Enemies With Benefits

CHAPTER 15: CANDY SHOP

I carefully watch Wintyr’s back muscle as he runs back into the court, piking up his bag after being bombarded by the boys coming his way and looking over to me 'Great they're talking about me' I look away peaking time to time to see him distributing fist bumps to his friends  

 ‘Thank god’ I breathe out forgetting what I was doing when I notice a shirt on him but I didn't really know if I was really relived?  Hmmm…..

“Why did you stop playing ball? I didn't mean to interrupt, I just came to give you your school work that you missed today” I frown as he approaches me ready to leave "Huh" He begins He looking down into my hands “So where's the work then?” I suck my lip in taken aback by his great question “Well it’s on your desk” I cringe as his brows furrow confused

“What?” “Well I thought you were actually sick, so I come to check on you, then I dropped the work on your desk since you weren't there and-” I stop when he holds his hand out for me to stop "What?" I ask worriedly "Wait" He rubs his chin thinking for a while “That's cool thanks” I nod not knowing how to respond “But what did you tell my mum?” He grabs my attention again "Nothing" I say in a high pitch tone "Gabriella?" “She’s going to find out you skipped Wintyr” I breathe out “What did you tell her?” He repeats seriously pushing his hair back angrily 

“I didn’t tell her anything” He scratches the back of his head not convinced "Seriously I didn't say a thing" I reassure him, he examines my face for a while then let's out a breath “Good, don’t need an earful of that tonight” “Your dads going to find out too” “I don't care, a f!ck can be flying right now and I still will not care” He explains and I roll my eyes at his explanation “Right, right” I c ross my hands over my chest also pretending not to care whilst I watch Wintyr send a message on his phone

“Here, I can help” I take the towel Wintyr was using to wipe his face and help him pat down so he could focus on his phone which he allows me to do “Just wipe all the sweat?” I ask and he nods awkwardly, but I still do it leaning close towards his face to get a better view 

“Done?” He asks randomly and I stop, accidentally looking straight into his eyes but before I could make another move, Wintyr snatched the towel from me spinning himself around and letting out a small cough “Thanks” Her rubs the back of his neck looking up at the sky "No prob-lem" I say slowly weirded out by how he just acted

“Do you wanna ball?” He changes the topic quickly, pointing to his ball still not looking at me “I don't ball” “Don’t be stupid Gabriella” He now looks at me "Basketball" "Oh really, I didn't know" He goes behind me pushing me towards an empty court 

“I don't wanna" I whine but he tuts "Don't be a party pooper, it's the least you owe me for convincing my boys you weren't a crazy stalker watching me" I stand up straight quickly clearing my throat "they thought that?" I look back at him peaking to his friends that were just playing away "Maybe" I think for a while then look into his amused eyes

"What does the winner get?” He smiles at my question throwing his arm around my neck "I dunno, what were you thinking” He looks down at me but I was more grossed out by his sweat all over me “Gross" I take his arm off me causing his smile to grow wider "I got one" He clicks his fingers "Winner gets one special wish at any time?” His eyebrows raise suggestively “Fair” I agree quickly as my mind was completely blank from other gifts he had not given me

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“That’s totally not fair” We stop as the sky becomes dark losing track of time, even some of the boys from the other court had left but I didn't realise until we stopped playing “No a deals a deal, you have to grant me one wish” My shoulders sag in defeat still trying to catch my breath "But you're really good" "You knew what you were getting into when you wanted to play me" He says cockily making my jaw drop "d**k" I mumble "What was that?" He stops looking at me “I said looking forward to it” I sarcastically say, with a very sarcastic smile “I’ll win next time” I say making him a promise but he just nods his head clearly not agreeing with me

“Should we get going now?” He asks scoring another hoop effortlessly “Mhm” I mumble tiredly "Come here sleepy" He gets his things then runs up to me wrapping his muscular sweaty arm around me again before I dropped dead "I can walk" I lazily push him away "No, come on, it's cool" He holds me up leading me to his car "I'm not a doll you can just drag around" I hum into his chest and he scoffs "My cars not far come on" He leads us to his car which was parked a little far from where we were “Thank you” I finally say resting on him because I'm sure if he hadn't have had a hold on me right now I would have definitely passed out, 

I’m never doing this again

“So how was school without me?” He helps open the passenger door, carelessly letting me go “Better” He scoffs at my reply as I catch myself from falling “Whatever” He pushes me in roughly and I now fall into the chair "D!ck!" I backhand punch him and he laughs to himself holding his chest

I put my seatbelt on then look at him angrily when he gets in “Sorry about yesterday by the way” He starts the engine but I continue to glare at him waiting for an elaboration of his random 'sorry' 

“-For not speaking up, I know that’s why you were mad at me” I look away from him not wanting to apologise too “You seem to not like confrontation” I point out but he just looks ahead “Something like that, yeah” “Then you went off with Yvlen….” He licks his lips nervously when I add “Yeah I also did that too” He quietly admits slightly embarrassed 

“She just wanted to have a talk- again, about why we broke up but I really had no answer for her” He finally looks at me "Why did you guys break up?" He shrugs “I broke up with her" I nod "She just done things that made me not like her anymore but I don’t know how to tell her that without sounding judgmental or like a total d**k” He states emotionless starting the engine calmly. I bit the inside my mouth wanting to scream at him to just tell her what he told me but I just breathe out knowing it wasn't my place

Well, that’s how relationships end....cause of lack of communication 

 “She just wants closure” I add knowing it was agitate me if I didn't say "Just saying" Wintyr sighs rubbing his face “I know. Everyone says that but I don't know” I look ahead agreeing with 'everyone' “I think her seeing us may make her feel worse, so until you give her what she needs, maybe we should act normal in front of her?” He thinks about my preposition for a while then nods slowly “Cool, if thats what you want”

“So you didn’t break up with me then?” I roll my eyes as he finally moves out his parking space “Why does everyone think we broke up?” He shrugs “You got pretty pissed yesterday” “So? Couples fight all the time”

“Yeah you're right” He snorts “Thanks for coming to find me too” He places his hand on my thigh so I remove my eyes out my window and look at him “I was a bit lonely today” He says still looking ahead of the road “No problem, should we get ice cream? I heard that a real cure for people with loneliness” I hold his hand squeezing it and he nods “Not sure that's a real disorder" I stick my tongue out at him "I’ll pay since you beat me” I play with his fingers “Aye that's not my wish though" He takes his hand away from me "Yeah yeah I know" He smiles then holds out his hand for me to take again 

"You have really nice hands" I give him a fake compliment happy that things were going me way "Oh I know, oi that was training don’t forget our deal from before” I drop his hand disappointed, dropping my little cute act that he seemed to have 'caught on' 

“You have good memory” I push his hand away “Nope” He pulls off the road “I was just looking forward to it a lot” He says with a smug grin on his face

“Yeah? And why’s that?” I ask a little hopeful for something I didn't know “Cause after seeing how sh!t you were today having a free meal after my game would be good for once” He kills my mood instantly and I fold my arms tired of him again “Whatever” He leans back taking his puffer but this time it was cameo one, it looked like a limited addition when it came into my eyeline so I just looked at it in awe

"You like?" He notices my attention then just throws it on my lap “It’s chilly, wear that” I look at my lap surprised then back up at him “I’m actually gonna steal it” He chuckles at my confession “Take it, it will remind you of me” I smile at his cockiness "Okay, but I know this was expensive so I'm really going to do it" He doesn't say anything slipping on his Champion hoodie "Yeah it cost over thousand dollars" He informs me and I try not to let me jaw drop 

"Thousand?" He puts his hand on his door "But it's whatever init, cause I'm rich right? Surely I didn't work for it, right?" He mocks my thoughts but I kiss my teeth as I hadn't even got to that part yet "I didn't even say that" "But you're thinking it" He rolls his eyes opening his door "It's cool though, I'm used to it" He states outside the car but I wasn't done so I jump out too "I never call you stuck up aloud" I go round to him "Stuck up? You think I'm stuck up?!" He eyes widen genuinely surprised "No I didn't mean you were but I used to think-" He smiles making me stop speaking "what?" "Since when did you care about what I thought" He takes his jacket off me then wraps it around me snugly "If Gabriella thinks I'm stuck up, guess I am" I shake my head not agreeing at all "come on then, let's get my cure pabo" "again with the nickname" I roll my eyes as he pulls me towards the parlour 

We walk into the ice cream store, me laughing from before cause Wintyr had ran into a trash can but my smile drops when I see Cole pressed up on girl, very very intimately "Hm" I squint to look closer but Wintyr's body coming in front of me blocks my view “I already saw it” I look at up him  

“Don't look, that’s his sister” He lies but I already knew what his sister looked like ever since he told me she still went to our school “I don’t feel like having ice cream anymore and my mums wondering where we are” He pulls me into his chest so we were not super close "You smell" I inhale his pre-workout sweat but it didn't smell bad, actually not bad at all like a manly smell which I really liked 

“Good, get a good whiff" He holds me down "Let’s go” He says on top of my head and walks me out backwards so I wouldn’t have to look at the scene again "I saw him" I admit even though deep down I was relived he pulled me out or I don't know how I would've reacted "Saw who? Me? Yes I'm so beautiful get a good view" He continues to walk and I just shake my head biting back my smile

“Oh Gabriella, I was getting so worried” Mrs Kim sighs out when I walk into the dining room with Wintyr "Hello to you too mum" I hear Wintyr say under his breath “What were you two doing out for so long?” Mr Kim, sat at the head of the table, crosses his arms over his chest as he questions us “Come sit Gabby” Mrs Kim pulls me by her as Wintyr still stood back looking at his dad 

“Sir we were playing basketball, it’s my fault, I’m so unfit so Wintyr had to help me into the car” I quickly say to help Wintyr noticing Summyr also watching her father focused on Wintyr too “Me and you are going to have a chat later little boy” Mr Kim states causing me to shudder at his tone

Wintyr doesn't say anything and takes a seat beside Summyr opposite his mum “Thank you for joining us Gabby, excuse my manners” Mr Kim acknowledges me and I nod looking at my empty plate “Thank you for the food Mrs Kim” She smiles putting an arm around me “It’s Natalia for you” I smile shyly and nod “Sorry, Natalia, thank you” We all fill our plates and I notice Wintyr not moving so I take it upon myself to put some plate on his food causing him to look up 

“You’re gonna eat, right? Cause certain girls don't like when certain guys they might like, don't eat” I wink at him and he scoffs trying not to smile as I refer to Ruby “So eat up, little boy” I whisper the last bit knowing that’s what his father called him “Careful, Gabriella” I grin, kicking his foot under the table to wait for him to eat up 

“Happy??” He stuffs his face and faces me “Delighted” “Aww River look at them, they are so cute,” I hear Natalia stop their conversation focusing on us “Guys please don’t do the couple stuff on the table, my mum and dad are enough” I blush sitting back into my seat “Mind your business, it’s your fault, you go for the wrong guys” Wintyr quickly swallows his food snapping at her then takes another spoonful of food tp avoid the awkwardness