Arianna was on her phone when the door opened and she turned to it. Her eyes lit up and her lips stretched into a bright smile. She stood up, and rushed to him "Ryan!" and then trapped him in a hug. He dropped what he was holding since he was stunned.
"Oh..." he breathed, not expecting her to welcome him home like this. It's nice. Very nice.
She pulled away to look at him, but not releasing him from her hold "What took you so long?" she asked.
"Did you miss me?" he asked with a smile, and she pressed her lips together. Shy to reply. But what is she shy of? She shouldn't be shy. He's her boyfriend now.
"Yes. I missed you so much. You've been away for ten hours, I felt I might die" she replied and his smile increased.
"Okay, wait" he tried to remove her hand from him, "I got you something"
"What is that?" Ryan picked up the teddy bear from the floor and gave it to her.
"Gosh!" her eyes were wide, her hands covering her mouth. "Teddy?" she exclaimed and took it from him. It was pink, holding a red love. "Oh...so soft" she hugged it so tight with her eyes closed, while moving her body from left to right. She opened her eyes and looked at Ryan who just stood there smiling.
"Thank you, Ryan" she said. And unexpectedly, she tiptoed and kissed him. He blinked, twice, thrice. And then she pulled away, and smiled brightly. His eyes fluttered and then he too smiled.
"Oh, I got you ice-creams too" he said, expecting her to kiss him again.
"Really?" he nodded, but instead of kissing him like he was anticipating, she asked "Where is it then? I want to have it now"
"No. It's night, so you'll have tomorrow" he told her firmly. Disappointed.
She pulled a sad face, "Why?"
"It's night already"
"So what? I want to have it now"
"And I say no"
She turned and walked back to the couch with pursed lips, focusing all her attention on her new teddy. He sighed and walked to her, lifting her face so she could look at him.
"Be a good girl and obey, okay? I'll go take a shower" He smiled mischievously at her and walked away. She became restless. If he didn't want her to have it, he shouldn't have told her. She wiggled her legs in frustration while making small cries like a child. Ah, this is frustrating! Since he was already in the bathroom, she stood up and tiptoed out of the room. She walked to the kitchen and checked the fridge. It was there! Ah...there so many. For her alone. She cupped her cheeks as her eyes twinkled, and then she took one out of the fridge.
She heard footsteps, her heart raced. But it was only Zariel who ignored her presence and walked away. Taking a deep breath, she began to eat the ice cream.
"Mmm... Yummy" she squealed and continued eating while squatting there in front of the fridge.
After a few minutes, "Sigh...what should I do with you?" Her eyes widened, the spoon got stucked in her mouth as she craned her head slowly to her back. He was standing there, looking down at her with hands in pockets. "You're one disobedient girl" he told her.
Arianna stood up and looked at him with pleading eyes. "I was restless" she said and lowered her head and pursed her lips. "It's just the second one" her voice was low, her cheeks puffed.
Ryan was amused, but he wanted to tease her a little sternly. "Give it to me" his voice stern, his hand stretched out. She lifted her eyes and looked at him, making puppy eyes and poking her lower lip out. "Now!" The sides of her lips tilted downwards as she dropped the ice-cream bowl on his hand.
"Sit" he told her, and she hesitantly sat on the chair in the kitchen. He too sat in front of her, facing her completely. What is he going to do? He scooped the ice-cream and brought it to her mouth.
"Open your mouth" he told her. Is this for real? He's going to feed her? Ah.. at least she could still eat it. Her eyes twinkled that instant and she opened her mouth but...he ate it instead.
"You shouldn't waste my time, Aria. It melts" he said, seriously. Without a tinge of playfulness on his face. He scooped again and brought it to her mouth. As she opened her mouth to collect it, he moved his hand to the side. She followed his hand, but he moved it away. Aria looked at him, he motioned for her to eat it. Sighing, she attempted to collect it, but then he ate it.
"Tsk! It melted" he said and she felt like she was going to cry. Why is he doing this?! He didn't feed her again the third time and just continued eating. She stared at him with puffed cheeks.
"Mmm....this taste nice" he said as he kept on with his onslaught. Ryan looked at her, her eyes had grown red. Was she going to cry? "Oh...sorry, i forgot you were still here" he said as he scooped another one and brought it to her mouth. Aria stared at it, biting on her lips.
"C'mon, eat it. I bought it for you" he said. She leaned forward, he didn't move his hand away. So she opened her mouth and collected it. "I asked you to eat and you did. You shall be punished for that" Ryan said, and her eyes grew wide. He pulled the spoon out of her mouth and stared at her with an angry gaze.
"Yah!" she cried out. Ryan scooped again and brought it to her mouth. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. She was fuming. Why would he punish her for that?!
"Take it, Aria" Ryan told her.
"Hmph!" she turned her face to the other side showing she was angry.
"Oh, so you still have the right to disobey me, huh.. You shall be punished" he said, and then ate the ice-cream alone. She could only watch him and sniff from time to time. But he was the least bothered. He didn't even look at her. After emptying the bowl, he let out a long sigh.
"Ah...that was so good" he grinned mischievously.
"Tch! Such a bully" Arianna grumbled and his gaze darkened.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing" she stood up to leave, but the next moment, Ryan lifted her up and threw her over his shoulder, and walked away. "Ahh... Put me down, you bad bully boyfriend" she yelled as she continuously hit his shoulder with her clenched fist, and kicking her legs at plain air. "Put me down! I'm going to beat you if you don't"
"I'll like to see you try" he smirked and she kept screaming. Zariel came out of her room to see what the commotion was about. Immediately Aria saw her she began to scream, "Ms. Jung, save me! I don't want to die! Save me! Waaah"
"Sigh...these two" she could only shake her head and walk back inside.
"No! No, Ms Jung, don't go. Save me please..." Arianna cried. She's done for. Ryan got into the bedroom and locked the door. Then he walked to the bed and let her slide from his shoulders and fall on the bed. He then