My Innocent Roommate

Lunches...and Lust

"Lust without love is pleasure.
Lust with love is passion. Love without lust is pristine. Love with lust is poetry."
-Fakira

"Huh, what an interesting way of describing the difference between love and lust..."

I pondered as I surfed through the Internet, waiting for Juno to come back from getting lunch.
It was now a tradition for us:
We would eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together while we talked about our daily lives and what new things were happening.
I then remembered to check the mail, groaning as I closed my laptop.
I hate going all the way downstairs to check the mail...even though we lived 3 floors up.
I could always take the elevator, but because of my fear of falling to my death like in that one episode of The Twilight Zone, I didn't want to take the chance.
After making it downstairs to the lobby to check my mail box, I exhaled deeply as I climbed up the stairs, my legs already aching from the tiring exercise.
I finally make it to the third floor, attempting to grab my keys out of my back pocket before a voice stops me.

"Why hello there, babygirl~"
(¬ω¬)

"I swear to God Kou, if you slap my butt again, I'll 'accidentally' break your arms..."
(>_<)

I exasperated as I turn around, finding my pervert neighbor Kou, who I have known for a year now.
There was one word to describe the young European man with the dirty blonde hair and the crystal blue eyes...horny.
Ever since I moved in across from his apartment, he's been flirting with me nonstop whenever I came out of my home, constantly trying to lure me into his territory and...you get the idea.
Kou smirked as he holds both his hands up in defensive.

"Oh~ Feisty today, aren't we? No need for such violence! I was only wondering if you would like to come to my house party tonight~
There'll be food, wine...and some very hot gentlemen~"
(¬‿¬)

Of course he's asking me to come to his party. He ALWAYS asks me! And my answer was always the same.

"No thanks, I'm not planning on catching any diseases tonight..."
(;¬_¬)

"Awww you're no fun, Mackenzie! I do provide protection too, you know! Hmm...how about your roommate? Would he care to join?~"

Is this horny man really asking me this right now...?
Does he really think I'll let Juno come to his party...?
There was definitely no way I was going to let Juno go.
Yes, I know I sound like an overprotective mom right now, but if there's one thing I knew about Kou, it's that he'll ruin your innocence...permanently.
I didn't want Juno to come back hurt and even scarred for life, he was too pure and innocent for that...
I shake my head as I flick Kou's forehead, causing him to flinch.

"Juno will never go to your parties...so you better leave him alone!"

"Awww why not? Is he perhaps your...boyfriend?~"

"...No. But he is my best friend and close roommate, so I'm just trying to protect him from the likes of you..."

"What am I, the Devil?~"

"I'd say you're a lot more worse than the Devil himself...so you better leave Juno alone! Don't talk to him! Don't flirt with him! Don't touch him! Nothing!"

I demanded before shutting the door, leaving Kou alone in the hall...
The nerve of that guy! I hope he doesn't do anything to Juno...
I mean, he is technically NOT my boyfriend, so he can go wherever he wanted to go, I can't just hold him back from doing what he wants...it wouldn't be fair to him.
But Kou's words still lingered inside my head...I know that Juno isn't my boyfriend, but I didn't just think of him as my roommate or my friend either...
Am I perhaps having feelings for him?
What do I really think of Juno as...?