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8. Warm Pineapple Lies.

                                              ______
                   We have to lie to ourselves to live.
                           Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

                                                                       Patrick Ness.
                                          _________
        
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Kiara was beautiful. Her brown hair, straight nose with small lips that had the most beautiful cupid's bow she had ever seen. She also never wore any other colour but black or that orange with low brightness. Madeline was also beautiful but in a more colourful way, her lips were very graceful and full and red. Apart from her nails, her legs were always wrapped in those stripped stockings or the rainbow coloured attires she always had on. Desire raised her eyes to look at them time after time, she wondered why these two different people would chose to be best friends with each other.

Lately, they all spent their Saturday together at Bobby's diner where Kiara told Desire she wanted to become a physiotherapist but she was scared of being in accidents herself, both Desire and Madeline laughed and said no body ever wants to get involved in accidents. Ever. The trait Desire disliked about Kiara was that she always had a lot to kick about but she tolerated anyways maybe because she enjoyed seeing her face because it reminded her of Kye. Maybe.

They shared alot with Desire about themselves although Desire didn't consider them her friends. She considered them people who she passed by time with. What she wondered was what they thought of her. Did they think she was different? Smart? Shallow?

"What do think of me Kiara?" Desire asked Kiara just before she retired into her room for the night.

Kiara blinked, she tried to think of what a normal person would say in this situation. She didn't want to scare Desire away.

"I think your deep, like you have so many layers. It's both beautiful and terrifying"

Desire shrugged, laughing softly.
"I expected something like fun or smart"

Kiara reached out to touch Desire's shoulders.
"Your anything but bare Desire Haynes"

Warm. Kiara would never admit it but that was how Desire made her feel.

All squishy inside.

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Desire exhaled. Picking out a cloth for an outing at the park was hard for her, having little amount of clothes. She finally settled on a blue cropped top and Jeans then she called Kye, telling him she would meet him at the park.

When she arrived, kye was taking pictures of a tree someone had left balloons hanging on. He stood, bent in various directions before he finally smiled to himself, looking at his camera as he wore his dark shades back on. She inhaled deeply as she walked towards him and sat down on the already spread out cloth.

"You never told me you took pictures"

"You never asked"

Kye loved the smell of september wet grass it seemed to be his favourite, but as soon he caught Desire's scent his mind was changed instantly. She looked crazy wonderful today, her breasts held her cropped top in place, from his previous glimpses of her in work clothes he knew they'd fit his palms just perfectly. His eyes stayed on her body as she watched the children jump rope, she was driving him crazy making him have double thoughts at once. Both bending her over in the kitchen counter and holding her hands walking down the aisle, he knew it was too early to think about such she probably didn't even feel the same way. So he thought of a plan to ask her, a craving to know more about her.

"So" He said, taking hold of her attention.

"So" she repeated fiddling with the hem of her top.

He got on his feet and helped her stand too. They strode through the park, fingers intertwined, skin touching, heavy breathing.

"Let's play twenty questions?" He suggested, breaking the tense silence between them. She nodded.

"When you said you already have someone you talk to about yourself. What did you mean?"

Desire knew she had to answer this sooner or later and she definitely picked later.
"Its a family member" She stopped by a fruit vendor and got them both Pineapples.

"Ohh" Kye breathed, very relieved.
"Your turn"

She stroked her jaw thinking of a question.
"Favourite food?" She finally asked

"Chicken"

"Favourite colour?"

"Grey"

"Are you in a relationship?" He blurted out.

Desire knew he was going to question her relationship status, maybe had thought of this since their last date and had written ,the answer she would tell him, down.

"Look Kye" She began "I'm not normal well no one is but i am not someone you depend or rely on. I'm trying to stay on the path because once I stray too long. I'm lost or when I eventually lose myself i don't want you to feel like you did something wrong. I just need a friend for the time being"

The moment of silence she knew was happen after her speech, turned out to be longer than expected.

After struggling for the right words to say he finally looked into her eyes.
"Okay" He paused
"I'd let go whenever and wherever you want me to. Friend"

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The next week brought Desire and Kye inevitably closer, supposed long stressful days weren't so bad anymore for Kye. Yesterday he had heard her sing, her voice was melodious and pleasing as jealous by labrinth rang through his ears, he knew he was falling in love and fast. They had gone to the Zoo, museum, cinema anywhere they could find.

Today the sun shone bright and the tender sparks he felt whenever Desire passed by his office or whenever their eyes met caused the smile on his face to stick. Everyone noticed this but caleb was the first to ask.

"What's got you smiling like that?"

Naomi butt in.
"You've been spending less and less time with us."

Kye rolled his eyes, fully focused on the laptop in front of him while he scribbled on his notepad.
"I've been going to the park" He said, trying to sound as casual as possible.

Aiden raised a brow
"The park? What do you do at the park?"

Kye lifted his eyes to Aiden and back before shrugging.
"I've been taking pictures"

"Alone?" Naomi asked, obviously insinuating that he wasn't.

"Yes" Kye assured them all.

Caleb squeezed his eyes not fully closing them.
"You never been this....hinged upon. You know interested"

Kye pinched the bridge of his nose not responding.

Naomi definitely wasn't excited, seeing the way Kye had acted the few days past. She always knew when he was hiding something and this time he was putting extra effort. She needed to get her game back on or else he'd slip through her perfectly manicured fingers.
"Let's hang out tomorrow" She suggested

"Yeah I heard there's this new banging club not to far from my penthouse" Aiden says.

"First off no one still says banging. Secondly okay then" Caleb agreed.

"Or will you be too busy picture taking Mr Reed" Naomi mocked.

"I'll be there" Kye sighed.
He thought about inviting a few more people so Desire could have no option but to come. Kye kept off his friends the rest of the day cause the teasing didn't seem to end.

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Do you think lying is necessary at the beginning of any relationship?.

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