After a very eventful morning sex we have an idea and go to the market for a fast trip. I buy some hot sauce very spicy, some beer cans and beer bottles, some movies to watch together and a couple other things we want to dare to each other when we get home. She manages to slip one thing that I have no idea what it is but let her do it. I pay up and get everything on the trunk of the car and as we drive home I turn up the music to the loudest.
S-Oh yeah! Live.....
-To the maaaaaaax!
When I finish my long lasting scream she laughs and I can't help a smile. We sing our music smash music all the way home. We arrive at dinnertime and I get all the bags myself and get them to my room. She follows close behind and I storm downstairs and to the kitchen. Everyone is there but I don't care. I slide directly to where I have my wine and my beers and get out a champagne, three six packs of beer and two bottles of beer. I get ice and two glasses and then I get apples, bananas, ice cream.
Ka-Max? What are you doing?
-Getting our dinner.
Ha-You have there enough to feed the whole world. Are you mixing them together or what?
I wave my hand at them with a smile.
-Nonsense. Most of it is for me.
Ha-You should eat healthier or you might die.
-The point is break routine and have fun but I'll take it into consideration.
Ka-At least take one.
I sigh and I take one beer and one apple and demonstrate them.
-Look, healthy fun, healthy fun.
Ka-Leave something out.
I consider and I take the ice cream.
Ha-Put the other things back on place.
I smirk at them and they get it. I save the ice cream and take everything else with me. When I'm on the room I realize my phone is downstairs with the beer. I go get them and I get the phone on my pocket and the beer on a hand and I take a knife and two spoons and I go back with her to my room. We dare each other and she wins the first one. Gulping the beer the fastest. We spend a while and after we finish I go with her downstairs to the kitchen where only the twins, dad and grandpa are. She goes to the car looking for something and I wash the dishes that we used.
S-Max, you forgot this dare.
She shows me the bottle and I am intrigued with curiosity.
-How does this one goes?
S-You take a spoon worth and you eat it full, hold it for five seconds on your mouth and then you have to gulp it down. Don't sneeze, he who sneezes first loses.
I smirk and accept the challenge. But before I do it I ask.
-What do I get if I win?
S-You have to win first.
I roll my eyes but take the bite as she does so too at the same time. I get all teary and I am losing. Is nearly halfway there. I count on my head but it feels strange and I sneeze it out and it comes out like smoke from a chimney. I cough and she seems so composed that I have to ask.
-What, what about, you.
She smiles and she shows me her mouth that she managed to gulp it down without problem. I still am recovering from mine and I cough as I try to wash my mouth. I turn menacingly to her and I growl at her playfully.
S-You wouldn't.
I shrug.
-How did you manage to beat me?
She sticks a finger to her lips smiling and I mimic a hurting heart.
-You wound me.
She pats my chest and I groan a bit as she touches where the whip went.
-Oh, look, can you do this?
I stretch my arms and with a movement of all my body I crack all the bones on my body loudly. I turn to her and she has a surprised look on her face.
S-That is nasty and cool.
I laugh and do it again making her shiver.
S-Stop doing that.
I shrug and I take a beer for her and one for me and we go away to the beach. We dive together looking at the reef and look at the fishes and things that swim around. After a bit swimming she looks for a moment shocked before she starts going down. I take her up to breathe and I get scared when she doesn't respond I go to shore to get her home.
                      Karma POV
We are watching a bunch of papers together when I hear Karma screaming for me in a panic.
M-Dad! Dad!
I get out to meet him and I see he has Sora on his arms unconscious. I try to calm him down.
-Easy, breathe. What happened?
M-I, we were just, and she just........
I sigh as I recognize the panic on his eyes. We put her down on the kitchen table and I check her a bit. She has a pulse but weak. I find a little scratch on her leg, close between her knee and her ankle. I ask him.
-How did she got this?
He shrugs unable to speak.
-Was it there before you got there?
He shakes his head. I examine about further and I realize is poison. She hasn't been poisoned that long so I take a knife and make a small cut there, I suck the venom out and for my safety I spit it out on a glass washing my mouth before doing it again. I repeat the process until she coughs a bit of water out and takes a deep breath the color returning to her face. Max stands next to her taking her hand. His fear is going away slowly. He thanks me and takes her away on his arms. I was my mouth and throw away the poison. I go back to work.
                     Max POV
I get Sora on my bed and I sit at her side caressing her hair softly.
-You scared me. Do you feel bad or a bit better?
S-Just a bit better.
She cups my face on her hand and her smile is small but so full of love. She falls asleep almost too quickly and I admire her for a bit more before I too fall asleep.

Max's nightmare
I am on the beach with Sora. We swim together and we enjoy the sunset. It goes very beautiful together, the reflection of the sun on the water and us pressed together in a hug. We separate to get our water glasses together so we can dive happy. I smile knowingly and I put them on but when I turn to offer her some help I can't find her. I look around with worry and fear. I try to call for her but my voice doesn't comes out. I panic and then I feel a couple dark hands coming over my shoulder. I turn but nothing, I'm alone, I get my breath agitated and as I try to fight it they get stronger and more insistent. More hands come and they roll themselves around my body. When they reach my shoulders and neck they start pulling me down underwater and I scream in fear trying to get out for breath. When I am about to give up everything disappears and I'm standing in a field of grass. I feel everything tremble under my feet and the ground breaks beneath my feet. When I look up there is a huge pile of bodies dead there each in a different way. For a moment I don't understand what it means but when a shed of moonlight shines through the clouds and I see that is Sora dead in different ways. I try to move but my body won't respond as it stays still. I am forced to look at it and as I'm trying to move I hear her voice kind of cracked up.
S-Why? Why didn't you save me? You left me die. You said you would save me and protect me. Such a weak man. That's a child for you.
I feel myself cry as she continues to torture me. I have a silent scream as I shut my eyes tight and finally as I'm able to move I go to my knees and I cover my ears trying not to listen and I let out a scream that feels like an everlasting.

Awake
I wake up with a scream and I see that Sora is fine at my side with a worried expression on her face.
S-What's wrong?
I get tears of sadness and relief as I pull her into a tight hug and I cry my heart out in her shoulder. She pats my back gently.
S-I'm here, is alright. Just a nightmare, I'm here. It will be just fine.
When I manage to calm down a bit she takes mW to the kitchen and she gives me a hot tea.
S-Here, drink.
I reach out to take it and as I'm about to take it I have a flashback of the nightmare and I see my hands shake in front of me. I am about to panic but she gently gets the cup on my hands with her own hands around mine and I look at her and she smiles gently at me.
S-You'll feel better.
I nod and I take sip after sip slowly and I relax a bit. She sits next to me and she takes my hand offering some consort. I hate feeling so weak. I Ned to make sure she's here with me and that she's real and alive and fine. I gulp down and I rest my head on her chest, I close my eyes and I listen for her heartbeat. Is steady and calm and I take comfort on the sound of it just being there, close to me. The thought of losing her destroys my very soul but the thought that she doesn't want me or that she blames me like in the dream is even worse. I growl and my muscles tense up and my heart beats faster agitated and frenetic with panic and fear and I feel a loose tear roll down my face. I get snapped out of it when I feel her hand on the back of my head and on my back. I sigh my fears away and only manage a short sentence.
-I'm so pathetic.
S-You are not pathetic.
-I'm being weak and I feel so vulnerable right now. I don't like to feel weak.
S-Come on, you are not weak. In fact, this right now shows that you are stronger than anyone else. You, are, strong.
She gets my face on her hands and repeats it to my face putting emphasis to each word.
S-You. Are. Strong.
I nod slowly and I gulp another sip from the tea and manage to calm down my mind. I smile on instinct and she laughs a bit. I am kind of confused by it so I turn to her.
-What's so funny?
S-Nothing, just, you smiled right now and it suits you so very much.
I let out a soft laugh and she smiles hugging me gently.
S-See, you are better when you smile. Keep smiling always.
I tease her with a crazy face and she laughs and I laugh too at her reaction.
S-Do you feel better?
-With you, I always feel better.
She shakes her head and I answer properly.
-Yes I feel better.
S-Do you need more tea?
I turn confused for a moment and she points to my hands and I realize I still have the tea on my hands. I laugh and I give to her negating the second one. I hear my phone ringing very loudly and I turn to take it. As I speak she plays with my hair.

-Yes, no, yes, I'll be there to pick it up. Yes, I know. I have it, no, I prefer very much in person.
I give one last confirmation before I hang up. I turn to her.
-Do you like cream, the color cream.
S-Yes, why?
-Your new bed is ready to pick up.
S-My what?
-Don't you remember that it broke yesterday. And I promised I would get you a new one.
S-I thought you were joking.
-Would you like to drive today?
She lights up smiling widely and I get up taking the keys of the car. She jumps on me pulling me down covering my face in small kisses. I laugh slowly at her happiness and she takes the keys holding them tightly on her hands.

To be continued.................