This was the situation, Henry and I were still in the position that I don't understand how we got there, Jasper and Charlotte were behind Ray and Schwoz, a little worried, you could say, the aforementioned were in the door frame.

"I can't believe that you," Ray pointed at me, he could hardly speak because he was short of breath, "and you," he pointed at Henry, "are kissing."

"You know what that means, Ray," Schwoz said in his Schwoz tone.

They both looked at each other knowingly and...

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" They started singing that ridiculous song "HENRY & KAI SITTING DOWN A TREE! FIRST COMES LOVE! THEN COMES MARRIAGE! THEN A BABY! AND A BABY CARRIAGE!"

"Shut up!" I shouted, letting go of Henry's grip. "No one is going to get married or have babies. We're just friends!"

Ray walked over to me and put one of his hands on my shoulder.

"Mmm, Kai," he looked at Henry, "friends don't kiss secretly or passionately."

Everyone started laughing, I'm in for a long day of bullying.

I sighed and removed his hand from my shoulder. "We were playing truth or flare," I said obviously, "and stop making your 'mmmm' tone."

"Jasper invoked a challenge," Henry said finally, "he dared us to do it."

"So," he walked to stand between Henry and me, "why were you so hidden?"

"Because we didn't want them to see us," I answered obviously.

"Why didn't you want others to see you?"

"Because it's weird," Henry answered.

"Why is it weird?"

What kind of interrogation is this? Yes, we kissed, but it was just a challenge, it's not like the feelings had appeared and we already loved each other for life, and we became boyfriend and girlfriend and things like that... it was just a kiss, without feelings, or anything.

I rolled my eyes to get out of the way and stand next to my friend with my arms crossed, I was already getting fed up.

"Ray, stop it," Henry said when he saw what I did. "Yes, we kissed, but" he paused and looked at the floor. "Like Kai said, we're just friends, they challenged us and that's it, nothing else happened."

"So you are secretly dating and you won't tell us?" He asked affirmatively.

"Ray!"

"Okay! I'm sorry," he replied, making quotes with his hands. "I promise, I won't make fun of you."

I shook my head from side to side, trying to understand why Ray had done that, but then I remembered it was him so... what can you expect.

"I didn't know you and Henry were dating," Schwoz said, whispering in my ear.

I was a little startled, I had been scared, it was Schwoz, I had fallen from the roof just yesterday, I wasn't surprised.

"We're not," I replied, "and let it be said that we are or something else, and something will fall from the ceiling."

We were silent for a few seconds, well, except for Ray's mockery and Schwoz's nonsensical comments, complaints from me and Henry, yes, I don't think it was silence, but anyway, another day that ends, I just hope that Don't let my family know that I didn't go to school.

We had left for the Man Cave, where all of us who did not live there were almost ready to leave.

"Too much drama today," Charlotte said, raising her hands. "I'm going home, Jasper?"

"Yes, I'm going".

I sighed "I'll go too, see you tomorrow."

"I'm leaving too" Henry.

"Who's going to clean up this mess?" the four of us shrugged.

"Byeeeeeeeee!" Char and Jasper said as the elevator closed.

"Kai?"

I let out a laugh "yeah, don't look at me."

I walked towards the tubes and pressed one of my pants pockets so I could activate it.

"Byeeeeeee!"

I was ready to leave and shout "For him tube", when suddenly the tube next to me activated too.

"Up the tubes!"

It was Henry.

(...)

We left through the tube that was behind my grandparents' house, and to be honest I didn't understand why Henry had come this way.

"Why did you come out here?" I asked confused, "you're going to have to walk home."

She shrugged, "If you show up alone and your brothers don't see you with me, they'll kill me the next time they see me." We laughed. "They'll think you walked alone from Junk N' Stuff."

"How clever," I said sarcastically, "but seriously, thank you."

"You're welcome."

And for the first time, for the first time in three years, well maybe I'm exaggerating, an awkward silence had formed between Henry and me.

Neither of us said anything, we just played with our fingers or our feet, it was too awkward.

"Kai" Henry broke the ice, "about the kiss, I..."

"Don't say anything," I interrupted him, giving him a smile. "It was just a kiss, right?"

He looked down "that's why I also came with you, Kai, the kiss was" he paused and sighed "very good, it was a good kiss."

"Same here, Hen."

Again, the awkward silence.

I don't know why a part of me wanted him to say something different than what he said, I don't know, I expected something completely different and with more... no, it's nonsense.

"Well, I think I'll go in" now I broke the ice "I'll see you tomorrow at school."

"Yeah," he responded with a forced smile, "I'll see you tomorrow."

I approached him to stretch out my hand, but he had opened his arms for a hug, I imitated his action and he imitated mine, leaving us in a game of gestures.

In the end I ended up saying goodbye to him, raising a hand, and entered the house through the back door, with a strange pain in my chest.

I walked around my house, listening to the usual things, fights, screams, greetings, video game noises, everything that was always there with 4 male teenagers in a house, but honestly I did nothing but ignore them and go to my room.

When I got there I threw my backpack somewhere, and lay down on my bed face up, still with that pain that I felt when saying goodbye to Henry, who by the way I hope arrives safely at his house.

I don't know why I felt it, I don't know why my mind and my heart decided to come together to torment me with that feeling, I can only deduce that it happened when I thought about the kiss a while ago, something strange, but incredible.

I sighed and grabbed my phone that was in my back pocket.

"I just hope it's not what I think," I said to myself, while looking at my blocked background.

A photo from a few months ago, where I was with everyone the time Chef Maykew went to Junk N' Stuff, and coincidentally in that photo, I was next to Henry, just the two of us hugging since the others were with the Chef.

It was funny, my heart began to beat harder and again the image of the kiss and the memory became present in my memory, my hands were sweating and my breathing was labored.

Oh God.