Blood Tie

Chapter 22

Rox's POV

I felt as though my heart had stopped when Jungkook pressed his lips to mine. At first it was just the barest, gentlest touch of his lips as he cradled my face gently while his other hand pressed more into my waist. My eyes fluttered shut as I accepted his lips connecting themselves to mine. My hands lifted to grip his shoulders and after doing this, taking it as permission to continue, Jungkook's hand squeezed my waist and his hand tilted my head so he could deepen this kiss. He pressed his lips more firmly against mine and parted them slightly, taking my bottom lip between them. He lingered there for a moment, tasting my lips before slowly pulling away. We were both panting softly as our eyes met.

I realized with a jolt as I looked at the beautiful boy who was staring at me with a strange satisfaction on his face, that it's not that it wasn't the certain type of first kiss I was looking for, it's that I was looking for my first kiss to be from him. I liked Jungkook, more than I should in the short time we've known each other. I wanted to be with him and I allowed myself to hope that since he kissed me, maybe he felt the same. We still stood flush against each other, his hands still on my face and waist while mine squeezed his shoulders. He smirked slightly and spoke, his breath fanning against my face softly, "Think of that as your first kiss, that's how it should have been."

"W-Why did you kiss me though?" I stuttered when replying, still reeling about the amazing kiss that happened between us. His brows furrowed slightly as he looked at me, thumb gently brushing against my cheek.

"What are friends for? I wanted you to have a good first kiss, by someone who would never hurt you, you are my friend after all." My heart panged painfully at his words, 'friend', he didn't feel the way I felt. I shouldn't be surprised, it's my destiny to be alone, all because of a fucking strain in my blood. My silence must have worried Jungkook because he began searching my face with his eyes.

"Wait, we are friends right? Like your not just hanging around me because you feel like you have to, are you?" I mentally snorted at his question, I wish it was that simple. I forced a smile on my face to ease his worries.

"Of course we are friends, though I was kinda brought here by you without having a choice in the matter." Jungkook blushed at my statement and removed his hand from my face to scratch the back of his head as he looked away from me.

"Ah yeah, I'm sorry about that, I just didn't want to be around that many people, instinct just kinda took over I suppose." He looked back at me, noticing we were still pressed together intimately and cleared his throat. He blushed harder as he stood me up on my own two feet on the branch and stepped back. My hands fell away from his shoulders and I shoved them into my hoodie pocket, not knowing what else to do.

I then realized that Jungkook had no shirt on as his had ripped off during his emergence. I looked down at my hoodie and made up my mind. I took my hands out of my pocket and began to take off my hoodie. Jungkook's eyes got very wide and his cheeks flushed more as he saw what I was doing.

"U-Uh Rox, w-what are you doing, that kiss didn't mean more needs to happen." I rolled my eyes at his statement, as if I needed a reminder of his lack of feelings for me. I took the hoodie the rest of the way off and turned it over so the back was facing me. I didn't answer him, I merely grabbed his shoulder and turned him around so his back was facing me. I looked at the scars on his back and eyed the distance of them. I allowed him to turn back around and went to work as he stared at me while biting his lip nervously. I tapped into my vampire side and felt my fangs elongate and my nails sharpen. I met Jungkook's eyes and watched his eyes widen at my eyes being red. I then took my finger and ripped 2 slits, the back of my hoodie, approximately the same distance apart as his scars, and handed the hoodie to him.

Jungkook took it with a confused look and glanced back at me.

"Put it on, you should be wearing a shirt when we get back."

"But this is yours and you just ripped it."

"I'll just stitch it back up but you needed slits for your wings, just put it on." I was only wearing a tank top at this point and had immediately covered my chest when I handed the hoodie to him, I felt very exposed without my baggy hoodie to cover me. He shrugged it on and I took the moment to appreciate his muscles rippling before they became covered by my hoodie. Being that my hoodies are bigger due to me wanting to hide my body shape, it fit Jungkook almost perfectly.

He extended his hand towards me after putting on the hoodie, "We should probably head back now then." I reached out and took his hand, preparing to be wrapped in the arms of the boy I adored as he flew us back home, not knowing how much it would make me ache.

Jungkook's POV

Rox reached out to take my hand and only then did I notice how she looked at that moment. My face burned as I stared rather obviously at Rox's body, one you would never know was there under her baggy hoodie. She had on a skintight black tank top that showed off her flat stomach and the clear shape to her body. She was an hourglass shape with full hips and a small waist that if you looked further up, gave way to quite the generous sized chest that she hid so well. I felt myself gulp at the thought of having to be pressed against her on the way back, yes we were friends but I was a guy after all. She blushed under my stare and I quickly looked away from her pale, glowing skin. She placed her small hand in mine and stood close to me but not quite touching yet. I let my wings unfurl, it came almost naturally to do so, and placed my hands on her hips, pulling her against me. I swallowed harshly at the feel of her soft body pressed against mine and tried very hard not to look down. She wrapped her arms around my neck and would not look at me. I slowly tipped us forward off the branch and let my wings catch the wind and carried us into the sky. Rox immediately wrapped her legs around my waist again and I ended up holding the backs of her thighs to steady her. I inwardly groaned at the temptation in my arms and flew quickly back towards the academy, needing to end this torture. Rox's long, dark hair blew around us in tendrils that seemed to caress me wherever they touched, spreading her scent all over me. She held tightly to me and between her hold on me while being pressed against my body and her intoxicating scent filling the air around me, I struggled to remind myself that we were just friends.