You and Me and What We Could Be. by Ko Torii
You Only Think This Is About You
It was dark and we were dancing
Hot blood, loud music, bold hearts
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The sporadic lights were mesmerizing, the fog was smothering, and the atmosphere was a place of sinful epiphany. Bodies were swaying, bumping, grinding, anything. As long as everyone kept moving their world could continue. The deep beat kept the people alive. Adrenaline was rushing like the blood through their veins. Each individual was living in their own world, the people around them creating the foundation and characters. It was a place of escape for the stressed. A place of refuge for the free spirited. Two of the guests danced together near the outer edges of the dance pit. They looked plastered together. The lack of space on the floor created the physical bond, the heat created the emotional connection and sweat from their activities acted as the glue.
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You got me reminiscing
And I know I made you jump-start.
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They didn't know each other. Complete strangers in every way. That is, until they met on that dance floor. To know someone so deeply without words was something only someone who's experienced it could express. The two never spoke, not even when they started dancing. The meeting was chance. Both were lightly buzzed, aware, but not in complete control. This is where all similarity ended. They were sun and shadow, youth and maturity, a perfect balance had drawn them together.
They were both so deep within their own minds that without being in such a tight embrace, of sorts, they would have forgotten about one another. Thoughts of days passed flitted through the minds eye. Each had a love that they would not, could not forget. Being here, in this place of passion and heat, brought memories that neither could face.
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You were looking at me like before
Such big eyes for such a little me...Ha!
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Oh yes they were strangers. Completely and utterly they were unfamiliar. They had lived in the same neighborhood, gone to the same place for coffee each morning, and taken the same subway. But never had they met together. An occasional head nod of recognition on the way out of the café, or a brief hello at the tunnel gates was all they would ever know. Only once had any connection been made. A long held eye contractual conversation. It was an agreement between them, that neither could really comprehend, and both of them were content with that arrangement. Or at least until tonight, that was how life was supposed to play out.
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We were dancing, but you wanted more
And I wanted to do something for me
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She had wanted him from the moment she had laid eyes on him. In a completely objective view, he seemed like the most perfect male in existence. Drool worthy, heart attack-inducing, just plain steamy. The moment she had seen his eyes she knew, he had to be perfect on the inside too. Each day she tried to get closer to him, he never seemed to notice. Occasionally she would smile when she glanced his way. So when she had noticed him by the dance floor, practically glaring like he hated the world, there was no hesitation. She would take this completely stranger into her life, and she would do it now.
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It's so fun to lose your head
But can you find it when the beat stops?
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When she came over to me, I almost couldn't breathe. She wasn't as beautiful as some, but she was just so genuine. I could tell she took pride in her appearance, not vain pride in her superiority. To me, she was an angel on earth, and I was unwilling to share her with anyone once I had her. There was no question in her gaze, only determination. I had only a moment to react when she turned away from me and began dancing. I had finally found my breath, and my heart along the way made its way down from my throat. I could do this...dance with the loveliest woman I've ever seen in my life....or I could die happy trying.
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Forget about the circumstances, kiss me, kiss me.
Right now is all that matters is that you keep dancing
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Neither knew when it had happened, or really cared all that much. After a few dances the beat began to intensify the lights became disorienting and the volume got pumped up. They were in too deep before they knew it. No one stopped moving. Here to stop moving is to stop living, and everyone was living life at a mile a minute. There was no need for thinking, just doing. So that is exactly what was done.
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And kiss the hell outta me.
Ooh-hoo...fuck it, kiss me.
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They were on top of each other in minutes. She was wrapped around him, and he had her in his arms. It could be said, that they were still dancing, as they moved to a beat. But this was no musical move, this was an instinctual beat. This scene wasn't unusual in this particular club; it was one of its main attractions. Going to Sex on a Beach, as it's called, is an experience that could be consider the time of your life. It wasn't on a beach, and they did frown upon public fornication, but after that all rules were done away with. Everything was fair play here.
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The beat turned to the pulse in my hand
Hot flesh, hot touch, wet shirts
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Every half hour or so, they crowd was dowsed with water from the sprays at the bar. It was refreshing, and limited the number of people that passed out each night. However, a little water never stopped the fun. It just made it quite a bit slicker. Having been there for over an hour now, the couple was soaked through. They loved every minute of it.
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You thought I wanted only half a man
I wanted you to know how it hurts
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She was absolutely absorbed by him, with her mind gone, and her body in overdrive. She wanted everything. She could get everything from him, she only needed to ask. It burned her with the passion, they were on fire. Here in this place the cold world leaves you alone with a rosy feeling about life. This night would never be forgotten or replaced. It was theirs. This night.
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Pop! I blew your mind just like a balloon
I was moving and you were going insane
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She was in heaven; there was no other way this could be happening. To her, life had become complete with her in this mans arms.
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Admit it, boy; I seduced you
You started kissing my neck as I went to your brain
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He groaned under the strain. She was so intense, like a drug to him. He was addicted to her. He knew she understood what she was doing to him too; there was subtle smirk on her face most of the night. He thought that at that moment it was the sexiest look in the world on her.
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Don't play the "love" card.
I'm not a retard.
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But they both knew tomorrow would be no different. They may sit nearer to each other without thinking about it, may wave instead of giving a quick smile. Nothing in the world would change for them. They would not change for each other, and they were both aware.
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I'm in it to win it, it's all or nothing but
Right now, turn around
This is my night on the town
Kiss me, you dumb shit
Tonight's your one night to kiss me, kiss me
Right now all that matters is that you just keep on
Kissing the hell outta me
Ooh-ho, fuckin kiss me now.
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The night continued to grace them with time together. They left Sex on a Beach practically hugging while they walked. They danced a new dance later that night. A dance of sudden heat and rising passion. Tonight they were together in every way. It was theirs. This night was theirs.
It was in the early hours beneath the burgeoning light. A young woman crept out of an upscale apartment complex with her shoes in one hand and some cash and a cell phone in the other. She opened the door and stepped into a waiting cab. Taking one quick shot glance back the way she came, she gave the cabbie her destination and her money, then sped away into the dawn.
Early in the morning a woman would plug in her coffee maker for the first time in years, and taste the first of many bitter brews. Pulling out her car keys and cleaning the dust from her dashboard she drove to work with loneliness in her eyes.
Later that same morning a man would walk into a coffee shop, calmly searching, while inwardly looking franticly around. He would leave alone and without his usual mocha in hand.
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AN: The songs/ poetry in this story are mine, please do not replicate them. Thank you.