do u think Kai was a Virgin before Cinder?
cause everyone seems to think he was but I don't. I mean Marissa said he has dated girls before, he's 18 and tbh I don't see why he would be a virgin.
I also find it weird so many people think kaider would wait until getting married to do it. I get they're busy but I don't think THAT busy 😂
The first time Kai has sex is with Skye from this hc post of mine.
It's a few months after his mom died. He's been numb so long. He starts seeing Skye because he knows she's down for a friends with benefits type of relationship. He just wants to feel... something again. Anything.
So he tries sex, and it doesn't... fix the sadness, but it does help him to feel something other than sad for 20-30 minutes. A few more months after that, he's slightly healed. The wound of his mother's death doesn't need stitches to hold it together any more. It's still raw and healing, but it's better. He doesn't know if it's the sex or simply time passing, but continuing his friends-with-benefits relationship with Skye feels wrong now. He wants something real eventually, but knows Skye doesn't, so he breaks it off with her.
Life is such a mess though, that he doesn't have time to seriously see anyone else or even think about dating. People are literally dying of a plague every day. He's he's intense about his search for Princess Selene because he can't fix the plague, but what if he can help install a Queen who maybe won't try to take over his government. He can't bring his mom back, but he can save people from dying pointless, preventable deaths.
But Nansi shuts down in the middle of telling him top secret, sensitive information. He takes her to be fixed by the best mechanic in the city, someone by the name of Linh Cinder and then rest is history...
Until the war is over and there's a cure for the plague. He's with her during those days between her near death and her coronation. In fact, he sticks to her like glue while she's healing. Now it's time for Kai to go back to his country to lead. Cinder has to take care of her own.
They barely get to see each other until Cinder has officially abdicated. (Maybe they saw each other on a couple diplomatic visits. But those don't last long and so much of their time is taken up by matters of state.) Kai proposes. Cinder can do what she wants. She moves into the palace. They're living together. They can see each other whenever they want!
That is the first time Kai has sex when it's not a reaction to trauma. It's because he loves her. It's because he can't bear the thought not touching her. It's because he wants her.
They can finally be together all the time without worrying that they could be interrupted at a moment's notice and the other might have to leave the planet for a few weeks (which DID happen once when they were close to having sex). The longest they'll have to be separated for now is a few hours. They're not married yet, but they're going to be soon enough. It's only a matter of time.