šUNEXPECTED EMOTIONSš
(Tales of Meteor City)
**CHAPTER THIRTEEN**
By, Naomi Cindy B
**Don’t copy or repost my story to avoid misfortune, write yours**
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“Let’s all eat well” Diamond said as she served dinner on the dinning table
She took her seat too
Only Iris is not presĀ£nt, the fruit eater is sitting in the living room, eating gr@pĀ£s and watching TV
“You added black beans in the rice again” Kingston said, extracting the black beans from the rice
“Oh no, I forgot again that you don’t eat black beans, I’m sorry” Diamond said
” I’ll just do the extraction as usual” he replied, curving his smalll-ips
Diamond giggled
“He doesn’t eat black beans too” Eleven said, staring at Kingston
” Who?” Diamond asked
“My long lost brother, Novato” Eleven replied
Kingston quic-kly stĀ©pped the eye contact and continued eating
He glanced at Iris at the living room and saw how concentrated she is on the TV
He sighed
“I wish she can sit like this and don’t cause troubles, that little rascal, pretty psycho…”
” Wait…why are you thinking of her now” he thought and tried to shake it off
Almost immediately,the k!ssscene c@mĀ£ into his memory
“Not now” he muttered , standing up
“What?” Eleven asked
“Nothing” he replied, going upstairs alre-ady
“Oppa you won’t eat again?” Diamond said
“I’m fine” he replied
“Why don’t you try this out?” Diamond said to Iris
“No thanks, ion want to” Iris replied, concentrating on the TV again…
A movie is actually going on, the continuation of the first k!ssmovie she watched yesterday…
In the movie***
“So have you had your first k!ss?” The girl’s friend asked her
” Yes, just yesterday, Jason k!$$Ā£d me!” The girl replied, covering her face
“whoa!, You’re so Lucky!, When I haven’t even had mine”
“don’t worry, you’ll have yours when you’re re-ady to fall in love”
“I can’t wait for our next k!ss! ”
” You better make the move in your second k!ss, it’s always the best if you take the lead”
” Jinjja? ”
” Of course*
“I’ll do that when we meet later today”
Iris sighed as the episode ended
” So only people in love can k!ss?, Wait… Kingston… Me? ”
She sighed
“and it’s better for the girl to make the first move during the second k!ss? ” She asked herself
” I kind of liked the first k!ss, it felt like he ru-bbe-d honey on hisl-ips” she thought naughtily and hit her head
Then the Blackpink show c@mĀ£ on
“Diamond they’re here!, Blackpink!” She shouted at the tĀ©p of her voice
Diamond ran to the living room and fell beside Iris on the couch
“Whoa!, My idols!” She gushed
“So introduce them to me and I’ll choose my bias” Iris said
” That’s Rose, that’s Lisa, that’s Jisoo, then Jenny” Diamond said
” I love Jenny!” She said
” Why? ” Diamond asked
” Cos I love her jacket” she replied
” Ya crazy” Diamond said and they both laughed out loud…
Diamond later went back to finish her food
She kept stealing glances at Eleven and Eleven can’t help but notice
“Why?” He wondered
They finished eating and Diamond packed all the plates to the kitchen to wash
Eleven joined her
“I’ll help” he said
“No you don’t have to” she replied, facing him
Her heartbeat is getting ra-pid again
“You can go rest, I’ll do it” he said
“No.. I’ll…
By now, her heartbeat is so fast that she mistakenly dropped a plate
“Oh” she exclaimed at her clumsiness
She bent down to start picking with her hand but he stĀ©pped her by holding her hand
She felt currents pas-sing throu-gh her bĀ©dy as he held it
She looked up at him and met the most handsome face ever
She started hiccu-ping
“Are you ok?” He asked
“Oh…yes” she replied awkwardly and ran out , she went upstairs to her room and fell on her be-d in embarras-sment…
Eleven finished cleaning up and went back to the living room
He ti-ptoed behind iris’s back and is about to cover her face..
“I saw you alre-ady, stĀ©p trying” she said without looking back
” Is there anything you don’t see?” He said
“No” she replied, taking a bite of gr@pĀ£
He c@mĀ£ to her from and held her face, bending in front of her
“What?” She asked, feeling uncomfortable
He brou-ght his face closer and k!$$Ā£d her forehead
“I love you” he said Straight
Strangely she felt nothing…
“Eleven I alre-ady told you…
” Shhhh, I know what you want to say, don’t…. just allow me to keep loving you even if you won’t love me back” he said
He k!$$Ā£d her hair
” Goodnight” he said before going upstairs
Iris sighed
” I wish he un-derstands me” she thought
She went upstairs to her room to sleep too…
Kingston isn’t slee-ping
He’s working on the l@ptĀ©p and drinking tequila together with it
He felt suffocated in his room and decided to go downstairs
He got there and sat on the couch, he continued his work
He has ba-rely worked for two hours when weird thoughts started creeping into his memory again
None other but about the k!ss
He closed the l@ptĀ©p in frustration
“I told her not to think about it,why am I the one being tortured” he asked himself
He scattered his hair and stood, he sat again and covered his face with the pillows
Iris who’s coming downstairs to get water from the freezer saw him and wondered what he’s doing in the living room
She saw his l@ptĀ©p
“Oh , work” she decided not to disturb him
She went straight to the freezer
Kingston took the pillows off his face and saw the person he’s thinking of right in front of him,by the fridge
His heart skipped hundred beats for the first time in years
He swallowed ha-rd and closed his eyes before looking at her again
It’s still the same
He stood
“Maybe if I do it again, I’ll be able to forget” he thought
“Only two bottles of water left, the deliverers didn’t show up” Iris thought, taking one of the water
She looked back and saw Kingston coming
“He’s not slee-ping?” She asked herself, standing still
Kingston covered the space between them and gently pushed her to the fridge, the bottle water with her fell as he k!$$Ā£d her de-eply
She found it ha-rd to close her eyes at first but she later did … Enjoying the taste of hisl-ips
He broke it suddenly, breathing heavily, actually the two of them
“Don’t think too much about this either” he said before rushing upstairs
Iris tĀ©uƧhed herl-ips
” A k!ss?, Again?”
Early hours of next morning***
“You should try and eat even if it’s a little bit” Lillie said, trying to feed Eragon with the buns she brou-ght in her bag
“No, I don’t have an appetite” he replied weakly
The sedative is still working on the guards, still fast asleep
“You don’t have an appetite in this condition?, Eragon plea-se, just a bite huh?” She said
” No Lillie, I’m fine, you should go plea-se,I don’t want you to get caught, your mum Won’t spare you, you’ll be locked in your room for days” he said
” I won’t get caught, just eat this plea-se” she said, trying ha-rd to persuade him
” I just nee-d water and nothing more” he said
“Water?’
She quic-kly brou-ght out the bottle of water from her bag
She opened it and tilted up his head, she gave him the water and he drank to his satisfaction…
“You better now?” She said
“Yes” he replied, regarding a little strength
“So you still won’t eat it?” She said
“I can’t, I have no appetite like I said” he replied insistingly
“Just….be fine ok?, Endure it like you said… I’ll be waiting till you get out” she said
She hvgged him and lean his back on the wall, she pe-cked his forehead before leaving carefully as she c@mĀ£…
She got to the palace and went straight to the emperor’s room
He’s on his be-d as usual, lying down helplessly
“Lillie” he called, managing to smile
“Abba (father)” she replied, sitting beside him
” You just called me father?” He said surprisingly
“You’re my father so….
“You have never called me your father before and you know” he said
” Do you hate me?” She asked
” Lillie the only way you can live a good life is to stĀ©p listening to your mother, she’s a devil” he said
“father…
“Daughter, all what your mum tells you are nothing but blatant lies, she’s so good at telling lies so much that the Satan might recruit her as his secretary soon” he said
Lillie almost giggled
“I love you with all I have Lillie, I love you just like I love your brothers, you’re a rare gem Lillie, but your mum is trying to kill your destiny, you can’t make that happen* he said.
“How?”
“Lillie you’re a special child, this sickness started when Eleven was born, when he turned four, I badly wanted a princess and so is your mum, she wants a baby girl, i Won’t be embarras-sed to say that I made love to your mother despite my chronic sickness just to have you, and we got lucky, you c@mĀ£ as a girl and your mum Started teaching you her ways as you grew, that’s why you couldn’t do anything you like, you always follow her words right?” He said
Lillie nodded, crying alre-ady
” That’s what’s ruining you Lillie”
“She told me killing the weak is the only way to be strong, she said being cruel is the only way to live long, she said being heartless is the only way to be adorable” Lillie said
“it’s not true Lillie,all those are nothing but lies, you have to stand against your mum, that’s the only way to have a good life, being kind hearted is the only way to be strong, being good is the only way to be adorable to your loved ones” emperor said, taking her hand in his weak hands
“I’m sorry for calling you an idiot father, I’m sorry for yelling at you, it was mum who told me lies about you, he said you hate me cos I’m not like my brothers, cos I’m weak and not a boy”
” And now you know that’s not true, father loves you ok?”
” I love you too father” she replied and hvgged him on the be-d
” What of Eleven?, Is he still lovesick?” He asked.
“Dad…he, … Mum sĀ£nt him to kairo, he’s to represĀ£nt her in a festival” she lied, not wanting to break his heart with the news that he went to earth
“Oh, he should come see me when he comes back, I’ve missed him, and it’s so uncommon of him to go somewhere without telling me” he said
” It c@mĀ£ as a rush” she replied
Dan entered with his tea
” I’ll feed him” she said, taking the cu-p of tea…
Jin smiled and took each spoon with plea-sure as she feed him
“Can I drink with you dad?” She said
“Of course” he replied
She drank a little from it before continuing the feeding…
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“I’m cooking today!” Iris announced, coming downstairs
She’s just feeling happy this morning without any reason
Maybe because….
“Really?, Have you ever cooked?” Diamond asked
” No but I’m sure you all will enjoy it if I do, all my powers Won’t be for nothing” she replied
She saw Kingston coming downstairs and quic-kly rushed into the kitchen…
Eleven c@mĀ£ downstairs right after Kingston…
“Iris is our chef for today” Diamond said
Eleven giggled while Kingston almost did
The aroma of iris’s cooking soon filled the whole living room
“OMG it’ll be tasty!” Diamond exclaimed, inhaling as much as she can
” I think so” Eleven said
Kingston inhaled the aroma and only kept mute
Eleven’s eyes met with Diamond’s but she quic-kly looked away…
Fourthy minutes later****
“Food is re-ady!” Iris announced, setting the table
Diamond is the first one to reach the dinning room and take her sit
Eleven followed then Kingston
Iris served them the spaghetti that looks delicious by looking at it
She sat
“Start eating, I’ll just watch” she said
Diamond decided to let the two guys taste first
Eleven and Kingston ate at the same time
They chewed on it and looked at each other, their eyes almost popping out.. it’s over spicy
They spit it out immediately and both ran towards the freezer
*What?” Diamond asked surprisingly
” It must be too delicious to drive them Crazy” Iris replied
Eleven and Kingston opened the freezer at the same time and both gr@bbĀ£d the remaining one bottle of water
“Let it go” Kingston said
“No, my ton-gue is on fire!” Eleven replied…
” You think I’m exceptional?” Kingston replied
“she poured a whole basin of pepper” Eleven said
“No, it’s a whole van of pepper, I nee-d a new ton-gue!” Kingston said, b!owing air in his mouth as he continued dragging with Eleven…
Diamond is rolling on the ground In laughter right now…
TBC…