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After the romantically charged flight and seeing Agatha in her underwear Rio felt remarkably desensitised to Agatha.
Not in a bad way.
More in a ‘there is nothing this woman could do and I’d be surprised at’ kinda way.
Even if Rio hadn’t stopped thinking about that back tattoo.
They had decided to get somewhat of an early night, the alcohol and jet lag having an affect on their systems, they made the grown up decision to try and get a head start on the possible hang over and tiredness.
Rio was leant on her side facing away from Agatha in the bed, it was quite a large bed that they didn’t immediately touch when they got in it, but that didn’t stop Agatha putting her ice cold feet on Rio’s legs as soon as she got in.
“Jesus fucking Christ” Rio screeched as she kicked her legs, trying to bat Agatha’s away but it just brought her further into contact with them.
Agatha just laughed at Rio
And then she snorted while she laughed.
Rio couldn’t help but turn over and face Agatha
“What was that?” She laughed as she spoke, Agatha’s cheeks going red.
“It happens when I laugh sometimes” Agatha’s cheeks continued to glow even redder as she laughed.
“It’s cute” Rio spoke before she could even think
“No one has ever called it cute let me tell you that” Agatha scoffed “most people think it’s weird, a woman of my age snorting while she laughs”
“Weird is the last thing I would use to describe you” Rio paused in thought for a moment and then began to reel off a list
“Annoying, stubborn, big-headed, obnoxious, irritating, and flirtatious come to mind, but never weird”
“Flirtatious, huh?” Agatha raised an eyebrow and tried to put her feet on Rio again, but Rio was one step ahead and had already tucked her legs close to her body.
“Oh absolutely, I saw the way you walked into the bathroom earlier, couldn’t have walked slower if you tried Harkness”
“I don’t know what you mean” Agatha feigned ignorance but she knew what she was doing. Yes the underwear had been a ploy but she wanted to see how far she could push Rio, see if she became a bumbling mess like Agatha suspected.
“Sure you don’t” Rio rolled her eyes, turned over and switched the light off “we should probably get some sleep, I do not want a headache in the morning”
Rio knew she had to shut down that conversation as quick as possible because in her head it was leading to a place she was conscious of not crossing when she was not fully alert.
She was also now starting to realise that Agatha was quite attractive, she didn’t know how she hadn’t seen it before, she was too busy hating Agatha for being a pain in the ass that she didn’t actually pay much attention to the rest of her.
Rio woke up the next morning before Agatha, thankfully there was minimal pounding in her skull and she didn’t feel like death. She tried to roll onto her side before she got up but found that she was being restrained by a human koala.
Oh no
It was just Agatha
Shit
It was just Agatha
Rio tried not to panic, she didn’t really know what the hell she should do. She needed to keep a lid on this new discovered attraction to Agatha, but that was proving very difficult considering Agatha was currently using Rio’s body as a cushion.
Before Rio could make a decision Agatha reached behind her and grabbed the duvet, momentarily releasing Rio enough for her to slide out of Agatha’s grip to enter the bathroom, locking the door behind her as she slumped against the door and took a deep breath.
She could do this, it was just a little trip with a…
A Co-worker?
A friend?
No definitely a co-worker
Rio tried to busy her mind by turning on the shower and standing underneath the spray, enjoying the heat of the water as she just stood there wondering what the rest of the trip was going to be like, if she was going to have to avoid Agatha like this she was going to need to do a better job.
After Rio had got out the shower she realised she didn’t bring any clothes with her to change into, she stuck her head out the door and couldn’t see Agatha
“Agatha?” She called out to the empty room but received no reply
Rio stepped out into the room and found the bed made and Agatha’s sleep clothes folded neatly on a pile on the pillow. Rio quickly dashed through the room to her suitcase, pulling out some clothes as she started getting ready.
Why go back in the bathroom when the room was empty right?
Wrong.
Just as Rio had put her underwear on she heard the tell tale click of the door unlocking from the key card and heard Agatha shove the door open. Rio whipped her head round from where she sat on the bed to see Agatha holding two iced coffee cups and a pastry bag between her teeth.
“I got you a…” Agatha’s eyes roamed as she saw the state of undress Rio was in, when her eyes reached Rio’s face, Rio couldn’t help but smirk.
Touché
Agatha’s sentence trailed off as she walked over to Rio handing her one of the cups, Rio looked at the order slip printed on the side of the drink and smiled
“You know my order?” She asked Agatha as she looked up at her from where she still sat on the bed
“You drink the same thing everyday, I can’t help but know it” Agatha dropped the pastry bag down next to Rio and sat in the chair in the corner of the room, facing Rio.
Rio thought about trying to cover herself up but then she thought against it, judging by the reaction Agatha had when she came in the room she might be able to stump Agatha enough so that she can win whatever this was.
“But you knew it even down to the syrup, you can’t see that in a cup” Rio countered
Agatha was silent for a while as she took a big sip of her drink, then she finally replied to Rio
“You always smell like vanilla, so I put two and two together and boom, four”
Rio let out a small laugh as she repositioned herself to sit cross legged on the bed
“You are a bit of a mind fuck you know that”
“Me? I don’t think so”
“No you are” Rio continued “you’re mean to me at work, we have these ridiculous little bets and I think you don’t give two shits about me. Then you go and just drop in that you know my coffee order because I always smell like vanilla. What the fuck?”
Rio didn’t realise she had got closer to Agatha during her rant, she was towering over Agatha as she sat in the chair still sipping her coffee, acting like she didn’t know what Rio was on about.
Agatha looked up at Rio, her eyes trailing up Rio’s form and occasionally stopping, only to then continue as Rio cleared her throat.
“So what’s your deal Harkness, huh?”
Agatha very slowly put her coffee on the table and stood up, she was a little bit shorter than Rio, but still their eyes were nearly the same level.
“Have you ever thought” Agatha spoke softly as one of her hands came up to where Rio’s bra strap rested on her skin and smoothed out the wrinkle in the fabric.
“That maybe” her hand was ever so delicately tracing patterns towards Rio collarbone
“I do it for another reason” her fingers were dancing their way up Rio’s throat, fingernails lightly scraping the smooth skin at the base of Rio’s throat, she could feel Rio’s pulse hammering away.
Rio remained still but her mind was anything but. She just couldn’t help but look at Agatha, the way her fingers danced across her skin, how gentle her voice was.
“Agatha”
“Hmm” Agatha barely spoke as her fingers pushed on Rio’s chin, angling her face just the way she wanted it.
“Kiss me”
That’s just what Agatha needed to hear. She captured Rio’s lips and cupped her jaw, lips moving against Rio’s like a well choreographed dance that they both somehow knew all the moves too. Her nose bumped against Rio’s as Agatha deepened the kiss, sliding her hands round Rio’s head to scrunch In her hair.
They finally broke apart when the need for air became vital, Rio’s eyes remained closed as she rested her forehead against Agatha’s
“You know that counts as one of your requests to make me do something”
Rio couldn’t help but laugh, Agatha really was something else.
“In that case, I think I’d like to use another one then” a sly smile creeped across Rio’s face
“Fuck me”