Chapter 77: Chapter 77

Nate's POV

I found myself again entangled in Ethan's arms and legs when I woke up. I pulled away from him and looked up at his face. He was sleeping peacefully whilst snoring softly. He looked really cute at the moment. Like a cute prince.

Some of his locks were falling onto his forehead. I slowly brushed them backward and stared at his handsome face. Never in my dreams I thought I would meet someone looking like Alex and then have my first kiss with him and enter into this kind of a relationship with him. In fact I never thought about kissing a guy. This seems strange and unreal. I feel like I'm having a dream and when I wake up I would be on my bed in my home, hugging Alex's pillow.

But I know this isn't a dream. Ethan isn't a fantasy. He is real. I can touch and feel him.

I moved Ethan's hair on the right side of his head to inspect his wound. It had completely healed. But a scar remained at the place. He groaned and turned, lying on his back as I grazed my fingers on the scar.

I ran my fingers gently through his hair and he mewled softly at my touch. I then felt a another scar on the front of his head. But this was a long one, almost running through the whole of the left side of his skull and curving like a circle near his ear. I followed it with my fingers in awe. I knew what it would be. It was the mark from a surgery.

" Hey..", Ethan suddenly said opening his eyes. I immediately withdrew my hands. He turned and smiled at me, raising an eyebrow, causing my heart to thud faster. " What were you doing ?", he asked.

" You had b..brain tumour, right ?", I suddenly asked. But I regretted it almost instantly as his eyes went wide. He was totally taken aback.

" How did you know ?", he asked after a moment.

" I heard your Mother t..talking to the doctor at hospital. You went through a s..surgery when you were really small.", I said.

" Yeah but I'm perfectly alright now. The surgery was a success.", he said, his face a bit nervous.

" I know Ethan. ", I nodded my head. " I feel bad you had to...g..go through it at such a young age. CBT is extremely r..rare and accounts for only 0.5 to 1.5 percentage of all p..pediatric brain tumours.", I blurted out foolishly. He looked at me surprised for a moment.

" Seems like you did a whole research on it.", he then grinned.

"N..no..", I shook my head. "I just googled."

He laughed a little and then pinched my nose. " Don't need to feel bad for me. I don't even remember anything. Maybe you can feel bad for my Mother. She might have struggled a lot with me. And she is still struggling alone with my sister."

" What about your Dad ?", I asked.

His face turned angry at the mention of his Dad. And I regretted asking that question. Probably his Dad and Mom are not together. Cause he never mention about his Dad. And his Mom came alone with his sister at the hospital.

" He left us and married some other woman when my sister was just two.", Ethan said and turned around, lying straight.

" Oh...I- I'm sorry.", I said. He left a sigh and didn't say anything.

I'm actually lucky in this matter. I got really nice and loving parents.

Also nice siblings. One of whose lose I still can't bear.

So then how am I lucky ? I'm also unlucky.

" Hey..what are you thinking ?", Ethan turned and asked me.

" Nothing.", I shook my head.

" Are you still sleepy ?", he asked.

I shook my head. " No.."

" Okay, then let's do something?", he asked and sat up enthusiastically.

" What ?", I asked.

" Gavin brought his Xbox last week. Let's play some game ?", he asked.

"You know, I'm not that g..good at video games.", I said and sat up.

" C'mon..you are good. And you become better by practice.", he said looking at me expectantly.

" Okay. Let's play.", I nodded.

He smiled happily. " Wait a second. I'll get it.", then he enthusiastically crawled out of the bed and rushed to the cupboards.

Soon we were sitting on the bed wearing ear pieces and holding controllers in our hands.

" Ready ?", he asked me enthusiastically. I nodded my head blankly. Anyway he is going to win the game. He seemed a bit disappointed at the unenergetic nod I gave him. However his hands moved to tap the start button. But then he withdrew his hands and tilted his face to me, staring at my lips.

" Wh..what ?", I asked.

" There's a condition. The person who lose should give the other ten kisses.", He said.

" What ! N..no way ! ", I shook my head.

" Yes ! ", he squealed laughing. " Are you embarrassed to kiss me ? Don't need to be shy Michael. "

" No..I'm not shy ! ", I shook my head. " And you aren't going to w..win."

" Oh..??", he gasped as if in surprise. " Then C'mon agree with this deal. "

" Yeah..okay.", I nodded my head.

Shit ! Why couldn't I just say I can't do this ? So Am I really going to kiss him 10 times ?

No ! I will win the Game !

Soon he tapped the start button and the game started.

" Enemy turret Ahead ! ", I heard through my ear piece. I pulled out my Gun and started firing at the target like crazy. Soon the turret was destroyed and I barged towards my next aim. I wanted to somehow win the game. I concentrated hard and listened carefully to the instructions from my ear piece.

But still Ethan was winning. He tilted his head and smirked at me. I looked at the screen and saw there was just 8 seconds for the game to end and he was at his last target. How will I win ?

I quickly turned my face to him, leaned in and kissed his cheeks. Then I turned back and started firing my last target. Finally it was destroyed and a yellow light spread on the screen.

" Yes ! I won ! Yayyy", I squealed.

" You won by cheating.", Ethan chuckled.

" No..I- I didn't cheat.", I said tilting my face to him.

" You cheated by kissing me and distracting me from the game.", he said staring at my lips.

" You...you didn't t..tell me not to do that. I won. You l..lost.", I said trying to be confident. But he was making my heart beat raise with his intense stare.

" Yeah..I didn't say that. Okay you won and I lost. So now I've to give you ten kisses.", he smiled.

Shit ! This was actually a tap ! This was actually advantageous to him even if he win or lose. Why didn't I see that ?

Before I could react, he pulled me down to the bed with him towering on top of me. " No..! ", I uttered squirming and trying to escape. But he already pressed his lips on mine. Then he pulled away and smiled at me before leaning down again and pecking my lips two more times. Butterflies took birth in my stomach and I couldn't move my limbs anymore.

" Ethan..stop..", I uttered desperately as he sat up again and stared hungrily at me. His gaze moved down from my eyes to my lips and then lingered on my neck. He leaned down again, kissing my chin and I closed my eyes shut.

As I started to open my eyes, he quickly kissed my eyelids shut. Then he pecked my nose before trapping my bottom lip in between his lips. He kissed me hungrily like he wanted to devour me. It was not at all like yesterday's gentle kiss. Sparks erupted inside my stomach and I felt like my whole body is on fire.

I snaked my hands around his neck and kissed him back once. He then slowed down the kiss and I moved my lips again. I felt him smile against my lip causing me to kiss him again. Soon our lips were brushing against each other in sync.

He kissed me soft and slow for a while. Then he suddenly bit on my bottom lip and I gasped. He took the chance to push his tongue into my mouth. He then began circling his tongue with mine while still kissing and exploring every inch of my cavern. I tangled my fingers in his thick locks as he hungrily kissed me.

I was starting to run out of breathe but he wasn't pulling away. At last when I started to pant hard, he let go of my lips and moved to my chin, trailing butterfly kisses on my cheek bone and down my neck. I wanted to push him away but my body felt weak. And no words escaped my mouth.

My breathe hitched as he kissed on a particular spot on my neck. I felt him smirk against my skin. He then started kissing again and again on the same spot. I squeezed my eyes shut and bit hard on my lower lip to control myself from moaning.

Suddenly I felt his lips withdraw and I opened my eyes to see him smiling down at me whilst sitting on my waist. " You know, you are literally a tomato right now. I feel like eating you.", he said staring at me. I felt like my face was burning.

" G..get off of me ! ", I stuttered out.

" No. That only counts for one kiss.", he smiled. " Two more to go."

" No..e..enough. You kissed me a lot.", I protested.

" Smile.", he said ignoring me.

" No..get away ! ", I said.

" Just two more kisses. Smile please."

" What ? Are you g..gonna take my pic ?", I asked.

" No. Just smile. Show me your dimples.", he said.

" No..! ", I scoffed.

" I see..", he smirked. Then he started tickling me on my sides.

" No..! Ahh...s..stop Ethan ! No..", I cried out struggling to control my laughter whilst trying to grab his hands.

" Smile Or I will continue this forever.", he said laughing at me.

" Okay..I will. Just S..stop ! ", I laughed out.

" Yes ! Good boy.", he said and leaned down kissing my right cheeks while his fingers grazed the dimples on my left cheek. " You know, your dimples are gorgeous.", he whispered in my ear before tilting his head and kissing my left cheek. My already heated cheeks only burned further.

I thought he would finally get off of me since the ten kisses were over. But no. He didn't ! He started peppering kisses on every inch of my face.

" Ethan ! It's over ! You..you kissed me more than t..ten times..! ", I protested.

" Ten extra kisses for cheating and winning the game by kissing me.", He said and continued kissing me.

I don't know how many times he kissed me. I didn't count. But I'm sure it was a lot more than ten. As soon as he got off of me, smiling satisfied, I rolled onto my stomach and buried my face into a pillow. I actually thought the white pillow would turn red. I heard him laugh, lying beside me.