Of Strawberries and Gum

First Kiss

Prompt: First kiss

"Hey have you... had your first kiss yet?" Marshall asked out of the blue. It was Friday afternoon, and both Marshall and I were hanging out in my room. It was a tradition of some sort you see, every Friday after school we hang out at my place playing Pokémon all night. We were sitting across from each other on the floor beside my bed, battling against each other on our DS. I was trying to get my Sylveon to use its moon blast attack when Marshall brought the question up distracting me. Sylveon ended up losing against Weavile.

I sighed and looked up at him, "first kiss?"

"Yes Bubblebutt."

I scowled at the insult and said, "No I haven't. I'm still 13, and I think it's too early for me to date."

Marshall rolled his eyes at me and said, "You don't have to date to kiss. Haven't you played spin the bottle or seven minutes in heaven?"

"No, why are you asking these questions?" I asked him confused and frustrated, I didn't want to talk about this stuff I just wanted to get back to playing.

"Nothing just Cake was showing off about getting her first kiss when she was only 10."

"Cake? That's ridiculous." I shook my head, not believing this. Is that why Marshall's so bumped about this? I guess I'm supposed to make him feel better about it now, "you shouldn't feel knocked out about something so stupid, I'm sure you've kissed a lot more people than Cake has. And she's been dating the same guy since third grade so that's saying something."

Marshall didn't look cheered up by my speech, he glared at the ground instead. "No...I..umhadnthadmyfirstkissyet." he mumbled rushing out the last words as his face flushed red.

"What? Out of the two of us I expected you to be kissed first! What about all those rumors?" I said shocked, this was news to me!

"Rumors are just rumors Gumball!!" He snapped before picking up his DS and challenging me for another match. I guess the talk is over now, I accepted his challenge and we continued our battle. I stayed with Sylveon but Marshall picked Zoroark. Half way through our battle though he suddenly blurted, "Let's kiss."

His words surprised me that I missed my chance to defend myself against Zoroark 'Foul Play' attack. I lose the battle again. "What are you saying now?" It was my turn to blush now.

"Come on, it's not so bad. Haven't you ever wondered what a kiss feels like?" he continued trying to coax me into this.

"I have" I admitted slowly unsure where this idea is taking us. Marshall took my DS as well as his own and put them aside, then he scooted closer to me. His face was only inches apart from mine, he looked from my eyes to my lips and back again, I on the other hand was completely frozen in my spot. I was completely embarrassed by our current situation; I didn't know what to say or do. Panicking I put my hand on his mouth and pushed him away, "Are we really going to do this?"

"Yes we are." He said impatiently moving back into me then smashing our lips together. "Ow!" I said as our teeth bumped against each other, this is not fun!

"Try tilting your head next time Gumbutt." Marshall grunted

"Why don't you do that Marshball." I replied,

We leaned into each other once more, our head tilted this time, and slowly connected our lips. It was like a shock of electricity running through me, burning me. I've never felt so alive. So this is what the hype is all about. His lips were soft and smooth and they glide against mine, which shocked more than it should. Although the kiss was sloppy and our teeth kept clacking together awkwardly I couldn't stop the butterflies in my stomach and my heart was beating like crazy, and my palms were moist with sweat. It finally hit my brain that this is my FIRST KISS! And I'm having with Marshall Lee! My Best Friend!

As we slowly pulled apart I felt Marshall hand brush against mine for a second before he pulled away. My eyes met his and I was glad that his face was as flushed as mine, I licked my tingling lips and swallowed hard. "Wow." My voice shuddered as I spoke first.

"Yeah." Marshall said his voice shuddering as well. I felt nervous and I could tell he was nervous too. What are you supposed to do after you kiss your best friend? Especially when you liked the kiss so much!! Thankfully the silence between us didn't stretch for long, Marshall reached for our DS again and handed mine back,

"Wanna go for another round? I'll let you win this time." Ha said sheepishly, the slight blush was still visible on his face and this time a small smile accompanied it.

"Yeah." I nodded and we sat beside each other playing, there were slight changes that I noticed though. Like how my knee rested against his casually, or how our elbows and shoulders brushed against each other every now and then, or how when Marshall talked to me there was this strange gleam in his eye that made my heart skip a beat. None of these changes helped me stop the blush that continued to spread across my face, and it certainly didn't help me win the battle against Marshall.