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From the day he saw me with Ryan in the cafe, he was getting more on my nerves. I full-fledged ignored him for the whole month, but that day luck was not on my side.

The day our Hate war officially started.

Ryan kept being my good friend even after that parking lot incident. I said sorry to him so many times and he accepted all of them with his sweet smile, in return taking a promise of not talking about that day anymore.

He knows I was blaming myself for that day. From that day, I knew he was a very nice guy. In a month, we became very good friends. He was not like other jocks of our high school, arrogant, rude, and not like 'him'.

The aura around him of being a bad boy was all shown. He had to maintain it for being the handsome jock of our high school. Inside, he was a sweet and caring guy. He had all the qualities teenage girls liked to have in their partners. But I never saw him as more than a friend.

Remember, I don't like doing relationships.

Even though we were good friends now, I knew he still had feelings for me. I didn't understand what special he finds in me. There are so many beautiful girls in our high school who are interested in him. But he is still interested in me. I have never given him any kind of hints that I like him more than a friend and I know in my heart that he respects my decision.

"So, Nina, what are you doing today?"Ryan asked me while taking a piece of fries from my lunch and putting it in his mouth. We were eating our lunch sitting on the bench near the tree on our school campus.

"Nothing much. I will do my homework and then today, I have my kickboxing classes. Today, I'm going to train the new kids who joined the kickboxing classes", I said with a smile while looking at him and then taking a bite of my sandwich.

"You enjoy doing kickboxing. I can tell it from your smile," he said to me while giving me his amused eyes.

"Yes, I do and you know the kids who have joined this month are too cute. I love training them", I said with a happy smile while finishing my sandwich.

"I need to see how you train them. Will you train me too, if I join your kickboxing club?", he asked me in his curious voice, making me laugh.

"No. Unless you want to train with kids," I said, still laughing.

"Well, I'm ready to train with kids to see your happy face. I don't want to miss the chance to look at the happy Nina's face. I'm joining your club", he said with a serious tone making me laugh hard.

"I'm heading to my class now, bye see you tomorrow," I said while throwing wrappers in the dustbin, still laughing. It's funny to imagine him standing with kids to train with them with his buildup body.

"I'm being serious here", he yelled.

"Yes, you are", I said, giving him a small laugh and heading to my class. In the evening, I went to my kickboxing club and when I entered all the kids came running to me.

"So, what are we going to learn today?", their excitement-filled voices asked me, making me remember my childhood.

"Can I show you a super punch I learned today by watching the tv? It was so cool. A hero breaks the skull of a bad guy in a single punch," Seth, one of the kids, asked me with his excited voice. He is the most mischievous one of all the kids.

"No," I said in my firm voice with horrified expressions.

"Please, I even convinced Tom to participate so I can show you what I learned", he still tried to convince me. Tom came running and stood beside him with a happy smile ready to break his skull.

My God, what did he say to Tom to convince him to happily break his skull?

"It's a big no from me for you two. Don't forget we are learning kickboxing not to harm someone, but to protect. Do you guys understand?", I asked in my firm voice. They both nodded to my words with sad faces. I don't like looking at their sad faces, but I can't allow them to harm each other.

"Ok, but you guys can show me your attack and defence moves l told you guys to practise for today's class," I said in my happy voice making their faces lit up.

"Nina", the coach called my name making all the hustle of kids go down. They were now in their disciplined mood. Every sport we learn here teaches us how to be disciplined in the presence of our mentor.  I'm happy they remembered it.

"Nina, you are going to train the kids and after that I want you to start your practice as you know our inter-club matches are going to start soon and I don't want our best to skip their training," my coach said to me in his firm voice.

"Yes, coach", I replied with the same disciplined voice. With a firm nod to me and the kids, he left the room for me to train kids. "Come on kids, take your positions to warm up," I said while clapping my hands to get their attention.

"Am I late for my class?", asked the familiar voice from the door.

"Ryan, what are you doing here?", I asked in my shocked voice.

"Told you I'm going to join your club. So, let's start training", he said while coming inside the class.

"You are so big and you are going to train with us?", a kid in the class asked Ryan in astonishment. Ryan nodded yes to him. "Cool," he said with a big smile. All the kids gathered near him in curiosity.

"I don't believe that you joined the club to train with kids," I said in my amused voice.

"Told you I won't miss the golden opportunity to train with you. So, the coach let's start training", he replied with a smirk, making me move my head in amusement.

"Kids, gather here and take your position to start practising". Listening to me, they took their positions.  We started training and Ryan as always was making jokes and making kids laugh. He even did the acting of falling when kids showed him their high kicks.

"Nina, you fight with Ryan, let's see who's gonna win," Seth said in his excited voice.

"Yes, fight", all the kids joined him.

"Kids have mercy on me, do you want me to go out of this room with a bleeding nose and broken arm just after my first class," he asked them with a horrified expression on his face, making me laugh.

"Come on, I won't be that cruel with you. Don't be such a cry baby," I said to tease him while still laughing.

"Are you challenging me?", he asked.

"Yes, and the loser will buy ice cream for all of us," I said with challenging eyes.

"Challenge accepted, let's fight," he said in the same voice.

"Take a position and be ready to buy ice cream for all of us," I said, taking a position with all the kids gathered around us.

"You better be ready to buy ice cream for all of us because I'm going to use my best defence and attack moves," he said in his determined voice.

"Let's see," I said with a smirk when he took his position. As soon as we started fighting, the best defence he used to attack me was to start tickling me. "Stop Ryan, it's cheating you can't do this," I said while laughing in his hold.

"What! No, this is the only attack move I know to win against you," he said with a mischievous smirk plastered to his face.

How didn't I think he knew I was ticklish?

All the kids were laughing looking at our funny fight in which I was trying to control my laugh and Ryan was trying to make me laugh hard.

"What is going on here?"A firm, angry voice echoed in the room which sent different sensations to my spine making laughter in the room fall. It made me turn around to look at him from Ryan's hands circling my waist, which was stopping me from going away from him.

There stood the Satan of my life in a tight black t-shirt and his loose short spandex. As soon as I turned to face him, his eyes followed my body with a clenched jaw. I was wearing my sports bra and my loose kickboxing spandex while my back was pressed to Ryan's chest. I don't know why my body went still when his angry eyes roamed to my body. He was eyeing Ryan's hands around my waist with burning eyes then he moved to me with a clenched jaw. I don't know why I swallowed hard looking at his angry face.

Nina, compose your posture and confidence too. Remember, he doesn't matter to you.

"None of your business," I said in my firm voice while getting out of Ryan's hold and folding my hands on my chest without losing my posture and fire in my eyes.  He followed my movement with a smirk. Now he thinks he can intimidate me with his eyes.

God, when will he come out of his delusion?

Then his eyes moved to Ryan. "What the fuck is he doing here?", he asked in anger while looking into his eyes.

"Last time I checked, it's not your place to ask. So, get lost from here before I pay back to you with interest what you did to me that day", Ryan said in his cool angry voice. He just smirked and moved from his place with his predator aura around him and stood in front of Ryan's eye to eye with a ready-to-kill look.

"Trust me, it's not your place to tell me to get lost. You think you have a chance to survive standing in front of me. Just be happy that you are lucky enough not to meet me in the ring. The only thing that's stopping me from messing your face right here right now, is you standing on the grounds of this gym," he mocked Ryan with his devilish smirk making tension in the air go thick.

"Fight...fight...fight", suddenly all the kids who were looking at them started yelling in their excited voices, making my eyes go wide in horror. He could easily defeat Ryan as he was more skilled than him. I have to do something before these two start fighting. I don't want Ryan to get harmed again for being my friend.

"Kids stop, no one is fighting,'' I said in my commanding voice, making them stop. "You don't need to prove anything to him, Ryan. He is not worthy of it," I said in my soft voice trying to get his attention while coming between them. I didn't want to make Ryan feel inferior in front of him. "What are you doing here?  Don't you have your training to do," I asked in my angry voice while looking into his fury eyes?

"I'm not you who slacks, slut around with the boys during training. Coach told me that I'm going to be your training partner today and that's why I'm here. So, stop wasting my time if you are done protecting your soft friend and let's start training as I don't have all my precious time for desperate ugly ducklings like you", he said in his angry voice while staring straight into my eyes. I gasped at his words and looked at him with angry eyes while clenching my fist tightly in anger.

Why does he always insult me and my friends like this? He is no one to say those words to me.

"Trust me, you are lucky enough to not get your broken arm to nurse your bleeding broken nose after saying those words to me because we are standing on peace ground," I said in my angry voice. Listening to my words, his smirk widens, making me go angrier.  "And fit this one thing in your stupid brain permanently, If I sleep, whore, or do whatever I want with my friend, it is none of your business. And one more thing, get this thing tattooed in your memory. I don't need you as my training partner. I'm better without you and better than you", I replied with an angry smirk. He lost his smirk for a second, but it was back as if it didn't slip. He just laughed at my words, making me want to punch him going against the rules of the gym.

"Every single person in this gym knows who is the best. I don't need to waste my time on you or by beating the shit out of your soft friend to prove myself," he said in his mocking tone while coming closer to me. I stopped Ryan with my hand on his chest, who was about to fight with him.

"Last time I checked, I have the trophy of best fighter of inter-club matches and not you," I said in a mocking tone.

Listening to me, he mockingly laughed at me and said "Luck won't always be on your side. You won because I was injured but this time, I'm gonna take what's mine”. His words were sending shivers to my spine, but I won't leave my ground.

I just laughed humorlessly at his words and said "Get off of your high horse, your highness. We all know the truth of who is more capable here". He just gave me his clenched jaw smirk, mocking my words like I was joking.

"Let's decide it with the fight '' Tom, one of the kids yelled in excitement and soon all the kids started cheering...fight.

God, this kid always wants to see the fight.

I was about to stop them but they started cheering for me and I didn't want to break their hearts.  "Nina, you don't…"

I didn't let Ryan complete, "It's ok. Let's fight. You will soon know I'm the best when I break your nose", I said in my firm voice.

"As I already know that I'm the best, so what will be my reward when I win?", he asked in his arrogant tone. I just want to punch this arrogance out of him.

"A victory kiss," Seth yelled, taking our attention to him. "Yes, I saw a girl giving a boy victory kiss when he won the fight", making all the kids scream and fight...fight again in excitement.  Listening to them, I gasped.

What! Are their parents letting them watch anything on tv? On top of it, they cheer for every rubbish thing. I need to have a word with their parents.

I was about to refuse, but he said "I'm in," with a devilish smirk plastered to his face, making the kids scream in more excitement.

I'm not going to lose my first kiss to this jerk.

"Stop it, kids", I said while looking at them with a horrified look.

"Do you want to back out now?", he asked me in his mocking tone. The great inter-club winner is backing out because she has to kiss her opponent if he defeats her," he said in a mocking tone, making my blood boil. I knew he was all doing this to make me say yes. I have to play safe and get on his nerves, so I can win this match. Fights are not always won by physical strengths, but by playing with the opponent's mental strength and it is what he is trying to do.

"Ok, I'm in," I said with a smirk. He just grinned listening to me.

"Let's fight," he said in his challenging tone.

"But first, listen to my conditions too. If you win, I will kiss you. But if I win, I will kiss Ryan in front of you", I said with a victory smirk plastered to my face.  Listening to me, his grin changed to the clenched jaw. I was getting on his nerves and that's what I wanted. Ryan's eyes widened in shock. He was about to say something when I stopped him. I'm willing to give my first kiss to Ryan instead of this jerk. "So, if you are still in then let's start the fight," I asked with the same victory smirk and stood taking my position. With a clenched jaw, he took his position in front of me. Our fight was an open fight of mixed martial arts without any safety precautions or gears.

"I'm going to be the referee," Seth said, coming between us and breaking our gaze. "It will be only one round match. Opponents A and B Start the match", he yelled and we started attacking each other.

I was blowing my punches and he was dodging it. I was successful in punching him in the face, gaining a point. He just smirks after getting punched by me and the next thing I know, he moved while shifting his legs and landed a kick on my side. It was not that powerful, but it made me lose my defence. It made me angry.

Kids and Ryan were cheering for me and it boasted more power in me. Moving further, I tried to block him and then lock him so I could win the match. We both intertwined, locking each other blows. It was a deciding moment. Whoever breaks it, wins the match.

"You think you will be able to get out of my hold," I said to him with a victory smirk as in our locking position we were facing each other. I'm famous for my locking skills.

"You will let me go on your own and then I will be the winner," he said with an arrogant smirk.

"It won't happen in this life," I said and the next thing I know, he moved his legs down to my legs, locking them and then sliding his hand on my back from my bare skin to my rear, and then he grabbed it. I gasped in shock and let him go. He immediately moved my hand on my back and pinned me to the floor before I could come out of my shock.

"Opponent B is the winner," Seth declared and all the kids started clapping and Ryan cursed listening to it.

"It's cheating," I said angrily while shoving him from my body. The cheering went down after hearing my words.

"Nina, don't be a crybaby just because you lost and now you have to kiss me," he said with a wide grin and innocent face as if he didn't just grab my rear. It made my blood boil like anything.

"You won by cheating and I won't allow cheaters like you to win," I said angrily, shoving my finger in his chest in anger. He took hold of my hand and moved to my back while bringing his body closer to his. Now his chest was touching mine.

"If I did cheat, tell all of them what I did and let them decide," he said with a big evil smirk, making me clench my jaw in pure fury.

"Yes, I will," I said and moved to look at the innocent face of the kids. I just kept staring at their face with an open mouth.

What should I tell them? That he wins the match by grabbing my butt.

"If you have nothing to accuse me of cheating, then I would like to have my reward in front of them," he said with a victory smirk while moving his eyes from me to Ryan. It was all his strategy from the start. It made me angrier.

"Kiss, kiss", all the kids started cheering and listening to it. He gave me his evil smirk, making me want to punch him.

"In your dreams", saying that I freed myself from his hold and moved away from him. Curling my fingers into a fist, I punched him hard and said in my angry voice "And that's for touching me improperly", saying that, I stomped out of the room in anger which fell silent with some gasps looking at me and my actions.

How could he cheat like that?

How could he touch me like that?

Such a devil he is and on top of it, I couldn't even tell kids how he won dirty.

I entered the girl's locker room to get my belongings and change into my normal. When I opened my locker, it was slammed shut by force and I was pinned with my back touching the cold metal lockers doors. I gasped because of the suddenness. When the hell he followed me to the girl's locker room. He pinned both of my wrists to either side of my head. I tried to get out of his hold, but he didn't let me go. " What the hell are you doing in the girl's locker?", I said in anger.

"I came here to take what was promised to me," he said with an angry smirk while pressing his hard body to mine. I knew he was burning in anger.

"Cheater like you deserve what I gave you a few minutes ago on your stupid face," I said with an angry smirk.

Listening to me, he faked a laugh and said "Cheating", in his mocking tone. "Everything is fair in war and this is hate war. I want to win, so I won and now it's time to get what's mine and I get it by hook or crook. But the question is, Nina Rogers is ready to lose her first kiss to a cheater like me because I can see you are not. Do I affect you this much?", he said with an evil smirk while bringing his face near me, making my heartbeat fast and then moving his gaze to my lips. He knows it's my first kiss and he will rub it on my face for a lifetime.

"I'm afraid of nothing and you don't even matter to me in my life," I said in anger, but my eyes were telling a different story. His evil smirk widens after looking into my eyes.

"Then prove me wrong", saying that he started to bring his face near me. My heart was ready to fall out of my rib cage, but I want to show him that I'm not afraid of losing my kiss to him. I have never experienced this kind of nearness from the opposite gender.

Nina, do not close your eyes.

I was chanting in my mind, his light brown eyes reading my face, making me more nervous. I tightly closed my eyes shut when his lips were just an inch away from my trembling one. I couldn’t take it anymore. His lips barely touched the corner of my mouth. I felt a tingling sensation all over my body at small contact. It almost made my heart jump out of my chest. When I opened my eyes after a few seconds, I was met with his cocky grin.

Like he knows the truth now. His face was still so close to me, then he moved it to my ear and the next thing he said made my blood boil like anything. "I don't waste my kisses on a desperate ugly duckling like you". Listening to him, I wanted to push him again but he was not letting my hand go. Looking at my angry face, he smirked and said, "Just thinking about the ways I'm going to take my revenge from you for punching me and making me this happy" and then he nuzzled his face in my neck.

"Let me go and see what I do to you," I said in anger.

"Don't tempt my beast to come out my ugly duckling because even I don't know what I can do to you?", he said while bringing his face out of my neck. His words sent a shiver to my spine because I saw restraint in his eyes. For what?  And next thing I know, he pressed his lips below my ear making me go still at his touch, and then he left me standing there with his stupid face and an evil smirk on his lips. I stood there like a statue with my hands still on either side of my head while looking at his retiring back and taking a deep shaky breath.

Involuntarily, I moved my fingers to the spot below my ear and immediately opened my eyes, finding myself not in my gym locker but lying on the floor and staring at the ceiling.

That day, I should have taken his advice and not tempted his beast but I think it was too late for me to take precautions because I had already tempted his beast.

Edited by Jahnavi_6
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