Chapter Ten [Malcolm]

                                    

                                          
    When Kore and I enter our room I look over at him and chuckle. My chuckle earns a look of confusion from Kore. I grab his bags and put them down by the bed then turn to him. 
    "We finally got a room all to ourselves," I smirk down at him and he blushes and smirks up at me. 
    "It appears that way." He comes closer to me and puts his hands against my chest. 
    "Are we about to do boyfriend things? Because we're boyfriends?" I tease him and he blushes.
    "Was I really that cheesy back there?" He laughs as I nod. He pushes me back onto the bed and moves into my lap. "Is this an okay touch? If I'm being honest, with all the stuff that happened today I'm not in the mood to go all the way, but I still want to play around."
    "This is more than an okay touch. That's fine. I uhm, haven't ever done anything like that before..." I chuckle. 
    "Really?" he asks and holds my face in his hands. I can feel my face heating up, my whole body feels like it's on fire.
    "Yeah, I mean you're the first person that I've felt this way towards." My hands trace up his hips and rest on his waist. I can feel him shiver.
    "I've definitely done it before." He chuckles. "I mean you've seen what I read." 
    "I mean I haven't Seen  it... but yeah." I laugh as his face gets closer to mine.
    "I should show you some time then." He leans forward and kisses me. 
    I felt a bit shocked at first, even though I saw it every step of the way, it doesn't feel real. I mean I have him in my arms right now. We both close our eyes and melt into the kiss. He giggles and pulls back.
    "You weren't kidding when you said you've never done this before." he smirks.
    "Am I that bad?" I look down and smile, slightly embarrassed.
    "No! Not bad! You're just learning." He lifts my chin up and gives me a bright smile and kisses me again, this time more quickly. "I can teach you if you'd like."
    I nod and we go in for another kiss. His hands trace the back of my neck up into my hair where he tugs and plays with it. Another blast of warmth shoots through my body. I feel myself moan a little bit from the tugging in my hair. 
   "I really love the way you make that noise." He looks down at me smirking.
    We go back to kissing. I flip us so he's leaning against the bed and I'm above him. My lips travel from his lips to his neck. His hands are still tangled in my hair. I hear him moan a bit. 
    "Just don't leave marks." He relaxes in my arms and closes his eyes enjoying this small moment together. 
    "I won't." I reassure him. 
    I could stay like this for hours, and we probably did. When we finally went to bed it was around midnight and when I wake up the next morning I realize how messy we look from the night before. Even though all of our clothes stayed on, my hair was tangled and his dress was wrinkled and I think I may have accidentally torn a part to the cape. It's nothing I can't mend once I find a needle and thread. 
    Kore's eyes slowly open and he smiles at me. Gods I love this. I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of waking up beside him. He reaches up and puts a hand on my cheek and brushes my hair out of my face. 
    "Goodmorning lover." Kore says. His voice is lower with sleep still dripping from it. I kiss the palm of his hand. 
    "I like that name." I grab his wrist gently and slide my hand into his, bringing my lips to the back of his hand. 
    "Yeah? What are you going to call me?" He looks so happy and my heart melts for him. 
    "I was thinking I would just stick with Bunny." I smile and he blushes. "It's not a sexual thing. Sue and I call you bunny. I'm surprised you never knew about it."
    "How did that name even start?" He laughs. He looked like a god or a goddess with the morning light hitting him. 
    "Well, you bounce when you walk, your hair is curly and reminded us of a bunny's tail, and your nose twitches." I laugh and he rolls his eyes playfully. "Need I continue?"
    "No!" He laughs and playfully pushes on my chest. "You made your reasoning quite clear!" 
    I laugh and start to tickle him. He squirms and laughs. His hands fly up and press on my chest, trying to get me to stop. I laugh and grab his hands and pin them above him.
    "Stop!" he laughs and giggles. He pants trying to catch his breath and blushes. "Malcolm..."
    "Hm?" I rest my chin on his chest and smile at him. 
    "You're still pinning me down," he smirks.
    "Do you want me to stop?" I raise an eyebrow at him returning his smirk.
    "No..." He sighs. "However, we can't spend all day here. We have a lot to do. We also need to go check on Sue."
    I nod and let him sit up. I wish we could stay here too. I want to ask him about Simon, remembering yesterday. 
    "Hey Kore... can I ask you about Simon?" I tilt my head.
    "Yeah..." Kore hugs his knees looking down. "I know you're probably confused."
    "So that guy was your ex?" I hold Kore's hand and he nods to answer my question. "He cheated on you right?"
    "Yeah. With some of my friends." He looks up at me. "Listen, Malcolm... I know it seemed out of line to get so angry yesterday, it was to the point that I almost got violent... but he didn't just cheat on me. He would get really drunk and do and say all these horrible things..."
    "Like what?" I ask and he looks away. I panic slightly. "Wait! I'm sorry! That was really intrusive! You don't have to answer." 
    Kore laughs and looks at me. I don't think he's going to answer, at least not right now, but he seems happy about something. I tilt my head to show my interest. 
    "What happened to you? Before we had to run you used to be closed off, but since we've been on the run you've almost seemed happier." He ruffles my hair once again.
    "It's just easier for me to exist as myself when I'm in the middle of chaos." I grab his hand again as he was pulling it away from my hair and kiss his knuckles. "I also finally have a reason to be happy now that I'm with you. I also don't want miscommunication to be the reason I ruin something, so I'm trying to be more open. Even though it's scary."
    In truth, it was terrifying to be this open, and I keep waiting for it to backfire. Even though Kore and I are now dating I have to fight myself not to close off again. I squeeze his hand and smile. He nods and smiles back.
    "I'm just glad you're open with me." He hugs me.
    We finally convince ourselves to get out of bed and get ready. Val had brought us a spare change of clothes so we changed into those and headed down for breakfast. When we arrive everyone is already eating.
    "There you two are!" Sue smiles at us. 
    "Sorry to keep everyone waiting!" Kore sits beside her and eats his food. I sit across from him, next to Maya, and eat my food. I notice Simon is sitting further away with an older couple, who I'm assuming are Mr. and Mrs. Holts. 
    Val sits by Kore and smiles at everyone and eats her food. She looks at Maya and signals something to her. They speed up eating and disappear down the hallway. I wonder what that was about.
    "So uh... Kore. You and Malcolm sounded like you were busy last night." Sue mumbles to us. I feel my face heat up and a shoot her a glare.
    "We weren't that loud." Kore laughs. 
    "No, but we shared a wall so I did hear your giggles all night." She raises her fork to point at him. "I'm glad you two are finally admitting your feelings for one another."
    "Me too." Kore smiles and looks at me.