The video

Valentin freezes, his finger hovering over the screen as the image loads. It's not the video they were looking for—it's a photo, taken at last night's Halloween party. It's Ari in a red slingshot bikini, barely more than strings and triangles, with thigh-high socks that climb almost to her hip and a cropped leather jacket hanging open over her shoulders. Her hair is styled differently, wilder, and she's got a mischievous grin on her face that he's never seen before.

He realizes he's staring, and he forces himself to look away, but the image is burned into his mind. He clears his throat, suddenly aware of how warm the room feels. "I didn’t realise that’s what you wore…" he says, his voice a little rougher than he intended. "That's..." He trails off, because he doesn't trust himself to finish that sentence without sounding like a complete idiot. Ari looks at the photo, then back at him, a faint smile playing on her lips. "It was a costume," she says, but her tone is defensive, almost challenging. "What? You've never seen a girl in a bikini before?"

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