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“Why do you look so sad?” Camryn teased as they got to the door. “Will you miss me?”
“Of course not. Why would I miss you?” She pressed her key into the lock and opened the door. “You annoy me.”
But her brother wasn’t fooled. He laughed while dogging her footsteps into the house. “He he he. You’ll miss me.”
“No, I won’t.” She shook him off when he tried to put his around her shoulder. “Get away from me. You stink.”
“I know you love my stink.” Lifting his t-shirt, he tried to get her to smell him. “You luh me, don’t you?”
“Ew! No, I don’t. Go away.” She swatted him away all while running to the living room. Of course, her brother followed her.
The teasing continued for a while until they got tired. After her nighttime shower, she came to the living room so they could watch a movie together.
“I’m doing more hunting on Saturday.” Camryn proposed, “You wanna come with?”
“No, I’m doing something with a friend.”
“Which friend?” Camryn’s eyes lit up. “Niks.”
“No, not Nik… Anika.” Xolani corrected, “Stop calling her that. She hates the nickname.”
“Not when it’s me using it.” He continued, “So if not Niks, who? Justine?”
“No.”
“You don’t have any other_ Wait!” Camryn’s tone was filled with both humor and disbelief as he said, “Don’t tell me. Is it that ‘friend’ who just dropped you off?”
Xolani took a sip of her chocolate while avoiding her brother’s eyes. “Maybe.”
Her brother snorted then mocked, “Friend!”
“Shut up!” ordered Xolani, which only drew a laugh from her brother.
7
SATURDAY DAWNED BRIGHT, SUNNY, AND warm, like it had decided to make the day as beautiful as possible. Barry woke up with both excitement and nervousness fluttering within him.
It’s because of the festival, he lied to himself. But deep inside, he knew it was because he’d get to see Xolani.
Even though he’d last seen her on Wednesday, their last encounter remained fresh and vivid in his mind. Especially that hug! He still couldn’t forget how good it’d felt to have her in his arms.
Her intoxicating smell, her warmth, her softness, those curves…
He’d pulled away as soon as his body showed signs of appreciation, but it was already too late. That night and the nights after, she’d taken his dreams hostage.
If thoughts could be shown on a screen, his would definitely fall in the porn category. The number of times he’d imagined Xolani naked beneath him, atop him, and in front of him, were uncountable. Every morning he woke up sweaty and as hard as a steel rod.
The situation made Barry realize just how shameless he was. Here he was claiming they were just friends while having sex-dreams about her. But what could he do? He couldn’t make those dreams come true, but he wasn’t willing to let her go either. So friends it was.
‘What time should we meet?’ He shot her a text before he went to shower.
When he came back to his bedroom, her text was waiting for him. ‘Noon?’
He wished they could meet earlier, but her time was reasonable given that it was a food festival. Still wrapped in just his towel, he sat on the edge of his bed and texted her back. ‘Noon sounds good. Do you want me to pick you up?’
‘No. I’ll drive there,’ she texted back. ‘But thanks for offering.’
‘See you at noon.’ He ended their conversation.
