One Kiss - Mayans MC

Part 11

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"What are you doing?" I hear Coco's voice from the edge of the lounge, he crouches down next to me when he realises I'm hyperventilating "shit" he mumbles

"uhhh. Just breathe, in through your mouth out through your nose, right? Is, that right? He says slightly panicked, I hear him mutter "water" and jump up

I'm trying to calm my breathing, I start naming things I can touch in my head, Coco reappears handing me a bottle of water. I start to feel slightly calmer and my breathing returns to normal.

He sits down on the floor next to me "You okay?" he asks

"Yeah, you just scared me, my anxiety went into overdrive" I reply feeling embarrassed that he witnessed my meltdown, I open the bottle of water taking a big gulp.

"Sorry" he says

"It's okay I just haven't seen anyone in four days, and I'm a bit jumpy"

We sit in silence for a few minutes,

"Have you eaten? I just cooked, there's some left on the stove" I ask

he just looks at me like I'm crazy and laughs

"What?" I ask

"You just have a panic attack and you want to know if I'm hungry?"

I just shrug "I'm good now, I swear"

Coco stands offering me his hand to help me off up the floor, as soon as I touch him it's like my whole body is full of electricity, I can feel every nerve come to life, we stand there for a moment just staring at each other.

Coco breaks eye contact and walks over to the kitchen filling a bowl of the risotto I made for dinner. He comes back over to the living room, sitting in the armchair he was in last time I saw him a blush starts to spread across my cheeks thinking of the last time I saw him, I sit back on the couch burying my head in my book.

Coco finishes eating, grabbing my bowl and his, he takes it to the kitchen and starts cleaning up

"Leave it, I can do that later" I say

"Nah, it's cool, it's the least I can do" he says

I turn back to my book getting lost in the story, I don't even notice Coco sitting back down across from me

"You good?" he asks

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine, thanks" I say looking up from my book

"Angel said you're a pretty good card player, want to play?" he says pointing to the deck on the table

"Sure" I reply, my face lighting up. I slide off the couch sitting on the floor, Coco sits down across from and starts to shuffle and deals the first hand.

Coco wins all three hands we've played. While Coco is shuffling the cards for our fourth round, I say, "we should make this interesting"

"how?" Coco replies raising an eyebrow at me

"Well, if you win I will do something for you, anything you want and if I win, you have to do something for me"

"Okay" Coco says shrugging dealing out the cards

I check my cards, I have a royal flush I can't believe my luck, Coco nods to the deck "I'm happy with the cards I have"

He puts down two and picks up two, he sits there for a moment and lays his cards down, he has a pair of 2's and nothing else.

"I win!" laying my cards on the table "Royal flush!" I say excitedly

Coco just smiles at me a mischievous glint in his eye "And what do you want from me?" he says picking all the cards up and shuffling the deck

"A kiss" I reply

Coco fumbles the cards, quickly he regains his composure "What?"

"A kiss"

"I thought you were going to ask for a run or something" he says looking a little panicked

"Well you thought wrong" I reply watching him closely

"Okay, well let's do it" he says licking his lips nervously

I get up onto my knees and shuffle over to where Coco is sitting, leaning in I inhale his scent, he smells like a bonfire, and cigarette smoke with a hint of motor oil. I lean forward and whisper in his ear "You never said I had to claim my prize tonight"

I pull away using the armchair to pull myself upright, feeling dizzy from being so close to Coco

I start to walk down towards the bedroom, pausing at the start of the hallway, I turn and look back at Coco he is watching me from the floor

"Goodnight Coco" I say "Also, if you hear any weird noises, it's just me taking care of business" I wink and walk down to the bedroom closing the door behind me.

I couldn't believe how bold I had been, it was so unlike me, but being around Coco made me feel brave.