Love Bites

-Ziggy's POV -

"I can't find Xhem" Huzey informed us and stroke his nape with his hands. That was the first word he uttered as soon as he saw us in the hallway.

After we finished our dinner, he went to find Xhemin. Coach decided to drop by the university souvenir shop and I went with him because finding Xhem was not fun all. Also, she was old enough to handle herself. She might be younger than Huzey and I, but she sure was independent and tough that one could not easily lure her into danger.

"C'mon Huzey, don't be too strict with her. You both have been constantly calling her a tomboy and now that she's proven you wrong, you're suddenly guarding her every move. Also, she was only gone for an hour. Why don't you find a love life too and don't bother her?" Coach said trying to pacify Huzey's distress over the missing Xhem.

"I just don't trust that man..." he spoke with disgust and squinted his eyes. Well, Huzey had always acted as our big brother so I was not surprise of his actions.

"What do you think they are doing at this time?" I asked in a mischievous manner trying to lighten up the mood.

"Who?" Huzey responded not getting the thought of it.

"Xhemin and her boyfriend." I answered abruptly. I wiped my nose and winked at both of them. We were now heading to the quarters.

"You're not serious right?" Huzey responded trying to brush off my silliness.

"Well, aren't you guys curious? They just left without any trace."

"I bet they went to Xuxu." Coach knew that I was being silly and he joined the fun. Xuxu is popular cheap hotel for lovers here in the capital.

"Xuxu? What is that?" Huzey asked with curiosity. Huzey wasn't born in the capital unlike me, and his family was a paragon of good moral behavior. That's why he didn't have knowledge of these kind of stuff.

"It's a glorious place!" I exclaimed as I bursted into laughs.

Huzey knew then that we were fooling him so he stopped his inquiries. Mr. Gem and I were still laughing when we reached the stairs leading to the quarters. We bumped into to the San Sebastian team we met earlier. They were also done with dinner and were heading back to the quarters. We greeted each other and went on our way together.

"I think Xhem is not yet here coach." I glanced at Mr. Gem as soon as I saw that the room's light was still off. It was an indication that no one was inside yet. Since Huzey couldn't find Xhem outside the canteen, I already thought she would be here. I wondered where that lil' thug went to.

"Don't worry about her too much, I'm sure she's just around." Coach replied and checked the time in his watch. I could sense that he was also worried about the fact that Xhem was not yet here.

San Sebastian students went in first, followed by Huzey. The lights was turned on after a minute and Huzey called to someone.

"Xhem you are here! I was looking for—"

"WAAAHHH!" Someone from the flock of students inside shouted as soon as they turned their head to one corner in unison.

What happened? Huzey called on Xhem so she must be inside. Did something happened to her? Coach and I ran immediately to check on the ruckus!

A horrifying view stunned us for a moment!

Correction—

Not a horrifying view, but a sexy intimate scene!

I don't think the love birds made it to Xuxu. I can't help but laughed when I saw Xhemin's face.

I saw her in bed bending slightly over the man as if she wanted to kiss him. The man was lying still on the bed half-naked. He had no shirt and was only wearing jeans. From this view, it seemed that Xhemin was on top of him since her legs were wrapped around his body and her other hand was holding his thing.

Yeah. His thing!

Her eyes wandered in front of us, confused as to what in the world was happening and why was everybody screaming. Students exchanged gazes and some of them left the room immediately as if they saw something that they shouldn't have seen.

Much to her surprise, the man under her moved suddenly. She shifted her gaze from us to him and her eyes grew big in surprise! She didn't move but just blinked a couple of times as she couldn't believe that someone was in her bed!

"TAKE OFF YOUR HAND FROM MY THING!" The man barked loudly at her with a jutting chin. His voice contained something else, as if he was trying to control something.

Xhem jumped out of bed in an instant. Her face was really red. Darryl seemed like he just woke up from slumber. However, as he stood up I saw that his body was full of—are those kiss marks?

His pale skin glowed with small red marks all over it. He was half-naked so the marks were so obvious one can't help but notice. Beads of sweat were falling over his abdomen as if he had just gone a thorough exercise.

Did Xhem give those kiss marks? I looked at her with astonishment. She stood there motionless as she stared in disbelief. Her reaction drew a big laugh in my face. A minute probably had passed, before she snapped back to reality. She raised his head and of course you can already guess her next move.

"WAAAHHH!" she screamed loudly.

We all covered our ears.

--Xhemin's POV--

Suddenly the lights turned on in an instant. I saw the familiar faces of the San Sebastian students stepping in one by one—Huzey too.

"Xhem you're here! I've been looking for—" Huzey called but for some reasons he halted and gaped open in front of me.

His call made everyone turn to my side and just like Huzey, they were all stunned upon seeing me!

"WAAAHHH!" I heard someone screamed. What was happening?

"Oh look! The love birds are here!" Somebody from the crowd shouted.

"They needed a little bit of a privacy you see." Another one commented.

"So Darryl really love wild girls? From the looks it, the answer is yes!"Another someone added.

What were these kids talking about? Why were they talking about the beast when he was not even here? Also, why would he be here? This couldn't possibly be also his quarters!

Someone suddenly move beside me. Heck? I glanced at the pillow that I was hugging and caressing earlier. My jaw dropped when I saw the beast lying by my side without his shirt. How did he transport himself here?

"TAKE OFF YOUR HANDS FROM MY THING!" He lashed out at me. There was something more in his voice as if he was in pain and was trying to control something.

I leaped out the bed in an instant. I couldn't understand any of the things that were transpiring. Can somebody explained this to me? My nerves panicked as the current situation rushed to my senses! I fixed my gaze to him unable to move.

Didn't I say I had enough for today? This was another disaster. All our encounters were indeed doomed!

He looked like he just woke up from slumber. His eyes were reddish and he soaked in sweat. He stood up from the bed and heck—what was that I'm seeing?

Why was he full of kiss marks?

"Dude, I guess you like getting way too many love bites." People started teasing us. It was somebody from San Sebastian.

"Your girlfriend is indeed wild"

"Hey dude your taste of girls does serve you right"

Why did he have kiss marks? Did I make those? Was it because I touched him earlier? But it was only a touch, I did nothing else! A lot of feelings were rising within me that was about to explode. I was left helpless and was about to lose my sanity.

"WAAAHHH!" I screamed with all my strength trying to let go of all the emotions I had. Did I ever tell you guys I have the loudest scream? Well now, you know!

All of them covered their ears. Some left the room as they could not withstand it.

"WAAAHHH!" I shouted again after my last scream.

"SHUT THE FUCK OFF!" He barked at me aggressively. I swallowed my last scream and shut up. His face was squelching in anger that made my knees tremble. He looked at me with a laser-sharp gaze.

Suddenly, someone punch him in surprise! It was Huzey!

BLAAAG!

"What did you to her?" Huzey gnashed his teeth as his blow landed on the beast's face.

The beast fell on the bed beside him. He stood immediately and was about to fight back when a male coach came to stop him. Ziggy also ran to Huzey and got a hold of him, making sure he could not attack further. All had happened in a flash I didn't have time to react!

"Why don't you ask her what she did to me?" The beast retorted in rage.

"Why me? I don't know what you are doing in my bed!" I almost cried as I shouted back at him. Why was he so mean to me? This beast was really something. He even managed to put the blame on me.

"Stop it all of you!" Mr. Gem reprimanded. His loud voice was enough to silence all of us.

"Can you guys not shout at least? You are all so intense!" Ziggy said in his attempt to appease everyone. "We can't sort this out if you guys are like that."

After moments of silence the previous hot atmosphere slowly cooled down. Ms. Lim asked everyone to leave the quarters. She must have thought that this was a sensitive matter that needed some confidentiality. She also brought Huzey with her because his present self would do nothing to alleviate the situation.

"What exactly happened?" The San Sebastian coach asked our explanation after everyone left.

"I went here to rest. I can't sleep comfortably with lights on, so I left the lights off. I lay on the bed and hug the pillow to take a nap. But when you guys came in and turned on the lights, I realize it wasn't a pillow." I started explaining myself. I was sitting on the bed opposite to the beast and his coach.

"Are you sure with that?" Ziggy asked with a playful grin. He was teasing me obviously.

"Do you want me to punch you like Huzey did to him?" I gave him a black look to stop him from his ludicrous folly.

"No, I don't want punches. I want love bites like those." He pointed his lips towards the beast's direction.

"I'm not the one who made those!"

"You are the one who made these!" the beast answered and that surprised everyone, specially me. Was he faking it? What was he up to now? I didn't remember doing those.

"What are you talking about?" I looked at him helplessly. "How come it was me? Don't even try to invent things over! We both know I did nothing, I just... I just hugged you."

I struggled over my last sentence. I lowered my face trying to hide away my humiliation. How could I be that careless? I should have known that it wasn't a pillow.

"—with a nasty hug though!" Ziggy added without hesitation. "Why are you even denying it? Your boyfriend already admitted to your crime. Also, you don't have to be ashamed of any of these, it's normal for couples to be intimate." He added as let go of a small nasty laugh.

"Yeah that's—" Coach attempted to agree but I cut him off.

"Coach!" I scowled. Why were my teammates being thickheaded? Did it not dawn on them that this was a very weighty predicament?

"I was just kidding dear. Just trying to lighten up the mood. Relax okay?" He retreated and started being serious. "Mr. Lagdameo are you sure my Xhemin did those? How did she do it? Is her performance good enough? Did she satisfy you? I'm really sorry she is still an amateur to things—"

"Coach!" I yelled at him again.

"Okay, okay!" He looked at me waving his two hands in the air as a sign of total retreat.

"Mr. Lagdameo, why don't you tell them the truth! Tell them that I didn't made those marks!" I begged him. Since my teammates were not taking it seriously, I implored him to explain it. If only Huzey was here.

"Why would I tell a lie? It's the truth! You did these!" He answered and combed his hair as if he was frustrated of something.

"No I did not!"

"Yes you did! You made these earlier when we talked downstairs"

"What?"

What was he talking about? I did those earlier downstairs? I tried to collect my memories. I scanned every details of our encounter earlier.

◘--Flashback--◘

"Caught you!" I sneered and in millisecond managed to move my free hand into his firm body. As soon as he realized that something was off, I successfully pinched his sides that made him fidget.

"Hey! Wait! AHHH!" He screamed as he twitched to and fro.

"Stop it! It stings!" he yelled at me once again as he tried to avoid my pinch attacks.

◘------End------◘

I bit my lower lip as soon as I figured it out. He was right. I was really the culprit behind those marks.

"Don't tell me those are pinch marks?" I asked trying to confirm my thoughts.

"Obviously they are. What else could they be?" He smirked. He was obviously miffed.

"Pinch marks? You mean those are not kiss marks?" Ziggy asked with a crumpled face.

"Yeah, I pinch him earlier after we left the canteen. I was so angry I couldn't help but overdo it." I admitted as I gave Ziggy a glance.

"Why are you in her bed?" This time his coach asked him. "Didn't I instructed you kids to stick to your bed assignments?" He asked him in a calm manner as if he was afraid of scolding him.

"I don't have a bed assigned to me. I just planned to rest while waiting for you. I don't have plans of staying. Also, I thought these were extra beds, never thought they were taken already. I'm not aware we are sharing this room with them." He explained unfeelingly.

"And why is your shirt of?" Ziggy asked trying to clear all the loopholes.

"It's hot here and the pinch sores" He glanced at me, "It's still her fault."

There. He blamed me again and that made me furious! Why did I even have a crush on this beast? He cared nothing but himself! Oh yes, I just admitted I had a crush on him just now and at the same time I'm withdrawing my statement. He didn't deserve any of my admiration!

"Fine! It's my fault, it's always my fault. It always go that way right? Happy now?" I lashed at him. My hands balled into a tight grip.

I didn't wait for them to react. I grabbed my bag that was full of my clothes and left the room. I needed a bath to cool down. Anymore of this might make me kill someone. Someone with the name Darryl.