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july 23nd 2024

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THEY HAD ALL STAYED IN YESTERDAY, the day that elvira arrived. the swedish girl was tired from jet lag and staying up for over twenty hours plus, the other eleven teens could all use a day of nothing.

they'd stayed inside the boys' house and just watched movies, hung out and all ate dinner together, as santiago had somehow found a way to get food delivered to the resort.

today was a new day though, and everyone was ready for another night out at the resorts bar-lounge. nerissa was working today, so paul wanted to go there of course. everyone had agreed after seeing him so giddy about getting his girl, it was adorable in arabella's opinion.

it was already ten o' clock in the evening, and the friend group was at their table in the lounge part, just sipping drinks and cracking jokes. in an hour, nerissa would get off of work and the group were honestly just waiting for that.

arabella was sat on kimi's lap while talking to linnea and valentina, who were sitting on ollie's and diego's laps, respectively. in truth, there was more then enough space in the booth for the girls to sit, they all just didn't feel like it.

apparently, tonight was slow dance night at the lounge. the whole evening there had only been slow songs playing, and arabella was actually very excited about it.

when her conversation with linnea and valentina died out a bit, she turned to face kimi behind her. his attention immediately went to her, abandoning his conversation with ollie and diego, "wanna dance?" he asked, as if he could read her mind.

she nodded eagerly before getting up from his lap, allowing him to also get up. she grabbed one of his hands in hers and dragged him over to the dance floor, where a few couples were already shuffling around.

the song changed to 'fantasmas' by humbe and arabella internally cheered. kimi snaked his arms around her waist as she stood impossibly close to him. she wrapped her arms around his neck and gently laid her head on his collarbone. she closed her eyes, savoring the moment.

she whispered the lyrics along quietly, but kimi could hear her soft singing. he loved it— screw that, he loved her. and he wanted to tell her.

he waited for the song to be over as they shuffled in silence (apart from arabella's soft whispers). when the last few notes hit the speakers, he spoke for the first time in minutes. "bellie?"

"yes?"

"can i speak to you outside for a second?" the way he had worded it worried bella to no extent. her mind was racing with questions, was he about to 'break up' with her? did he want to end what they had? she prayed to the gods above that that was not it.

"sure." was her only answer as she started guiding him through the crowd by his hand again. the girl shot a quick text to the group chat that her and kimi were going home and didn't wait for a reply.

they made their way outside, bella momentarily stopped, waiting for the boy to say something. he kept walking though, this time making him guide her along.

they walked in silence for about five minutes until they made it to the beach, where he sat down. bella was terrified as she sat down next to him. "okay, you're worrying me, what's wrong?" she broke the silence.

kimi stayed quiet for another few seconds before he sighed heavily. this made arabella even more worried. she scooted her way in front of him, sitting on her knees as she tried to keep her dress from folding up.

"kimi," she said, making him look her in the eyes finally. "what's wrong cariño?" her question almost sounded like a plead, a plead for him to just spit it out. arabella was preparing for the worst.

"bellie, i— i don't even know where to start." his normal confidently-playful aura was gone, instead there was a teen boy who was nervous, about what? bella didn't know.

"start at the beginning." she suggested, not sure on what to tell him.

the italian boy sighed again before starting, "when i first saw you, in the bar, getting harassed by that dude, i wanted to kill him. you looked so frightened. after we helped you, i couldn't help but think you were so beautiful. i honestly don't know how i bagged you." he let outa little laugh as arabella smiled gently, waiting for him to continue.

"i was so happy when you agreed to a fling." he stopped for a moment while bella held her breath. god can he make this anymore nerve wrecking?

"but i can't help but think of this as more then that. i have real feelings for you, bellie. fuck, i love you." he kept eye contact with bella as her mind went blank.

kimi looked at her stoic face nervously, practically waiting for her to reject him. until she smiled— grinned, more like.

"i have real feelings for you too, cariño. you reflect me and i love that about you..." she trailed off for a second before sighing in relief, "but don't ever scare me like that again kimi antonelli." her look turned serious as the boy looked at her confused, "what do you mean?"

"i was terrified you were gonna end what we had, that shit was nerve wrecking kimi." she scolded him, only for her face to fall back into a smile, "but i love you too."

the boy stood up and held his hand out, she took it and he pulled her up to her feet as well. he brought her closer to him, their noses touching as bella took a heavy breath.

"say it again." kimi demanded, making arabella smile faintly due to her flusteredness. "i love you, cariño." she answered his request, "i love you more, dolcezza." he whispered before planting his lips on hers firmly.

the kiss took her breath away, literally. he was kissing her fiercely, like it was the last time he'd be able too. bella felt the familiar sensation of his tongue swiping over her bottom lip, asking for permission. she opened her mouth for him immediately, like it was a reflex.

the passionate kiss continued for a few more seconds before kimi finally detached from her to catch his breath. they both panted heavily as kimi leaned his forehead down against hers. "i think we better continue this at home."

"yeah."

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> AYO WHAT?!??!??

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> OKAY THEN.

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> oh dear god

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> this is fake right
> arabella those better be fake

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> lil boy acting like he didn't get his freak on last night smh

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CEE SPEAKS !
love declaration and implied freaky time all in one chapter... i really am spoiling y'all

and if anyone dares to come at me saying "he's a minor" WELL SO AM I... and guess what?!?!?? minors get their freak on too. be fr. THANK YEWWWW!!!!

anyways hi sara baby !!!! (maybe char too if she's feeling generous)

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