Kao
Five years ago
I smiled as I saw our intertwined hands.
We were walking back to my house now after we took a walk around the village right after the kiss we just shared.
"Do you want to go for a walk?"
Pete asked.
Breathless when we broke the kiss.
I was panting equally and my brain was clouded as my limbs felt like jellies but I still ended up nodding at Pete and before I knew it, we seemed to have surveyed the whole block with our hands knotted with each other.
Not speaking.
Just looking and smiling at each other like crazy.
Holding hands.
All because he reached for it when we were finally walking back even with other people around.
"So... this is me. Again..."
I said as I bit my lips.
We were back in front of my house.
Standing on the same spot where I finally confessed and poured my heart out to him and then we ended up kissing.
Because he pulled me into him.
I couldn't help but smile at the idea.
But I was also confused.
"Go along. Your parents must have been worried."
He said as he glanced at my house with the shadows of my parents moving inside the house.
Could it be that they saw what we did earlier?
And if they did, what now?
I could not wrap my thought around the fact as still feel Pete's warm hands in mine.
His right index finger slithering around mine and even if I wanted to, I could not seem to stop myself from feeling so happy with the thought.
"Right. So..."
I trailed off and looked him in the eye as his hand was still around mine.
The soft light from the nearby lamppost cascaded on his face giving it a more dreamy look.
But looking at him now, with his face blank but his eyes smiling at me, I thought it felt so surreal even for a dream.
"So what?"
He asked after some time of just staring at each other.
His quiet raspy voice sounded like an ode to my ear.
I looked up at him.
I have risked too much of me and my heart for tonight and somehow, it yielded me a kiss.
Guess there's no harm in pushing my luck way further that this.
At least, whatever happened, I could say that I did and tried my best and told Pete about my feelings.
"So what happens after this?"
I whispered and bit on my lower lip when I saw that he heard it.
"What are we?"
I held my breath when I was finally able to put it out there and I thought that was the longest thirty seconds of my life.
"We are us."
I blinked at Pete when I finally heard him speak.
Not sure what to make out of his answer until he spoke again and I thought I never could have heard anything better.
