"Truth or Dare?"
Kira looked at me, her eyes seemingly blank as she tried to decide.
It was the final weekend before Exam Week. It was a Friday night, and as it was the final weekend of partying before the academic year ended and virtually everyone went home (or at least elsewhere) for the summer, the noise in the hallway and from the surrounding dorm rooms was considerable.
Yet the noise did not matter. What mattered was that Kira was with me, spending a Friday night in my single dorm room. I was one of only two sophomores on the entire campus to have a single, so Kira and I often came to my room when we wanted some privacy. There was indeed a close bond between us, but thus far, it was nothing more than that: a close bond.
"Dare," she finally answered.
Although she had accepted and successfully completed three previous Dares, I was a little nervous. Still, hoping to maintain a steady, confident demeanor, I simply commanded her: "Take off the shirt and bra."
Her eyes widened, but she did not protest at all. Instead, Kira smiled, glanced at the window, and then rose from the bed so she could close the blind completely. "Do you have any of those canned candles left?" she asked, which really surprised me.
"Yeah. The chocolate-scented one should be behind the clock on top of the dresser."
She looked. "I see it." She also found the lighter, and seconds later, the overhead light was off, the dorm room very dimly lit by the single candle.