"Make yourself at home." He warmly beamed. For him, it was the first time someone else had been in his house.

"May I go upstairs?" Mayumi asked, Simon nodded and Mayumi quickly made her way upstairs. She was greeted with a huge master suite with a walk in closet. A bathroom with a bathtub that had jets as well as a walk in shower. She also noted the balcony attached to the suite that had a swimming pool and a hot tub. Simon had followed her up there and she gave him a look.

"Would I be allowed to try it?" She asked, he nodded of course, then the problem arose. 

"But you don't have a swimsuit." Simon added, Mayumi pouted. It was true.. What would she wear? 

"What if.. Do you have an extra pair of swim trunks and a t-shirt?" She asked.

Simon nodded and grabbed a pair of swim trunks. Telling her to rinse herself off in his bathroom first. He was going to do the same in the downstairs bathroom. 

Mayumi quickly changed and rinsed herself off, taking off her undergarments and only leaving her borrowed swim trunks and white t-shirt. She came out onto the deck, holding onto the swim trunks that were a little too big. Her shirt revealed her shoulder as the shirt was too big. 

She placed her glasses beside the pool and went in. It was nice, warm and immersive. There were lights inside the pool and it was beautiful. She looked at the city below, expansive and dazzling. She wondered if she could see her own apartment from there. 

"Hey." Simon's sudden greeting made Mayumi jump a bit, but it was okay. She turned to face him with a smile. What she was met with, was a body fit for a Greek God. She had been so busy looking at him she didn't notice the cans of beer he had brought out.

Her eyes widened as she looked at him, muscles. Abs for days that rippled, his legs were large and muscular. His shoulders were broad and chiselled. Her face went red and she quickly looked away. Then she snapped her head back. She saw a huge scar in the middle of his wasn't, it went from his chest down to his stomach. She wondered if he had surgery before, but she didn't want to ask. In fear of intruding.

"Hi- what a nice view you have here." She responded, looking over the edge. Simon dipped himself into the pool and swam closer to Mayumi. 

"Drink? And yeah, I'm lucky to have what I have." Simon replied. Mayumi's curiosity got the better of her. She really wanted to know how he had this huge place. She took a sip of her beer and asked.

"How did you get such a nice place?" She looked at Simon, meeting his eyes.

"Well… it comes with being the child of the most successful model in the world…" He answered, his gaze deepening and becoming more serious as he looked at Mayumi. Her face remained red, she couldn't calm her pulse down either. Her brain was in full throttle.

"You know, I think you're amazing, you know, on your own, without your mother's name." She muttered while looking away. Simon chuckled, he looked at her ears which had gone a bright cherry colour. That was endearing to him. 

"Wanna feel?" He teased, changing his position, exposing his chest more. Mayumi's eyes flickered over as she was intrigued by his body. Getting quickly drawn in. She nodded seriously. 

Her hands started exploring his body. At first, she only grabbed his shoulders. They were tough and extremely strong. Then she touched his scar, running a finger downward empty mindlessly. She was lost in thought about what could've happened..

Simon placed a over his face, he covered his mouth. He was expecting her to actually touch him, but something about her touch made him feel electric. Her intense and awestruck stare made him feel small and embarrassed. Simon thought he should be used to the eyes of others already but here he was. Looking away as a small filipina girl explored his body. 

Her hands kept going lower.

Heat kept rising to his face.

"M-mayu you can stop now." 

Mayumi froze, she had a habit of getting carried away. In which case, she had gotten very embarrassed. Realising what she had done. She quickly pulled away and without a word, she embarrassingly scooted a little further.

Simon exhaled, he had been holding in a breath he didn't know he had been holding in. His body was hot but he promised he wasn't going to do anything and he was going to keep that promise no matter what. 

"Hey.. if you don't mind me asking, where's this scar from?" She asked awkwardly. Looking downwards into the pool. She wasn't going to ask but now that she got to touch it, she had to.

"Hm, it's, it's a little personal. I'll tell you later." He answered, he turned his gaze to the warm city lights. Mayumi nodded. She scanned the balcony area and was reminded that the hot tub existed. 

Mayumi stood up to go to the hot tub, it looked very tempting and she was excited to try it out, but as soon as she stood up, the swim trunks fell off. Simon exploded in laughter, maybe in another world, he would've found it 'sexy', but it was more comical than anything. He still turned away quickly, as not to cross her boundaries.

"Fuck, I'm so sorry.." She muttered and dragged up the swim trunks. Simon was not going to look, he scolding himself for even thinking about it. After he heard the splash of the hot tub, he got up as well and sat next to Mayu.

"Thanks for inviting me over tonight. Today has been one of the best days of my life." Mayumi exclaimed, she was actually extremely happy. Simon patted her head and flashed her a charming smile. 

"For me as well, I've been so busy lately, I haven't gotten a chance for myself. I'm happy I met you." Simon confessed. He combed his pink hair out of his face. Mayumi noticed his crystal earring once more. It was the same colour as his clear blue eyes.

"I don't know, for me I guess I've been busy too but this is a nice relaxing weekend since we don't have anything major due. Although after this weekend I have a lot to do." Mayumi added. She pondered for a second and then opened her mouth to say something again.

"Do you know Vex?" Mayumi asked, Simon nodded.

Of course, who wouldn't know Vex.

"He visited me yesterday at my apartment, I saw his battle yesterday. I hope he's doing alright." Mayumi trusted Simon, it wasn't like he was going to shout it from the rooftops. Simon nodded, to Mayumi's surprise, Simon wasn't surprised at all. She shook her head.

He probably doesn't believe me.

"Poor guy, right? He must work hard.." Simon's voice trailed off as he gulped down his beer.

Mayumi looked down, her can was half full but she could feel the heat starting to get to her. So, she stood up. 

"I'm gonna head inside now, if you want you can stay out." She took a step out of the hot tub and then looked over at Simon. Simon's face went a dark red and blood started to drip from his nose. 

Mayumi's eyes widened and she ran over. 

"Are you okay? What's wrong?!" She shouted. Simon kept reassuring her he was okay and pulling himself away from her, but she kept panicking, until.

Thump

Through all the struggle, Simon had fallen on top of Mayumi. His nose had stopped bleeding but he was one more glance away from another nose bleed. He leaned down and whispered in Mayumi's ear..

"Your shirt is see through. Well not completely no just like, it's like, like you know when, it's just-" Simon started to ramble. 

Mayumi looked at herself in the reflection of the sliding doors to the balcony, yeah, her skin lightly shone through the shirt. Anywhere the shirt held tension was where her skin could be found.

Mayumi panicked and got up, running into the house. 

"I'M SO SORRY!" She shouted as she ran. 

A few seconds later she reemerged.

"Do you have clothes I can borrow..?" She asked, whispering. Mayumi was covering her chest. Simon chuckled awkwardly and made his way into the house as well. He grabbed her another t-shirt, a black one and a pair of shorts, these shorts had the ability to tie tighter. 

The two changed in separate rooms. 

"Simon! Can I borrow your kitchen? I want to make cookies." Mayumi asked, walking over to the kitchen while Simon sat in the living room. It was beautiful. So much bigger than her loft kitchen. Much prettier than those at the school. She had to try it out.

"Of course, cutie." Simon responded, getting up and walking over to the kitchen.

Mayumi rolled her eyes and started looking for ingredients. He had a lot of just.. stuff.

Mayumi grabbed her phone and started playing her favourite songs which mostly included calming lofi songs. She started to make herself a batch of butter cookies.  Simon came in and hugged her from behind. Mayu rolled her eyes and pushed him off. Simon gave her her space.

"Smells good." 

Mayumi smiled confidently, if there was one thing she was confident in, it was her baking. It felt nice. 

She placed the cookies into the oven and the two made their way to the living room and just sat there together. 

"Truth or dare?" Simon asked. Mayumi looked over and shrugged.

"Dare." She responded, she knew he wasn't the type who would do anything weird. He grinned.

"I dare you to text Tala a voice recording of you telling her how much you love her." 

Mayumi took back her thought of him not doing anything weird, of course she sent her fair share of appreciation messages to Tala… BUT NEVER A VOICE RECORDING! But still, she had resigned her right to say no when she said 'dare', so she sucked it up and took out her phone and recorded a message. 

"Hi Tala, just wanted to text to let you know how much I love and appreciate you. You shine like the sun in my eyes and I'm glad that we've been friends since elementary." 

Mayumi pressed send and looked over at Simon on the other couch. 

"Truth or dare?" She asked, crossing her legs and pushing up her glasses. She leaned over to look at Simon, Simon quickly looked away.

"Truth." He answered. Mayu rolled her eyes and muttered 'coward'.

"Have you ever had a girlfriend before?" 

Simon shook his head.

"No, not at all." 

Mayumi stared in disbelief.

"There's no way." She responded, crossing her arms and sitting back on the couch. "No way, you act like a playboy!" 

Simon furrowed his brow and shrugged.

"Believe me or not, I've never dated anyone. Truth or dare?" He asked.

"Truth." 

Simon looked around, humming and thinking. That's when a light bulb flickered on in his head.

"What do you think of me?"

Mayumi shrugged and honestly let her feelings out. Maybe it was the high she was feeling with Simon, maybe it was her need to comply that made her speak but she said it all.

"I think, hm, I think you're handsome and kind. I think you're gentle and comfortable. I think you smell good and you're muscular."

"..."

"I also think maybe you feel lonely and insecure. I think I want you to be happy and have many friends."

And then she stopped, Simon sat there looking away. Covering the bottom of his face with his hand.

Mayu grinned, pulling back lightly.

"Sorry sorry, we can stop now.. " Mayumi apologised, Simon bit his lip. He was about to say something when Mayumi's timer went off. 

Mayumi got up and took the cookies out of the oven, waiting 5 minutes for them to cool and then returning to Simon. 

"Butter cookie?" Mayumi extended a plate of beautiful and uniform cookies. Simon's excitement towards Mayumi soon turned into excitement towards her cookies.

Simon grabbed one and ate it, his eyes sparkled happily. 

"My god these are so good I could kiss you." Simon shouted as he took another cookie. Mayumi shrugged, pretending not to hear the second part.

"Thank you, I'm glad you like it. So you've really never dated before?" She asked. 

"Well no, I've never had an official girlfriend." He answered.

"The way you're phrasing that-"

"Well yes, I've had my fair share of one night stands." He added. Mayumi's mouth fell open, she hadn't even done it yet, this kid was already… she bit her inner cheek.

Mayumi took a cookie into her mouth, and let it sit there. It tasted very good. Melting in her mouth, the tasteful flavour of her butter cookies. Crunchy, salty and sweet. It was perfect. 

Next thing she knew, Simon had stolen a bite from the other side of her cookie. Mayumi froze as Simon pinned her to the couch. His soft fond gaze turned into a dominant stare.. she felt her heart speed up. Mayumi felt herself sinking into a dream as she lifted herself to Simon's face, he was slowly leaning in. Suddenly Simon sat up quickly, pulling away and covering the bottom of his face.

"I'm sorry, we should uh, probably head to sleep. I'll sleep down here, you can sleep in my room."  Simon fell onto a couch, he inhaled deeply covering his face. Mayumi gave a soft expression. She felt an unusual tinge in her heart but she shrugged it off as she nodded and without a word ran upstairs to Simon's room.

As soon as she got in, she leaned on the door. Taking a deep breath. She needed to clear her head so she headed outside onto his balcony. His balcony was huge, a patio if you will. She sat down on one of the lawn chairs and breathed.

She couldn't have her first time be with someone she wasn't dating… or could she? She knew he was already very experienced. It'd be fine if she just played around, if he taught her. What's the worst that could happen.. it wouldn't get awkward, she wouldn't let it. It was some guy she had just met, nobody would have to know. Plus, she could just blame it on the alcohol. Yeah, the alcohol.. maybe she did have too much to drink, it was making her do things she would never have done before. Maybe it was the jealousy, that someone younger than her, had more experience than her. The alcohol made her bolder, the novelty of it all, it was causing her to act unlike herself.

She walked into Simon's room and took off her shorts, leaving herself in his big t-shirt. She sat on his bed in the w position and hesitated. Was she really going to do anything?

What should I do.. what should I do-

"Hey Mayumi I wanted to bring you an extra blan-" 

Mayumi's thoughts were cut off, her head flicked swiftly to the door to the room. There, she saw Simon standing there with a wide open mouth. Mayumi panicked and quickly grabbed a pillow to cover her legs. 

Simon's face went red, he quickly looked away and walked forward. He grabbed her shoulders and gently laid her down, still looking away, he then covered her with the two blankets and awkwardly walked back to the doorway.

"Ah, erm, you're very beautiful but you're also drunk. I- I'm not really it's just, your consent is what matters most and-" he mumbled. Mayu's cheeks were dusted pink, he was a nice guy. 

"Thank you Simon, good night." She whispered. For some reason, even though he only tucked her into bed, her heart was racing. He was so kind and she was happy.

Beep.

Simon's phone went off in his pocket, he quickly took it out and checked it. 

"I got to go.. I'll be back in 10 minutes." Simon shouted, running out of the apartment.

Mayu laid there, no words, just feelings. Her heart was thumping so quickly it felt like she was running laps. Mayumi sat up, this had happened before as well when she was at the café with him. 

After breathing she laid back down and closed her eyes. Slowly drifting into slumber.