Disclaimer: I do not own Karin the manga or anime.
Winner stepped forward hesitantly, enclosing the space between him and Maki. Maki closed her eyes expectantly, her heart pounding loudly. His hand gently tilted her chin upward and his lips brushed softly against hers. It was over much faster than Maki would have liked.
"There now do you promise not to chase after Miss Karin?"
"...That wasn't a kiss." Maki blurted out before she realized what she said. He was going to reject her, but hearing him always bringing up Karin was infuriating her. Winner was silent for a moment and fear pooled in the pit of her stomache.
Did I go too far?
"How... should I kiss you?" His response surprised Maki and her heart did a little skip.
"L-like you mean it."
Winner grabbed her face gently again, his lips coming down on hers for the second time. They kissed for a minute. She could feel his lips retreating. Maki's hands flew onto the front of his chest, clutching tightly at his shirt, rooting him to the spot. Maki took a risk and opened her mouth a bit. Winner's tongue slid into her mouth, almost as if rewarding her efforts. She kissed him harder, desparately trying to convey her strong feelings to him. Her hands wandered lower and Winner moaned into the kiss.
"That's e-enough!" Winner shouted breathlessly, breaking the kiss. His face was just as flushed as hers.
Maki grinned softly, biting her lip, savoring the taste of him.
"Okay, Winner."
Maki skipped home. She was so caught up in the moment that she had forgotten to give Winner his Christmas present.
Oh well! At least I got my Christmas present!
Maki heard a twig snap behind her. She fought the instinct to call 'who's there?' Maki had watched enough horror movies to predict how great that turned out. She instead gradually increased her walking speed, trying not to be obvious about her faster pace.
"Maki."
Maki jumped at the sound of her name, turning around quickly. No one was there.
Am I hearing things?
The green-haired girl shook her head, facing forward again.
"I saw you two."
"AHH!" Maki screamed, then stopped recognizing the little girl. "Oh my God, Anju you scared me half to death! What are you doing here?"
"I'm a vampire." The girl's expression deadpan.
"Oh."
Karin's whole family must be vampires. Shit, I feel so stupid.
"What did the kiss feel like?"
"H-huh?!" Maki blushed hard. "You saw that?"
Anju nodded her head.
"It... it was very sweet."
"You know you can drop the act in front of me. I won't tell Karin."
"What act?" Maki asked, genuinly confused.
Anju's lips shifted into the beginnings of a smirk, her stone eyes felt like they could see right through Maki.
"I saw how you manipulated him."