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"So I'll start the game?" Mona asked Maxwell. It gave her a small thrill that he was next to her guiding her.

Maxwell nodded while adjusting his seat to position himself closer to her. He could already smell the fresh scent of her body soap. It was light but refreshing, just like her personality.

Mona rapidly pressed the skill buttons on the screen, shooting at the enemies around her. In no time at all, she had used up all the special skills of her character, but her enemies still surrounded her. She sighed inwardly, resigned to the fact that it was game over for her again.

Just then, she felt a warm hand over hers. Some calluses on the Hand made the back of Mona's palm itch a little, but it also sent a jolt to her heart. She looked up and stared adoringly at Maxwell. "Keep your eyes on the screen." Maxwell's low voice brought Mona back to reality.

"Yes, I'm looking at it." Mona looked back at her character.

The characters on the screen moved

In the next instant, she observed her quickly, and very soon, in a flurry of action, the precarious situation that Mona had been in was defused. The other characters that surrounded her moved on from her. Her character's special skills had also been restored.

This time,

hand being guided I by Maxwell. His thumb pushed against hers, nimbly controlling their character in battle and outmaneuvering opponents. I still as she watched her character on her phone screen begin to unleash its special skills at one enemy after another.

Mona stayed blows landed quickly and precisely, and soon enough, the only one left standing was herself while the bodies of her fallen enemies littered the ground.

Mona shrieked as the word 'Victory' flashed on her screen and she excitedly jumped up from her seat. In her excitement, she accidentally fell backwards into the arms of Maxwell. She looked at him, starstruck, and exclaimed, "Maxwell you're amazing! I won, I won!" Mona had always been a loser at video games, and it was exhilarating for her to finally win. Maxwell met Mona's doe eyes and replied, "Yeah, congratulations, you won!" Then, as if he couldn't control himself, Maxwell ran his hand over Mona's hair twice. Her hair was soft and smooth, but it seemed to have a strong hold on Maxwell's hand and he found himself unwilling to stop caressing it. It seemed like Mona's hair had bound itself to his hand as well as his heart. don't She only

Why

we play another round?" Mona asked. She knew how intimate they were being in that moment, and it made her heart flutter but she wasn't quite sure how to deal with it. that it

knew

readily agreed. They continued playing and won game after game, and when it was close to midnight, Maxwell took the phone and plugged in a charging cable. He said to Mona, o

Let's go t

night, so she nodded

turned off the light and lay down next to

between the

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found herself in darkness suddenly, and she could feel the bed sink a little under

have you ever played games like this with others?" Mona asked. She thought the earlier atmosphere had been easy and relaxing, and especially when they won a game, she saw that Maxwell had a faint smile at the corner of his lips too. "No, you're the first," he replied. Maxwell rarely

wanted to be a little more demanding, so she

"Okay."

smile on her face.

Satisfied with his

fell asleep with

over to his side of the bed that night, and after a while,

waen that he called out to her

s

arm around her. He couldn't hold back from planting a kiss

Mona woke up, the bed was empty. She rolle rolled a little to the side

it was closer

found that it was cool, which meant that the both

reached a hand further across the bed a Maxwell had taken the initiative to get closer to her. Mona also recalled Maxwell's promise to her last night, and she began to

that he liked her, it was safe to say that

up, she went to Albert's room to show him her