The Stranger

Keyara blinked her eyes, she didn't expect the stranger she kissed to kiss her back. And to make matters worse, the guy was an expert kisser!

"Can you even call a kiss like that 'expert'?" she thought. This type of guy should be categorized as a playboy. If he can kiss like that, he must have a lot of experience.

They kissed for a whole minute, and Keyara's breath was almost gone from the non-stop kissing. The stranger held onto Keyara's waist tightly, as if to trap her so she wouldn't escape.

When the stranger tried to continue with a second round of kissing, Keyara pushed him away.

"Is he crazy?" she thought.

The stranger looked at Keyara and smiled, "Shall we continue?" he teased.

Keyara glared at him. She wanted to scold him, but then she remembered that she was the one who initiated the kiss. So, she turned around and ran towards her table.

The stranger still looked at her in surprise.

Keyara whispered to her four friends, "Let's go from here, I'm afraid he'll chase us down again!" Keyara grabbed her bag and stood up, and of course, her four friends followed her.

Just as the stranger stood up, Keyara and her friends ran out and joined the other women on the dance floor.

Keyara sneaked perfectly among the people who were dancing. She quickly made her way to the front door, followed by her four friends. They then ran out and laughed happily.

"That was insane!  Key did it!!" Rose exclaimed excitedly.

"That's not just insane, Ros, that's super duper insane!!" Chan replied enthusiastically. They couldn't see well because of the dim lights, but they saw how close Keyara was to the stranger.

"How many minutes, how many minutes?" Amba asked, showing her index finger to her friends. "One minute and two seconds, wow, the kiss must have been so hot!!"

The others chorused, "WOOOOW!" in unison.

Keyara wiped her lips, her face immediately turned red. It wasn't because she kissed well, but because the stranger was good at kissing. When Keyara did it, her legs couldn't stop trembling with fear and tension.

As if the stranger's touch was still lingering on her waist, Keyara tried to push the image of the stranger out of her head. It would be terrible if he chased her and thought she was a cheap girl. Just thinking about it made Keyara shiver.

"Let's go home," Keyara said, still afraid that the stranger would chase after them. It would be a bad day if he did. She didn't want to imagine it.

"Okay, the game's over," Emma agreed, making Keyara feel relieved.

Luckily, her four friends didn't mind going home. They all squeezed into Keyara's metallic Honda sedan and Amba asked, "Was the guy handsome?"

"Well...kind of, but he seemed fierce and hard to approach," Keyara replied, trying to recall the stranger's figure. She remembered when she tapped his shoulder, the stranger asked her rudely. His eyes looked fierce and ready to drive her away.

However, his kiss, uh... how should I say it, can be described as mesmerizing. The man is a good kisser.

"But hats off to Keyara, she's truly mature, brave, right girls? She dared to accept Lastri's crazy challenge. I remember, Key also accepted a challenge to confess to the nerdy guy in our class. What was his name, Bew...Bewy, right? Hahaha, now she's doing something crazy again, kissing strangers!!!" Rose exclaimed enthusiastically.

Keyara just laughed hysterically, they all didn't know that her heart was still beating fast until now.

The girls screamed as they talked about the crazy things they did in high school. Keyara's car drove down the road.

She turned on the radio playing the song "Kiss me" by Sixpence None the Richer, an old song that made Keyara's face turn red. 

**

"Don't forget your phone, Key," Mom said from the kitchen as Keyara stood in front of the door about to leave.

"I got it, Mom!" Key answered at the door.

She heard a honk from outside. Key quickly walked to the terrace and saw her father waving at her.

Today, her father would give her a ride to her new workplace. The clock showed 7:30 and Key had to hurry to her new office. 

Gametopya Inc. was under the control of Miracle Corp, a company engaged in multimedia.

The ten-story building housed young talented people working on the creation of the game Triangle Love.

Keyara arrived at the office. There she met the team leader, a cheerful man named Tony.

Tony welcomed Key with joy because all the members of the Character Division were male.

Tony then introduced Keyara to the other character designers. There was Sean, who was usually called Nuts because of his crazy behavior and jokes.

There was Brian, who had mixed African-American skin, and Glen, who had curly hair and liked to play melancholic music on his laptop during breaks, and finally there was Ashida, a man of Japanese descent with slanted eyes.

"Key, I'm the leader of the Character Division, but later you will meet our boss, who oversees all departments. He's the boss who owns this entire building, but for the game, it seems that our boss is more interested in managing the Love Triangle division. So, our boss will be the one who will ask any question you a lot. Since you're new, I'll take you to meet the boss." Tony explained to Keyara, who responded enthusiastically with a nod.

Tony then bowed slightly towards Keyara, "But be careful, the boss is quite strict, he doesn't discriminate, whether male or female, if he wants to scold you, he will."

"I see..." Key nodded again. After getting acquainted with the Design department, Tony took Keyara to meet their boss, whose office was conveniently located near the Character Design area.

The secretary in front of the office, facing her computer, glanced briefly at Tony from behind her glasses. Tony kindly asked the secretary, "Kira, is Mr Grey in?"

"Yes, he is."

"I want to meet him, I want to introduce our new employee."