Kai
The time ticking from the small watch wrap around my wrist had made me jump off from my longing stare and the myriad of silence that was with us. I look at Stan with nothing to say as he lays his head off from my lap, then grasping me by the waist and hoisting me down. For someone who is an inch taller than me, he was in fact much stronger than me. I let out a soft laugh when he landed me on the ground, having to feel like a child being carried easily by his father.
"Come on, I have other things planned for us tonight," He motions, walking back to get to the driver's door. I got confused, since when he had a car?
I stuttered in a series of bewilderment. "You have a car?" I asked him, with wide eyes realizing all this time we were at his vehicle. Not to mention that it was also a sweet ride as well.
"Got it straight from the junk. But no worries, I made sure to have it all fixed up... by myself," He cooed, smirking to himself as if he manages to do something great. It was great, he was good with guitars, was good with motorcycles, and here, he was good at turning an old car to one that speaks 'I just bought it today' car.
"I... well, but your guitar? It's still inside,"
"Then go take it! Come on, I need to show you something!" He beamed, making me turn around and rush straight inside that restaurant to take his guitar. I was wondering where he would take me. There was something exciting about this and I have no doubt that it was something that will make me fall deeper into his embrace.
I made my way towards the booth where Charlie and Liara were at. To my surprise, Felix was there as well. I got a weird feeling when I saw him sitting next to Liara instead of Charlie. Nevertheless, I made no further assumptions towards what was happening in front of me and immediately grab Stan's guitar. This made each one of them turn to me.
"Hey Kai, where... are you going?" Charlie asked with a really amused smile. I stop walking, trying to make up reasons for me to go with Stan.
Yet, my mouth was stupid enough. "I... well, do you remember that time when I go on a date with someone? Yeah, I am... just going for a walk with hi- her," I stuttered, smiling brightly making it all believable at least for Charlie. Liara had already known that I was going with Stan when I said 'date'. The look on her face just clearly states it all.
"Aw come on, Charlie. Let the boy have his fun with his date," Liara cooed, smiling brightly at him. He turns to her with a bemused look. "Fine...," He sighed. "But. Just so you know, I'm not gonna pick you up at your date's house or whatever place you two going,"
"Yeah yeah! Settled. Anyway, I gotta go. Bye!" I let out, rushing back to Stan. When I got out of the restaurant, I instantly felt more relaxed once I'm away from all those questions Charlie would have earlier. To think that he wouldn't make a big fuss, that was an understatement.
I walk quickly towards Stan's car, with him leaning beside it looking at me. His left arm was set on top of the car, holding his head tapping his cheek with his fingers.
"Well that took you long," He started once I get to the other side of the car.
I scratch my neck, feeling embarrassed. "My friends were difficult to get away from," I chuckled, getting inside of his car. He ignites the car, the drive us off from the parking lot and now heading to the place where he planned for us. To avoid the silence which wasn't that uncomfortable, I started a conversation. Well, tried.
"I saw your friend, Felix at the booth with my friends,"
He glances at me, smiling at me. "Yeah? Seems that our friends get along pretty well,"
"Yeah...," I bit my lip.
"Just like us,"
I stop to think about how extremely close we got. It's like the things that separate you just make you two connect with each other in another level and who knows someone who's different from you have feelings for you?
"Last time I remember... you said I wasn't what? Your type?" I laughed, the whole point of hating each other in the first place just contradicts to what we have now.
Stan grins, shaking his head slowly. "Oh shut up," He spoke, then erupting a series of laughter that made me laugh more with him. He continues to drive us further into the night. Even though we were in the dark and that not a lot of people were here, well to my eyes, I believe that everything would be safe. Plus, I feel that if there's something bad going on, I don't think our guts are that dumb to approach it like how they do in films. Characters could be dumb sometimes but then again, where's the fun without some flaws.
With how the ride was filled with laughter and conversations, the times flies too. Now, we arrived at a beach, which was unfamiliar with and unexpected from someone like Stan. But who are we kidding here? I once thought he was a rebel ran amok at a local store.
He then pulls out his car keys, losing the sound of the car AC breezing through the atmosphere. "We're here...," He smiles. "A place where I reflect on myself,"
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My feet pushed against the cloudy sand, but only the light from the moon was able to have me see clearly to where I was going. With the way Stan's arm sling around my shoulder, there was no way I could ever fall in this dark night.
"I guess not a lot of people come here?" I asked, quite interested that I have never seen this place before.
"Yeah, people usually go to the other beach which is the one we always go," I nodded, I went there a lot with my family. So it was easy to know which one was it. Also, throw in the fact that it's the only one. "This one isn't as big as that, so I guess it became a secret spot. But I guess some people knew about this place since sometimes when I go here, I would see bottles of beers lying around like dead fishes,"
It was quite extraordinary to think that he goes to this place to think, to reflect and whatever he does here. Again, he goes here alone to do that. I figured maybe he would bring someone with him. I wonder that maybe he ever thought of me when he reflects.
"So... what are you thinking about before when you came here?" I asked indirectly, trying to be not as obvious as possible.
Before he could answer, he takes me to sit down on a big rock. He rubs his hands together, looking ahead to the waves. "I think about what I did... my family... what I'm gonna do tomorrow, or soon...," I never knew that Stan was very serious about his life. Yet before I thought he was so free to do what he wants. But it shows that a part of him still thinks of everything.
"I think about you...,"
I gulped, shocked all of a sudden. My thoughts were right. "Me? What did you think about me?"
He smiled to himself, then he grins, and consequently, he takes my hand into his. My lips grew into a smile as well when I see him that way. It sends my heart doing acrobatics moves that I would never have the skills to.
"Come on! Tell me, what are you smiling for," I pushed his shoulder, almost making him fall over the rock.
He blushed, his cheeks were so prominently red even at night, I can still see it. "It's embarrassing! I can't tell you!"
"Aw, come on, Stan! I wanna know!"
He runs his hand through his hair, looking down onto the sand. "If I tell you, I want something in return," He said, looking at me with a glimpse of nervous and reluctant but either way, he was trying to tell me.
"Remember 2016?"
I raised my brow. "Yeah? We're 15 at the time,"
"Yeah," He pauses, still looking at me but this time he moves an inch closer. Every word seems like a button had been pressed to make him go nearer. "I saw you, you know. When my family and I moved here at that time, I was anxious that I would never get to know someone because, yeah, you know, new place and stuff. But I saw you and I kept thinking to myself that you would be that person that I would like to get to know. Because I saw you first. You're the first person I laid eyes on when I came to this town,"
I smile softly at him. Such a long moment, but he still remembers it and the fact that I never knew he moved here just shows how trapped I was in my own bubbles that I didn't even care for someone who notices me.
"So that's why you didn't want to notice me inside Charlie's car?" I grinned.
"Yeah, sort of. You were being a bitch towards me before. Couldn't let you think that I still care for you that easily after that," He glanced upwards, making a smug face.
I nudge him harshly. "Jackass. It wasn't my intention to not notice you earlier. I was just stuck at that time... I'm sorry," He continues to laugh out about it then goes back to being in the same state before. "But seriously, after that, I always keep an eye for you. When I think about you here, I wished that someday that maybe I would have the courage to go up to you and maybe just say 'hi' or whatever and maybe you have the same feelings as I do. Knowing how people react to that topic, I was scared you would react the same,"
"You... you saw people's reaction. People know you're...?" I asked in jolts of shocks running down my body. Talking about opening up was something I was scared to do.
"No... it was another kid back at my previous school. Some were supporting while others were rejecting," He sighed, blowing out an air of feelings that I can't describe. It's that feeling where you just don't know what to do and I felt that from him. The same way I would feel if my family were to questioned about my love life.
Right there, I know that I wanna be strong for us. It doesn't matter who wears the pants in the relationship. It doesn't mean that I'm the bottom that I have to be the one being protected. I wanna protect him too.
"I knew I had feelings for you. I tried to push it away. But I guess if it comes naturally then why bother getting rid of it? Even when I'm scared that I would be cast out of society for doing so... that's the reason why I don't date anymore. 'Cause I was head over heels for you,"
My hand immediately goes on to grab his, clutching it tightly. It was decided. Whatever the chances of us being out there as a couple, I would still have his back. If both of us can't do it alone then we can do it together. Even of how dark it was, everything around us seemed to be a shade of light that warms us.
"Whatever happens... we're gonna face it together,"
"Together," He replied, showing a slow shy smile that brightens up my day even more.
Soon after, we talked about the random things that made our life different but similar in nature of... us. I told him about how stupid I was for having a love-hate relationship with him in the first place. How I come to like him then hate him then it goes in circles till I can't decide if I was actually bipolar or not. I told him about my addiction to chocolate and how I wanted a cat as a pet but my parents didn't want me to. Then it ended to how I wished that we were in a different place where people like us were accepted. Truthful enough, it was a genuine conversation. One I love.
"So... now that I told you about what I thought of you... can I have my wish?" He rubs his hands together.
I gulped in anxiousness. It feels like a trap. "Yeah, go ahead. What do you want?"
"I want you," He spoke directly.
"What?"
Without any waiting, he attached his lips onto mine holding my face in place to keep me from moving away out of shock. I kiss him back, slowly and passionately. The way our lips move in sync and the smooching sound that came from it was enough to make me feel the excitement through my body. I can't help but smile at how it works on me. The craziest thing about love. It makes you smile without any reason.
To make things worse for me, he bit my lower lip, tugging on it and sucking on it with much ardent. Something about the way he does my lips aroused me all of a sudden. It's the way how his hands move slowly, caressing my face down to my body, leaving tingles all over me like traces of footprints that never left unless if it was cover. It did, he cover those traces of tingles with another wave of his touch, grasping onto me like I meant everything to him.
It felt good, nice... and romantic in some kind of way. When we part our lips, I could see the expression on his face that was just so desirous and sexy that even little me felt betrayed. With his hand, his lace them together with mine.
"Let's go,"
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A/N: Hey guys, I know that in the 1st Chapter I told you guys how I wanted to make the chapters short but I guess I didn't live up to that promise but either way, it makes the story much more sense? I had fun writing so yeah, ideas are just flowing from that fun. Anyways, Thank you for reading!