The Plant

Scary movie?

"Let's watch a movie" he said and put some DVD's in front of me.
"Oh. So you did plan this day after all."
"Who said I hadn't planned it. I just wanted to watch them in the evening..."
"Because that will make the atmosphere better?" I think I blushed a little when saying atmosphere. Because that could lead to so much.
"Exactly." I think he blushed too. Did he?
"Then... this one."
"Okay. If you say so." He smirked for some reason and I looked closer at the cover. Maybe he thinks that this will scare me or something. After all it was close to Halloween.
Hehe. He doesn't know so I can scare him or pretend to be scared and get a chance to come close. Hmm. Which one is the most fun option.
We put it on and at first none of us had any reaction. I predicted that something would happen and said "boo" the moment it came up.
He jumped and I laughed. "Hey! You planned this didn't you? Aren't you scared at all?" He seemed disappointed. Which means... he wanted me to be the scared one. I felt like he deserved one after winning again and again and putting him down as a loser so much earlier.
So as the next scene unfolded I pretended that I was scared and got closer.
"Hah! What do you say now?!" It was frustrating hearing that when I knew I was only pretending. But as I lay my head against him he seemed to become mild again. He took hold around to protect me. But for some reason he looked more at me than the movie.
"Pay attention to the movie." I said and he almost seemed startled that I had noticed. Another scary scene came up and I didn't even flinch.
"Wait a minute. You just pretended to be scared didn't you."
"Hehe. You finally noticed?"
"Seriously. You really are good at this. Acting like you're scared like an actor. How am I going to deal with you?"
"Just be yourself. That's what I like about you." I said accidentally. "Ah. Uhm... not like that..."
He just stared for a moment and nodded. "I see." He paused. "Well. I guess the same to you; Be yourself." He smiled proudly. And for a moment we both had forgotten how close we were. The dramatic scenes in the movie dragged us in. He had a firm grip around my stomach. He didn't seem to even notice. I thought I should probably move to my previous spot. But the grip just tightened. Is he doing this on purpose? But it didn't seem that way. The movie actually managed to startle me and he turned to look.
"Aha. So that's what scares you" he said no more and continued to watch.
His plants came out when he got dragged into another dramatic scene. The room had become dark during this movie. But I could feel the plants grow around me even though he was completely absorbed in the screen.
"Hey! Your plants are going wild" No reaction. I repeated my sentence, still no reaction. They grew and grew around me until I felt trapped.  "Hello? Hello?" As my voice began to sound worried he suddenly laughed. "Are you scared?" He said with a mysterious voice and turned his face slowly towards me.
"Grrr.... that's..."
"That's what?"
"...not fun..."
"But it is. Because I finally got my revenge. Mohaha!"
"Okay. Fine. Can you get me loose now?"
"No."
"What do you mean, no?"
"That's because I'm not done yet. Let's watch another one."
The next one was a psychological horror movie and I realized where this was going.
"Let us both be scared. Oh. Wait. Maybe this one will be harder on you. Mohaha!"
"Hehe. I guess I take the challenge."
It was getting colder outside. The cold got in through the window. So he put the dune over us as soon as he noticed me shiver a bit.
"Your room gets really cold."
"Yes. In the winter it's freezing unless I have the oven on full."
"Thank you for the dune. You like to keep me warm" I smiled satisfied.
"You're welcome!" He said looking satisfied too.
As he had said, this movie really was scary for both of us. I looked away at one point and pressed myself against him just to be distracted for a moment. He sometimes got startled too and closed his eyes for a moment.
After the movie we decided to watch another one. Just this time we were too exhausted by it to dare choose a horror movie. So we changed to a comedy instead.
After a while I got really sleepy. The evening was close to night. The snacks was almost eaten already. I realized for a moment that I had fallen onto his lap. So I got up again trying to focus.
"Maybe you should go home and sleep" he said. But I refused. "I don't want to leave now" was the last thing I remember I said before I was gone.