Suddenly, he felt two soft orbs pressing against his chest and arms wrap around him. Instead of a sharp pain on his cheek, he felt the warm and soft body of a girl press against his, closely. Karyn's head rested on his shoulder. Completely taken back by the subversion of his expectations and Karyn's action here, he just stood there with his arms in the air for a while.
"Wha... wha... Karyn, but why? I... I assaulted you basically. You never gave consent. I just kind of did what I felt like without thinking of the consequences. Why are you...?"
"Shhh! Quit it already," Karyn mumbled into his shirt. "This swap wouldn't have happened anyway if I didn't give you consent, right? They were supposed to act like us. Who knows what happened, but I won't question it. It's nothing like you think it is. I'm okay. Really. I just... what you did to me, it came out of nowhere. No harm done, I was just a little shocked, that's all."
"R... Really? You're not mad? But... you were just talking about how it was rape that I had sex while in her body and all that!"
"Oh damn it, Jon! Do you really think there's a law for swapping bodies?! It was a lie! I just... I-I just..."
"Karyn...?"
She pushed herself off of Jon but still held on to his shoulders in an assertive fashion. She was now facing him, with an even deeper shade of red painting her cheeks.
"FINE! It's no use running away anymore if you keep pushing like that anyway."
She had to look away. It was too embarrassing after all.
"Jon, I wasn't mad because of some non-existent law or whatever. It's just... you had sex with someone else. That's the issue."
Jon finally began to grasp the situation and now he was the one caught off guard.
"Wait wait wait wait, you're implying that...?"
"SHUT UP! Shut up..." she squealed, bringing herself to look him dead into the eyes once again.
"Give me the stone. I want the Stone, Jon."
"O-Okay..." he said, handing over the stone which was still in his possession up until now. He trusted Karyn, but wasn't able to pin point what was going on. Was she mad after all?
"Listen, don't try to go and fix anything. Not communicating with each other has brought us into difficult situations before and now that this much power is involved in the form of this stone, we can't keep that up like before. I'm taking the stone for now, just to prevent you from doing something stupid again in a vain attempt to fix something that doesn't need fixing. Now give me a second and be quiet."
She sighed heavily and breathed in and out deeply a few times without looking at Jon. After getting back her composure, she faced him yet again. This time, she cupped his cheeks in her hands, putting him into a frantic blush.
"I told you to stop doing what you were doing, but the truth is that I didn't want it to stop. Not just because it felt good, but because it was you that did it. I was mad that you had sex with someone else, even if it was in a different body. You had sex with someone else... besides me. Do you get it? I like you Jon. No, I love you. This is a stupid moment for this but I can't keep running any longer from how I feel. Damn it, this is embarrassing..." Karyn confessed, as she tried to bury her face into Jon's chest to hide her embarrassment, but this time, Jon knew what to do. He pushed her away, just far enough to signalize her to not hide on his chest, and then cupped her cheeks like she did a moment ago. His facial expression shifted from one of uncertainty to one of confidence. He closed his eyes and kissed her on the lips.
Writer's comment: Been a while since I've written anything. Feel free to leave constructive feedback or just any comments on whether you liked it or what you think. It does encourage us writers and shows us that what we do is appreciated.
