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After school, Kalina sat with Aisha, Miguel and Hawk as they stretched before their afternoon class. "I need somewhere romantic, but not too romantic," Miguel asked his friends. "You could take her to get tattoos," Hawk suggested before Kalina could say anything. "What?" Kalina asked him with furrowed brows, watching as the teen stood up from the ground and turned around. Kalina's eyes widened as he removed his top to reveal a large hawk with a blue mohawk. "Oh, shit!" Miguel exclaimed.

"That is badass," Aisha complimented the tattoo. "Right? Fourteen hours in the chair," Hawk bragged as he flexed his building muscles. "Wait, are your parents okay with that?" Aisha asked him causing the smug teen to falter. "Oh, they have no idea. Definitely going to have to wear a T-shirt until college. Probably longer. Please don't tell them," Hawk asked his friends with wide eyes. "Uh, any other suggestions?" Miguel asked, looking at Aisha. "Don't look at me. Sam and I used to be friends, we're not anymore," Aisha explained.

"Well, uh... Girl's like chocolate, flowers and simple things," Kalina smiled awkwardly before looking down. "I mean, I'm not helpful. I've never been on a date, remember. No first kiss Kali," Kalina added before she continued stretching; she hated that she was judged for being sixteen and not experiencing her first kiss. Hawk watched as her legs split out, her torso leaning forward to stretch making the teenage boy look away with slightly pink tinted cheeks; inappropriate thoughts about her and him flooding his mind. "Okay... I need your help," Miguel looked to Aisha.

"Fine, um... I know that she likes chocolates and astronomy," Aisha advised making Miguel nod along with her words. "I could work with that..." Miguel was cut off by Johnny's raised voice, "Banned?!" Kalina motioned for Miguel to go talk to him. Aisha got up and moved away from Hawk and Kalina as she finished stretching and closed her eyes to just relax. "What do you think?" Hawk asked. Kalina opened her eyes to look at Hawk, raising a brow at him while humming for him to continue. "Of my tattoo?" Hawk added.

"I think it's badass, but I pity the day your mother finds out about it because she will kill you," Kalina informed him as she moved to sit next to him. "Would you attend my funeral?" Hawk asked as she leaned her head on his shoulder. "I'd sing at your funeral," Kalina replied softly as she closed her eyes. She wasn't sure how she felt about Hawk compared to Eli, she fell for the shy boy with a sweet smile and though she liked Hawk's confidence, a part of her already missed Eli and she hoped that one day, the two would unite as one person.

Hawk smirked as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him, if they weren't currently in the same dojo as her father, he would've pulled her onto his lap. His smirk faded into a smile when Kalina rested her legs over his lap, snuggling her head into the crook of his neck to let her body relax comfortably with someone she trusted. Hawk knew in this moment ─ or maybe he knew sooner ─ that he was absolutely in love with this girl. He may only be sixteen years old but this girl had his attention from third grade and it took every ounce of strength to not kiss her in that very moment.

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"You cannot be serious?" Demetri asked as he and Kalina walked out of the movie theatre together, the two had gone to see the newest Godzilla movie due to their shared interest in it. Was Demetri technically going against his deal to just be friends with Kalina so Eli could be with her? Yeah, he was. "Oh yeah, I'm deadly serious. He has a full Hawk tattoo on his back with a matching mohawk, but don't tell his parents or I'll beat you up," Kalina pointed at him with a playful glare, the raven-haired boy raised his hands in surrender. "Trust me, having you punch me earlier was enough," Demetri replied as he rubbed his shoulder playfully.

"You were supposed to block. That's not my fault," Kalina explained with a smile, she knew he was teasing her. "So you think your dad will keep his cool at the meeting?" Demetri asked her as he slipped his hand into hers. "I hope so. I had Miguel give him a pep talk since my dad and I are still, uh, I don't know─There's this rift between us at the moment and I really hope it doesn't get worse," Kalina expressed to Demetri as they swung their interlocked hands back and forth.

"Hey, anyone who stays mad at you clearly has no soul because you are a Hufflepuff. You are sweet, kind but secretly could destroy an entire civilization within seconds," Demetri smirked at her as she laughed, she definitely found Demetri's words sweet and reassuring. "Wait, isn't that Miguel and Sam over there?" Kalina asked as she looked over to the bench outside Golf N' Stuff. "Yeah, it is. They look like that had fun," Demetri shrugged before leading Kalina away from there.

"So... I, uh, was wondering─" Demetri began only for Kalina's phone to ring, interrupting him which made the boy roll his eyes. "Sorry," Kalina fished her phone out of her pocket and looked at the screen to see Eli's contact flashing. "Oh, Eli..." Demetri muttered before allowing her to answer the phone. "Hey Eli, what's going on?" Kalina asked as she and Demetri continued walking. "Hey, I was wondering if you were free right now?" Hawk asked after wincing at his name; though she was probably one of the only people he'd let say his name rather than the new nickname he had been given.

"Oh, uh... I'm with Demetri right now. He's walking me home," Kalina expressed while Demetri strained to hear the conversation. "Oh. I didn't know you two had plan's tonight," Hawk responded with a clenched jaw, he couldn't believe that his own best friend was swooping in on his girl. "Sorry, we didn't include you. It was last minute," Kalina felt bad for not including Hawk, granted she wasn't lying about it. Demetri had shown up at her place and dragged her along with him to see the movie, but she still felt bad about excluding Hawk.

"Hey, it's fine. Maybe... We could do something together Friday?" Hawk offered as he sat down on his bed, trying to ignore the urge to punch his best friend in the stomach for making moves on his crush. "Yeah, sure! Friday would be great, maybe Miggy and 'Metri could─" Kalina started but Hawk cut her off, "─I was more thinking a date. Me and you." Kalina stopped walking, her heart pounded in her ears as she repeated the words in her head, she had never been on an actual date before so being asked out was definitely a new thing for her; moreso because it was someone she would actually give a chance too.

"Oh, uh... Yeah, a date," Kalina cleared her throat while Demetri looked away from her not wanting to hear the rest of the conversation; he guessed that Hawk was finally making his big move on Kalina. "Sounds great, see you tomorrow," Hawk smirked as he hung up the phone. Kalina let out a breath before putting her phone into her jeans and looking at Demetri with a smile. "Confident Eli is... different," Kalina stated oblivious to the rift she had unintentionally put between the two best friends; a rift that would only get worse.

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Kalina walked into the apartment after saying bye to Demetri, she looked around and realised that her father wasn't home. The place was a mess, so Kalina threw her things on the counter and began cleaning up the empty beer cans, pizza boxes and random rubbish thrown across the ground. She rolled her eyes as she picked up a box and began putting the items back into it before spotting something under the couch.

Kalina furrowed her brows as she reached under the couch and pulled out a golden chain that had a Dahlia flower charm on it. Kalina had no idea who it belonged to or why it was there, but the girl shrugged and put it in the box before putting the box in her father's room, closing his door before deciding on a shower. She looked in the mirror and let out a slow breath at the light bruising on her jaw from class, washing her face before putting on music for her night routine.

She looked to her phone to see a message from Miguel saying the date and meeting were a success for their separate nights which made her smile, she was glad to know that Cobra Kai wasn't banned from the All Valley Tournament. When she finally got comfortable under her blankets, her Spotify playing Lo-Fi tunes, she remembered that she had a date with Hawk on Friday and she was beyond nervous for two reasons; Hawk was different to Eli but the spark of a crush was still there and... 'cause she was certain that spark existed for Demetri too.

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Rosemary Speaks

Can you tell that I love both Eli/Hawk and Demetri? I'm gonna be honest here, should I have Demetri and Kalina spark a relationship or not?
(^Love that I asked but ended up putting them together anyway lol)

See you in the next chapter!