the lies we tell each other

Part 3

Doan has been a good friend throughout all of my relationship trials and tribulations. I was just so angry, and I couldn't look past how horrible Jungkook was. He was overprotective, manipulative, and jealous all the time. Doan offered to have a sleepover at his place to have fun. He knew how much of a douche Jungkook was, but he didn't know the frequency of the fights and how long they'd been going on. We walk into the pickup zone together after school. It's Friday, and we're supposed to sleep over till late Saturday.

Doan's mom picks us up in her dirty Toyota Corolla between calls. She works as a surgeon and never has time for much. I was surprised she had time to drive us home. The whole car ride, Doan's Mom is in a meeting. Doan just looks out the window as we drive to his house, and I do the same. We both thank his mom for the ride and get out of the car. She drives off almost frantically when she is called again. Doan sighs and looks at me.

"Ready to have some fun?" Doan asks and pulls me into a comforting hug. My head rests on his chest, and I nod into him. He giggles and pulls away, "Come on."

As soon as we enter Doan's house, we grab some snacks and head to his room. We watch the movie "Princess Bride" and cuddle the whole time because Doan's an affectionate baby. The movie sucks, but we make fun of it. We grab some real food from his kitchen to eat for dinner, then go back to Doan's room to play truth or dare. We sit on his twin-sized bed. Doan leans against his headboard, legs crossed, and I sit up at the foot of the bed with my legs stretched out. It's Doan's turn to ask a question or make a dare. I choose truth, of course.

"Do you have any hidden talents?" Doan asks eagerly as he hugs his lion-stuffed animal named Leon.

"I can do the splits," I reply and bounce off the bed excitedly. I'm much happier whenever I'm around. Doan or any of my friends. Doan cheers as I get into a split. I go lower and lower until I'm in a full split. It's a bit painful, but I think it's worth it.

"Woah, I had no idea you could do that!" Doan exclaims as I bounce up from the floor and sit back on the bed.

"Yeah, pretty cool, right?! My turn now, truth or dare," I smile and rest my chin in my hands. Doan chooses dare. I have to think for a bit until I come up with a funny dare.

"Lick my toe," I giggle. Doan makes a disgusted face, which makes me laugh even more.

"I can't back out of a dare," he shrugs and grabs hold of one of my feet. His hand is huge compared to my foot.

"No, I didn't actually mean that!" I squeal and try to kick my foot out of his grasp. He laughs and sticks out his tongue. He licks my toe with the flat of his tongue and quickly pulls away. His warm tongue felt weird against my foot. Safe to say I don't like it.

"Ugh, tastes nasty," he says and wipes his tongue on his shirt. I laugh and flop over. He hits me playfully with a joyful grin on his face. "Truth or dare."

"Dare."

"Kiss me," Doan smiles. I blush and look away. I cover my face and groan.

"Oh my god, Doan." I playfully hit him, and he just grins at me, "I can't," I exclaim, heeling forward. He grabs his heart like he's badly hurt. I giggle and throw my head back.

"You can't back out of a dare, Minnie," he persuades me and wiggles his eyebrows like he's trying to seduce me. I grin and look away bashfully. Maybe I should. Jungkook is being a horrible boyfriend anyway. It wouldn't hurt.

"Come here," I whisper. He scoots closer. I give him a little peck on the lips and pull away. We giggle and lean into each other.

"Truth or dare," I ask and lean back onto my arms.