Chapter 11
First Kiss...Or not
"Put me down!" Keket banged on Bakura's back.He was holding her like a potato sack.
"Not until we are out of this place."
Marik walked beside them looking at the floor.He wasn't thinking just-staring at the floor.The orange sky was finally starting to show the day was coming to an end. Bakura sat next to Marik on the steps as they watched Keket sit by herself on the sidewalk with her knees to her chest.
"You think she's still mad at me?" The wind blew his sandy hair into his face.
"One would think.Whatever you said it sure got through to her."
"Well what should we do now?"
"It's not what we're going to do,it's what you're going to do.I have had enough adventure for one day." He patted Marik on the shoulder and walked away.
"Oh by the way." He shouted back. "You better find out what school to enroll her in and fast too. Tomorrow's Monday!"
Marik cursed himself for not remembering.Oh well Ishizu could figure that out for him.Right now he had to worry about the angry girl on the sidewalk.He swallowed and sat next to her.She turned her head away from him obviously still angry.Or so he thought.
"I thought you weren't going to come for me." She mumbled.
Marik raised an eyebrow completely surprised.
"I...um-"
"You don't have to say anything." She turned back to him. "I know what you're thinking."
"Keket,I should have never talked to you that way.I was just doing my job."
"Protecting me is not a job." She looked sadly at the ground. "Personally,I thought it was a burden."
"No it isn't.What's with all the negativity? I'm here now so everything is alright."
"So you're trying to tell me that you're the bringer of happiness,huh?" She smiled.
Good.Smiling is a good sign.Marik thought.
"Well if you think so." A drop of rain fell on his arm .
"Looks like the weatherman was incorrect."
"He's always incorrect." Marik stood up and offered his hand to Keket.
"So where do we go now?" She asked.
"To my house.It's safer there."
"What about my clothes?"
"Already taken care of."
Keket smiled. "Good."
A clap of thunder broke their conversation and attmediatly heavy rain came pouring down.Keket giggled as their clothes became drenched.
"Maybe we should find shelter?" She shouted over the sound of rain hitting the pavement.
Marik grabbed her hand and led her across the street past pedestrians running with umbrellas. They ran down the steps of the boardwalk that led to the beach and decided to hide from the rain underneath the highway bridge.
They watched the rain come down harder and harder.People on the beach were scrambling to get their belongings and soon it was deserted.Keket observed the dark gray clouds blanketing the sky and setting sun.Little did she know there was someone finding her quite enjoyable to watch as well.
Marik couldn't keep himself from looking at the tanned girl.He never noticed it before but Keket was really distracting. Her white shirt was soaked in rain water and stuck to her body.Marik blushed after getting a good idea of what Keket would look like shirtless.
The two of them were still out of breath and shivering.Marik was caught of guard feeling Keket's wet body on his.His breathing quickened feeling her chest rise and fall.
"I'm c-c-cold." Keket buried her face into his chest.
Marik slowly lifted his arms to wrap around her tiny waist.He rested his head on hers and shivered not from the cold but from the friction the two were creating.
Keket pressed herself closer to the boy.She loved this feeling of protection.It's the only time when nothing else seemed to matter.Her lips brushed against his collarbone making him gasp.She didn't mean to do that it just happened.
"Keket?" He whispered.
She looked up at him;her mouth slightly ajar.
"What are you doing to me?"
"W-what do you mean?"
"Why are you making me feel so good?"
Keket blushed and turned her head trying to hide it.
"I.."
Marik cupped her cheek forced her to look at him.
"Promise me this,Keket.Don't you ever leave me,understand?"
Keket simply nodded.Her reddish face grew a deeper color feeling Marik's soft hands slide up her shirt and brushing her stomach.
He pressed her against a bricked pillar and smiled.
"We can stay down here until the rain lets up."
Keket grabbed Marik hands before they could go any further.
"Marik….I'm not very com-
"I understand." Marik sat down on the ground.
Keket joined him resting her hand on his.He pulled his away and watched the sun go completely down in a not so romantic way.She looked at his disappointed face.Maybe she shouldn't have stopped him.