𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝑺𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏
"I've never watched Instructions Not Included," Neveah says, snuggling close to Kol on the couch. "What's it about?"
"Uh...this guy discovers he's a Dad. The girl drops off the baby and then runs off. The guy tries to return the child but ends up keeping it. Then he immigrates to America illegally and it all spirals out of control, especially since he can't speak English," I explain.
Neveah shrugs. "Sounds boring. Koly, can we please pick another movie?"
"Nae, let's just watch the movie. I heard it was a good movie," Kol says and presses play.
I slide into the left slide of the couch while they are practically lying on top of each other on the right.
The movie runs for about 30 minutes before the food shows up.
"Here you go, sweetheart," Kol says, handing me my food box. My peripheral vision catches Neveah glancing at us when Kol says, sweetheart.
I smile at him and take the box from him. Instead of taking his previous spot, Kol sits down in the middle of Neveah and me.
I can tell she doesn't like it. She scoots next to Kol a bit more and eyes me up. "So, what did you come here for?"
I look up at Neveah in surprise and Kol does the same. Neveah chuckles nervously. "I just mean, you never said what you were doing here?"
Kol looks back at me, silently apologizing for Neveah's words. She knows nothing of our issues. Nothing of our past.
But, it almost seems like she wants to wreck our future.
I shrug and look around briefly. "I haven't seen Kol in a while. I wanted to check on him."
Kol stares at me as he analyzes my words. His face doesn't give away his emotions. I used to be able to read him. Now I can't tell anything.
We've been separated for so long. Maybe he's changed. Maybe I don't know him like I used to.
My phone rings and it snaps me out of my thoughts. I check the caller ID and see Angela's name. I excuse myself and answer the call in the guest room.
"Ang, I need you to get to Kol's house quickly. I need a desperate escape!" I whisper-shout into my phone.
"I was actually calling you to tell you that I need the apartment for the night. Leo came over and he has whip cream and chocolate sauce," Angela squeals on the other side of the phone.
I sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose. "I--ok. I'll just catch a hotel or something."
"Wait....why do you need to leave Kol's? What happened?"
As much as I wanted to confide in my best friend, I did not want to keep her from having fun.
"Uh, it's nothing. We'll talk later. Bye!" I quickly hang up the phone and escort myself back to the living room.
I finally have an excuse to leave. "Uh, hey. I have to go. I need to book a hotel and it's getting late."
"A hotel for what? Don't you have your dorm?" Kol asks.
"Uh...no, Angela and I got our own apartment. She needs to borrow it for the night and I have nowhere else to stay," I explain.
"You can stay here. It's not like you haven't spent the night here before," Kol says, raising from the couch.
Neveah lightly grasps Kol's arm. "But, Koly. You promised me I could stay here tonight since Dre and I are in an argument."
"It's cool really. Neveah will take the guest room, Maya, you can take my room, and I'll sleep on the couch," Kol offers.
I shake my head. "No, Kol, really it's fin--"
"Maya. Stay here. For me."
For me.
He can't keep saying things like this.
"Yeah, okay. Sure, I'll stay here. Just for tonight."
Kol smiles at me and it makes my heart melt.
For the next few hours, we ate our food and watched movies. Neveah would say sweet nothings to Kol and make slight digs at me that Kol's oblivious ass wouldn't pick up on.
Soon it was time for bed. Neveah kisses Kol on the cheek goodnight and takes a sleeping pill. Kol lends me one of his shirts and he sets up his bed for me.
"Alright, that's everything. I'm going to head to the couch," Kol says.
As he makes his way to the door, I grab his arm. His skin feels hot against my touch. "Stay. Please."
"Maya...."
"Kol. I'm not going to let you sleep on the couch. We can share the bed, we've done it before."
"And look where that's gotten us."
I look at his face and I want nothing more than to kiss him in this very moment.
"Please. For me."
Kol pouts ever so slightly and gives in. He shuts the door shut and turns off the light. He slides into the bed and gets comfortable. I stay in my spot.
"Are you going to stand there all night or get in bed?" His slight voice drop makes me feel some type of way.
I roll my eyes and get into bed. There's a space between us. Kol was close to the edge of his side of the bed.
"One wrong turn and you'll fall right off the bed," I tell him.
His body turns around and his back is now facing me. "I think I'll be okay."
The air becomes thick as I watch his back muscles contort against each other. My fingers lightly skim his back and his body tenses.
"Don't."
"Did you ever think about it?" I whisper. "About how my touch lingered on your body?"
He doesn't respond verbally, but he turns around and grips my wrist.
"Did I think about it?" he mocks. "Your touch is tattooed on my skin."
"I feel your hands on every part of my body," I respond, quietly.
"Why did you come here, Maya? Why come back? Don't bullshit me," he seethes.
I close my eyes and lower my head to avoid his eye contact. He lifts me by my chin and makes me look him in the eye.
Just tell him, Maya. It isn't hard. Tell him. Stop pussying around and just tell him.
But, I can't. Something in my throat contracts and makes me want to throw up at the thought of saying I love you to Kol and him not feeling the same way anymore.
The last person I even thought about telling I love you wrecked me. And with Kol...I am in way too deep.
He would absolutely destroy me if he didn't feel the same.
Now I understand how he feels.
How he felt.
To be this deeply in love with someone and them to just run away.
"I missed you," I breathe out. "You didn't deserve what I did to you. You deserve the world, Kol."
His thumb brushes my cheek and he pulls me closer to him.
"I'm sorry I left you, Kol. I wish I could've been better. I wanted to be better so bad, but..."
Kol places a soft kiss on my forehead. "Maya, meeting you was probably the best thing to ever happen to me. No matter what happened to us in the end, I'd never change anything."
"I-In the end?" I ask, hesitantly. "Are you saying that we're....no longer..."
"No longer what, Maya? What even were we in the first place, Maya? Friends."
I sigh. "No, Kol. We were everything but friends."
"Then tell me what we were, sweetheart? What we are?" Maybe he doesn't realize it, or maybe he does, but he pulls me closer.
Our bodies were pressed together and our breathes were fanning over each other's faces.
His eyes trail down to my lips and I feel something hard press against my lower stomach.
"We h-have to talk," I breathe out.
Having him this close to me was screwing with my head. I needed to be focused on the reason I came to see him. But with his strong frame completely covering mine and his hands trailing up my thigh, I can barely breathe normally.
"We'll talk tomorrow. I promise," he says.
I let out a deep breath.
"So, if we're talking tomorrow, what are we going to do right now?" I whisper.
Kol doesn't reply, but he brings me even closer and captures my lips with his.
End of Chapter Forty-One
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