We Don't Choose Love

Chapter 11

After my jog, I unlock my bedroom door and I enter it. I locked the door to prevent S'bu from finding Liyana in my bed. I notice that Liyana is still sleeping, I can't help but smile as I analyse her marvel underwear.

I have to wake her up. She is sleeping flat on her back so I slowly creep on top of her body and I press my body against hers.  When I look at her neck, I freeze at the size of the hickey on the left side of her neck. It covers the whole left side of her neck and it is so dark, it would take weeks to disappear.

Fuck!

She stirs in her sleep before opening her eyes. She immediately panics and accidentally hits my face with the palm of her hand. "Ow!" I cry out as I fall off the bed, touching my face.

"What the heck Shuiab!" She exclaims as she jumps off the bed, tending to me. "Oh my gosh, your nose is bleeding." I sit up slowly, tilting my head up to prevent more blood from falling to the ground.

"I think I might deserve that for your neck." She gets up quickly and takes her phone. She takes a quick selfie to see what I'm talking about. When she looks at the picture, she nearly passes out. "How did you get a hickey to this freaking size? How am I gonna explain this to S'BU?"

She waves her hands crazily, "Let me just get you ice!" Before she can run out of the room, I grab her hand. "I'll clean myself up, you go take a shower and dress normal cause S'bu is downstairs with his girlfriend."

"What? Why didn't you tell me? What? He has a girlfriend?" I push her away, "Go now!" She walks away in annoyance.

Later in the morning, we decide to have breakfast together. "Where is Liyana?" S'bu asks Aaliyah, who is experiencing a massive hungover. "Should I know?" She dryly replies before putting her forehead on the table.

"That's what you guys get for drinking so much." She flips me off before groaning. Naledi seems really amused by the people surrounding her. I don't blame her though. I know for sure Liyana is trying to hide her gigantic hickey. I feel so guilty now for being reckless.

Finally I hear footsteps coming down the stairs and to my shock, Liyana didn't cover the hickey. I can't hide the shock on my face, I turn to see S'bu staring at it also. Except he looks more annoyed then shocked.

"Bese (Then)?" He asks, analysing her neck up close. "Who the fuck did this your damn neck?"

Naledi whistles at the hickey, "I don't fucking have time to explain how I got this. We are all adults and I don't need to explain myself." She simply states, folding her arms with a bossy attitude.

I can sense S'bu getting annoyed but he calms himself down because he knows she is right. Liyana sits next to me and Aaliyah laughs when she sees the hickey. "Yoh man, mans wasn't playing neh." Aaliyah jokes with Liyana before starting to eat.

We all start talking while having a delicious breakfast. Aaliyah is busy looking at Liyana's hickey, I can tell she is trying to figure when she got it. Even I'm impressed by how confident she is to walk out of her room with a hickey that size. It's kinda sexy how confident she is.

Naledi and Liyana immediately get along but after some time, Naledi, Aaliyah and S'bu end up having a heated conversation about something I'm not paying attention to. I turn to see Liyana eating in silence, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing is. Trust me." I glance at her, she rolls her eyes before biting her bread. "How pathetic was I yesterday?" She asks, almost embarrassed about getting drunk for Lucky.

I sigh, placing my hand over hers, "You are not stupid for feeling sad about Lucky. You're just human." She smiles weakly but I can tell I brought up her mood.