Evil Comes In Pairs

Kai || 22 || No Ambitions

[kisforkai]

“Oo you’re going to build this whole city back to it’s old glory?” Addie teased him gently, nudging him to make him smile. While he was talking, she slowly pulled out her polaroid that was never too far away. “You wouldn’t be pulling it, you’d be running the whole operation.” She reminded Kai before leaning back and quickly taking a picture of Kai looking at the computer screen with a grin on his face, “Perfect.”

“Yeah, I’m gonna build sooo many buildings with speakeasies and opium dens.” He laughed, mumbling to himself as he walked back through the steps, trying to figure out where he was going wrong. “Her dad would drop dead before he let that happen.” He smiled, the flash of the camera startling him for a moment as he looked over at her. Getting her film was the worst idea he’d ever had, but if Addie was happy Kai was happy. “I look enough like a pleb?”

[kisforkai]

“Stop it.” Addie’s head shot up but her eyes were sparkling, “Are you serious? You’re really going back to school?” She hopped up and scooted closer to the laptop, “I don’t know but I can probably figure it out! Or we can find way cheaper ones on those weird websites. What prompted this?”

“No?” He responded, a grin tugging at the corner of his lips as she joined him on the couch. “Yeah, I’m in a transfer program so I can go into Architecture.” He started going back to step one to try and get the book, giving a shrug. “I dunno... I just... Don’t get me wrong, I love the freedom to do whatever I please working for Lydia’s family but I don’t want to be fifty and pulling the same shit, y’know?”

[kisforkai]

“Wow.” Was all Mitch managed to get out. Going back to school was always a possibility that lingered in the back of his mind, he just never had the balls to actually go for it. “Congratulations. But uh, yeah, I’m not gonna be a lot of help here. I’ve got no idea about this stuff.”

One word answers generally weren’t a good thing, his mouth twisted off to the side as he glanced back at the screen, hoping a miracle happened in the last five seconds that would make this easier. “Thanks, but damn.” He fully turned back to the screen thinking for a moment. “Do you think I really need the book?”

[kisforkai]

“I don’t know jack shit about online classes or school in general. Did you get assigned an adviser or someone that could help?”

“You and me both...” He grumbled, going back into his student page and looking around. “I should’ve, but I emailed a couple times and haven’t gotten a response yet.”

[kisforkai]

“Are you seriously looking at me thinking that I can help with this?” Liz couldn’t help but laugh a little at the realization that he was serious. “Sorry dude– wouldn’t have a fucking clue. You’re looking right at the chick who skipped more than half of her classes because she couldn’t be arsed attending in the first place.”

Kai nodded slowly as she spoke, half taking in what she was saying, half trying not to roll his eyes. “Okay... What I’m hearing is, you still signed up and... Semi attended. You might know more than you think.”

[kisforkai]

“Hm – most online textbooks have their own portals, but you might need an access code – have you checked your email? It might be in your spam folder,” she advised. “Once you’ve got that, it should let you in, no sweat.”

“Oh my god, thank you.” He laughed, turning back to his computer and clicking around a bit more. “They told me it would be in my BlackBoard, but I never got a student email so I’m slightly concerned.”

[kisforkai]

“Do I look like a guy who knows how to get textbooks online?” Zach asked with a furrowed brow.

“Do I?” He shot back, gesturing to his own image. “We’re literally the same type of white boy, get away from me with that nonsense.”

[kisforkai]

“You’re not really askin’ the best person. College dropout here,” Charlie said. “And then all of my books were actual books, not anything online. Wish I could help more.”

Kai’s bottom lip pouted out, starting to get a little worried about it. But he nodded turning back to the screen and sighing. “No, it’s okay... I’m the fool that decided to do an online math class. Don’t know what possessed me to do that.”

[kisforkai]

“I have no idea. I would just call and ask the school bookstore. They’re very helpful. They’ve always shown me how to do it which is great since I suck with computers,” She explained. “Congrats on going to school. Nothing wrong with starting later in life. I started late myself.”

“You think?” He asked, his nose wrinkling up a bit. “I hate going in there. All those nerds with starched shirts.” Kai sighed, clicking around a bit more as he listened to her. “Yeah? What did you go back for?”

[kisforkai]

jameson-flynn-gallagher‌:

He supposed it was a New Years resolution in truth, but he wouldn’t voice those words. Too corny. Still, he found himself browsing the bookstore with the promise to himself to simply read more. “Any suggestions?” He mumbled over to the person who’d been sharing the aisle with him for a few minutes now.

Kai was looking for some books that he could sub for his text books, not wanting to spend the money on them. But now he was just browsing, figuring he should get used to reading again. He gave the man a sheepish grin and shook his head. “I.. I’m sort of in the same boat... These are text books.”

[kisforkai]

“Okay, so, a little change in the plan, but I’m officially registered for classes. It says my books are online, but it won’t let me register them? Do you know how to fix this?” He asked, looking up from the lap top he got from the school to give attention to his company. “I haven’t been to school in... A decade now.”

[kisforkai]

Addie let Kai get comfortable and, although she sensed he was a tad uncomfortable, she wasn’t at all. In fact this was the most comfortable she had felt in months. Addie laced their fingers together and used her free hand to run lines up and down the arm that was draped across her stomach. “Laying down usually, don’t worry about me, I’m comfortable. Really comfortable.” 

Kai moved his legs so they didn’t hang off the bed, quickly remembering not everyone had to adjust their mattresses to fit. After a moment, when the phones stopped and he was just listening to her heartbeat, he settled. “Okay. Well just let me know if you need me to move, yeah?” He mumbled, pressing another kiss to her shoulder, giving a content sigh at the feeling of her fingers going over his skin.

[kisforkai]

Addie didn’t want to think about the next day, she didn’t want to think about what this meant for their friendship. She just wanted to be with Kai and enjoy the night with him. “She’s fabulous but she’s evil.” Addie reminded Kai before rolling over to grab her own phone that was blowing up just as expected. Addie silenced it, but answered Lydia with a promise they’d talk in the morning. “She’ll show up here if we’re not careful and honestly, I think that’d be fun for about 5 minutes and that’s pushing it.”  Addie reached out her hand for Kai, “C’mere.”

“Evil comes in pairs.” Kai shrugged, glancing at the wave of texts that finally ended before turning back to Addie. “You are not wrong.” He sighed, putting his hands on her bed and crawling under the covers with her. For the first time in awhile, Kai didn’t know where to put his hands. So he just shimmied under the blankets, one arm under his head, the other going over her stomach. “I don’t know how you sleep.” He mumbled into her shoulder, having gained the ability to sleep like the dead in any position on any surface after years of not having an actual bed.

[kisforkai]

harpertucker‌:

“I can afford three people on my Christmas list this year, so you really need to come up with a better argument why you should be on it.”

“I’m really not one for gifts so. But if you want something I’m sure I can come up with some craft.”

[kisforkai]

The smile that lit up Addies face when Kai agreed to stay was one that hadn’t been there in a very long time. “Good.” She rolled off of him and hurried to her closet to put on pajama shorts and a tank top while he texted Lydia and Jeb. She kept an eye on her own phone, half expecting it to blow up from Lydia once she had gotten Kais message. Addie climbed back on the bed, behind Kai, and kissed his cheek before going and climbing under her covers for keep warm and get comfortable. She threw back the other side of the comforter, “Come on. They’ll figure it out, Lydia knew you were coming here that’s what she does.”

Kai sent off the texts to the group chat, then started stripping off his shoes and jacket, setting his hat on her desk and his things in a neat pile. The dread was starting to set into his stomach but he was still a little to gone to really think anything of it. That’s what the morning was for. “Lydia has eyes everyone and it scares me sometimes.” Almost as if on cue his phone starting going off with texts from their friend, one after the other, after the other, after the other. He looked over at Addie, shaking his head. “I’m gonna let her suffer.”

[cohenchrismukkah]

[kisforkai]

Nothing had ever felt more right than her lips on Kai’s. There was a part of her brain that wanted to analyze all of this and completely explode, but she was best at silencing that part of her brain when she wanted to. The assurance that he was okay with what they were doing and actually initiated more set her body on fire. She was sure her face was absolutely beet red, but luckily it was dark enough that she could get away with it. Addie settled into him, letting the perfection of the moment wash over her. Just friends was no longer, but what that meant was a conversation for another day, “Stay tonight?” She asked between kisses. It wasn’t a weird thing, one of them staying at the others, but there was a different connotation this time she asked.

He put his thoughts to rest the longer it went on, getting comfortable holding her and being there in her room instead of a year into the future. Kai just nodded, eventually breaking away and laying back down to gaze up at her. “I can stay. I’ll stay.” He repeated, a smile etched into his face as if it had become a natural feature of his. He stayed in silence for a moment before speaking again. “Let me text Lydia and Jeb so they don’t worry, though. I’d like to be alive to see tomorrow evening.”