Chapter 66
So, apparently, I got the date wrong for the launch party. It was actually tomorrow. I'm very dumb. I texted Nyra this morning, letting her know that we were here. All of us were planning to go clubbing, but Nikul and Adhya backed out, So it was just the six of us, now. It was currently close to about one in the afternoon. Noah and I had stayed in bed most of the day, talking, learning about each other, and the occasional...kissing. He had told me stories of him and his brother. How close they were, what had really happened with his parents.
"Tell me about yourself, love. You know so much about me, but I feel like I hardly know your past."
"Sure, what do you want to know?"
"Start from the beginning."
"On september 16th, 20-"
"Not that far back." I giggled.
"Okay, um, so my parents got divorced my freshman and sophomore year of highschool. That was... something. But I always had a volatile relationship with my dad, and we weren't always on.. the best terms. We used to get into arguments. A lot. Some were worse than others, and he drank alcohol. Not as much as an alcoholic, but regularly enough to make me nervous. He... wasn't always the easiest person to be around, and I hadn't spoken to him in years, until he texted me when we were in Japan, asking to meet up with me. I reluctantly agreed. He's the reason for my anxiety, he's the reason, I've had panic attacks, and been.. Not myself. It was kind of difficult." I briefly opened up to him, telling him more than I've told anyone in years.
"I went to therapy for a few years, which helped, and I'm in a much better place now, but, anxiety isn't something that goes away quickly." he nods his head.
"I still have nightmares about being locked in that basement for days on end. I understand, Naya. If you ever want to talk, I'm always here for you." I lean into him, and both of his arms wrap around me, encasing me in his warmth.
"God, I love you so much it hurts," I mumble into his chest, my arms around his neck.
"You have no idea how strongly I feel about you. You are my ray of light Naya. I'm never going to let you go. Ever. You are my world." He looks me in the eye, his eyes sincere, and filled with longing. I hug him as tightly as I can.
"What did I do to deserve you?" I whisper into his neck. He rubs his arms up and down my back.
"I've always got you, love."
I pull myself together after a few moments. I take a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you more, I really suck at opening up to people," I wipe some stray tears from my eyes.
"Love, never apologize for that. You can tell me when you're ready, okay? Not because I opened up to you." I smiled at him.
"I'm hungry, wanna get some lunch?" I ask him.
"Let's go."
I pull on a pair of leggings(still wearing his shirt), and we go downstairs. The elevator dings, as we go down.
We bump into someone by accident.
"Sorry, I didn'" I looked up and realized it was Shrija, a girl from my childhood dance class. Who I despised. I plastered a fake smile on my face.
"Shrija, how are you?"
"I'm great, Shanaya, thanks for asking! And you? Who is this handsome man?" She says looking him up and down. I intertwine our fingers.
"This is Noah, my boyfriend, " I sayb, subtly stressing on the word boyfriend.
"It was great seeing you!" She tells us, and bends down to whisper in my ear.
"You look so fat in that outfit."
"I don't remember asking for your opinion, but thank you for the useless, and irrelevant comment." I tell her, sticking out my middle finger. She scoffs and walks off. Ugh. I hate her.
"What was that?"
"What was what?"
"You looked like you were gonna explode."
"She's mildly irritating. But harmless. But it's still irritating."
"How do you know her?"
"We used to take dance classes as kids together." He hums.
"Seems like you are just besties." I give him a look, and he laughs.
"Get me some food, Williamson, and not that kind of food," I grumble, knowing the wheels in his head were turning as I asked him. He didn't comment.
I grabbed a veggie burger for myself, and Noah at a full falafel bowl. It was ginormous.
"How's the falafel?" I ask him teasingly,as I finish up the last bite in my burger.
"Why did I order this? I can't eat this much!"
"I told you the same exact thing 15 minutes ago."
"Fuck you."
"You already did." I reply, smirking. His cheeks redden slightly. He lowers his voice.
"This bowl, doesn't taste as good as you though," He whispers, and it became my turn to blush.
We eventually end up packing his falafel to go because this doofus ordered a size too large.
Evening soon dwell, and we got ready to go to the club. I put on a royal blue crop top that dipped low in the front, and some black shorts, tucking the top into the shorts. I slipped on some silver earrings and had a shadowy eyeshadow color. My lips were glossed up.
I looked at my appearance in the mirror. I looked so good. I loved this look so much. I stepped out of the bathroom and Noah came up to me, scanning me over, his eyes lingering at my chest.
"I want to just stay here and rip this top off you, fuck you against the-" I place my hand over his mouth and my cheeks turn pink.
"Do you like it?" I ask him, uncovering his mouth.
"You look so hot, I-I have no clue how I'll keep my hands to myself tonight," He says, sliding his hands over my bare upper back. I shivered under his touch. It feels so damn good.
"Can I kiss you? I don't want to ruin your makeup..." Noah hesitantly asks. I grin and show him that the gloss is not going to come off, it's like this cool superstay thing. I press my lips against his, my eyes fluttering shut. His mouth opens to mine, and his tongue dominates if. The kiss gets more heated, and the thin straps of the top slide off, skimming my bare shoulders, the tops of my breasts. I moan into his mouth, as he groans against me, I can feel the want pouring out of him. I want him just as badly, but a knock on the door interrupts us. We pull away from each other, gasping for breath. I go back into the bathroom, abs attempt to fix my missed hair. My lips are slightly swollen and my cheeks look flushed. I tuck my top onto my shorts and fix my appearance before slowing the person to come in. I walk out of the bathroom to see Noah pacing the room, the buttons of his shirt undone, and his hair missed.
"Noah, you might want to fix yourself a bit."
He runs into the bathroom and I open the door, and find Nyra standing there. She hugs me.
"Hey! How was your flight?" She asks me, and I beckon her inside.
"It was good! We flew in his jet, it was pretty nice. I slept for most of the way though."
"Ohh okay. I just wanted to check to see if we were still on for today?"
"Yeah of course! I wouldn't miss it."
"You look so hot by the way!"
"Thanks girl! You looks amazing too!" I tell her, complimenting her short green dress.
Noah walks out of the bathroom, his shirt buttoned up, but his hair sticking in several different directions.
"Give me one second."
"Sure," She tells me and I go up to him, comb my fingers through his hair.
"Love, what are you doing?"
"Making your hair look decent."
"It is, it's messily styled."
"You look like a hedgehog." Hs pinches me and I finish combing his hair. He comes out with me.
"Hey Nyra," He greets.
"Hey Noah, how are you?"
"I'm good thanks, what about you?"
"Im good, just came here to make sure we were still on for tonight."
"Yeah of course," He replies and straightens his shirt.
"Okay, great, we're leaving in about an hour, because Kaio need to fucking beautify himself. Both of us snicker.
"You can hang here, if you want." I offer, just as Noah slips his hand under the back of my shirt tracing circles, and it takes every bit of self control not to look at him and kiss him. Of course, Nyra couldn't see this.
"Just give me one second," I tell her, stepping away from Noah, and sitting next to her on the bed.
"What the hell is going on?" She asks, confused.
"Nothing!" I replied quickly.
"Are you-"
"Yep!"
She gives me a weird look.
"Anyways, Just came to say hi, I'm gonna... Head out now." She shoots us both with weird looks.
"Noah. What. The. Hell?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Your hand up my shirt? How the hell am I supposed to concentrate. How am I uploaded to explain that to her? I mean I had to cover up the many hickeys you left on my neck, shoulders,and chest, I-"
He kisses me again, effectively shutting me up. He pressed me against the wall, kissing my neck despite what I said.
"Sweet mother of God-" I murmur as he slowly makes his way around my body.
"Noah, we can't, not right before we head out," I tell him, breathlessly.
"Hm, We can be fashionably late, then." He mumbles against my chest, his hot breath fanning across. The straps of my top have fallen down, and the rest of it is bunched at my waist.
I slowly undo the buttons on his shirt, and was about to kiss him again as his hands slipped up my torso, but we were interrupted by another knock on the door.
I scurry into the bathroom with Noah, and the door opens.
"Oh, I almost forgot- Wait, where are you?"
"In here! " I shout to her.
"The limos coming in 20 minutes, and we are not going dancing, it's one of Kaio karaoke nightclubs."
"Sounds good!" I yell from the bathroom, barely able to focus, as he had his head buried in my chest the entire time.
"Fuck you," I breathe out.
"You already did. You came multiple times if I -"
"Do NOT finish that sentence."
"Okay. You might wanna-"
"Yeah I know, I say rolling my eyes, and applying concealer to all the purple and red marks he had left on me. I combed though my hair, hoping to make it look slightly presentable. It finally falls in waves, and I adjust the straps of my top, pulling them back over my shoulders, and tightening them, so hopefully Noah Wouldn't have the urge to-never mind.
Noah slips out of the bathroom, as I try to calm my pounding heart.
"Jeez, WHAT THE FUCK KAIO!" Noah yells.
"Sorry, man." I hear him respond.
Oh shit, how do I explain this to Nyra? I take a deep breath and walk out of the bathroom.
"Were you both in the-" I become completely red.
"Never mind, I don't wanna know," She says, shaking her head, causing me to blush again.
"I can't believe I almost did it, a second time," Kaio says, shaking his head at Noah.
"Wait, this happened once already?" Nyra asks. Please just swallow me up. I just nod, not trusting words to properly come out of my mouth.
"You and I are gonna have a talk," Nyra glares at me, and I gulp. I love her, but she is also equally terrifying. I look at Noah for help, but he doesn't respond, and pretends to look away. I pinch him.
"What was that for?"
"I felt like it." I tell him. The four of us walk into the limo. Nyra's phone and mine ding at the exact same time. I open it to find a message from Anvi, saying she and Liam are gonna meet us there. I look at her and wink. Kaio and Noah look so confused. Nyra send me a wink back, and wiggles her eyebrows, causing me to laugh.
"It's a girl thing," I tell a confused Noah, as we sit in the car.
The car starts going to the club, and and we make pleasant conversation in the car. Noah's hand traces circles on my back. I grab his arm and pull it around me instead, whispering through my teeth.
"Im going to actually murder you." I whisper in his ear, as his other hand rests on my bare thigh. It feels like I lose all sense of control when I'm with him. Goosebumps appear on my legs, and he smirks. I glance over to Kaio and Nyra so see if they noticed anything, but they seemed too engrossed in each other to notice. Thank god for their sappiness.
"Keep this up, Williamson, and I'm never sleeping with you again," I whisper into his ear.
"You won't be able to."
"Wanna bet?"
"Deal. First person to touch the other loses." I shift away from him, slightly. I can feel the energy crackling between us, and his eyes stare at me with this deep lust. I avoid his gaze. He's right, I'm not going to make it very far at all.
We finally reach the club, and Kaio leads us into his special VIP lounge, so its just the four of us sitting together. Our phones buzz. Nyra and I pick it up.
Sugarmomma: hey guys, won't be able to make it, sorry
Me: everything good, anvi?
Avocado: yeah, is everything ok?
Sugarmomma: yep, liam's being abitch, so, ima deal with him, but i'll see you guys tomorrow! :) <3
I glance at Nyra, and she looks at me confused.
"I wasn't aware they had progressed that far," I whisper to her.
"Me neither! I thought they were still in the ' just friends' zone!" She whispers back. Kaio Noah lean towards us.
"What are we whispering about?" They whisper.
"Nothing." We say at the exact same time.
I scooch back, next to Noah, our legs almost touching. Nyra knows I don't really drink, so I got a plate of chocolate covered strawberries instead.
"Leave it to you to find sweets anywhere." Noah jokes.
"You're not getting any," I tell him, putting the plate out of his reach, and he laughs at me instead. Nyra and Kaio seem to be all lovey dovey. Good, then they wouldn't notice when I did this. I slowly sucked on the strawberry, and licked the chocolate from the corners of my mouth. I bit into the flesh of the strawberry and moaned softly.
"Noah, it tastes so good," I tell him, my eyes challenging him.
He seemed to say, You really wanna do this?
I raised my eyebrow slightly as a challenge, and I bit through the rest of the strawberry, swallowing it. His hands fisted at his sides, his knuckles white. A waiter comes over, taking drink orders.
"Could I have another plate of chocolate covered strawberries, please?" I say, innocently looking up at the waiter, and handing him my empty plate. He takes my plate, and I look over to Noah, and see his jaw clenched. Nyra and Kaio glance over at us, with me victoriously grinning, and Noah looked like he was about to murder someone. Few people had entered the VIP area, and the karaoke seemed like it was fully set up. I winked at Noah and walked up to the stage. Brushed my hair off my neck. To most it may look like an innocent gesture, but for Noah, it was me slowly sliding my fingertips across my skin. I could see the way he looked at me from all the way up here. I selected a song, Heart Attack, by Demi Lovato. This should be fun.
Putting my defenses up
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack
Never put my love out on the line
Never said yes to the right guy
Never had trouble getting what I want
But when it comes to you, I'm never good enough
When I don't care, I can play 'em like a Ken doll
Won't wash my hair, then make 'em bounce like a basketball
But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear high heels
Yes, you make me so nervous that I just can't hold your hand
You make me glow
But I cover up, won't let it show
So I'm putting my defenses up
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack
Never break a sweat for the other guys
When you come around, I get paralyzed
And every time I try to be myself
It comes out wrong like a cry for help
It's just not fair; pain's more trouble than love is worth
I gasp for air; it feels so good, but you know it hurts
But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear perfume for you
Make me so nervous that I just can't hold your hand
You make me glow
But I cover up, won't let it show
So I'm putting my defenses up
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack
The feelings got lost in my lungs
My heart pounded as the hardest part came. I waited for the music and began. I started moving my body to the music, teasing Noah, and then closed my eyes.
They're burning; I'd rather be numb (rather be numb)
And there's no one else to blame (no one else to blame)
So scared, I take off, and I run
I'm flying too close to the sun
And I burst into fla-fla-flames
You make me glow
But I cover up, won't let it show
So I'm putting my defenses up
Cuz, I don't wanna fall in love. If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack
Nyra screamed and clapped for me, as did everyone else in the club, but she was standing on top of the seat clapping for me. I grinned at her and walked off the stage, my forehead slightly shiny with sweat.
"Dude, that was amazing! You did incredible!"
"Thanks Nyra! You know what? You should go up there!! That is how you met Kaio, after all?" I wiggle my eyebrows and she smacks my arm.
"I'm gonna go put your name on the list," Before she can answer I run over there, and put her name on the list. When I turn around, an older, creepy looking guy is standing, staring at me. I give him a weird look and try walking back to the booth.
"Let go of me, you prick!" I say as he tries grabbing my waist. He tries slipping his hands up my shirt but Noah appears in an instant, punching him in the face, and pushing me away from him, preventing him from doing anything. The man rears back, angrily.
"Noah, come on, let's go," I say, grabbing his arm.
"Fu-" He nearly gets punched in the face, but ducks before the man hit him. Noah pushes the man off himself and walks with me back to the table. He wraps his arms around my waist, and I try to calm myself. If Noah hadn't been there, I have no clue what I would've done.
Nyra comes over to me almost immediately after seeing the panicked look on my face, as does Kaio.
"Hey, are you okay?"
"Naya, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I'm fine." I breathe and sit down next to Noah. He puts me in his lap and wraps both his arms around me. Nyra touches my shoulder, Kaio standing next to her.
"Are you absolutely sure? We can go-"
"Guys I'm fine! Really, Noah came before anything happened, it's really fine." I say, putting a smile on my face. I pull my hair out of my face, letting it sit in a ponytail, and rest my head on his shoulders. His eyes wander across my body, but he doesn't say anything.
"I guess I won the bet," I joked with him, trying to lighten the mood. He frowns even more.
"He didn't hurt you, did he?" I shake my head no. He kisses me, as if he's never going to let me go, and protect me forever.
"I'm never gonna let anyone hurt you." He tells me, holding my face in his hands.
"No one's gonna hurt you either, Finky. I'm a badass ninja, remember?"
"The most badass," He agrees with me, and places his head on top of mine.
"Awww you guys are so cute!!" Nyra grins and takes a picture of us. I blush a little bit.
"Hey, Naya, you got something on your neck," Nyra tells me and rubs a spot. Shit. The foundation rubs off.
"Wait... is that, a hickey?" She pulls me into the bathroom with her, and I cast a "help me" glance at Noah, but he just smiles.
"Okay, exactly what happened with Noah?"
I don't answer her.
"Naya, I'm gonna-"
"Imsorryididn'ttellyoubutisleptwithhim."
"What?"
"Isleptwithhim." I gush.
"Words, Naya."
"I slept with him."
Her eyes look like they're about to pop out of their sockets.
"What?? Holy shit. Was it good?" I nod my head, my face extremely red.
"So-"
"Please do not ask me any more questions about my sex life," I beg her, ultra mortified.
She laughs in response. She rubs at my neck. More appear. She rubs my shoulders as well, even more appear.
"Well, he's like a damn octopus,he's sucked you everywhere." My face turns red. I pull the concealer out of my small tote bag, and start covering up all of them, hurriedly. Nyra helps me, helping me work at double the speed.
"Are you happy with him, Naya?" I nod my head, the biggest smile appearing on my face.
"He's the best thing that ever happened to me." I say, absolutely filled with love for Noah.
"Are you happy with Kaio, Nyra?"
"I love him so much. I can't imagine my life without him." I hugged my best friend, feeling the happiest I had felt in a long time.
"I'm glad that everything's working out now."
"Me too."