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Her chest rises in a deeper inhale “Should we buy soe

“But, string bean, you have enough rope to climb with”

Her face flushes “You knohat I mean”

“Do I?” I’ her a hard time, but I can’t help it

“Kits—”

“What would you need the rope for?” I want to hear her say it The air thickens between us, arousal brewing

“I want to knohat it feels like” She glances down to her wrists where ht “I like when you do this”

I step closer Our bodies flush up against each other, and I bend down just slightly so that our lips are a breath away “Do you like when I kiss you?” I wonder

“Yeah I like that, too” She pulls back to see my eyes “Do you like when I kiss you?’

“Sulli,” I groan and lean into her lips, kissing her deeply in a better reply She sinks into me Her back knocks into one of the canoes, and while we kiss, I step her to the side so they don’t tumble Crickets chirp loudly around us

I could stay in this moment forever Never leave

Never really want to

But then I hear a voice that punctures my reality Rips me from it

“I’d say I hate to interrupt, but I don’t And I need to talk to my cousin for a second”

Sulli and I break apart

Shit

In her shock—at the sight of Charlie fucking Cobalt—she stumbles into the rack of canoes

They all go down like Jenga pieces Too quickly to even try to right the on Sulli Canoe upside-down, Sulli and I hold it above us, our pure shock on each other

How did Iin the store?

I easeto reassure her But her cousin just saw usout—this is bad Another canoe drops on top of the one we’re holding

Sulli and I support the impact, but I hear a louder crack

We look up and see the large fissure

“You can put the canoe on your business card,” Sulli tells me

I’d laugh if behind the canoe wasn’t a complete shit show