Jiraya continued straight up to Kai until their noses were almost touching and captured Kai's lips in a firm but gentle kiss. She felt Kai's whole body tense up at the sudden invasion of his personal space. Jiraya broke the kiss and ran out the kitchen and of the house as fast as her legs could carry her, not wanting to hear Kai reject her...
Chapter 13.
Kai stood rooted to the spot. He couldn't believe what had just happened. He was paralysed with a rush of changing emotions; shock, happiness, disgust, fear...He quickly snapped out of it and sat down heavily on the chair behind him. But then he got up again. Maybe he should follow her, he could finish that kiss. He wanted to finish that kiss, but... no... this wasn't right. Why did she kiss him? Did she...care about him? He cared about her... maybe this was a good thing. That night, when he'd left her, he hadn't scared her off. She still wanted to be with him. No! He was letting his mind run away from him... Maybe it hadn't happened. Maybe she'd just walked up to him and then left. It was possible. He'd wanted it to happen so he'd just imagined it. He put a finger up to his lips. No he could still feel her there. It had only been for the briefest of moments but it had happened. Wait...No, he couldn't think about that kiss. It was wrong, it was weak, and he wasn't weak. He was strong. He couldn't let something as stupid as this make him so confused. He had to come to a decision. But what was the decision. He didn't even know what the choices were...
Jiraya ran down the street, her eyes wide with shock. She couldn't believe she'd actually taken a leap like that! But she was glad she had. Kai now knew where she stood. It was up to him now. She slowed down to a walk and headed home. All she could do now was wait...
Kai walked over to the sink and poured a large glass of water. He drained the glass and filled it once more. He drank that one down too, and then splashed some of the tap water on his face. He paused watching the water swirling in the sink. His head was chattering wildly at him, throwing up all kinds of questions that he couldn't answer. He closed his eyes and breathed deeply trying to clear his mind. After a few minutes he started to relax and turned off the tap. He headed into the living room and lay down on the settee. He closed his eyes once more and it wasn't long before he was asleep...
Kai awoke with a start a few hours later having had a very vivid dream. He'd been holding hands with Jiraya walking through a park that he hadn't recognised, when someone had come up behind them and started screaming at them that were being wrong and disgusting. He couldn't see the man's face but they were extremely angry. Then they had grabbed hold of Jiraya and started to drag her away from him. She had protested frantically; clawing at her captor but to no avail. Kai had screamed at them to let her go but they'd just kept going. He'd tried to follow but more men had appeared and were holding him back. He screamed her name and she screamed back for him. He struggled desperately to get to her, but he was trapped. All he could do was watch her move further and further away from his grasp. That was when he'd woken up. He was panting heavily and sat up on the sofa holding his head in his hands. His breathing soon returned to normal and he got up and headed towards the kitchen sink. He splashed water on his face and scooped some up to his mouth to drink. Kai paused focussing only on his breathing before looking up with a very determined expression on his face. He knew what he had to do. He went to his study and picked up his jacket. He then strode confidently to the door and out the house. He wasn't going to be weak anymore...
This is a very short chapter but I wasn't sure how I was going to write Kai's feelings about the end of chapter 12. I hope I've conveyed them alright because it was probably one of the hardest parts to write so far. Hopefully chapter 14 should be up soon. I should be able to write it tomorrow or possibly tonight, but it all depends on how everything else goes.