Chapter 22: Stolen Kiss

"I told Airi to meet me here, so why did I come twenty minutes early?" Shino asked himself. He looked around at the empty park. "What's with people these days? They don't like going to the park?"

"Hey, you're that Shino guy."

Shino spun around. "Huh?"

Airas was standing with her hands on her hips. "Hi." She walked up to him. "…Have we met before?"

"What? No, of course not. I just met you."

"Okay, okay. So you're friends with my baby sis?"

"Yeah." Airas started laughing. "What's so funny?"

"What? Oh, n-nothing kid." She looked around. "You waitin' for someone."

"Yes."

"For who?"

"Airi."

"My sister eh?"

"What do you want?"

"Geez, what do you sixteen year olds have against us nineteen year olds? You're all so rude! Always askin' 'What do you want?'. Don't you kids have any manners?"

"Actually, I find you annoying."

Airas glared. Fucking bastard! "Oh? Do you find my sister annoying?"

"No."

"…What do you like about my sister?"

"Wh-What?"

"I see you lookin' at her. So you got a crush on her or something?"

"Don't you have somewhere to be?" Shino began to blush.

"Oh wow, you do like her!"

"Sh-Shut up! No I don't!" He looked away. "We're just friends."

"Oh, sure, whatever." Airas got closer to him. "Are you gonna say that you think girls are icky? Are you gonna say that true ninjas don't fall in love? Hmm?"

"A-Airas, what do you want from me?"

"Oh Shino, I'm so lonely. I haven't seen my sister in seven years! I've been by myself the whole time. And now that I get to see her again, she doesn't want me living with her." She looked down at him. "Shino, what should I do?"

"H-How should I know?"

"You know Airi better than I do!"

He looked at her. "What? No, you know her better."

"Nu-uh. I've known her for nine years and she's never opened up to me. Over these past three months that she's been here, I've seen her with expressions I've never seen before! You've changed my sister and I know that she trusts you."

He laughed. "That's bull, I know it is."

"…Okay, so I lied a bit, but the part about her not letting me stay with her is true." Airi, you need to suffer some more… "Shino, do you like girls?"

"What kinda question is that?" He looked at her. "What the hell do you want?"

"Shino, like I said, I'm lonely." She walked two fingers up his arm. "I've always wanted a nice, mysterious boyfriend. A guy that would always keep me wondering. Shino, you're just my type."

"What!" Shino slowly began to back up. "Airas, this isn't cool."

"Shino," Airas said in a whiny voice, "please be with me."

"Airas, I can't!"

"Why not?" She got closer to him again. "It's my sister, isn't it? You're in love with her."

"No, Airas, that's not-"

"Then you don't like me?"

"Airas, listen to me-"

She grabbed him. "Don't worry, I won't tell my sister. And I'm sure you'll come to like me." She forced her lips on his.

"MMPH?"

"Shino?"

Shino and Airas looked over. Airi was standing there with a look of disbelief. Airas pulled her lips off Shino's. "Baby sis, what's up?" She smirked.

Shino glared at Airas. "What the hell is your problem! What're you trying to-"

"Shino, I'm surprised. I knew you were shy, but I never knew you were that shy!" She giggled. "I can't believe you're embarrassed that my sister saw us! You were the one that wanted to kiss me!" She looked back at Airi. "He kept pushing me and pushing me. I didn't know he was into older women."

"You're a lying bitch! I never-"

"Shino, don't say that! You jerk, you wanted this!"

"I-"

Airi threw a punch at Shino's jaw. "I can't believe you! You invited me into the park to show me this!"

Airas helped Shino up and wrapped her arms around his neck. "That's right baby sis."

"Shino you asshole!" Tears started to drop from her eyes. "I can't believe that you'd get with my sister so easily! You don't even know her!"

"Airi, this isn't what you think!" Shino shouted.

"Sh-Shut up! Just shut up! You know what, I don't care if you chose my sister! Be with her! Go ahead! I hope you two stay happy for the rest of your fucking lives!" She ran off.

"Yeah! It's nice to see a little anger in you Airi!" Airas shouted. She laughed. "Ooh, she's mad!"

Shino pushed Airas away. "What the fuck are you doing! Why did you do that?"

Airas glowered at Shino. "Listen you little punk!" She grabbed him by the front of his coat and picked him up so that he was at her level. "I don't like you. You exude the smell of something that I hate more than anything in the world." She threw him into the bushes. "I might not like my little sister, but I sure as hell don't want her hookin' up with someone like you. I don't give a damn if my sister's happy or not, but you better stay away from her!"

He wiped the blood from his lower lip. "Why do you hate your sister so much?"

"Let's just say that she took something from me a while back." She turned up her nose and walked off.

"What's…What's going on?"