HEY! Yeah I know. 2 chapters that fast? Well, in my defense, I've had more time than expected at work and took advantage of such time to write a bit and genuinely continue with the story. I felt that I left this project abandoned for far too long. so now, I will try my best to upload as soon as possible.
Hope all of you enjoy. As always, please leave your reviews since you guys already know that I love hearing from you. I wish y'all a wonderful week.
-DRON
Chapter 8: Setting Barriers (Part 2)
The rest of the day was… uneventful if you may call it that way. After the heated session of learning and teaching, everything went back to normal. Or well, as normal as everything can be when it was related to them. Unfortunately and to her disgrace, she wasn't able to keep it a secret from the rest of the team. Not exactly the entire team though. No, a certain blonde who's capabilities of reading body language really should be considered a superpower alone.
They were all walking back to the living room that connected both the boys and girls quarters when HL suddenly grabbed Gogo's hand and rushed them to her room. Gogo had to wince at the unamusing exaggeration and use of pink and generally bright pastel colors that decorated the room. But she knew that this conversation was coming.
"Okay? What did you do?" HL asked as she noticed a blushing Gogo looking at the ground trying to avoid the gaze of certain someone. "LEIKO TANAKA!" Yep, clearly a superpower.
"I didn't do anything okay?"
"That doesn't sound convincing."
"But it's true!"
"HA! You and I both know that you can't hide anything from me Leiko." Aiko lowered herself to Leiko's sitting figure in order to get Leiko to, at least, look at her.
"I couldn't control myself okay!?" Leiko finally exclaimed. HL, happy with the development, decided to just take a seat and listen.
"He started okay? No, not the way you think he did but I… I just, I mean. I wanted a bit more and he was kissing me! Can you believe it?"
"Oh yeah, I can!" Leiko allowed herself to smile for a bit as she noticed the sudden change of posture by Leiko. "And?" She asked, perhaps being pushy may not look like a good idea for most but for her? She already owned a rather large bag of tips and tricks to break down the wall around her. Although, she had to admit that this was a first.
Something that didn't happen with her previous relationship many years ago.
"And… you should've seen his eyes. I believe both of us wanted it."
"And?" Aiko watched intently as her friend crossed her legs and rested her hands on her knees. Her eyes focused completely on her lap, trying to gather her words.
"I ran my hands through his arms and reached for his neck."
"And?" At this point, she could see her blush running all the way down to her neck. Most likely due to the memory and retelling of the event that got her so preoccupied.
"I pulled him closer to me."
"And?"
"I kissed him."
"THAT'S IT!?" yes, her best friend sometimes may be a bit frustrating.
"NO! That's not what I…"
"Okay. If you don't tell me what happened in 10 seconds I swear to god I'll throw my heel at you."
"AIKO!" Gogo whined.
"I swear I will Leiko!" she quickly took off one of her high heels and held it firmly on her right hand. "Talk now or suffer the consequences." She stared at her the only way she knew would get her point across.
"I went all the way okay!" Gogo finally receded. If she was already blockheaded enough, HL could easily surpass her in certain situations.
"You mean…"
"Yeah…" Gogo lowered her head once more, this time, a tear was running down her cheek.
"Why are you worried then?" HL asked with genuine curiosity.
"Why am I worried?" Gogo asked exasperated at the lack of 'help' she was getting. Even then, she found HL looking at her patiently waiting for the answer. "I am almost 5 years older than him albeit just for a couple of months and…"
"And?"
"AIKO!"
"LEIKO!"
"Why are you like this?" Gogo begged, her eyes were getting red as frustration was taking the best of her. "I need you but you are not helping."
"Oh I am, it's just that you are making something like that such a big deal!" Aiko smiled at Gogo. "We both know that sooner or later you would get to that stage with him."
"Yeah but not this soon!" Gogo countered. "I feel like I am taking advantage on his lack of experience and may be pushing him too far."
It was HL's turn to sigh. "Look, I understand your point and I also understand your situation." HL opened her eyes and reached for Gogo's hand to ease the biker for a little bit. "We both know that you are much older than Hiro and that you walked this path before long ago." Gogo looked at her with teary eyes as she remembered her past experience.
"Hiro, at the moment, most likely feels the same way you did all those years ago." HL continued. "I know you feel like you were cheated on and that someone stole something precious to you. But this is your chance to redeem those feelings and be a much better person than him."
It took several minutes of silence and brain processing before Gogo started nodding and regain her usual confidence. HL, knowing that she was able to get her point through her thick skull smiled as well. She knew Gogo was a better person but she was just as "new" as Hiro on this situation.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Yeah!?" HL answered naturally since they were on her room.
"May I come in?" Hiro's voice patched through the other side of the door.
"CRAP!" Gogo whispered as she let go of HL's hand and rushed to the bathroom mere meters away from where she was standing. HL just smiled at the new side of her friend.
"Come in Hiro, the coast is clear!" HL replied to the boy's question. The door opened revealing a boy with his usual messy hair. Albeit, a bit longer than usual. "You already know that you don't have knock to enter don't you?"
"Sorry, force of habit when entering a girl's room."
"Hmm, point taken." HL smiled as she walked to the little kitchen she had. "Water?" She offered.
"No thanks, I was actually coming to let you guys know that dinner is about to be ready and we should head to the cafeteria."
Meanwhile, Gogo was locked on the bathroom listening to the conversation. Her heart was racing just at the mere sound of his voice it was ridiculous. Her train of thoughts was stopped when…
"Is everything okay?" HL asked as she noticed the rather silent demeanor of the kid.
"Yeah, I am fine. It's just, a lot of things running through my head."
"Then you are not fine." HL smiled.
"You know what I meant." Hiro smiled at their banter.
"Could it be Gogo issues?" HL knew she hit the jackpot the moment Hiro straightened his back and looked at her in disbelief.
"How? Who told you?" Hiro asked as he silently started panicking.
"Don't worry Hiro, nobody saw you two. Gogo told me." While HL enjoyed teasing those two with their romantic lives, Hiro was the one who suffered the most. Not it a bad way no, he just worried too much for his friends.
"Did she… Uhm, did she say something about it?" Hiro started fiddling with his hands and directed his eyes to the ground. Seriously, HL was genuinely having some fun at hearing each side of the story.
"Apparently she enjoyed it."
CRASH!
"SHE DID!? Wait… what was that?" Hiro peeked through the hallway that led deeper into the room and noticed that HL was hardly containing her laughter.
"Yes, I can assure you." HL's smile went from ear to ear. Now that she knew that Gogo was listening… "She was quite adamant with explaining the details…"
"OKAY I AM READY!" Gogo yelled as she came out of the bathroom. Her face was burning red and she was now willing to let HL get away with what she was doing.
"Come on, I am starving." Gogo closed in on them as she stared coldly at the blonde. Hiro, well, he just switched back and forth between the two female members of the group waiting for either to relent to the stare. It was until HL smiled and stood up that the three of them walked out of the room.
The walk to the cafeteria was quiet and HL couldn't stand it. Mostly because she was walking in between the two and nobody was willing to talk over. That was until she was able to recognize an agent who walked past them at a cross section.
"HEY LUCAS!" HL yelled chasing after such agent and leaving the couple alone.
Of course she bailed on me!
"What was that?" Hiro asked.
"Oh, I said it?" Damn! Nothing, it's just something between me and her.
"Oh." Hiro looked down again as Gogo refused to look at him for the same matter. None willing to discuss about the elephant in the room, not that it was an elephant and most likely they were just making the matter much worse than what it is.
"Are you-" Hiro started. "Are you okay Leiko?" He finally decided to look at her trying to find a reason behind their awkwardness.
"Of course I am!" She turned around to look at the boy regretting doing so almost immediately. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, it has been quite a long day today. From me being knocked out senseless to… uhm… you know." Both their faces turned red at the implications.
"Oh about that." She covered her face with her hands trying to gather her words. "I am sorry, I got carried away and you are probably..."
"Gogo."
"…I won't do it again if you don't want to. I mean. I know that perhaps we will do it sooner rather than later. Not that I am going to force you but we can..."
"Gogo!"
"…who am I kidding? I should just not do it. If that's okay for you I will…"
"LEIKO!"
"Wha- what?" Gogo stopped, her face completely red as she tried to salvage the little honor and dignity she had left in front of the man she loved.
"I was saying I liked it!"
"WHAT?"
"I s-said I l-liked it."
"Alright! Okay, cool!" She ran her hands through her hair finding for the right words. "Yeah, that sounds. Uh, sure!" Her faced could not get hotter even if she turned to look at Hiro who was experiencing the same situation. "Just let me know when you… I mean, we can wait until you are ready. If you feel ready that is. I mean…"
"Can I kiss you?"
"WHAT?" She turned around to look at a boy who was staring intently at her. His pupils had dilated and his breathing had quickened. She had to avoid his eyes for a couple of times to avoid losing control like before.
"Y-you know that you don't have to ask for permission right?" She was impressed that she was able to complete that sentence with barely no stuttering.
"Well, we've only been together for two weeks now and I don't really know how this works." He turned to look at the ground as he fiddled with his fingers. "I don't know what to do and now, even saying your name makes my heart go crazy."
Touched by the sincere confession from the boy, she smirked. "Oh really?" To which he just nodded.
"Is your heart racing right now?" In a bout of confidence, she stepped closer to Hiro. He nodded once again but held to his shirt for dear life.
"What about now?" She leaned over him to get closer and stare at his eyes. Hiro looked at her with the same eyes than before and realized that she was slowly developing an addiction to them
"Please, if you are going to do it, do it now!" He begged and she granted.
Her lips lingered for a moment before he pushed his head forward. It wasn't as heated as their previous session. It was just a simple peck. Enough to send them sky high.
"Shall we go?" she asked as she patted herself on the back due to Hiro's reaction.
"Let's." He replied.