Never Saw This Coming

Feelings.

Maddy

I've had the designs for all of my swim line done for a day now but I haven't shown anyone. I thought I might just say fuck it and let everyone see them after I present them to my class, but God knows I'm way too impatient for that. So, I'll show one person. Someone who doesn't know all that much about design because I need a real opinion. I know if I show Nova, she'll automatically say how amazing they are. Yes, I'd gladly accept the praise, but I need the brutal truth.

Now that I think about it, Xander's opinion may be biased too. Oh well, he's still a guy. I want to show him the men ones that I made and hopefully, he can give me some advice on them. Max has been the one trying them on for me and he said he liked them, but maybe Xander will have a different opinion? Who knows. Anyway, I still have time to tweak things since this assignment isn't due for another couple of weeks. I like getting ahead of myself with things especially whenever I feel passionate about them. I know a lot of my classmates who are still in the designing phase.

Even though work and classes keep me busy, I've still been dedicating a lot of my time to this final project. Hence why I've already finished all my designs so early.

When I hear a knock on my door, I rush over to open it and pull Xander in immediately. I shut the door behind him quickly. "Did anyone see you?" I ask. "Nah." I give him a thumbs up and turn around to walk over to my bed. Before I can get far, he grabs a hold of my waist and forces me back against him. I turn my head a little to look up at him. "Not even a kiss?" he says, furrowing his brows. I tiptoe as much as I can and plant a quick peck on his lips, walking into my room again right after. Luckily, Natasha only left about thirty minutes ago to go hang out with some of the girls on our floor and they won't be back for a couple of hours.

I hear him chuckle behind me. He takes off his windbreaker and throws it on top of my bed, sitting on my chair. "Okay," I say, picking up the first bathing suit and hiding it behind my back. It's the first one I designed. The top is a lighter shade of purple—periwinkle if you will— and the underwear is white, but covered in flowers colored purple, orange, and pink with green small leaves. I think it's the cutest one I made, but definitely not my favorite. I pull it out from behind my back and show him both pieces. He tilts his head to the side, scrutinizing them. He doesn't say anything. My face drops, "What? You don't like it?" I ask.

He shakes his head. "No, I'm just having a hard time really getting the idea of how it'll actually look when someone wears it," he smirks. No, he won't. "I think you might have to try it on for me," he says. I fucking knew it. I roll my eyes, "Seriously, Xander?" He shrugs his shoulders. "I mean it looks cool, yeah," he says nonchalantly. I flip him off and he smiles. "Turn around," I order. I can still see the grin on his face as he spins in my chair. I slip off the sweats and thong I have on, slipping on the panties first, tying them on both sides of my hip like they're designed. "I'm shocked you didn't say something stupid like I always see you naked," I tell him.

He chuckles, "Well, yeah, but if you're gonna put on a fashion show for me then I'll gladly be respectful." I smile, tying the bra at the back. "What a gentleman. You can turn now," I say. He doesn't waste a second, spinning back around on the chair. His eyes flit up and down my body and my face flushes lightly. "Well?" I say. "Turn around, let me see the back," he says dryly, not paying attention to anything but my body. I roll my eyes playfully and do a small spin for him. He nods his head, his eyes finding mine. "I love it, it's amazing. I'd definitely recommend it."

I know he's appreciating it even more now that it's on my body, but I know he actually means it, so I smile. "Okay," I shoo him with my hand "turn, I'm gonna do the next one." He looks once more before turning around in the chair. I slip both of the items off and pull up the yellow panties from the next one. I found some 80's retro-themed fabrics at the store and decided to get them for one piece. I just had to sew them to my liking. The top is blue, the colors actually match well together. They both have different patterns on them but they're not crazy enough to make someone's eyes hurt.