bloom // jake kiszka

7.

I open the door to my apartment, finally home from a long day at work, setting my things down as I listen to the playful bickering and chatter coming from the 3 brothers sitting on my couch.

We haven't hung out all together in a few weeks, so we decided to have a movie night and just chill.

Jake turns his head and notices I've arrived, giving me a smile. "you're home" he says warmly, before the other boys greet me as well.

I walk over and bend to wrap my arms around Jake over the couch from behind, placing a playfully dramatic kiss on his cheek with a smile on my face, before he turns his head and presses our lips together for a short moment.

Sam fake gags as Josh loudly exclaims "GET A ROOM" eliciting an eye roll and a laugh from Jake, and a middle finger from me, with a sarcastic smile painted on my face.

"Big shocker by the way, these idiots won't agree on a movie" Sam says, motioning to his brothers. I sigh.

"You two will literally be the death of me. I'm gonna go change, if you guys can't agree on something by the time I'm back, I'm gonna make you watch shrek or something. And don't think I'm joking" I raise my eyebrows, pointing a finger at them jokingly as I begin walking to my bedroom.

It's been about 4 months since Jake and I kissed for the first time. In that time we've officially established ourselves as a couple, and leaned right into a comfortable domestic rhythm with each other.

We also obviously told his family, which went extremely well. That's not really a surprise though, they've been welcoming me as apart of the family for basically my entire life. Nothing has really changed regarding my relationship with them at all, which is a good thing.

I'm waiting to tell my family, It would only be my parents seeing as I'm an only child, but they aren't really the "I'm so happy for you" type of people...so I decided I wanted to enjoy it without their opinions for just a little while longer.

Everything has been going so good. It sort of feels like we've been dating this entire time, it's strange now to think that we spent so long holding back from this.

Jake spends most of his time here at my place, and I've grown quite fond to all the little ways he occupies the space. Leaving his tooth brush, his necklaces on the night stand, his cologne on the dresser. It makes it feel like ours.

I feel like we're right where we've always been meant to be.

I finish changing and I stroll back into the living room, plopping down on the couch in the middle of the twins.

They finally landed on a generic comedy movie Sam had suggested at the start, as the other two were too stubborn to compromise on anything else, as always, and we begin to watch.

The movie carries out normally, a bit boring if anything, as we sit contently passing around the popcorn that Sam insisted we pause 10 minutes in to make.

But then, about halfway in, the main character sleeps with her boyfriend's brother. And she feels super guilty about it, in a scene that goes on for way too long. It hits a little close to home for obvious reasons, but I ignore it.

Until Sam speaks up.

"Hey, she's just like you" he chuckles, looking over at me. Me and Josh both snap our heads to look at him, eyes wide, with a look of slight panic on our faces.

I quickly try to play it off like I don't know what he's talking about, by deciding to carry on watching the movie, with the most unbothered expression on my face that I can force.

Jake's looking over at Sam, a little confused. "What?" He pauses, before furrowing his brow and switching his glance to me, huffing a small laugh. "What does that mean?"