?UNEXPECTED EMOTIONS?
(Tales of Meteor City)
**CHAPTER NINE**
By, Naomi Cindy B.
**Don’t copy or repost my story to avoid misfortune, write yours**
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“Why?, Why are you suddenly doing this?” Iris asked in confusion as he broke the hvg
“I’m just happy I found you after waiting for years” he replied
” Waiting for years?, Why?, You know me somewhere before?” She asked in astonishment
“no, but I know a little about you, but it’s not time to tell you that right now, you’re from Meteor City right? ” He said
” OMG how did you know! ” She said surprisingly, covering her mouth with her hand in shock
” I just…. I know, take it like that” he replied, standing up
” But…
“Shhhh, Iris, I know I got you confused but don’t worry, when the time comes for me to tell you why I’ve been waiting for you, I’ll tell you but not now, just relax ok? ” He said
She nodded
” So who are those people who did that to you?” She asked
” You won’t un-derstand either” he replied
” And I’m sick and tired of that Statement, why are you talking in riddles just like Andromeda! ” She half yelled
Kingston held her arm
“You’ve met Andromeda?” He asked
“Yes, I met him before I was banished by the wicked queen and the witchy Princess” she replied, squee-zing her face
“a princess was born?” He said
“What are you talking about?” She asked
” It’s nothing” he replied
” I’m going to go crazy at this point, why aren’t you telling me anything” she said
” I’ll tell you I promise, but not just now, the most important thing right now is to find a way to get rid of the badluck scent on your b©dy” he said
” Oh, so it’s badluck scent, no wonder I’ve been causing badluck everywhere I go” she muttered…
” Let’s go” he said, opening the car door
” Where? ” She asked
“Where else?, Home” he replied
“If I can still remember, you told the cops to bundle me out of that house in the morning and I was thrown into a detention room, who knows what you might do if I follow you back to that house, maybe you’ll throw me in a fish pond” she said, folding her arms on her che-st
“Fish pond like the one you created at the station right? ” Kingston said
” You visited that place alre-ady?, I wish I knew it when you visited, I’d have made you drown” she said
” Like you can do it” Kingston replied
” Of course” she replied and closed her eyes like she really wants to do it but she suddenly opened it
“Yay!, I got you scared right?’ she said, jumping in front of him
” No, not at all” he replied and pushed her into the car before driving off
Kingston put on the tape and a Blackpink song is pla-ying.. “How you like that” to be precise
“fv¢k” Kingston remarked and made to change it but Iris blocked his hand
“I beg you, don’t Change it, I’m in love with the song alre-ady” she said pleadingly
” This is still my car and I make the rules here” he replied sternly
” And I said plea-se” she replied, sm-irking
“No” he said
“plea-se”
“No*
” plea-se”
*My God!, Can you just st©p! ” He yelled.
” No, I’ll st©p if only you don’t change the song, I beg you” she said, ma-king baby faces , pouting and all that
Kingston looked away
” I don’t listen to Blackpink songs” he muttered
“So they’re Blackpink, whoa!, I wish to be like them, the voice of angels, they’re my models from now on* she said
“Why does it have to be a crazy girl” he said silently
” I heard that” she replied, shooting a deadly glare at him
“How sharp are your ears?, You hear everything don’t you?” He said
“Yes, that’s why you shouldn’t say bad things about me silently, I’ll hear you” she replied
“this is gonna be ha-rd ” he said, entering the parking lot
” You mean driving? ” She asked
” I mean living in the same house with a parrot like you” he replied, getting out of the car
She got down too, trailing behind him
“You just called me a parrot?, How rude, should I turn you to a parrot” she said
” Can you just st©p talking for once?” He said
“I just can’t” she replied as he opened the door and they entered…
“Whoa!, I didn’t have time to look around the other time, thanks to someone” she said, rolling eyes at him
He climbe-d upstairs immediately, leaving her at the living room
She saw the TV on and quic-kly sat on a couch, a movie is going on
“They’re so cool!” She remarked, referring to the actors..
In the movie***
“So how significant is a first k!ss?” The girl asked
“you won’t know till you have it” the guy replied
The girl li-cked herl-ips
“why? ” The guy asked
“I’m just wondering what mine will taste like” the girl replied
The guy moved closer and drew her close by the w@!st
“St©p Wondering, I love you” he said
“I love you more” the girl replied and the guy k!$$£d her immediately, landing hisl-ips on hers….
Iris’s eyes c@m£ wi-de open
“OMG!, What to do” she exclaimed, jumping up on the couch
“Now that’s her, welcome a lot of troubles to this house” Kingston said, coming downstairs with Diamond
“Hey Iris!” Diamond waved
Iris c@m£ down from the couch and moved closer
” Whoa!, Ya Pretty, I didn’t have time to notice that the other time” Iris said
” But not as pretty as you are, I envy you” Diamond replied and Iris only smiled
“And here comes the last call” Kingston said, picking Danny’s call
He threw his phone on the couch after taking it
“What?” Diamond asked
“What were you expecting, I lost all my clients” he replied calmly
Iris sat sadly
” I’m really a bunch of badluck, I should get out of your house” she said, standing up
” Where do you think you’re going?, you’re going nowhere” Kingston said
“Not when I keep causing badluck” she replied and head towards the door
Diamond held her arm
” You can’t, there’s a solution to the scent” Diamond said
” Really?, A solution” she said expectantly
“Yes, I’ll discuss it with my brother, I’ll be back” Diamond said and win-ked at Kingston to follow him
“Wait!” Iris said
Diamond looked back
“You’re not a human are you?” She asked
Diamond only smiled before going upstairs with Kingston
“She’s surely not a human, but why can’t I pinpoint what exactly she is?, A goblin?, Ghost?, Alien?, Vampire?” Iris thought…
” You’ve been taking my disguise pills right?” Kingston said Immediately they got upstairs
” I started taking it just this morning, that’s why she won’t detect what I really am” she replied
” But she knows you’re not human” Kingston replied
” It’s still ok, so far she doesn’t know my real identity yet, I know she’ll still know but not just now” Diamond replied
“and she didn’t know you’re also from Meteor cos you’ve been taking the disguise pills for so long right? ” Diamond asked
” Yes, you’re right, and back to our discussion, so what is the solution to the scent? ” He asked
“It’s simple, but for you it’ll be like it’s impossible” she replied, looking at him knowingly
” Just say it” he replied
“Draw closer and I’ll say it in your ear” she said
He drew closer to her and she whispered into his ear
His eyes wi-de-ned and he retracted quic-kly
“Like what the hell did you just say!” He said
“You heard me right” Diamond replied
” Scratch it, I’m not interested* he replied and left the room
” You have no choice!” Diamond yelled after him…
*******”
“Call for Eragon” Lillie ordered, pacing around her chamber balcony…
“Yes Princess” the guard replied and left for Eragon’s room just beside Eleven’s room
He’s slee-ping alre-ady when the guard knocked
“Yes?” He replied from inside
“The princess calls for you” the guard replied
“What again?” He mumbled before standing up, he put on his robe and c@m£ out of his room
He pas-sed by Eleven’s room and glanced in
He didn’t come out throu-ghout today and it’s ma-king him lonely, the secret he’s keeping is somehow choking too…
And the empress, she’s still doing what she does best, she killed two men today for rebelling against the throne… killing is just her daily bre-ad
“I don’t think I can hold it for too long before telling Eleven” he thought
He walked to Lillie’s chamber and met her just at the balcony
“Sit” she ordered
He obeyed without saying anything
A maid entered with wine and cu-ps
She placed it on the stool in front of him and she sat facing him
She poured the wine into the cu-ps and faced him
“Drink with me” she said
Eragon sighed
“I alre-ady gave the answer to that countless times, I’m not interested” he replied
” Are you defying the princess?” She said.
“I don’t think this is in any way related to defying you, I just made it clear that I don’t want to drink with you” he replied
” What if I f0rç£ you?, I just want someone to keep me company” she replied, sounding hurt
” You can f0rç£ me princess but I still won’t, and I won’t keep the company of a diabolical person like you, the worse you can do is kill me” Eragon replied, standing up
Lillie stood too
” Why do you hate me so much?” She demanded
“I don’t hate you, I just hate the fact that you’re like your mother” Eragon replied and started walking away
Lillie rushed after him and drew him back to herself
It’s unexpected and sudden so Eragon is caught unawares
She stood on her toes and slammed herl-ips on hers, gently k!ss!nghim, his eyes took over his face in shock…
Lillie pu-ll-ed him closer, de-epening the k!ssbut he quic-kly got a hold of himself and pushed her away
“Princess!” He said angrily…
“Eragon I….
“I don’t want to listen, don’t do this again” he interrupted before rushing off
Lillie felt sad but happy at the same time
“Hisl-ips” she thought, tou-ching herl-ips…
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” It’s late alre-ady, you guys should go home” Diamond said and Isla gr-untled…
“I still want to stay with this cutie” she said, pe-cking Iris…
Iris smiled…
They actually st©pped by when coming from the karaoke and luckily they had a good time with Iris parrot, she can’t just do without talking…
“I had a good time, thanks to you” Cole said and win-ked
Iris win-ked back…
” I’ll see you guys in school tomorrow” Diamond said when they got to the door
” Ok baby” Isla said and left for the car
“You want to sleep here?” Diamond asked Cole…
“Can I?” Cole said, moving closer
Diamond kept stepping back and he kept coming closer till she’s backing the wall
“What are you doing” she said, looking at him allover the face
He smiled charmingly before pe-cking her on both cheeks
“Just wanted to steal a pe-ck and I did it!, I got lucky and stole two, Goodnight!’ he quic-kly said before rushing off
“per-vert!” Diamond sh0t, ru-bbing her cheeks
“I must have a really dirty mind, what was I thinking?’ she said, sl@pping herself as she went back in
“Let’s go to be-d” she said
“Do you also love Blackpink?” Iris asked, standing up
” Of course, my bias is Rose” Diamond replied
” Oh , so you know them all” she replied
“Of course, they’re my role models, Rose, Lisa, Jenny, and Jisoo, they’ll be featured on a magazine show tomorrow evening, you’ll get to watch them on TV” Diamond replied
” Yay!” She shouted, jumping up
Diamond smiled
” You’re so cute!, How old are you?” Diamond asked
“Andromeda said I’ve been slee-ping since I was born twenty years ago so technically I’m twenty, what about you?, And your brother?” She asked
“me?, I’m twenty one, and Kingston is twenty six” Diamond replied
” Oh, so his name is Kingston, wait…is he destined not to smile?, I’ve never seen him smile” Iris said..
Diamond giggled
” Get used to it, you’ll never see him smile” Diamond said
” Ion think so” Iris replied, smiling discreetly…
” Have you had your first k!ss?” Diamond asked
“No” she replied
” I knew it, if you have had it,then the scent would have been gone” Diamond said
” Meaning?”
” Nevermind, let’s go to be-d, and I’m glad you like your room” Diamond said
“I love it, and sorry for doing that to your room in the morning” Iris replied
” It’s ok now goodnight” Diamond replied as Iris entered her room
She layed on her be-d and inhaled softly
“What does she mean by first k!ss?” Iris thought…
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“Oppa, you can do it” Diamond said, entering Kingston’s room
“Invalid’ Kingston replied
” Oppa, think about yourself, you have to protect her and she’ll protect you too, and that includes having her right un-der your nose in this house, and the scent, you lost all your clients alre-ady and right now your casino is about to crumble, will you wait till that happens?, Though I’m not happy with the casino of a thing but I don’t want it to crumble like this” Diamond said
” But does it sound s-en-sible?, Her first k!sswill take away the scent?, It’s ridiculous, and as if that’s not enough, it has to be a de-ep one” he replied
“Yes, very de-ep so it’ll work, but you just have to do it” Diamond replied
” Can’t Cole do it?” Kingston asked
“no, you’re the right person for this, just do it and forget about it….ok?, Goodnight Oppa” Diamond said and blew him k!sses before leaving
Kingston covered his head with the duvet in frustration
“I have such a cruel fate” he muttered, sitting up
He inhaled ha-rd before standing up, one step at a time, he walked out of his room and head to iris’s room
He stood by the door for some minutes before mustering the courage to enter…
Iris is still awake…
She sat up
“Mr Frankie, wanna take the room away from me?” She said sarcastically…
Kingston coughed lightly
He rou-ghed his hair, not knowing what to say
“Aren’t you going to talk?” She asked, staring at him…
“I can’t do this” Kingston said and turned to go but he st©pped
” My casino, my clients,the deals” he thought
He turned back and walked up to her
He sat beside her on the be-d
“Is it the be-d you wanna take?” She said, looking at him straight in the face, their faces are just inches away from each other…
Kingston swallowed ha-rd , staring at herl-ips
“You’re giving me the creeps” Iris said
Kingston closed his eyes and opened it … He held her by the back of her n£¢k, pu-lling her closer
“Don’t think too much about this” he said before taking possession of herl-ips in a de-ep k!ss..
Tbc