~A Familiar Scent~
KaHil
Chapter 4 – The Innocent Flirtatious Moments.
After dropping the Draciel wielder to his date; the pair almost flew to the nearby town. Kai didn't speak a syllable as he was too busy focusing his full attention on the dark roads that were delaying the smooth journey to the supermarket; it was very difficult to concentrate tonight as the vehicles passing by would blind the Russian with their full beams.
A frustrated squint was creased in to his pale face and Hilary had acknowledged this, thus it encouraged her to remain quiet and calm as she didn't want to distract him. But once they pulled up to the supermarket, Hilary hopped out the vehicle and she closed the door quickly without looking back. The young girl was so relieved to escape that awkward tension that was brewing between the two inside the mini bus.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes to embrace that refreshing summer nights breeze that was brushing against her swollen cheeks.
Oh yes, she had still been blushing ever since Max had whispered that cheeky comment to her earlier~
Through out that entire journey; Hilary had been silently praying to the unknown above about Kai not noticing her blush. On the other hand, she had been continuously thinking about how to approach the grouch for a mature discussion about his behavior towards Max.
'He's a blunt man, so just speak to him in the same tone and he might pay more attention.'
Over thinking about the scenario in her busy mind, the brunette manager followed the lone-wolf into the supermarket. But moments later, Hilary found herself bumping into the back of his broad figure.
Her eyes flew wide open and all the air remaining in her lungs just froze still. She was now embarrassed, "Uh..."
Her blush spread through out her face like a wild fire when Kai's predator eyes glanced back to check if Hilary was okay. The leader raised an eyebrow and he sealed his lips into a firm straight line.
'He was being blunt again and that scent is just making my knees go weak!'~
"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention." The brunette honestly admitted in a shy tone as she took a step away from him. "It won't happen again."
"Hn." Taking no notice of what had just happened, Kai turned his attention back to the sight before him, "We have the whole supermarket mall to ourselves Hilary. Look."
Stepping aside to peek past his muscular figure; a light laugh left Hilary's dry throat. She couldn't believe how weary yet pleasant this view was. "I guess we don't have to worry about any fans bothering you then huh?" She teased in a light-hearted tone.
Secretly, they both were so satisfied with this because this only made their night even more exciting.
The pair really let their hair down and they walked around the environment like they owned it. But once they were half way around the store, boredom kicked in for Hilary because Kai was really taking his sweet time on choosing what items he would like to purchase.
'Maybe it's because the fangirls aren't around? Or it could be because he is enjoying his independence? After all, we all know Kai is loaded and people probably do his shopping for him.' - She thought to herself whilst picking up some new socks to throw into the trolley.
"Do you think they need to look girly to stop Tyson from pinching them?" Hilary questioned, trying to kill the silence that had been dwelling between them for the past 30 minutes. "Kai?"
Whenever the leader wasn't paying attention, Hilary's playful nature would switch on because she couldn't stand the idea of being ignored.
So she took matters into her own hands.
Kaihad picked up an item from the shelf to place it into the trolley. Except he was blissfully unaware of the fact that Hilary had shifted the trolley out of his reach. So when he expected the item to fall into the trolley…. It didn't.
"Hm…?" He then shot the brunette a confused glance when the sound of the packaging clashed with the solid ground that beneath his feet. "Hilary..."
Chuckling like a cheeky yet innocent child, she crouched down to pick up the boxed earphones before returning them to him. "I swear you and Tyson suffer with the same syndrome sometimes. I try to approach either of you for an opinion on something, but you both never seem to hear me because you're so focused on something else..." She then paused when their eyes naturally made contact.
'But we both soon stop focusing on that 'something else' to focus on you.' - Kai thought to himself with his lips still glued together. He was really struggling to speak to Hilary tonight, and his gut instinct couldn't give him a reason as to why this was happening.
Another sigh then filtered it's way past Hilary's peached lips and she placed the earphones into the shopping trolley. "Never mind, I will just go to the personal care isle to fetch us some shower gel." Yet just as she turned on her heel to walk to the other end of the supermarket in a sulkish gesture, an unexpected comment caught her off guard.
"Is that for us to share?"
"What?" Hilary stopped in her tracks with her heart skipping a beat.
Smoothly, she turned around to see a smug grin full-filling the Hiwatari's sculptured face. "I will meet you at the till when you're done Hilary." And with that said, Kai pushed the trolley forwards to continue fetching his bits and bobs. "There's no rush."
'He did that to prove a point didn't he? After all, that guy sure knows how to get my attention. What a captain.'~
A/N: Thank you to everyone who is kicking me up the ass with this fic, I never expected to get this much support from you guys. I am really over tired from a 24 hour shift at work, but with all your encouragement, the ideas have literally been non-stop. So I hope you all had a good start to the week and take care - Granger~
