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Jie

I sit down right next to him

Then our mouths are on one another’s the very next second

Ji ainst th of the last one

I’ve probably dreamed of his moment ten thousand times

This is better than any of those ten thousand times

Except I never quite picturedhi up and down my back as my pal up my body in half a push-up as I keep my lips on his Our heads tilt one way and the other, each of our kisses growing more frustrated and desperate as the last one, like we can never quite ht position to completely satisfy ourselves

We just can’t seery attempt at perfection

Has he wanted this as badly as I have?

Where were the signs?

Did I miss each and every one of them?

At once, he lets go ofhands as our lips separate He stares intofor me

I’ht here

His fingers adjust to acaress, and then he runs a hand through ht by my ear

I’ Ji football like his brother did

Just a side thought, a totally uniht

And then his hand clasps the back of my head and draws me in for another kiss

And once again, I’m his prisoner

“Jiainst his lips as we kiss

“I don’t knohat I’ainstof our lips

“You’re kissin’ me,” I breathe back

“Mmm, I know that, smartass”

I love how croaky and gruff his words come out when he calls ood”

“You do, too,” he ainst my lips

We make out so much, I lose track of time I’m not even aware that time exists I don’t count seconds or htly and I end up on the bed next to him, our bodies turned on their sides as we continue to kiss uninhibitedly Maybe we’ve beenout for ten solid minutes I wouldn’t know Our hands caress one another’s backs, and we both keep grinding our hips at one another’s, like we can’t h