Chapter 138 - Midnight Bonding (Part 3) (1/2)

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Of all the times that I would change my phone's wallpaper… and of all the times that Kaiden would ask me to show my phone to him… it just had to be right now. What an amazing coincidence. What terrible luck for me. How in the world should I surpass this ordeal? What excuse should I give? Was there even any reasonable excuse at all? Waaaaaaaaa…

”What's wrong?” Kaiden asked, with that mischievous smile of his. ”It shouldn't be that hard, right? I'm only asking you to show me your phone. I'm a very merciful person so I decided to ask for something light and easy to do.”

'NO! It is NOT easy to do. Wahu-hu-hu-hu… what should I do? I'm internally dying here you know. You didn't have to be lenient on me. You could have asked me to dance or sing or do something crazy. I'd prefer that than this. Woe is meeee…'

”I-ah…” I bit my lips thinking what to explain to him. Breathing deeply, I gathered my courage again and began explaining, ”First, I want you to know that… whatever you'll see, I… ahm… it's for research! Character study! It's not weird at all!”

”Yeeaaah,” he said, obviously not believing me. ”You make a bad liar, you know. Just show me your phone. I won't judge. Whatever is in there that you don't want me to see.” Then he smiled again—the smile of a naughty devil. He just really had to say it that way.

”Waaa… Fine! Here!”

With much reluctance, I handed him my phone. I struggled on letting it go but he took it so easily from my grasp. Haaah… I'm so dead. I bit my lips and avoided his gaze. What would he think of me now? He'd probably think I'm like a stalker or a pervert!

And so, Kaiden looked at my phone.

Badump! Badump! Badump!

”Wow. Nice wallpaper. Ha-ha-ha!,” he chuckled. No, it wasn't a chuckle, it was the laugh of a devil! Of a mean, mean devil!

'He really enjoys seeing me suffer, huh? Bad, meanie Kaiden! I'll get my revenge on you later! Hmf!'

My eyes were on the verge of tears with all the embarrassment I was experiencing.

”And I'm sleeping, too,” he added. ”So, you took this earlier, didn't you?”

”You don't get to ask! You haven't won again yet and I haven't picked the truth. So I have no obligation to answer your question,” I pouted. Yeah! That's right!

Kaiden laughed at me. ”Alright. I just have to win the next round again.”

”I will never pick the truth, just so you know.”

”Aww, too bad. If you don't pick truth the next time you lose, my dare would be something you won't be able to do… to the point you'll beg me if you can change to truth instead,” he said, smiling like the devil again.

'S-something I can't do? He's not gonna ask me to take my clothes off is he? W-w-what the… Argh! This guy… he's too good at playing with my mind! I can't lose! I definitely can't!'

”Y-you won't be able to do that if I just keep on winning, right?”

”If you can.”

”Another round!”

After a lot of teasing and taunting, the second round began. Rolling the dice on my hand had become a nerve-wracking task. And it didn't help that Kaiden took the lead. Please let me win this round! I need to get my revenge!

A few minutes passed and finally the game ended.