Bad Timing - Jiara (JJ Maybank & Kiara Carrera)

Chapter 5

"Tell me I am the better surfer and I'll give it to you," JJ holds Kie's notebook in the air as she jumps and tries to grab it from his hands.

"FINE!" she says before clearing her throat multiple times, ignoring his constant smirk.

"you're the better surfer," she mumbles quietly while rolling her eyes. 

"What was that? I couldn't really hear" He presses his palm to his ear as his eyes narrow, purposely getting on her nerves. 

"Oh, you won't tell me. okay. Guess I'll just have to read the secret notebook then," he backs away from kie as he starts flipping through the pages before he starts reading what's written on the small book in a monotonous voice.

"I am so excited to see JJ tomorrow, I want to get to know him better. He seems so-" she jumps on his back making him stumble a little bit, then she snatches the book out of his hands, ignoring his 'that's not fair' screams. 

"Fuck you," she laughs sarcastically as she quickly puts away her notebook, not before nudging his shoulders rather un-playfully. 

"Okay," he responds to her comments as he shrugs his shoulder making her look down, hiding the fact that her cheeks have grown pinkish. 

"So what were you upset about?" JJ blunts out, shifting his head upwards to face Kie, who was still stood up. 

"earlier today?" she asks incredulously as she dries her hair with a towel, before placing herself a few inches away from JJ, on a separate towel.  

"yeah, you were kinda in a bad mood when you first got here" he adds and Kie already figured it out by then, yet she wasn't sure if she should speak of the matter in front of JJ. 

"well my boyfriend's being a dick and Sarah's not talking to me" kie shrugged, trying not to sound too dramatic, for JJ Maybank was known only for his coldness. 

"he's just really overprotective and he got upset that I was hanging out with, uh...you" she mumbles the last part quietly. 

"why because i am dangerous?" he jokes, not giving it a care that Chase considered him unsafe, he didn't care about anyone's opinion actually, for he was used to boyfriends' not liking him. 

"no, well- kind of. He just doesn't want me hanging around with all kinds of guys, not just you" Kie stutters nervously, memories of her boyfriend showing up in her mind, as if accusatory, for she caused all this chaos when she decided that JJ was the right person to befriend. 

"well that's bullshit, If I had a girlfriend I am not going to control her life! She's her own person and she could make her own decision. I'd honestly be pissed at her if she let me control her." JJ defenses, clearly feeling triggered at the way girls let guys walk all over them the way the guys would never let girls do. 

"oh wow. I never considered you as a relationship type of guy" Kie raises her brows as if his advice shocking her. 

"Oh, I am not, I am using it as an example" JJ argued at an instant, cringing at the word he so rarely used. 

"oh, there isn't anybody special in your life?" kie questions, more so as a statement, for she knew him to be available, but still, she couldn't help wondering if he was in love with someone he could never have... that would describe his odd behavior with everyone, because doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman? or the heartbreak a She could cause?