||Kiotni||
I walked into the grocery store to pick up some food for the house; Ayana had to work overtime so it was my turn to get good.
I went down the cereal aisle and got the ones we each like then to the frozen food isle.
Hmmm should I get pizza or frozen chicken wings…? I thought to myself.
Stumped upon my own dilemma I decided to get both. Changing it up for once.
After gathering all the needed things I went to the checkout line.
When I walked out with my bags, I looked out into the parking lot trying to remember where I parked.
I looked down the road and finally spotted my car; I opened the trunk and placed the groceries in. When I closed my trunk I looked up thinking a herd someone near me; I go to my car door not thinking much of it.
I scramble through my collection of keys looking for the car door to unlock it. But just as when I go to unlock the door someone forcefully gripped their arm around my neck pulling me back.
“Don’t say a damn word,” growled the mysterious voice.
I gritted my teeth trying to gasp for air, my heart instantly started to race. I tried to wiggle my way out but the guy’s arm only got tighter.
“Stop fucking moving!”
I whimpered as I closed my eyes, obeying his command.
I could feel myself being led away down some backstreet, I didn’t know what was about to happen. I’ve never been kidnapped or assaulted before; I thought that would never happen to me.
I took a breath as I closed my eyes hoping this was another terrible nightmare.
This couldn’t be happening! I don’t wanna die, I don’t wanna die!
My eyes shot open when I heard a loud thud and a release from my neck, I fell to the hard gravel trying to cover my head praying that this nightmare will end.
BANG!
I damn near jumped out my skin at the sound of the gunshot, I wanted to jump up and run but my body was frozen with fear.
I slowly turned my head to take peek; the mysterious man that grabbed me was shot dead on the ground. Then I saw this other tall dark figure tower over me.
My mouth got dry as I tried to talk, “P-P-Please…D-Don’t kill me…” I begged, my vision started to get blurry and I got even more scared then blacked out.
[[About an hour later]]
“Kiotni….Wake up,” spoke a voice.
I felt a hand slightly shake me.
“GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!” I screamed as I punched the person away.
I heard a painful groan when they hit the floor.
I sat up on the futon I was laying on breathing heavy frantically looking around at where I was at. I realized I was in someone’s house and living room; I looked down at the floor and saw Hyun sitting up with a hand on his face.
“H-Hyun?!” I gasped out.
He looked up at me, “Glad you’re awake,” he said painfully.
“What the hell is going on?!” I cried out.
Hyun stood up and sat next to me, I saw that he had a few cuts on his eyebrows and face. “The man that assaulted you was a very dangerous guy that could have killed you,”
Tears came down my face, “But why me???”
He looked down at the floor, “That’s the thing I was trying to figure out,” then he looked up and placed his hand on my shoulder, “But are YOU ok,”
I took a deep breath, “Well… I am now,” I said, “I’m still shaken up though,”
He then put his hand to my back and stared into my eyes with the most serious face, “I promise on my life to keep you out of harm’s way,” he stated.
I just looked at him, I was lost for works all I could do was breath out an ok. I looked down at my nails then looked back at Hyun remembering the gunshot.
“Hyun… was it you that shot the guy,” I asked carefully.
Hyun looked away and got quiet, then he parted his lips as if he was about to speak but was interrupted by someone coming in from the front door.
Hyun gave a slight sigh as if he was relieved by the interruption.
“Yo Hyun you in here?” spoke a voice.
“I’m in the living room Ji,”
A young guy walked into the room, he was a little shorter and lankier than Hyun but something about him looked familiar.
Ji walked over to Hyun telling him about something but stopped mid-sentence looking at me realizing that I was also in the room.
“Is this…” he started to say.
“Yes, this is Kiotni,” Hyun told him, “Kiotni this is Jiyong, a close friend of mine.”
“Ji???” I choked out.
“Ki-Ki?” he gasped out with a mirrored expression.
Hyun gave a confused look, “you two know each other?”
We locked eyes for the longest; it instantly gave me a flashback from high school.
~~
It was 10PM on a Saturday night and we were sitting on Jiyong’s queen sized bed, I sat there nervously not knowing what to do. I usually don’t go over guy’s house randomly but I’ve had the biggest crush on Ji all school year so I couldn’t refuse this chance. I didn’t care how slutty it may sound but I wanted Ji to be my first.
“Come on,” Ji whispered in my ear as he tugged on my arm, “I’ll be gentle,”
I pushed my hair out my face and nervously bit my lip, “You promise?”
He leaned in closer to my face making our lips inches apart, “Of course~”
I smiled as my cheeks warmed, “ok,”
His lips met mine and began kissing me, he licked my lip asking for entrance, and after hesitating for a couple seconds I allowed his tongue to enter mine.
I felt my body temperature rise when his hands began to roam my body; I tensed up when his hand came close to my inner thigh.
“Relax,” he murmured into my ear.
“Ahh,” I moaned when he began on my neck.
We fell onto the bed with Ji still on top of me, things were becoming more heated and my entire body was tingling and my heart rate was increasing.
I felt him run a hand up my dress and ran his thump down this middle of my panties. I squirmed at his touch and started to hyperventilate.
He moved his hand away and only pressed his lips against the side of my face, I could feel him smiling.
“You’re so wet,” he purred.
I turned my head to kiss him some more this time more eagerly and running my hands through his hair. Ji gripped on to one of my breast over my shirt and began feeling and massaging on it.
“Nnhhg...J-Jiyong,” I breathed out, “Will you…make love to me,” I said softly.
He stared into my eyes, he was about to say something but the moment was ruined by his phone ringing.
He looked over and looked at the cellular device.
You had to be kidding me.
He put the phone away and turned back to me as if nothing happened.
“Sorry about that,” He grinned, “No where were we my sweet Nina?”
I gave him a cold stare, “What did you call me?”
His eyes widened, “Oh shit… wait no I meant…um,” I started mumbling trying to figure out my name. “Megan… er I meant Julia!”
I pushed him off me, and sat up fixing myself up. I knew his would happen, why I even bothered to give him a chance knowing what he results were going to be.
He tried to pull me back apologizing but I tugged him off me.
“Get the hell away from me,” I yelled walking over to the door to put my shoes back on.
“It’s nothing like that babe,” Jiyong cried.
I glared at him and crossed my arms, “Bullshit, I hope every female rejects your stupid player games! Asshole!” I yelled, and then I stormed out his house with tears in my eyes not wanting to talk to him ever again.
~~
My face flushed at the thought of it, I couldn’t believe I was facing my long term crush after all these years.
“H-Hey…” he said softly.
“Hi...”
Jiyong put his hand on the back of his neck feeling uncomfortable; he shot a look at Hyun. “Can’t I speak to you right quick?” he asked keenly, “Alone…”
“Uh sure,” Hyun said, he looked at me, “Be right back,”
I gave a nod, “Uh... ok,”
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||G-Dragon||
I grabbed Hyun around the corner into the hall.
“Don’t tell me THAT’S the girl you’ve been seeing?!” I asked in a loud whisper.
“Yeah, that’s her,” he replied, “Clearly you must know her?”
“Well yeah! She was my first black girl I tried to get with and ever since….that day it’s like she put a hex on me!”
Hyun crossed his arms, and eyed me, “So you were trying to turn her into one of your weekend girls?”
I looked down, “Not really,” then I looked into is eyes, “but my intentions weren’t as bad as you may think,”
He raised an eyebrow at me, “Oh really? Don’t tell me you actually fell in LOVE?”
“Tch…N-NO! I just felt that she was different than the other women I’ve messed with,” I scoffed.
“Well, did you want to talk to her?” Hyun offered.
I could feel my face warm, I couldn’t tell if I was blushing or not. I gave a heavy sigh and put my hands in my pockets. “I don’t know,” I said. I don’t think I was ready to re connect with a girl I’ve messed up big time with. I looked at Hyun becoming more serious, “So…Why did you bring her here?”
Hyun shifted his feet, “One of those Black Dragon thugs attacked her,”
My eyes widened when I heard that familiar name.
“Black Dragon?” I gasped out, “I thought they disbanded???”
“Obviously not, and they must want something to do with Kiotni,”
I narrowed my eyebrows trying to take everything in, I use to be part of the Black Dragons but left months later after realizing they were die hard trouble makers and liked to beat on women. I couldn’t think of a possible reason on why they would bring that gang back.
“Do you still talk to any of those guys?” Hyun asked.
I shot a look at him, “Hell no! The only reason I took part of that stupid thing was to make a name for myself,” I said, “And girl, but I wasn’t going to beat on them,”
“Well, we need to start keeping a close eye on Kiotni, don’t tell her anything or she’ll go on a freak spree,”
I peeked around the corner then looked back at Hyun, “Should I talk to her?”
“That’s up to you,” he said, “I already offered earlier.”
I bit my bottom lip and hesitated to move any further, “I-I don’t know…”
“Well, you make your mind up. I’m going back over there, I don’t want to keep her waiting any longer,” he said as he turned off.
I quickly pulled his arm back, “Ok, but…tell me if she speaks anything about me,” I whispered.
He rolled his eyes at me.
“Please…”
“Ok fine, now let go.”
I ran a hand through my hair and rested my head against the wall.
All kinds of thoughts were going through my head. I mentally kicked myself for acting like an ass all these years.
I can’t just walk up to her and have a normal conversation! Especially after what I did to her!
I looked around the corner then turned back, I debated if I should go in there but I shook my head thinking that would be a bad idea.
I finally decided to go into my room and closed my door. I seriously needed some time to contemplate.
||T.O.P||
“Sorry for taking so long,” I said when I came back into the room.
“Oh, uh its fine,” Kiotni said, “Where…did Ji go?”
“He had something he needed to do,” I told her, “So you two uh…are familiar with each other,”
Her face blushed slightly, “Um, yeah...” she admitted, “Back in high school,”
“Hm, I don’t remember him telling me about you back then,” I said.
She looked at me slightly intrigued, “Really?”
I nodded, “Yeah,”
“Wow, I only remember him hanging with a bunch a girls I didn’t know he had male friends,”
I laughed, “A lot of people didn’t,”
We sat in silence for a while then I looked at her and placed an arm around her. “So how are you feeling?” I asked her.
She let out a sigh and shook her head, “I don’t even know Hyun,” she spoke, “Also, what happened to my car?”
“Everything is safe and sound at your house,” I assured her, “I can take you home when you are ready,”
“Oh no it’s fine,” she said, “I just wanted to make sure,” then she looked down, “Now I really do feel that I’m a magnet for trouble…” she said depressingly.
I stroked her back, “No you’re not, and this wasn’t your fault this time.”
She held her head up, “Then why is someone out to kill me!”
I pulled her to a hug and let her head rest on my chest, “No one is out to kill you,” I told her, “I’m here to protect you remember,”
She buried her face into my chest letting out subtle sobs while I consoled her and caressed her hair.
I looked up from the corner of my eye and saw Ji standing in the entranceway. He awkwardly stood there rubbing his head for a couple seconds then went back into his room.
I placed my nose back on top of Kiotni’s hair and held her tighter.
“I’m here for you,” I murmured.
||Kiotni||

That evening, Hyun drove me back home.
“Thank you,” I said when I got out the car.
“No problem,” he said, “Call me if you ever need anything,”
I went inside and saw Ayana on the couch with a worried look on her face. She gasped and ran to me giving me a tight hug.
“WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!” she cried out.
I pulled away, “I was over Hyun’s,”
She tilted her head, “That Asian guy?”
I rolled my eyes; I swear she can be so dense. “Yes. The Asian,” I confirmed.
“Oh ok! Well I’m happy to see you back in one piece,”
I gave a small smile and told her I was fine, I didn’t really want to tell her about the occurrence I went through I already had her worried enough about me.
“I’ll be in my room,” I said as I went into my bedroom closing the door behind me.
I lay on my bed and began thinking of all the series of events I’ve been through in this month. It was all freaking me out I would have never thought I would go through any of this. I closed my eyes as I started to think of Hyun, for a guy I’ve only known for a short while I’ve really became attracted to him. He’s become like an elder brother and close friend to me; he’s my protector after all.
I sighed and opened my eyes at the thought of Jiyong; it was like my high school feelings for him came running back to me. I cursed myself for even thinking such, he was still the same Ji from school; he probably didn’t change at all over the years.
But…Maybe, if only. I know I’ve grown since then could there be such possibility for Ji?
I groaned to myself. “The hell is you thinking…” I mumbled to myself.

I turned over on my bed and decided to take a well-rested nap for once.

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