Blood Oath (O/O CLOSED)

(Hhhhhhh Cold)

Somehow managing to flush an even deeper hue of crimson, I subtly pushed my textbook aside and leaned over Kaden’s shoulder. “Can we share?”

I raised an eyebrow, but didn’t refuse. Moving the textbook towards Andreas, I shifted comfortably.

“So we’re making a small healing potion,” I murmured. “Do you want me to go get the ingredients we need, or do you want to come with me?”

“I’ll come with,” I blurted almost immediately, rising unsteadily to my feet and grabbing the textbook. “I’m just—I’ll just bring this so we know what, um, ingredients to get.”

I smiled and nodded on the outside and was a blushing mess on the inside. Thank God he decided to come with me.

We went to the back cabinet to get the ingredients, and once we were done, brought them back to our station and began making them separately.

“I sort of have a feeling she hates me,” I whispered to Andreas while I was crushing the herbs. “She always glares at me, that teacher.”

Storing a small mixture of multicoloured dust, I snuck a sideways glance at Kaden. “She hates everything and everyone,” I whispered, and Copper chimed in with a little croak of agreement.

I crinkled my nose.

“I pity her husband,” I replied back in a hushed whisper. “Or wife.”

Hope smacked me with all three of her tails, clicking her tongue in disapproval.

”What a rude thing to say, Kaden!” she scolded me. ”She’s your teacher!”

”Some teacher she is…” I grumbled.

Or her wife.

Kaden’s simple sentence, just those three words, sent a bonfire of hope roaring up in me. He was… accepting? He was okay with casual mentions of such a typically taboo topic? My heart surged.

“Same here.”

“Hey, Andreas…” I swallowed thickly. “Can I ask a rather… personal question?”

My head turned to the side much more abruptly than it should have. “I—Yeah, sure,” I stammered, “But only if you answer it as well.”

“If a…” I took a deep breath, regretting the decision already. “If a guy asked you out, what would be your response?”

I almost fainted right then and there. Fixing my eyes to tiny mortar and pestle, I tried to crush up a tiny piece of rock, but my hands were glowing so hot by now that the wood began to smoke and turn black. I yanked my hands away, swallowing thickly as my thundering heart made it impossible for me to speak.

I immediately regretted my question. Great, he was going to think of me as a freak for even asking that question. What was even wrong with me?

“Sorry, forget I asked anything…” I murmured, wanting to jump off a building.

My desperation surged. Having no idea what else to do, I frantically pressed the side of my leg against his. “I—Kaden—“ I swallowed, mouth having gone dry. “Ask me again when we get out of class.”

I sighed, nodding. After that, we silently worked on our assignment.

Once we were done, the teacher checked it and deemed it a good job. She gave the vials to us in case we ever needed it. Soon enough, we were heading back to our dorm, but I found no courage to ask the question again.

Kaden hadn’t asked yet. Almost an hour had passed, and we were walking back up to our rooms, but he remained perfectly silent.

Is this really happening? It seemed too in unfathomable, too far-fetched to believe.

Eventually, I cleared my throat. “Ask me.”

I almost flinched when he spoke, but cleared my throat.

“If a… if a guy asked you out, what would you do?” I repeated hesitantly, fully expecting backlash.

I shoved my burning hands into my pockets, exhaling slowly and choppily. Nerves twisted my stomach into a million knots, rendering me speechless for a few seconds.

“That—That depends on which guy.”

I opened the door to our dorm, swallowing thickly at his answer. Before I could stop myself, I blurted out another question.

“If I asked you out,” the words rolled off of my tongue before I could stop them. “What would you do?”

Copper burrowed deeper into my hair, frantically attempting to help suppress my powers, which were currently burning marks into our floor.

“I would—I would say yes. And probably faint,” I whispered and squeezed my eyes shut.

That was all I needed to press my lips against his, fireworks exploding in my stomach. He said yes. He said he would. That meant he liked me, right?

I pressed my lips against his softly incase he wanted to pull away. I desperately wished he doesn’t, and I wished he’d kiss me back.

My eyes flew open in astonishment as something soft connected with my lips. It took a moment for me to register what was going on, for me to realize who it was, but once I had… Fireworks exploded in my chest. My trembling hands pushed themselves into his hair. Most importantly—I kissed him back.

Kaden has his mouth on mine. Another boy had their mouth on mine. And I had never been happier about the way it made me feel—so happy, that I didn’t notice my lips begin to burn.

I pulled away from Andreas in surprise, my hand flying towards my mouth.

At first, I could only register one thing. Andreas kisses me back. He liked me, too.

And the second was…

“Did you suddenly get shy, Andreas?” I teased. “I wanted to kiss you a bit longer, you know.”

The moment he pulled away, my eyes went round with fear. Had I done something wrong? Disappointed him? Hurt him? Disgusted him?

But one look at the expression on his face sent my worries to sleep. Since it wasn’t possible for me to blush harder than I currently was, my whole body decided to heat up like the coils of a toaster.

“I—You—We just—“ I stammered, unable to string together a set of words to form a proper sentence.

I turned pink as well, shuffling my feet.

“Yeah,” I agreed. “I did kiss you. God knows how long I’ve wanted to do that.”

Even if it was for a few seconds, his lips on mine felt absolutely amazing. It was like I was in heaven. I could only imagine what it would feel like kissing him for more than a few minutes.

“You are so adorable when you get flustered, you know that, right?” I laughed. “But control your flames, Andreas. I want to kiss you again.”

How on earth was he so calm? Well, calm compared to me. I was a complete wreck, a blushing mess… hardly deserving of someone like Kaden.

But, spurred on my the irresistible bribe, I did my best to wrangle my power, sucking the heat back into my core.

When I was sure Andreas had control over his abilities, I closed the distance between us again and captured his lips in another kiss, pulling him towards me, pressing our mouths harder against each other.

And God did it feel amazing. His lips, still warm, molded perfectly in mine. Fireworks erupted in my stomach and my heart decided to attempt to jump out of my chest, desperate. I was wrong.

Kissing him was much more enjoyable that I thought it would be.

My head became a wastebin of static, pushing away all thoughts that didn’t include the guy in front of me. The guy with his arms around me. The guy kissing me.

Kayden.

My world went white.

I finally pulled away to catch my breath, lips tingling from what we’d just done.

“Well,” I panted for oxygen. “I’d certainly like to do that again. Want to join me in my room so we can make out a little more without interruptions?”

I didn’t let him finish his sentence, only grabbed him by the front of his shirt and yanked him towards me again. Our lips crashed together, desperate, aching with desire. And I didn’t pull away.

My eyes widened in surprise at his bold move, but didn’t let it keep me frozen for long.

Wrapping my arms around him, I kissed him back with just desperation as he was, pushing against him as if my life was on the line.