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?"
"Right." Kim took her phone out, swiped a couple of times and put it back into her pocket. "I've clocked out. Whatever's happening here, it's gonna be worth the couple bucks I could get from bringing pizzas to people who are too lazy to cook for themselves. No offense." The way she said it didn't sound like she minded giving offense.
Now it was official. Rose had managed to make the hot delivery girl stay. Part of her looked forward to making her friends' jaws drop when she told this story, while the rest of her mind went into overdrive as she realized that this same story was far from finished. Despite being dressed to kill, Rose hadn't anticipated anything meaningful to happen. "Well, just make yourself at home. I'll get us something to dr-"
"No dice!" Kim interrupted her. "This isn't a date. You started with the porn script, so now you gotta deliver." She must have realized how harsh she sounded, because she added a much softer "And who knows, depending on your performance, you might earn yourself a date later."
"Whoa." Rose didn't know what to say. She'd never met anyone this sexually aggressive. Being invited in due to a silly dare and immediately turning the whole thing around by demanding a one-night stand took a lot of guts. She adored Kim for her confidence, but she felt doubts creeping in if she could keep up with that hot-headed beauty.
Kim walked around the table, closing in on the stunned Rose. "Someone told me to take a look and take anything that's to my taste. Well, I took a look and I did find something that's to my taste, so I'm sure you don't mind if I take it." She put her arms around Rose's shoulders, her face stopping right in front of Rose's to give her one last chance to change her mind.
"Go ahead," Rose whispered, her heart pounding like crazy. "What's mine is yours."
"You're mine, then." Without further ado Kim pulled her into a passionate kiss.
After a moment, Rose overcame her shock enough to reciprocate. She'd kissed her fair share of people, but she'd never made out this intensely with someone she'd literally met five minutes ago. Kim didn't seem to have any qualms about this whatsoever. She shoved her tongue into Rose's mouth with a roughness as if this kiss was a fight and she intended to win it with the first attack.
Rose tried to stand her ground, but compared to Kim she came off like a virgin. That fiery brunette went at her with her lips, her tongue, even her teeth, hungrily devouring Rose's mouth like a wild beast. The kiss was a hot, sloppy frenzy, and when Kim finally broke it, Rose was left breathless.
"That was the appetizer." Kim's hands slipped under Rose's dress. Her eyes lit up as she realized that there was nothing underneath. "Looks like someone came prepared for the main course. Are you really telling me your plan was just to flirt a bit when you're going around like... this." She brought her hands up, sliding the dress over Rose's head in one smooth movement, leaving her completely naked.
Rose gasped. Her first instinct was to cover herself up, but she got herself under control in time. Given the trajectory they were on, there was no reason to hide anything from Kim, and Rose needed to prove that she wasn't a complete pushover. "Well, you never know," she said, doing her best to play it cool. "Expect the worst but prepare for the best, isn't that how it goes?"
"I'm pretty sure it isn't, but I'm not gonna complain if this is the result." Kim shamelessly ogled Rose's body. She even let out an honest to God wolf-whistle. "And to think that I was this close to taking the day off."
