Orange Crush

Chapter 16

With Ju-Sheng..

'I'm leaving Yuri-chan.' Ju-Sheng thought, his mind made up. Just then, he recieved a phone call from Aari.

"Hello?" Ju-Sheng answered.

"Hey bitch, just heard your girlfriend gonna break up with you. She's mine now, and I'm hers. Just a heads up." Aari said, then hung up. Ju-Sheng lifted the phone from his ear.

"Well, that makes choices a lot easier." He whispered, thinking about what the hell just happened.

At the motel...

"I'm sleeping on the couch!" Ninju proclaimed.

"Dibs on Yuri!" Aari shouts, putting down his phone from the phone call.

"Guess that makes you and me." Ivi said to Shaiu. They all jumped to their beds, all of them super tired, especially Aari and Yuri. Aari reached there first. Yuri fell asleep while Aari was playing with her hair. The next morning, Yuri woke up to see Aari looking deep into her eyes.

"Hey Yuri. How'd you sleep?" He asked, his gaze still fixed on her, his hazel eyes noticable. His cut eyebrows made him look scary, but hot at the same time. His eyes were a bit yellow on the outside of his eye, making him look a bit scarier. His hand lay relaxed on Yuri's shoulder.

"I slept fine, you?" Yuri said, putting her hand on Aari's back. They moved closer together, their faces not even an inch apart. Aari moved even closer; now their noses were touching. Nobody moved, or blinked for a few seconds. Aari moved in to kiss Yuri. The two of them locked eyes, and kissed, each second getting warmer, and warmer. Aari ran his hands through Yuri's hair.

"Do you want me to stop?" He asked, muffled.

"No." She replied, muffled as well. Just then, the door opened. A loud voice boomed.

"If you're done getting Yuri-chan pregnant, again, we have to go to school!" Ivichai yelled.

"No, leave." Aari said, breaking the kiss to breathe.

"If she gets pregnant again, I'm blaming you." Shaiu said, walking in the door. Ninju ran in with a bowl in her hand, and chopsticks in her other hand,- it appears she had been eating sushi - scrambling in after Shaiu.

"What happened?" Ninju asked muffled and confused.

"Nothing, now leave." Aari said impatiently.

"It's fine Aari. Let's go get ready for school." Yuri said, trying to drag him off the bed.

"It's been settled, I'm making you two kiss tomorrow." Ninju exclaimed. Aari got up.

"I'd do that right now without a problem." Aari said, his toothy, but sexy grin spreading over his face.

"Wait till tomorrow." Ninju said. The school day passed by like the breeze. It felt like school ended in a mere 10 minutes. They met up on the school courtyard.

"We can't stay at the motel tonight," Shaiu started.

"We have to go back home, our parents'll be suspicious." Ninju added.

"And worried." Ivi finished.

"Or.." Yuri started, making everyone's eyes dart to her.

"Or?" Aari asked.

"You guys could say you're coming to my house." Yuri finished proudly. Ivichai understood what Yuri was getting at.

"And we could stay at the motel another night! Friday nights rule! Late night movies!" Ivi cheered.

"Popcorn!" Exclaimed Ninju.

"Let's do it! One last night!" Shaiu squealed. They all put their hands in the middle, all except for Aari. Yuri looked at him.

"What's wrong Aari-kun?" She asked. Aari dragged Yuri out of earshot.

"I wanted tonight to be special, you know, for us." He said, going red in the face.

"Aari, it's alright. They can stay another night." Yuri said, smiling. Aari winced as she held his neck.

"What's wrong?" Yuri asked, concerned.

"Come with me." Aari said reluctantly. Yuri followed Aari into a deserted corner. Aari pulled his shirt over his head. What Yuri saw next, she couldn't forget. There were bruises all over his back, neck, and chest.

"Aari-kun!  What happened?!" Yuri gasped.

"My dad." He started. Yuri looked at him with confusion.

"He started abusing me after my last delivery, saying I should be able to sustain a girlfriend to marry, so I can uphold the family name." He said, pulling back down his shirt.

"Then what happened?" Yuri asked attentively.

"Kicked me out." He stopped abruptly. There was an uncomforting silence which was broken by Aari's sobs.

"Aari, don't cry, please." She said, trying to soothe him. Ju-Sheng heard them, and walked over the deserted area.

"Hey guys." Ju-Sheng said. Yuri wiped Aari's face.

"Oh god." She muttered under her breath. Minav was trailing behind Ju-Sheng.

"She didn't reject." Ju-Sheng said with a cocky grin.

"Hey Minav." Yuri said absent-mindedly. 

"Hey Yuri-chan." She replied.

"Are we good?" Aari asked Ju-Sheng.

"We are, that is if you never slap my ex again." Ju-Sheng said.

"Deal." Aari said, walking up to Ju-Sheng to shake his hand. Yuri, nor Minav said anything. Once Ju-Sheng and Minav walked away, Yuri talked to Aari.

"Where do you live now?" Yuri asked.

"Small apartment, off of Yomoshida and Hia avenue." He replied, sounding very much like a drone.

"I have my stuff at the motel.. Maybe I could move in?" She asked shyly.

"I wouldn't mind the company.." He replied, blushing.