New Life : A Second Chance

Kyle held Sari in his arms for a while as he studied her. 

Fainting wasn't something serious, so he didn't panic. He did find it amusing, though. 

Wiping the stray hair that fell on her face, he kissed her forehead and carried her outside to the living room. He placed her on the leather sofa that was here, and put some cushions under her leg to alleviate them.

The legs had to be raised above the heart level, ideally about 12 inches (30 centimeters) to stimulate the blood flow. Fainting is caused by the fact that the brain didn't receive blood flow temporarily, which is a result of low blood pressure caused by several factors.

In Sari's case, it was the shock that did so.

Kyle sighed, and took off the belt around her waist. Anything constricting needed to be loosened or taken off, and he hoped she didn't think he was up to any hanky-panky. If her guardians were to find out that he had her in his home, all alone, all hell would break loose.

He folded the belt and placed it at the coffee table right in front of the sofa, then covered her with a light blanket. He headed to the kitchen, and decided to make something light for supper.

They hadn't really eaten at the prom, and he, for one, was getting hungry.

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Sari's eyes fluttered open. 

She was puzzled for a while as this was not her room and she panicked until she remembered what happened.

Her eyes went wide open all over again as she thought back.

It couldn't be.

But the evidence had been right in front of her eyes.

She looked around, wondering where he was. She heard some sounds nearby and she got up gingerly, turning her head towards the sound.

There, she saw Kyle in the kitchen.

Kyle's house had the open kitchen concept, that is, there was no wall seperating the kitchen to the living room. A breakfast bar served as the seperator between the kitchen and the dining room, and it was only halfway from one end of the wall to the other.

She sat on the sofa, leaning on it as she admired her boyfriend in the kitchen, frying some rice. 

Kitty was actually perched on his shoulders, watching him doing so. Her head kept bobbing up and down as Kyle flipped the wok while frying the rice.

"Yes, yes Baby, but this is not for you, okay?" Kyle said as Kitty meowed in his ear.

"No," Kyle insisted, "This is human food. I already buy you the best wet food, you know."

Kitty wailed a bit, sounding quite pitiful.

"Stubborn girl," Kyle scolded her, "Who do you take after? Certainly not me."

Kitty purred then, and rubbed her face on his cheek, then started licking his face.

"Aaaah! Baby!! I told you! No licking!" Kyle said, glaring at her and bobbing her on the head.

Kitty ignored him and rubbed herself on his head even more.

Kyle sighed, "What am I going to do with you, huh?"

Without turning around, Kyle said, "Supper will be ready soon, Sari. Drink some of the juice there first."

"How did you know I was up?" she asked.

"I heard you," Kyle said simply. 

Kyle turned towards Kitty, kissed her on the nose and said, "Be a good girl and get down now."

Kyle looked down towards the floor and Kitty followed his line of gaze. She tilted her head, giving him a puzzled look. 

Kyle frowned at her,  then said more firmly, "Down."

Kitty gave a mournful meow and jumped down. 

"You're getting to be more stubborn, young lady," Kyle scolded her, "Looks like I have to be more strict with you."

Sari watched all of this with a smile.

Slowly, her mind was beginning to be able to accept seeing her idol standing in the kitchen. Her boyfriend turned out to be her idol.

What sort of fantasy was this?

She gulped and stared at the vision in the kitchen.

How could she not have seen it before?

She had seen his face countless of times, but it never occurred to her that he was Kyle Smith. Could it be because with his brown eyes, anything to that possibility went out the window?

As her mind was subconsciously blocking it and thus, she could never make the connection?

When she had looked at him earlier, everything just seemed to click.

She had been so shocked that she had actually fainted.

How mortifying was that?

Kyle placed a plate of chinese fried rice in front of Sari, and another plate for himself in front of her. He handed her a pair of cutlery and then, kissed her on the top of the head before sitting down.

Sari watched as Kyle sat down, and began eating.

"I'm starving," he said as he seemed to swallow the food, "I hope you don't mind something simple."

"No, this is good," Sari said, taking a bite.

"Rex," Sari began after taking a few more mouthfuls, "No, I mean Kyle … why … I mean, how … I mean .."

Sari didn't know where to begin.

"It's a long story," Kyle said.

"Are you really here to prove yourself?" she asked, then looked around, "And I suppose this is your own house?"

"Yes, to both questions," Kyle answered, "I never lied to you about anything. I just never told you everything."

Kyle began to tell her about his fight, and him leaving to prove himself. He was working part-time just to pass the time and to break the boredom.

Kyle went over to her side, and took her hands in his, saying, "The last thing I expected was meeting you. My feelings for you are true, but I didn't know how to begin telling you who I am."

Sari bit her bottom lip and stared at Kyle.

"I can understand how hard that must have been," Sari said softly, "Just give me some time to process this."