song for this chapter:
'my boy' by billie eilish
(repeat it)
• laiyas pov •
kio. yes. bitch. i stood up and went straight to gabi. i could sense kios eyes on me.
"i am nOT going to kiss that boy. over my dead fucking body" i said to gabi, and looked her straight in the eye. i hugged her, and i turned my attention to kio. he eyed me up and down, and then walked over to the closet in the corner. he opened the door, and i took one last look outside. i nodded at gabi and she nodded back. he closed the door. great. wow. look where you are now. expected to kiss the one boy your best friend actually has feelings for. fucking marvellous.
i leant against the wall. it was cool, and refreshing since the whirlwind had heated me up considerably.
"im laiya" i said quietly.
"im kio" you dont know how bADly i wanted to say 'i know', but i refrained. there was an awkward silence for a few seconds, and then i said what had to be said.
"look, i know you and gabi made o-" i stopped myself. didnt gabi say i wasn't supposed to tell anyone. fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. kios eyes widened.
"you know what?" he said, clearly annoyed gabi told me.
"look, i thought she was uspet so i asked her what was wrong and she told me that nothing was wrong, just she had made out with you. please dont tell her this happened." i paused. "all i wanted to say was that i dont want to kiss you" kio stopped. he looked shocked.
"what? im with someone else." i said defensively. seriously? did you really expect me to make out with you? yikes.
"well, thats the whole fucking point of 7 minutes you know" kio said, and laughed. ugh his voice.
"i just dont want gabi to find out. i said i wouldnt kiss you, at all" i said back.
"she doesnt have to know" kio said. what the fuck?
"what do you me-" before i could even finish my sentence kios lips pressed up against mine and he was kissing me. it felt so nice. he was a really good kisser, but all my
morals were screaming at me to pull the fuck away. but i couldn't.
the kiss lasted about 7 seconds. then i forced myself to pull away. i just stared at kio in frustration, and many other dirty emotions that i shall not name.
"what the fuck?" i asked. "who told you you could do.. that, whatever that was."
"im sorry i-" kio tried to speak.
"nah" i interrupted.
"ok but who didnt pull away? you." kio snapped back. he was right. i didnt say anything.
suddenly, the doors swung open, and what felt like a million faces stared back from the darkness.
