Rose looked at the timer. Five more minutes, allegedly. She checked herself in the mirror again, trying to decide what to do with the bathrobe. Wearing it closed sent the naughty implication that she might be fresh out of the shower and not wearing anything underneath.
She was, though. A flimsy little dress, to be precise, and nothing else. It would be a bit too aggressive to open the door in just the dress. But if she closed the robe and it shifted a bit so you could see she was wearing something underneath, it would come off a lot less adventurous. Better to let the robe hang open. Yes, that was good. It still sold the idea that she'd quickly thrown on the next best thing to cover herself up, while at the same time wearing just enough that it wasn't scandalous being seen from the street like this.
She was perfectly aware that she was overthinking this. It was just a stupid little dare she'd received from her online friend group: Order a pizza and flirt with the delivery person. There were no conditions for her outfit and it would have been perfectly fine to open in her normal clothes and just throw around some compliments while giving an extra large tip, but where was the fun in that? No, if Rose was doing something, she was doing it right.
The door bell rang while the countdown of the website was still at two minutes. Well, those things weren't an exact science even at the best of times. Rose bounced to the door, putting on her best sultry look. She sent a little prayer that it wasn't an ugly creep waiting on the other side of the door with her pizza, but in the worst case she still had the option to drop the act and receive her food with minimal interaction, like everyone else did all the time.
The Gods were smiling down on her that day, because when she opened up she found herself face to face with a cute brunette with a long ponytail and adorable bangs. She looked a couple years younger than Rose, likely a university student making some money on the side. Her jeans were just long enough to not be aggressively sexy and her nipples poked through her shirt. Could it be that she wasn't bearing a bra?
"Hello there, beautiful," Rose greeted her with a little wiggle of her eyebrows. She kept standing in the door, waiting to see how the delivery girl would react.
"Hi." While the girl made a valiant attempt to look Rose in the eyes, Rose caught her quickly checking her out as she lifted the bag with the pizza. This was going far better than expected. "One Pizza Salami with extra eggplants. Is that correct?"
"It's absolutely perfect," Rose said. She'd gone for this order mostly because it added a fun little detail to the story, even though the play on words didn't work anymore now that the delivery person had turned out to be a woman.
She reached for the jar of of tipping money she'd prepared next to the door (the pizza itself was already paid for) when she stopped herself and considered her next step. The baseline of her plan had been to greet the lucky person in barely decent clothing and swap a couple flirty pleasantries, maybe "accidentally" go for much more skin contact then necessary when receiving her order. However, now that she'd lucked out and had the Gods send her this adorable girl, she might as well push a little harder. "Would you mind carrying it inside, dear?"
"Sure."
Rose stepped aside, letting the girl into her house. Once she was through the door, Rose closed it behind her. "Hot isn't it?" she said, letting her bathrobe slide down her shoulders. "Want something to refresh yourself before you have to go back out into the heat?"
This time the delivery girl barely bothered to hide that she was checking Rose out. She seemed amused by what was going on, but also a bit confused. "I guess I can take a little break. What refreshments do you have to offer?"
Rose did her best not to laugh. This girl gave her every opportunity to escalate her flirting, and she was having far too much fun not to go for it. "Just take a look. If you see anything that's to your taste, take it." She slipped fully out of her robe, leaving herself in only her flimsy dress that technically covered everything important, but only as long as she kept standing perfectly upright. The moment she bent over, her lack of underwear would become very apparent.
The delivery girl raised an eyebrow. "What's going on here?" She still looked bemused rather than concerned, certainly helped by the fact that she clearly enjoyed the sight of Rose's barely clad body, but it seemed like Rose had pushed a bit too hard to be believable.
"Nothing," she said quickly. "I just thought you might appreciate a little break between deliveries."
"Uh-huh." The girl scanned the room. "Just to make sure: Is this some hidden camera thing where you order a pizza and then seduce the guy or gal for funsies?"
"Don't worry, there's no cameras or anything."
Predictably this didn't convince the girl that nothing weird was going on. Rose decided to get clean right away. She didn't want the girl to worry what she'd gotten herself into when the truth was this harmless. "You're half-right, though. I admit, it might have been kind of a dare. Sorry about that."
"Figured." The girl looked neither particularly relieved nor disappointed. If anything, she seemed only more amused than before. "I already wondered if I'd wandered into a porn script by accident."
Rose laughed. "No, nothing that bad. The dare was just to flirt with the deliver person a bit. Guess I kinda overdid it there."
"Pity." The girl put the pizza down on a free spot on the table. "And there I was hoping I'd randomly stumble into some steaming hot sex. Well, you can't win them all. Guess I'll be off then, unless you were serious about the... refreshments."
She winked at Rose. Her grin made it clear that she was joking. Or maybe just mostly joking? Rose was stunned by this sudden development, but she was also intrigued by this feisty girl. Even if they'd only met on the basis of some dumb game, she wouldn't mind getting to know her a little better.
"I'm always serious about... refreshments." It wasn't the smoothest line, but it was the best Rose could come up with on the spot. "I'm Rose, by the way."
"Kim. Nice to meet you." Kim's eyes never left Rose's. There was a hot intensity to her stare. Something had shifted. Rose might have started this whole thing, but it was clear who was calling the shots now. "So, how we gonna to play this?"
"I don't know," Rose said to test the waters. "How long can you take your break?"
