Close !!!

So close that her lips touched his for an instant before she looked away.

"I am going to fill all the promised that I have made", he said and with his right leg, he parted the space between her legs and made her arch back again. But when he did so, he very cleverly placed his back in front of the class.

"I am never going to let you miss me again", saying that his left hand helped to raise her right leg and locked them around his legs and he bent her to the side. Instead of practicing, the students kept looking at them with awe.

She looked at him in surprise, unable to understand what he meant. As he brought her back into the position he whispered into her ears,

"I will correct every mistake that I have done."

Then turning back towards the class he said,

"Now please repeat it step by step in slow motion."

She stood there all dumbfounded and kept gawking in his direction as he busied himself in teaching the class.

All sweating and panting the whole class tried hard to keep up with the routine but being a skillful teacher, Raymond was able to help many to master a couple of steps.

As it was nearing 7 pm, Raymond paused his session and then said,

"Thank you all of you for the hard work. The class is done for today."

As everyone started to disperse and even Akira went back to pick her back, Raymond cleared his throat and then looking at Akira he said,

"Pack your bags and rest well and as for Miss Allie, we can start your private training now."

"My what?"

"Your personal training which you had requested for yesterday. I mean for your first dance at your wedding."

"I did?", Akira asked all puzzled and then looked at him and then she understood what he meant and said,

"Oh yeah, I did."

They both waited for everyone to leave the studio room and as the last person left she stormed towards him to demand answers, to ask him what was going on in his mind. But before she could even say a word, he looked at her and said,

"I asked you to wear something ok types. Didn't ask you to wear this !!!", Saying that he chuckled.

"Well, I was trying to look unappealing and unappetizing."

"But it's doing the opposite to me", he said and smiled and extended his hand for her to grab on to.

She held onto his hand and then he softly pulled her close to her and she asked,

"What opposite?"

"Since you are leaving so much to my imagination, my mind is busy undressing you."

"Ok now don't digress from the main topic. Why don't you talk to me when you feel hurt. Why you have to bear the pain all by yourself. Why can't you share it with me, Raymond?"

"Because I let you face all the pain all by yourself. I was not there with you when you were broken to your limits. And because I made you feel all this pain, I deserve to suffer alone."

"Raymond no, don't you see, this is exactly what I want to avoid."

"I want us to be together, share everything and face every hardship together. What happened was something in the past. I was stupid. I was selfish. I didn't think of others. I was so drowned in my pain that I did all those stupid things. I didn't mean you to find about it like this. I mean that was ..."

"God Akira !!! Stop explaining yourself. I am not angry or disappointed with you. I am disappointed with myself."

Holding her waist he brought her close and touched her temple with his own and then said,

"I promise you, that from today, I will make every wish of yours come true. I will make sure we don't have to hide and meet like this. For every tear that you have shed for me, I will replace them with happiness."

Akira lifted her hands and held his face in her palms and said,

"You don't need to do anything different Raymond. You don't need to risk anything. Just let things be the way they are. I just don't want you to overthink about the past. That's all."

He held her face in his hands and softly kissed her.

"I thought you didn't want people to see us like this."

"But there is no one here."

Akira laughed and pointed at the CC TV camera at the front and said,

"What about that."

"Oh myaaaannnn."

Raymond whimpered and looked at her all desperately.

Akira smiled looking at the desperation on his face and said,

"Well, you can continue with your mental undressing thing as of now."

She was about to wriggle herself out from his embrace when he said,

"But right now, I wanna do it for real !!!"