Societa Oscura

RUBY

The bad boy: more fun. —Ian McShane

Kai stares at her for a moment and smirks, raising his right eyebrow.

“What room did they come from?”

Lola shrugs her shoulders and thinks for a second. “Red and black room.” Kai’s smirk widens, and she stares at him, waiting for him to answer. “My dad’s.”

“You’re just saying that.”

“My room’s the full black and silver one.”

“Oh.” She sits quietly, and Kai leans back on his elbows.

“Go and put the items back. My dad will have questions for me if he comes home and finds his boxers here.”

She nods her head and takes the vase, underwear, and fork back.

Next, it’s Blake’s turn, and he takes a brick from the top, following Lola.

“Hold someone’s hand and act as if you’re stuck together with superglue,” he says, and grabs Lisa’s hand. “We’re stuck together now, babe,” he states, and we all laugh.

My turn approaches, and I take the brick next to the one that Blake took. Turning it to face me, I read what it says. “Put an ice cube down someone’s top.” I stand up, and Kai points to the kitchen.

I struggle through the crowd and go to the big double fridge freezer. Placing my hand underneath the dispenser, three cubes of ice fall out, and I walk back over to the circle, throwing them down Ian’s top.

He screams out, and we all fall around in laughter.

“You bitch. I’ve been nice to you.” He points at me, and I shrug my shoulders, “Oopsie,” before sitting down.

Melanie takes her block and giggles to herself.

“Lick the ear of the person to your left.” Melanie looks at Lisa, and Lisa rolls her eyes.

“Great!” Leon looks directly at Lisa, watching her closely as Melanie licks her ear. When Melanie has finished, Lisa wipes her ear.

“Stop pretending that you didn’t like it,” Cody shouts over to her. A girl approaches us and passes each one of us a drink.

She walks away, and Kai tells me, Melanie, and Blake to give him our drinks and double-checks them. “They’re good.”

“What were you looking for?” Melanie asks him, confused, and he looks over at her. “Drugs. What else?”

“Oh.” She becomes silent, and Lisa takes her block from the tower.

“You have got to be kidding me! Kiss everyone’s knees,” she tells us, and narrows her eyes. Her mouth forms into a frown, and Kai smiles.

“Get to it, then.” He stares over at me, and I take a sip of my drink. I’m pretty sure it’s a nervous habit. Lisa kisses everyone’s knees and takes her seat on the floor again.

Kai chooses his block and stares directly at me again, a smirk playing on his lips as it slants up his right cheek. Biting his bottom lip, he points at me.

“You.”

I point my finger at myself, not sure why he’s chosen me.

“Me for what?”

“Swap clothes with someone, do it in front of everyone. Then wear their clothes for the next five hours. Sit with that person and treat this time as though you are in a relationship together.”

I stare at him, not amused. “Why have you picked me? There are another three girls here.”

“Because I want you to do it. Come on, get up, take your clothes off, and swap with me.” He winks at me, clicking his tongue before biting his lower lip.

I stand up with a face of thunder and walk over to him outside the circle. He removes his black leather jacket and top, showing off his incredible abs. How the hell am I supposed to compare to that?

I haven’t worked out ever, and here we have this jerk face who has the best body I have seen in my entire life. Perfect! This is fantastic for the girl who keeps herself to herself, and now I have to show my body off.

This week keeps getting better and better.

He removes his black trainers and black jeans, revealing a pair of pearly white designer boxer briefs that stick to him like glue.

His stomach is defined all the way down to the band of his boxers; his arms are bigger than my head. This boy is perfection!

Now it’s my turn to strip down, and standing next to this boy is the last vision I want anyone to see. Luckily, I wore a matching red set to go with my black dress.

Melanie looks at me. She wants to burst out laughing, and I scowl at her.

Kai raises his arms above his head stretching out. He’s confident, that’s for sure, while I am the complete opposite. I could cry. His abs become more defined, and my body starts to sweat.

Grabbing the top of my dress, I start to peel it off me and drop it to the floor, stepping out of it and trying to act confident. I raise my gaze, and Kai is standing tall, his chest sticking out, hips square, legs parted.

His eyebrows are raised, lips parted, nostrils flaring. He’s squinting his eyes as he pushes his hair back, his abs flex, he looks me up and down, and I remove my heels.

His eyes lock with mine, his side smile more apparent, and he touches his shadow on his jaw before crossing his arms over his chest. Winking at me, he licks his bottom lip, and my mouth drops open slightly.

Picking up my dress and heels, I pass them to him, and he leans in, whispering down my ear, “Do you enjoy checking me out? Because I’m loving this show more than you could possibly imagine.”

I blush and take his clothes, pulling on his jeans, which are massive on me.

Taking his top, I pull it over my shoulders and add his leather jacket, finishing off with his black trainers, which are at least four sizes bigger than mine.

“Why don’t you just wear the top?” he asks me, and I open my mouth to say something, but Melanie steps in.

“Yeah. I would wear his top. Think of it as a dress. The jeans will keep falling down, and you can’t keep his shoes on. Plus, you have to wear his clothes for five hours.”

I shake my head to tell her no, but everyone else agrees, and I decide to just wear his top with the black leather jacket. I look like I’m ready for bed!

Kai pulls up my dress and looks hilarious, but he doesn’t seem bothered because all he seems to be doing is staring at his top on me!

He tries to put on my heels, but they don’t fit, so he takes them over to a box and places them inside with his trainers and jeans. Sitting down, he taps his knee, and I shake my head.

“No, move over.”