Convincing her

"Why are you so heavy?" Alex complained as she struggled to support Michael, who was heavily leaning against her.

"I'm not heavy," Michael mumbled drunkenly and stumbled over his own feet, almost falling on his face.

"Next time we drink, make sure you don't have to go upstairs to reach your room. Better yet, just do it in your room," Alex complained as she strained to straighten his body.

"You want us to drink in my room?" Michael asked as a lazy smile spread across his face. Alex figured he was drunk and did not bother to answer him.

She was only cursing inwardly at the abnormally large house these people built. How is it convenient to live in? She complained inwardly, forgetting how impressed she had been with it the first time she had gone there.

"Okay, here we are," Alex said as she opened the door to his room and walked him to the bed. Once they reached the foot of the bed, she just pushed him on to it and breathed a sigh of relief.

She was never getting him drunk again. He did not have bad drinking habits, he would just sleep. But the process of moving him around was tiring enough for her not to want to do it again.

Michael did not stay laying down for more than five seconds before sitting up again. He tried to widen his slanted eyes in an attempt to chase away his sleep. Alex found herself smiling at his efforts and couldn't stop herself from patting his head. Michael looked up at her and smiled at her, making her smile back at him.

"Cute," she said as she continued stroking his soft hair. Michael lifted his arms and wrapped them around her, pulling her closer to him. Alex was so startled she paused her movements. Michael rested his chin on her flat tummy as he looked up at her.

"You think I'm cute?" he asked her and Alex chuckled, forgetting about the fact that he was holding her and she ruffled his hair some more.

"En, now you go ahead and rest, I'm also going to sleep," she said and patted his shoulder before she tried pulling herself away from him. She also had quite a bit to drink and the only reason she did not become as wild as she normally would be because of the atmosphere in the house. 

"Wait," Michael said as he blinked rapidly so that he could regain his focus. Alex who had started prying off his hands paused in her actions and looked at him in question.

"What is it?" she asked when she saw that he had gotten quiet. The only reason she was being patient with him was because she made him drink so much in the first place.

"I want to tell you something," he said and released her but held on to her hands and stood up. Alex suddenly felt flustered now that she had to look up at him. Michael, who looked very drunk before, suddenly looked like he was sober.

"Alex," he started and nervously licked his bottom lip. Alex suddenly became curious about what he was going to say since it was the first time she was seeing him look so out of it.

Michael released one of her hands and brought his hand up to her face. Her eyes widened when she felt his lightly calloused fingertips stroke her cheek, and for the first time, it felt like her heart skipped a beat.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked, clearly flustered by the way the whole situation was progressing. But rather than answer her, his thumb stroked her bottom lip.

"Can I kiss you?" Michael asked as he looked at her lips before looking into her eyes. Alex was a whole mess. She had completely blanked out from his words and actions.

How could she have guessed that this was how he felt about her? But what she felt was even more unbelievable was the fact that her heart was racing, even though she had never seen him as a potential partner before.

"If you say nothing in three seconds, I'll do it," Michael said and lifted her chin. In her dazed state, she felt warmth on her lips.SHe did not know what was wrong with her but she did not want to pull away from him. 

Michael, whose experience with kissing was limited to what he had seen on tv when his sisters were watching their dramas, was lost when it came to doing the actual thing. Alex noticed his awkwardness almost immediately and had to stop herself from laughing and ruining the mood.

Alex was forced to be more aggressive, so she pressed forward and kissed him more aggressively. She then used her thumb to pull down his chin and deepened the kiss.

With this action of hers, combined with how of a quick learner he was, Alex was no longer the 'teacher' after showing him the basics. His hand was now on the back of her neck and his other arm was snaked around her waist.

Michael's heart was beating so fast he felt a little light-headed. He could taste the whisky she had drank on her tongue and he felt intoxicated for a bit. He gently nipped on her bottom lip and traced his tongue over her upper lip. Alex felt so intoxicated that she had even briefly forgotten who she was doing this with.

Michael did not overdo it by taking a mile after being given an inch… even though he had already taken quite a few feet. 

His fingers played with her hair as he pulled away from her and even though they were not kissing anymore, he did not step back to create distance and instead kept holding her in his arms.

"Alex," Michael called her as she was still in a daze. He felt his heart tremble when her blue eyes looked into his own.

"I really like you," he said bluntly, and Alex pursed her lips together as she waited for him to finish what he wanted to say.

"I was going to wait some more before I told you about my feelings, but I guess I should drink more," Michael said with a low chuckle.

"How long were you going to wait?" Alex asked without thinking. That was not the point, but she could not help but ask him.

"A couple of years," he answered honestly, and Alex looked at him with wide eyes.

"Were you so confident that I would still be single by then?" she asked and laughed at his flustered expression.

"That's not the point, I really like you, and I want to pursue you. I'm not asking for an immediate answer, but I hope you'll let me do that much," Michael said as he nervously pursed his lips.

If Alex was watching a drama and the lead said these lines, she would be screaming from the cringe, but now that she was actually experiencing it in the flesh, she actually felt her heart flutter.

Alex did not know what to do. On one hand, she was hesitant about being that older woman he had once dated when he was 19, but on the other; he looked like he was already very serious about pursuing her.