As Kraisee entered the gym, he saw Kimberly running on the treadmill. He shrugged it off and took his clothes off to reveal his tank top and black shorts. He began to warmup by squatting the bar which is 45 pounds and then progressively increasing the weight. He began to load up the weight and eventually got to 315. He began to rep it out and saw Kimberly in the mirror watching him. After 8 reps, he racked the weight back and whipped his forehead.
"Why are you just watching me?" He asked.
"I just wanna see how strong you are compared to Vincent." She told him.
"Vincent isn't stronger than me, now you know. Just go do your workout man." Kraisee groaned.
"Why do you want me to leave so bad? Is there something on your mind?" She asked.
"Ha, I am a little frustrated right now."
"Okay? What happened?" Kimberly asked.
"I snapped a wrist strap and now I have to get new ones." He told her.
"That's it? Why are you so mad over such a small thing?"
"Because the wrist straps I use can only be bought online and are the best ones but take weeks to ship." Kraisee explained.
"So? You can still do your workouts normally can't you?"
"it's just that it's just so frustrating that something broke after this many years of use."
"Well, see you around then. Hope your next match goes well." Kimberly says as she walks away.
"Yeah..."
As Kraisee began to eat in a calorie surplus, he gained muscle but also more fat. If he wanted to beat Vincent without any trouble, he would need to be able to get away from his shoots. Both of them have good shoots, but Kraisee mainly focused on offense and not defense because he never really needed to be on defense. Kraisee began to train his defense because he knew how fast and agile Vincent was even if he did weigh more than his regular weight.
It was now a week from his match and Elizabeth wanted to hang out so his sister dropped him off at the mall where they would be meeting. He wore a black and white windbreaker jacket with white cargo pants and his regular black school shoes. He still had his compression shirt on which was visible because he didn't zip up the windbreaker. He checked his messages and saw that Elizabeth was with her sister and Vincent at a coffee shop so he began to go there.
When he arrived, Vincent was sitting next to Kimberly and Elizabeth sat facing Kimberly. Kraisee took a seat next to Elizabeth and fist bumped Vincent.
"You 180 yet?" Vincent asked.
"Y'know it. I just can't eat or workout too much now." Kraisee told him.
"Fuck man, I about 5 pounds off so I need to haul ass if I want to make weight on Thursday." Vincent said.
"Then why are you at a coffee shop when you could be working out?" Kraisee asked.
"Kimberly wanted to hangout and Elizabeth tagged along so y'know."
"Ah, sounds like a skill issue honestly." Kraisee told him while tying his hair back.
"Okay buddy, you won't win this time."
"Dream all you want bro, you ain't never beating me." Kraisee told him.
They put their right hands on the table and began to actively play rock paper scissors.
"Anyways, why'd you call me when you have your sister and Vincent to hang out with?" Kraisee asked Elizabeth.
"You need to make up for the three years of going completely silent and barely talking to us." Elizabeth told him.
"I was busy during middle school!" Kraisee blurted.
"You could've made time to talk to us."
"Selfish cunt." Kraisee whispered as he sat back in his chair.
"10 points for me bozo, you lost." Vincent told Kraisee.
"Man fuck you!" Kraisee said.
"Calm down holy shit." Kimberly told them.
"What?" Kraisee asked.
"We were just messing around baby." Vincent told her.
"Okay...Y'all wanna go shopping?" Kimberly suggested.
As they went around the mall shopping and looking at cool stuff, Kraisee and Vincent were actively playing and toying with each other. They started hitting each other on the shoulder and each punch would get stronger and stronger. Eventually, the girls noticed and told them to stop.
As they walked by a store that was selling lingerie, Kraisee started to laugh at the models in the windows.
"We're in public, stob being such a child." Elizabeth told him while dragging him away by his hand.
"Well, off they go I guess." Kimberly says.
"Do you not care about where they're going?" Vincent asks.
"Kraisee is a literal MMA fighter and my sister is a vampire, I think they're fine on their own." Kimberly tells him. "Anyways, I saw some cute clothes that I wanted to try on here."
As Elizabeth shopped for makeup, Kraisee followed her while reading on his phone.
"What do you think about this set?" Elizabeth asked him.
"Huh? Why do you want makeup? You're pretty as is, you don't need it." Kraisee told her then went back to reading. Elizabeth blushed and just stood there stunned at what he told her. Kraisee eventually looked up and was confused.
"What? Is it something I said?" Kraisee asked.
"Of course it's something that you said you idiot! How can you be so dense?" Elizabeth asked while still blushing.
"Oh, I'm not dense. I meant everything that I said. I just didn't think it'd have this much of an effect on you." Kraisee told her.
"Whatever! Let's just regroup with my sister." Elizabeth put the makeup back and left while still red in the face. Soon they caught up to Kimberly and Vincent. The first thing that Kimberly noticed was how red Elizabeth's face was.
"Hey, what happened?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" Elizabeth asked back.
"Your face is all red. Did something happen?" Kimberly asked again.
"Oh it's nothing to worry about, let's just continue." Elizabeth brushed it off and continued walking. Vincent stared at Kraisee and smirked at him.
"My boy!" Vincent said as hime raised his hand for a dap.
"You already know!" Kraisee said as they dapped each other up. Kimberly looked back at them and asked Kraisee, "What did you do to make her blush that much?"
"She asked if a make up set was good and I told that she was already pretty and didn't need makeup." Kraisee told her.
"Oh...That makes sense. You are a charming person y'know." Kimberly told him.
"I know. A lot of girls have asked me out already." Kraisee mentioned.
"Wait, have you even had a girlfriend in the past?" Vincent asked.
"No, never been in a relationship before." Kraisee told them.
"What?!" Both of them blurted.
"I would assume that you've had at least 1 girlfriend before." Kimberly said.
"How old are you again?" Vincent asked.
"I'm 15." Kraisee told him.
"15 and never has been in a relationship! Man is a true virgin." Vincent says.
"Well, I've never really been interested in anyone other than Elizabeth but I just think she's pretty y'know. Some girls are prettier and hotter than her and I can tell, but I've already built a relationship with her that isn't sensual so it's easier to tell her this stuff." Kraisee explained to them.
"So like, do you have a crush on her or something?" Kimberly asked.
"I mean, I guess you could call it that but I don't really know at this point. I don't fucking lust over her like most people do to their crushes and most are scared to even talk to them. But with me and Elizabeth, it feels seamless to talk to her in such a way and be able to compliment her without making it sensual y'know." Kraisee continued.
"Your vocabulary is far greater than what you use regularly, you know that." Vincent commented.
"I know. Whenever I explain something, I just get into this state of enlightenment and massive amounts of knowledge just comes rushing back and it just goes into what I'm saying without me noticing. I don't do it on purpose, it's just something that happens. Like feminists advocating for something they can easily solve if they just worked harder."
"Woah! You didn't need to add in that last part, but I get what you mean." Vincent told him.
"Well, better go catch up to her." Kimberly says as she jogs over to Elizabeth who is waiting for them at a book store.
"Wanna race?" Vincent asked.
"Hell yeah." Kraisee accepted.
"If you win, you can get any book you want in there. But if I win, you have to coach me after our duel is done."
"Ight." They shook hands and began to sprint to the girls. The distance they had to travel was about 20 yards which is 60 feet or about 18 meters. They ran and they ran until Vincent slipped on a rock temporarily stalling him causing Kraisee to win.
"Damn Kraisee, under 5 seconds! That's impressive." Kimberly comments.
"I know, that wasn't even my top speed. Also I wasn't even running that fast. 60 feet in 5 seconds is only 8 miles per hour so I don't know how he lost but..." Kraisee looks back and sees that Vincent is wiping off some blood on his forearm.
"Skill issue!" Kraisee cried to him.
"Fuck you and just pick a book already!" They then go inside. Elizabeth and Kraisee are actively searching for books because unlike Kimberly and Vincent, they actually enjoy reading.
"Oh Vincent!" Kraisee called for him.
"Did you get one?" He asked.
"Yeah." Kraisee brought it to him and it was the 1st volume of a manga series called Berserk.
"Ah, Berserk. I've heard a lot about this shit. I haven't read it nor have I watched the anime but I hear that it's good." Vincent said while inspecting the book. He opens to the first page and immediately closes it.
"You sure you can get this?" He asks reluctantly.
"Of course I can! I know it's for 18 and up but I've seen my fair share of shit already. Went on a raid a few weeks back actually." Kraisee told him.
"Oh yeah, Elizabeth went too right? She talked about you killing a monster in such an over the top way that it was basically impractical." Kimberly told him.
"Yeah, I needed her help on that one though. Not on the kill just the impractical part of me going into the air and fucking imploding it." Kraisee told her.
Elizabeth then comes out and hands her book over to Vincent as well.
"Azathoth, H.P Lovecraft huh?" Kraisee comments, "Fucking nerd."
Vincent pays for the books and as Kraisee was getting into Vincent's car for him to take him home, Elizabeth comes running up to him.
"Wanna come over for dinner?" She asks him.
"Let me ask my sister." He opens his phone and then calls Jessie.
"What do you want?" She asks harshly.
"Slow down there fat ass. I just wanted to ask if I could go to Elizabeth's house for dinner."
"Yeah you can go, just come back before 12. Also, if you sleep over just tell me." Jessie tells him.
"Okay, will do." Kraisee hangs up and looks Elizabeth dead in the eyes and says, "Sorry she said no."
"Mother fucker you and it on speaker I could hear everything! You're going whether you like it or not!" She grabs him by the wrist and drags him to her car.
"Vincent! She's touching me without my consent! This is sexual harassment. She's molesting me I say!"
"Shut up and get in the car." Elizabeth pushes him into the backseat and Kimberly begins driving back to their house.
"Why do you want to be around me so much?" Kraisee asks.
"You're my friend and I like your company." Elizabeth tells him.
"Yeah, or you want blood from a youthful and healthy boy. I know your tricks you fucking vampire. You fucking human mosquito. Your ancestors were massive bugs that leached onto the dinosaurs." Kraisee insulted her.
"Woah buddy, that's racist bro." Kimberly butts in.
"And what if it is?" Kraisee asks.
"Woah!" Elizabeth and Kimberly both cry.
After dinner, it begins to rain and Kraisee's sister is probably already asleep so he was most definitely having to stay the night. Well, he would've anyways knowing how childish Elizabeth is.
As Kraisee is sitting against the wall with his eyes closed and headphones in, he is bobbing his head to some Tyler, the Creator. As he is vibing, he hears the door shut in front of him and he opens his eyes. Elizabeth ever so slowly creeps over to him and kneels down to him.
"I like you." She tells him without any build up or anything.
"Oh I know." Kraisee responds.
"Do you like me back?" She asks.
"Yes, but it'll take a few years before I can properly see you as a woman and not just a girlfriend." Kraisee tells her.
"Okay." Elizabeth stares straight into his eyes and tries to use hypnosis magic but Kraisee catches on and closes his eyes.
"May I mark you?" Elizabeth asked.
"Why would you need to?" Kraisee asked suspiciously.
"In order to ward off any other vampires that may be interested in you." Elizabeth tells him.
"Okay, and how would you go about marking me?" Kraisee asks as he opens his eyes again.
"I'll need to take some blood and some magic on you, is that alright with you?"
"That's fine." Kraisee accepts and Elizabeth leans in and bites him. The pain surges through his body like nothing he had felt before especially on his neck. He grabbed onto his pants to refrain from making noise as he felt the blood escaping from his body and Elizabeth's tongue taking every last drop of it. He digs his head into her traps and tries to hold in strange noises he knows he'll make if he doesn't hold back. He keeps his eyes open and sees that Elizabeth's mother had opened the door. He holds out his palm and accidentally lets out a small whimper. He immediately shuts his mouth and covers it with his hand.
"I knew it! You did like him!" Elizabeth's mother blurted.
"Yeah yeah, laugh it up." Elizabeth told her. She had gotten off of Kraisee and left some pretty big marks on his neck. She had sucked, licked, and bitten his neck so the area around the bite looked bruised now and would look like that for a few days.
As Elizabeth and her mother talked, Kraisee just sat there in a fetal position trying to contain his emotions. He felt the magic beginning to take charge and felt his entire body burning. It was like swimming in a vad of acid. He gripped onto his windbreaker jacket and bit down on its hoodie.
"Oh shit, I might've gone overboard." Elizabeth said.
"Yeah, he isn't looking too good. But he is experiencing all of the effects of a marking spell so you did that correctly." Elizabeth's mother agreed.
"Well, should I try and comfort him?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah, go and try that." Elizabeth gets closer to Kraisee but he holds his hand out and slightly pushes her back.
"Wait! It hurts but it's working." Kraisee grunted through the pain.
"Oh, it's so nice to finally see him in an uncomfortable condition." Elizabeth comments.
"Ah, finally. You finally have those sadistic thoughts that all vampires have." He mother says.
Kraisee gets onto his knees and bends down almost like he's praying but he places his hands on his head. He then lets out a final groan that sounded a bit sensual but was able to function again.
"Augh. Finally it's over." Kraisee said as he sat back and began playing his music again.
"Just like that?" Elizabeth asked.
"I mean, yeah. I told you a few years until I can see you as a woman." Kraisee tells her. "You're not even fully grown so maybe then I'll find you more attractive but as for me, this is as tall as I'm gonna get. Maybe a few more inches but that's really it."
Elizabeth lunges for him and hugs him close.
"I'm happy that you can finally share your feelings with me." She tells him.
"I have been doing that for our entire friendship you dumbass. But, like I said to your sister. Call me a victim cause all these bitches think that I'm ten."