Kai was never one to believe in that 'love at first sight' bullshit. I mean he didn't even know the meaning of love at all. Yeah, sure he had felt the feeling of love plenty of times when he was with his family when they weren't always down each other's throats. But, romantically? Nope.
Not once while being in this system has he ever come close to saying he's loved someone before and he's been in the system for quite awhile. To be honest Kai didn't really care at all for this program. He thought of it as a joke and treated it as one. The girls, the sex, the dates were all the same. Nothing stuck with him and left him wanting more.
But fuck, she was beautiful.
Bonnie, his date, had to be the prettiest girl he's ever seen. Kai's eyes never left her from the minute she walked towards him up to now. It was like he couldn't stop staring and fuck was he glad he couldn't.
He tried his hardest to not show his obvious attraction to the girl in front of him by acting like he always does on first dates. Himself.
After introducing themselves, they immediately hit it off. Bonnie was easier to talk to than most girls he was set up with. Since Kai didn't really care much about the program, usually on dates he would try to speed up the dinner process and get to the part where they would fuck. He didn't want to get to know the person he would be on a date with because they all weren't interesting to him. But, Bonnie was different and he couldn't understand why.
Every time she talked he tried his hardest not to stare at her lips too long or notice the way her green eyes would smile along with her lips every time he said something funny just to make her laugh.
He was pretty sure he was doing great at containing himself but once dinner rolled around, he couldn't help but feel his dick twitch whenever she would wrap her lips around the fork and watch her eyes close in delight, tasting the food.
Fuck.
"Where are you from?" Bonnie questioned after setting her utensil down on her now empty plate that was previously filled with pasta.
"Portland," Kai responded, clearing his throat as he adjusted himself on his seat trying to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his head.
"Oregon?" A smile slowly played on Bonnie's lips and she leaned forward in her seat. "It's one of the places on my travel list."
"You have a travel list?" Kai copied her actions and raised his eyebrows.
Bonnie nodded, "Yep. After I find my soulmate and get out of this place. I want to travel and Portland happens to be one of the places I want to go to."
"Why Portland? It's boring." Kai said as he slightly scrunched up his face making Bonnie chuckle.
"You're only saying that because you've lived there for most of your life," Kai watched her playful expression slowly switch into a serious one as she continued, "But, uh, my grams used to live there and I remember how happy she would always be when she talked about Portland. It always made me want to visit there one day."
Kai could feel the way the once lively atmosphere started to turn grim. Bonnie was looking down at her plate while Kai contemplated on how to respond. He wasn't good at dealing with emotions especially if they were his.
"I could be your tour guide," Bonnie looked up at Kai and smiled, her tan cheeks showing a tinge of pink.
"You want to be my tour guide for Portland?" She asked with one of her eyebrows raised in question.
Kai nodded and smiled, showing his teeth. "Why not?"
"Thought you said it was boring?" Bonnie countered, leaning in forward while Kai did the same.
"It is...just when you're by yourself. But- when you're with other people.. like, say, me." He pointed at himself. "It could be really fun.. I can make it fun." Kai winked at the end of his sentence and smirked.
Bonnie bit down on her bottom lip trying to contain a smile threatening to display. "Maybe."
"Is that a yes?"
"That's an 'I'll think about it.'"
Silence filled the air between the two as they both stared at each other, neither one of them wanting to look away first.
The longer they looked at each other, the more Kai wanted to kiss her. And he's sure he would've. He would've if it wasn't for the sound of someone clearing their throat that snapped them both out of their trance. A waiter was standing at the table with a bottle of red wine, refilling both of their glasses.
Kai saw the way Bonnie turned her head away from him while the waiter refilled their glasses. He saw the way her cheeks turned a brighter color and he was certain that his ears were also red.
But what he didn't see was the suspicious way a guard, a few feet away from their table, whispered into his headpiece all while staring intensely at the couple.
Bonnie's laughing at one of Kai's stories about the time he accidentally super glued his and his sister's hands together. She's sitting beside Kai in a car that looked exactly like the one that brought her to the restaurant. It's taking them to their little house they are meant to share until their relationship ends. They were driving in the forest on a straight quiet road and occasionally would pass by houses with nothing around it except trees.
As her laughter slowly dies down, she can feel him staring at her. The feeling is almost like a burning sensation- it doesn't hurt but it wasn't a comfortable feeling either. She turns around and instantly leans back after seeing how close he was next to her.
"What?" She asks. And she doesn't know why doesn't know why he makes her feel so weird. She wishes she can just blame it on butterflies and move on, but this wasn't butterflies. No, it was something entirely different. It felt like a thousand needles were pricking her lower abdomen all at once. And she hated it.
"You're really beautiful." His voice was low and raspy, and his sudden compliment makes Bonnie frown. Ever since the incident at the restaurant, they- well mostly her had decided to act like nothing happened. It was easier that way because in moments like right now where he stared at her with hunger as if he wanted to devour her. Bonnie can't figure out if she should run away or stay. Or if she likes the way he looks at her or not.
She doesn't know how long it takes her to mutter a weak 'thanks' and she tries to figure out when he got so close. His knees are touching hers and she watches him as he puts a strand of her hair behind her ear.
And it's the same feeling she felt at the restaurant. That sharp, zap like feeling she feels in her tummy returns. Bonnie all but gasps at the feeling and it's gone as fast as it came.
If Kai noticed her reaction to that sudden innervation, he doesn't show any signs that he did. Instead, she sees him staring at her lips while licking his own which makes Bonnie look down at them. They're plump and wet and she catches herself thinking how they would feel against hers.
He has his one hand on her thigh, resting just below where her dress ends while the other is now pressed against her cheek. Why can't she ever remember the moments when he's about to touch her till when he does? Especially if it stings this much, makes her heartbeat beat so fast that she's afraid he can hear it.
She can't remember who closes their eyes first. But they're closed and all she can see is darkness. The stinging and electrifying feeling is still running through her. It's so intense that Bonnie can't feel her body, nor can she move it. His breath hits her lips and she parts her own as she feels his lips brush against them. She itches to move her head forward to press against his own, but she can't. It's as if she needs him to do it first, to spring her body into action.
But he doesn't, doesn't make the first move, in fact, he wasn't moving at all. Bonnie opens her eyes and she's met with eyes staring back at her. They weren't hunger filled like before but softer. She's realized that the vehicle also wasn't moving. As if on cue, the feeling in her body returns and Bonnie is moving away from Kai before he can say or do anything more. When she steps out the car, a cold relaxing breeze passes through and Bonnie sighs.
You just met the guy, what the fuck are you doing?Bonnie thinks to herself as she squeezes her eyes shut before taking a deep breath.
The car has stopped in front of a modern cottage and Bonnie can see how the cottage looks like a replica of all the others she's seen on the way here. It's a small but a large enough cottage for the both of them. It's located in the middle of the forest and Bonnie realizes that there's nothing around them from miles away. They're all alone, with no one to bother them or see them.
"Are you just gonna stand here all night or?" She jumps at the sudden feeling of Kai's breath on her neck and steps away, turning towards him.
He has a smirk on his face with amusement dancing in his eyes and she hates how cocky he looks right now. It's as if he knows what he's doing to her.
He tilts his head and she realizes that he's waiting for her answer. Bonnie clears her throat and looks towards the cottage.
"I'm just wondering how do we get in..we have no key. Unless they gave you-"
"Our hands," Kai interrupts, bringing both of his hands out of his pockets and up in a surrender position while wiggling his fingers.
"They're the key to this place." He continues once he sees her quizzical expression. "Come, I'll show you."
He starts walking down the short pathway to the cottage and she follows behind him. Once they reach the door there's a large, white outlined handprint on the wooden door and she can see what he means by their hands is the key.
"Oh," She mumbles. Kai laughs at her reaction to figuring it out and she finds herself smiling at the sound of it. She watches as he spreads his fingers apart to match the handprint and presses his hand to it. The white outline starts to glow green and the door opens.
It's dark inside the cottage when she steps in. Bonnie turns around and looks at the wall adjacent to the door for any light switches. There was none.
She turns around to face Kai and before she can ask about the lights, he claps his hands together.
Every source of light in the cottage lights up and Bonnie looks around in amazement. She can feel him staring again, the burning sensation returning. She tries to ignore it and turns around, noticing they were standing in a living and dining combo room. The cottage is small but still much better than her apartment.
"What's this?" Bonnie asks as she walks towards the kitchen island. She slides her hand against the black and grey marble designed top until she reaches an object laying on it.
It's a transparent circle shaped object and when her hand touches it, a black background with a thumbprint and words on top saying 'Tap to reveal' appear on the screen.
"It's our expiration date," Kai explains and she can see him walk closer towards her. And she wishes he would stop and stay where he was. She doesn't want him near her, not now.
She studies the object in her hand for a bit then looks up at Kai who's now next to her. And she inwardly sighs in relief at the amount of distance between them.
"We should check ours," Bonnie suggests. Kai reaches and grabs the same kind of device she has in her hands that also was laying on the counter. She notices that something flickers across his face and before she can guess what it is he looks at her and nods.
"Sure." He steps closer, his face unreadable. Bonnie looks down at the now transparent circle and touches the surface to go back to the screen she was at before.
"Count of three," Kai begins, and she can feel her heart picking up the pace again. Not as fast as it was back in the car but still fast. She has her thumb hovering over the print on the screen and inhales.
"Three,"
She puts her thumb closer to the screen.
"Two,"
Her eyes flicker up at Kai, then back down back at the screen.
"One,"
She presses down at the screen and Kai follows. They both watch as the device analyzes their thumbprint and a bunch of numbers flashes across the screen until it lands on one in particular.
Bonnie is sitting on top of the closed toilet seat in the master bathroom, her elbows resting on her knees. She has one hand holding on to the object while it counts down from the amount of time her and Kai have to be together.
Bonnie looks at the number again on the screen.
When the number popped up, she remembers feeling a mixture of emotions. Some were good, some were bad.
Bonnie recalls the way he smiled at her when she had looked up from the device in her hands. It wasn't one of his cocky grins he seemed to always wear on his face, it was more genuine. Just the thought of the way he smiled at her, made her want to smile too.
And she did. She did smile back at him. But when he stepped closer she quickly snapped out of it and made up an excuse of needing to use the bathroom, to avoid any repeats of the last few moments they had together every time he stepped into her personal space.
Bonnie had gone into the bathroom to just think. She needed to take a break from Kai, who for some reason seems to be sucking up a lot of her energy. Kai has this kind of aura to him that her body seemed to be drawn to while every moral thought in her brain tells her to stay away from him. She couldn't deal with the push and pull game her body seems to be doing every time she was around him. The physical and mental feelings he gave her were new to her and she didn't know if she could cope with them much longer. But she had to.
Letting out a breath, Bonnie stood up and straightened her dress while walking towards the bathroom mirror. The number of times she's freaked in Kai's presence she would've thought that she looked like a mess, but Bonnie still looked as good as she did when she first walked into the restaurant. She gave her reflection a tight smile before walking out of the bathroom.
He was lying on his back on the bed when she walked out. He seemed to be thinking about something before she came out but when Bonnie closed the door behind her, he turned his head towards her direction.
"Hey" He greeted as he propped himself on his elbows and smiled at her.
The same smile he gave her downstairs. Without thinking she returned it. Kai patted at the space beside him on the bed, indicating for her to lay down with him.
Bonnie didn't accept right away nor did she decline either. Instead, she stood there shaking her head trying hard not to blush at the thought of her laying in bed with him. "I don't know,"
"Come on," He sat up and stared at her with pleading eyes and she can see a hint of playfulness in them too. "I mean, I am your boyfriend."
Bonnie frowned at the word, boyfriend.
"Technically speaking," He assures her after seeing her frown, the corners of his mouth twitching as he tries to cover a smirk wanting to play on his face.
"And we do have to be together. So, why not get to know each other now? That's all we're gonna do. Nothing more." He pauses. "Unless you want to."
She can hear the suggestive tone he uses to speak his last words but she tries to pay no mind to that. He did have a point though, she had to be with him whether she liked it or not. So why not get to know him?
Bonnie accepts his invitation and takes off her heels, noticing he's already taken off his shoes. She internally moans at the feeling of the cold wood floor on her feet, after she's out of her heels and starts walking towards the bed.
He's already lying back in his original position, head turned with a playful smile on his face while he watches her lay down next to him.
There are a few inches between them on the bed, that if one of them wishes to move their hand in the direction of the other, they would touch. Bonnie rests her hands on her tummy, crossing her fingers and stares at the ceiling.
She doesn't say anything and neither does he. She's waiting until he starts talking and then she'll follow. That's how it usually goes anyway. It's how it went at the restaurant. He would say something and she would reply.
Seconds pass between them and Bonnie swears she can feel him moving closer towards her but she tries to ignore it, not wanting a repeat of what happened back in the car.
She squeezes her eyes shut trying not to think about that moment. Every time she did, her tummy wouldn't just do a flip but whole fucking somersaults. She drops one of her hands on the bed to grab the sheets, but instead, she lands her hand on his.
Bonnie gasps and he's quick at grabbing her hand, not too forceful before she can take it away. She turns her head to look at him, not surprised to find him already staring at her.
She isn't moving, but he is. Eyes trained on her lips, hands going to touch her face, she watches him. Her ears are ringing and she can feel her heartbeat pumping and if they both looked down she was sure they would see it beating out of her chest.
She does not notice the way she tilts her chin up to angle her lips with his, doesn't notice her hands moving up to slide in his hair. Doesn't notice the way their bodies are pressed against each other, doesn't notice his hand sliding down to cup her ass to bring her closer. But she's already close, so close.
She doesn't notice any of it until her lips are pressed against his. Until he's sighing against her lips.
The kiss is unlike any she's had before. Kai's lips are roughly moving against hers in a fast pace while she's equally just as rough. They kiss as if they've been starved of each other for decades as if they don't have all the time in the world. But they do, they have all night together.
They have a year.
a/n; honestly thank you so much for the reviews and favs/follows that i got from my first chapter! it motivates the hell out of me to continue on with this story and i have big fucking plans because my brain is filled with so many ideas. anyways hope you enjoyed this chapter and reviews are always welcome! (and needed).