We returned to Mike's place from the mall and his roommate was milling about the kitchen.
"Oh, hey...Felicia."
"Hey man! Aron, right?"
"Yeah."
I acted buddy-buddy with him while Mike fiddled around with something in his room. I assumed he was doing a last minute clean. Their basement apartment was about ten percent cleaner than when I'd last been there. Aron and I didn't have much to talk about, but I'm good at making small talk.
Eventually Mike returned, and the three of us stood in the kitchen.
"So are you working tonight?" Mike asked.
"No. But I uh...I'm heading out in a little bit."
"Oh, okay..."
"Yeah, I'll probably go check out that world war two movie, so..."
"Yeah, right."
I hid my smirk at their thinly veiled code.
Mike offered me another can of lime vodka beverage and he had a beer. We had mentioned ordering in later, and Aron's movie excuse would surely kill three hours, so I figured we'd have time to lounge. If I was lucky, Mike's familiar surroundings would make him comfortable enough to take his clothes off. I was desperate to see him naked. I had a plan of attack that I thought would work.
"So what's your background, there? A little...Hungarian? A little Italian?"
We'd settled into his couch again with our drinks.
"Uh, Bulgarian, mostly. And some Italian. My dad's from Bulgaria, and my mom was born here and she's half Bulgarian and half Italian."
"Okay...so uh, are Bulgarians all big like you?
Mike sucked back a big swig of his beer and kind of shrugged.
"Uhhh, I don't know about Bulgarians. That's probably just my family. Of course, my dad didn't know his dad, so he could be half anything. My grandpa was some big Bulgarian speaking guy apparently, but my dad never met him."
I sipped my lime cooler and brought my knees up to my chest in my chair.
"Hmm...a mystery grandfather. So maybe that's where the giant genes came from. Hey, is your whole family big like you?"
Mike sucked back a few more gulps from his beer, emptying the bottle, and huffed out a heavy breath.
"Uhhhyeah, we're all big. There's no one in my family who's little like you."
I loved how he'd said 'little like me'. I started imagining what Mike's big family members might look like. He'd said there were his parents and two sisters. The thought of what else Mike's big genes could produce was certainly interesting.
I got up to get Mike another beer from the fridge. He didn't protest this time, letting me serve him. We talked some more about genealogy and I told him I was mostly Irish. Mike drank through two and a half beers and I finished one drink. I had no clue if Mike was being affected by those beers, but I was already buzzing from my one can. It was getting harder and harder not to ogle Mike's big body.
"You're quite the sasquatch, eh? Your arms are so hairy."
Mike swished around the remaining contents of his third beer. "Heh...yeah."
"It's so sexy. I can't wait to see the rest..."
Mike smirked, but it looked forced. He didn't seem thrilled to indulge me, but I was tipsy and horny. I had a plan to take us a step forward.
"So I was thinking...since I want to see yours, maybe I should show you mine."
Mike hesitated, but seemed interested. "Oh yeah?"
"Yeah... " I put down my can and rose to my feet. "We could play a little game. And remind you that I'm ready to serve in in more ways than just grabbing you a beer."
Mike finished his third beer and perked up in his seat while I opened a playlist on my phone.
"Hmm. Okay. So how does this game work?"
"Well...it's pretty simple..." A chill dancey song started playing. "You just choose an article of my clothing, and it will come off."
I turned my back to him and slid my hands down the back of my hips and around my butt. I turned back to face him and continued the arc of my hands around my thighs and up towards my abdomen, letting my fingertips of one hand gently pull up the bottom of my shirt, revealing my midrift for a moment.
I could see Mike's eyes take in my slender frame, now with a lustful intention. I could see him appraising me. He sat on that couch like an emperor, taking up the space that three adults would normally take, leaning back a bit with his elbows resting on the frame.
"So? Which piece of clothing do you want to see hit the ground first, big man?"
Mike looked pleasantly amused at my game. I had taken off my vans at the door, so what remained was my ankle high white socks, my light blue jeans, my dark blue top, and my black bra and panties underneath.
"Okay, well...let's get that top off first."
I moved to the music a little bit, walking in a small circle so that my back was to him. I tried to hide my smile, but I was giddy that he was starting to play along. I wanted him to want me and to begin to assert himself. I hoped that my little game would get him used to the feeling of taking what he wanted from a woman.