"What's going on with you and Arthur?"
I see my dad walk towards me as his arms are folded, making me roll my eyes.
"Nothing."
"You and him seem...off. Are you two playing a game of some sort?"
I shrug, not wanting to give too much. But that's exactly what it was; it was a challenge of endurance. To see how long we can act normal around one another without doing the stuff we usually do.
I wonder if he did it because two days ago him and I was having the most intimate day ever. Not to mention we got drunk, but did a lot and involved me getting insane hickeys.
Wonder if he did it because he was falling hard for me. Or maybe because it was out of control considering I don't have feelings for him...
Just feels good.
"Sure. It's a game." I say, and he rolls his eyes.
"You two need to start talking again because we thought you two were hating one another again."
"Not exactly." I accidentally mutter, and he heard as he raises his eyebrows.
"What do you mean?"
I sneer at myself, wondering why I'd say that out of nowhere. Until I see him walk into the living room and heading towards me. Smiling as he nods at my dad and surprising me.
"William, want to walk around neighborhood? I bored." He asks, and I know he probably heard our conversation.
My dad nods at me and acts like I wasn't going to say yes in the first place. I stand, nodding as we walk away. Once we're out the house I shove his arm, making him grin.
"Did you hear us?"
"Yes. It was clear you need help. So, I fixed it. Now walk with me."
I sighed, sticking my hands in my pockets as we walked down the sidewalk. Looking at the other houses as we were silent, but it was a comfortable silence. Not the silence that makes you want uncomfortable and makes it awkward.
This time I could actually walk with him and not have anything bad to say to him.
"How long is this challenge?" I ask, and he looks at me as he smirks.
"Last long until one of us break. I not, you will."
"Doubt it! I don't care if you won the other challenges, this one I must win."
He chuckles, facing back forward," It hard as it is. Sleeping in same bed is hard too."
"Tell me about it. I wish you kinda didn't do this challenge." I admit, and he smiles.
"Me too..."
I look around, seeing that we're far from the house. Looking at him he is still looking forward and I'm not sure if he's thinking what I'm thinking.
"What if the challenge involves being in the house?" I ask, and he glanced at me with a mischievous smile.
"Than would we not just leave house all time?"
"No. Only do it once a day. You know, to ease tension."
"That not contradict endurance?" He asked, cocking his head as he suddenly turned a into a trail that was leading into the forest.
"I mean...it does, but than it doesn't-."
"It does."
I roll my eyes, slightly blushing as I literally was open to breaking the challenge somewhat. But he didn't say no so I wait it out a bit as he takes me wherever we're going.
"You like water?" He asks, making me frown at that question.
"Sure." He pulls back a branch as I step through and practically almost trip." Why?"
"'Cause. I find lagoon."
I look, seeing a crystal teal lagoon right in this forest near the houses. Rocks surrounding it as the sun seems to perfectly shine rays onto it like it was staged. The palm trees all around and I glance at him as he smiles.
"I find it while walking. It not pretty?"
He walks ahead, grabbing my hand as he pulls me along. The leaves and branches somehow coming down and covering the path as if it didn't lead to anything. When he let go I watched as he gestured to the ground. But at least the ground was practically stone slabs as we sat down, feeling how hot they were from the sun.
Looking at the water I could see from the side of my eye him staring at me. Making me blush profusely, trying my best not to make a big deal out of nothing. But when you know someone is into you, I kind of find myself wanting to pull at the heart strings so that I get more of their attention and all.
But it's not the same like the way it is with girls... This is much different.
"You are beautiful." He murmurs, making me look off as I shrug shyly.
"Stop making me act like a girl."
"I not make you do anything. You do it." He states, annoying me that he read me so well. Now he scooted closer as he had a little silly grin." What was idea you had?"
I sigh, shrugging as if it wasn't anything." I said we have a rule where the challenge - this one - involves being in the house. So that if we are pent up, we can do what we want right now."
He smiled, making my cheeks warm," That not contradict challenge?"
"You either need to say yes or no-."
"Yes, of course." He says, and I edge closer to him as I find myself wanting to kiss him already-." When we go back to America?"
I stop, wondering why of all times he'd ask me this.
"This Friday I think, why?"
He suddenly gives me a melancholy expression, looking away.
"I afraid you go back to being mean when we get there."
"I won't."
"I not know-."
"I won't though-!"
"Can not tell-."
I just kiss him, not wanting to talk about going back home. Because I feel like in the end something will happen and I will be to blame... To distract I just do this, knowing he technically won but I didn't care anymore.
As I kiss him, I feel his hand wrap around my waist as it rests on the low of my back. Pushing me towards him as we kissed with even more intensity.
My eyes opening a peek to see his opening too. The both of us looking into one another's eyes, suddenly the both of us looking away.
I don't know if it was just him; but my heart was racing. For a guy, I know...
"I know you like me." He says, and I chuckle.
"Don't say that when I'm just as lost... I'm all...confuzzled." I mumble, and he sighs.
"Not run from it, please."
I fold my arms, shrugging. It truly scared me when my heart was racing over that small little thing. As if I was caught doing something I...wanted, yet it was wrong.
"I not want to pressure you," I look at him as he scoots closer to the water, getting a spider on his finger as he examined it,"but I not want to...I not want to do this anymore if this is game to you-."
"Isn't it a game to both of us?" I interrupt in almost a panic, watching him as he let the spider back down.
"Me?...no."
I blush, and he sighs.
"You cool. I not know your intentions, plans, tricks, but I not want to get hurt. In France-."
"This isn't France." I growl, making him look at me.
"En France, nous sommes honnête avec nos sentiments et pure et simple. Cela, je ne sais même ce que cela est plus et je crains de poursuivre et soit automne plus profondément dans votre piège ou je automne plus profondément dans l'amour avec plus ..." ( In France, we are honest with our feelings and outright. This, I don't even know what this is anymore and I am afraid to continue and either fall deeper into your trap or I fall deeper in love with you... ) He says softly, and I look away, my face burning up.
"Ou il est aussi bien..." ( Or it's both )
I am speechless.
Not really knowing what to say. It may sound corny as fuck...but am I dreaming or what?
Did I just win this - that doesn't even matter right now! My heart is practically beating out my chest and it's beating more than it did when I first had sex...
Before I can have a word in this whole thing he is grinning like a maniac.
"You wi-."
I shove him onto his back on the stone slabs, crawling onto him as I press my lips to his, kissing him. Angry that he wouldn't take my opinion into account and just...assuming...
"No...no one wins..." I breathe, knowing I was in the gayest position ever." Not exactly."
"How?"
"Just shut up and act like the game doesn't exist for a second... I want to see what happens." I say, and he licks his lips." Would you?"
I got my answer as his fingers run down my waist and I feel his hands firmly grasp it. I suddenly find myself getting nervous, more than I usually am.
I am willingly getting like this with him and I was willingly having the challenge and letting us get closer. I willingly let all this happen so what does that say about my character...?
He grins, and I feel him sit up. Still in a awkward position, but his fingers go behind me as they go to my hair. And I don't know what he's waiting for, but it's making me more anxious looking him in the eyes.
Because I'm waiting for something to happen and nothing is.
"Are you gonna kiss me or what?" I say, breaking the silence. He shrugs, angering me.
"If I do this, I not want to regret anything. How far this go, not know... But I not want to get hopes up when you have a girl of the friend. So now, you cheat on her. We both cheat her-."
"Fuck her! Forget all that and if none of that was here and I...had feelings for you what would you do than-?!"
He smashes his lips on mine as he brought me close, myself agreeing with this as if it was nothing. Almost second nature to me; to the both of us and how our bodies communicate with one another.
The two of us kissing, the challenge on neither of our minds as we do this because we...want to. I want to make out with him. I want to be this close to him and not give a care in the world.
He suddenly pulled away, smirking as I try regaining my breath. Him hugging me as I just sat here, trying to calm down.
"Like I say, you-."
"It's a tie."
****
"You two seem..." I look at my mom as she narrows her eyes at Arthur and me." Different."
I glance at him, seeing him frowning; just as confused as me.
Maybe it's because I sort of admitted that I had feelings for him. Just a little and it kinda skyrocketed from there. So maybe we seem closer or I don't know if there's some type of aura we have around us. I don't know.
"Different? How?" He asks, making her shrug.
"William and you seem closer. Don't know why though - what are you two not telling me? Did you two both have a threesome-?"
"Really Mom?" I interrupt, shaking my head at her as she laughs.
"How am I supposed to know? I'm only assuming. But really, you two seem closer. That's a good thing because that means this whole Exchange Brother thing is working!" She cheers, and I freeze.
I completely forgot that - in others eyes - he's my adopted brother it seems. I never really focused on the fact that he was my Exchange "Brother"...
"For sure." I say, making her frown. I knew that sounded a little sarcastic but I'm thinking.
Is he my brother...? Or is it just like what it sounds like? Whenever someone comes to a new country to learn about it for a period of time, except he's my brother in the process... Is that how you say it?
"Arthur I know you'll be honest, what's going on between you two?" She suddenly asks, and he grins as I hope he's smart enough not to say shit. He most likely won't say anything, but I can't tell sometimes.
"We closer because we hang more and have more in common than thought. So nice when not mean to me." He says, and she smiles.
Thank goodness, but really?
"Well, you two have fun."
Watching her walk off I looked at him, seeing him smirking at me.
"Are we seriously closer?"
"Physical wise? Yes." He pointed out, making me roll my eyes." I think so both ways. We close. It nice. Like brother."
"Yeah a brother that makes out with you and gets physical." I sneer, reminding him of the situation making. Making him smile as he shrugs.
"Forgot about that..."
"We both did..." I mumble, the both of us silent as it was almost awkward. Thanks to my mom and always making things awkward like when I'm with my girlfriend...
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