*Flashback 1 year ago*
Bianca had a host a sleepover and invited a couple of her friends regardless of their gender, so she invited Pax, Hannah, me and Kevin. Bianca's household was really strict(but not as strict as mine), it was a miracle how her parents approved teenaged boys, non straight girls, and others to stay for the night.
She said it's because her half brother, who was 7 years old than she was, was home and she could get away with almost anything as long as he was there to watch over. I've met him personally, and he was...unfriendly, to say the least.
We were in her room, sitting in a circle. One of her lady friend sat next to my right while Kevin sat on my left. We were playing 'Would You Rather', the game everyone likes and despise next to the classic 'Truth or Dare'. We promised to Bianca's brother we'd never do anything sexual...
...and we almost broke it.
"My turn!" Bianca exclaimed after the last question has been answered. She took her time to pick her prey...and it was me. With a knowing smirk, she points at me. "Jack Azaleas! Would you rather...eat the most disgusting thing ever made or kiss the person next to you?"
What?! Uh...what?!
I turn to both of the people beside me. I most definitely do not want to kiss a girl! I don't want my first kiss to go like that! And there's Kevin...I knew she was doing it on purpose. Nothing's more entertaining than seeing the outcast squirm in his seat with his crush sitting beside him no feet apart.
Yet it was the perfect moment! I could've just said I prefer kissing someone and I'd pick him and all would be happily ever after! But...
I respected the vow we made more than my selfish wish. Plus, I would be a bad kisser and it'd ruin everything...reality isn't a fairytale and all would end into a disaster if I did it. I'd go to sleep embarrassed, alone, and full of regret.
"I think I'd prefer the former." I bite my tongue when the words left me. Almost in the room appeared surprised when I said my answer.
Were they...expecting to me to choose the other option?
"O-oh? Is that so?" Bianca stutters with surprise for a moment...before a devil smile forms across her face. What the heck?
"You have something in mind, Bianca?" asking with caution, never see her with a smile like that.
She scratches her chin in thought. "Maybe...hang on, I'm going to get something." she stands up and headed downstairs.
Everyone stared onto me intensely like I just said the wrong answer and I was going to be punished! Their staring had me shrink in my seat, hyperventilating while my head spinning from the extreme uneasiness and growing panic.
They're staring in my soul...why was no one blinking?! WHY IS NO ONE BLINKING?!
Thoughts of possible outcomes when Bianca comes back multiplied.
What if she's going to call my parents and had them punish me for ruining the mood? What if she kicks me out?! What if she kidnaps me to her basement?! What if...SHE COMES BACK WITH A CHAINSAW AND SLICE ME INTO SUSHI ROLLS?!
All of the sudden, I felt an arm across my shoulders and pulled me closer into warmness. "Jack, buddy. Hey! You're okay, you're okay. You're safe, no one's going to harm you..."
It was the athlete, shushing me into his arms and muttering the same words over and over soothingly. In his arms, I felt safe and his heartbeat soothes me in many possible ways. After a couple of more fast breathings and my mind alarming fight or flight instinct, my mind has finally registered reality and no one is going to put in wasabi and I finally calmed down...
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Unrequited Love For You
Teen Fiction"You have...Hanahaki, Jack." The doctor says hesitantly with his diagnoses in her hands, the tears start swelling up in his family's eyes. But Jack could only raise an eyebrow in question and obliviousness. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I don't know w...
