Ch. 14 Ben Pt. 2

He starts kissing my cheeks. I pull away a bit.

Ben looks at me and his grin fades a bit. "What's wrong?"

I look down at the floor. "I just don't understand. I really thought you'd be mad if I tried to kiss you."

"Did you 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 me to be mad?" he asks.

I quickly turn back to look at him. "What?! No, of course n-"

I stop short. Ben has lowered his face to my neck. I can feel his breath. "..Ben?"

He starts to kiss my neck. Every kiss is gentle and light. I squirm.

"Are you sure?" he stops and asks.

"Yes," I say in almost a whisper.

Suddenly, I feel a bit of a sharp pain in my neck.

"Ow." I go to touch the spot that hurts but all that I touch is Ben's head. "Ben? What're you doing?"

He doesn't answer and we sit for a minute.

Not actually having to use the bathroom, I tell him, "Um... I'm going to go use the restroom."

I try to get up but his grip on me is too tight.

"What's wrong?" I ask him.

"I'm not sure. I think I just got really happy because I thought you actually liked me back. But now, I'm not so sure you do..."

I chuckle a little bit and he looks up at me.

"Are you crazy? Of course I like you. Why else would I get so nervous whenever you're close to me or whenever you hold me?"

He hugs me tighter than ever.

"B-Ben... I can't breathe."

Letting go a bit, he laughs. "I thought you were messing with me somehow."

"No I wasn't haha. I just couldn't figure out how to get my feelings across."

We talk for a bit more and then go to sleep.