The Key To Combat

Chapter 16

As I rest my head on the right side of kyscins chest he takes a deep breath while looking up at the ceiling. Laying with him feels so good. I look up at him and admire him. He's so handsome. I didn't know someone could look even better so close up. How is it possible that he has no flaws? It could just be the fact that he's so perfect for me that all I see when I look at him is perfection. All I know is that he's real and he looks really good. He looks down at me and smiles. "What?" he asks. "You're just so handsome." I say amazed. I look down. "What's your favourite indoor game?" he asks. "Probably ping pong. Why?" I inquire. "Name three more." I look up at him and giggle wondering why he just ignored my question. "okay" I say hesitantly. pool, pac man and Mario kart." I say quickly. "I love Mario kart!" he exclaims. I laugh. "everyone loves mario cart." I tell him. I look up at him. "Now will you tell me why you want to know?" I ask, curious. I can't even guess why he would need to know my favourite indoor games. He sits up on the bed and slides down to the bottom. "I want to finish this momentous day off right." he says. He's so cryptic. I don't know what he means. How does he want to finish off the day? Now I'm excited. I want to know what's going on in that brain of his. He isn't giving me any hints besides games. Not even with his expressions or his tone of voice. I sit up and he looks back at me. I look at him confused silently asking for answers. I throw my hands up in the air and he laughs. "We are the first two to finish our tests, we're now happily together, happily one and it's only going to get better." he says. I didn't know he was the second one to finish. When I seen him for the first time since waking up all I could think about was what I wanted to ask him. "you were the second one?" I ask. "Yea, at least that's what Diane told me." he says. Wow could we be more meant to be? We have so much in common. We're both empathetic, selfless, kind and we both love combat. Let's not forget that we are the two best warriors in the city. I'm still in shock that he's real, that he's right in front of me and that him and I just made love. It feels like our story is the perfect romantic movie. I smile and he smiles back. He stands up and walks over to his suit and slips it on. I slide off of the bed and walk over to my suit to do the same. He puts his arms into the sleeves. "So can you meet me at the entrance at eight O' clock?" he asks. I slip my arms into my sleeves and see him struggling with his zipper. I walk over to him and grab it from him. I pull it up and he turns to face me. I look down at my watch and read, 6:42 PM. I'm not even bothered by his mystery anymore and I can wait an hour and eighteen minutes. He's obviously excited about this so I'll wait to be surprised. Ugh I hate surprises. What I mean is I hate waiting for a surprise to happen. I love surprises with all my heart, I just don't like waiting for them to happen. I can wait. I think. "Sure." I say with a smile. I push my hair over to the left side of my neck and turn around. "great" he says. Kyscin grabs my zipper and Anna opens the door and walks in. She stops in her tracks. Kyscin pulls up my zipper. Her jaw drops and I turn around and look at her. She closes her mouth and walks over to me standing on Kyscins left side. "What's going on here?" she asks, shocked. She looks back and forth from me and Kyscin. Kyscin looks at Anna and laughs and I smile at her. He looks back at me. "I'll see you later." he says. I turn to him and he leans in and gently touches my lips with his. He turns around and walks out the door. Anna looks at the door and then back at me. She does that two more times and then I quickly grab her shoulders so she doesn't do it again. "Anna." I say. "huh?" she asks. "You have to learn to be okay with this." I tell her. She has a confused look on her face. "No. what? I'm over that. The simulation test really opened my eyes to many things. Like the fact that I have to allow you to make your own decisions no matter how I'm affected." she says. I look up at the ceiling reminiscing. "It was invigorating wasn't it?" I inquire. "hell yeah. Best experience ever!" she exclaims. "I know!" I exclaim. We both laugh. "I also realized I have to trust that our bond is stronger than a guy. Especially one who puts light in your eyes." she says and I smile. "When you and Kyscin came to me in my simulation, I saw that he would never come between us because he didn't even though you two kissed." she says. How? She just woke up, how does she know that? Only Kyscin and I know that we kissed because it was just me and him and neither of us seen her until right now. "How did yo-" I try to ask question her but she interjects, "-please. I'm your best friend. Your vibe was completely different." she says and I nod in agreement. "Also it was obvious when I saw you look at him how you did the very first time you seen him. When I seen you in there it warmed my heart because you looked so happy. I knew it had to be because of Kyscin because I've never seen you look at any other guy the way you look at him. I realized I was stopping you from being happy and that was never my intention. I was just scared that I was going to lose my best friend. My judgment was clouded and I become rude and selfish. But I should've remembered the kind of person you are and know that it wouldn't have come down to me *or* him. Maybe I also didn't want to share you," she says with a laugh and I smile. "But now I know that Kyscin is a great man and you two are perfect for each other. You both deserve to be happy and I'm so disappointed that I was the one stopping you two from being together. I was stupid and I'm really sorry, Wavi." she says sincerely. I smile. "Come here." I say grabbing her by her shoulders and pulling her into me. I wrap my arms around her neck and she wraps her arms around my back. she pulls away. "So are you going to tell me what I just walked in on, or?" she inquires. I smile at her really big. She looks confused but then starts to realize what I'm trying to say with my ear to ear smile showing all my teeth and then her jaw drops. "you two, today?" she asks and I nod still smiling. She points her right index finger to the floor. "in here?" she quizzes. "mmhm" I say as I look to the side reminiscing. "ahhhh" she screams loudly. I laugh. "Tell me everything. how was it?" she inquires, curious. "All I can say to try and describe is, you know the feeling you get when you get when you're jumping on a trampoline and you jump to high and get scared but it gives you butterflies and it fills you with a feeling you've never felt before?" I ask. "Kinda," she says smiling. "That's what being with Kyscin felt like." I say with a smile. "AWWE!" she exclaims. I laugh and shake my head. "I should go shower, I've got a date." I say proudly. I walk passed her towards the bathroom and she turns around. "Don't you want to know what I placed?" she asks. "Yes!" I exclaim. I run towards her so we're face to face. "third." she says with a smile. "Awesome. Why do you seem *extra* excited?" I inquire. "Because I got to see Lynn's face when she found out she was fourth" she says. Anna laughs and I join in. "What about Priya?" I ask. "Sixth." Anna replies. I look at her shocked. I was expecting her to be right after Lynn. "who was fifth?" I inquire, curious. "Jeremy" she smiles shyly. Right Jeremy. He is really good too. Wait, why did Anna blush when she said his name? Does Anna have a little crush? Awe, my best friend has a crush. We're gonna go on double dates. She turns her head to the right. I can't believe she's trying to hide it from me. I hope she doesn't think I'm going to judge her. Jeremy is super cute and they'd make a great couple. Plus whomever my best friend is happy being with, I'll support her no matter what. Anna knows that, there has to be a good reason why she hasn't told me. Anna *is* a shy girl. She probably does't think she'll have the courage to talk to him. It's still nothing she has to hide from me. That's what I'm here for. We are each others go to, each others confidant. I can't believe she's keeping something this big from me. Well, she did keep the Kyscin secret from me. This seems different though. When she was keeping the Kyscin secret from me, she hid it so easily. Right now it's like she has no control over her emotions. I have never seen Anna act this way about a guy, even when she was crushing on Haiden Mensley in the 8th grade. If she's feeling this way I have to find out if Jeremy feels the same or it will crush her. I have no doubt he likes her too, Anna is a fantastic person. I guess I'm going to have to do a little bit of medalling. "I didn't know Jeremy was better than Priya." I say, ignoring her flushed cheeks. "I did, Jeremy is strong and brave an-" she stops herself and whips her head to face me. I look at her perplexed. "He's just a great warrior." she says quickly. She looks down to her left and glues her eyes there. Yea, my best friend is definitely crushing right now. This is weird. I've never seen Anna so enamoured by any boy. I feel like my best friend is a whole new person. She's blushing. I only ever see her blush when she thinks about Thor. We love him, he's so strong and british and sexy. Maybe that's why she likes Jeremy because he's two of those things. Well three to her. I don't doubt she finds him sexy. I can just tell, the way she's blushing and barely making eye contact with me. She only does that when she's hiding something or she likes a boy. In this case it's both. I smile knowing my best friend is in love. "Yea, he is." I say. She looks up to me, nervously. "Don't you have a date?" she asks. "I'm going I'm going." I say turning around. I know she's just trying to get me out of the room so she can daydream about Jeremy. I wonder how long she's been crushing. This has to be recent because I've never noticed anything. This could go on forever if I don't do something. I'm the only one who can. As her best friend it's my duty. I have a plan. She's going to be so mad at me, but she wont be able to stay mad for too long. I stand inside the bathroom next to the door. "cinderella." I tease. She gives me a confused look and I grab the door and close it.