Elyon's POV

School was back in session and test week was just around the corner. Everyone was preparing like crazy and I didn't get a chance to really see Jamal. I smiled as his face came to my mind again. His face and the kiss that happened two weeks ago.

That kiss...

I didn't even believe I had it in me to kiss like that. Mostly because I haven't kissed anyone before. It was my first kiss. After lunch that Friday, when we were both back to the work room, he became hella clingy and unlike with other guys where I cringe when they touch me too closely, I welcomed this one because it was soothing and my heart wouldn't stop beating. He kept hugging me from behind, breathing against my neck, giving off a sensual yet calm feel. Though he didn't kiss me after that, I didn't think whether to be disappointed or grateful because suddenly I had become really shy.

When I told him it was my first kiss, he was shocked and happy all in one. Happy that he had been my first kiss, shocked because I was too experienced for a first kisser, his words not mine. He then said he was grateful Mateo didn't get to kiss me that night at the party. I laughed when he said that because he had a jealous glint in his eyes.

We've talked after that. He's been hinting being in a relationship but at the same time he was hinting about taking it slow, which I appreciated. In school we tried to keep things on the down low and leave everyone to their speculations about things between us. I haven't even told the guys about it. Somadina and Vanessa were wrapped in their own world and Skye, well, I had a feeling she knew about the kiss, because she's been teasing me non stop since that day.

"Only heaven knows why you are smiling to yourself. You are thinking about my brother abi..." Her voice pierced through my mind trip and I jerked my face to look at her. She had a teasing smile playing on her lips and her emerald eyes held a mischievous grin.

Shebi, I told you people that she has been teasing me. Can you see now??

"I was just thinking, Skye. Stop imagining whatever you are imagining." I told her as I went back to studying. We were in an empty class south of the seniors block, reading for test.

"I don't know who are deceiving. I know something happened that day in his art work room. You just don't want to admit. Probably because you are pregnant sef." She deadpanned and I widened my eyes at her exaggeration.

"Haba Skye. We only kissed." I said and she smiled at me. It was then I discovered my error.

Oops.

"Finally, you admit it! I had to get that out of you one way or another." She said and I grimaced at her. She only laughed at my expense.

"So now that I've admitted it, did it buy you knew cloths or new shoes?" I asked her and she rolled her eyes.

"Just gist me jare. How was it?" She dropped her books and looked at me. I laughed at her antics.

"Skye, we have to read for test." I told her and she hissed so loud.

"Abegi. Test isn't until next week. We are shana people. We will pass even if we don't read." She dismissed and I chuckled. "Now gist me abeg." She said eagerly and I laughed, licking my bottom lip as my mind automatically went back to that Friday.

"Med oo. The kiss must have done you strong thing. See as you dey lick lip!" Skye hailed and I doubled up with laughter. Just as I was about to get talking, Mateo walked in and I saw Skye's face turn upside down. I watched as they stared at each other before Skye looked away and Mateo sighed.

Med oo.

"Hey, Mateo. What's up?" I quickly called his attention, trying to ease the tense and awkward atmosphere. He looked at me and mustered up a simple smile. Though we were not as tight as before, we were already cool. We really can't keep a grudge when we are doing all subjects together.

"Hey. I came to give you this." He handed me a note book. I looked at it and rose my brows in confusion. "Mr Kohol came by to class to give us A. O. C. so I copied for you and brought it since you were not in class." He explained. I smiled at him in appreciation, taking the book from him.

"Thanks. I owe you one. Are we having any other class?" I asked him and he shook his head, stealing a glance at Skye who has suddenly gone quiet since he came in. Skye paid him no heed and he sighed again.

"I should get going, anyway." He muttered and I nodded. He turned and stopped, looking towards her and opening his mouth to speak. After a moment of contemplation within himself, he shook his head, closed his mouth and walked out of the class. Immediately he did, Skye heaved a sigh of relief.

"I'm glad he is gone." She said and I stared at her.

"I was wondering how long you were going to shut your mouth for." She shot me a glare at that statement which I ignored. "What's up with both of you?" I asked her and she looked at me, feigning confusion.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." She said in a not so convincing manner and I rolled my eyes at her terrible attempt to avoid the topic.

"You know very well what I'm talking about. I don't get you guys at all. One week, you are all buddy-buddy,  another week you guys are not even speaking to each other. What's going on?" I asked her again.

"There is nothing wrong. We are not just talking nani." She replied and I rose my eyebrow at her.

"You are not just talking nani. Why?" I asked her and she kept quiet. A thought came to my mind and I felt a bit of anger in my veins. "Did he try something? Did he do anything to you?" I asked hastily and her head shot up as a gasp escaped her lips.

"Of course not. Mateo is not like that. I know he has done some hurtful things in the past but he has changed. He isn't like that, at least not anymore." Skye replied so defensively that I was taken aback.

"Okay, fine. I'm sorry if what I insinuated hurt you but I just couldn't help but think in that direction. You know what happened last year at Tolani's..." I started again but she cut me off.

"Mateo is not a bad guy. He's just going through a lot of shit." She defended again and I recoiled.

"Then why aren't you talking to him? Because you have confused my entire being at the moment." I told her, resting on the chair. She sighed, looking up to the ceiling.

"Before we went he for mid term, that day of the sexual harassment awareness seminar..." She paused and I nodded, urging her to continue. "I went to the music room to meet him and I saw him and Tolani being intimate." She muttered the last part so softly, I almost didn't hear it but I did. I widened my eyes.

"Are you serious? How intimate?" I asked her and she grimaced, probably because the image of whatever happened that day wasn't all so pleasant. In fact, the entire day was quite sore for everyone, especially Jamal and Skye.

"Her hand was in his trouser and she was kissing his neck. It was a pretty disgusting sight and I was terribly pissed off." Her voice rose a notch and I recoiled, taking just one thing from her statement.

She was pissed.

"So that was why you shouted her down when she made her opinion known." I stated and she shrugged.

"It was part of the reasons. I was already boiling so when she made that stupid opinion, I just snapped. My mum was pretty angry with me but that's not the point. Honestly I don't regret beating that girl. I would have inflicted more injuries on her If not for Mateo that..."

"Mateo again." I cut her short and she looked away.

"He held me back and I got pissed with him.  So, since then we haven't spoken to each other. Or rather, I haven't spoken to him." She mumbled and I looked at her.

Something is missing.

"So you are not talking to him because you found him with Tolani or because he held you back from beating Tolani? Which one?" I asked her and she shrugged.

"Both, I guess." She replied. My mind clicked and I gasped in realization. She looked at me in confusion. "What?" She asked.

"You like Mateo." I told her and she widened her eyes but didn't deny it. "You definitely like-like him!" I repeated, exclaiming this time and she lunged at me, putting her hand over my mouth.

"Shhh! Stop shouting. He might be around the corner." She whispered, looking over her shoulder.

"You are not even denying it." I told her.

"Of course I am denying it. I don't like Mateo, he is just my friend." She mumbled out and I laughed.

"Abegi! Who are you deceiving? Now it makes complete sense. Your sudden closeness to him, always around him, always talking to him, defending him. Damn girl! How come I didn't even pick that up from the start." I laughed again and she looked at me in awe.

"Why are you not upset?" She asked me and I smirked.

"So you admit that you like him." I asked her and she sighed.

"Yes, I like Mateo. I have liked him for years now but he obviously sees me as nothing but his baby sister or something along that line. I'm so deep in the friend and sister zone." She stated and I sighed.

"Well have you told him?" I asked her and she shot me a look.

"Tell him ke. How am I supposed to tell him? Even if I wanted to and he somehow likes me back, Jamal would totally disapprove. Even with everything that went down between last year and this year, I don't want to risk it. Plus, he is obviously still hung up over you." She muttered the last part but I heard anyway.

"So you were bothered when you noticed he liked me?"I asked her and she puffed out air from her mouth.

"Of course, I was bothered but I didn't dwell on it because for one, you didn't like him back which was a huge relief. Even if you did like him back, I never would have put you in a position to choose between our friendship and your relationship with him." She confessed and I felt my heart swell with admiration for this babe.

"So you would have casted your feelings aside because you didn't want to loose at both end?" I asked her and she shrugged, a small smile playing on her lips.

"Sure. Boobs before dicks." She said weirdly and I laughed.

"You just made that up." I told her and she joined me in laughing.

"Yes I did and it will catch on. Moreover, I've been pushed to the friend and sister zone for the past how many years now and I've basically seen Mateo make out with different girls right in front of me. So, I kinda already used to it. Though, I have to admit, y'all would have been difficult to swallow because you are my best friend." She pouted and I cooed, drawing her closer for a side hug.

"You have a big heart. Mateo would be a fool not to like you." I told her and she chuckled.

"The big heart thing runs in the family. What I was going to do even if you liked Mateo back was exactly what Jamal did." She said unconsciously and I frowned, leaning back. She leaned away from me and looked at me with a confused expression.

"What do you mean by, it's what Jamal did?" I asked and she shrugged.

"That's what he did. He was willing to let you go for Mateo." She replied and I grew more confused.

"I don't understand you." I told her. She exhaled and sat up, getting ready to explain.

"The beef they had last wasn't just about something that has been going on underneath. Yes, it was obvious Mateo already had Jamal in mind but finding out Jamal liked you as well was the breaking point he used as leverage to beef with Jamal." She explained and my eyes widened in realization.

"So you are saying, Jamal also liked me around the time Mateo asked me out? Why didn't he say something?" I asked incredulously and she laughed.

"Because he didn't want to be tied between his best friend of over ten years and a girl he likes. It's basic bro code logic. Besides, Jamal has liked you since the first day he met you." She deadpanned and my eyes grew wider, they almost popped out of their socket.

"What?! It isn't recent?" I asked and she chuckled at my expense.

"Recent ke. It was pretty obvious
You people are basically but most oblivious set of human beings in the entire universe." She muttered but I ignored her as everything came rushing back. Every one of Jamal's antics, especially when he actually hinted it that he liked me but I thought he was joking.

Elyon, you are a mean person.

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Jamal's POV

I've been spending half of my time in the art studio, mainly because it was quiet and private. Reading here was really good because everything went right into my head. Except for now, I was thinking about Elyon. I tried to concentrate on my book but her face appeared everywhere.

Her beautiful, beautiful face.

I sighed as I finally dumped my book. We haven't had any time to be alone and I've missed her so much. Apart from the car rides to school, we barely had an alone time together. Coupled with the fact that test was around the corner and we were doing totally different subjects. We had no test for visual arts so we couldn't even use visual arts as an excuse to see. But we spoke on phone, a lot. One night, I heard her mum threatening to seize her phone when we were still speaking past mid night. It was hilarious. Sometimes we would go to our windows and speak on phone, looking at each other, making it feel like we were actually talking in person.

Cliche... But who doesn't love a little cliche once in a while. I chuckled to myself.

My brother, your own don finish. You are hopeless. My subconscious mocked me and I chuckled even louder.

My mind drifted away from thoughts about Elyon to what Faizal said the last time we spoke, when we spoke about Mateo and Skye. It was very hard to trust Mateo after everything that went down last year. He was working towards earning it back anyway but it was going to be hard to trust him, especially with my sister.

Skye has always been one to see the good in everyone. It was a family thing, we got it from Dad. Mum even admitted she learned it from Dad but sometimes Skye would overdo it and it would surface as sentiment which is sometimes to her detriment. Most times, she didn't mind though. She just wanted to please everybody, which is impossible.

I hope she realizes that before Mateo uses it against her.

If at all that is his intention.

The door opened, pushing me out of my reverie and I looked back to see Elyon leaning by the door post. I automatically stood up, a grin spreading across my lips and I watched as she closed the door, smiling right back.

Why does her present always brighten my mood?

You are turning into a cliche person. Give it a rest. My subconscious told me and I mentally rolled my eyes.

"Hey..." My voice came out huskier and deeper than natural. She definitely noticed it because she giggled.

"Are you trying to form deep voice for me?" She walked slowly towards me and I watched her, a lopsided grin playing on my lips. Her slow walk towards me wasn't trying to be seductive. Instead, I found it graceful.

I love gracefulness.

"I swear, it just came out like that. I honestly have no control over any part of my body when you are around me." I admitted. It was the truth. Whenever she was close by or around me, my body would develop a mind of it's own and act the way it wants to.  She reached me and wrapped her hand around my neck loosely. My hand having a mind of it's own went around her mid section.

"Uhn uhn..." She hummed and I chuckled. She wasn't pressing her body hard against mime like Tolani used to. I appreciated the little space between us because I was still trying the abstinence thing and being in an enclosed room with her wasn't really helping matters. But I was going to try and if that doesn't work, I'd recommend we are always among people.

She would definitely like that...I guess.

"I missed you." I murmured, placing my head in the hallow of her neck, inhaling her scent. It was Lavender with a hint of Almond and Citrus Fragrance. Amazing combination. She hummed in response, running her dainty fingers through my hair.

"I'm sorry." She said and I frowned in confusion, lifting my head from neck to look at her.

"Sorry for what, you didn't do anything wrong." I told her and she pouted. I cussed beneath my breath as I wanted nothing more but to kiss the pout away.

Baby steps.

"I ignored all the hints you were dropping last year that you like me." She dead panned and I looked at her for a moment before bursting into laughter.

So, that's why she was apologizing.

"So that's why you are apologizing." I forced out between laughter.

"I was really mean. I kept pushing them aside like you were just joking. I should have acknowledged them, giving the fact that I actually started liking you then..." She babbled on and on and I just watched her, a smile playing on my lips

"Babe, it's fine." I told her.

"...and then, you were willing to give me u for Mateo. Why the hell would you do that?" She asked, her eyes had a disapproving glint and I sighed.

"Because I couldn't choose between my friend and the girl I like. That would have been the most difficult decision to make and I didn't want to put you guys in that corner at all." I stated but she shook her head.

"I wouldn't have minded being put in that corner at all. I didn't like Mateo, I still don't like Mateo like that. I like you. I'd have said no to Mateo one way or another." She said and I exhaled.

"I know, which is why I'm glad you said no because If you didn't say no," I drew her closer to me. "We wouldn't be here right now." I whispered, tracing my knuckles against her cheek, watching as she leaned in my arms.

"What if I had said yes?" She asked and I puffed out air from my mouth, dreading that question.

"It would have been painful but it would have been my cross to carry. Besides, I don't mind having you as a friend." I told her and she laughed, throwing her head back.

"No oo. You are not putting me in the friend zone." She said and I laughed.

"Who says I am." I asked rhetorically and she looked at me, biting against her bottom lip. I audibly gulped.

I cannur wait any longer.

"You know," I swiftly turned her around to lean against the table and she yelped, laughter laced in her voice. "It's been a while since we last kissed." I drew my head closer to hers and she giggled, her still around my neck. I sighed as I nuzzled her nose with mine, giving eskimo kisses.

"We only kissed once, Jamal." She whispered, her minty breath fanning against my face and I unconsciously grinned. "But, I don't mind another." She added, a suggestive smile playing on her lips. I chuckled as I rose my head slightly so that my eyes could meet hers.

"Is this by chance, an invitation to kiss you again?" I asked her and she tilted her head towards mine, tiptoeing and arching her body against mine. Her lips brushed mine and a low gruffy sound escaped my lips. Her boldness at times like this always amaze me.

"Maybe..." She trailed off before pressing her lips against mine, kissing me first much to my surprise. Her lips moved against mine slowly and tenderly before she pulled away slightly, peering at me through her lashes.

Fuck!

I leaned my head in and pressed my lips against her, trying not to seem so urgent even though my body was saying I should be. My lips moved against her soft ones slowly but with a hint of urgency and she seemed to like that because she moaned and that sound did things to my body. Soon, we resulted into open mouth kisses, our tongue coming to play in between, stroking and twirling, causing my toes to curl. I nibbled against her soft lips severally, biting against the plump flesh, sucking against it, earning a loud moan from her, turning me right on.

She was barely touching me!

Her hands left my neck and one came to rest on my chest while the other was helping her to lean against the table. Her hand on my chest was doing things to me even though she wasn't touching my bare chest. She kept tracing her finger against the muscles of my chest and against my pecs and since I didn't wear any form of inner vest because of the March heat, it felt like she was touching my bare skin. I've never been this sensitive so this feeling was new, electrifying and scary at same time. A groan escaped my lips when her second hand came to rest on my chest and I lost it. All the blood in my head went down south and in no time, I was rock hard.

I pulled my lips away from her slowly, panting for breath. Her eyes were closed but her lips were parted and she was panting just like me. Her lips were swollen, inviting, I wanted to kiss her again but I couldn't. Not when I almost lost control like that. I pressed my forehead against hers.

"That was..." I started breathlessly and had to pause to catch my breath again. A chuckle escaped her lips and I found myself joining her.

"Intense..." She completed for me and I laughed, burying my face in her neck again, biting against my lips.

"Yeah. That kind of kiss is certainly not good for the heart." I teased and she laughed. I brought her hand against my thumping chest and she gasped.

"It seems like your heart is about to burst out." She muttered and I chuckled.

"Courtesy of you..."I told her and she looked at me, running her tongue slowly against her lips. I took my hand to the back of her neck, leaned in and pecked her lips slowly, pulling back to look at her. She had a genuine smile on her lips and I just couldn't help it. I leaned in again and pressed a more lingering kiss against her lips.

Why does everything about her have to be addictive?

"Ahemmm!" A rude throat clearing interrupted us and I pulled back to look over my shoulder, knowing exactly who it was. Somadina was standing right there, a teasing expression on his face. Elyon looked over my shoulder and chuckled when she saw Somadina.

"You know you could have just waited outside." I told him and he shrugged, going to sit down on one of the chairs, getting comfortable.

"I didn't want to." He said, mischief evident in his face and I wanted nothing more but to slap him. Elyon pressed her hand against my chest and I looked at her.

"Don't worry. I'll just go. We'll see later." She said both I shook my head.

"You don't have to, Somadina would leave." I glared at him.

"No I will not." He countered stubbornly and I groaned. Elyon chuckled at our antics.

"It's fine, really. We'll see later." She tiptoed and pressed a kiss against my cheeks and walking out of the room, not before slapping Somadina on his head.

"Yehh!" He exclaimed, placing his hand on the place she slapped. "I'll tell Vanessa for you." He screamed after her and she shot him the middle finger. I laughed. He looked at me and bursted into a fit of laughter, causing me to stop laughing.

"What's funny?" I asked him.

"Bobo yi. Won ti get é sha." He said in Yoruba and I hissed.

"Yah mad. Because you caught us kissing abi. Its not like we were having sex or something." I said, a smirk playing on my lips.

"Exactly my point. Elyon has gotten your mumu button. She doesn't even have to give you an hand job before you start spotting a boner." He pointed to my crotch and my gaze followed his finger. I screamed when I saw the tent in my trouser and Soma laughed at my expense. I took my book to cover the very obvious bulge.

Ewelewe!!! My own don finish!

"Fuck! Somadina, do you think she saw it?" I asked him eagerly. If she did, it would be so fücking embarrassing.

"I don't know oo. All I know is that Elyon I'd the best person for you. She has already finish you sef." He laughed again and I scowled at him.

"Fuck you, guy!" I snapped at him but it only made him double up in laughter at my own expense.

I need new friends.

A/N
Another update for y'all!

I told you people that I would be updating a bit later than usual. I'm supposed to have updated yesterday but nature called and being a lady isn't easy, if you know what I mean.

Skye is still not talking to Mateo and she finally admitted to Elyon that she has feelings for Mateo. She's such a sweet girl. Still my favourite character, yet.

This chapter was just a filler chapter with comic relief and a bit of romance. Nothing too deep happened, no fight whatsoever but next chapter would be more dramatic, trust me.

Don't forget to keep commenting, voting and sharing. Thank y'all for the 5k views. It's just a month and we have come this far. I appreciate y'all.

Till next time, stay safe and stay creamy.