Nightmares ; Bonkai

chapter 30

Bonnie woke up the same way she had fallen asleep; the entire front of her body plastered against Kai's. She felt his hands wrapped tightly around her back and went to move her hand that was touching skin. She opened her eyes and followed her arm to her hand resting against his cheek, a momentary panic to pull it away but she left it there; moving her fingertips lightly and smiling when he instinctively turned into her touch. She had a brief internal deliberation wondering how many girls he had woken up to like this – how many different ways Gabby had woken him up – and how he reacted with all of them. Did he really not believe anyone could love him or was that a defense tactic? Is he able to love... or be in love?

"You're staring," he said groggily and she blinked a few times out of her daydream to see his eyes were still closed.

"How would you know?"

"Mm I can feel it, just like you can feel it when I'm watching you." His hand lifted off her back and his fingertip trailed up her spine to the base of her neck "like the hairs on the back of your neck standing up."

She breathed in through the goosebumps that were breaking out across her skin and opened her mouth to speak when his eyelids fluttered open and his clear blue eyes stared back at her. Bonnie didn't know how it was possible to be silenced by someone's gaze alone since it had never happened before but Kai managed to do it more times than she'd outwardly admit.

She lifted her hand off his face and he trailed his arm around her back up her side until his palm rested against her knuckles and interlocked their fingers, bringing both around her back. She wiggled around in her semi-trapped position and couldn't break free of his hold or his gaze.

"What?" she puffed after another attempt and looked back into his serene composure.

He made it apparent to stare into her eyes before dropping to her lips and she could see his Adam's apple moving.

"What are you doing?" she tried again.

"Testing out another theory," he let out at a base tone level, still looking at her lips as he slowly closed the gap between their faces.

Bonnie breathed in deep; unable to exhale the closer he got until his eyes flashed up to hers and a jolt of nerves passed through her leaving her high-strung and skittish. She gasped out a breath and used her entire body to propel backwards throwing herself off the bed before she could catch herself. She groaned and his soft chuckle turned into a full on laughing fit as he rolled to the side of the bed and poked his head over.

"Graceful, just like a little baby giraffe," he cooed and rolled onto his back.

"So how are your theories treating you?" she asked gruffly as she pulled herself up using the bed post.

"Oh very promising; I might even let you in on it if you don't figure it out yourself." He tilted his head and looked up at her whispering, "I don't think you will."

Kai knew just the right way to push her buttons and he did at every opportunity. Bonnie was convinced he went out of his way to find ways to get arise out of her for sheer amusement.

"How would I be able to if I don't have any of the variables?"

"Well, it's about you – so that's a pretty big one." He swung his legs over the side and ended directly in front of her. "Do some soul searching, dig deep, maybe you'll surprise us both."

He hopped off the bed and walked around her going down the stairs and heading to the place he always ended up no matter what house he was in. She followed him down and walked through the adjoining rooms until she landed in the kitchen. Kai opened every cabinet before looking in the fridge and freezer and turning back to her letting out a pathetic groan.