I didn't move. I didn't even twitch.
"Rio. I know you can hear me."
She leaned in closer, her hair brushing against my shoulder like silk.
"If you don't open your eyes right now, I'm going to kiss... you."
What?
My heart didn't just skip a beat; it tried to escape my chest. Kiss me? She wasn't joking. I could practically sense her shifting, the mattress dipping as she climbed onto the bed, hovering over me. Her breath was hitting my face, warm and trembling.
'She isn't actually going to do it, right?' I thought frantically. We were blood-related. This was beyond a "complication"; it was a moral catastrophe.
"If you keep pretending, then don't blame me," she whispered. I felt her face moving even closer, the tip of her nose almost brushing mine.
No! My first kiss!
My eyes jolted open and my hands moved with a speed I didn't know I possessed, pushing her shoulders back.
"What do you think you are doing?" I demanded, my voice cracking slightly.
