"One more"

Something ignited in Soham's gaze, something that could swallow everything ; as if Kai's expression had triggered him into an overstimulated state, hands shaking, a rush of adrenaline thrilling up to his brain, making a mess out of it, his thoughts going at the speed of light making Soham unable to catch a tiny bit of them.

Because of this, Kai was hardly able to touch him during their umpteenth duel. Soham was reacting before processing the situation, a grin plastered on his face whenever he could deeply breath - always while unwittingly locking eyes with Kai.

Soham stuck Kai's arms with his, ready to finish him with a knee in the stomach. The cornered one spoke in the hope to create a distraction "I never saw you like that"

"We never fought like that" Soham asserted in an airless sneer. 

The knee went up and recalled at the last second to go easy on the target engendering a clumsy deviation causing imbalance - The vision lost itself in a sequence of blurry images.

 

Soham was about to cover his painful forehead with a palm but his collar got harshly grabbed. 

It was Kai's last chance "Gotcha" He wrapped his legs around Soham's hips to block him. 

The human belt tightened, forcing Soham's gravity center to go lower, however this one was still resisting by the might of his arms and mind, jaw clenched so hard one could worry to break their own teeth.

A drop of sweat escaped a dark lock of hair to land on Kai's chin, sliding down his Adam apple. 

"Come on give up already" Kai grumbled.

"..." A shaking rose in Soham's hands going up to his shoulders, passing through his every muscles.

Kai was as well at his limit ; legs sore, eyelids weak, mouth dry, head buzzing "We know-" He caught his breath "I'll never give up b'fore you"

They were reflecting in one another's pupils which, like a puzzle of fractals, could probably be zoomed in endlessly - Soham finally collapsed onto Kai's chest.

Kai tried to push him with the remaining energy he had. It was a failure "Get the fuck off me dude"

"..."

"Dude"

"..."

"SOHAM WOULD Y-" He could feel rib cages moving steadily on top of him but...Kai reached Soham's face to lift it up except his hand got slapped away "THE FUCK DUDE ? SO YOU WERE ALIVE" Soham mumbled something over Kai's drenched shirt "What'd you say ?"

A whisper "I can't move...head's spinning"

Kai's neck was hurting from watching the guy on his chest, he tried to wriggle out and halted in the process. "...Damn" his gaze tried to escape the situation "You surely hit your head real bad"

Soham's lie had been exposed "..."

"It's chill dude, we all got hard during P.E clas-"

Soham stood up in an instant and walked away. The time Kai reached the locker room, the other one had already vanished.

Kai dozed off under the gym's shower as well as all the way back home.

About to open the flat's door, something was odd.

It was way too silent.