Her legs swung with excitement as she laid on the bed.
Seeing her enthusiastic mood, Jecca leapt onto Oreiha's back and sat on her. Usually Oreiha would knock her off right away but strangely this time she didn't.
Oreiha was awfully cheerful these days. Jecca bent over her head and looked at Oreiha upside-down.
Jecca's eyes squinted as she thought of all the things that could make Oreiha this happy. Food? Maro? Games?
None of it was here though. Jecca thought even harder and finally thought of something.
"Oreiha do you like somebody?"
Oreiha froze, her legs that were swinging stopped dead in time and her head turned like a stone statue towarda Jecca.
"What?"
"You been acting funny these past days."
After a bit of thinking Oreiha frantically shook her head.
"There is no way I would like someone. I have my brother."
Jecca seemed relatively pleased with that answer and continued on with her day.
But after she asked Oreiha that, she really started to wonder if that feeling was actually love.
She wanted to find out more about it and went to her trusty brother for some advice.
After some explaining. Oreiha seemed to understand the concept. Love is a wonderful feeling and if there is mutual interest between both parties they can initiate a relationship.
After Maro had explained the basics of love and relationship. Oreiha felt a little confused. Usually when she is with Gel she wouldn't feel anything special. Only when he decided to touch her that day she felt that excitement.
The concept of love didn't follow. Maro said it is a feeling that enriches the longer it last. Maybe Oreiha was just overthinking it?
Finally she went to Gel. He was watching TV alone in the livingroom. Jecca was off somewhere and Maro was in the kitchen preparing dinner.
"Gel… there is something I want to ask."
He looked at her with a calm face and asked what was up.
"Do you like me?"
His eyebrows narrowed in confusion as she asked that question.
"Of course, I adore you."
"No, not like that, like do you love me?"
Without skipping a beat, he pulled Oreiha close and put her head against his chest.
"Can you hear my heartbeat? You being here alone is making my heart race."
Oreiha closed her eyes and listened as the thumps grew faster and faster. Gel gently patted her head as Oreiha laid there on his chest.
Suddenly, Oreiha was thrown against the sofa. She opened her eyes and saw Jecca running down the stairs calling her out.
"Why are you in that position Oreiha?" Jecca said looking down on Oreiha.
A few days after this incident. One restless Oreiha laid on her bed trying to take nap. She then heard knocking on her door. She opened the door and saw Jecca. But the usual energetic Jecca held her head low and her hands were fiddling with each other. She made it slowly towards Oreiha's bed and sat down.
"what's up?"
Finally breaking the ice, Jecca revealed that her brother would be moving cities for school.
Oreiha felt a little saddened by the fact that a member of the gang would leave. But despite this Oreiha tried her best to comfort Jecca. Letting her nap next to her.
It was only a few more days until Gel would leave the city. They tried to spend as much time as possible with Gel. But each day that ticked away, he grew more and more despondent.
A few days prior to his departure Gel pulled Oreiha away from the group for a little bit. He then embraced her in his arms.
"I am gonna miss you Oreiha."
"You can always come back," Oreiha responded optimistically.
He playfully pulled on Oreiha's cheeks before headpatting a pouting Oreiha.
"Say, why did you fall inlove with me in the first place?"
Gel stood there and pondered. He then answered that ever since Maro became his friend and introduced Oreiha to him. He always thought of her as "Maro's sister". But after some time he spent with her he wanted to get to know her even more. He just loved how she laughed, how her expression changed during games and how cute she was.
"For all the little things that you do. That's why I like you."
Not expecting such a long explanation Oreiha cheeks flushed red. Her hands covered her face as she was filled with embarrassment. This was the first time she had someone tell her that.
The days were crossed from the calendar and a date was circled on it. It was the final day before Gel had to leave for another city. Maro decided to throw a mini party for him. Gel handed Oreiha a microphone and loaded up a song on the TV.
"Care for a duet?"
Everyone listened in as the both of them sang a song. As Oreiha finished up the last lyric everyone cheered and clapped their hands. Jecca and Gel decided to have a sleepover, to stay close to friends before they go.
Maro set up some blankets in the livingroom for Gel and Jecca. But later at night, Jecca snuck into Oreiha's room to sleep instead.
And on that very night, Oreiha thought about how lonely it would be not having a person who cared for her. She looked over at her bestfriend who was snoring and sighed.
But then she saw light entering through the door as it cracked open. She saw how Gel enter her room. With a finger on his lips signaling not to make any noise.
He sat down next to Oreiha on the bedside. Gel looked over towards his little sister.
"When she wakes up tomorrow I won't be here anymore, can you promise me one thing?"
Oreiha nodded with reassurance.
"Take care of her for me. Even if it doesn't seem like I care for her, I really do. She is just sometimes too much for me to deal with."
Oreiha rubbed Gel's head, trying to comfort him.
"Don't worry, she will be in pristine condition when you return."
In the darkness Oreiha could barely make out the contour of his smile and how he looked at her.
"Thank you Oreiha."
He put his hand around her head and let the weight of his body pull her down onto the bed.
Lying side by side. Eye by eye, he pulled her head closer and kissed her.
There is was, that feeling she felt back in at the aquarium. The adrenaline coursing through her blood, the oxytocin excreted, the dopamine bursting inside of her brain.
Her hand couldn't stop itself and moved automatically towards his head. She pulled his face even closer.
It moved so quickly that she didn't even realize him moving his face down towards her neck.
She felt the suction on her skin and how gently Gel was caressing her body. He finally lifted his head back up and stared at what was infront of him.
Suddenly she jumped as she felt pressure on her chest. Whilst kissing her he had moved his hand and was now squeezing her. She squirmed as she felt a carnal desire welling up inside of her. Not being able to hold in her moans, Gel went in with tongue to muffle the sounds she made.
His hand traveled down from her chest, rubbing against her sensitive stomach towards the end of her pajamas.
Unexpectedly, Gel felt a hand grabbing his hand before it reached its destination.
Oreiha quietly shook her head. Still in her delirious state she tried whisper inbetween breathes.
"Not… when.. she is next to us.."
Gel seemed to have lost his rationality. The words Oreiha had uttered wasn't getting through to him. The desire inside of him was too much and overruled all over senses.
His hand went down towards her thighs and that's when her grip over him loosened.
"Is it okay if I continue?"
Oreiha muttered and moaned out a no. But not being able to hear her properly, he thought that she said yes. With her loosening her grip strengthed his argument.
Once again he tried to reach towards that area but her hand extended back and stopped him before he could reach.
Gel thought she was playing one of those hard to get girls. Those girls who resisted and wanted the man to subdue them. So with one quick moment he moved both of her hands above her head and pinned them down with one hand.
Oreiha's legs curled up trying to deny his entry. She turned her head towards her best friend. Wanting to scream out for help. That she didn't want this to happen right next to her.
But the shame that would befall her would completely crush her if this was revealed. She saw Maro's disgusted reaction in her mind. Jecca leaving her because of what she did to her brother. Her friends abandoning her for being a sick pervert.
Those thoughts in her mind justified her not doing anything. Her muscles relaxed and he legs lowered themselves. She thought if this were to happen, it should be over as quick as possible. She had to endure it for her brother, her best friend, all of her friends she had worked so hard to get to know.
The following night would be the longest lasting night Oreiha ever felt in her life.