Chapter 1036 - Family-memory-wall (2/2)

”Is Emma moving in with Charlie?”, Sarah asked when JoAnna paused to inhale.

When Sarah and Aiden returned from their Chaos mission last night, Eve told them that Emma is not in her room. Sarah checked Emma's location to make sure she is OK. When she confirmed that Emma is in Charlie's villa, Sarah didn't bother calling her. She knows that Charlie will not hurt Emma, and she stayed in his villa previously.

JoAnna thought for a moment and shrugged indicating that she does not know. ”It does not look that Charlie will let her go easily…”

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~ Cliffside villa ~

While our team-of-six is on the video conference call discussing Emma's and Charlie's situation, in the common room of the second house where the staff is…

Nala and Haru are in the flight simulator, side by side… maneuvering their virtual aircrafts skillfully around obstacles while shooting down enemies. The scores are tight, and the stakes are high. What is at stake? Their first kiss!

The deal they made is that if Haru wins, Nala will kiss him… and if Nala wins, Haru will kiss her.

They wanted to keep that a secret from others, but Nala was too excited and she told Zula... and at the speed of light, everyone else knew. And now Haru and Nala are surrounded by their friends, adopted brothers and sisters, who are cheering enthusiastically.

Haru wants to kiss Nala for a long time, and this is his chance. But in order to do that, she needs to win. On the other side, his pride is at stake and if he loses, the others will mock him.

Nala always had a soft spot for Haru, and ever since he asked her for that beach outing, just the two of them, she knows that he likes her… and she is thinking about that kiss more and more with each passing day. She wants it to the point of shivering, but not like this… not with everyone watching and cheering. It is supposed to be romantic, right?

Back to present…

The simulation ended and Nala was surprised to see that she won. Didn't she just space out? How is it possible that she won? She glanced to her left and she had a suspicion that Haru let her win on purpose… so that he can kiss her! Oh, God! He will kiss her!

If she backs out of this, her word won't mean a thing… and thanks for her not being able to keep it in, everyone knows why two of them competed and what the stakes are!

Nala was startled when Haru touched her right shoulder. Wasn't he on her left in the simulator, just a second ago? Ah, she spaced out again.

Haru extended his hand toward Nala, palm up, while offering her help to step out.

She placed her hand in his nervously.

They stood facing each other awkwardly, her hand in his, while others around them chanted: ”Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! ... ”

Nala saw Haru inch closer to her and she closed her eyes. She can't escape this, no matter how weird it is. It is happening! Any minute now!

She felt her hand going higher and there was a strange sensation...

Nala opened her eyes and held her breath when her eyes met Haru's while his lips rested at the back of her palm.

Haru lowered her hand and smiled smugly. He was pleased to see her reaction and wondered what her expression will be when one day he kisses her for real… on the lips.

”OK. The show is over! Scram!”, he shouted at the disappointed crowd while walking away.

Nala stared at Haru's departing back and she is not sure if she is breathing, but she knows that her heart is beating wildly. She smiled while walking away to her room.

Haru threw himself on his bed and sighed while thinking that when the time for a real kiss comes, he will make sure it happens in private. This kind of a spectacle is not what the girl of his dreams deserves for her first kiss… on the lips.

Haru thought of what he did, and he was confident that Aiden would be proud of him because he told him not to rush and to make sure she wants that kiss. And even though Haru is confident that Nala wants his kiss, he saw that she was uncomfortable... well, that is the no rushing part.

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