, I turned over expecting to wrap my arms around Korin but I was met by emptiness. I felt around a little more thinking that she was further over, but there was still no sign of her body. I opened my eyes to check again only to be blinded by the sun's rays. Of course, she was up with the curtains sprawled wide open. I rolled onto to my back and rubbed over my eyes as an attempt to wake myself up for the day. If Korin was already up and at 'em that meant that I should have been up and doing the same.

I allowed a couple of minutes to transpire before I climbed out of the bed. I walked into the bathroom, took my morning piss then brushed my teeth. Afterward, I decided to search for Korin. The villa, which was our home for the week, was quite spacious for just the two of us. It included five bedrooms and three bathrooms spread across two floors. In the backyard was an infinity pool along with a miniature trail to the nearby beach.

After a lap around the villa, I was back in the living room and had yet to find Korin. She was nowhere to be found, but I knew she was here somewhere. She had to be.

"Where is this girl?" I muttered.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you." a pair of arms snaked around my waist. "Happy birthday dear Giovanni. Happy birthday to you."

"You lowkey scared me." I turned around in her arms and gave her a kiss.

She grinned. "You're ready to open your first gift?"

"Gift? I didn't ask you for a gift."

"But I got you one anyway." she spun around and pulled me toward the living room. "Have a seat while I go and get it."

I sat down on the couch while watching her switch off toward the room. Still a bit tired, I released a yawn and sunk down into the cushions. It didn't take her long to come walking back into the living room with one of her arms behind her back. Her lips were tucked but I could still make out the smile on her face.

She straddled my lap and pulled her arm from behind her. In her hand was a white rectangular box. It wasn't small enough to be jewelry and it wasn't big enough to be clothing.

"What is this, Kori?" I looked up at her.

"You have to open it. Just know that I was super nervous about giving it to you. I still am but then I was thinking why not?"

Her words peaked my curiosity about what exactly could be in the box. Also the fact that she couldn't seem to unclasp her hands long enough for them to rest at her side, demonstrated just how nervous she was. She'd obviously put a lot of thought into whatever it was.

I lifted the top and unfolded the wrapping paper, revealing a hard cover book. It was matte black with vibrant green vines crawling across the cover with sparse roses.

"Intertwined Souls. Written by your truest love, Korin." I read off, removing it from the box. Rather than make assumptions about what it could be about, I flipped to the dedication page. "To the soul that speaks to my heart in poetry. The soul that I am bonded to for eternity in the body of Giovanni Señor Hoffman."

I took a quick glance up at her and she was chewing on her bottom lip. I put my attention back on the book then flipped to the official first page. . I flipped the page and there was a poem with my initials and the date of October 12, 2006.

I've never believed in love at first sight.

That was until you and I made eye contact.

Your eyes were ocean deep;

Filled with immense curiosity and fearlessness.

Then you smiled.

That smile.

My, how the room gleamed.

You were a fallen angel.

Created solely for me.

On the page over, was a poem in response with her initials.

It was that laugh that made me look your way.

And you were more than beautiful;

Skin deep and rich

Eyes of pure light

An aura of deep blue

You felt familiar

Like I'd met you before

Like I'd loved you before

I had to know you

"Damn.... Where do you keep finding these poems?" I continued to flip page to page.

"The night after the funeral I was emptying my closet and there was a folder that said keepsake. Inside were your poems with my response stapled to them. I only remember writing a few of them but it was a buttload of them."

"Had to be if you were able to make an entire book with them. Damn, I can't wait to read this because I know I was on some sap shit spitting the real."

"They were amazing. I just never realized how much you liked me back then. I really used to think you were just being sweet to me because we were best friends." she softly chuckled.

"Nah, niggas was in love with lil Kori. You were why me and Zay from Mr. Baylock's 7th grade class fought after school."

Her eyes stretched. "Quit lying."

"I'm serious. He kept telling people in the locker room that y'all would talk on the phone at night. Then he said that you gave him a kiss and I told that nigga he was lying."

"He definitely was. Zay was not cute."

"I didn't know if he was lying or not but I wanted to fight just in case it was true, and I beat his ass."

She burst out in laughter. "You really did. I was scared he was going to press charges on you because you blacked on him."

"His mom tried to but my mom and her talked it out. You know my mom was not going to let me get arrested."

"Yeah, Mrs. Manuela would raise hell about her Señor. You remember that time she came to the school and shut the class down because Ms. Cambridge mushed your head?"

"Yo." I put my fist to my mouth, remembering the moment. "She wanted to fight fight that day. Damn, I'd forgotten all about that."

"Your mama was crazy but in her own right. I bet I'll be the same exact way behind mine. No games will be played."

"I want to go see her when we're back in The States."

"Yeah?" she looked at me with raise eyebrows.

"Yeah, I think I'm ready to lay everything out for her."

"That's great! You still want me to tag along?"

I shook my head. "Nah, I'm not trying to wear you out. You only have a day to relax before you're back in beast mode. That's too much traveling."

"No, it's fine. If you want me there I'll be there."

"I'll be cool, baby." I rested my hand on her ass. "Thank you for this book though. I'm hype to see what your scary ass was saying back to me."

"First of all, I'm not scary. I'm careful." she smirked.

"Scary. But you said that was the first one. What else you went out and got?"

"Well, you can't get that one until later tonight. Butttt, I can offer you something else." she gave me a cheeky smile.

"And what is that?" I pushed her curls back.

She kept her eyes on me but climbed off my lap and got down on her knees before me. One of my eyebrows arched in suspicion and she gave me a smile.

"May I? I just want to try."

"You've never done it before?"

She shook her head. "No, but I really want to try. I'm completely fine with you guiding me."

"Go ahead." a smile spread across her face causing me to shake my head at her. She reached into my briefs and grabbed ahold of my dick, I jumped at the feel of her hands. "Why are your hands cold?"

"They're always cold." she shrugged.

She pulled me out of my briefs then took a glance up at me. I couldn't read the look in her eyes, but her facial expression read determined. That made me to watch her every move in anticipation for what she was going to give. I had no expectations for how good it would be since it was her first time, and if it didn't go well I was sure to help her.

The first thing she did was put her mouth around the tip and swirl her tongue. She took it out then attempted to put the whole thing in her mouth. After she came back up, she spit on it, and gave it a few strokes. When she put it in her mouth this time, she closed her eyes and began to bob her head. I blew out a breath and held her curls out of the way. Her body visibly relaxed and she started to look like she was truly enjoying it.

She lowered her head, making my dick disappear down her throat. I tossed my head back with a groan and gripped her hair tighter. She came up, releasing a gasp and used the excess slob to stroke me a few times. When she blinked, a tear streamed down each of her cheeks, but she didn't care. She took me deep into her throat again, and this time she looked up at me and massaged my balls.

"Ooh fuck." I lifted up, pumping into a throat.

She gagged a bit, but she didn't try and move. She stayed in place and kept her tear filled eyes on me. I hissed and threw my head back at feeling of my tip hitting the back of her throat. I then pulled her head back so that she could breathe, causing a trail of slob to show the disconnect. She took my dick back into her hand and began jacking it while she crouched her head down lower, putting my balls into her mouth.

"Yo what the fuck." I moaned.

She sat back up right and gave me one of the brightest smiles before laughing. "I'm sorry but I could hear the video of the little girl saying get my nuts, get my nuts in my head."

"Aye chill out." I laughed.

She chuckled a little bit more before opening her mouth and slapping my dick against her tongue. She spit on it again, taking me back into her mouth. The sight of her sucking my dick gave me every urge to bend her over and fuck the shit out her. She reached for my hand and placed it on the back of her head. I bit down on my lip, fucking her face again.

"Open up a lil more." I instructed.

She did as told and let me do my thang. More tears streamed down her face as I did so but she held herself together like a champ. I raised her head up off of it and leaned down to give her a hungry kiss. In the midst, she reached down and undid the robe she wore, revealing her nude body. After she peeled it off, I gestured for her to stand up on her feet then propped her leg up on the couch. She watched as I kissed and licked her inner thigh. I looked up and made direct eye contact with her before I latched my mouth onto her pussy.

She rested her hand on my head, biting down on her bottom lip. I flicked my tongue back and forth against her clit then sucked on it. She instantly threw her head back and gyrated against my face. I groaned and moaned, caressing her ass while she held me in place.

"Fuck, I want you." she moaned out. She pushed my head back and pulled me up. "I want you to fuck me good, Gio."

"The condoms are upstairs." she picked her robe up and pulled a condom out of its pocket. I laughed. "Oh, you was plotting on me huh?"

"Just a little bit. It's your birthday."

"Indeed it is." I took the condom from her, completely removed my briefs, tore the condom open, and snapped it on.

She cupped my face and gave me a kiss, "I'm so excited."

Rather than reply, I reconnected our lips and scooped her up. Of course, she deepened the kiss to tongue dance with me, and simultaneously I aligned my dick with her entrance. When I pushed inside of her, her mouth opened and her eyebrows slightly furrowed together. I hooked my arms underneath her thighs and began to slowly lift her up and down.

"Ohhh shit." she moaned, locking her arms around my neck.

I placed kisses along her collar bone before picking up my pace and slamming into her. She first released a shriek of surprise that was shortly followed by a series of moans. They harmonized well with the sound of our colliding bodies, being music to my ears for motivation. The build up was already there for so after a while, I had to change the position to stop myself from busting. She was now on her feet and bent her over the arm rest.

"Mm." I bit my lip at the sight and sent a hard smack to her ass. She hissed and looked back at me. I gave her a smile, which she returned, then pushed myself back inside of her.

Hands planted on her waist, I gave her long strokes watching as I moved in and out. Her pussy was gripping and it was beautiful to see. I spread her ass cheeks for an even better view before picking up my speed a bit. It all came to a halt, however, when the condom came off.

"Why'd you stop?" she whined, looking over her shoulder at me.

"The condom came off."

"Well forget about it. Keep going."

I tossed the condom to the floor then pushed back inside, this time bare. "Fuck, baby."

To maintain control, I had to start off slow but even still I was creeping up to the edge. As I stroked her, I used my thumb to massage her asshole. She immediately reached back with a loud moan and grabbed onto my leg, slightly digging her nails in it.

"Gio, oh my God!" she dropped her head.

I wrapped my fingers around her throat and lifted her up into my chest. She rested her head against my shoulder, looking up at me with such lust filled eyes. I licked on her ear and pounded deeper into her, but the unexpected action made her stumble and push the couch over.

"Oh shit." we both started laughing.

Disregarding what just happened, I kept going and placed my hand on her stomach for better balance. Her beautiful face contorted into an expression that showcased the array of feelings surging through her body. When she gripped onto my forearm and her legs began to tremble, I knew she was reaching her peak. I started to push deeper which made her claw at my arm.

"Cum for me, babygirl." I growled into her ear.

"Fuuuu—Ooh my fuck!" she hollered.

With my peak not too far behind hers, I sped up and violently pounded into her. She screamed my name while trying to find anything to grab onto and both my forearm and thigh were being tore apart by her nails.

"Aw fuck." I moaned ready to bust. I pulled out and shot it all on her ass. "Damn."

"My legs won't stop shaking." she giggled.

"I'll make it hard to walk away." I recited Trey Songz lyrics which made her elbow me. I chuckled then scooped her up heading for the stairs, "Didn't I tell you I never crash?"

"You sure did." she kissed me. "That was amazing."

"Speaking of amazing, that head was too good. You lied to me."

She grinned. "I promise that was my first time. But that doesn't mean I didn't practice before hand. And once I started doing it I was like oh I actually like this."

"Good, because I love head." I admitted.

"Noted."

of being the only person drunk tonight, but that's exactly how it turned out. With me being a light weight Giovanni was only able to take a few shots and barely finish a full cup. The shots alone were enough to nearly have me on my ass while he was only tipsy. I felt bad because it was his birthday but I wanted to have fun along side him.

"Wait, wait." I giggled while trying to gather my belongings from the cab's backseat. Giovanni huffed and held his hand out for me to grab. "Goodnight sir. Thank you for the ride."

"No problem." the driver nodded.

I then took Gio's hand and pulled myself out of the car. My dress rose from scooting across the seat so I pulled it down as quick as I could. With my feet planted on the ground, I stood up and stumbled a little. It caused me to laugh, however, Giovanni was not amused in the slightest. He continued to pull me toward the house hastily like he'd done when we were leaving the club.

"Stop walking so fast." I tried to keep up but wound up simply snatching my hand from his. He unlocked the front door, walked in and tossed the keys onto the table. "Oop. Someone's angry"

He nodded. "Damn right I am."

"Mind telling me why? I could've sworn we had a good time tonight." I sat down on the couch and started to take off my heels.

"Why? You being serious?"

"I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't."

"I'm mad because you sat there and got drunk off your ass, wandered around like you in the States and had your dress on your damn back most of the night."

I frowned. "First of all, I'm not drunk off my ass. I'm completely aware of everything that's going on. I walked away like two times because I had to pee, and my dress was not on my back. Every time it came up, I pulled it back down."

"Let's not forget that lil voice you've been putting on with every nigga you talk to."

"What voice? I haven't changed my voice at all."

"You were talking to that nigga in the green like you wanted to fuck him. Tryna sound all sweet and innocent and blinking them damn lashes."

"Giovanni stop because you're just making up stuff." I stood up only to fall back onto the couch.

"Bro look at you."

"Wow, I stumbled so what? You want me to feel bad for getting drunk? I do okay. But we could have stayed."

"So I can be picking you up off the ground every five minutes? Nah, we better off here. I'm just disappointed. You're better than this."

"Disappointed? All I wanted to do was have fun with you. I'm not even a drinker but—"

"Exactly, you're not a drinker so I didn't expect you to drink with me. I'm cool with drinking alone. Now you sitting here a mess."

"Fuck you, Gio." I got up from the couch and marched toward the bedroom.

He reached over the couch and grabbed my arm. "Fuck you just say to me?"

"You heard me." I gritted and tried to snatch away but he wouldn't allow me to. "Let me go! Cause I would never stand there and talk to you like that."

"How am I talking to you? All I'm doing is telling you what I see and how I feel about it."

"Yeah and you're making it seem like I ruined your whole night. Is that how you feel? I ruined your night?"

"It's whatever." he let me go.

"No. Answer the question. Did I ruin your night?"

"I've let you go. You can go in the room now."