WANT // B.E (REWRITTEN)

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hope's pov
saturday, january 16th

i watched as billie hobbled over to me from the kitchen. it's been about a week and a half since she sprained her ankle. in that time, we decorated her boot in a colorful louis vuitton print.

"come here, baby."

i walked over to her with a smile. she placed her good hand on my waist, and i shivered a bit at the feeling of her cold rings on my skin. "hi, bub."

"hey, tiny," she smiled. "what do you wanna do today?"

"i dunno. i'm fine as long as i get to spend it with you though." i admitted.

"that was cheesy as hell," she snorted. "very cute though."

i slung my arms around her neck and stood on my tiptoes to press a kiss to the tip of her nose. she gave a cute smile as i did.

"wait, ou, i know what we can do!" my eyes lit up and she tilted her head. "we can paint!"

"i don't have any paint or canvases though." she pointed out.

"we can go buy some," i made a 'duh' face. "c'mon, please, bubba?"

"alright, alright, we can." she chuckled.

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i giggled as i pushed billie around in the shopping cart. she had hopped into it when we got here and insisted that i pushed her around, so who am i to say no to her?

i slowed down so that i could turn into an aisle. i grabbed a few tubes of paint and handed them to billie so that she could put them in the buggy. i handed her some canvases as well, and then put two small easels on the bottom of the buggy.

"alright, that's it." i smiled.

i looked at her. her beanie was messed up, so i reached my hands out to adjust it. she swatted my hands away though.

"let me fix it!" i giggled.

"no, it's fine! stop it!" she giggled as well.

i decided to mess with her, so i reached out and pulled the beanie over her eyes. she pouted as i did and crossed her arms over her chest.

"that was rude. now i can't see!"

"damn, i would've never guessed that." i teased.

she pursed her lips and tilted her chin up. "i'm not fixing it."

"be blind then." i shrugged.

"wait, no! you were supposed to fix it!" she said in a slight whine.

such a baby.

"sorry about it." i snorted, but still reached out again to fix her beanie. she smiled as i did.

"tank you!" she said in her signature baby voice.

i flashed a grin in response. my eyes drifted to another aisle for a second and my grin dropped as i saw maddy standing there.

"baby, you okay?" billie asked softly as she grabbed my hands.

i looked back to her and gave a slight nod. "yeah... uh, let's go checkout."

her hands moved from holding mine so that she could cup my cheeks. her eyes scanned my face. "are you sure you're okay, angel?"

i placed my hands on top of her's. "i'm sure, bubba."

she let out a soft sigh before giving me a kiss. "i love you."

"i love you too." i smiled.

i'm glad that she didn't press on the subject any more. if she knew that i and saw maddy and that she was the reason my mood changed, she wouldn't hesitate to fight her right then and there.

i don't want that.

she already got hurt enough when she fought her the first time. i also don't need her to fight my fights for me. i'm plenty capable of doing it myself.

it's ready sweet that she tries to though. that's one of the many things that i love about her.

we went to checkout, then left the store.

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we're now at a small park. there's not a lot of people here and it's nice out, so we decided to paint here.

i was painting that one painting of squidward from spongebob. the 'bold and brash' one.

"gonna add another tree, because like bob ross once said, everyone needs a friend." billie mumbled to herself.

"you're so stupid." i snorted.

"hey!" her eyes widened. "that's rude as fuck. let me be an artist!"

"alright, i will." i snickered.

we continued to paint for a while. a soft playlist that billie had made for me played in the background. i had a soft smile on my face as billie softly sang along to it.

after a bit, we both finished. "lemme see your's first." billie requested.

i reached my hand around the easels so that i could grab her hand. she placed her hand in mine and i pulled her around. she let out a loud laugh once she saw it.

"oh my god, i love it! it's perfect!" she continued to laugh. "okay, now look at mine!"

she pulled me around to look at her's. it was a simple scenery. in the middle of it was a path. two people stood on the path, though you could only see their backs.

"aww, it's so cute." i cooed.

"the two people are supposed to be us." she blushed.

"awh, what the hell?" i pouted. "that's fucking adorable. now i feel stupid for painting squidward."

"don't worry, tiny, i love it." she grinned. "i lowkey want it."

"you can have it, but only if i can have your's." i compromised.

"deal." she grinned.

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a/n four moreeee

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