Meanwhile the rest of the team finished dinner.
'I thought Aarch would have gotten them out by now.' Rocket said
'If Lioness wants to do something she will do it.' King said matter of fact.
'Yeah. Dudette is serious!' Shark said and burped.
'Cool. I'm going to see what they are up too.' D'Jok said and as he was about to leave he saw Lioness, Mark, Aarch and Daisuke come in.
'I was just about to see you.' D'Jok said to the guys.
'Well looks like we are getting close with Micro Ice. We will do this again next week. Thank you for the help Daisuke.' Aarch said and gave him a hug.
'No problem. I should be getting off. Your grandma wants me back before midnight. See you later Flame Kid.' Daisuke said and gave her a hug.
'Bye grandad and thank you.' Lioness said and watched him leave.
'You busy?' D'Jok asked Lioness.
'Nope but first I need a shower. Did you have anything in mind?' Lioness asked D'Jok.
'After. I will catch you later.' D'Jok said and gave her a smile.
'Cool.' Lioness said and went to wash.
'Dudes! I heard they are showing Aquaman on TV!' Shark shouted and everyone ran to the living room apart from Mark and D'Jok.
'You coming?' Thran asked the two.
'I need a shower.' Mark told him.
'I watched Aquaman a couple of days ago. Still too fresh in my mind.' D'Jok said and went upstairs with Mark.
'Dude. Did you want to spend some alone time with Lioness?' Mark teased D'Jok.
'Well yeah.' D'Jok said and followed Mark into his room.
'Dude. Why haven't you asked her?' Mark said as he shut the door and ran his shower.
'She's been really on football and plus with the whole Kageymma thing she is really focused on him. I don't want her to think that I'm annoying or anything.' D'Jok told him.
'True but if you want to do anything thing with her just ask. She really doesn't mind.' Mark replied to him as he was taking his shower.
'I will try. I was thinking of doing a movie and dinner thing?' D'Jok told him.
' long as the food doesn't have peanuts and hazelnut in it for her she will be calm.' Mark giggled as he was still showering.
'Why?' D'Jok asked him and heard the shower stop.
'She is allergic.' Mark said and opened the door. As Mark got dressed D'Jok stayed silent.
'So Mark can I ask you a question?' D'Jok asked.
'Sure dude. Hit it.' Mark said as he applied cream to his face.
'This Kageymma thing… She said that he tried…' D'Jok said but was cut off by Mark.
'Listen. I don't want to talk about that bastard and what he tried to do to her not once! He deserves to rot in hell.' Mark angrily spoke to D'Jok. D'Jok stayed silent as Mark tried to recompose himself.
'I'm sorry dude.' Mark said.
'No. I should have never brought it up.' D'Jok said and gave Mark a hug.
'C'mon let's go see Lioness. She should be done by now' Mark said and dragged him to Lioness' room.
'Li! Im coming in!' Mark said and opened the door. Lioness was just finished putting her shirt on.
'What happened to knocking?' Lioness asked Mark.
'Hey we have seen each other with and without clothes.' Mark said with a shrug.
'What?' D'Jok said and turned slightly red.
'When we were seven?' Lioness said and laughed with Mark.
'That was fun. I will catch you two tomorrow. Aquaman is on downstairs.' Mark said and wished the pair off.
'How was the training?' D'Jok asked her.
'Good. You can come in fully you know. Close the door behind unless you want everyone to hear our conversation.' Lioness said and D'Jok did what was told.
'So we haven't discussed the underwear thing with Mr Lugi. We can call him now?' Lioness suggested to him. D'jok nodded and called Mr Lugi.
'Hey Mr Lugi! We are so sorry for the late response but we will be happy to model for the underwear collection.' D'Jok said and Lioness gave a thumbs up. Mr Lugi gave them all the information and thanked them heavily. As D'Jok dropped the phone.
'Looks like we are doing the shoot in 2 weeks.' D'Jok told her.
'Nice. I spoke with Dame Simba and I should be in contention of being in the team against the Sands.' Lioness told him.
'Well done! Guess all that extra training and resting really helped you.' D'Jok said and gave her a hug.
'I told you. I'm a quick healer.' Lioness said and the two fell silent but were still hugging.
'I'm glad you stayed.' D'Jok said and hugged her tighter. Lioness said nothing and smiled. The released each other.
'Me too.' Lioness told him.
'Li. You there?' A voice said behind the door.
'Yeah. Come in.' Lioness said and watched the door open.
'Hey. Dame Sinbai told us the good news. It's going to be great having you back fully.' Axel said and hugged her.
'Thanks.' Lioness said and looked at D'Jok.
'Looks like everyone is up beat now. I'm going to get something to drink. Want anything?' D'Jok asked them. They both shock their head and he left the room.
'Li. Has Madison said anything to you?' Axel asked him.
'Why?' Lioness asked him.
'I think she feels like we are falling apart. Like the only time when she and I are together the only thing she wants to do is-.' Axel was explaining before he was cut off.
'To have sex? Madison did talk to me. She feels the same way too. You need to just sit down and talk to her about it.' Lioness told him and put a hand on his shoulder.
'I will. Thanks Li.' Axel told her and gave her a small hug. As Lioness pulled away Axel stop and looked at her. The two smiled at each other and then began to lean in towards each other. Axel pushed back Lioness' hair behind her ear as their lips were inches apart. Both of them sprang apart realising what they were doing.
'We should see the others.' Lioness said and got up from her bed.
'Yeah.' Axel agreed and got up after her. The two walked in silently to the living room and met the others.
'Yo dudes. What you guys up too?' Shark asked.
'Nothing! Why?' Lioness and Axel shouted at the same time.
'Okay. Take a chill pill. Aquaman is on later so we are planning to play a game and wanted to know if you guys wanted to join?' Hawk said.
'Oh.' Lioness said and looked Axel.
'Sorry guys. Yeah sure I will play. Li?' Axel said and looked at her.
'Yeah. Me too.' Lioness replied.
'Okay. Grab a seat.' Mark said noticing her acting weird. Lioness sat next Mark and Micro Ice as Axel sat in between Madison and D'Jok.
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'Why are you acting weird?' Mark asked Lioness.
'I am not acting weird.' Lioness said with her eyes fixed on the TV.
'Really? That's like me saying I'm white. Which we both know I am clearly not. What happened with A?' Mark told her and looked at her face.
'I'm fine. Drop it.' Lioness said and gave a smile.
'Okay.' Mark said and looked at her.
'It's not a big deal.' Lioness told him.
'Really? You too are acting like… No way.' Mark said
'What?' Lioness said and looked at him.
'Something happened didn't it?' Mark said and looked at Lioness.
'NO!' Lioness shouted in English and everyone turned to look at her.
'Everything alright?' D'Jok said.
'Everything is fine. Mark. Kitchen. Now.' Lioness said and dragged him to the kitchen. As the two headed for the kitchen everyone breathed a sigh.
'Sometimes those two behave like a married couple.' Rocket said and everyone started laughing.
'That's kind of how you and Tia are.' D'Jok said and everyone continued to laugh.
Meanwhile in the kitchen. Mark got a bottle of water and sat down next to Lioness.
'So spill the tea.' Mark said while drinking a bit of his water.
'Fine… Axel and I almost kissed.' Lioness said and Mark spat out his water.
'I said almost!' Lioness explained.
'Li. He has a girlfriend.' Mark explained while clearing his windpipe.
'I know. That's why we stopped. We didn't do anything. I didn't lead him on and neither did he. It was like we were drawn together. I don't know but thankfully nothing happened.' Lioness said.
'Good. Oh how is the Calvin Klein shoot?' Mark asked her.
'Well D'Jok and I talked about it and we both feel good about it. In two weeks the shot will start.' Lioness said and gave him a smile.
'Look at you. Miss model footballer.' Mark teased her.
'Shut up!' Lioness said and laughed with him.
'Hey. Can I get a drink? Don't want to disturb you two.' D'Jok asked.
'Yeah! Don't worry everything is fine!' Lioness said and dragged him into the kitchen more.
'Great. The tournament is still going on. You guys joining us?' D'Jok enquired as he picked up a bottle of water.
'Yeah.' The pair said at the same time and followed the redhead into the living room.
'Hey. You guys are just in time. D'Jok, Axel, Mark and Lioness. Pick your partner.' King said.
'Im with Axel.' Mark said and handed him the controller.
'Lioness and I.' D'Jok said and handed her the controller.
'Dudes. Head to head for GF game.' Shark said as the four picked their players.
'Warren?' D'Jok said to Lioness who nodded and smiled.
'Let's go!' Mark said.
'Vamos.' Lioness said and the game had started.