The second he saw her grinning, he knew she gave in and that caued him to grin as well. Licking down his lip quickly, he felt her hand on his cheek and before he even knew it, their lips met. He rested his hands on her hips, turning his body even more toward her as he returned the kiss, that was too short in his opinion. As she pulled back, Ryder slowly opened his eyes and nibbled down his bottom lip, nodding a few times. “Our secret.” He confirmed as he moved his face closer to hers, their lips brushing against one another. “Unless you want him to know about it of course.” He teased her, another playful grin forming upon his lips. Ryder slid his hands underneath her shirt as he pressed his lips on hers again, this time kissing her more eagerly and longer than before. His fingertips were caressing her upper body gently before he lowered them to her hips again, pulling her onto his lap so she was straddling him.
{ ✿ };; Once she felt his hands on her bare skin, a queasy feeling suddenly appeared in her stomach, making her want to stop this as soon as she possibly could. Viviane quickly pulled away from him and got off his lap, shaking her head and avoiding any eye contact with Ryder. “This just isn’t right.”, she muttered, quickly standing up from his bed. No, she shouldn’t even have done this in the first place. Now all Viviane wanted to do was leave; leave and never have to see Ryder again; sadly that wouldn’t happen. Ryder was still her boyfriend’s brother and she had no choice other than facing him every time she was at Mike’s place and act as if nothing ever happened. “This never happened, okay?”, she told him as she quickly walked back over to the door, her hand on the door handle. “Don’t ever tell Mike, okay?”, she muttered before she slowly pushed the handle down, trying to be as quiet as possible as she made her way back into Mike’s room and slipping under the blanket once again, snuggling up to her boyfriend there.
“No, no, no. That’s not how it is.” He murmured, shaking his head a couple of times as he furrowed his eyebrows the slightest bit. He didn’t even know why he wanted her. He wasn’t going to lie ––– at first he wanted her because of his brother. He wanted to piss Mike off by flirting with her but now he came to the conclusion that she was a nice and pretty girl. And Ryder completely liked her for who she was. And perhaps he wanted her just because sneaking behind his brother’s back was pretty exciting. He clenched his jaw to stop himself from grinning because of his thoughts, locking his eyes on Viv. “Look, I like you and it has nothing to do with Mike. There’s just something about you and it makes me want to be with you. Well, not really be with you. I mean, that too but I just want you.” He continued to speak, biting down his lip shortly afterwards. He shoved closer to Viviane, raising his eyebrows a little. “C’mon, he doesn’t have to know. Our little secret, babe.”
{ ✿ };; Viviane listened to his words carefully, trying to understand everything he was telling her the correct way so that she wouldn’t get anything wrong. Smiling slightly as he shoved closer, the girl, thought about all the possibilities. If Mike would ever find out, Viviane would be dead. But he didn’t have to, right? Smirking slightly, she moved a bit closer to the boy, her hand quickly moving up to Ryder’s cheek, cupping it. Did she really want this? Well yes, though she really had feelings for Mike and it so wasn’t right, but Viviane just had to do this right now. Before Ryder could even say another word, her lips were pressed against his, not moving any further. She had no other choice than to do this now; if she’d never do it, Viviane would probably regret it so it was the best she could do. After a few seconds, the girl pulled away from him once again, a small smirk on her lips. Biting down on her bottom lip so the smirk disappeared, she looked up at him. "Our secret?”
Ryder was quite surprised when the girl wanted to answer his previous question, even though she got mad about it at first. He’ll never get this thing about girls, they always change their mind so fast. He listened carefully, a playful grin forming upon his lips as he nodded a few times. “It’s true that you’re pretty good-looking.” He murmured quietly and he wasn’t even sure if she heard her. He bit the inside of his cheek and tucked his hands into the pockets of his sweatpants, looking down at the floor as he felt how she hit his arm playfully and that caused him to smile again. “You’re right. I’m not a virgin either.” He admitted, nodding once as he sank his upper teeth into his lower lip, locking his eyes on Viviane and he honestly didn’t expect this question. Wasn’t it already clear that he wanted her? He didn’t want to date or anything, all he wanted was messing around with her and show her that he was the better brother in all kind of aspects. Something told him that she was up for that, too. “I like you. You’re pretty fun and so hot. What’s there not to like about you? I’m only doing this ‘cause I want you, and I’m not gonna lie about that. I’m not gonna hide it.” He said, his voice sounding raspy and dangerously low. It made him more seductive. He clenched his jaw and turned his body more toward her, his eyes never leaving hers.
{ ✿ };; Viviane bit down on her lower lip as she listened to his words. Sure, she did want what he was implying but could she really do that? It would be so unfair towards Mike, and she didn’t even feel anything for his brother. So why risk a good relationship just for something that seems so tempting? Pushing all her thoughts away, she pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. “Do you only want me because Mike has me?”, she questioned, not sure if that was a good question to ask, but she just had to know. It was clear to Viviane that most brothers were rivals and always wanted everything that the other one had, just to have it too. But was this the case? Or was there really something more? She couldn’t tell, but really had to know. If he really didn’t only do this because Viviane somehow belonged to his brother, she might would think about giving him at least a part of what he wanted. But first, he had to answer her; hopefully honest.
“You want to have fun?” He repeated, raising his eyebrows the slightest bit as a cheesy smile appeared upon his lips. Of course he thought about the one thing that guys think the most about, and it was wrong but he couldn’t stop himself from chuckling slightly because of his thoughts. It was night, he was all alone in his bedroom with a girl and she told him that she wanted to have fun so you couldn’t blame him from thinking about it. Not wanting to piss her off again, he quickly shook his head and showed her this serious facial expression. “No, I’m just kidding. Obviously.” Ryder murmured quietly, scratching the back of his head as he sat down on the edge of his bed. He bit down his lip for a short second, then looking up at Viviane. “Alright. So, the game —— I’m just gonna ask you another question, aight? Instead of, y’know, that weird ass question.” He continued to speak, furrowing his eyebrows as he was thinking about something else he could ask her. “Do you have any hobbies?”
{ ✿ };; Viviane shook her head, laughing at his statement. “Yeah, maybe if I wasn’t dating your brother.”, she answered. Yes, what she was saying was true. If she wouldn’t be dating Mike, she’d have probably already started off something with Ryder. But now it was different, and so, the girl couldn’t just do that. “No, I wanna answer your last question.”, she smirked slightly, scooting to the top of his bed, she leaned against the wall that was behind it. “No. No, I’m not a virgin. I’m a 17 year old, pretty good looking girl. What do you expect? I don’t expect you to be a virgin either, come on.”, she giggled slightly, playfully hitting his arm. “My turn again. Why are you doing this? I mean, keeping your brother’s girlfriend company. If you ask me, that’s not something brothers usually do.”, she told him, her eyebrows furrowing together since the whole situation was confusing her. What was he doing this for?
Once he was in his room, Ryder changed into some comfortable sweatpants and lay down on his bed to watch some television. However, he got tired pretty quickly and he nearly fell asleep as the hours passed. He heard someone knock on the door but he was too tired to get up, or at least tell them they could come in. But then he realized it could be Viviane knocking on his door, hoping he was right but he had a feeling she wouldn’t come back to him after what happened today. He got up and yawned slightly as he took steps closer to the door, grabbing the knob so he could open the door. Ryder couldn’t help but smile when he saw the girl standing in front of him, a soft chuckle rolling over his lips as he quickly shook his head. “Nah, I’m not as lame as my brother. Come in.” He murmured as he stepped aside, watching her as she walked into his room and he quickly closed the door afterwards. He clenched his jaw and rubbed the back of his head with one of his hands, aiming his eyes on Viviane as he started nibbling onto his bottom lip. “I didn’t expect you to come here to be honest.” He said all of a sudden, raising his eyebrows slowly as another weak, crooked smile formed upon his lips. “Alright, so is there something you wanna do?”
{ ✿ };; Viviane’s lips left a sigh of relief, being happy that Ryder was still awake and she didn’t make a complete fool out of herself by really knocking at his door. Sitting down on his bed once again, she smiled up at the boy. “Well, I got pretty bored with Mike being asleep.”, she told him, licking over her pretty dry lips now. “No, nothing special I mean…I don’t care, I just want to have some fun and not sleep. That’s all.”, she continued, watching Ryder and never taking his eyes off the boy. For some reason, she had a thing for him. She wouldn’t exactly say that she had a crush on him, but there was a certain sympathy that she had felt towards him from the first second that she had laid eyes on him. “I mean, we can continue that game if you want. Or just…do something else. No clue.”, she told him, nodding slightly after she had spoken. It was really up to him what they would do since the girl would literally do anything that wasn’t sleeping right now.
What was he thinking? He secretly hoped she would let him stay and pay more attention to him than to Mike but that obviously wasn’t going to happen. Getting what he wanted wasn’t going to be easy this time. He clenched his jaw and nodded a couple of times, tucking his hands into the pockets of his jeans as he listened to what she had to say. Of course he had to go because this wouldn’t end well if Mike saw him in here, talking to Viviane. And he didn’t want to get her into trouble. Other people would probably think that she was a bitch for doing this but he completely understood her and he knew he had to go but his feet were glued to the floor and he didn’t want to leave. Without even thinking about it, he nodded once again and locked his eyes on Viviane. “Yeah, it’s probably better if I go.” He murmured, a weak smile appearing upon his lips. “If this thing here gets boring, you know where to find me. We could always continue playing our game, without all those unnecessary questions. Or we could play some xBox.” Ryder continued to talk, a slight grin forming upon his lips. He had this feeling that his brother was going to bed early. Like, really early. That always happened after Mike had one of his basketball practices and tonight was one of those nights. He then turned around, walking back to his own room and closing the door behind his back.
{ ✿ };; “I’ll keep that in mind.”, Viviane told him, giving him a polite smile. A few minutes after Ryder had left, Mike was already back, this time only in boxers, ready to just sleep. While she had been alone, the girl had changed into one of her boyfriend’s shirts, being aware of the fact that Mike for sure would want to sleep once he came back. And it really didn’t take long until he fell asleep. But the thing was, the girl just couldn’t stop thinking about Ryder. Damn, what even was this? She was dating his brother, impossible to have a crush on him now. Sighing to herself, Viviane sneaked out of Mike’s arms and out of the door, across the hallway where she knocked on Ryder’s door. This probably wasn’t a good idea at all, but she just couldn’t help it. “Ryder?”, she muttered, carefully not to be too loud and to wake either her boyfriend or their parents; that was the last thing she needed right now. After waiting for a little bit, Viviane already wanted to leave already since she was very impatient and waiting so long for someone to open the door was just really annoying. But just as the girl turned around, she noticed the door opening from the corner of her eyes. “I already thought you’re asleep too.”
“I didn’t mean anything by it, alright? It was just a game and I wanted to make it more interesting. That’s it.” He replied calmly, pressing his lips tightly on each other as he leaned with his side against the door opening, crossing his arms in front of his chest —— mimicking her body language, something he tends to do a lot around the people he liked. Clenching his jaw, he kept listening to what Viv had to say and widened his eyes the slightest bit. “Seriously? Is that really what you think?” Ryder hissed, a frown appearing in between his eyebrows. Okay, she was probably right because he’d do exactly what she just said to any other girl. But not with her. “It was just a question, okay? Calm the fuck down. I don’t care if you’re a virgin or not, it was a question to make the game more interesting and that’s it. I don’t even wanna have sex with you if that’s what you think, I don’t even like you if that’s on your mind —— I can’t like you. You’re with my brother, Viviane.” He told her, raising his voice slightly every now and then because he was kind of frustrated, wanting to show her that he wasn’t an asshole and that his intention wasn’t to ruin her relationship with his brother.
{ ✿ };; Viviane listened to everything he was telling her carefully, not wanting to miss a thing and misunderstand him once again. She bit down on her lower lip, eyeing him from head to toe as he was still talking to her, explaining how he couldn’t and he didn’t like her. "Well, I guess if you don’t like me in any way it’s okay if I tell you to leave again? Mike’s for sure gonna be back any second and I really want to change since it’s getting late and I’m tired.”, she told him, giving him a polite smile at the end of her words. This might seem really bitchy now, but Viviane for sure didn’t mean it like that. Sure, Ryder was a nice guy and everything, but as he had said himself; they couldn’t like each other in that way. And so the brunette decided it would be best if he’d leave her alone before her boyfriend would come back and catch them talking again. No, it wasn’t as if Viviane wasn’t allowed to talk to her boyfriends brother, but she felt as if Mike had the same thoughts as her, the thought that Ryder might just had a thing for the girl by now. And Viviane didn’t even want to know how that fight would end.
He never expected Viviane to talk to him like that, not in front of his entire family but obviously, she would do anything for her boyfriend. He clenched his jaw and he was embarrassed, something that usually never happened but she managed to make him feel that way. However, it made him feel like an asshole too. He had no idea why he acted like this toward her and his brother, he didn’t know what he was trying to reach with it. It had never been his intention to piss her off, and he wanted to apologize for it but she didn’t even give him the chance to tell her that he was sorry because she quickly ran off with his brother. He clenched his jaw and stood up as well, helping his mother and father with cleaning the table and doing the dishes. Once he had done everything, he walked upstairs and went straight to his room, his eyes locked on Mike’s door the entire time, waiting for him to leave because he wanted to be alone with Viviane again. He wasn’t gonna apologize in front of Mike because that meant he had to apologize to his brother as well and he didn’t feel bad for making him feel like shit. Tucking his hands in the pockets of his jeans, a relieved sigh rolled over his lips when he saw that Mike had finally left the room and he quickly walked into the room, only to find Viviane lying on the bed. “Look, I’m sorry about what happened, alright? But it was a game and you didn’t tell me that I couldn’t ask questions like that…”
{ ✿ };; It had been pretty quiet since Viviane and Mike had left the table. Somehow, the girl felt bad because she just left the dinner without helping his mom to do the dishes after, but her boyfriend kept on distracting her and so the girl didn’t think about it too much. After a little cuddling, kissing and just enjoying each other’s presence, Mike left to go to the bathroom. But as soon as he was gone, Ryder was already there. It was almost as if he had just waited until Mike left the room, and that probably wasn’t a thought of Viv but the truth too. Sitting up and furrowing her eyebrows together, the girl crossed her arms right over her chest. “Why would you even ask such a question? I mean, what would you want to know that for?”, she questioned the boy in front of her, her gaze not moving from Ryder. Viviane just couldn’t get rid of the thought that Ryder for some reason wanted to take her away from his brother. She had no clue why, but she couldn’t help but think that that was the reason for all he had done so far. “Like, I thought you wanted to get to know me and not my body. It’s like if I’d have told you I’m a virgin, you’d probably have done anything to take it away from me, though I’m with your brother.”
“Oh… Right.” He wasn’t gonna hide the fact that he didn’t like what he just heard because he clearly looked pissed off. Everyone at this table could tell. There always had been this tension between him and his brother. Whenever Mike had something, Ryder wanted to have it too and if he couldn’t get it… Well, let’s just say it never ended well. And it’s also the other way around —— Mike couldn’t stand it whenever Ryder had something he didn’t have. That was pretty normal between two brothers, right? Yeah, it was, especially when they were younger and all they fought about were toys. But now it wasn’t normal because this was about a girl. However, Ryder ran out of ideas to get some time alone with her and he wasn’t planning on putting more effort into this. He wasn’t planning on chasing after her because he knew she was taken, by his own brother. He then locked his eyes on Mike and he looked as annoyed as Ryder himself looked. It caused him to grin, knowing that he managed to piss off his brother kind of amused him actually. “What’s wrong, Mikey? Your girlfriend’s here and everyone’s having a good time yet you’re looking like you just failed an important exam or something?"
{ ✿ };; Viviane immediately noticed the tension between the brothers. Well, no wonder. One had just somehow hit on the other’s girlfriend with him being right next to her. This was for sure the worst thing that had ever happened to her as she met her boyfriend’s family. Once Ryder started to provoke Mike, the girl decided to get between them. "Ryder seriously? What do you think this was up in your room?”, she questioned rolling her eyes at him. Though she had liked her boyfriend’s brother before, this was going way too far now. “I think we’re done eating.”, she muttered, standing up from the table after thanking his mother for the delicious meal. Viviane was followed by Mike and together, the two walked upstairs to his room. What Ryder just had done definitely went too far. First, he asked her if she was still a virgin and then this? Seriously, not even his brother had asked such a stupid question right away. Sighing quietly, she let herself fall down on her boyfriend’s bed. “Can I stay the night?”
Great. Good fucking timing, Mike. Now that this game finally started to get interesting, his brother showed up and Viviane didn’t even bother to give him an answer. He clenched his jaw and rolled his eyes in annoyance, watching Mike and his girlfriend leave his bedroom, leaving him all alone on his bed. He quickly got up and decided to leave the room as well, walking downstairs as he saw the rest of the family already sitting around the table. He took a seat opposite Viviane and lay his hands on the table, tapping with his fingertips on the wooden table as his eyes were locked on Viviane the entire time. “What do you think about continuing to ask each other questions after dinner? It was fun, right?” He asked, raising his eyebrows a little and as he was waiting for her reply, he grabbed this bottle of water and poured some into his glass. Taking a sip from it, his eyes were still aimed on the girl, completely ignoring his brother’s presence.
{ ✿ };; Thankfully, Mike’s parents were pretty nice and there were no awkward happening through the dinner. Well that was until Ryder spoke up to ask her if she was up for continuing the game. “Uhh…I don’t know, I was planning on spending some time with Mike actually.”, she answered Ryder, a polite smile always staying on her face. It seemed as if Ryder was willing to do anything to have her for herself once again; without his older brother. But that wouldn’t work that easily. Didn’t he think that his brother for sure had something against him hanging out with his girlfriend when he had time for her too? Turning her head towards her boyfriend, she noticed something like a glare on his face, obviously being meant for his brother. Biting down on her lower lip, Viviane quickly looked away, deciding not to dig herself deeper into it and get into some trouble with her boyfriend like that.
