New Level Challenge:

Keisha and Yin have been in a relationship for two years. Well, sort of. Let’s back up some.

Keisha and Yin have been friends with benefits. For two years now. The journey to that point started out as an interesting one. Keisha and Yin had known each other since junior school. He transferred to California on the summer before he started seventh grade. He didn’t really have many friends then. The guy didn’t really know much English either. Then, Keisha came into his life and dragged him into one wild ride after another.

Keisha had always been a lively girl. The baby of the family, everyone always showered her with attention. She loved to sing and be around people. Her list of friends never really saw an end. More and more people took to her so easily. Yin found himself to be no exception.

Keisha and Yin seemed to be like an odd pair of mismatched socks. Others couldn’t understand what they saw in each other. But yet, she always had his back. When some of the popular kids picked on him, Keisha drove them far away. In time, Yin developed feelings for his black friend. Too bad she never really noticed.

“I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!” Yin yelled in bed in present day. He belted under the pressure within the condom that Keisha had provided moments earlier. His sexy friend moaned at her own release. He collapsed against her panting. Keisha lied there tired herself. How did they end up in a relationship like this one? The answer itself takes some digging into.

Freshman year of high school. Keisha’s interest in boys really took off then. She had many offers for dates. Yin tried his best to keep down his jealousy. None of these guys are good for her, he thought to himself many times a day. They just want some. Keisha kept running into toads. The guys turned out to be total jerks. She always turned to Yin when her dates turned out to be a total disaster. He stayed by her side until she found a new man.

Yin climbed off of her and laid down now to her. They didn’t speak for a long time. Yin couldn’t understand it. Why were they doing this? He knew how this started.

Junior year of high school. Prom night is the pentacle of a girl’s night. Keisha gave it her all to look her best that night. Long fancy purple dress that showcased her shapely hourglass figure. Long black hair in graceful curls. Make-up done like a movie star’s. Yin helped her get ready for her date. It tore his heart up inside.

“It’s a shame you aren’t coming to prom,” she said as she straightened up her dress.

“Yeah,” he sighed. He really wanted to ask her out, but the captain of the basketball team beat him to the punch. This guy was just a total jerk. He constantly cheated on girls during junior high and high school. Maybe he had changed by then?

Yin knew better. But, Keisha didn’t see that as usual. So, how could he tell her the truth without breaking her spirit? In the end, the boy kept a painful smile for her.

“Have a good time,” he lied.

“Thanks,” Keisha replied. She kissed him on the cheek and headed out the door when another friend of theirs pulled up in the driveway. Yin just stood there in the living room all alone. Needless to say, just like her other dates, this one went bust as well. Keisha’s date, Bryan, stood her up all night long. She came home upset and in tears. Yin was there to comfortable her like he usually did. His gal pal wept on her bed.

“That asshole stood me up!” she cried. Yin shushed her as he stroked her hair.

“Shhh,” he whispered. “I know, I know.” Keisha looked up at him with big tears in her eyes.

“I don’t get it,” she said. Yin looked into her eyes.

“Get what?”

“How could you’re always so good to me?”

“Because, you’re my friend.”

She didn’t speak. Keisha sat up and kissed him on the lips. Yin didn’t know how to react at all. He should break off the kiss and end it now. But…

Yin slowly reached up and held her in his arms as he kissed her back. Keisha lightly pushed him back onto her and their kisses grew faster. One thing led to another and they ended up losing their virginities to each other. From there, Keisha and Yin ended up sleeping together more and more often. At first, they didn’t know how to handle it. They tried to avoid the subject at first. Soon, that elephant was too hard to ignore and they talked about it. Thus, the decision to just have fun. No emotions. No drama. Just sex. Ever since that night up to present day in their early twenties, things worked out for them.

That was until tonight.

Yin turned to his sexy friend in bed. “Keisha.”

She did her best to hold off on sleep a little bit longer. “Hm?”

Her sex friend swallowed a bit. “Ever thought about being more than friends?”

Keisha froze and turned to him. “What?”

“Well, I want to be your boyfriend.”

She blinked at him. “What?!? Why?!?”

Yin swallowed hard again. “I… I... I LOVE YOU, OKAY?” They didn’t speak for a long time. Keisha finally broke down and laughed. Yin gave her a confused look.

“What is it?” he asked. Keisha looked at him with her famous smile.

“You’re joking, right?” she asked. “Right?” Yin looked at him seriously. Keisha frowned.

“Yin?”

He quickly grabbed her by the hands. “I love you!”

“What?!?”

“I have loved you since junior high. I didn’t have the courage to tell you! I just got so mad with the way those jerks treated you. You deserve better! This friends with benefits thing isn’t enough for me anymore. I want more. So please, be my girlfriend!”

More awkward silence passed over them. Yin bit his lower lip. Come on, Kiki! Say something! His gal pal sat up with a pale, blank face.

“I have to use the bathroom,” she yelped. The woman leapt out of bed and raced to her bathroom. Yin just laid there in bed as he heard the door swing closed.

“Maybe I should give her a little more time…” he mumbled to himself. Yin sighed to himself in weak sliver of doubting hope.