A Fiend as a Friend

Chapter 43

I opened my eyes slowly to see Mike smirking down at me. I felt my blood boil. Did he just make fun of my feelings? I licked my lower lip and glared holes into his forehead.

"You this--"

"Elf, calm down, okay? I love you too much to turn you into an imbecile. Remember the kissing disease I have?"

I fumed. What was he even talking about? Obviously, that wasn't true. I didn't even know what to say to him.

'Why didn't you kiss me' sounded so silly. I had no right to get angry because we really didn't have any relationship that warranted a kiss, but I was still angry, okay?

"Elf, you told me some time ago that you would never kiss me." He continued to smirk at me, annoying me. "Do you love me so much as to change your decision?"

"I don't love you. Get that into your head. I don't love you. At all."

"Very soon you will."

"What?" I said, shocked.

He rolled his eyes. "You can't deny the fact that you have feelings for me though. I know you do. You can't tell me otherwise."

Boys and their cocky attitude.

I moved closer to him and poked his chest repeatedly. "What makes you think so, huh? I don't like you. I never have and never will."

He held my finger and pulled me to himself. "I told you not to poke me again, Gold."

Here we go again.

"I'm not Gold or whatsoever, okay?" I used my other hand to poke him in the chest. He held the other hand and frowned down at me. "Why do you love to dare me so much?"

I pulled my hands from his grip and smiled. "Dunno, Ten."

Then, suddenly, he pushed me to the wall, one arm around my waist and the other at the back of my head. My heart raced really fast. Why couldn't I learn from my mistakes?

He lowered his head, gently pushing mine towards him. I shivered. What was he doing?

Okay, time to push him away. Felicity, push him away!

I think I forgot how to push someone away at that point. My brain was in total chaos and I could feel my legs weaken again. When his face was so close that the tips of our noses were touching, he looked up at me. "This is for daring me, okay?"

He then closed his eyes and neared his head. I wasn't going to let him deceive me again. Eyes open, Felicity, okay?

My eyes shuttered close. Wait, what?

Then, in that heart wrenching minute, he disengaged from me. I bit my lower lip again and cursed silently. He was so dead.

"Hey, Thomas."

My eyes opened immediately. I saw Thomas winking at me and I think I died. This was the most embarrassing thing I'd ever experienced in my life. I looked away immediately, fiddling with the edge of the sweater."

"Mike, I never thought you'd abandon your early morning jogging for this. I mean, don't get me wrong, I thought you took that as something religious and City, I never thought you'd abandon your sleep for this. I really feel bad for interrupting you guys. I should have watched the act and--"

"Thomas?" Mike called. The tips of his ears were red and I could tell that he was angry. Why?

Thomas looked at him. "Yes, lover boy?"

Mike glowered at him. "Mind your business, okay? What you saw was nothing real or important to me anyway. I'm actually glad you stopped me from making a huge mistake."