Feels Good To Be Loved

"So after a full week we haven't discovered any of your superpowers except for the fact that you can't bleed," Larry said.

The Grandmaster wanted one person from each group to teach me but the telekinesis group refused because of what I did to their other member their reason is, that they saw me be a freak since I couldn't bleed but Larry came in my defense and the price he paid is that he was knocked out of the telekinesis group, not knocked out exactly but the members don't see him be part of the group, Master Blue says he will find a solution to it.

"I know right, I'm even scared because if I know nothing of my powers I will surely lose the match," I replied

"Don't be too hard on yourself, we will figure it out together" Larry said in an encouraging voice.

"But bro, thanks for what you've done for me so far, standing up for me and all that you've been doing for the past week," I said.

"It's nothing, I just don't do that type of favor but I see something special in you, that's why I did it " Larry again saying what he had been telling me for the past week.

He has put so much faith in me that I'm even scared that I might let him down because I don't see anything special about me.

"So we have tried to make you angry but it didn't work, we've tried everything I'm the books but we end up with nothing," Larry complained.

"There is still more time because the blood moon festival is three weeks from now," I said to motivate him.

"Yeah, I know," he said.

"Still no progress?" Samuel said.

He is from the telepathic group, he raised his hand when the Grandmaster wanted someone from their group to teach me. An excellent teacher if you ask me, he is the one teaching me martial arts skills.

"Yh" Larry replied shamefully.

"Oh sorry to hear that then Nick let go for another round or you are scared to get your ass kicked," he said with a smile.

"You know I don't bleed," I said with an even wider smile.

He wanted to surprise me with a sweeper kick but I jumped and tried to connect with a kick of my own but his reflexes saved him. He looked at me and changed his tactics this time he came with a punch, I started dodging all of the punches but leaving my body exposed for his leg to do damage to me, he is so fast and deadly when attacking you.

I don't know if he reads my mind whilst we are fighting. He connected a heavy blow to my cheek and I went back.

"Christ, Nick focus, and yes you are right, I read your mind that's why none of your punches are doing damage to me". Samuel complained

"I can't help myself, don't tell me that I should fight you without thinking, it's impossible" I defended myself.

"Well, if you want to win a fight against a person with telepathic ability that's what you have to do," he said.

"Then help me, after all that's why you are here," I said.

"Well I'm here to teach you how to fight and prepare you in terms of physical strength, not mental strength, and even if I wanted to, I can't" he replied.

"Try to go to our library, you will find a couple of books about mental strength it might be useful" he suggested.

"Sure, will do so," I said

"Then that's all for today, we will meet again tomorrow," Samuel said and left.

"Larry I have to go to practice so I'll see you tomorrow," I said.

"Kk, I will try to do more research and will fill you in tomorrow," he said as he focused on what he was reading.

I left for my room and got dressed up for the basketball practice, I wore my Air Jordan 4 Retro, my father bought it for me when I won the title with my basketball team back in high school.

I stepped down on the basketball court and went straight to the coach

"I want to be part of the team," I told him.

He looked at me it was more like he was examining me

"The Jordan 4 Retro, not bad, we need more players after all join the other team for a quick match," he said as he blew the whistle for the game to begin.

As usual, I took my time to look at my opponent, how they walked, and how quick they were on the ball and off the ball, after gathering all the information I needed I went to my position, and I played the shooting guard position.

The coach blew the whistle for the match to begin, the person I was supposed to guard was taller than me but I was faster than him and for me, that's more than OK. The guy I'm guarding made it so easy for me because he barely calls for the ball I believe he has lost his confidence.

The first team to reach 5 points wins even if you shoot a 3 point it's still considered as one and sadly my team was not that good, the score now is 4:2 against my team. I called for a timeout and decided to step up,

"Kk, guys listen from now our defense will be close body contact and we will try to do the double team at the right time to force the team to lose possession and our attack just leave it to me just set me the screen when I call for it, hope you guys understand," I said.

They nodded their head.

We went back to the game, we were the ones defending now, and to my relief, the team listened to me as they forced the team out of possession due to the double team, they gave the ball to me and I called for the screen, I shot the ball when the person guarding me was caught on the screen. And I scored we are down by one point. And again we forced the team out of possession due to the double team. They passed the ball to me, I reached the opponent side of the court and started sizing my opponents, I did a quick crossover to the left, then I followed it up with a crossover to the right which made him lose his balance, I faked a shot and he jumped to block it, I took that opportunity to attack the rim, one guy left my teammates open as he tried to close me down, I passed the ball to my teammates and he re-payed me by scoring.

People started clapping since the basketball was in the middle of the building, everybody could see what was going and the clapping forced a lot of people out of their rooms to see what was going on.

We were defending again but this time the double team was not helping us because they were passing the ball around quickly.

This time, the person I was guarding started running around so that he could also attempt to do something. Their outstanding player who has scored all 4 points for them is the one with the ball now, he called for a screen and my teammate was caught, one of my teammates tried to guard him but he dribbled past him like he was nothing, now is left with him and the rim and he was running for it lucky for me I was close because his teammates have got me running nonstop, I run after him and blocked the ball out of bounds from behind.

My teammates couldn't help but clap for me. They had the ball and decided to throw it to their outstanding player but one of my teammates anticipated the pass and intercepted it, I took that opportunity and made the run for it, my teammates saw me running and threw the ball to me for the fast break to begin, I caught the ball and did the historic Jordan dunk that I failed when I tried it the last time but I didn't fail this time as I won for my team. I looked at our coach and I saw him clapping along with those who were watching. We went back to the coach and all the coach was saying was how good I was and how I had elevated the team with my presence.

"Um....coach" I interrupted him

"I want to say something, can I?" I asked.

"Sure, why not," he said.

I stepped forward and started talking

"I believe we all know of the legend Kobe Bryant, he is my role model though he is dead I still see him to be my role model, he has this mentality he calls "the mamba mentality" he tells his teammates that he is the best and he owns the court and if any of you has a problem then we have to go one on one to settle it" I stopped to look at my teammates.

"That's what I'm going to do tonight, I'm the best here and I own that court and if any of you have a problem" I picked the ball and stood on the basketball court "Let's settle it here," I said.

My teammates were staring at each other but they couldn't get up to challenge me except for the the guy who played outstandingly well for the other team.

He is the same height as me, fair, and has a big palm which makes him get a firm grip on the ball.

"You got balls to challenge everyone in the team like that," he said in a deep voice.

"What can I say, I know what I'm capable of," I said as I looked at him straight in the eye.

I threw the ball to him.

"The first person to reach three points wins," I said.

"Show me what you got old man" I mocked.

He looked at me and smiled.

He started sizing me up and did a quick hesitation, one I was not expecting which got me stuck as he dribbled past me and dunked it hard.

"Don't worry young man, old man will take it easy on you" he said as he threw the ball to me.

I took the ball and started bouncing it and at the same time staring at his foot, damn he has good footwork.

I did a quick hesitation and tried to dribble past him, but he saw what I was trying to do and followed me, I came to a quick stop and because of the speed he just went past me.

I smiled at him and shot the ball it went straight through and I scored.

"Thanks for taking it easy on me old man," I said.

Now I'm the one guarding him, he started bouncing the ball around and I followed him so close that he had to do a post-move

"I believe basketball was not popular in your days, you play like a 3-year-old kid" I trash-talked him.

He did the Michael Jordan post move and shot the ball, and he scored.

"And you guard like a 9 months baby" he trask talked back.

I took the ball and started playing around with the baseball after doing a few tricks I faked moving to the left he followed me like a mad man and I took that opportunity to go right, he quickly came back to defend me but I did a quick spin move to the left and dunked on him.

"You just got dunked, old man" I shouted on top of my voice.

"Hope you guys are watching, now you know I own this court," I said to my teammates.

Now the only problem I have is that I have to stop him from scoring because if he scores it is game over.

He started bouncing the ball trying all different ways to get it past me not knowing I was focusing on my defensive side right now.

He took a step back and started bouncing the ball, he attempted to dribble to the left and did a double step back and shot the ball but he missed it, I rebounded it.

Now I guess he has to worry about his defensive side.

"You know, James Harden will be embarrassed trying to do his signature move so poorly like that," I said.

"Let me take you to school and show you how to do a good double step back" I continued trash-talking.

Never knew I had good handles, I dribbled like a god, I dribbled to the left and did a double step back but I faked the shot, he jumped but with cautious so he was able to follow me easily when I was attacking the rim because he was all focused on how to close me down I took that opportunity to do a quick step back and shot the ball, it hit the side of the rim and went through.

"And that's how to do a good double step back old man," I said as I lifted my hand to appreciate all the cheers the fans were giving me.

"I told u to own this court, if you still doubt let's settle everything here" I called out another challenge but this time nobody challenged me they knew I was the best.

"With that out of the way, we will talk about our tactics, and our captain and we will run a couple of plays next time we meet," the coach said "Until then, next time".

"Hey," I approached the only guy who was able to stand up to me.

"I'm sorry if you took it personally but when I'm on the court I see everything to be a challenge I have to overcome," I said.

"I understand and I kinda like it,

my name is Shawn" he extended his hand.

"Nicklas" I took his hand.

We walked and talked about basketball when I got to the third floor they'd already given me the nickname"lil Jordan" I would have preferred"lil Kobe" but who am I to say so?

"Lil Jordan, Lil Jordan" the guys chanted and I saw a couple of females giving me that look and that moment will always be one of the best moments in my life.

I parted ways with Shawn, took a hot shower, and hung around with the guys, around 9 pm we heard a knock on the door Seth opened the door and looked back at me

"She is here," he said.

I knew who he was talking about.

Ruth and I have been going too fast if you will ask me, we've been surprisingly close these past days though we know nothing about each other, I think I will take the blame for that, it started the first day I dialed my number on her phone and she did so with mine. She sent me a message on WhatsApp later in the day, and we chatted for a while, then the following day I joked that I wanted food and she kinda took it seriously, I didn't show up to eat the food, I think she was angry but she said she was not angry. So I took her out the following day to compensate, I took that opportunity to know her, I found out that she was dating before she came to school but they broke up because the guy cheated on her.

And since then we have become so close.

"Hey, how you doing" I said.

"I'm good, saw what you did today," she said

"You never told me that you are good at basketball". She complained.

"What can I say I wanted to surprise you with my moves," I said with a smile.

She came to sleep with me on my bed, then I noticed that my roommates had left the room without me even noticing. I let a little smile they never fail me.

"So tell me how was your day" I said as I kissed her shoulder.

"Well..." She talked for 20 minutes as I continued kissing her shoulder, stopped for a while, and moved up to her cheeks and I started kissing her.

"Are you listening?" she asked.

" I wish I was but, your lips got me twisted," I said as I leaned in and started kissing her. Her lips were not smooth and at the same time not that rough, it felt good, her salty tasted lips got me on a different edge and as she placed her hand on my cheek, the heat coming from her hand got my hair stood up as I intensified the kiss, I placed my hand on her boobs and gently squeezed it, she let out a little moan and I continued kissing her.

It was time for the real deal, so I gently removed her top and slowly removed her bra, placed my tongue on her nipples, and started licking it, as I was licking it I started removing her trousers, halfway done.

"Nick, Nick I need your help" Kendrick shouted as he was knocking on the door like crazy.

At first, I decided to ignore him but he kept on knocking on the door and Ruth told me to check what he wanted.

I slightly opened the door and told him I'm busy

"I need your help," he said desperately.

I looked back and saw that Ruth had dressed up and told me it OK

"Ruth, how are u doing," Kendrick said

"I'm fine" she replied and she took her leave.

Kendrick entered the room and I asked him what he wanted as soon as I said it he started laughing, he laughed and fell on the bed

"Nothing," he said" I just wanted to destroy whatever you were doing"

And that moment I got really angry, I felt something strange happening, I looked Kendrick straight in the eye and as soon as I did that, I saw fear written all over his face, he fell to his knees and started pleading for mercy.

The way he was talking it's like I was the one doing it and I don't know how to make it stop.