Cursed Souls - Chapter 19 19 Love Squabbles

Oaki rushed to Ember’s bedside and sat next to her.

“What’s wrong,” Oaki asked sincerely.

Ember sniffled. “It’s Elijah. He’s mad at me and I don’t understand why”

SKRITCHHHH.

The hatch door had opened. Kure entered.

“Hey, guys wanna” He paused looking at the two stopping dead sentence. “What’s going on?”

Ember looked over at him. “I think Elijah’s going to call everything off. He’s pretty mad.”

“Why?” He asked confused and sorta angrily.

“I don’t know,” She said sniffling again.

Kure walked out the door without saying another word. Oaki rushed into the hallway screaming at him from the door.

“Where are you going?!?”

“I’ll be back. But I’ll be damned if he thinks he is just gonna walk out on her and leave her like that.” Kure stormed off looking ready to find a fight.

He got down to the cafeteria and found Elijah. He walked up to Elijah. Elijah grabbed Kure by the collar of his shirt and shoved him into the wall. He was a lot stronger then Kure thought he would be. Kure pushed Elijah away from him.

“What the hell do you think you are doing trying to take my fiance away from me,” Elijah yelled.

“Technically she didn’t say yes” Kure said being a smart ass.

Elijah punched him in the face landing a direct hit giving Kure a bloody nose. Kure stumbled back holding his nose. Ava Oaki and Ember ran down to the cafeteria together, in panic.

“Kure STOP!” Ava screamed at him.

He pushed Elijah then punched him hard enough to spit his lip. They looked at each other with intense disdain. Before Kure finally interrupted.

“I DON’T WANT YOUR GIRL. WELL AT LEAST NOT LIKE THAT.”

Elijah looked over at him confused.

“DO I LOOK STUPID TO YOU? I SAW YOU YESTERDAY!” Elijah said clearly angry.

“I don’t know what you think you saw, but there is nothing going on between me and Ember.”

Everyone looked confused and lost.

Elijah backed up from Kure. “What are you talking about? I saw you, bro” Elijah said in a slightly calmer manner.

Kure smirked slightly. “Do I really make you that insecure? Why didn’t you just ask Ember or me if you thought something was happening?” He said sarcastically.

“Well if you must know asshole, I was mad at you not her for one. And for two I didn’t want to stress her out.” Elijah said going back to his angry tone.

Ember walked up from behind him and hugged him. “Awe, you really did that for me?”

Kure, however, looked slightly less amused. “If you must know, we were talking about you, you dimwit. Oh and for future reference one, if I wanted a girl, she would be mine. Two Ember is my best friend. And three, if you ever make her cry again I will give you more then a split lip and a couple pushes.” Kure said arrogantly as ever.

Ava looked annoyed with him. She walked up to him and grabbed him by the ear. “If I ever catch you holding another girls hand or letting another girl use you as a shoulder to cry on your a dead man.” She said rather straightforwardly.

Kure looked over clearly confused and shocked. “Huh?”

“Everyone saw you yesterday don’t even..” Ava accused.

“Everyone saw me confronting my friend and congratulating her,” Kure said mockingly.

“Congratulated?” Elijah chimed in.

“Oh…um my answer to that question you asked me a few days ago… is I do” Ember said shyly smiling at Elijah.

Elijah picked her up and spun her around. Then dipped her down and passionately kissed her. Everyone looked at the two clearly in love with people.

“You guys are gettingum married?” Oaki said confused.

“Yes. Kure is going to be the guy who walks me down the aisle.” Ember said all chipper.

“Oh I’m such an idiot! That’s why you were crying yesterday and he held your hands?” Elijah said realizing.

“Woah there now holding hands is not accurate. But yes. I cried because of the baby and thinking about my dad. But Kure reassured me that we should get married and that you were a good guy.” Ember said smiling at both Kure and Elijah.

“Oh.. I’m sorry man…I thought..” Elijah said

“It’s fine. I know what you thought.” He said chuckling.

The two shook hands. Ava smiled over at Kure. ‘I knew he was a good guy’ she thought to herself. She looked over at Elijah, in such a way he could swear smoke was coming out of her ears. She walked up and kicked him in the shin.

“And that’s for doubting me.” She said smiling then walking to Kure.

Ember looked at Kure and gestured, ‘take the leap.’ moving her head and eyes toward Ava.

Kure looked at Ava and suddenly felt flushed. He looked down. “I’m gonna go take care of my bloody nose.” He said starting to walk away.

Oaki stood there unsure of if she should follow Kure or congratulate Em and El. Ava followed behind Kure.

“Yanno, you coulda told Elijah a bit sooner so you wouldn’t get punched.”

“Well, now darlin’ where’s the fun in that?” He said smirking at her.

“Sometimes!” She said in her annoyed “lecture voice”.

He interrupted her. “Please, not another lecture,” Kure said glancing over at her with a grin.

They went back to the room. Kure went into the bathroom and sat on the toilet seat as Ava wet a rag in the sink. She started to clean the blood off his face with the wet rag. He stood up after she finished. He towered over her. He looked down at her and smiled.

“Thanks, darlin’.” He said grinning at her.

He walked over to the mini-fridge and pulled out a cold soda.

She looked over at him. “Ummm.. what do you think you’re doing?” she said, judge.

“My work for the day is done.” He said as he cracked the tab on the can back.

She walked over to him and stood in front of him. He looked down at her. She had her hands on her hips just waiting to give him a lecture.

“Yanno I’m not going to apologize. She is my best friend. She needed someone to comfort her and talk to her and stuff. I didn’t do anything wrong. So you can look at me like that. But there is no way I’m going to apologize. I will always be there when someone needs me.” He picked her up and moved her to the side of him and started to walk forward.

“I heard you yanno!” she nagged at him.

He turned around slowly, with a curious amused face. “Heard what?”

“I heard you and Ember when she was giving you stitches. And just so you know, it’s not your job to decide what is good and bad for me!”

His face went from one of amusement to one of astonishment. He came back from his momentary shock. “I don’t understand you, women. You all go looking for a good guy, but then you end up wanting a bad boy then complain about how he isn’t a good guy.”

She walked up to him and slapped him across the face. “IT’S NOT YOUR CHOICE!”

“I’m taking a lot of hits today.” He said chuckling.

“I like you, you idiot. Why do you refuse to talk to me, to open up to me, to start anything with me besides arguments?!? Where is that guy who opened up to me about the accident?” Ava said in a mix of screaming and annoyance.

“He’s right here. I just. Ava yanno what no. You don’t get to be like this. I choose not to hurt you. You deserve better.” He said looking down at her in desperation.

“That’s not fair. You don’t have the right to choose who is good enough for me.” She demanded.

He looked down at her lips then back up to her eyes. For a split second wondering what her lips would taste like.

“I’m sorry you feel that way beautiful, don’t know what to tell you life isn’t fair,” he said smirking as if he won the argument. He started to walk over to the bed and lay down to take a nap, placing a pillow over his head.

“No, you can’t just take naps conveniently when you’re bored of me!” Ava screamed at him across the room walking over to the bed and grabbing the pillow.

Admittedly he was a lot stronger then she thought he would be. She tried pulling the pillow away and it flew across the room. She started to fall on top of his chest when he held her up and gently placed her on the other side of the bed.

“Come on Kure! Why won’t you ever listen to me.” Ava said as she looked up at the ceiling.

“Believe it or not, my ears work just fine. It’s just if we go there there’s no going back.” Kure said trying to be rational.

“I don’t care.”

Just then he rolled over to face her then put his arm on the other side of her, holding himself over her.

“I’m scared I won’t be able to control myself if we start something,” Kure said looking down at her straight in the eyes.

He rolled back over and got off the bed to get a pillow. He looked down and saw blood on his shirt. He took off his shirt and went to get another one out of his dresser drawer. He put the pillow back on his side of the bed then went back over to grab a shirt. Ava sat on his side of the bed and looked at him. He glanced over out of the corner of his eye and saw her staring.

“Take a picture it will last longer,” He said chuckling.

She felt her face getting red and yet continued to check him out. He looked over at her. And walked to the bed.

“It’s okay. I understand. Your too much of a scaredy-cat to start a relationship. It’s fine. I’ll just..” Ava said before completely losing her train of thought.

At this moment Kure grabbed her chin and slightly raised it with lightly with his fingers. He moved towards her. She scooted back on the bed, so she was in the middle. He put both of his knees on the bed, and his arms by the sides of her head, so that he was over her. She was positioned under him with her feet slightly off the bed. She looked up at him and saw his tan muscular chest. He slowly moved his hand down the side of her arm and lightly traced her arm until he reached her hand. He held her hand in a tight kind of passionate way. Not in a way that would hurt her though. He let go of her hand and traced his fingers back up her arm. He slowly started to move his face down closer to hers, until their lips met. Her lips were a sweet cherry taste. He pecked her gently the first time and paused, then kissed her with more pressure against their lips. They kissed passionately. They slowly started to sit up, as Kure stood up on his feet again. She put her hand on his bare chest. He lifted her up so that her legs were wrapped around his back. He slowly walked over to the wall and they made out. He then walked over to the mini-fridge and placed her on the top. He reached his hand up to her jaw and then pulled her closer to him. He slowly moved his hand down to her side and left his hand there. He started to kiss her slowly until he pecked her lips gently again. He started to back away and gently kissed her forehead. He looked down at her and blushed.

“Ava would you like to go steady? Like would you like to be my girlfriend?”

She looked up into his greyish blue eyes and smiled. “Yes!” She said trying to sound nonchalantly, but totally and obviously happy.

He looked down at her lips and looked at her lustfully. He kissed her lightly on the lips then started to walk away. She leaped off the mini fridge and hugged him around his waist. He smiled and picked her up and put her on the bed. He reached down and held her hand as he started to kiss her again.