Hilary's thoughts circled Kai and his mysterious ways while she tried to assemble another piece of furniture. Having a new place to call her own was great until she realized she needed a house's worth of stuff.

And the bookcases had been kicking her butt all day.

After spending a month living with her parents – and more time at Kai's than she cared to admit – she was more than happy to have space all her own. A job, an apartment, and a...boyfriend?

Were they dating?

It was a question that kept Hilary up at night. He'd never really asked her out. They just sort of ate together and then went back to his place. Sometimes they just took the food back to his place. Sometimes they didn't even eat the food.

But she also got food with the others, so that couldn't be defined as dating. And if she were to run this past any of her friends from university, they wouldn't call it a relationship, that's for sure.

Maybe it was her fault. She was the one that didn't want to tell the others right away.

Did she even want to be in a relationship? Shouldn't that be the real question?

Great, she'd put the door on backward again.

Putting the screwdriver down, Hilary stared at the mess of wood and screws and nails in front of her, cursing each item for the frustration it caused her.

She heard keys enter the doorknob and the lock turning. The door was her favorite part of the place – it had cute little windows to let the sunlight in. For privacy, she put up sunflower curtains. But she'd only given a spare key to one other person.

Kai walked in, shutting the door behind him. His suit jacket was thrown over one arm, tie pulled loose. As he walked across the room, cracking his neck before finally collapsing onto her brand-new couch.

"Long day?"

"The longest," he sighed. "Never-ending meetings about things I don't even care about. Who cares about these things?"

"I'm assuming the men on your board?"

"They need hobbies,"

Hilary smiled to herself. Kai did such a good job because he refused to fail. To them, he was a machine that never stopped. She liked to think she was the only one who got to see the tired side of him.

"Thanks for coming over to help me,"

Kai didn't move. He laid back with his eyes closed, arms crossed over his chest.

"Kai?"

He snored.

"I know you don't snore when you're asleep,"

Nothing.

Hilary rolled her eyes. Slowly, she crawled across her floor, careful not to move anything. Once she was close enough, she lifted off the floor and settled herself on his lap, one knee on either side of him. She could see how his hands twitched, responding to the impulse to hold her there. Still, he restrained himself.

She put her hands around his neck, folding her fingers together. "You promised you'd help me with these,"

Still, nothing.

Leaning forward, she kissed his forehead. "Nothing? Maybe here," she placed a delicate kiss on his eyelids.

"Nope. How about here," she kissed his nose. His hands stayed by his side and his head leaned back. Sighing dramatically, Hilary moved to get off his lap. "Well, I guess there's nothing I can -"

She erupted into a fit of giggles as Kai's hands shot up to grasp her hips, keeping her in place and pulling her even closer. His eyes slid open slightly, a characteristic smirk pulling up his lips.

"You missed something,"

She pretended to think. "No, I don't think I did,"

As he leaned forward, probably intending to show her what she missed, Hilary folded her hands in front of her mouth, blocking him.

"No. Not until you help like you promised you would,"

They stared each other down, neither backing off. He could be stubborn, Hilary knew, but she could be just as bad. It was a battle of wills and fortunately, at that moment, she had all the power.

Hey everyone! Just a quick thank you to all who are continuing along with me.

It seems I've caused some confusion with how I've written this story. I understand. I'm not sure what the source of confusion is exactly, but I'll try to explain the best I can.

The story is separate small moments in Kai and Hilary's relationship. You can think of the chapters, short as they are, as being a part of a much larger story and I've chosen to pick them out and zoom in on them. All of the chapters are in order from their first kiss.

So some chapters will be shorter and other chapters will be longer, but they are in order, apart of the same story, and will deal with the good and bad of their growing love.

I hope this helps clear up any confusion. If it doesn't and you still have more questions, feel free to ask any questions. If you are a guest, I will post the answer in my profile.