Elaine was sitting on the couch, flipping restlessly through the TV channels. Carlos was in his room, where he had been for the past two days. On her way past his room the night before, she had thought she heard a few painful sobs from inside. She knew her brother was suffering far worse than Kai, but she felt he deserved it. He had been so stupid to do that when he knew she was interested in Yami. He should have known she'd turn him down, to put it nicely.
She exhaled, frustrated, and got off the couch, heading towards her brother's room. "Carlos!" she said loudly, banging on his door with her fist. "Open the door."
"Elaine, leave me alone!" Carlos yelled.
"Carlos!" Elaine cried, turning the doorknob. She was surprised when his door flung open; he must have forgotten to lock it.
Carlos stood up from his bed and glared at his sister, fire in his eyes. "Get out right now!" he cried.
"You need to..." she started.
He interrupted by letting out a string of Italian curses. This only tried Elaine's patience and she did the same back to him.
"Che cosa è errato con voi? Lascilo solo! {What's wrong with you? Leave me alone!}" Carlos exclaimed, glaring daggers at Elaine.
"Dovete denominare Kai. Sto andando assicurarsi che lo fate. {You have to call Kai. I'm going to make sure you do it.}" Elaine replied, folding her arms and glaring back at her brother. When they yelled at each other it was common for them to slip into Italian.
"Esca della mia stanza! {Get out of my room!}" Carlos cried, infuriated.
Elaine glared back at him. "/No/! {/No/!}" she snarled. "Dovete denominarli, Carlos! {You have to call her, Carlos!}"
"Non sto andando ora denominarlo. {I'm not going to call her now.}" he said.
"Capite che più lungamente attendete, meno probabili sarete in grado alle cose fatte tutto il di destra con lei? {You will! Do you understand that the longer you wait, the less likely you'll be able to make things all right with her?}" Elaine cried, spreading her hands.
"Naturalmente capisco quello! Pensate che sia un idiot? {Of course I understand that! Do you think I'm an idiot?}" Carlos exclaimed, trying to ignore the ache in his heart.
"Siete se pensate il serv attendente qualunque scopo tranne il distrugg della vostra amicizia! {You are if you think waiting will serve any purpose other than destroying your friendship!}" she cried. - What's wrong with him? Why won't he call her? -
"Non penso che voi moron! Che cosa sono io hanno supposto per dire? {I don't think that, you moron! What am I supposed to say?}" he yelled, glaring at her. - Why won't she just leave me alone? -
"Dovete spiegare la situazione a lei! Chieda scusa! {You have to explain the situation to her! Apologize!}" she replied.
"Come sono supposto di spiegare la situazione? Penso che lo conosca perfettamente bene, con tutto altrimenti sappiamo! {How am I supposed to explain the situation? I think she knows it perfectly well, along with everyone else we know!}" His heart felt like someone was suffocating it. How could he go on without Kai as his best friend? But he knew she would never want to hang out with him after what he had done.
"Dovete dirle che sia stato un errore... o... o qualcosa! È il vostro amico migliore! Dovete fare qualcosa fare questa destra! {You have to tell her it was a mistake... or... or something! She's your best friend! You have to do something to make this right!}"
"Non lo ha bisogno di; ha Yugi. {She doesn't need me; she's got Yugi.}" he said, turning away from his sister.
She ran over and whipped him around sharply to face her. She glared up at him as if daring him to try to brush her away again. "Nessuno hanno potuto sostituirli! Ha un interesse in Yugi, ma siete il suo amico migliore! Eravate là quando li ha avuti bisogno! {No one could replace you! She has an interest in Yugi, but you're her best friend! You were there when she needed you!}"
"Yugi che fa la parte del suo amico migliore appena fine! Di che cosa è esigenza me? {Yugi's playing the part of her best friend just fine. What's she need me for?}" he snapped.
"Dovete denominarli, Carlos! Destra del Yugi, state andando rovinare la vostra amicizia con Kai se continuate con questa gelosia stupid! Se Kai esce con Yugi, ci è niente che possiate fare a questo proposito! Tutto che possiate fare deve essere il suo amico migliore! {You have to call her, Carlos! Yugi's right, you're going to ruin your friendship with Kai if you continue with this stupid jealousy! If Kai goes out with Yugi, there's nothing you can do about it! All you can do is be her best friend!}" Elaine yelled.
"Non so potrei essere il suo amico ancora, anche se potessi calcolare verso l'esterno che cosa dire a lei. {I don't know how I could be her friend again, even if I could figure out what to say to her.}" Carlos said, doing his best to glare at her, though his eyes were starting to blur.
"Per favore, giusto denominila. Sta danneggiando perché non desidera perdere la vostra amicizia. Potete odiarli, ma destra del Yugi. Se continuate con questa gelosia, state andando perdere Kai per la merce. {Please, just call her. You may hate him, but Yugi's right. If you keep up with this jealousy, you're going to lose Kai for good.}" Elaine begged, shaking his shoulder slightly.
His throat tightened and his vision blurred at the prospect of losing his best friend. He put his hand over his face and looked away from his sister, trying to hide the tears that were starting to fall.
"Carlos..." Elaine tried, touching his shoulder more gently. She felt her own eyes start to water at the sight of her brother in such pain.
Carlos flung her away from him, sending her stumbling backwards a few steps. "Lascilo solo! Esca della mia stanza! {Leave me alone! Get out of my room!}" Unable to keep the tears in his eyes any longer, he sank down onto his bed and hung his head.
Upon seeing the wet streaks on her brother's face, Elaine immediately felt her own eyes overflow. She ran over to the bed and wrapped her arms around him. He put his arms around her and she felt him shudder with every sob. She could practically feel his broken heart and she knew her own cheeks were wet too.
"Now you've got me started you idiot," she said as they held each other tightly.
They sat there for a little while, crying into each other's shoulders. When they pulled away, they both dried their eyes. Elaine had almost never seen her brother cry and every time he had, so had she. He was usually so pulled together when something or someone hurt him, but he must have cared for Kai more than Elaine thought.
Carlos stood up and made sure his eyes were dry before leaving his room. Elaine quickly followed him, fairly certain where he was going. He was leaning on the kitchen table, his head hanging between his arms.
"Che cosa dirò? {What will I say?}" he muttered.
"That's up to you, Carlos. I can't tell you what to say. But, you may want to stop speaking in Italian. She..." Elaine started softly.
"I know she doesn't speak Italian, Elaine," he snapped. He stood up straight and walked over to the wall phone. He hesitated before lifting the receiver and putting it to his ear. His hand hovered over the buttons on the phone a moment. He clenched it and closed his eyes before dialing Kai's number. He paused before hitting the last button, but forced himself to.
He leaned against the wall and saw Elaine still watching him. "Una poca segretezza? {A little privacy?}" he said and she nodded quickly, disappearing down the hall. His stomach dropped out when he heard Kai pick up.
"Hello?" she asked.
His throat tightened a moment, but he forced himself to speak. "It's me," he said, closing his eyes and listening to her pause.
"Hi," she said softly.
There was another uncomfortable pause before Carlos broke it. "We... we need to talk..." he managed to get out.
"Yeah, we do," she replied.
"Meet me in the park in about an hour?" he said, his own tone rather quiet as well.
"Okay," she said. "Bye."
He slowly hung up the phone and sank down the wall to the floor. "Maledizione... {Ahem... an Italian curse...}" he muttered, putting his face in his hands. It wasn't often he was scared, but now he was petrified. What would he do if he lost Kai's friendship?
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"It was Carlos!" Kai cried, running into the boys' room where the gang was. "I'm going to meet him in the park in an hour."
Yami breathed in relief that her friend had gotten up the courage to call her. Maybe their friendship could remain in tact after all.
"Well, that's good. Maybe you can work this out," Tea said.
"I hope so. He sounded really upset on the phone," Kai said, sitting down on the bed next to Tea.
- Of course he did, - Yami thought bitterly. He couldn't help but feel less than friendly towards the Italian.
"I'd better get ready then," Kai said, getting up and heading towards the door. She stopped when she heard Yami say her name.
"Good luck," he said when she turned to him.
She smiled graciously and left the room, entering hers.
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Kai leaned against a tree in the park, waiting for Carlos. She sighed and looked at her watch. She looked back up from it to see Carlos coming down the road, his hands in his pockets. Her heart pounded in nervousness as he spotted her. He didn't look at her as he made his way towards her.
"Hi," she said when he approached.
"Hi," he replied, looking at her briefly. "I... guess I have some explaining to do."
Kai said nothing, but looked at the ground, playing with the stone around her neck with her fingers.
"Um... it's not really what it seems like..." Carlos started. "I guess I just got... jealous..." He stared at the ground to hide his scarlet face, his hands in his pockets. "But it wasn't because I like you or anything," he blurted out, looking up at her.
Kai stared at him. "Um... that looked kind of..."
"No... I was mad because you were spending more time with Yugi and stuff... and not enough with me. I thought if... I don't know... it was stupid, but I guess I thought if I did that, you'd hang out with me..." he said, looking back at the ground.
"Why on Earth would you think that?" Kai asked incredulously.
"I don't know! It was a desperate move!" Carlos exclaimed.
"No kidding!" Kai cried. They just stood there a second, staring at each other. Then Kai started to laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Carlos asked, confused and embarrassed.
"You! I can't believe you! You think kissing me is going to make me hang out with you more? That's ridiculous! You had me thinking you /liked/ me or something!" Kai said, leaning against the tree again.
Carlos looked at her, wide eyed for a moment, then decided maybe it would be best if he laughed with her. "What are you kidding? No way! I barely like you as a friend!" he laughed, relieved their friendship was still in tact.
Kai threw her arms around his shoulders and he wrapped his around her waist. "I missed you, Carlos," she said, resting her head on his shoulder.
"I missed you too," He muttered, glad to have her back in his arms, even if it was just as friends.
"Don't ever do that again," she said. "Or I swear I'll never speak to you again!"
"And that would be a bad thing?" he said, smirking.
She pushed him away and smirked back. "You came back to apologize, didn't you?"
"Eh, all right, you got me there," Carlos said with a grin. "But, you know, I've been thinking..."
"Oh, heaven help us," Kai said, rolling her eyes. "That's never good."
He grinned. "Once I get a hint of something, I've got to get the rest, you know that."
Kai snorted. "What are you getting at?"
"Come on... give me a kiss," he said, grinning and grabbing her arm.
Kai smacked him in the head with her free hand and yanked away from him. "You've already kissed me you idiot! What do you need to do it again for?"
"You didn't kiss me. It was a one way deal," he said, smirking.
"Forget it, Carlos," Kai said, leaning back against the tree and folding her arms.
It was the truth, now he was curious as to how she kissed. As much as he despised saying it, he knew there was one way to get her to go along with it. "Consider it practice for Yugi," he said with as good a smirk as he could manage.
Kai looked at him, and he could see the wheels turning in her mind, debating whether or not to go through with it. He knew he had her when she sighed. She rolled her eyes and pushed off the tree, taking a step towards him.
"How on Earth do you get me into these things?" she asked. Carlos just grinned. "On one condition though," she said.
"What?" he asked.
"You have to be honest at how I do."
Carlos snorted. - Well that shouldn't be too hard. - "Yeah, okay," he said.
Kai sighed, unable to believe she was doing this. She reached up and grabbed his collar, pulling him down to her level. - Just imagine it's Yugi, - she told herself, closing her eyes. Not a second later she felt Carlos' lips press against hers and she returned the kiss.
After the initial second, it got easier. He was actually a pretty good kisser, but then, he'd had loads of practice so it was no wonder.
Carlos resisted the urge to wrap his arms around her and merely held her shoulders. He was fairly certain she wouldn't see through to his feelings from the kiss; she hadn't had enough experience with it. When they pulled away, he could still feel the touch of her lips lingering on his. He had never gotten such a rush out of a kiss before and it killed him to know it would never happen again. He realized Kai was staring at him and he put on his sly grin again.
"Well? How was I?" she asked, folding her arms.
"Eh, I've kissed better," he said with a shrug.
"Carlos!" she exclaimed, attempting to hit him in the head. He dodged and his arm got the blow instead. "You said you'd tell me how I was!"
"All right! All right! It was pretty good! For someone who's never been kissed before," he smirked.
"Well, I wanted to save it for someone I really care about. Guess that didn't work," she said, folding her arms.
"Aww, don't you care about me?" he asked, putting on a hurt face.
She snorted. "Not like that you fool."
"Call me a fool!" he cried, grinning as he grabbed her, spinning her around into him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and attacked her stomach.
"Carlos!" she cried, laughing as she fought to get away. "Let go!"
"Say please..." he smirked, not letting her drop to the ground.
"Carlos!" she shrieked, fighting for breath.
"Say it!" he laughed.
"It!" she cracked, fighting against him.
At this Carlos laughed, causing his tickle torture to pause. Kai took this moment to break away from him and fall against the tree, gasping for breath as she continued to laugh. They stood there, unable to breathe from laughter for a few minutes. Just like old times.
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a/n: Okay, so they made up. I'm happy, but I still feel kind of sorry for Carlos. He's a nice guy, even though he gets jealous. ^_^ Anyways, review and I'll continue. By the way, were you able to read the Italian/translations okay?
She exhaled, frustrated, and got off the couch, heading towards her brother's room. "Carlos!" she said loudly, banging on his door with her fist. "Open the door."
"Elaine, leave me alone!" Carlos yelled.
"Carlos!" Elaine cried, turning the doorknob. She was surprised when his door flung open; he must have forgotten to lock it.
Carlos stood up from his bed and glared at his sister, fire in his eyes. "Get out right now!" he cried.
"You need to..." she started.
He interrupted by letting out a string of Italian curses. This only tried Elaine's patience and she did the same back to him.
"Che cosa è errato con voi? Lascilo solo! {What's wrong with you? Leave me alone!}" Carlos exclaimed, glaring daggers at Elaine.
"Dovete denominare Kai. Sto andando assicurarsi che lo fate. {You have to call Kai. I'm going to make sure you do it.}" Elaine replied, folding her arms and glaring back at her brother. When they yelled at each other it was common for them to slip into Italian.
"Esca della mia stanza! {Get out of my room!}" Carlos cried, infuriated.
Elaine glared back at him. "/No/! {/No/!}" she snarled. "Dovete denominarli, Carlos! {You have to call her, Carlos!}"
"Non sto andando ora denominarlo. {I'm not going to call her now.}" he said.
"Capite che più lungamente attendete, meno probabili sarete in grado alle cose fatte tutto il di destra con lei? {You will! Do you understand that the longer you wait, the less likely you'll be able to make things all right with her?}" Elaine cried, spreading her hands.
"Naturalmente capisco quello! Pensate che sia un idiot? {Of course I understand that! Do you think I'm an idiot?}" Carlos exclaimed, trying to ignore the ache in his heart.
"Siete se pensate il serv attendente qualunque scopo tranne il distrugg della vostra amicizia! {You are if you think waiting will serve any purpose other than destroying your friendship!}" she cried. - What's wrong with him? Why won't he call her? -
"Non penso che voi moron! Che cosa sono io hanno supposto per dire? {I don't think that, you moron! What am I supposed to say?}" he yelled, glaring at her. - Why won't she just leave me alone? -
"Dovete spiegare la situazione a lei! Chieda scusa! {You have to explain the situation to her! Apologize!}" she replied.
"Come sono supposto di spiegare la situazione? Penso che lo conosca perfettamente bene, con tutto altrimenti sappiamo! {How am I supposed to explain the situation? I think she knows it perfectly well, along with everyone else we know!}" His heart felt like someone was suffocating it. How could he go on without Kai as his best friend? But he knew she would never want to hang out with him after what he had done.
"Dovete dirle che sia stato un errore... o... o qualcosa! È il vostro amico migliore! Dovete fare qualcosa fare questa destra! {You have to tell her it was a mistake... or... or something! She's your best friend! You have to do something to make this right!}"
"Non lo ha bisogno di; ha Yugi. {She doesn't need me; she's got Yugi.}" he said, turning away from his sister.
She ran over and whipped him around sharply to face her. She glared up at him as if daring him to try to brush her away again. "Nessuno hanno potuto sostituirli! Ha un interesse in Yugi, ma siete il suo amico migliore! Eravate là quando li ha avuti bisogno! {No one could replace you! She has an interest in Yugi, but you're her best friend! You were there when she needed you!}"
"Yugi che fa la parte del suo amico migliore appena fine! Di che cosa è esigenza me? {Yugi's playing the part of her best friend just fine. What's she need me for?}" he snapped.
"Dovete denominarli, Carlos! Destra del Yugi, state andando rovinare la vostra amicizia con Kai se continuate con questa gelosia stupid! Se Kai esce con Yugi, ci è niente che possiate fare a questo proposito! Tutto che possiate fare deve essere il suo amico migliore! {You have to call her, Carlos! Yugi's right, you're going to ruin your friendship with Kai if you continue with this stupid jealousy! If Kai goes out with Yugi, there's nothing you can do about it! All you can do is be her best friend!}" Elaine yelled.
"Non so potrei essere il suo amico ancora, anche se potessi calcolare verso l'esterno che cosa dire a lei. {I don't know how I could be her friend again, even if I could figure out what to say to her.}" Carlos said, doing his best to glare at her, though his eyes were starting to blur.
"Per favore, giusto denominila. Sta danneggiando perché non desidera perdere la vostra amicizia. Potete odiarli, ma destra del Yugi. Se continuate con questa gelosia, state andando perdere Kai per la merce. {Please, just call her. You may hate him, but Yugi's right. If you keep up with this jealousy, you're going to lose Kai for good.}" Elaine begged, shaking his shoulder slightly.
His throat tightened and his vision blurred at the prospect of losing his best friend. He put his hand over his face and looked away from his sister, trying to hide the tears that were starting to fall.
"Carlos..." Elaine tried, touching his shoulder more gently. She felt her own eyes start to water at the sight of her brother in such pain.
Carlos flung her away from him, sending her stumbling backwards a few steps. "Lascilo solo! Esca della mia stanza! {Leave me alone! Get out of my room!}" Unable to keep the tears in his eyes any longer, he sank down onto his bed and hung his head.
Upon seeing the wet streaks on her brother's face, Elaine immediately felt her own eyes overflow. She ran over to the bed and wrapped her arms around him. He put his arms around her and she felt him shudder with every sob. She could practically feel his broken heart and she knew her own cheeks were wet too.
"Now you've got me started you idiot," she said as they held each other tightly.
They sat there for a little while, crying into each other's shoulders. When they pulled away, they both dried their eyes. Elaine had almost never seen her brother cry and every time he had, so had she. He was usually so pulled together when something or someone hurt him, but he must have cared for Kai more than Elaine thought.
Carlos stood up and made sure his eyes were dry before leaving his room. Elaine quickly followed him, fairly certain where he was going. He was leaning on the kitchen table, his head hanging between his arms.
"Che cosa dirò? {What will I say?}" he muttered.
"That's up to you, Carlos. I can't tell you what to say. But, you may want to stop speaking in Italian. She..." Elaine started softly.
"I know she doesn't speak Italian, Elaine," he snapped. He stood up straight and walked over to the wall phone. He hesitated before lifting the receiver and putting it to his ear. His hand hovered over the buttons on the phone a moment. He clenched it and closed his eyes before dialing Kai's number. He paused before hitting the last button, but forced himself to.
He leaned against the wall and saw Elaine still watching him. "Una poca segretezza? {A little privacy?}" he said and she nodded quickly, disappearing down the hall. His stomach dropped out when he heard Kai pick up.
"Hello?" she asked.
His throat tightened a moment, but he forced himself to speak. "It's me," he said, closing his eyes and listening to her pause.
"Hi," she said softly.
There was another uncomfortable pause before Carlos broke it. "We... we need to talk..." he managed to get out.
"Yeah, we do," she replied.
"Meet me in the park in about an hour?" he said, his own tone rather quiet as well.
"Okay," she said. "Bye."
He slowly hung up the phone and sank down the wall to the floor. "Maledizione... {Ahem... an Italian curse...}" he muttered, putting his face in his hands. It wasn't often he was scared, but now he was petrified. What would he do if he lost Kai's friendship?
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"It was Carlos!" Kai cried, running into the boys' room where the gang was. "I'm going to meet him in the park in an hour."
Yami breathed in relief that her friend had gotten up the courage to call her. Maybe their friendship could remain in tact after all.
"Well, that's good. Maybe you can work this out," Tea said.
"I hope so. He sounded really upset on the phone," Kai said, sitting down on the bed next to Tea.
- Of course he did, - Yami thought bitterly. He couldn't help but feel less than friendly towards the Italian.
"I'd better get ready then," Kai said, getting up and heading towards the door. She stopped when she heard Yami say her name.
"Good luck," he said when she turned to him.
She smiled graciously and left the room, entering hers.
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Kai leaned against a tree in the park, waiting for Carlos. She sighed and looked at her watch. She looked back up from it to see Carlos coming down the road, his hands in his pockets. Her heart pounded in nervousness as he spotted her. He didn't look at her as he made his way towards her.
"Hi," she said when he approached.
"Hi," he replied, looking at her briefly. "I... guess I have some explaining to do."
Kai said nothing, but looked at the ground, playing with the stone around her neck with her fingers.
"Um... it's not really what it seems like..." Carlos started. "I guess I just got... jealous..." He stared at the ground to hide his scarlet face, his hands in his pockets. "But it wasn't because I like you or anything," he blurted out, looking up at her.
Kai stared at him. "Um... that looked kind of..."
"No... I was mad because you were spending more time with Yugi and stuff... and not enough with me. I thought if... I don't know... it was stupid, but I guess I thought if I did that, you'd hang out with me..." he said, looking back at the ground.
"Why on Earth would you think that?" Kai asked incredulously.
"I don't know! It was a desperate move!" Carlos exclaimed.
"No kidding!" Kai cried. They just stood there a second, staring at each other. Then Kai started to laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Carlos asked, confused and embarrassed.
"You! I can't believe you! You think kissing me is going to make me hang out with you more? That's ridiculous! You had me thinking you /liked/ me or something!" Kai said, leaning against the tree again.
Carlos looked at her, wide eyed for a moment, then decided maybe it would be best if he laughed with her. "What are you kidding? No way! I barely like you as a friend!" he laughed, relieved their friendship was still in tact.
Kai threw her arms around his shoulders and he wrapped his around her waist. "I missed you, Carlos," she said, resting her head on his shoulder.
"I missed you too," He muttered, glad to have her back in his arms, even if it was just as friends.
"Don't ever do that again," she said. "Or I swear I'll never speak to you again!"
"And that would be a bad thing?" he said, smirking.
She pushed him away and smirked back. "You came back to apologize, didn't you?"
"Eh, all right, you got me there," Carlos said with a grin. "But, you know, I've been thinking..."
"Oh, heaven help us," Kai said, rolling her eyes. "That's never good."
He grinned. "Once I get a hint of something, I've got to get the rest, you know that."
Kai snorted. "What are you getting at?"
"Come on... give me a kiss," he said, grinning and grabbing her arm.
Kai smacked him in the head with her free hand and yanked away from him. "You've already kissed me you idiot! What do you need to do it again for?"
"You didn't kiss me. It was a one way deal," he said, smirking.
"Forget it, Carlos," Kai said, leaning back against the tree and folding her arms.
It was the truth, now he was curious as to how she kissed. As much as he despised saying it, he knew there was one way to get her to go along with it. "Consider it practice for Yugi," he said with as good a smirk as he could manage.
Kai looked at him, and he could see the wheels turning in her mind, debating whether or not to go through with it. He knew he had her when she sighed. She rolled her eyes and pushed off the tree, taking a step towards him.
"How on Earth do you get me into these things?" she asked. Carlos just grinned. "On one condition though," she said.
"What?" he asked.
"You have to be honest at how I do."
Carlos snorted. - Well that shouldn't be too hard. - "Yeah, okay," he said.
Kai sighed, unable to believe she was doing this. She reached up and grabbed his collar, pulling him down to her level. - Just imagine it's Yugi, - she told herself, closing her eyes. Not a second later she felt Carlos' lips press against hers and she returned the kiss.
After the initial second, it got easier. He was actually a pretty good kisser, but then, he'd had loads of practice so it was no wonder.
Carlos resisted the urge to wrap his arms around her and merely held her shoulders. He was fairly certain she wouldn't see through to his feelings from the kiss; she hadn't had enough experience with it. When they pulled away, he could still feel the touch of her lips lingering on his. He had never gotten such a rush out of a kiss before and it killed him to know it would never happen again. He realized Kai was staring at him and he put on his sly grin again.
"Well? How was I?" she asked, folding her arms.
"Eh, I've kissed better," he said with a shrug.
"Carlos!" she exclaimed, attempting to hit him in the head. He dodged and his arm got the blow instead. "You said you'd tell me how I was!"
"All right! All right! It was pretty good! For someone who's never been kissed before," he smirked.
"Well, I wanted to save it for someone I really care about. Guess that didn't work," she said, folding her arms.
"Aww, don't you care about me?" he asked, putting on a hurt face.
She snorted. "Not like that you fool."
"Call me a fool!" he cried, grinning as he grabbed her, spinning her around into him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and attacked her stomach.
"Carlos!" she cried, laughing as she fought to get away. "Let go!"
"Say please..." he smirked, not letting her drop to the ground.
"Carlos!" she shrieked, fighting for breath.
"Say it!" he laughed.
"It!" she cracked, fighting against him.
At this Carlos laughed, causing his tickle torture to pause. Kai took this moment to break away from him and fall against the tree, gasping for breath as she continued to laugh. They stood there, unable to breathe from laughter for a few minutes. Just like old times.
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a/n: Okay, so they made up. I'm happy, but I still feel kind of sorry for Carlos. He's a nice guy, even though he gets jealous. ^_^ Anyways, review and I'll continue. By the way, were you able to read the Italian/translations okay?