"We're saying bad things about you." Claire flashed a naughty smile at her brother. Actually, Claire could be quite pleasant. But sometimes her selfishness made her do some pretty bad things. She would resort to trickery and deceit to get her way. Since she got away with a lot in the past, it would take time to teach her the difference between right and wrong. But she was getting there.
Oh, really! What are these bad things?" Kevin asked Claire, but looked at Leena all the time. He was very interested in how Leena would explain this later. He had a naughty smile on his face, too. He knew that they would never really talk about him that way, but he loved to play along regardless.
Everything, including how you were forced to kiss your classmate back when you were in school." Claire answered Kevin in a teasing tone. She really felt like teasing him tonight, so she pulled out all the stops. That incident was the best way she knew how.
Leena was shocked. She tried to imagine this cold, tough man kissed by a teenage girl against his will, and she just couldn't do it. It was such a funny picture that it immediately brought a smile to her face. She put a hand to her mouth and started giggling uncontrollably.
"Hmm... I..." Apparently, it shocked Kevin, too. That was the most embarrassing moment of his life, and he couldn't believe she brought it up. He got flustered and started to choke on his food.
"Don't get all choked up, honey. Here, take a drink." Leena still teased him, even as she passed him a glass of water. But she still had to stifle her laughter, and pressed her lips tight to avoid smiling. She could tell he was really uneasy now.
Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up!" Kevin glanced at Leena and Claire angrily. He would rather die than remember that humiliating moment. He would have felt much better if that girl was hot. But she was so fat that she almost crushed him to death when she fell on him. She knocked the breath out of him, and he was left shaking for a few minutes while he struggled to breathe. Even then he still made funny noises every once in a while when he took a breath. It was the lowest point in his life, and he didn't even want Leena to know. Not like this.
"Wow! She must have been a real hottie! Otherwise no one could have made you do that! Admit it, you surrendered to her on purpose and liked it," said Leena jokingly. He never really shared that many details of his life, especially funny stories like this one. So she took advantage of this moment and teased him.
"Oh yeah. She was gorgeous, with those long slender legs, bright big eyes and sexy sweet lips." Kevin was going to tell Leena, but he was still mad at her for what happened this afternoon. He got jealous then, and so now it was her turn.
"What? Gorgeous? No way, dude. She was as fat as a pig. A real porker. What is the matter with you? Are you a chubby chaser?" That girl was so fat that when she fell, no one was laughing, but the floor cracked up." Kevin never wanted to hear about this again. Claire had crossed the line, and exposed his deepest, darkest secret. Embarrassed and enraged, his face distorted in a mask of rage.
"Ha ha! Maybe she is beautiful to your brother. There is your proof that he has specialized tastes." The exchange between Kevin and Claire had Leena's undivided attention. She felt so much better than she did this afternoon. She laughed nonstop, barely stopping to catch her breath. She was free to be who she really was, and it was a good feeling.
Claire was caught up in it too, erupting into peals of laughter between bites. "Really? Kevin, I never knew that you were into fat chicks. Then what about Leena..." Claire cast a glance at Leena's svelte figure. With that skinny body, she was far from being beautiful according to Kevin's standards. The thought made Claire laugh even more.
"This is bullshit! Will you stop? Just eat, damn it!" Kevin shouted in fury. His angry scream worked, and both of the women stopped. But they still wore smiles on their faces. They giggled in muffled tones and kept looking at Kevin during the meal, and laughing every time.
"Actually, Kevin, there's nothing wrong with having a different standard of beauty." It was rare that Claire was on Leena's side, but tonight was different. Like Leena, Claire loved making fun of her brother. It didn't happen very often, so when she got a chance to tease him, she wouldn't let it go.
"So what happened to that girl after the kiss?" That was the most interesting part of the story to Leena. She noticed Kevin's face darkened in rage and shame. But since Claire had joined in, she didn't really fear what he was going to do. What could he do? Punish both of them?
"What do you think happened? Kevin pushed her away, and then she fell down and passed out." Claire burst into a fit of laughter when she mentioned the ridiculous scene. She fainted so quickly that Kevin went white as a sheet in fear. "He thought he killed her on accident. So he kept yelling 'I killed her I killed her!' She woke up, and then he thought she was undead. He screamed and ran off. He thought she was --" at this point Claire really lost it. Between laughs, she managed, "a zombie!"
"What..." That was the last thing Leena expected to hear. She looked at Kevin, now terrified. So how did Kevin, just a teenager at the time, push a heavy girl and knock her out? What was more, how could he do that? There was no way that girl could fight back. Now, he was a strong and well-trained military officer. What would happen if she pissed him off, Leena wondered.
Kevin cast Leena a cold glance. A wicked smile flashed across his face when he caught her terrified expression. She was eager to know what happened to him in the past, but he had no reason to quench her curiosity. She shouldn't know too much about him. So was she finally regretting this little conversation? That thought brought a bright smile to Kevin's face, which only intensified the terror in Leena's heart. Leena could not help but shudder. 'Will he treat me in the same way if he gets really mad?' Leena asked herself in secret.
The three finished supper. It was an easy, peaceful evening. They talked, laughed, and enjoyed the delicious food. As usual, Kevin gathered up the dishes and put them in the sink. He was the dish washer. He was too busy to keep Leena company at home, and he didn't really have the time to help out around the house. But whenever he was at home, he had to do something for her.