"Max no you got it wrong there," I point, "I didn't touch you. I did it for self defence. I asked you to get off me but you didn't listen and it only result me in doing that to you."

"Wasn't there any other self defence?"

I begin stuttering now, "Well that was the only one I knew. If I had known any other skill, I'd have used them instead," I tried to get off his firm grip from behind.

"Don't even try Kira" he tighten his grip on me and was sure he had left a bruise by now. Why does he like torturing me this much?

"Max you're hurting me," I cried, and finally he let go of me, with a laugh.

"Damn Kira did I hurt you? Were you scared I was going to touch you?" He laughed, and I felt a little relieved. At least he wasn't serious about touching or harming me. "You should really have seen your face. It was like, Max you're hurting me.. let go!" He mimicked with a cry.

"Shut up, I didn't sound like that!" I hit him on the chest but he doesn't burge neither did he stop laughing too and that made me hit him continuously and before I knew it, he caught hold of my wrist and stir me to face backward this time.

"Little boxer's hurting me with her little hits," he jokes. "Of course you know I wouldn't hurt you. I just wanted to get you scared like the way mine did yesterday." He said, and the thought of Max trembling on the couch makes me want to laugh. "You should trust me I'm your cousin but that doesn't mean I'm going to get you away just like that too."

"What do you want again Max, you've gotten me for kicking you— for kicking you there, what's your stress against me again?"

He was faking to still be hurt with that little hit. He should have gotten over it by now, he's just finding a way to make me pay. "That pain you cost me was too much for anyone to afford. But,"

"But what?"

"There's only one cure to make me forgive you" He smirked from my behind as I feel his body push further into me, or I was just being imaginative.

"What cure are you talking about?"

"Do you want to know?" He asked, but didn't wait for a reply, "well I'll tell you some other time in the future, not today."

"Max-"

"Shhh..." He hushed me, lips dangerously closed to my ears. Someone could think we look intimate but we both hate each other, in a nice way though. "Don't ask any further questions" his voice had a dark aura behind them as he speak behind my ears. A quick shiver and goosebumps appear my skin as I think I felt his lips touch my earlobe for the second time today. He was a bad boy. Good at playing tricks. "You've got a real big ass, couz." I didn't know what I felt inside, but it felt so strange and with mixed feelings.

"Max. What are you doing?" The proximity between us was getting more intimate.

A dark chuckle escape his lips as he hushed me again. "You really shouldn't have pranked me the way you did"

"What do you mean? I remember you pranked me too. Two times infact."

"Yeah I know lil cousin. But I didn't hurt you that much like you did to me. You got me scared and frightened to death and I'll never forgive you for that."

"Well I guess that was the reason why I had played the prank to get you scream out your nerve and call my name," a smirk escape my lips as I remember when he had called my name for help yesterday and I can tell that got him as he released his grip from me, and now made me face him.

"Kira, you really are being bitchy but trust me you will regret every thing you say."

"So what? Should I be crying?" I taunt further.

He smirked as he narrowed his eyes at me, "we'll know by then."

"Why didn't you eat your food earlier? The Max Everton I know never waste time when it comes to food." I told him.

"Is that the little you know about me? Well then you know nothing about me," he said, simply, as he walk towards the door side.

"Then why didn't you eat? I had kept the food in the microwave incase you're hungry later though"

"No I won't eat it. You shouldn't have bothered" His voice was calm, unconcerned.

"Well I already did, and I think it's better you really eat them, unless, my effort preserving them will be wasted." He need to eat something. Yeah, I love being caring, otherwise who would take up with the shit my younger siblings and cousin do to put me in stress?

"No matter how you try to persuade me Kira, I still won't eat it"

"Why? Did anyone upset you?"

"No." He said, curtly.

"Or you just didn't feel like eating?

"Yes, I guess." He said, but I knew he was lying.

"Max," I called his name as I walk over to him. "you can tell me. I promise not to tell anyone." I beam.

"It's really nothing Kira," he said, sternly, and scoffed at my possessive manner.

"I could go prepare you a new lunch too. Any food you prefer to—"

"Kira stop pushing it. I'm not hungry!" He was now getting annoyed but I still don't stop.

"Maxx...Ever.."

"What is it, Kira Jeremy? You're such a nosey kid!"

"Hey! You dare call me a kid!" I stomp further towards him.

"Well aren't you?"

"Well if I am, then you're too, because I remember vividly that we are both of the same age"

He lips crept up to the side shooting one his model smirk, "You're getting smarter Miss Jeremy."

"At least smarter than you"

"You're definitely not,"

"Oh please, let's not argue over that," I brush off with my hand as I smile with pride. Even both parents knows that I've always been smarter than Max Everton.

"Kira you're a foolish kid since birth, you and I both know it." He mentioned and my mouth drop to the ground as a loud gasp erupt from it. He did not just say that! "You see! You weren't smart enough to see I was only lying!" He stated, as he step out from the door with a smug smile playing on his lips while my mouth fall agape again, in disbelief. That idiot! Of course I'm smart.

The door swing open showing Max face again, "Don't forget you still own me," Oh really? Now that was his threat but I won't give in.

"And don't forget I still got the video." I smirked as I watch Max face drop. He opened the door further and step in.

"Give me that device, Kira!" He demanded with venom tracing his voice.

"I wouldn't be so stupid to do that," I said as I try to run past him to the other side of the room but he was too fast as he caught me on the waist.

"Not so fast boxer!" He said as he pulled me to his body while I laugh trying to get out of his grip while he also struggle to hold me.

"You aren't going to bring it out from me this way Max," I laugh as I try to run out from his grip, "Not after you tell me why you refused to eat,"

His grip loosen, "You still won't stop pushing this?"

"Not till you tell me, Max" I now manage to face him, with his hand still on my waist. "Just tell why you refuse to eat?"

"Are you so bothered that your handsome cousin would starve to death and you won't get to see his pretty face again?"

"As if!" I scoffed. "Why didn't you though?" I asked, again.

"Well there was nothing wrong with the food. I just don't eat sauce." He confessed, making me realise how he was always eating from the edge of the plate where there was no sauce and wouldn't eat the other part which was mostly covered with red sauce. So that was why! He should have said something and we would get him a plain sauce!

"You're such an asshole Max!" I hit his shoulders making his hand drop from my waist, "And you preferred to keep quiet whereas we could have served you a plain pasta with no sauce. We thought everybody liked it that way." I said.

"Well now you know I don't" he said as he walk past me.

"Didn't your siblings know about this? I mean they should have said something for you." I asked, turning to face his back now.

"Well they don't. No one knows"

"Not even your mum?

"Yeah. I didn't eat in the dinning with them so it wasn't hard for them not to know,"

"So you mean I'm the only one who knows about this then?'' I don't know why he was hiding something like this. It wasn't a big deal.

"Yeah. Because you kept pestering my life," he was now facing me.

"I was just concerned as a cousin." I lowered, as I walk to seat on the edge of the bed. Why would he possibly hate sauce?

"Why aren't you telling anyone then? Is it a secret?" I asked, further.

"I don't keep secrets Kira," He turned to face elsewhere again.

"Well this one is." I point out.

"Whatever, I just didn't wanted to tell any one. Not like they needed to know. It's normal. People have things they hate and don't eat," he made a point there.

"You're a real silicon Max, believe me. You're so dummer than I thought."

"Well you can help though" He turned back to face me, again. "You own me one, remember."

"So what is it that you want?" I told him, crossing my arm across my chest making them bounce a few times.

He stared at me for a moment before saying, "Make me eat something wild" he narrowed his eyes as he said.

"And what you mean by, something wild, Mr Everton?" I emphasized on the last part acting like I've no idea what he meant.

"You want to know Ms. Jeremy?" He walk further towards me and narrowed his eyes at me before continuing, "Now you're on a bed?" He look behind me and bring his eyes to me as he was now leaning towards me with my head leaning back trying as much as possible to distance his face from mine. He wasn't serious. I watch as his snide smirk grow wider. His lips had caught my eyes for a moment put I quickly push them back as my heart begin to race faster than before. I wasn't liking this feeling and the way Max makes me feel when we are this close. I quickly stood from the bed and walk away from his intense glare as I push my hair behind my ears hoping my cheek were not turning colours even though I know it was.

"I've no idea what you're talking about Max," I try as much as possible to sound normal and I hope I did.

I hear him chuckled from behind and I turn to face him, "You're so immature Kira! What were you thinking? That I would do that to you?" He laugh and it was an adorable one even though it didn't last long.

"Of course not. I just thought how you would like it wild in bed." I said, sarcastically.

"Woah woah woah. You got it wrong there Kira. What I mean is, since you own me, you should prepare me a wild meal and serve to me in my bed. As in, breakfast in bed with a lot of nutritional flavours and all— in a wild way. Not the other way round? Or were thinking something else?" His eyes furrowed as he look at next intensively with amusement lacing his voice. He was really playing cool to make me look like an idiot.

"Whatever! What should I prepare you, my Highness?" I prostrate with a tight smile.

"I won't repeat myself again Miss Jeremy. Something wild meaning lot of different food that would send me crazy to my satisfactory."

"Okay Mr Everton. I'll go get a pizza with sauce," I prostrate again and without hesitation turn to leave the room and close the door behind me as I hear the bed make some noise. I screamed out along with laughter as I ran through the stairs seeing a furious Max running after me. I was so going to die for this.

I quickly run to the kitchen and before I knew it I was grabbed my Max from behind. How was he so fast? I laughed, and cried at the same time with Max as he refuse to let me go "Did I hear you say sauce, huh?"

I managed to run from him but he grabbed me again letting me scream, laughing at myself for being so light. He begin to tickle me from behind my waist, and that made me giggle and cry out in laughter at the same, yelling for him to please stop and I won't get him sauce. But he didn't listen anyways as he made sure I had tears stained in my eyes. We're so not getting enough of our plays today.

Unknowingly to us, our siblings were in the living room watching us like we had gone crazy over night.

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Thoughts?

This chapter and other previous chapters are unedited. I haven't gone through them for proper rereading. But I'll try to do as soon as I'm less busy. But as for now, please bear with me nor any grammatical errors. Thank you!