"Oh wow! That was amazing Babe!" Siwon pants and collapses next to me.

"Oh yes, wow indeed." I lie. 

My first time with Siwon and ... I don't feel anything. The only good thing that came out of it was that it managed to distract Siwon thoroughly. He was so happy that we're finally doing it that he readily believed that I spent the night with Baekhyun.

I had to fake my because baby was trying so hard, I just felt bad. And when I finally "came", I had to dig into last night's memory to recreate the effect somewhat convincingly. And the whole while I was having with Siwon, I could only think of Yixing. This is bad. I'm ruined! Was it because Yixing is my first? Will I never forget him thus? Will he leave an indelible mark on my life? Can I never forget him? But I need him out of my life, pronto! I'm intending to stop seeing him nor contact him. I may even arrange for him to transfer out of E.P., if I have to. 

"Babe" Siwon interrupts my thoughts.

"Yes, Oppa?" Please don't say you want a second round. Please, please, please don't!

"Where's your ring? You usually have it on, always."

Curses! My ring! It's probably at the Rubicon office! Or still with Yixing! 

"I...I sent it to Harry Winston for polishing. I should be getting it back soon" I quickly lie.

***

"Is my ring still with U?" I message Yixing.

"Yes. Does it matter? Meaningless anyways."

"I want it back. Leave it at the Rubicon. I'll send my driver to pick it up."

"No. I want to pass it to U personally."

"I don't ever want to see U again."

"Do you want your ring or not? I have the ring. My terms."

***

Yixing opens my limousine door and asks "Aren't you supposed to come up to my place?" 

"If you think I would volutarily step into a wolves' den, you've got another thing coming. This is as far as I would go. Now just toss the ring over." I hold out my hand.

Instead Yixing scoots into the car and closes the door behind him. I immediately shift back in my seat and squeak, "Ddd...don't you dare get any funny ideas!"

"Now, why does that sound less threatening and more anticipatory instead to my ears?" Yixing teases playfully.

"That's because you're a ert that's why!"

"Nah. That's not what you called me at the Rubicon. Pretty sure, you correlated my name with God most of the time. As in 'Oh God, Yixing, Yes God, Yix..." I quickly muffle Yixing's mouth to prevent him from blabbing any further as I press the button to bring up the screen between the driver and I.

The barrier's up. 

"Shut up! You're forbidden to bring up anything from that night!" I scream at Yixing.

"Yeah? Make me." Yixing taunts.

"You promised me! You said it's between us only! That you wouldn't tell!"

"Don't worry, I'm a gentleman, i intend to keep my word...BUT I can't guarantee that I won't remind you from time to time when it's just the two of us?"

"It never happened alright!"

"Well, even if my mind wants to forget it, my body actually bears imprints of our passionate ." Yixing turns around and proceeds to lift his shirt, showing me his back and I see red lines across his broad back. Suddenly I get flashback of me clawing Yixing. My face heats up and I clam up.

"That was so hot babe. You like to mark your man, I see... I can't believe you're so quick to deny what happened when you were so eager to jump my bones! Did you forget that you begged me for it? You begged me to pop your cherry and after we've discarded the first , you ripped a second one and initiated another round of with me? You are quite the , Bo!"

"It...it...was a drunken mistake! I was inebriated and uninhibited and I made the wrong judgement call!"

"Well, it wasn't a mistake at all for me. I honestly wanted to e with you."

"So you had me. Satisfied? Now you can get off my case and move onto some other unconquered quests!"

"But I still want you, Bo."

"Enough, Yixing! I'm not making the mistake of sleeping with you a second time!"

"But why? We were amazing together! We had this connection. This undeniable ual chemistry. Combined with our intellectual bond. Our minds connected and now our bodies connect. We're meant to be, Bo."

"Don't try to sweet talk me with how you 'connected' with me alright? This coming from someone who confessed that he was obssessed with me, then few hours later, turn up at the party with twin s in his arms! I bet you probably slept with the girls too after I left the Rubicon! So don't give me that whole 'we're meant to be' schtick! I'm not falling for it!"

"I swear, you're the last person I slept with. And the twins? They were just props! I used them to make you jealous. Guess it worked?"

"I WAS NOT JEALOUS!"

"Well, the way I see it, their presence incited you to dance onstage, leading to our . So, pretty much worked out for me."

"I'm not gonna dignify this conversation any further. Just return me my ring and get out!"

"You make me so hot and bothered when you get mad. Reminds me of when you were onstage as Kate. Cussing in Shakespearean. That was such a turn-on! I was already attracted to you but onstage at the slam, that's when I fell hard for you, you know?" Yixing was already a..attracted to me? Sometime ago? W..when?

Yixing continues, "Your wit. Your passion. You were so spirited and saucy. And you could read me so well. Our onstage chemistry was explosive! And of course your were up in my face the whole while. You were simply irresistable. So I decided there and then, I must have you. And I guessed right. Your bold nature would translate to amazing ! You're so hot in the sack, you saucy little minx!" Yixing leans forward in an attempt to kiss me. 

I push him away quickly and cry out, "Gross! Just give me back my ring and get out!"

"Not untill you admit that you have feelings for me too, Bo."

"But I don't! And stop misleading me that you have feelings for me when all we had was just a meaningless hook-up. You were only out for and only . Don't romanticize it!"

"But it wasn't just to me. I didn't merely have with you. We made love. Did you not feel it Bo? That night, we were a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Your loins were mine and mine yours. I was lost inside of you. We melded. We coalesce, we had this oneness..." 

Momentarily I was transported to that intimate passionate moment. Indeed, I felt that oneness too. But I'm not gonna let Yixing know that!

"Pish Posh, I have no idea what you are talking about! Ring please!" I fake.

"I sense that you're living in denial because you're doubting my sincerity. Fine! I'll prove it to you, that my feelings for you are genuine. Meanwhile, it's time you dump Siwon. Honestly, at only eighteen years old, you think you've already met the love of your life and ready to marry? Our life span is predicted to be around 100 these days, so you've only lived like less than a fifth? You really ought to date more instead of tying yourself down!

"How dare you!"

Yixing finally takes out my ring, and holds it up, "And Siwon's like this ring. Expensive, shiny and beautiful. But at the end of the day, dumb as a rock." 

Before I can protest, he takes my palm and place the ring in my hand and cups it. "Siwon's too dumb for you. You need someone who can parley with you. Someon who can trade wit for wit with you. Someone who's your match. Someone like me." Then he kisses my closed fist, winks and runs out of the car before I can hit him.

"Brood over it, Bo!" Yixing waves from outside the car and flashes his signature dimpled smile at me as he turns to walk away. I feel knots in my stomach.

Next chapter: The art of seduction