Under Water (Gene X Reader)

Ch.9 ~ Sleep

Your P.O.V.

Gene and I were once again sitting in the car together. Our mothers were waving to us as Gene was backing out of the driveway. I smiled and waved back to them. We all had a long chat before we left and cleared everything up with our moms. In the end Maria seemed less shocked and was very happy to have Gene back. Gene also seemed to be a lot calmer than he was this morning. Maria decided to stay at my mom's house a little longer to catch up on the tea.

I stopped waving when we couldn't see each other anymore and opened the car window a little because it was still very hot.

"Sooo..." Gene spoke.

"If you don't mind me asking... what did you discuss with your mom?"

"It's nothing important. I just wanted to make sure she could trust me."

"Okay."

"And what did you discuss with your mom? We could hear you guys yelling."

"I-we-uhh-it was... also nothing important!"

"Really? I could have sworn I heard something about babies at one point."

"W-what? Oh! N-no. You heard nothing." I blushed a deep red remembering the conversation.

"She was going on about grandbabies again, wasn't she?"

"Y-yeah..."

"I see. I thought it was only Aphmau's mom that did that but apparently not."

"Speaking of her, remember when you had a thing for her in highschool?"

"What?! Who told you that?!"

"Sasha did. A really long time ago actually."

"Of course she did."

"Do you still like her?" I asked.

"Babe if I still liked her I wouldn't be with you right now."

"Interesting. What's up with the 'babe' lately?"

"I don't know. I didn't even realise it."

"Like hell you didn't."

"What? We've been dating for a while now. I don't see what's wrong with it."

"It's just..."

"What is it, baby girl?" He asked teasingly. I blushed once again.

"Aww does this one make you blush? I wonder why..."

"S-shut up Gene."

"Something tells me you don't really want me to."

"I swear once we get out of this car--"

"I'm just messing around with you." He patted my head.

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"Wow guys you really took a while." Travis said as Gene and I walked inside the house that was surprisingly still standing.

"Yeah there was a lot to discuss." Gene replied.

"Oh really? Then why is Y/n blushing so much?"

"I don't know." Gene smirked, "Why don't you ask her?"

"Gene." I growled at him.

"Why are you blushing, Y/n?" Travis questioned.

"I-it was just really uhh hot in the car!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah I bet it was." He winked.

"Ugghhh you two are so annoyinggg."

"Okay guys, lets go get some food." Travis dragged us along with him into the kitchen. Dante was playing with Zuri in the kitchen.

"Oh hey guys!" Dante greeted us, "We were waiting for you to come back before we left."

"Oh. Are you guys leaving now?" I asked.

"Yeah, soon. We thought we'd wait here to say goodbye and to thank you for letting us stay."

"Really? That's no problem at all. You're all welcomed here at any time."

"Be careful with how you say that, Y/n. Next thing you know, Dante will be showing up at 2am every night to steal our food." Gene warned jokingly.

"That was oddly specific, Gene. We don't even have food. I don't see why Dante would wanna steal what's left of it."

"Well you never know."

"Anywaaaays."

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Dante and Travis had left a while ago and now it was just me, Gene and Zuri in the house. We were both watching Netflix in the living room since it was getting late and we really didn't have any plans on going anywhere. I was lying on Gene's lap because I was too lazy to get a pillow. He played with my hair as we watched the TV. I never got to talk to Dante before he left so I decided to leave that conversation for later. Honestly if I don't get to talk to him this week then I'll talk to Gene instead and hope for the best.

"What are you thinking about?" Gene asked. I turned my head away from the TV and looked up at him.

"What do you mean? I'm just watching this anime."

"You haven't blinked for the past two minutes and you look like you're deep in thought."

"Well I'm kinda hungry."

"Oh. Should I order a pizza or something? We don't have a lot of food left so I'm not really sure if I can cook us a decent meal today."

"You can cook?"

"What? Of course I can! You know this."

"Sorry. It's just been such a long while since you last cooked. I almost forgot you actually can."

"I suppose you're right. But anyways, do you want a pizza?"

"Of course. Order three. And some drinks."

"Why three?"

"I dunno. I just kinda feel like it."

"Okay. But you'll have to eat it."

"I will. Eventually." I muttered the last part.

"Alright. Then I'll go order. You can stay here and continue to watch Netflix."

"Thank you." I sat up to let Gene go to get his phone. When he left I lied down again.

I have an odd feeling. Something like the calm before a storm.

I yawned and brought my knees up to my chest, curling up into a ball on the couch. I decided to close my eyes to rest them a little before Gene returned. I suddenly got really sleepy but I didn't fall asleep. It was a weird feeling where you feel both awake but asleep at the same time and you're not sure which one it is that you're currently doing. I could hear the TV so I assumed I'm still awake.

I heard Gene coming back to the living room and walking around for a bit before stopping. From what I could tell he was now standing somewhere in front of me. I suddenly felt something light being dropped on me. I accidentally whimpered as it was a little unexpected. I opened my eyes for a moment to see that Gene had covered me with a fluffy blanket.

"Shhh go back to sleep." Gene said as he closed my eyes again, "You need to rest."

"Hmm thanks..." I mumbled.

I felt him gently pet my head. He kissed my forehead and left again. Without realising it I fell asleep.

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Thank you for reading.

~Anileve