A/N: I know I keep saying this is complete but this is the conclusion, I'm like 99.8% sure it is.
This is tooth rotting fluff because I had to. I HAD TO. And they're thirsty dorks. That is all.
2 months later
"Okay we can do this," Susan nodded in determination although her eyes continually darted to the gym cafe, "we're in the building, we just have to go."
"But I'm so tired," Bonnie whined, placing her head on her forearm, "can't we just go next week?"
Tutting, Susan shook her head, "we're at the gym already and we already missed the last two sessions."
"It's not our fault they refuse to have this class at a functioning hour. I mean it's..." Bonnie checked her watch, "7:15am, the fuck?" She straightened up and let out a loud yawn, "I have work at nine."
Susan tapped Bonnie's forearm, rather unsympathetically, "we paid a stupid amount of money for this membership, we might as well make use of it."
Bonnie nodded in acquiesce but her head fell back on her forearm, "wake me up when class starts." A minute later her phone started to vibrate, she raised an eyebrow as she lifted her head. Bonnie groaned when she saw who was calling, "why is she always calling me at these stupid hours?"
Susan started to stand up, "I'm just going to grab a croissant. For fuel, it's going to keep me going."
Bonnie scoffed as she picked up her phone, "don't think that's how it works," the chair scrapped against the floor as Susan shrugged and walked away, "get me one too though," Bonnie called out before she answered her phone. "Mom. I thought I told you to stop calling me around this time." Her mom is an early riser to an extreme degree, she recalled many mornings as a teenager when her mom would wake her up to watch the sun rise with her. It was sweet but she often did it on a school day.
"Sweetie," Bonnie's eyes narrowed, her mom never called her a pet name unless she wanted something, "I haven't called you in a week, can't a mother talk to her daughter because she misses her?"
Bonnie slumped back in her seat, "Okay I'm sorry, I miss you too," although, they saw each other on Tuesday but Bonnie kept that to herself, "it's just you can always try calling me in the afternoon? I'm more awake then."
"Carpe diem, sweetie," Abby crooned sweetly, Bonnie glowered as she glanced at the gym entrance, a group walked in; all laughing and joking with one another as they walked to the reception to sign in. What is wrong with people? "if I didn't call you, you'd be sleeping in at god knows what hour."
"I work. I'm a lawyer," Bonnie mumbled quietly, "I have to get up early sometimes."
"And I'm very proud of you," her mother answered serenely. Bonnie wasn't sure if her mom was proud of her being a lawyer or that she gets up early but whatever, she'll take it.
"Thanks mom," Bonnie smiled at the croissant Susan planted in front of her. It was chocolate too. Bonnie mouthed her thanks as she picked at the pastry. Susan sat across from her, looking smug and expectant. Bonnie just rolled her eyes in return. "Was there a reason that you called?"
"Not really, just to see how you are? How's life?"
Bonnie nodded, "good, I'm actually taking a substantial role in this case. It's going really well."
"I'm so happy for you," Bonnie smiled, however her smile waned when her mother added unexpectedly, "And how's Kai doing? I haven't asked about him in so long, I keep forgetting you two work together."
"We don't work together we just work in the same building," Bonnie said quickly.
"But he's a lawyer too? You must see him often?"
Bonnie bit her bottom lip, noting the hesitation in her moms voice. Her mother was fishing for information. "Yeah, sometimes."
"He was always such a lovely boy." Bonnie made a face and Susan tilted her head. Is her mother getting her white boys mixed up? Don't get Bonnie wrong, she's very fond of Kai now but 'lovely' was definitely not a word to describe him but then again the same could have been said for her. How far they've come.
"Okay mom, I have to go, Susan and I are going to Pilates now."
"Oh," Abby said in surprise, "I'm glad you're working out. Good for you."
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "I work out though," she mumbled, probably sounding like a petulant teenager.
"Okay then. I'll call you next week."
"Okay, bye." Bonnie hung up and placed the phone back on the table. "She mentioned Kai, out of the blue...that's weird, right?"
Susan shrugged as she finished the last of her pastry, "you haven't told your parents about you and Kai yet?"
Bonnie grimaced as she shook her head, "nope."
"Then I guess it's a little weird," Susan checked her phone and quickly stood up, "we have to go." She pointed at Bonnie, "eat your croissant."
Bonnie nodded, standing up while basically shoving the entire pastry in her mouth.
"Man," Susan placed both hands on her hips, "if Kai can see you now, he'd be so turned on."
"Shut it," Bonnie mumbled, covering her mouth. "You dragged me here. No insults."
"Sorry," Susan clasped Bonnie's forearm, pulling her along, "we'll have fun."
Bonnie quickly grabbed her phone and bag off the table and allowed herself to be dragged by her friend, hoping Susan knew where she was going because Bonnie certainly didn't.
Bonnie checked her phone and smiled apologetically at the court reporter for the forth time, who was on the far end of the table, looking quite severe.
Bonnie's mouth dropped in surprise when Kai suddenly walked in, he was carrying a brief case in one hand and a binder in the other. "Good morning everyone, sorry I'm late," Kai said absently. Kai chose to wear his glasses today, curse those glasses.
He looked up and paused for a moment when he noticed Bonnie, he blinked before pasting on a charming smile, "Hello."
"Good morning," Bonnie nodded, stoic and professional cause dammit she is professional. She will not notice how delectable he looks in his dark suit nor how sexy his quiet confidence is as he carries himself around the table, choosing a seat to sit down.
Bonnie suddenly imagines standing up from her seat and crawling across the round table, wrapping Kai's tie around her hand and yanking him forward.
Bonnie takes a sip of her bottled water, turning her attention to a plate of fruit placed in the middle of the table. She's acting like a damn cat in heat.
"Malachai," John nodded, a junior partner. Bonnie was surprised they knew each other but they must have had some run ins in the past. "I thought Ann was supposed to take this deposition."
"She was," Kai said as he placed his suitcase on the table, "she came down with the flu yesterday. It seems to be going around."
He straightened his navy tie as he opened his binder. He was riffling through some papers as he sat down. "John..." Kai mused, voice deceptively nonchalant, "from what I looked over; you don't have a case here. You're wasting your time. We can just settle this now, it doesn't have to go to court," He nodded towards the woman seated between John and Bonnie, his tone became patronizing when he addressed her, "this contract is iron clad and Mr. Murphy was in the right frame of mind when he signed it, they even gave you all three days to look it over, we have other-"
The witness gasps then turns to John, "what a load of horse shit! I-" Bonnie placed a hand on her shoulder, silently telling her to shut up.
Bonnie glared up at Kai who had his head down, looking annoyingly relaxed at the women's outburst as he surveyed his notepad.
"Malachai," Bonnie said in a sickeningly sweet tone. Kai quickly looked up but his gaze remained passive, he quirked an eye brow, "would you mind not addressing the witness until the deposition actually starts?"
Kai shrugged as he placed the notepad on the table, "whatever you say, Bonbon," Bonnie eyes widened and Kai stilled, blinking, "nie. Bonnie." He cleared his throat as he reached for a pen, carefully avoiding Bonnie's glare.
Bonnie repressed an eye roll, itching to chuck her own pen at him, when John turned to her, "Bonnie would you mind turning on the video camera. We can begin."
Bonnie nodded quickly as she stood up, she turned on the camera and went to sit a few seats away from her witness so she was out of frame. As she sat back down, she felt someone stare at her. Knowing exactly who it was, she met his blue eyes. She inhaled at the intensity of his gaze, his gaze flickered across her face for a moment before giving her a covert, apologetic smile.
Kai turned away from Bonnie before addressing the witness, his face resumed his passiveness as he scribbled something down on one of his notes.
They stumbled into her apartment, nearly tripping over her rug as pawed at each other in a frenzied state. Bonnie yanks his black jacket over his shoulders, huffs in annoyance as the sleeves only go halfway down his arms. Kai was absolutely being no help as his attention was solely drawn to the zipper at the back of her skirt, she moaned when he squeezed her ass before pushing him off. He had to grab the coat hanger for balance as he turned to her in gleeful amusement.
"Did you just growl?" Kai's pupils was blown wide even in the brightly lit hallway, he takes his glasses off and places them next to her bowl of keys.
"Shut up," Bonnie mumbled as she forcefully grabs his coat to pull it all the way down. She reaches behind her to pull the rest of her zipper down, shimmying out her skirt and stepping out of it. Kai's eyes widened, watching her as she pushes him against a nearby door. "We have thirty minutes, we have no time" she said pointedly, grabbing his tie pulling it apart and Kai watches her in awe. The look makes her suddenly shy which is funny considering how they were at the moment; Bonnie unbuttoning his shirt and Kai groping her lace covered behind.
He smiled softly at her for a moment before he pulled her ever closer, she resisted a groan when she felt his hardness, "loud and clear Bon."
Clothes quickly littered the hallway as they fell into the nearest room which happened to be the living room.
"You have no idea..." Kai said, voice ragged as he lifted Bonnie up on the wooden table at the near corner of the room, "how much I always want you." Bonnie grinned against his lips, will always be surprisingly pleased at his eagerness to have her. She wrapped her legs around his waist and he smiled reflexively before his lips moved lower, placing open mouth kisses on her neck. Bonnie whimpered as he slowly pulled her bra strap down.
"Yes," Bonnie panted as her hands made their way down his briefs.
Her apartment was closer which was very convenient considering the state they were both in after the deposition. Bonnie was ready to pounce on him and Kai was about to lose his mind as he waited outside the glass doors for John to finish talking to Bonnie. Every now and then Kai would impatiently roll his eyes at John's back and Bonnie had to bite back a grin as she tried to focus on her mentor's strategy for next time.
By the time they were out of the room, Kai let out an exasperated "lunch?" his face near pleading that Bonnie's eyes widened in surprise, aware that John was standing next to her, can't this idiot be just a little subtle? However, Kai seemed to have read Bonnie's expression as he quickly turned his attention to John, "wanna get lunch with us? Bonnie and I are going to the burger joint across the road, think it's called 'Meat Galore' or something."
Bonnie's eyes narrowed to contemplation, did Kai actually want to get lunch? She noticed John cringe at Kai's extended invitation, "no thank you. I already ate." He turned to Bonnie then, "right. I'll see you later." Glancing back at Kai, voice gruff as he nodded, "always a pleasure."
"Right back atcha," Kai simpered.
Bonnie beamed at her colleague as John walked away. "Are you hungry?" Bonnie asked as she turned to the man at her side.
Kai paused before shaking his head, "for food? no."
Bonnie flushed at Kai's sudden wolfish grin, she playfully slapped his forearm. She glanced around quickly, making sure nobody noticed her lapse, "but you asked John though?"
"John's vegan, I knew he wouldn't accept the invite."
"He's vegan?" Bonnie harshly whispered, she visibly grimaced and when Kai bumped her elbow in question she shook her head, "I made him mini quiches for his birthday last year...and there was chicken in them too."
Kai shrugged, "it's the thought that counts."
Bonnie just let out a pitiful groan.
Kai blinked rapidly at that before he looked around for a moment. He took a step closer into her personal space. He dipped his head slightly, "please Bonnie," he softly whispered.
A teasing remark was on the tip of Bonnie's tongue but as she glanced up at him, all embarrassment and coherent thoughts flooded her brain. Instead she nodded quickly, mouth slightly agape, probably looked like idiot but it's those damn blue eyes (further emphasized by those stupid, sexy glasses), they hypnotize her somehow. Very inconvenient. Bonnie ignored the fluttering in her stomach when he smiled curiously at her silence.
She cleared her throat and looked away, "my place?"
"Yes, please."
Cue back to her apartment;
Bonnie managed to slide his underwear down, again difficult to do since Kai wasn't giving her any room to move. However, when she grazed her hand along his dick before giving it an apt tug he stilled in his ministrations, his hand on her breast only tightened slightly before he leaned forward with a gratifying moan. His forehead landing on her shoulder as Bonnie stroked him, the harsh pants he emitted turning her on to an unbelievable degree. For a moment she even forgot about having sex with him, quite content with just giving him a hand job.
However he looked up, jaw tight as he stills her hand, flinching a little as he does. She looked at him questionably as he straightens up, "thought we didn't have time for this," he breaths out before lifting her up a little so can tug her panties down. He kisses her hard then as his hand whispered along her thigh before his thumb insistently rubs at her clit, she jumps as she lets out the loudest moan. She really hopes her neighbors aren't home. Her hands immediately latch onto his shoulders, nails digging into his skin when he pushes a finger inside, pumping leisurely and kissing her all the while. She was maddening wet and a second finger followed a moment later, picking up in speed.
"Kai," Bonnie moaned, reaching down to squeeze him, he curses, "please." He pauses and Bonnie grips his ass, pulling him to her, grinding her sex against his, not caring how she looked just then. He looked down between their bodies, mouth open as he watches. "Kai, grab a damn condom."
He looked up, dazed before his eyes widened, he nodded rapidly, "shit wait, I have one- wait." He steps away and Bonnie gazes at him in amusement as he runs back into the hallway, a chuckle escapes her when comes back ten seconds later, he raises an eyebrow.
"You look so proud of yourself," Bonnie smiles as he stands in front of her.
He grins in return, before he shakes his head, eyes roving over her as he lets out a stuttering breath, "You're like my every fantasy come to life, seriously."
"Kai, stop," Bonnie said bashfully as she plucks the condom out of his hand and rips it open.
"I mean it, ever since I laid eyes-oh fuck," his hands grip the table's edge while she puts the condom on him, "I l..." whatever he going to say was forgotten when she scooted forward and wrapped her legs around his hips once more in urgency. The next moment he was guiding himself inside her and Bonnie can't imagine ever feeling so complete.
"We couldn't even make it to my bedroom," she smiled when she felt Kai rest his hand on her stomach, his index finger tracing a pattern around her belly button.
They were currently lying down in the middle of her living room floor being awful employees, she didn't have a watch or a phone on her but it's been definitely more than thirty minutes.
"Next time," Kai panted next to her, "like in ten minutes."
Bonnie snorted, totally unladylike as she glanced up at him, "ten minutes? who are you kidding." She yelped when she felt a sudden light pinch on her hip.
"You're so rude," Kai muttered as he scooted closer to her.
The apartment was silent except for their breathing, Kai currently had his face buried into her hair, she felt him inhale and she leaned into him slightly.
"What time do you need to be back by?"
Kai pulled away, patted the ground for his phone before he realized it's somewhere in the hallway, "I don't know but I'm really late."
Bonnie nodded, resting her head on his shoulder, "same. We should get up."
She could feel Kai nod in agreement but neither made any motion to move.
"Bon?" Kai asked after a minute of silence, she hummed in reply and Kai continued on, "my mom bumped into Mrs. Bennett the other day and-"
Bonnie reached up to fuss a little with Kai's hair, enjoying how messy it looked. "You can call her Abby, Kai. We're not twelve." Her hand paused in it's ministrations, registering what Kai said, "oh...that's nice."
Kai nodded as he lifted himself up and she pulled her hand back. He turned on his side and rested his head in his hand as peered down at Bonnie. He languidly gazed down Bonnie's naked form, she tried not to squirm in anticipation, before looking back at Bonnie's expectant face. "Yeah, I heard they had a pretty nice chat and caught up."
Bonnie smiled dreamily as she watched him, not noticing the slight edge to his tone, "that's great, don't think they've seen each other in a while."
Kai smirked. "Yeah, great. Funnily enough, when my mom mentioned us, Abby seemed to have no idea what she was talking about, she didn't even know we've gotten friendlier with one another, let alone seeing each other." He chuckled a little, probably because Bonnie was slowly resurfacing from her sex daze. "Funny, huh?"
Bonnie blinked as she looked off to the side, "yeah, umm so about that...uh..."
"Go on," Kai nodded in obvious amusement, enjoying her discomfort. Jerk. "I'm listening."
Bonnie faced him but the angle was odd so she mirrored his movements, turning on her side to lean against her elbow. She didn't miss the way his eyes tracked the movement of her breasts. "Okay, you know my mom. She can be...nosy-"
"So can mine," Kai cut in.
"I guess but," Bonnie sighed, "she is above and beyond nosy as fuck. I love her but it's true, every boyfriend I've ever had, she's always tried to pry for details and my relationships would eventually sour cause she was way too involved," she narrowed her eyes as she nodded to herself, "oh...that would explain the phone call this morning," at Kai's questioning look, "she called, asking about you."
"Oh?" Kai asked, raising an eye brow, "what did you say?"
"We were late for pilates," Bonnie shrugged casually which was difficult to do considering her position and Kai narrowing his eyes, looking very unimpressed with her. "Susan and I. I didn't have much time to say anything." Bonnie scoffed when Kai still regarded her coolly, "fine when did you tell your mom?"
Kai shifted a little, eyes darting to the right of Bonnie's shoulder, "maybe like a month ago."
Bonnie squeaked a high pitch, "what?" They were still in their casual-let's see where this takes us but no pressure-dating stage then.
"In my defense," Kai cleared his throat, "I mentioned it to Jo, mom overheard us so...yeah." He bit his lip as he looked down, "they were both happy about you though," his voice soft as he cautiously met her gaze. His expression cleared, chuckling when Bonnie tried and failed to contain a pleased smile. "But I told them not to be weird cause it was early stages..." He sighed rather obnoxiously, "but that was then."
"Huh," Bonnie frowned slightly, "I bumped into Jo the other day and it didn't seem like she knew about us."
"I guess she was being discreet, probably waiting for you to say something but you didn't, so..." another annoying sigh.
"Kai..." He merely raised his eye brows at her whine, "fine," Bonnie groaned, she leaned forward and buried her face into his neck, "I'll tell my mom."
A beat later, "and Rudy?"
Bonnie nodded, "and dad."
"And your grams?"
Bonnie simpered as she nodded, she sighed, "and grams." She lifted her head up to look at him, noticing the satisfied look on on his face. "But just so you know," Bonnie said, lowering her voice, hoping it comes off as a warning, "you are not only the guy that I'm in a relationship with but you're also the kid they watched grow up: mom baked you brownies when I pushed you off that slide," she cringed, it was quite a high slide, "have I ever apologized about that?"
"Don't think so."
"I'm sorry."
Kai shrugged, "it's alright."
Bonnie cleared her throat, "so anyway," she lowered her voice again, ignoring the mirth in Kai's eyes because this is meant to be menacing dammit, "grams chased you around my house when you tried to tepee my window," she allowed herself a tiny smirk at that fond memory before she schooled her face back to seriousness, "even though we were never friends you were a constant in my life so they will be extra relentless with their attentions, way more intense than my other boyfriends, you think you can handle that?"
"Bonnie," Kai lightly crooned, scooting over as he gazed at her smugly, "I have five siblings and two very intrusive parents and I have kept them all at bay but just one word..." Bonnie visibly gulped and Kai laughed when he noticed, lying back down, gazing up at her with complete ease. "Are we threatening each other with our family?"
"It appears so." Bonnie bit her lip as she watched Kai, a sense of yearning took hold as he grinned up at her, looking quite boyish just then. She quickly straddled hips and he immediately grabbed her waist, tightening his hold when she leaned down, her mouth brushing with his. She shut her eyes in resignation before she pulled away. Damn responsibilities. "We have to go back to work," Bonnie said forlornly.
He reached up to cup her cheek, "that would be the adult thing to do." He grazed her chin for a second before he let his hand drop, "right," he slapped her ass and Bonnie jumped in surprise, he looked at her, unrepentant. He started to sit and up and she moved off of him, "should we take a quick shower? It would be a little gross to not take one, right?"
"Yes," Bonnie nodded in agreement, "but like a really quick one because we are fucking late," He stood up and her gaze unconsciously swept over him, "and we're not having shower sex," she added absently. Kai nodded innocently, "I mean it." Bonnie walked towards the bathroom and Kai closely followed behind.
"Sure."
"I mean it, we're not having sex."
They did.
Bonnie stood at the threshold and knocked at the open door, when John looked up she smiled, "Hey John, you asked for me?"
John smiled in return although it was a little reserved, he nodded and beckoned her inside, "can you I talk to you for a sec?" Bonnie sat across from him and John pushed his folder aside, "Bonnie you did great work in the deposition, you were collected and you kept the witness calm cause it definitely looked like she wanted to strangle Malachai throughout." Bonnie nodded, in the deposition she knew right away why Kai was there; he has a great talent of provoking people into unfavorable reactions and their witness is a live wire. It's not really a surprise, Bonnie had nearly two decades of Kai goading her but watching him work; subtly yet consistently needling the witness, honestly impressed her.
"Thanks," Bonnie said tentatively, although she just received praise his tone implied there's going to be a 'but' attached to it, her heart started to inexplicably race.
John lowered his head, "however, I think it would be for the best if we took you off it." Bonnie tried to keep the shock off her face but she's never had a decent poker face in her life and it's evident with the way John raised his hands in a placating way, "it has nothing to do with your work ethic, you're a great worker Bonnie."
Bonnie subtly cleared her throat, afraid her voice might come out pitchy, "then may I ask why I'm being taken off it?"
John shifted in his seat before he sighed, "to put it bluntly...your relationship with Malachai."
Bonnie blinked, "relationship?" Dear lord, how transparent were they? Her first instinct was to deny her relationship with Kai but the logical, disgusted (at her instinct) part of her brain quickly tempered that desire.
John nodded, "honestly in any other facet of our working environment, it's none of our business. You're not breaking any rules but Malachai's on the defense..."
Bonnie shook her head, "are you saying I might tell him about our case?" Offense seeping in her tone as she regarded John, "because I would never do that and he would never do that," she paused, "we keep our personal and working lives seperate."
"We're just trying to be careful here and since we're still in the somewhat early stages I can find another lawyer I can bring up to speed," he gave her a sympathetic smile, "I really appreciate your help Bonnie. And you're definitely going to be someone I turn to in the future."
Bonnie tried keep the distaste of her face as she nodded, "I'll hold you to that," she muttered. She slowly stood up, "I'll just get going now." She gestured vaguely towards the door.
"I'm sorry, Bonnie. It's nothing personal."
Bonnie shrugged as she reached the door, "my personal life is the reason why I'm taken off the case. It seems personal." She turned her head and offered John a small smile, "but I do get it." John nodded and Bonnie walked down the hallway, really craving some comfort food right now.
She passed Marcel on the way to the break room.
He raised his hand in acknowledgment, "Bon-"
"I'm hungry," Bonnie snapped, practically marching herself to the breakroom.
"Well, damn."
Thankfully she was alone when she walked in, she saw a box of Krispy Kreme and she sighed heavily, knowing she's going to have to jog around her block a few more times later on in the evening but she doesn't care.
A minute later, the door swung open and Bonnie assumed it was going to be Marcel asking what the hell is wrong with her.
"Bon?" Bonnie stiffened as her hand gripped the edge of the counter top. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Bonnie said, tone monotonous as she stared at the cupboards. "I'm just hungry."
His responding chuckle caused the usual flutter in her stomach but she didn't want to look at him, instead she tightened her hold on the counter top, "no kidding. Saw you rip Marcel's head off."
"You were there?"
"I just walked in, he's having a mope right now."
"That's an exaggeration, he's used to me by now," Bonnie said with the same lifelessness, she felt Kai place his hands on each shoulder and he turned her slowly to face him, she immediately looked down, biting down on her bottom lip. He gently lifted her chin up with his index finger.
His brows furrowed as his eyes flickered over her face, "okay, what's wrong?"
Bonnie shook her head, "nothing. Was there a reason you came down here?" she added hesitantly.
"I think I left my ipad at your place the other day but whatever," he said quickly. "What's wrong, Bonnie?"
Bonnie snapped her fingers, ignoring the last part of his question, "you did, I forgot to bring it in, I left it in my bedroom."
"I guess..." he said, playfully coy as his hand drifted down to her waist, "if we had made it to your room, I would've remembered it." Her cheeks started to flush and he beamed at her for a moment before his smile dimmed, "is something the matter though?"
Damn, he's just not going to let it go. "I'm good."
"Really?"
She opened her mouth but snapped it shut, instead she shrugged him off and turned away, just catching the shock on his face.
"Bonnie," Kai said lowly, "you know I'm not going to leave here until you tell me what's wrong, right?"
"I said I'm fine," Bonnie said, annoyance creeping through her voice.
"Can you actually look at me and say that."
Bonnie can hear his patience with her waning quickly. "I got kicked off the case," she said rapidly, words nearly blurring into one.
She was surprised Kai caught it. "What case?"
"The Clarkson case," Bonnie said with forced calm, "the only case I'm on...was on."
Kai sputtered, "you were kicked off, why?"
Bonnie turned to face him, smiling bitterly at him, "why do you think? because of us, because we're so obvious."
"I didn't think we were," Kai said quietly.
"Well, we were." She sighed heavily as she grabbed a mug from one of the cupboards, she motioned with her cup, an invitation for coffee but Kai shook his head, he was intently looking at her though as if waiting for her to say more so Bonnie shrugged and continued, "it's just not fair, it's like I'm a paralegal here. Even though I'd never take up corporate law, no offence," she added quickly and Kai's lips quirked up. "I was always jealous of what you were able to do, you've been a part of so many cases already and I'm just..." she lets out a long breath as she turns on the kettle, "and this is my first shot of being apart of an actual case and I screw it up."
"You didn't screw it up Bonnie," Kai said vehemently, shaking his head. "It's my fault." He took off his glasses and rubbed his temple, "looking back on it, I was a little too," he let a frustrated huff, "eager."
"And so was I," She turned around and folded her arms. "It's your fault, it's my fault. It's neither our fault, whatever. I'm off it so it doesn't matter now." She regarded Kai's sudden frown, she didn't want him to feel guilty, and sighed, "it's fine Kai." She took a couple steps towards him and gently took the glasses out of his hands, "I just want to feel sorry for myself," she shrugged, "just for a little bit," she gave him a meager smile as she carefully placed his glasses back on. His frown only deepened and she quickly kissed him on the lips, not giving him a chance to reciprocate when she took a step back. "Seriously I'm fine," she grabbed the kettle, "are you sure you don't want any tea or coffee?"
He shook his head, "I have to head up stairs," Bonnie noticed him looking a little lost, a rare occurrence. "Kai, it's honestly fine," Bonnie urged before she tucked her hair behind her ear, she was going for flirty but she knew she was doing a poor job at it. "You could take me to dinner though, after work? I'm curious about this 'Meat Galore' place you mentioned." She exaggeratedly fluttered her eyes lashes and Kai's expression lightened slightly.
He smiled although it didn't reach his eyes, "meet you at the lobby?" Bonnie nodded and he kissed her on the forehead, lingering a little before he turned around, he hesitated at the door, "see you later?"
She playfully rolled her eyes, "of course." He gave her a parting smile before he walked out. Bonnie's smile dropped as she stirred her coffee.
A few hours past after the break room. Bonnie checked her watch and yawned, she was in a significantly better mood, well, she wasn't snappy anymore anyway; eating two doughnuts certainly helped.
She poked Marcel with her pencil, he brushed it away as he continued typing. She started jabbing him with her pencil, he jumped before glaring at her. She smiled innocently at him, "whatchya doing?"
"Work," Marcel muttered, "like you should be doing."
"Bullshit," Bonnie said, she swiveled her chair towards his cubicle, "you're texting Susan," she pointed at his screen, "I see her name."
Marcel sighed as he stared at his phone, "she's leaving me pick the restaurant this time," He frowned, "and I am stumped. She's really picky."
"Hmm," Bonnie said as she tapped her chin, "if only you had her best friend in this vicinity." She looked around, "what to do." she said slowly.
Marcel turned to her, narrowing his brown eyes, "sure you're not going to yell at me again?"
She held her hands up, "I'm sorry I yelled at you, I was in a crap mood and I didn't get the happy sugar rush from the doughnuts yet."
Marcel eyed her shrewdly before he nodded, "apology accepted now help me out here. She's Filipino so should I take her to a Filipino restaurant?"
Bonnie shook her head, "oh god no. She grew up on it, take her to..." she paused, Susan was picky eater, she technically liked all the different types of cuisines just specific foods and dishes belonging to each cuisine unlike Bonnie who literally would try anything you place in front of her although she'd never admit it out loud, "she likes Spanish cuisine, Thai as well. I saw her eat sushi once and she liked it, kinda." Bonnie nodded, "Mexican too."
Marcel blinked as he stared down at his screen, "thanks Bonnie, you nearly narrowed that down for me."
She sighed dramatically, "just don't take her to a snooty restaurant and you'll be fine."
Marcel raised an eyebrow, "you sure?"
Bonnie nodded, "positive."
"Okay," Marcel looked up carefully, "so..." Bonnie gave him a deadpan look, already knowing what he's going to ask, "Kai looked a little bummed out when he left the break room."
Bonnie grimaced, "he did?" Marcel nodded, "he's on the defense for the Clarkson case and I was taken off it when John had an inkling of my not so professional relationship with Kai and I might have taken it a little out on him."
"That's shit Bonnie," Marcel said as he gazed at her in sympathy, "I'm sorry. You were so excited about it."
Bonnie shrugged, "don't be. John promised he'd take me on more cases so it's fine," she bit the inside of her cheek, "silver lining."
Marcel nodded, "still it's shit but as soon as Kai walked into that room, I guess John was going to take you off it, it's protocol especially for first years."
Bonnie nodded in agreement before she frowned, "what do mean 'as soon as Kai walked into the room?'"
"John obviously knew you two were together."
"What do you mean?"
Marcel looked down at his phone when he got a message, presumably from Susan, "Umm everyone in this building and their mother knows you two are dating unless they're really dim."
Bonnie frowned, "really?"
Marcel chuckled, still looking at his phone. "You two are about subtle as an earthquake." He smiled faintly at his phone before looking up, "especially you."
"Huh," Bonnie raised her eyebrows, coming to a pretty obvious realization. "I guess there's no point in hiding our relationship then if everyone knows."
Marcel's smile widened slightly, "guess not."
Bonnie's eyes zoned in on Marcel's phone as he continued to text quickly. His fingers slowed down as Bonnie craned her neck to look at his phone, he brought the phone closer to his chest. Rude. "Ask her if we're still on tomorrow night." He looked at Bonnie for a second in question before he started texting.
"...She said she'll bring the tequila?"
Bonnie nodded seriously, "tell her to make those noodles too. She knows which kind."
Marcel chuckled when he got a reply back, "she said to make it your damn self. She gave you the recipe."
Bonnie pouted.
It was the end of the day and Bonnie was about to hightail it out of there, she received a text from Kai a minute prior telling her he was about to leave his floor.
Bonnie grabbed her handbag as she ran her fingers through her wavy hair, she looked at her reflection from her phone screen. She looked alright but perhaps she should freshen up in the ladies room. Kai could wait around for a couple more minutes. She collected her coat off her chair when John walked up to her, she repressed a sigh when she turned around, looking at him expectantly, "hi, John."
"Hi Bonnie, headed home?"
"Yes," Bonnie said hesitantly, afraid he was going to ask her to stay back.
"Okay,' John nodded, "just wanted to know if it's alright if you can come back to the Clarkson case," Bonnie's eyes widened, nodding without really realizing it. "Great, I'll see on Monday."
Bonnie gaped as she watched John about to walk away, "but what about Kai?"
"Hmm?" John said, turning around, "oh he took himself off it, said he was swamped with other work loads." Bonnie gasped but she quickly covered it up with a cough, she nodded, trying to read John's expression but his round face maintain it's professional passiveness. "Does he prefer to being called Kai?"
Bonnie blinked in surprise, "honestly yes." She smiled slightly at him, "he's not the biggest of Malachai."
He pursed his lips, "huh," he shrugged, "enjoy your weekend Bonnie."
"You too," Bonnie said quietly, watching John turn the corner to his office before she briskly walked to the elevators. She jabbed the button, the elevators opened a moment later, she blanched when she saw Kai leaning on the opposite side.
He looked up from his phone and grinned at her, resting his arm against the metal railing, "fancy meeting you here." Bonnie quickly strode in, a determined look on her face as she pressed the button to halt the elevator. "What are you-"
She spun around, cutting him off, "You didn't have to take yourself off the case, Kai."
His face shuttered before it cleared, resolute as he stared at her, "I didn't have to. I wanted to."
Bonnie sighed as she leaned against the railing, just a foot away from him, "because I guilt you into it."
He pushed himself off the wall to face her, "no you didn't," she looked away and he stepped closer to her, "if I had taken this case I would have been stretched too far and I wouldn't have been able to amply contribute," he faltered, noticing the cool expression on her face.
"Truth Kai," Bonnie said quietly as she looked up at him.
His jaw clenched as he gazed down at her, "I don't like seeing you sad," he said simply, "so I took myself off it." Bonnie leaned her head back and grimaced, "no listen," Kai placed his hand on either side of her, grasping the railing, boxing her in. He exhaled and Bonnie looked at him curiously, "I really, really like y-oh fuck it, I love you." Bonnie's heart sped up and Kai let go of the railing and gestured towards her, he quirked an eye brow, "definitely not expecting you to say it back by the way," He shrugged, "I'm just telling you my reason, I don't like seeing you hurt or sad and if I'm partly the reason for that? It fucks me up." He traced his finger along her waist absently, "besides," he said softly, "you were on the case first. It's yours. I'm not going to loose sleep over it Bonnie, promise."
Kai's 'I love you' continually ringed through Bonnie's mind and she exhaled, a little ragged to her ears, as her hand clamped around his forearm. To be honest, although she was totally falling for him like passed the point of no return, she wasn't ready to say it yet and Kai knew it as well in regards to how blase he tried to sound. He didn't want to pressure her and she was enveloped with that familiar, warm feeling as she smiled at him. Even in her heels, she went on her toes to kiss him. She dragged her hand up his arm to rake through his hair and Bonnie relished in the groan he emitted. She pulled her to him, a little desperately but was surprised when she was met with resistance. "What?"
He took a breath. "Don't get me wrong," he simpered, "I'm really digging this but," he pointed above them and Bonnie craned her neck to look up, she turned back to him with wide eyes, "yeah. I'm not really in the mood of entertaining an x-rated show right now. Maybe next time?"
"When the hell did they install a camera?"
Kai took a step back as he straightened up his jacket, "gotta be recent, I just noticed it when I stepped in."
Bonnie huffed as she glared at him, "and you couldn't have told me this when I stopped the elevator or mauled you?"
It looked like he was trying very hard not to laugh and honestly, Bonnie was fighting her own smile as they watched one another. He succeeded as he pushed the button, the elevator started to descend. "We were having a moment, I forgot," he pouted and Bonnie playfully rolled her eyes.
The elevators opened and Bonnie pushed Kai out of the elevators, "quickly, quickly," Bonnie whispered, "don't make eye contact with the security guard." She avoided looking at the desk as she jostled Kai out of the lobby.
When they were met with the cool air, she immediately linked her arm around his and huddled close. He gazed down at her in pleasant surprise at that, they were outside the building, anyone could see them but Bonnie kissed his stubbled cheek and smiled, "lets check out Meat Galore."
He bit his bottom lip, looking immensely pleased with himself as he nodded, Bonnie chuckled as they crossed the street to find that disgusting name restaurant.