17. Violeta
The actor and the computer nerd.
My alarm went off a few minutes ago, it would ring again soon if I didn’t dismiss it. I was still lying in bed thinking about Ruwon. Yesterday was more fun than I had expected, and I didn’t think he would have taken me anywhere except home, but he surprised me.
He did say sorry several times during the day, explaining what was wrong in vague detail, but something felt like it was bothering him too.
I had initially told myself that once we saw the ruins I would hitch another ride back to the hostel except Ruwon was actually a nice and decent person. His mama had raised him well.
Ruwon was a complicated man, and while I was grateful for the company yesterday, I was a little shocked he wanted to spend the day with me again. Now that I knew who he was, I was starstruck.
Not too starstruck to kiss him, right?
I threw the blankets off me when my alarm rang again. Having the room to myself was heaven and I hoped no one else would be assigned to the room for the rest of my stay. It meant having a bathroom to myself and as much space as I needed.
It was seven fifty-five as I finished getting ready. Since Ruwon didn’t give me details of what we’d be doing, I brought a backpack with a few things like a towel and bathing suit along with a sweater because I wouldn’t be able to survive another ride freezing my ass off.
The hostel was quiet as I made my way to the front.
The fresh morning air was a shock to me, it was colder than it had been the last few days.
The sun was in my face and once my eyesight adjusted, I saw Ruwon leaning against his motorcycle like some eighties movie where the sexy popular guy dates the nerdy girl. Move over Molly Ringwald.
Goddamn, he’s sexy.
Today he was dressed more casually in jeans and a hoodie with a backward fucking hat.
Fuck me.
“Good morning,” he called out, walking to me. “You look beautiful.”
“Morning, I’m still half asleep.” I faked a yawn.
“I’m an early riser, but I wanted to make sure we had enough daylight,” he said, giving me a hug, kissing my forehead. “I’m glad you wore jeans. It’s colder today than yesterday, but it's supposed to heat up nicely.”
I raised my brow wondering what the hell we needed so much sunlight for.
“But first, let’s get a good breakfast,” he said, holding my hand as we walked to his motorcycle.
“Yes and a good coffee,” I said, throwing my sweater on.
“Of course,” he said, putting my helmet on. “Oh wait. You need a bathing suit.”
“I got it, along with a change of clothes,” I said, as he finished putting my helmet on.
“Perfect,” he said, taking off his hat, grabbing his own helmet and putting it on.
“So, are you going to tell me what we are going to do today?”
“It was supposed to be a surprise, but if you don’t like those then I can tell you,” he said, getting on the bike.
“Mmmmm.” I contemplated, as he helped me on the bike. “Fine, surprise me but if it sucks I’m going to be disappointed and demand a redo of the day.”
Ruwon laughed making me smile.
“Got it. I’ll try my best to not let the day suck,” he said, revving the engine. “Ready?”
“Let’s do it!” I yelled, as he took off.
The wind in my hair and absolutely no idea what was going to happen, made me feel alive again. It made me think of Levi and Matteo. I was starting to have a running theme of good days because of sexy guys and you know what? I wasn’t mad about it.
“Ruwon, this is amazing,” I said, swimming in the underwater cave he had taken me to. “I wanted to come to one of these, but was too afraid to do it.”
“Don’t like caves?” he said, swimming around me.
It was unfair how handsome he was all wet.
“Small spaces freak me out. I've seen the movie and don’t like how it ends,” I chuckled, looking around the big cave that freaked me out a little.
“Oh, so you've seen that movie, but not the one about hostels?” he chuckled.
“Shut up,” I said, splashing him with water. “My choice in where I stay is perfectly suitable for my wallet.”
“And what is it you do for work?” he asked.
“I’m a computer programmer, and I’m on an endeavor to bring an app to life,” I said, too shy to tell him what it was and that it was already out.
“That’s awesome, my best friend is a coder, he’s so fucking smart,” he said wistfully. “Well, let's make sure we survive the caves and the hostels so you can bring your app to life.”
I laughed, splashing him again as he launched himself towards me.
“Don’t worry, I’ll protect you,” Ruwon said, wrapping an arm around me.
I rolled my eyes. Cheesy line, but why was it working?
“Yeah, I’ll make sure you get eaten first so I can escape,” I laughed.
“You know I’m pretty good at eating too,” he murmured against my ear.
“Ruwon! You're supposed to be this posh, well-behaved actor,” I said, turning around and swimming away from him.
He grinned. “I never said such a thing. Are you stalking me online?”
“Me, never,” I said, swimming around him.
He kept his eyes on me, slowly coming closer to me.
“What did you find?”
“Do you really want to know?” I raised my brow. “I knew most of what I found.”
“Did you know about me before yesterday?” he asked.
I nodded. “Your last K-drama was all over the place. I watched it last year during a winter storm that hit Texas. I was stuck inside for a few days and was very entertained by the hot main actor.”
“At least it was a recent one,” he said, swimming right up to me. “My earlier work is atrocious.”
“I doubt that. You have quite the following,” I said, swimming away again, enjoying the chase. “The girlie edits are damn good. I almost want to watch ‘Suddenly You’.”
He wrinkled his nose. “No, please don’t. You already watched one drama. I don't think you need to watch another one.”
“Please recommend another show. I’m dying to see another one,” I said, swimming away faster as he got closer.
He didn’t say anything, but began chasing after me. I squealed as he reached for me two times, the second was his big arm wrapping around my waist, pinning my back to his front.
“I could give you a private show,” he said, low and sensual.
“Is that going to cost me?” I asked softly. “I don’t know if I could afford it.”
“I’m sure we can work something out,” he said, rubbing his hand over my lower abdomen, kissing my neck.
“That still sounds like it might cost me,” I gasped, as he sucked below my ear.
I pushed my ass out against his cock that was hardening by the second.
“Hey, you guys ok?!” Our guide yelled into the cave.
We separated quickly, my heart pounded like I was caught doing something bad.
“Yeah, we were trying to see if we could see the tunnel system,” Ruwon called out.
My cheeks heated with embarrassment as I took a dip, hopefully cooling down my face so I didn’t look guilty as hell as we swam back to the boat.
Our guide took us to another set of caves and stayed with us for this one, explaining a few things and urging us not to go through the tunnels.
I was happy to stay on this side of the tunnel system.
We spent the rest of the time flirting with each other until our guide brought us back to shore. Ruwon helped me off the boat as he thanked our guide. It was late afternoon when we made it back and as much as I loved the tour I was starving and a little cold.
“Dinner?” I asked as we walked to his bike.
“Yeah, but do you want to change and maybe shower?” He ran his hand through his hair that had sand in it.
“That’s probably a good idea,” I said, suddenly feeling gross.
“You mind stopping at my place? We can get something to drink and snack and get ready for dinner,” he said, throwing a shirt on.
“That sounds great,” I said, as he gave me a helmet.
“My hair is wet, is that ok?” I hesitated.
“Of course, you need to be safe,” he said, kissing my forehead, putting his helmet on and then helping me with my own.
The place he was staying at was just down the highway and by the time we arrived, I was mostly dry. We pulled into the massive property taking the driveway to the back that led us to what looked like a mother-in-law suite on steroids.
“Damn, whose house is this?” I asked, getting off and undoing the buckle for my helmet.
“My mom’s,” he said, running a hand through his helmet hair. “Her husband is in textiles and does very well. He built her dream home.”
“Damn, this is gorgeous. I remember her saying something about this,” I said, following him to the house behind the gigantic house. “Is this where you usually stay?”
“Yes, my mom built this for my sisters and I, if we wanted privacy,” he said, typing a code into the door. “My sisters usually stay with my mom, but I like my space.”
Ruwon opened the door to a beautifully decorated foyer. He took off his shoes and I followed suit, walking into the home felt so warm and inviting.
“Wow, this is gorgeous,” I said in awe, as I followed him towards the kitchen.
“Snack now or after we shower?”
“Uh, after I shower. I feel gross,” I said, as he handed me a glass of water.
We chugged our water before he led me to a room with its own bathroom.
“One of my sister’s rooms,” he said, leading me into the bathroom.
He turned on one of the most beautiful showers I had ever seen.
“She won't be home and I’m sure her products are a lot better than my own,” he said, checking the temp before grabbing me a few towels, hanging them by the shower.
“Thanks,” I said, putting my bag down and getting butterflies in my stomach.
He checked the temperature one more time, messing with the nobs as I decided to be bold. I took my sweater off and undid my bathing suit top, getting a tad self-conscious. I was soft and curvy while he was big and firm. My one-piece wasn’t easy to get off, but the temp of the water preoccupied him.
“There, if you’re anything like my sister, you like scalding temp—”
Ruwon turned around, stopping in the middle of his sentence, when he noticed I was naked.
“Save water and shower together?” I walked past him, opening the door and stepping into the big shower.