Ron sat quietly on his bed, waiting for the ninja monkey to come. He stole a glance at the digital clock beside his bed: 10.30. Ron sighed. ‘Any minute now,’ he thought.
Suddenly he heard some rustling coming from his willow tree. That was the sign. He took out his luggage from under the bed and walked towards the window. He was ready for his fate, for his destiny and for his new life.
“Ron, help me up!”
Ron was stunned. That wasn’t the monkey’s voice; it was Kim’s! He lowered his head to see Kim clambering up the tree, struggling through the thick branches and pushing past the dense leaves. Ron held out his hand and pulled her up and through his window into his room. He was careful not to make any noise.
“Kim, what are you doing here?” Ron hissed, afraid that his parents would hear them. “Do you know what time it is?”
“Only 10.30,” Kim replied, showing him her digital watch. She got on her feet and walked around his house. She saw the note for his parents on the table and said, “A real cliché way to say goodbye to your parents, huh?”
“I couldn’t tell them face to face. It’ll crush them,” Ron replied as he sat back on his bed.
Kim sat beside him and said hesitantly, “I…uh…I know about the…you know, the sign on your palm is all about.”
Ron looked at the ninja monkey sign on his palm and sighed heavily.
“Did it hurt?” Kim asked as she fingered the sign.
“Like hell,” Ron grinned, clutching his hand shut, holding Kim’s fingers in the process.
“Do you really have to go, Ron?”
“I don’t have much of a choice now, do I?”
Kim hugged Ron on his waist and laid her head on his shoulder, saying, “I don’t want you to go. I can’t let you go.”
“Kim, the prophecy is irreversible. Even if you try to change it, it’ll still bounce back to me. Embracing it is the only way. Don’t make this hard on me, please.”
“It’s all my fault,” Kim began to sob. “If I hadn’t accepted Monkey Fist’s invitation to find those mini monkey statues, you wouldn’t end up like this. Maybe you wouldn’t be chosen to become the Ultimate Monkey Ninja.”
“I’m already chosen whether I took in the power of the statues or not,” Ron took Kim’s arms away from his waist. “There’s no use regretting anything now.”
There was a momentary silence between them. The silence was so thick it felt suffocating. Kim inched closer towards Ron and said, “I never thought about this much before. I took our friendship for granted and now that you’re going, I finally realized that…I…I love you too. I never knew how you feel for me. I’m so not considerate about…”
Ron put his hand on her lips to stop her from blaming herself. He closed his eyes and laid his lips on Kim’s, kissing her tenderly. Kim returned his kiss and put her arms around Ron, not wanting to let him go. Slowly, Ron felt Kim unbuttoning his jeans. He was quite taken aback at first but finally he let her do whatever she wanted. This was his last day in Middleton and certainly his last time in Kim’s arms. He wanted to savour this moment before his time was up.
He, too, slipped his hands into Kim’s body-fit green singlet and caressed her breasts. Kim removed the rest of Ron’s clothes and started nibbling his ear, breathing onto his neck. Ron leaned over to kiss her shoulder, licking her like she was a melting ice-cream. He slowly advanced to her neck and removed her singlet. Kim was lost into the sea of passion. She forgot everything else in the world as she felt her body being tantalized by Ron’s soft touch. Everything else was a blur except him. She could feel his bare broad chest and his toned muscles. She was surprised at how well-built Ron had turned out to be after all these years of being her sidekick. She took his face and kissed him deeply. He laid her down slowly on his bed and kissed her some more, making her feel really ecstatic.
“I’ll be very gentle, Kim,” Ron whispered as he smelt her auburn hair. It smelt of lavender, and it was obvious that Kim had been ready all along. He didn’t mind. As he caressed Kim’s body, he slowly let himself in.
Kim winced and moaned a little when she felt Ron entering her but she didn’t care. All she wanted was to be with her Ron and nothing else. She cried not because of the pain; the pain was nothing to her. She cried because she knew that after this romantic, eventful ordeal, she would never see Ron ever again. She wound her arms around his neck and kissed him hungrily, trying to swallow the bitterness that was raging in her heart. Ron whispered comforting words as he licked the tears that were flowing out of her eyes, which made her feel even more bitter.
‘I’ll never hear these lovely words again. I’ll never even hear his voice again,’ Kim thought as Ron nibbled her neck. ‘This is not fair! So not fair! Why does Ron always have such ill luck? Why?’ The more she thought about it, the more bitter she felt and the more she cried.
As the night passed by, Ron and Kim continued to feel each other’s passion as much as they could…
“Master, master, awake.”
Ron slowly opened his eyes. He saw the ninja monkey beside his bed, shaking him lightly to wake him. Ron knew that this time, he was really leaving. He sat up slowly and whispered, “Do I have to go?”
“The time has come, master. You must leave now.”
As he dressed, he saw Kim slowly stirring. She opened her eyes and saw Ron ready to leave, taking a ninja monkey’s paw. She quickly dressed and said, “Ron, please…”
“I have to go, KP,” Ron said, his eyes a sad and reluctant look.
“I’m coming with you.”
“KP, you don’t understand. I have to do this alone.”
“She can come, master,” the ninja monkey said. “But only to see the ceremony.”
Ron looked from the monkey to Kim. Kim’s eyes were gleaming with determination. Those eyes. Those beautiful eyes. He could never resist them.
Finally he took her hand too and they both disappeared into the night.
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