Truths

Three days. Three days until the trip and I'm already changing my mind, actually I've already made up my mind. I don't think I'm gonna go. Nope. No way. Kai's just going to have to understand, me and snow…we don't go together, and neither do me, Kai, and the word alone go together. It's like strapping a time bomb on someone and telling them to press the self destruct button, it's freaking dangerous!

That's why I'm here…standing in front of Kai…in the barn…alone. Do you hear it? The foreboding tone that comes whenever you say alone? I do!

I smile sheepishly at Kai, who stares back, waiting for me to say something. I nod my head, the smile still on my lips…what…am…I…doing? AM I INSANE?!

…

Okay, maybe I am…but still! I blow my bangs and rock back and forth, "Hey" I say. Kai grunts, and glances to his side as if he was expecting something to tackle him.

"So…" I start while staring around the barn, "What cha up to?"

"What do you want Gale?"

I puff out my cheeks, always to the point with this guy, always. "Uh…nothing. Can't I visit my…boyfriend?" I cringe at the foreign word. Never in the time I've been dating have I said the term 'boyfriend' in front of my, well, boyfriend.

"Right…Why are you really here?"

I scratch the back of my head, "What do you mean? I'm not here for anything…just…chilling."

"Chilling?"

"Chilling"

"Are you on drugs?"

"No!"

Kai gives me a doubtful look and places his huge palm on my forehead, "No fever…" He mutters to himself. He 'hn' and walks towards the end of the barn and climbs up the ladder and disappears through the small square opening. I stare up and try to find him.

"What are you doing Kai?" I call out, climbing up the ladder as well.

"Hn"

I grit my teeth; curse him and his stupid 'hn'. I find him picking up some hay and throwing it down to the barn floor. I walk towards the window that is in front of Kai and stick my head out.

"Wow…nice view."

"I know it is, isn't it?"

I glance at Kai and find him smirking up at me since he was bending down to pick up another stack of hay. I glare at him and turn around to cover my butt.

"Pervert…" I mutter. Kai shrugs his shoulders and throws the hay down. I shiver a bit; the winter season was getting to me. I should have worn a coat instead of my thin jacket.

"What are you doing here Gale?"

"Must I have a purpose?" I counteract. Kai gives me blank look, "You hate the cold so you therefore have a purpose as to why you would come out here to see me…in the cold…with a thin jacket on."

I grin sarcastically at him, "You're such a genius Kai, your parents must be so proud."

Kai rolls his eyes, "Really Gale, do I have to pry it out of you the hard way?"

"Oh what is this 'hard way'?"

Kai grins and approaches me; I stand my ground, giving him a challenging stare. He wraps his arms around my waist, and lowers his head until our breaths mingle in the air.

I snort, "This is the 'hard way'? Oh please, I've seen better."

"It's cold Gale, I don't wanna strip down here…"

"Oh! Gross! I didn't mean it like that!"

Kai chuckles and captures my lips in a quick kiss. He plants his forehead on my own, "I'm going to ask again: what are you doing here Gale?"

I sigh and play with the buttons on his long-sleeved, plaid street, "I'm not going…" I mumble.

"What?" He asks. I let out a sigh and roll my head over to the side, "I'm not going…"

Kai furrows his brows, "Why?"

I pucker up my lips; I never really did come up with an answer to that myself. I'm still asking myself why…kind of…

"Because…"

"Because what?"

I glance around the barn, avoiding his gaze, "Because…I don't…like…road trips…"

I say, stressing on the's' at the end of 'trips'. The look on Kai's face tells me he doesn't believe it.

"Really Gale? And why's that?" He asks, playing along.

"Umm…because…I get…car sick?" It came out more of a question rather than a sentence.

A crooked half smile appears on his face, "Really? That's new…"

I nod my head, "Yeah…I get all kinds of weird…new…things…everyday!"

Kai gives me a deadpanned look, "Do you really think I believed that?"

"In all honesty, no…I don't think you did."

"Good. Cause I didn't."

I sigh and place my palm on my cheek and lean towards it, "I don't know Kai…I'm getting cold feet."

"You sound like you're about to get married."

I chuckle, "Shut up…I'm…nervous…"

"Why?" He asks like it's no big deal. And it's not…I think…

"I don't know. I just am!"

Kai gives me a quick peck on the lips, "Don't be. It'll be fine. You don't have to hang out with any of the girls if you don't want. In fact, you can lock yourself up in the room."

I tried to fight the grin, but lost poorly. I leaned my head on his chest, "Really?"

"Really"

I stare up at him, for a jerk, he's alright. I wrap my arms around his neck, "I'm cold…"

"You're always cold"

"I can't help it! I have a thin layer of skin!"

Kai rolls his eyes and starts to attack my neck.

"Oh! You better not give me a hickey! If you do, I'm going to beat the living daylights out of you!"

Kai leaves butterfly kisses on my neck and works his way towards my lips. He smirks, before kissing me.

I have to say, he's a really good kisser. I know it's probably bias since he's the only guy I've kissed, but man! He makes all the sleeping butterflies in my stomach flutter awake. I don't know how to explain it, the way he kisses is rough and full of need, but at the same time, there's a bit of gentleness and control mixed into it. It's a 'you've-gotta-be-there-to-know' kinda of thing.

I pull away, regretfully might I add, "Kai…no…" I mumble, pathetically. Wrong move.

"Are you sure?" He asks huskily in a playful tone. I nod my head dumbly, in a way it looks like it's a no and yes at the same time. He uses my muddled response to his advantage and closes the gap that I had created. And of course, I'm stunned, what can I do? The guy is good!

I felt his hand sneak under my jacket and under my shirt, I'm so used him doing that that I completely brush it off. I shiver as the cold wind tickles my exposed skin. Kai pushes his body up against mine even-more-so that there's no room left to move.

I pull my head back, "I'm serious…no…" I whisper. Why am I whispering? Kai goes towards my neck, "Why? This…has…been…the…only…time…we're…alone." He says between kisses.

"I know…" I squeak out. Alone…that evil word, it should burn for all its worth.

"Then why fight it?" He whispers in my ear. I tense as his lips glide down my jaw. It sends a cold chill down my spine. I swallow the lump in my throat, my hands tightening its grip on his forearms.

I open and my close my mouth, the words caught in my throat. Kai continues his small ministrations. I take an intake of breath as his hand cups my breast. The alarm bells instantly go off in my head, but my body doesn't respond. It stands there like a stone statue.

"KAI?! ARE YOU THERE?!"

Kai lets out a low growl while I silently thank the heavens above for Kai's dad's sudden appearance. His hand slips from under my shirt.

"Yeah?!" He calls out as he approaches the edge of the platform.

"What are you doing?!"

Kai glances at me as I fix my shirt and jacket, "Letting Allie see the view from up here!"

"Allie's here?!"

Kai rolls his eyes, "Yes, dad!"

"Allie!"

I make my way towards Kai, "Yes Mr. Hiwatari?" I smile down at Constantine. He flashes me an equivalent grin, "You wanna stay for dinner? You can invite your mother over!"

I smile gratefully, "If it's not hassle sir! But my mom can't join us; she's working really late today!"

"That's too bad! Well, come on! Annie's almost done with dinner!"

Mr. Hiwatari signals with his hand for us to follow. Kai allows me to go down first, following shortly after. We walk a good distant apart. We still haven't told our parents that we were dating. Kai says after the trip, and as for me…I don't really care. I'd much rather not they found out, I don't want it to be all weird and stuff…you know?

--

When we entered the Hiwatari's large, but cozy home, Mrs. Hiwatari embraced me and lead me towards the kitchen. I took a glance at Kai, my face clearly showing fear. Kai merely smirks and salutes me off.

I turn back to Mrs. Hiwatari and smile. She returns the gesture and forces me to sit on the chair.

"How have you been Allie?"

"Pretty good…"

"That's good. How's your notebook coming along?"

I tilt my head from side to side, "Okay I guess. I haven't really written in it in awhile. I didn't really feel the need to."

Mrs. Hiwatari turns to me from stirring, "Really? That's good. You're learning how to cope with your emotions. I'm so proud of you!"

I let out a chuckle and start to stand up in order to help her but she stops me.

"Sit, Allie! You're a guest and I will have no guest helping!"

"Oh, but I insist Mrs…okay…"

I sit my bottom back down when she gives me a stern look. She can be pretty scary when she doesn't get her way. Mr. Hiwatari walks in and takes a deep inhale, "Smells good honey."

Mrs. Hiwatari lets out a giggle, "Thank you dear. Where's Kai?" She asks as she sets the plates down while Mr. Hiwatari sets the food down.

"He's freshening up." Mr. Hiwatari turns towards me, "Are you excited about the trip this weekend?"

I smile awkwardly, "A little. I'm not really fond of the cold but Kai says its fun. Plus, there are other girls there, so I won't be alone."

Mr. Hiwatari nods with a grin on his face, "That's true. Kai always enjoys going up to Tahoe. I'll bet you'll have fun, his friends always do."

I smile appreciating. I heard Kai's approaching footsteps.

"Smells good mom."

"You're just like your father. Take a seat dear."

Kai obliges and takes a seat to my left. He smirks at me as he scoots in, I ignore his entire being.

"What time are you kids leaving on Friday?"

"Pretty early" Replies Kai, his hand slipping onto mine from under the table. Good thing there's a table cloth, or we'd have to answer some questions.

"How early is 'pretty early'?"

Kai shrugs, "Around six."

"Six?!" I say turning towards him. Kai nods his head, "Yeah, why?"

"That's freaking early!" I say as I grab the bowl of mashed potatoes.

"So?" He replies in a nonchalant way. Has he never heard of sleep? Some people do that. I don't know about him, but I know I do.

"I am not getting up that early."

Kai took a sip from his glass of water, "Yeah you are. Even if I have to drag you."

"Ha! I'd like to see you try."

Kai smirked, "Alright. Don't get up and you'll see."

I stuck my tongue out at him. I turned back to my plate but paused seeing Mr. and Mrs. Hiwatari's amused expression. I smiled sheepishly before scooping some mashed potatoes and shoving it in my mouth. I really need to control myself.

--

After dinner, I stayed and helped Mrs. Hiwatari with the dishes.

"It's still a bit early. I really don't want you to go home all alone. Maybe you should stay a bit. You can watch a movie with Kai."

I had to suppress a groan. "Uh…if that's alright with him…" I mumbled out.

"Alright with who?"

We both turned to find Kai walking into the kitchen in a calm and collected manner. I used this time to sneer at him. Kai narrowed his eyes at me.

"Oh! We were just talking about you dear! I was just telling Allie that I didn't want her to go home alone. Are you alright with watching a movie with her in the living room?"

Kai shrugged his shoulders, "Sure…but why not my room? I have all my movies there, it'd be a waste of time to grab them and walk down here when we could just watch in my room."

I almost dropped a plate but caught it just in time. What. Is. He. Doing? Is he crazy? Stupid? All of the above? I watched as Mrs. Hiwatari contemplated it.

"…Alright…that sounds good. You alright with that Allie?"

I opened my mouth to tell her that I wasn't alright with it and that I'd much rather watch out here, but Kai answered for me, "Of course she's fine with it. She's a lazy person. She doesn't want to use too much effort going up and down the stairs."

I glared at Kai, silently telling him that he was going to receive a silent and painful death. He just merely smirked at me. And when his mother wasn't watching he gave me a wink. That bastard! That devious, conniving, pig! I hate him!

--

"Will you stop changing the channel?" I ask in an annoyed tone. "Besides, we're supposed to be watching a movie!"

"Hn"

"Kai!"

"Allie!" He replies in monotonous mocking voice. I'm going to kill him. I stare up at him and watch his serious facial expression as he changes the channel. Who knew channel surfing was a serious issue.

"Hn. What?"

"Hn…nothing."

Kai grunts, "You're a terrible impersonator."

"Yeah…well…you're a terrible…a terrible…" Kai stares at me with a glint in his eyes as I try to find my comeback.

"Cat got your tongue?"

"No! I don't really like cats…they smell…"

"No they don't. They're clean."

"Whatever, I'm more of dog person."

"Cats are better."

"No they're not."

"Hn"

"Stupid…"

"Hn"

"I'm going to slap you in the face."

…

I glance up at him, but he's not paying attention to me anymore. I pout a bit and snuggle closer to him; he reflexively tightens his hold on me. I let out a sigh and glance at the clock: 9:25pm. My mom should almost be home by now. I sit up in bed and stretch a bit. I slap Kai on the chest, "I'm going now."

He grunts and sits up as well, remote in his hand. I roll my eyes and stand up. Kai watches a while longer before turning it off and following me out the door. I skip down the stairs and towards the front door, passing Mr. and Mrs. Hiwatari who were sitting, cuddled on the sofa, watching T.V.

"See ya Mr. and Mrs. Hiwatari! Thanks for having me over!"

Mrs. Hiwatari turns and gives me a kind look, "You're leaving now? Okay, then, see you later Allie!"

Mr. Hiwatari does the same, "You're not walking out there by yourself are you?"

"Pretty much" I mutter out.

"Oh no you're not. Kai!"

Kai pokes his head from the kitchen, a soda in hand. Mr. Hiwatari gives him a stern look, "Go be a gentlemen and walk Allie home."

Kai raises a brow at me while drinking out of his coca-cola can. He licks his lips, the unwilling expression on his face, "Why?"

Mr. Hiwatari glares at his son, "What do you mean why?! She's a young lady! You don't let young ladies walk home in the dark on their own!"

Kai grunts, "Gale may look like a lady, but she's got the bronze of a man. She can beat the snot outta anyone. She doesn't need me protecting her."

I didn't know whether to be happy he complimented me or to be angry that my own boyfriend was putting up a fight in walking me home!

Mr. Hiwatari pursed his lips, "Just go Kai or else I'm gonna cancel that trip to the cabin."

Kai lets out a low groan, "Fine…fine…"

He grabs his coat and walks out the door, I follow suit, waving a final goodbye to the Hiwataris'.

We we're halfway near my home when a gust of wind blew in our direction, sending goose bumps to sprout all over my arms. I felt Kai wrap an arm around me, but I shrug him off.

I glare at him from the corner of my eye, "I don't need you remember? I have the 'bronze of a man'"

Kai snorts, "Yeah you do. You aren't mad that I didn't want to walk you home are you?"

I fold my arms over my chest, "No…of course not."

"Gale…come on! I would never let you walk out alone. I was just putting up a resistance because they'll be suspicious if I just automatically do as I was told." He wraps his arm around me once more, "I'm not a big enough jerk to let my girlfriend walk home in the dark. Even if it's like two minutes."

I tried to fight down the smile, but I couldn't. Damn him and his sweet side! I can never stay mad at him for too long.

We finally arrived in front of my house, my mother nowhere in sight. I turned towards Kai and smiled sarcastically at him. I let out a sigh and patted his shoulder.

"See you tomorrow Kai!" I say as I fish my keys out.

"Not so fast Gale."

"Huh?" I say as I glance over my shoulder. Kai stares at me in a penetrating way. "What?" I ask innocently.

Kai rolls his eyes, "I didn't walk you home just to get a pat on the shoulder."

"Oh…" I say and give him a quick kiss on the cheek. Ha! I love teasing him…although it never turns out in benefit for me…why is that?

Kai grunts before gently pushing me back.

"Hey! What's your problem?!"

Kai smirks, "You" He replies as he wraps his arm around my waist. I stick my tongue out at him.

"Very mature Allie."

"I know I am."

Kai leans down and I lean up, giving him light kiss on the lips. Our lips linger apart for awhile until Kai closes the gap. He began moving his lips in a way that evoked a small groan from my throat. I clutched onto him, nearly throwing my whole weight towards him. My stomach burned with an intense heat, constricting unimaginably. My heart skipped a beat for some unknown reason. He pulled us apart.

"Not tonight Gale" He whispered.

I stood there, lips parted, and arms still wrapped around him. I was in a complete daze. I nodded my head still a bit muddled in thought. He began walking backwards towards his home.

"I'll see you tomorrow Gale" He turned and ran back towards his home. I watched him, placing a hand on my chest to calm my thundering heart. I furrowed my brows for sometime.

Suddenly, it hit me…

"Oh…my…god…I think I'm…"

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