The Street Fighter Meets The Gang Leader

Her Sober Lips

-Blake's POV-

"Then why can't I be your girlfriend?"

I stopped. It seemed as if everything froze with me.

I looked down slowly at Dominic. Her lips captivating me instantly but I resisted.

She's drunk. She's drunk. I had to remember she was drunk.

"You're drunk Dominic," I stated, trying to divert my attention from her to the exit. I didn't know why I was panicking or why my heart was racing like it was but at that moment, all I could hear was its unsteady beat and how it wouldn't slow down.

"I know," she deadpanned, "but you were also drunk when you told me you loved me so I think this makes it equal," I gulped, we hadn't brought that up again ever since she had come back to America so this caught me off guard. "Unless that was a lie of course," she finished which made me shake my head negatively.

"No, it wasn't a lie- and I do still lo-" "I knew it!" She shouted, cutting me off as I walked down the street with her laid in my arms.

Seeing her this excitable was a shock to me. We became friends in the first place because we were so alike in our ways of expressing our emotions and feelings, so I hadn't expected her to have this sort of side to her, that too when drunk.

Suddenly she let out a squeal and hugged my neck which shook my insides again. She's never like this usually but I'd be lying if I didn't like this, this newfound attention. In fact, it only made me crave the attention more.

"You can put me down you know," she said but the way her arms were comfortable around my neck and how she was playfully swinging her legs made it seem like she didn't want to be let go of so I smirked instead.

"I could, but, don't lie, you love me carrying you," I felt confident in that moment so, "just like you love me," I carried on. Yet the look on Dominic's face told me that she wasn't amused. She was drunk, yes, but her facial expression made her look like she sobered up as the words left my mouth.

I knew 'love' wasn't a comfortable word for her but I didn't think it would affect her that much anymore.

"Carry on this way and I'm going to be in danger Blake," she whispered after a moment of silence. I tried playing it cool despite how nervous I was. "Danger? The Men of Mayhem are gone, D. You're not in danger anymore." "I'm in danger of falling-" "but I've got you,"

"-In love."

By now I had made it to the door of Jake and I's apartment but the only bell that rang was the little one in my head when Dominic said those words. The more I thought about them, the more they'd make me burst with happiness. I had a huge grin on my face and couldn't help myself from screaming the words, "YES!" the loudest I could regardless of it being past 2 am and Dominic's ears being right next to my face. I didn't care about any of it.

All I cared about was Dominic finally -even though she was in a drunken state- finally said that she was somewhat in love with me. Falling. Arg I didn't care but I was happy as hell.

I swung my door open with my foot and walked in a different man. She made me a different man and, God, I wouldn't have it any other way.

"You almost made me deaf! What the hell is wrong with you?! Shouting like that all of a sudden. At least give me a warning!" Dominic complained but all I could say in reply was, "I don't care," and flopped her onto my bed.

"Meanie!" she exclaimed and stuck her tongue out at me like an anime character which only made me laugh before my attention was caught by her lips again. Damn, they were going to be the death of me. I thought, raising my head upwards to thank whatever the hell was there for giving me her.