Meet her challenge and keep haggling
From Create Your Own Story
You slide the coins forward, but only half as many as the stall owner asked for. "I believe this will do," you state.
Her breath hitches. "That’s only half…"
You tilt your head, watching the way her fingers tremble slightly beneath yours. "And yet, I think you’ll accept it."
She says nothing for a moment—only watches you, her pupils blown wide. "Bold," she murmurs. "You think being a hero means you always get your way?"
You don’t answer right away. Instead, you let silence fill the space between you, heavy and charged. You tighten your grip on the coins, dragging them back toward you just a fraction. Her eyes dart down, then back up to your face. The reaction. The way she watches you – lips parted, breath uneven – tells you everything you need to know.
"I always get what I want," you murmur, voice low and certain.
She exhales, shakily. "And if what you want is me?"
You almost lose your cool. Things are suddenly going in a decidedly different direction from the haggling you had in mind.
A flush creeps over her cheeks, and her fingers are clenched ever so slightly against the edge of the stall – she's already surrendering, even if she doesn't know it yet.
You lean in, closing the distance inch by inch, “Go on, then," you tease. "Tell me no."
She sways toward you before catching herself, knuckles whitening as she grips the counter. "I should make you pay full price," she whispers.
The words hang between you, a dare wrapped in heat. "I never take what isn't freely given."
“Then take me." She turns without another word, slipping through the curtain at the back of her stall, her form swallowed by the dim light beyond. The invitation is clear.
Do you:
