April wakes to the sound of her phone. Still half asleep she grabs it, checking her messages.
Just Donnie asking how she is.
April's eyes widen. Just Donnie? What's wrong with her!?
Of course Donnie would ask how she is after she cancelled on him last night. She was sure she couldn't face him after her training, and she was even more sure that she couldn't show up in the lair after what happened afterwards.
What Karai did.
To her.
With a groan April rolls on her back.
Somehow she can still feel it, Karai's hand between her legs, her fingers caressing and teasing, her warm breath on her cheek.
April quickly shakes her head.
It was wrong. She knows that now. Heck, she even knew it the moment it happened, but somehow she couldn't stop Karai.
It's Karai's fault, of course.
How could she do this? Why would she even want to touch April there?
She has Leo, and April has Donnie.
And April is happy with Donnie, so very happy. The sex is good, so why on earth did she let Karai do this? She even asked her to continue!
April lets her arm drop over her face, hiding behind it.
She doesn't want to think about it.
It's Karai.
And Karai loves to play games, no matter how weird they are.
It's just another game for Karai.
She even lets Leo wait because it makes him do things.
So of course she'd touch April to… to…
She has no idea.
But whatever the reason it was just for Karai's entertainment.
It had nothing to do with April.
April flinches a bit, wondering where the pang in her heart had come from.
Another thing that doesn't make sense.
She has absolutely no idea how to face Donnie now.
Should she tell him?
No, she can't, she realizes. She already lied to him about last night's whereabouts. Besides, he wouldn't understand why she'd want Karai to train her.
Not even to think of the other thing.
Hey, Donnie, guess what? I didn't have a studying session last night. Actually, I met Karai to pick up my kunoichi-training. And then I sort of cheated on you with her.
Unthinkable!
And she did not cheat on him with Karai! She didn't even touch Karai. She just let Karai touch her. That's a difference, right? It has to be a difference!
She removes her arm from her face and rolls on her side, staring at her phone.
Another beep! tells her of one more message.
Really, Donnie, now you're going overboard.
But the message is from someone else. Unknown number.
And the message only consist of one word.
Murakami's?
It makes the heat rise in April's cheeks.
Before she knows what she's doing, she's getting dressed.
When she grabs her phone before she leaves, she remembers something.
I'm okay. Will come over tonight. April
She reads the message again. Something feels off about it.
I'm okay. Will come over tonight. Love, April
There, that's better.
She quickly sends the message to Donnie, then leaves the apartment.
And she can't help, but wonder why her heart is beating faster and faster the closer she gets to Murakami's.
It must be the anger, she tells herself, because, boy, she is so giving Karai a piece of her mind!