chapter 23

Riani Nalani Brown | Riri

"I don't want to watch this." I put my head on Kiaris shoulder and pull the blanket up on me further.

We were in his living room watching some horror movie after we showered and stuff but I wasn't feeling it at the fuck all.

"Your always somewhere being scary." he waves me off.

"No I just don't like this. to many jump scares." I grab the remote and turn it off and he looks at me in disbelief.

"You know what we could do then." he stands up.

"Yeah I could home. it's almost midnight."

"Wait no, you not going home. come on." he pulls me up and i raise my eyebrow as he walks me to the back.

he opens the door to the back of his house then turns a light on where the pool lights flicked on and the patio lights.

"Were swimming." He takes his shirt off leaving him in his shorts.

"You want me to get in the pool with you? at almost 12?" I look at him like he's crazy and he just jumps in there. Not to mention I just got out of the shower.

"Aint that what I said?" He says in a duh tone as he switches the setting of the pool probably to warmer.

"Im not getting in. I don't even have a bathing suit." I said.

"Skinny dip." he says and I look at him in disbelief as he had a straight face.

"Kiari." i fold my arms and he chuckles.

"I'm joking with you. just keep your under clothes on, its the same thing as a bathing suit." he shrugs.

"Mm fine. but don't look at me, look at the fence or something." I motion for him to turn.

I just didn't want to get stared at while literally undressing.

"Extra ass." he huffs turning.

I take my top and shorts off leaving me in my plain black bra and black underwear. luckily I didn't wear some random spider man themed underwear today.

"Ok you good now." I tie my hair in a ponytail and he turns back around to face me with slightly widened eyes.

"Come on." he holds his hand out for me as I walk down the pool stairs. I could feel his eyes staring at me, really my body but he tried not to make it noticeable.

I take his hand getting in the pool and it was warm.

"Is Isaiah here?"

"No." He shrugs.

"Come on let's go to the deeper side." He takes my hand as we go to the deeper side.

"Did you know I was forced to learn to swim because I drowned once and my mother was scared ever since." He randomly says making me widen my eyes.

"What the- really?"

"Yeah. Kam had to save me then my mom put me in swimming classes and I just loved swimming ever since that I put one in the back of my house." He shrugs.

"It's getting colder now though. When are you going to put the pool topper on or whatever it called."

"Tonight gone be my last night till summer again. So maybe tomorrow." He says. It wasn't like cold cold yet. More like in the afternoon it's warmer but once it hits october that's when it's really going to get cold and october is only in a few more days.

"Race me back over there." He says but before I could even comprehend he already swam away. My mouth dropped before I quickly tried to swim but by the time I got there he was already there.

"You slow." He shakes his head making me punch his arm.

"You literally cheated." I glared at him.

"You just gotta think fast." He throws back in my face to what I said earlier at the gym making me mug him.

We started playing swimming and talking but then he started splashing me to much making it go in my eye.

"Kiariiii!" I hiss as it started to burn making me get out of the water and grab a towel.

"Does it burn?" Kiari dumb ass asks.

"Nah the chlorine water just chilling in my eye." I look at him crazy before drying my eye.

"I'm sorry. You the one who started the splashing first though." He says as I go to sit on the edge of the pool with just my feet in.

"Shut up and stop talking." I mutter still trying to dry my eye cause that shit actually burns no lie.

He swims over to me and is now standing between my legs.

"Kiari is my eye red." I open my eyes wider coming closer to his face making him chuckle.

"It's a little red but not a lot, you overreacting." His hands go to rest on my thighs making me a little deep breath then grab my phone to see how red it is. I cannot let no little hand rest on the thigh affect me.

I already have a small crush on him and he just has the nerve to do things like putting his hand on my waist, putting them ontop of my hands, staring at me and then putting his hands on my thigh like it's no big deal or affecting me no type of way? Or maybe that is just normal stuff for not just him but everybody and I'm just overreacting cause of a lil crush.

I mean I do over react a lot I can admit that but I always have a reason behind it.

"Riani, did you hear me?" He taps my thigh taking me out of my thoughts.

"Hm?"

"You're barely holding onto your phone and it almost dropped in the water. You in deep in your thoughts huh." He says making me softly laugh and grab my phone back to see it wasn't even that red forreal.

"I really do just be overreacting." I shake my head setting my phone back down.

"Maybe just a lil." He shrugs smiling making me smile.

I still loved his lil dimpled smile. He has sorta deep dimples so whenever he smiles it's just the cutest. Makes him look sweet.

"You know, when I first saw you I thought you were mean." I say randomly.

"Really?" He asks.

"Yeah. Especially when you kept mugging Kam then you just looked mean as hell that whole night when I first saw you. Even when you looked at me you stared for a few seconds then just mugged and looked away." I shake my head and he laughs.

"I was just pissed that day and I was not mugging you." He said.

"You definitely did." I tilt my head at him with a small smile.

"I'm telling you I didn't. In fact I thought you were real pretty that I didn't even want to look away." He says making me widen my eyes a little at how blunt and simple he said that like it was no big deal.

"Not you thought I was pretty." I smile at him but really I was more than happy in the inside. I was screaming in fact.

"I still do now what." He shrugs coming closer and I glanced down at his fingers now doing small circles on my thighs and he didn't even notice himself doing it.

Moving the few dreads away from his face I looked at him and he looked like he was for real.

"You think I look good right now with no makeup on, face looking a lot mess from playing in my water and even my hair now looking a mess?" I raise a brow at him cause he can't be forreal. I mean I'm not saying that I'm ugly without makeup but i definitely don't look my best right now.

"I think you look good completely bare face, face still look good, and even with your hair messy." He pushes a small piece of hair from my face.

I couldn't help but to just look at him. Him saying that left me feeling funny in the inside.

"You gone finish putting my hair up or just look at me?" He says.

"Shut up." I mumble taking the band off my wrist and going to put his hair up.

"You sure do be telling me to shut up a lot but I don't ever seeing you make me." He said making me look at him but he was already looking at me.

"Kiari." I lowly laugh now he tryna play.

"You gone make me?" He raises his brow and I felt his hands starting to slowly go up my thigh making my breath hitch.

"Nah you fold too fast. I didn't even do anything yet and you already at loss for words." He shakes his head.

His soft hands started to go in between my legs making my stomach feel all types of things that I couldn't even comprehend what he was saying.

Just then the glass door slid open making me jump to see Isaiah.

"Oh- my bad." He scratches his head before closing the door back.

"You said wasn't nobody here." I glare at Kiari grabbing my towel and putting it over me.

"He wasn't? He must of just pulled up or something." Kiari quickly says and gets out behind me.

I just ignore him walking up the stairs and to his bedroom. He was about to follow me but he went back outside to probably grab our clothes.

Great, now he's going to know I halfway stripped.

A/n- chapter 23 and no kissing yettt??? Time to make something shakee 🫣