~Aurora~

　　I felt refreshed after taking a nap. My body was active and alert, meanwhile my mind was in a whole different place.

　　I'm pretty sure I'll find Prince Emeric in his own spot, as I always find him there. But this time, I might try to get a little closer to him. Might as well tease him a bit~

　　Oh boy...I was so wrong about my fantasy.

　　As I slowly peeped into the gym room, the space with dull lighting, I was faced with his back. I bit down on my lip once again. There is a funny feeling in my stomach. Like a knot. A tight, warm knot around my stomach and...

　　A gush of wind blown from behind me messes with my hair. Prince Emeric, who was sweetly arranging not for one, but two benches at a respectable distance from each other, turned around. My eyes widened as his gaze met with mine.

　　He smirked...

　　He freaking smirked!

　　"Well, hello, princess." I gasped, visibly shocked by his demeanor! Never have I ever thought, even in my wildest dreams, that Prince Emeric would be such a person! His persona had suddenly shifted, a wild beast is what I am looking at right now. And I was under the impression that I'll be the one teasing him for the night!

　　The clock was showing it was around eleven, and I walked in with my heart pounding in my chest. I walked, and came too close in proximity of the sexy Prince. When I lifted my head...all I could see was his chest.

　　"T-The tank top suits you..." I weirdly uttered, afraid to lift my gaze even higher. I was convinced that I would die...

　　"It's rude not to look into people's eyes while complimenting them, Aurora." For some reason...his voice sounded deeper than usual. I gulped, horrified that I might initiate things I don't want to put a closure myself at the moment. After all, I have to keep training for the final trial. Without fail.

　　"Aurora Fangborn," Suddenly, Prince Emeric's finger tilts my head up, the finger below my chin. My widened eyes meet his siren gaze. I felt a warm feeling in my stomach, that traveled up to my chest.

　　"Let's train, shall we?"

　　"Y-Yes. Yes! That's what I'm here for. And...and who is joining us tonight?" Pointing at the seater beside his regular one, which is slightly bigger than the one I use, I asked acting oblivious. He raised an eyebrow, bringing his gaze to look at me,

　　"For you, of course. There's no one who will disturb us tonight, Aurora. It's just you and me," He whispered the last sentence, and my mind was going places that it shouldn't. Not tonight, at least!

　　"I- I don't think that's appropriate—"

　　"I'm just kidding, Fangborn! Gosh, you're so adorable~" My face has turned red like a cherry right now. I'm sure of it.

　　Giving me some space to breathe, Prince Emeric moved to his seat and began setting up his weights.

　　"M-May I help?"

　　"Why not?" His answer was so quick, as if he was ready with me asking the question in the first place! Scooting myself to position behind him. I stood behind the bar which held the incredible weights. Almost twice as heavier than the ones I use for strength training.

　　Oh, I can't wait to awaken my wolf and learn my potential!

　　"There you go," After holding the points below his arms, I gave him a signal to begin his bench presses. I was under the impression that he might not even do a few countable pushes, but he exceeded my expectations.

　　He did a fifty-four, non-stop training with the bench press. That was more than enough to blow my mind!

　　"I'm done," Announcing, he was about to place the weights back upon the stand above him. I assisted him with that, and watched him slowly get back up to sit on the bench.

　　"You look perplexed, Aurora."

　　"...Fifty four bench presses with 200lb weights. I couldn't see a more unimaginable thing in my life, Prince Emeric."

　　"Aurora, for the last time, call me Emeric when we are alone. Also, that was just a warm up. You should begin with yours now. Let me shift the weights." Saying, Prince Emeric stood up and walked around me. All while maintaining a subtly suggestive eye contact with me. As he got behind the stand, I heard him chuckle with the sound of a scoff.

　　"120lb, right?"

　　"I think I'll do a 160lb today. I feel motivated."

　　"Okay. I think you can do it too. I'll assist." Saying, he wiped his sweat carefully to the cloth.

　　Lying down on the bench, I watched Prince Emeric set up my weights as I was mentally preparing myself to even lift that kind of a weight over my chest.

　　"Hey, it's alright. I've reduced it to 140lb. We have all night to train, don't we?" Getting really close to my face from above, Prince Emeric mumbled as my widened eyes stared at his lips. They were right above my line of sight!

　　Out of the blue, he pressed a kiss onto my lips after that!

　　"Emeric!" The yell came out without my consciousness! I slapped my palm over my mouth, and watched him chuckle delightfully!

　　"Oh, that's more like it, Princess. If you'd give me a chance, I'd make you scream my name in other scenarios as well." I gasped heavily, now covering my face up with both my hands!

　　Calming down, I exhaled sharply and looked over myself. Prince Emeric, or...Emeric was waiting for me to hold the bar.

　　"Alright. I'm ready." Announcing, I lift the bar off it's stand and held it up at a position. Emeric pressed up on my arm from below, and I began the bench presses.

　　"Thirty-six...thirty-seven...thirty-eight...whoa!" When my arms had started shaking and wiggling embarrassingly, Emeric assisted me quickly to place the weights carefully, back on the stand.

　　"Phew!"

　　"Not bad at all, Princess. You breached my expectations." Suddenly, I felt too optimistically confident as I flirted back with him!

　　"I'd always breach your expectations everywhere, Emeric." My voice was tired, sounding naturally seductive!

　　Both our eyes widened as I immediately sat up and covered my sweaty face!

　　"I didn't know you had this streak to you, Aurora. Damn..."

　　I replied with a sound of embarrassment!

　　Few seconds passed, and out of nowhere, Prince Emeric suddenly held my waist and hoisted me up! Although, even after assisting me to stand up, his hands remained on my waist.

　　I was blushing too furiously...

　　"I'm going to have to give you some tips, princess." He whispered in my ear. The angle at which his hot breath fanned over me was making me tingle...all over my body.

　　"Offense. Always. 15% defense, 85%...offense." by the time he finished saying that, I was breathing deeply, my heart was racing like I've just run a marathon.

　　Very slowly, I turned around to face him.

　　"Is this...offense too, then?" A sudden burst of confidence and other emotions made me get on my tippy toes. My hands took support of his wide, strong chest. I met my lips with his, eyes closed and head tilted slightly to the side.

　　Before I could retreat from the 'offense', Emeric brought me closer to his body, practically pressing me onto himself. His arms were wrapped tightly around my waist. The sharp inhale he took before pressing an even harder, passionate kiss against my lips crumbled all walls of defense around me.

　　We were playing a dangerous game that night in the gymnasium. But who cares?