I closed the space in between my left ear and the door and listened closely. My brother and Ray Ray were playing a video game while having a conversation on Ray Ray's crush.
"Okay, so spill. What's the girl's name?" Chresanto asked.
Ray Ray was hesitant before he spoke up. "I can't really say her name, but I'll just talk about all the things I like about her."
He began to pour his heart out about this girl he feels so strongly for.
"She's amazing; her personality, her smile, her laugh, everything. She's a very beautiful and intelligent girl; easy to talk to too. She'll cheer you up when you're down and she's always there to lend a helping hand. She brightens up my whole world and seeing her every day just makes me feel better."
Dang, it sounds like Ray is more than just sprung. He's--...
"In love..."
Chres finished the sentence of my thoughts.
"No way man," Ray Ray exclaimed in denial. "There's no way it can be that bad."
He was shaking his head by now.
"Face it Ray. You love this girl."
Ray Ray stood up and looked down at my brother. "I'm gonna go get a snack from your kitchen," he said ignoring Chres's confirmation. "Do you want anything?"
"Yeah. Get me a sprite."
"All right."
Before Ray got to the door, I literally flew down the stairs and into the kitchen for my own snack: a bag of Doritos and a Root Beer. I heard Ray Ray's footsteps make his way into the kitchen.
"Oh, uh, hey Kay," he greeted kind of awkwardly.
"Hi Ray."
"What're you doing down here?" he asked opening up the fridge.
"Getting a snack,” I answered. “What about you?"
"Same," he replied.
There was another awkward silence before I ended it.
"Well, I guess I'll talk to you later," I suggested.
He nodded.
Before I walked away, I was pinned against the kitchen counter top. Ray Ray's hands rested at my waist and he looked me dead in the eyes.
"R-Ray, what're you doing?" I questioned.
"It's you," he answered.
"What?"
"It's you Kayden. I like you."
My eyes widened. How could I have been so blind? I should've seen that it was me he liked when he sent me that text in Geometry. Man, I'm so slow.
"I know you probably don't like me that way, but I just needed to tell you how I felt."
"Rayan..."
"I also need to show you," he added quietly.
He placed his lips upon mine, and they were so soft that it was hard not to kiss back. My hands traveled from his chest to around his neck. His hands traveled down to my butt squeezing it making me gasp between the kiss. That gave Ray the opportunity to slide his tongue inside my mouth. I didn't even hear my brother's footsteps make their way downstairs, but I did hear him freak out.
"WHAT THE HELL?!!"
Ray stopped kissing me after that.
"Ray," Chres growled, "you have about five seconds to get the fuck off Kayden and the hell out of house."
"Chres, calm down man," Ray assured.
"Now."
Ray Ray kissed his teeth and went back upstairs to get his bag, and made his way to the front door soon afterwards.
"I'll see you later Kayden."
Once the door closed, Chresanto turned his gaze back to mine. I looked away.
"What were you thinking?" he questioned.
I looked back at him like he was crazy.
"What was I thinking? Chres, you blew that situation WAY out of proportion! So what if Ray Ray likes me? That's not a crime!"
"It is to me, because if he breaks your heart, I'm killin' his lil' ass on the spot."
"So, I can't date him because of the possibility of me getting my heart broken? Bullshit Chres... Bull. Shit."
"Since when did you even start liking Ray?! If you go out with him, then who is Akira stuck with?!"
Oh great, another slow moment by yours truly. The looks Akira's been giving me ever since I mentioned the girl Ray liked, when I knew she liked him and she knew he liked me. That had to kill her. I can't do that to Kira...
I stayed quiet for a few minutes.
"Exactly Kayden; what kind of friend would you be if you went out with Ray Ray, knowing he's the one Akira likes?" Chres quizzed.
I sighed. "You're right Chres. I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize to me. Apologize to Kira and Ray tomorrow morning and explain everything."
"But once both of them find out about who likes who, it'll be all awkward between them! What're we gonna do after that?"
Chres just grinned and folded his arms.
"You just leave that to me."
Oh Lord Chresanto, what're you going to do?
