What Men Want Chapter 3: Paint War and Aftermath

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Gigi smirked. She had gotten an idea, and Kai was in for it. She walked over to him and poked him, holding something behind her back. He slowly opened his eyes. "Here ya go." She said as she dumped the paint on him.
"Damn it, kid. You're dead meat!" Kai exclaimed, dripping with paint.
"Aw, you wouldn't hit a girl."
"Who said you're a girl?" Kai asked as her grabbed a bucket of paint and poured in on her.
"Holy shit, I dumped BLUE on you, not glow in the dark ELECTRIC GREEN! You just ruined my favorite pair of pants."
"And you just ruined my day, so shut up." Gigi ran down the hall at full speed. Kai chuckled as he watched her run straight into a wall and fall flat on her face. She was laying on the ground, and he dragged her back to the art room. "You should really watch out for these big things in the school, they're called walls."
"Shut up and leggo of me." Gigi mumbled. Once he had gotten her safely into the art room, he set her on the couch to make sure she was okay. After she woke up, he added more wood to the fire by emptying two more containers of paint on her. She kicked him in the stomach and ran away. He caught up with her in the gym storage room. Kai held out a hockey stick, and when she ran by, tripped and landed on her butt. Kai grinned and walked away. "Wait, Kai." Gigi said as she pulled herself up. He turned around to face her. He picked up the closest object to her and threw it. THWACK...THUMP! She chuckled, a direct hit. "Thanks Kai, I had a lot of fun. Maybe we can do it again sometime." She stated as she walked by his body lying on the floor. 'How many times can you knock a guy out in one day?' She asked herself. She half-expected Kai to chase after her with a baseball bat or something, but he never came out of the gym. 'He must still be pouting in the storage room.' She thought as she slowly drifted to sleep.
She woke up about dawn, which meant school would start within a half- hour or so. She rubbed her head, it still hurt from getting tripped by Kai. Where was Kai anyway? She thought she heard a noise in the gym, so she went to check it out. Kai was there, shooting hoops.
"What do you want?" He asked as he turned to her. He had a black eye and everything from his cheekbone to his brow was swollen and bruised.
"What happened to you?" She inquired, ignoring his question.
"You mean you don't remember?" Kai shot the ball. She shook her head. "Well, after I tripped you, you grabbed a puck a threw it at my face.
"A hockey puck?"
"Uh... duh. What other type of puck is there?"
"Sorry, it was the closest thing to me."
"Yeah, and the closest thing to me was the metal volleyball poles...not to mention the baseball ball, the tennis racket..." Kai trailed off.
"Sorry."
"Whatever."
"Really, I am."
"You weren't when you did it."
"But I am now."
"Like it actually matters now." He replied sarcastically. "Y'know everything that happened since school ended was entirely your fault."
"My fault, how?"
"You butted in with the 'Hal-meister' and I. If you hadn't pissed her off, you wouldn't have gotten detention too, and we wouldn't be covered in paint...and I wouldn't have a black eye."
"Quit whining."
"I'm just stating the facts."
"I was defending you with Mrs. Hal." She muttered as she left. 'Run kid, run.' Kai thought as he shot the ball again. Gigi looked at the clock, five minutes till school started.
She took a shower and got most of the paint off, but there was still quite a bit in her hair. Ray, Tyson, Max, and Kenny crowded around Kai. "What happened to your face?"
"Got hit with a hockey puck."
"Whoa."
"Hey, yesterday I heard you got in a fight with Riko again."
"So...?"
"What was the reason this time."
"First he said I was hittin' on Gigi, then he said I was gay."
"Oh look, there's Gigi." Max said.
"I dunno about you guys, but I think she's hot stuff." Tyson stated as he pumped his arm into the air for emphasis. A girl named Kiko, (Riko's twin sis) approached Gigi.
"Hey, Gigi!" She greeted.
"Hey."
"You got paint or something in your hair."
"I know."
"How'd it get there?" Kiko asked.
"A little accident..." She replied as she glared at Kai. The gym teacher blew his whistle.
"There's been a change of plans, we're gonna be playnig volleyball today due to the shitty weather outside." Mr. Damantu said.
"Shitty?" Ray asked.
"Oh...uh... I mean negative. Hey, you guys promise not to tell Mr. Palestrome I swore?" The teacher pleaded.
"Not like he gives a damn anyway." Kai said as he got the volleyball net out of the storage room.
"Hiwatari, I can swear because I'm an adult, you're not. No swearing in my class."
"To hell with your rules." Kai mumbled as he tossed the ball to the team captain, Ray. (In my story, Ray's a pretty good volleyball.) The game was girls-v.s.-boys, and girls got the first serve. Susan served it. After a while of it going back and forth without much action really, Kai sprang up and spiked the ball... straight into Gigi's face. She didn't see it coming, and it hit her square on the nose. It hurt like hell and she cupped her hands around her nose, it was bleeding like crazy.
"You okay, Thorson?" Mr. Damantu asked.
"Yeah, I think I'll just sit out the rest of the period, though." She muttered as she sent Kai a death glare. His grin just became bigger.
"Hiwatari, you're out too. I've told you guys not to smash the girls, you gotta give them a chance to win."
"Sorry, her face was in the way."
"It doesn't matter nnow, go sit with her in my room." Kai sighed and walked away. "And Hiwatari..." Kai spun around. "Say sorry to her, not to me."
"Whatever." He hissed as he sat in the chair next to Gigi.
"Thanks for the broken nose."
"Oh, I'm just beginning the revenge." Kai said as he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
"Is that a threat?"
"Would you like me to give you the definition of a threat?"
"No."
"Does it sound like one?"
"I don't know why I even try to have a conversation with you."
"You don't have anyone, or anything better to talk to. So, how's the boyfriend?"
"What makes you think I have a boyfriend?" Gigi inquired. 'You don't flirt and the guys say you're hot.' Kai thought to her.
"I never flirt. And it's not my fault what they think."
"But, you know they're thinking it."
"So?"
"What was with you last night? You were like a little tiger." Kai said, changing the subject.
"You pissed me off."
"Oh, that's all?"
"What else do you want me to say?
"Look who's the jackass now."
"Are you calling me a jackass?"
"You bet."
"How dare you!" She exclaimed.
"What're you gonna do to me?" She elbowed him in the ribs. "You know what, I never laid a finger on you, what's with the harrassment?"
"You sound scared.
"You wish."
"That's better." Gigi replied proudly.
"Fine, I'll go back to my much colder, selfish ways." Kai said as he stood up.
"That's not what I meant." She hissed. "Where are you going?"
"Skipping." He said flatly as he went out the door.
Gigi felt like punching herself. She had just gotten a conversation with him, she'd gotten him to open up; and now he's gonna go back to his old attitude. 'I thought I could win him over, too.' She thought as she sighed. There was something about him, besides the fact that he was desirable as in body, she could see something in his eyes that could lead to something new. Perhaps a soft side to him. Now, the softness would vanish, and she wouldn't see any caring or concern in his crimson eyes. Before he had dumped the lst two cans of paint on her, he had made sure she wasn't hurt. She'd have to try again, try to release him, open him up more. She figured that was hard enough, because she wouldn't get any time alone with him like she had the night before. She was disturbed from her thoughts by the art teacher, Mrs. McDowell.
"Gigi Thorson. A student said they saw you in my art room after school, and the couch is covered in paint, and I noticed you have some on you." Mrs. McDowell said. 'Just great, Kai left me all alone to take the blame.
"Uh... I can explain." She said with a fake smile.

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