Hope squeezed her eyes shut as she walked away from Harley who was probably watching her leave, making her feel the intense stare borrow through her back.
She managed to turn at a corner where the walls of a house finally shield her from him, making her breath out in relief as she leaned agaisnt the walls.
She reached a hand up to her lower lip and stroked hte fingers against it, still able to taste Harley’s minty lips.
Harley had a habit of eating some mint sweets unconsciously straight after he got up. In fact, he had a bowl of mint just by his bed for his weird habit.
Heat rushed up to her cheeks, making her face extremely warm as she pressed her fingers on her lips and imagined the scenario once more. She quickly clenched her fists and shook her head vigorously as she refused to feel her confused swirl of emotions.
It can’t be right… Harley was just her bestfriend. A bestfriend she thought of as a brother in the past and suddenly shares his first kiss with her.
This can’t be right…
She leaned from the wall and sighed out heavily as she gently tapped her forehead before walked away and towards Ace’s house.
It wasn’t much long until she arrived at the door step of a small single bedroom house with a small porch and some chairs to add it off.
She walked to the door and reached her hand out, knocking agaisnt the thick black wooden door. Rough movements from the other side eased be a bit knowing he was around.
She needed someone to take off the steam building up in her mind and heading back to the mansion to talk to Penelope would cause her trouble since Harley lived in the mansion as well since he was the beta. It would only make the chances of them meeting far much greater than not.
The door clicked open only to reveal Ace who seemed to have just stepped out of the shower with his hair still dripping from the water and the bathing towel around his waist.
A smile spread across his face as he glanced down at Hope who stared back up at him.
“Hey Love.” He chuckled as he a hand up to her hair and ruffled it up a little. “had some nice time with your boyfriend?”
“He’s not my boyfriend.” Hope sighed out as he galnxed towards the ground with a nervous frown. “I need to tell you something… well, I need some sort of help for it too.”
“Something to do with Harley, isn’t it?” he asked as he stepped aside. She stepped into the house and he closed the door as she walked towards the living room with him trailing behind.
She threw herself onto the couch and sighed out as she leaned back into it. Ace slightly frowned as he noticed her distress, almost making him feel a little uncomfortable.
“Is it that bad?” he asked as he stood at the arch of the corridor and watched as she opened her eyes and glanced at him.
“Well…” she bit onto her lower lip and pressed her lips together, lacing her fingers as she glanced towards the ground. “He… kissed me.” She whispered out but he eventually heard it.
He clenched his jaw tightly as he balled his fingers into a tight fist, feeling the unsettling feeling in his stomach make the best of him.
He felt jealous.
He felt angry to the fact that Harley actually gained enough courage to actually kiss her before he even did.
“Did you like it?” Ace asked through gritted teeth as he tried to hide his anger.
“I don’t know.” She shrugged her shoulders and leaned back into the seat, feeling her stomach knot at the thought of the kiss. “I mean… I didn’t really expect him to even want to kiss me so suddenly… and when he did, it felt surreal.” She whispered out and he clenched his jaw even tighter.
“Why do you sound like you kind of liked it?” Ace asked as he stared down at Hope who raised her eyes to him in question.
“Well… I-,”
“Would be willing to ‘try’ to mate with him if he asked you to ‘try’ it out?” he asked as he stared intensively with a straight plain expression while she stared at him in shock and terror.
She dropped her eyes to the ground as she tried to envision the scenario. The scene in front of her sent chills down her spine as she pictured Harley and herself. Her cheeks warmed up much warmer than they have ever gone, causing her to force out a cough and look away.
“Would you like that?” Ace asked as he watched Hope mutter to herself. “connecting bodies with Harley. Someone you loved like a brother.”
“it’s weird.” Hope nodded her head in agreement as her body shuddered. She clenched onto her fists and sighed out slowly. “You’re right…”
“It’s already weird as it already is.” Ace said as he slowly sat down beside her, not wanting to look demanding. “you guys were better off best friends than becoming something that might hurt the both of you instead.” He explained as he reached up and patted Hope’s hair slowly. “He doesn’t want to accept that you belong to me and not him. You don’t have to keep on with him though, you can tell him to stop and disappear if you want to.”
**
His eyes locked straight onto his own lips as he looked into the bathroom mirror. The kiss between then suddenly crawled into his mind as he leaned onto the sink and reached his fingers up to his lips.
He could only remember the delicious softness and the warm feeling of her lips agaisnt his.
Since he had never kissed anyone else before, he wouldn’t know why a kiss with anyone else would feel like, but he was sure he wouldn’t have want it any other way with another girl.
He loved Hope.
There was no mistaking it.
He chuckled slightly as he stared at himself, knowing he had taken a huge step today. Something even his past wouldn’t want him to do.