucking Girl Scout or what?”
She winked. “When I was a kid.”
“You mind releasing a nigga?”
She giggled and leaned forward to untie me. I gripped her around the waist, and I professed, “I love you, pretty baby.”
“Told you I would fuck you good,” she replied with a wink and a giggle.