I then go to my hotel room after the match, watching the beautiful sunset as I freshen myself up, ready to go out into the streets of Barcelona.

I then leave with Hawk, Devon, Robby, Sam and Demetri to go out. Miguel and Johnny had to go home because Miguel's mom is having serious issues with her pregnancy. I hope she feels better soon. Not in a selfish way, but I'm wondering how our team will do now without our best fighter.

I'm wearing a ruby red leather jacket with a white top and a short denim skirt. I'm wearing cherry red lipstick with barely visible brown eyeshadow to match and clear mascara. I put on some high top black leather boots to match the jacket.

I can feel the Barcelona breeze on me and the cityscape is absolutely gorgeous, with neon lighting and palm trees everywhere swaying to the breeze.

We walk into a lively club filled with locals and competitors alike and we find a lounge area to sit which is next to the vibrant, energetic dance floor. I'm sat with Devon, Hawk & Demetri.

"What are we gonna do now that Sensei Lawrence and Miguel are gone?" Devon worriedly asks, looking around for an answer.

"I heard they're gonna fly in Kenny." Hawk responds.

"Really? Finally!" I ecstatically reply.

They all turn to look at me like I'm peculiar, a bit weirded out by my excited response.

"What?" I inquire.

"Yeah, cause the kid that shit his pants is totally gonna save the day. Woohoo!" Demetri sarcastically states.

"That kid who shit his pants could kick your ass any day, just admit you're jealous, asshole." I roll my eyes and I walk over to Sam and Robby, sitting in between them, not wanting to hear Demetri's negative nonsense no more.

"I hope Carmen's okay." Robby blurts.

"Did you talk to Miguel before he left?" Robby questions Sam.

"Yeah, but for like 30 seconds." Sam replies.

"We were so excited about exploring Barcelona together. And now... Well yeah, self explanatory. How are you feeling guys?" Sam adds.

"Not great." Me and Robby say in unison.

I pull out a cigarette and lighter from my skirt pocket. The cigarette feels soft and fragile between my fingers, which then enflames as I light it. The flame glows as I inhale slowly and let the smoke fill my lungs. I temporarily forget about the karate stress and the whole situation with Kwon, as the cigarette smoke fills my mind. I keep inhaling til I begin having a fit of coughs, I tap the cigarette butt a couple of times til the flame turns a dark, moldy black and throw it into an ash tray.

"Thinking about adding rum to this coke." Robby replies to himself, eyeing his half empty glass.

"Yeah, right. You don't drink." I state.

"Now might be a good time to start."

I walk away, a tad disinterested in this conversation as I want some entertainment and thrill. I proceed to go onto the dance floor.

I dance quickly, I don't even know what I'm doing, I'm just dancing to the rhythm of the rave-like music. I still feel ecstatic from that cigarette so I'm being pretty stupid, considering I can't dance for my life. I can feel the sweat rise onto my forehead and the rest of my body.

Not soon after, I feel exhausted and go to the bar to rest. I feel a hand on my shoulder and expect it to be Kwon, I turn around and it's that Irish guy with those inappropriate comments.

"Let me buy you a drink, beautiful." He sits down next to me.

"Fuck it, why not?" I reply. I have nothing to lose honestly. The guy I somewhat actually liked is playing me.

"Noah, Noah Murphy." He holds his hand out to shake, his chestnut eyes are probing.

"Kiara, Kiara Chopra." I shake his hand and smile.

He then buys me a shot of tequila that I down, he also buys himself one that he reluctantly drinks because he surrended to my peer pressure.

"You're very gorgeous." His hand strokes my face, he looks into my eyes.

I look into his eyes and don't fail to look away, but I feel nothing when I look at him. When I look at Kwon, I feel something. When I look at Noah, I feel nothing.

"You're quite handsome yourself." I reply. He is somewhat handsome, but he's nothing compared to Kwon.

His eyes lingered on my lips, he then leaned in to kiss me. I didn't hesitate, he was leading the kiss and I was just following his lead. This wasn't exactly the thrill I was expecting though, although I was kissing Noah right now, the only thing on my mind right now was Kwon, the way he looked at me kept replaying on my mind on a continuous loop.

The kiss felt meaningless and hollow, like there was nothing much behind it. But I still didn't pull away. It was somewhat enough to help me forget how chaotic I feel with Kwon.

I pull away first, my head pounding, my heart rapidly thumping in my chest, the striking & vibrant lights flashing everywhere and the loud club music echoing everywhere.

I then look at the guy staring at me in my peripheral, and it's him.

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