Storm noticed her fall back, had he won the bout. He got close to her and whispered in her ear, "If it's something that you want to do, don't hold back for my sake. I am with you remember," he backed off and smiled. "So, are we just going to stand here?" he asked the group.
Harry nodded, "Things are going to start getting complicated," he said.
Haru shook his head, "Never mind, don't worry about it," he said.
She licked her lips, then shook her head quickly. Storm was dangerous, he would do things with her despite how being in love with her. He was more experienced and tested her in ways she didn't know how to respond. She calmed down and looked at her friends.
Mia shrugged, "well what should we do now, then? "
Yuki smiled, she considered what he was saying to her and knew he wanted to look after her, "thank you."
Storm turned to Jade and winked before saying, "Why don't we call it a night," he said. "It's pretty late and the party seems to be dying down anyway."
Harry nodded, 'I have enough bedrooms here if you don't mind doubling up," he said. "You are free to stay, it is a pretty big house and it gets kind of lonely."
Haru looked towards Yuki and nodded before joining the conversation. "I don't have class tomorrow so I will stay here with you Harry."
Jade nodded, "I agree, if we stay later it might get crazier." She glanced at Storm. Yup, dangerous. She looked at the girls, "ready to head back?"
Yuki smiled, "why don't we stay the night too? " she secretlt wanted to play games her longer.
Mia shook her head, "that's not a good idea. We should go home now. For the guys and because of the dog." Yuki tensed, she forgot about Rex.
"I'll spend the night, but I will walk the girls home first," he said. "I will come back once they make it to their dorms," he said.
"Okay, since Storm is walking you back I guess there is no need to worry," he said. "Yuki, text me when you are about to go to sleep."
Harry got closer to Mia, "Smart call, who knows what those two would have gotten themselves into."
Jade looked at Storm before nodding, "not that we need an escort, but I guess I don't mind it."
Yuki nodded, "even if it's five in the morning?" she asked, "what if I forget to sleep?" she wasn't sure he would reply.
Mia nodded, "the real question is which two," she looked at Harry, still remembering the kiss, "I still have evidence on my neck." she stared at his lips, "am I a bad kisser?" She asked, "did you at least enjoy it?" she had to at least ask that much.
Storm took Jade's hand, "Lets wait outside," He said as he made his way out the front door.
"Wait, you have something on your cheek," he told Mia before pulling her into the bathroom and shutting the door. "Are you trying to break me like the other two?" he asked, his face red. "You were the best okay, I enjoyed it so much that I went above and beyond what I should've."
Haru nodded, "I might not be up, but I will respond whenever I can. It will at least let me know that you are taking care of yourself and going to sleep."
Jade followed him without protest and waited till they were alone to ask, "what's going on?" she asked him.
Mia was surprised when he dragged her away to the bathroom, "Break you?" she asked, "I was being serious. I've dated in the past, too," she said, "but none of them kissed me like that. Like you did." She listened, "I'm not trying to start something with you, I just want to know...do you regret kissing me?"
"Then you must text me too, so I can say good night and good morning," she smiled, "I want to see how much sleep you get."
"I'm sorry if I was going too far," he said. "I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable."
"I do regret kissing you," he started. "Not because I didn't want to, but because I made you cry," he said. "I really enjoyed the kiss otherwise," he spoke honestly. "I would do it again too if you ever agreed."
"Okay, that sounds good to me," he said. "Thanks for caring so much for me."
"I'm not uncomfortable," Jade faced him, "I'm just more and more confused," she sighed, brushing a hand through her hair and staring at his neck, "do you like me?" she got straight to the point, "or are you offering to do things like that because of some other motive?" she looked into his eyes, "or is this just a spur of the day feeling that will disappear like my exes."
Mia looked at him, satisfied with his answer and nodded, "I feel the same, I would kiss you again, but...what does that mean for us?" she tilted her head, "no, that's not the right answer, "we already agreed that none of this is putting us in our right minds. Tomorrow I will wake up and we will be friends, just friends. I'm sorry, I'm just a bit confused." She moved passed him and exited the bathroom.
Yuki nodded, "so I guess I should go outside now, and leave...have a good night." She turned, hesitant to just leave.
"It started as me trying to help you in anyway that I can, but things have changed. Maybe it's just me but somewhere along the lines I started to feel something more than that." He frowned, "I know you don't like people like that and I was content with being someone you used even if that meant me reliving my past," he spoke honestly.
Harry frowned, she had asked for his feelings and then shut him down outright. He placed his hands on his face and tried to regain his composure.
"You too," he smiled. He then turned to Mia, "Have a nice night."
Jade listened to him, moved over so that her face was close to his, "I don't know if it was the kiss or your attitude, but I can't take my eyes off of you. I could delete all my contacts, drop all my exes, just to be with an honest guy like you." She closed her eyes, "I'm too confused because I've started to really like you, but I hate men. And yet, I can't get you out of my mind."
Mia held herself upright, struggling to maintain her own composure. She couldn't do it, she couldn't date him, she shouldn't He didn't like her, she told herself, he was just drawn by the kiss. It was only a kiss, it wasn't a red sting. She grabbed her phone and sent him a private text, I hope to see you again tomorrow. That kiss was amazing, I hope it wont be out last. She was going to delete it, she only typed it because she couldn't say the words aloud, but when Haru called out to her, she looked away and accidently pressed send. Looking at Haru, she nodded, "see you." And closed her phone.
Yuki headed out with Mia, waving bye.
"I'm glad that I am not the only one who feels this way," he said. "I would rather you delete all of your contacts and spend time with me," he started. "But you should sleep on it, and make your decision after that." He leaned over and pecked her cheek. He turned to the other girls as they walked out. "Are you girls ready to go?" he asked.
Harry was about to get up when he felt his phone vibrating. He read Mia's text, feeling confused her replied What changed? I thought you didn't like me like that, he responded.
Jade nodded, she straightened, hiding the blush on her cheek by turning away. She started walking ahead by a few steps. Yuki was behind her, and she looked at Storm, "did something happen again?" she asked, "tomorrow you'll be spending time with Mia, I hope you're prepared, and I get to play games with Haru. You don't like games, right?" Yuki asked, "what do you like?"
Mia lagged behind and looked at her phone, "oh no," her face flushed, "I thought I deleted that," she quickly started to flood him with replies.
it's not like that
no
I mean
hey, do you want to go to the shrine with me?
not tomorrow, like next week. or maybe not.
didn't I promise to help you find someone?
Sorry to disturb you.
Forget what I said before.
"Nothing happened," he said quickly. "And why do I have to be prepared to hang out with her?" he asked. "She seems nice enough." He moved forward at a reasonable pace giving Jade the time she needed to think about things. "I like games, I just play them very often," he said. "Mainly I go for jogs, do homework and watch T.V."
Harry was getting a lot of messages that only confused him more. Lets go to the shrine soon. Hopefully when we are alone we can talk about theses feelings honestly.
Yuki nodded, trying to figure him out, "what kind of T.V? Haru is into film so what are you into, career wise?" Jade slowed down to listen to the conversation. She also wanted to know more about Storm.
Mia stared at his message and menially slapped herself, okay, good night. She put her phone away and looked at Yuki and Storm. Yuki was finally making an attempt to getting to know more people.
"It's a little nerdy, but I like to watch anime," he said. "Also, I want to be a personal trainer or athletic director," he said. "Fitness is one of my passions so I want to do something with it."
Good night He replied back. He got out of the bathroom and he and Haru started to clean up the mess that was made from the party.
"That's cool, you should get along great with Mia, she loves anime and manga." Yuki glanced between her friends. Jade seemed to be very interested and even slowed down to ask, "is that what you are studying?" she smiled, "it suits you well. I think you'd be good at it."
Mia couldn't stop thinking about Harry even when they reached the dorm and she was the first to go inside followed by Yuki.
"Oh really, that's something that we could bond over." He turned towards Jade, happy that she was taking an interest in his life. "Thanks, I really enjoy working out and I want to start up again in the mornings." He watched the ladies go into the dorms one by one. "I guess this is good night," he said.
Jade nodded, "i guess so," she approached the door, "text me later?" she asked, "and don't forget about me, remember you stole my first kiss and now you have my mark on you," she blushed, backing up, "get home safe, Storm." She hurried inside and to the dorm with the girls.