Promise & Stolen Kisses

Kai thought he heard wrong.

'What did you say?' He wanted her to repeat what she just said.

'I will make up to you. I promise.' Amaris looked at him with a serious face.

Kai felt as if he hit a jackpot. Just to make sure he verified one last time.

'Anything?' he emphasized the word gravely.

'Yes, anything.' Amaris nodded.

'Promise?'

'Promise.' Amaris said solemnly.

'Okay, let's seal the deal.' Kai said and then stepped closer. Right now he did not feel any pain at all. He was miraculously cured. He wondered how could she be so naïve.

How could she promise him so easily?

Was she not afraid that he will take advantage of her? Then another thought struck his mind. Has she promised anyone other than him like this?

Instantly, a burning sensation surged into him. He did not like it, not even one bit.

'How?' Amaris enquired. Kai looked down at her and his gaze settled on her lips. His mind was already filled with a myriad of thoughts and the feeling from earlier once again surged within him.

'Like this.' He muttered. In the next breath, he put his hand behind her nape and swooped his head down. He lightly brushed his lips to hers as if testing waters.

Amaris was stunned by his bold action.

Kai took advantage of her state of inaction and once again his lips touched hers. But this time it was not a gentle, feather-like feel.

He firmly kissed her.

It was not an open-mouthed kiss. He did not want to scare her away.

Her lips were soft and Kai felt like time has stopped. He broke off and then peppered light kisses a few times and then let go. He looked into her wide eyes and could not resist the temptation.

He stole another kiss.

'I will tell you what to do another day.' He said huskily and left.

A few feet away, some moments ago, the struggle between Suzzie and Drake had ended in peace. Drake has apologized for his mistake and told her clearly that what happened was unintentional.

They had come here to play basketball games and mistakenly found them. When they arrived Amaris was already dancing and they did not want to disturb her so they stayed quiet.

Drake felt a bit guilty after he said a small white lie. But he did it to save themselves.

This put Suzzie's mind to ease and she accepted his apology. In turn, she also admitted her mistake of calling him a pervert. Everything was settled and with his help, she finally got up.

To avoid any kind of awkwardness between them Suzzie then turned to look for Amaris. But what greeted her eyes was a blazing hot scene of Kai kissing her friend!

Drake also looked in that direction and was stupefied to see such a sight. Rudy already has his attention on Kai but he was also surprised to see such a bold action of his friend.

'Damn.' He whispered.

'Holy freaking ice cream on a fudge!' Drake blurted out.

And for the first time, Suzzie had no words to say. She was speechless.

'Let's go.' Kai said as he approached his stupid friends. He did not mind at all that they saw him kissing her.

He was claiming her.

They will be now aware that she was his and would definitely guard her well in his absence.

Suzzie was the first to come out of her stupor. She quickly went to Amaris and then held her shoulders. She shook her feeling excited.

'Ya girl! When did ya get together with Kai? How come I did not know it? Ya sneaky little devil.'

Amaris finally came to her senses and heard what Suzzie said.

'I am not.' She whispered. Her lips still felt the tingling sensation that she got from the kiss.

'We are not together.' This time Amaris said a little louder.

'What do ya mean? Explain.' Suzzie looked into her friend's eyes and noticed that something was amiss.

'He said to seal promise and then he kissed me. He kissed me! Ahh!' Amaris set in an anguished tone.

'That was my first kiss! He took away my first kiss!'

'What! That douche! Why did you not hit him? And what promise? Tell me clearly.' Suzzie ordered.

'I was caught off guard. My mind blanked out. And as for the promise… well…' Amaris told Suzzie truthfully what happened that morning and what followed next.

As Suzzie listened, she did not know what to do with her friend. Amaris could be too gullible sometimes. But Suzzie also knows that her friend has a pure heart.

Looks like she had to do the bird and bees talk with her the sooner the better. Or better yet, she should take Amaris to her home so that her mom could tell her all about that.

This way she won't have to deal with it. Suzzie remembered when her mom had that talk with her a few months ago. Her cheeks flushed as she reminisced about that dreaded day.

'How could he?' Amaris glared at Suzzie with indignation. She really did not like that. How could he really steal her first kiss like that?

Initially, Amaris was at loss with what just happened and was sad but that sadness slowly turned into anger.

'Ya are right, girlfriend. So what he is Kai, the bad boy of school! So what he fights like a devil in the ring! So what handsomeness drips from his body like molten chocolate! That does not mean he has the right to do that.' Suzzie declared.

'Yes.'

'We must teach him a lesson, Ris.' She continued with a righteous tone.

'Yes, we must.'

'We must fight back, Ris!'

'We must.'

'It's settled then.'

'It's settled… but wait! What exactly is settled?' Amaris inquired.

'We must get back at him.' Suzzie stressed the last syllable.

'Yes, we must but how?' Do you have any plan?' Amaris looked at her with hopeful eyes.

'No.' Like a deflated balloon all the enthusiasm drained out from Suzzie's voice as she had no clue what to do.

'Then let's do this. You go to boxing every weekend. This time, I will also go with you. It's high time that I learn some self-defense.' Amaris affirmed.

'That's great. I have been nagging at ya to go with me for so long. It will be fun, Ris. You, me and boxing… ha ha ha ha ha.'

'At least something good happened out of this bad situation.' Amaris sighed.

Suzzie looked at her friend and then decided to tease her. If she does not then who else will! That's what friends are for! She immediately put her devil smile on her face.

Amaris knew that nothing good comes out of Suzzie's mouth when she puts on this kind of smile. Soon enough her prediction came true.

'This is not the only good thing.' Suzzie drawled out.

'I don't want to know.' Amaris said and then started to step back.

'Ya got kissed by the hottest guy in the school, Ris, well second hottest as Drake is and will always be number one for me.'

'Shut up.' Amaris glared at Suzzie.

'How was it? Ya first, kisssss? Tell me, tell me, tell meee.'

'Awful.' Amaris shouted. But even then heat crept up her cheeks.

'Liar liar panties on fire!' Suzzie continued to mess with her. She loved doing that.

'You better watch it, Suzz.' Amaris narrowed her eyes and looked at her friend who was having fun at her expense.

'Or what? You can't beat me… boxing remember.'

'Really.' Amaris stopped her retreat and then hurriedly attacked Suzzie.

'Here comes the tickler.' Amaris shouted and then started to tickle her friend. Suzzie was extremely ticklish.

'No!' Suzzie shouted and then started to run. Soon laughter followed and both of them got busy in tickling war.

Kai was watching the scene with great interest. He was smirking and his eyes held a dangerous glint to them. He has come back to take his bag and stumbled upon their conversation. He had no heart to listen to them but then he has heard them mention him.

Their voices were not low and hence he has caught his name. This has piqued his interest, so he stayed. Their talks were really interesting and when that girl has asked Amaris how his kisses felt he also had some kind of hope.

He was not sure what her answer would be and how much it could mean to him. He thought that he won't be affected much but then he had heard that word.

Awful!

How could it be?

His smugness has hit rock bottom at her answer.

Numerous girls are after him. They are dying to get together with him. He is sure that if he even glances at one of them they could faint with ecstasy. So how could his kiss be termed as AWFUL!

He admits that it was also his first kiss and he may be a bit abrupt with it. But he was sure that it was not that bad. It could not be that bad.

But how can he know that for sure? This doubt lingered at the back of his mind.

And when he heard that she wants to learn boxing just to defend herself from him. A fire has started to burn inside him. Learning to fight is good as girls should know defense.

But he won't hurt her.

There is no need to guard against him. With him around, he would also make sure that nobody dares to take advantage of her.

Kai has conveniently chosen to forget that minutes ago, it was him who had taken advantage of her. He has excluded himself from the people who could do that.

'We will see how much of this defense would work against me.' Kai chuckled. His devilish laughter echoed in the air even after he was gone.