“Don’t you take bribes or anything?” Avani asked, but turned down the street that Kasai had indicated, parked the motorcycle and turned it off. She was going to help Kasai get out of the sidecar, but the woman managed it alone so she was left standing awkwardly at the sidecar. 

Avani wondered if she should follow Kasai or not. She hadn’t invited her in. In the end, she decided to make sure that Kasai would be able to get into her own apartment, and then she could leave her for the time being. It wouldn’t do if she dropped her off at her apartment and later found out she had left her to climb the stairs to the top on crutches. Fortunately, there was an elevator so she didn’t need to worry.

“Pfft, what are you complaining about? If I had broken my leg I wouldn’t have any elevator to carry me up to my apartment.” Avani said. “Not that I’d need one anyway. I can manage some stairs.”

They arrived at the top with a ding, and Kasai unlocked the door to her apartment. It was a very nice looking apartment, though Avani wondered why everything was together and it made her question if the bathroom wasn’t secluded either. 

“Anytime, you need it.” Avani responded with a smile, but then she frowned when Kasai invited her in for a [i]different kind of ride.[/i] She sighed, rubbing her face with her hand. “I’m sorry, Kasai. That was thoughtless of me to say, with the naked thing. I don’t want to pressure you into anything, and your leg is still bad from when I broke it.” 

Admittedly, she had broken it to get her free as fast as possible under the circumstances, but now she had to watch Kasai struggle with it and it wasn’t something she enjoyed at all. She thought about getting back into the elevator and leaving, but then they hadn’t talked about that bet or dinner.

She stepped over to Kasai and hugged her. “I’ll be happy waiting until you’re ready. I’d love to do it whenever you feel like, but I’d hate to pressure you into it and make you regret anything that happens between us.”

Avani let go off her and stepped into the apartment anyway. “However, I will invite myself in for something to drink if you’ve got anything other than water. We haven’t talked about that dinner or the bet yet, which I think we need to settle before anything.” 

She walked over to the windows and looked outside. It was quite the view and she could far from up here. Avani almost thought she could make out the building where she lived herself, but far off in the distance. She had quite the view at her apartment too, but mostly of the sea.

“So what kind of bet were you thinking about? We could do a physical thing, since I figure I’ll beat you either way.” She turned around, leaned her back against the window and grinned at Kasai. “At least you can blame it on your leg when I kick your ass then, which I would even if you were in top shape. Or did you have something else in mind? Something luck based to give you an actual chance to win, perhaps? A drinking game?”