The mid-summer heat fills the air. Even the sounds of insects buzzing between the leaves of the grapevines at the end of the yard seem muted, as if the insects themselves are as oppressed by the heat as we are, lounging lazily on the veranda.
We weakly fan ourselves, me slouching in the chair, you laying across the chaise-longue.
From time to time, we can catch a glimpse of local workers tending the vines in their white headscarves. They haven't paid us much attention since we got here, just another couple of tourists occupying the little house among the grapevines.
With my right hand continuing to fan warm air over my sweaty body, my left hand droops down over the arm of the chair.
At the end of this action, I notice that your bare toes are just a few centimeters away from my hand.
With a bit more energy than I thought I had left, I playfully reach out and touch the tips of your toes.
You look over at me, catlike, smiling with tired amusement.
Encourage by even this small response, I lean over in my chair and move the backs of my fingers over the tops of your toes, down the top of your foot and along the top of your calf nearest me.
You wiggle your toes, tickled by my light touch.
Teasingly, I bring my hand back to your foot and lightly touch the bottom of it, causing you to jerk your foot away with a small giggle.
I do this a few times in order to hear the melody of your laughing voice.
But before this can become annoyance, I move all of my fingers firmly up the bottom of your foot, and slide each of them between your toes.
I rest my palm against the bottom of your foot, holding your foot as I do your hand on every possible occasion.
I bring your foot down to its relaxed position and disengage my fingers, so that I may again slide them over your calf near me, enjoying the smoothness of your legs.
I can't help but notice that, with the little kicking, your skirt has fallen higher, just above your knees.
Somehow feeling refreshed by our play, I move from my chair to kneel on the floor at the base of your chaise-longue. Your eyes follow my movement like a cat trying to decide whether to pounce on the mouse that just interrupted its nap.
Leaning over next to the foot I was just caressing, I place the first kiss on the top of it.
And the second one a little higher.
And another...
And another...
My kisses draw a line up your calf to your knee.
With my right hand, I pinch a bit of your loose skirt and lift it up, pulling it higher on your leg.
And the line of kisses continues higher.
Daringly, I continue this little game until, the skirt having reached the top of your thighs, one of your hands finally is given the motivation to reach over and lightly slap mine.
You pretend offense and modesty, but I can see the mischief in your eyes. Nevertheless, I drop the material before it uncovers the delicate underclothes beneath.
But the line of kisses continues, unbroken, up to that point, just centimeters from more delicate areas.
When the kisses stop and I sit up on my knees in front of you, you slowly raise yourself up to a sitting position in front of me.
You lean over me, and I raise my face up to meet yours in a soft, warm kiss.
My hands move to your sides and I kiss you again, more deeply than before.
Almost unintentionally, my hands find the bottom of your loose shirt. Not at all unintentionally, they move under it to make direct contact with your skin.
It strikes me as odd that your breath and mine feel hotter than the oven-like air around us.
As our kisses deepen, my hands move higher up your sides, under your shirt. In short order, I touch the bottom-most part of your breasts with each hand, electrifyingly.
My fingers start to move over your soft breasts now, exploring, but not for long. Your arms raise themselves up, signaling for me what you want me to do next.
Obligingly, no EXCITEDLY, I reach to the bottom of your shirt and pull it over your head, breaking our passionate kisses momentarily.
With this interfering garment off, my hands return first to your sides, then soon back to the magnificent breasts the shirt once concealed. Meanwhile, my kisses resume, but not to your lips.
The first one is on your left cheek, but there is a new line forming now. Down your jaw, down your neck, down your shoulder...
My dry hands move over the whole surface of your breasts, not focusing on any one part, and also not pushing or pinching. Just brushing over them.
Suddenly, surprisingly, I stop all those activities and sit back on my heels again, but as I do so, your surprised face sees that my hands are now pulling my t-shirt up over my own head.
You move your hands to help me, unnecessarily, but as my hands strip away the tight-fitting garment, your hands come to rest appreciatively on my shoulders, moving down to my chest and my sides.