You bought me a feeling that's indescribable.

A feeling that's undeniable.

You're undeniably perfect for me.

And I'll wait for an eternity for you to be mine...

~Khalee❤️

It's been a few days and Khari was going through it, his writers block was eating him away. He couldn't think of what to write about, he didn't even know how he was feeling. Ever since that night he and Kiara stayed up and fell asleep over the phone he hasn't been able to think straight. Nevaeh and Langston teased him saying he was falling in love but Khari knew he liked Kiara, a lot and he wanted to be with her and he knew she had some feelings for him too. All he could think about was her and it wasn't helping that he hadn't talked to her since that day. Well they'd talk but it was becoming to be short replies. It was like she didn't even want to speak to him and he began to think if she really didn't like him, that he was just going crazy and he was just crushing too hard. He just wanted Kiara to speak to him.

Khari took out his phone to call her but the phone went straight to voicemail. He shot her a quick text asking if she and Darien were still coming over tonight for his New Years Eve party, he kind of regretted inviting Darien because he just wanted all of Kiara's attention but he knew he couldn't do Darien like that.

"Yo, we still going to the store?" Langston said knocking on Khari's door.

"Yeah. I'll be down in a minute." He said as he typed a message on him and Kiara's messages.

❤️

The message read, he looked over it one last time before deleting it and heading out of the house with Langston.

"It's just a small get together! What's the problem!" Kiara argues with Darien who was now iffy about attending Khari's New Years party.

"I just dong trust dude! Simple! Kiki I see how he looks at you! He likes you and as ya man I just can't go somewhere, where I know another man is out to be with you! I don't even want you to go!"

"He's just a friend D! It's not even that deep! You really be bugging for no reason!" Kiara yelled back as she searched for her shoes. She was about to meet up with Armani and Troy for lunch and to grab some drinks for the party tonight.

"Kiki, you may look at him as a friend, but trust-." Darien began before Kiara phone began to ring, showing Khari's name appear for the 4th time this afternoon. Kiara immediately declined the call. "See what I mean, Troy don't even blow ya shit up like that." Darien started.

"Listen, for the past week, I've been trying to fix what we got, but it's always something, work called, you have to do a last minute check at the hospital, we barely get to spend time and talk or just have fun! Can we please just forget about all this shit and just go out and have fun? Please?" Kiara begged as she grabbed Dariens hands and looked up at him.

Darien was hesitant but he let in, he realized Kiara was right. "Fine. Be ready by 9 Kiki, I'm serious you be taking 50 hours to get ready." He joked causing Kiara to crack a smile. Kiara got a text from Armani and kissed Darien goodbye before heading out.

As Kiara, Armani and Troy all sat in the restaurant, looking at their menus Kiara realized Troy kept looking over at Armani and that Armani did the same to Troy, She didn't question it, she just let them be awkward and do their thing.

"So what you wearing tonight?" Armani asked as she sat her menu down, directing her attention at Kiara.

"I ordered this black oversized graphic tee and these jeans that I'm gonna pair with Jordan's Retros." She told Armani.

"You're such a boy, oh my god. Girl I'm going in there looking like the baddest bitch to walk the earth." Armani said as she stuck her tongue out and did a small twerk in her seat. "Coming in there making all the niggas break they necks." She dragged.

"What niggas?" Troy asked getting jealous.

"Why it matter to you?" Armani spat. Troy sat back in his seat and nodded his head letting her know he heard her.

"Copy." He said. The three ordered and continued their conversation. "He got mad because he don't trust Khari? So he tried to fuck up your fun? Couldn't be me, he would've gotten told fuck outta here and I would go without him." Armani ranted on about Darien and Kiara's argument earlier.

"I understand where he coming from though, any nigga I knew that's tryna get with my girl ain't allowed to come near my girl. Simple." Troy shrugged next getting a look from Armani and he exchanged one right back letting her know that he said what he said and he was standing on it.

"There's nothing going on between me and Khari." Kiara lies straight through her teeth.

"Yeah, like y'all ain't fall asleep on the phone the other night." Armani mumbled.

"Speak up." Kiara demanded.

"Hoe you heard me." Armani spat back before the girls shared a laugh.

The gang finished their meals and headed off to t he liquor store.

"Ooouu, lets get some E&J." Armani squealed.

"Why would we get Hennessy's fake cousin when we can just get Hennessy instead. It's a sale." Troy said picking up the bottle and showing it to the girls. Kiara moved away from the two as she looked for a bottle of Dusse. As she did so she felt a tap on her shoulder, next turning around seeing Khari. Her eyes widened. She was avoiding him because for the past week he become a household name and she was just trying to focus on her relationship with Darien.

"Why you been avoiding me?" Khari asked.

"I, I haven't. It's just." She began but dropped her head because she didn't want to tell him why.

"Kiki, pick your head up." Khari said looking down at her as he placed his index finger on her chin next lifting it.

"I gotta go." She said before rushing out of the store. She felt terrible because she knew she had strong feelings for Khari and for some reason seeing him in person after weeks did something to her. Suddenly she wasn't even sure if she wanted to attend his party. She wanted to figure herself out first before she put her boyfriend and crush in the same environment.

The time was now 8:30 and Kiara was officially ready, she decided to attend. She sat on her couch waiting for Darien to return back home, he was called into work for a last minute meeting and he told her an hour ago that he'd be home to pick her up. She called his phone one last time but got sent to voicemail again. She called Armani and thankfully she was able to pick her up.

Kiara walked into her kitchen and took out a shot glass and took one shot before heading out. She was ready to have fun tonight and she wasn't going to let Darien ruin it.

As Armani and Kiara pulled up to Khari's dads home, Kiara was in amazement at how beautiful the home was. The two parked in the huge driveway and walked to the door next being greeted by Khari and Langston.

"Yo." Khari said greeting the two with hugs. As he wrapped his arms around Kiara and she did the same, the hug felt so comforting and welcoming.

"This a lot of people for y'all to be babysitting." Armani said to the two.

"I got my aunt to watch Ny for the night." Khari said as he looked over to Kiara who just took in the beautiful home. "So, y'all tryna get lit?" Khari asked without wasting no time. The four were met at the bar with Troy and Karla and a few of Khari closest friends from college as well. The group began to take shots and start of with getting to know each other. As Kiara poured herself another shot she was greeted with Darien hugging her from behind. It scared her at first so she let out a small squeal which caught Khari's attention causing him to turn around seeing Darien hugged up with Kiara. He began to swarm her with kisses and Khari could tell Kiara wasn't really feeling it.

"You want a shot man?" Khari asked interrupting the couple.

"Nah, I'm good." Darien said looking over Kiara and waving Khari off. Darien continued to hold onto Kiara.

"Babe, relax. You good?" Kiara asked. Darien was never this aggressive or touchy with her in public before and she wasn't feeling it.

"Yeah, I just missed you. I'm sorry." He apologized, realizing he was doing too much. Through out the night Kiara danced with Darien but from the corner of her eye she could see Khari glancing over at her. She knew why Darien was acting the way he was and she also knew why Khari was becoming distant from her during the party. She knew that Khari was staying away because he didn't want to upset Darien, which pissed her off because she wanted to spend some time with her friend.

"I'm gonna go sit down for a bit, talk to some people." Kiara said before walking away from Darien and to the closest couch. She watched Darien walk over to the bar to get another drink and right when heleft, Khari appeared.

"You good mamas?" He asked sitting beside her.

"Khari not now." She pleaded.

"Fine, you wanna go somewhere else and talk about why you've been avoiding me?" Khari asked. He was growing impatient and he just wanted to know if the spark was gone between them or not.

"Khari I'm not doing this with you tonight."Kiara said standing and walking over to Darien. Khari sighed in frustration at how much she was avoiding his questions. Which only made him believe it was something going on between her and Darien and knowing that, made him furious. He just wanted his friend back, if he couldn't have Kiara as a lover he damn sure didn't wanna lose her as a friend.

Kiara continued her night with her boyfriend and her best friend and sisters. Every once in a wile her and Khari would exchange looks and she would quickly look away. As she talked with her friends she was interrupted by Caribbean music being played. She grabbed Darien and the two began to whine to the music. Darien held onto Kiara's hips and lower back as the two danced. She caught a glance of Khari whining with another women and she grew jealous. Khari looked over at Kiara and when he realized she was watching he became more intimate, so she decided to do the same back. The two were now having a competition to see who could make the other more jealous and when Khari stopped and stormed off to the back she knew she won. But she could see the jealousy and hurt in his face.

"I'll be back." She told Darien. She rushed in the direction of where Khari was and found him in a room she assumed to be a guest room.

"Khari-." She began.

"Ion wanna hear it Kiara! I've been trying all damn day to talk to you! Why have you been avoiding my calls!" Khari snapped. Kiara grew silent, she honestly was scared. She never seen him get so upset and Khari never raised his voice at her before, so it threw her into shock.

"I, um, I." She began but dropped her head in embarrassment.

"Spit it out yo!" He shouted. Causing Kiara to tear up a bit. She wasn't soft but she hated being yelled at. It always made her cry because it made her nervous and that was due to fear.

"I'm sorry." She said softly as her voice cracked. Once Khari heard her voice crack and her sniffles he came back to reality and realized what he just did and it hurt him. He never wanted to scare or hurt Kiara.

"Kiki, I'm sorry. Damn I'm sorry." He said as he walked over to her to hug her. He pulled her over to the bed and the two sat down. As she began to wipe her tears they could her people calling out for Khari for the countdown.

"10!" They heard the crowd of people outside the bedroom.

"Talk to me, what's wrong?" Khari asked ignoring the other guest, he wanted to give his full attention to Kiara because she was way more important.

"9!"

"I like you Khari, since the night I watched you perform, the night you kissed me in your car, the night I kissed you in your bed, I've liked you, I wanted you. But I couldn't say it because I was trying to be faithful to Darien but your name stirred up so much in my apartment that it's not funny. I've been avoiding you because I've been trying to figure out who I want and every damn time I attempt to avoid you you pop up." Kiara confesses.

"8!"

"Kiara-." Khari began.

"6!"

"5!"

"No, you wanted to know so damn bad, let me finish." Kiara continued.

"4!"

"I want to be with you, I've wanted to be with you since that day I walked into the office. And it's ironic you came into my life when you did because damn you help me a whole lot.l

"3!"

"Kiara listen-." Khari began.

"Shut up!" Kiara spat.

"2!"

"No. You shut the hell up!" Khari said as he grabbed her and pulled her into a long, passionate kiss.

"1! Happy New Year!" The crowd cheered as the popped confetti and bottles.

The two fell over onto the bed, Kiara wrapped her arms around Khari's neck pulling him deeper into the kiss. Khari slid his hands up her shirt placing his hands on her back lifting her up more so he could feel her body against his. The kiss became more intense as Kiara let out small moans into his mouth. Khari moved his hands up towards her bra. He pulled away from the kiss and before he could ask his question they were interrupted.

"Baby-." Darien said as he searched for Kiara but once he finally found her he was speechless. "Friends? Yeah." He scoffed before rushing out of the room.

"Shit." Kiara mumbled. She pushed Khari off of her and rushed to get Darien. "Darien wait!" She yelled after him as he got into his car, starting it up.

"Fuck you." He said before pulling off. Kiara felt terrible. This wasn't the way her night was supposed to end.

"Kiki-." Khari said rushing out behind her. "Kiki, I'm sorry." He said dropping his head.

"You didn't do anything." She began. "I'll talk to you later. I need to go home." She said walking back inside of the party to find Armani so they could leave. Once finding her, her, Mani and Troy all left.

"You kissed him!" Armani asked excitedly. "Wait, did you tell him that you're a virgin?"

"I was about to buy Darien walked in. He was about to unclip my bra and everything and I was gonna day that I wasn't ready yet. I'm just not comfortable with anyone seeing my body yet." Kiara said.

"When you're ready you'll know. He's not going to rush you into anything you're not ready for." Armani reassures Kiara.

Once Armani dropped Kiara off hike, Kiara tried calling Darien one last time but he wouldn't answer, she just wanted to apologize. She didn't want them to end this way.

She got in the shower and headed off to bed. Khari kept texting her phone apologizing and also saying nice and encouraging things like 'you'll be fine, everything will be okay.' Because she honestly felt bad.

The next morning came and Kiara laid in bed all morning. She wasn't heart broken but she was upset that she hurt someone she cared about.

She got of bed and went to brush her teeth and wash her face. She walked into her living room and turned on the tv. She got on her phone and scrolled for a while until she saw a message from Khari.

✍🏾🖤

Kiara got up off her couch and walked to her door, she opened it being greeted with flowers and a hug. She took the flowers but not the hug, she walked away taking the flowers to the kitchen. Khari walked in behind her and closing the door behind him.

"I'm sorry about last night, about Darien and especially about the whole bra situation. I hope I want rushing you into anything." He apologized for the 100th time in the past 24 hours.

"Khari it's fine. We were gonna end things soon anyway and you weren't rushing me into anything, it was in the moment." Kiara said sitting on the couch. Khari sat beside her silent as a mouse.

"Everything you said last night, you weren't drunk or nothing?" He joked causing Kiara to laugh a little.

"No, I meant everything I said. I really do like you and I want to be with you."

"Whew. Finally. Damn, I thought I was gonna have to fight a lion or some shit for you." Khari said relieved. "But I do want to be with you and I want this to work, so we can go as slow as you want." He assured her.

"Fine." Kiara agreed. "But there's one thing I have to tell you."

"Yeah?"

"I'm a virgin and I know your love language is affection and I'm fine with that, I'm just not-."

"Kiki, whenever you're ready I'm ready. I'm not gonna pressure you, you let me know when you're comfortable. It's other ways I can be affectionate with you other than sex. But anything sexual that you're comfortable with let me know and I'll do it but if you don't want me to touch you, then I won't. It's your body." Khari told her. He didn't want her thinking that he wanted her for sex, because he didn't he wanted to be with her because He genuinely cared for her. "Whatever you need, whatever you want? I got you." He said before kissing her forehead.

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