...love, Sang

Taste the Rainbow

Thank you so much yobshabob for editing this for me! I'm so grateful :*

This is set mid January after the book First Kiss. You'll still understand it even if you haven't read it yet.

This is for all the angry birds from my latest HB update. I hope you enjoy this. Thank you for reading :)

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It was mid January, and Erica had finally almost gotten rid of all of New Year's leftovers. It took us all coming at least three times a week to get through them, but we'd managed to eat everything except the black eyed peas.

I wasn't sure if she could tell, but we followed a schedule of visits so that nobody would be forced to eat the same stuff over and over again.

It was Friday morning and we'd already been sent home from school because of another bomb threat.

According to Kota's calculations, if everybody comes for an early lunch, the last serving of the 'darn B.E.P.', as a few of the boys would call it, would be gone. We had all agreed to come and were seated for the final batch.

Poor Gabe was across from me, horrified, as Erica scooped an extra ladle of the food on his bowl. "For being extra helpful today," she declared. Everybody would've snickered by now but we had been busy sympathizing with him, especially that he had been ecstatic to say goodbye to the dish all morning. Aside from us being the first to arrive in his moped, Erica must've noticed how he was too eager to fix the tables while she prepared the food, thus the reward.

Beside him, Luke was stuffing his mouth, determined to finish fast and receive a cupcake. "The faster I eat, the closer I get to cleanse my pallet with desserts."

As Erica left the room to prepare for her shift, Gabriel whispered loud enough for us to hear him say, "Please tell me we're never going to fucking serve this ever again." I heard groans of approval from everybody as Gabe finished the last spoonful of food.

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After Erica had left for the hospital, Mr. Blackbourne, Dr. Green, Victor and Silas went back to the school to investigate more on the bomb threat. North was on Luke-duty for another Academy assignment, so they had to leave as well. After saying our goodbyes, I was left with Gabe and Kota in the house.

"Sang, are you expecting a package today?" Kota asked while I was drying the glasses. He was looking out the window when I turned to him.

Out on my front porch was a mailman. As we were wary of it being Volto, he insisted on retrieving it for me, with Gabriel standing lookout.

A minute later, after signing the form, he came back holding a shoebox sized package .

"It's from Carla, the girl from camp?." Kota double checked the label.

"Oh, one of your minions." Gabriel joked.

I remembered her texting me that she had received a couple of gifts from relatives last Christmas and would send a few to me, when she gets back to her hometown. "She was in California last week," I told them, explaining about the address.

The package contained a variety of makeup products from different brands and a couple of nail polishes in different colors.

"Not bad," Gabriel said as he examined a pink, egg-shaped sponge in his hand.

Kota was busy sorting through it all and smiled when he spotted a green nail polish, saying that he'll use it on me later. I secretly looked forward to us being alone again.

I was busy looking at the different brushes when Gabriel started applying a gloss on my lower lip. He made me pucker up, and I reflexively held still.

Kota flinched suddenly and brought his phone to his ear. "What's the problem?" He questioned, while signing Victor to me. "Okay. I'll be right there. No. Gabe will stay with her. Yeah. Bye."

They needed another hand at school so he had to leave. I was cautious of his reaction to me being alone with Gabe. The last time I was left with Gabe, Kota caught us making out in the tent over at camp. He's asked for more time to think about our whole setup, so I didn't know what his reaction would be. Instead, he pulled me up and kissed me right then and there. His lips were soft and warm, and when they made contact into my own, I couldn't help but smile into the kiss. I thought he'd let go after a smack, but he lingered a little before leaning back. "Thirteen," he whispered to me, counting our kisses. He licked his lips as he mumbled something about the flavor, but I couldn't catch it, because he left me wondering what this kiss meant. "Behave. Listen to Gabe. I'll be back soon," he said while tucking loose hair behind my ears.

He left without another word, leaving Gabriel and I gawking at his actions.

Gabriel muttered, wide-eyed, "Did he say it tasted good?" He then quickly gathered all the lip glosses and dragged me upstairs while I contemplated what had just happened.

That is what you got from that? I wanted to scold Gabriel. Until now, Kota only kissed me when we were alone. I was more worried about him being more open to his feelings. He was so upfront about it, I didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad one.

"Gabriel, do you think-"

He placed a finger over my mouth, subtly telling me to shut up. "Sshh trouble, priorities."

He's crazy, I thought. It was a huge development and he's telling me that something's more important than this.

After seeing him check the label on a pink colored lip gloss, he was on a rush to open the tube and apply it to my lips. "But you just applied some earlier," I whined, feeling a bit greasy from the two coats.

"It's gone! He licked it all!" He said in irritation.

I couldn't talk after as I was busy puckering up for him. Did he want to try all these on me? I thought he didn't want any makeup on my face.

"Now then, let's see what this would taste like."

He leaned closer and smacked his lips on mine. Gabriel!

Heat quickly filled me as he licked my upper lip slowly.

"Mmhhh. Fuck yeah," he moaned against my lips, leaving me flustered. He did the same with my lower lip and then started kissing me fully. There was a hint of strawberry flavor when I kissed him back.

"You taste good, trouble. Nate would love that one." He pulled back only to grab another tube and apply it to my lips. "I'll let you pick the next one," he said, painting a thick coat of a darker pink of lip gloss.

Leaning forward, he started smacking his lips on mine repeatedly. A shade of pink started to show on his lips when he grabbed the back of my neck and kissed me hard. His tongue traced my thickly glossed lips, tasting the new flavor. When I slightly opened my mouth, his tongue moved past my lips. Moaning, I let his tongue intertwine with mine. I had to pull back for air, and plopped down on the bed, sighing.

Gabriel's eyes were closed as he savoured the berry flavor of the lip gloss. "Ah, trouble, trouble, trouble..." He pulled on my arm, asking me to lie down beside him. "I'm fucking sure they're rushing to get home by now. So for the last time today, I'll let you pick which one we'll taste."

Soon after, we were making out until Luke clambered down from the windows and volunteered to taste the rainbow, grinning as he slipped the vanilla-flavoured lip gloss in his pocket. "That's for our own alone time," he whispered as he pulled me up from the bed.

Gabriel couldn't help but grin while fixing my hair. "Now, wasn't that fun?"

"That was so worth the extra ladle of that black eyed peas," he mumbled to no one, while fixing his clothes.