Fastidious

Chapter 2; sakori

"Thanks for letting me stay here, and not saying anything to Sorine." Sakori thanked the female laid beside him. He had begged A'amaia to lie and say he wasn't staying with her. He felt bad about it but then again it felt good to get away from Sorine and her situation.

He felt A'amaia turn on her side so that their backs were touching. He heard a suppressed yawn leave her mouth; she looked out the window to see the sun about to come up. "This wouldn't be the first time you've hidden here. She's not stupid, she knows you're here."

This was Sakori's safe haven away from Sorine and her suffocating ways. It didn't help that she was pregnant either. That wasn't something he wanted any more with her, but he played his part in getting her pregnant.

"Yeah, but she'll never come over here. She thinks I'm going to come back like I always do. You're not a threat to her...never been." He said the last part lowly, but he knew A'amaia caught it.

He could feel the tightening of the sheets beneath them, A'amaia must have been gripping them hard. "And why is that? Why am I not a threat to her?" He heard his friend of twenty years ask through clenched teeth.

"Because you're a transgender woman," He stated too honestly and bluntly. He hadn't meant to hit a nerve with his best friend, but he rather A'amaia knew the truth instead of living in ignorance.

He lifted up from the bed and leaned his elbows on his knees as he placed his head in his hands. He rubbed down his face, trying to wipe the sleepiness off his face. He turned towards his best friend and pulled her into a hug, he had seen the tears pool in her hazel green eyes.

"I know I won't be for everyone, but the least she can do is respect me as her equal. I'm not asking her to like me or want to date me; just that she respects me as a human fucking being." A'amaia stated as she roughly wiped the tears before they could fall. Sakori knew she hated crying around others, it made her feel weak– too vulnerable.

Sakori patted her head with a soft smile, "I respect you as a human being...as my equal." He had always known his best friend was different and though people didn't understand how he could accept her, this was someone he had grown up with and seen at their worst. "She has problems; problems that only God can grow to love."

Sakori had known A'amaia for a very long time and had grown to love her right, wrong, and indifference. There was little to nothing that the female could do to make Sakori turn away from her. He also knew of the crush A'amaia had on him, but since she never brought it up he didn't either because he didn't want to embarrass her if she wasn't ready to speak on it.

"Sarai, you know I love you right?" He asked softly as he rested his head on top of hers. He needed A'amaia to know he wasn't ever going to leave her or even think less of her. A'amaia was the type to let some things get under her skin depending on the person it comes from. "Just because you had to take extra steps to become comfortable doesn't mean you are less than others. You are so kind and compassionate and anyone would be happy to get your attention; hell, I feel like the luckiest man ever just to have you around me whenever I need you."

Sakori could hear the soft sniffles leaving A'amaia's mouth but he didn't acknowledge it because he knew she would retreat back into her shell and stay that way for a while. Instead, he just held her, refusing to let go because she needed him. Even if he had shit going on outside of A'amaia, he never brought it to her. So pushing all of his problems away, he focused his attention on his best friend.
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A tired yawn left Sakori's mouth as he pulled the powder blue sweatshirt over his head. The soft material clung to his skin perfectly. He had just gotten out of the shower and gotten dressed so that he could visit his family home. He knew Sorine would have called his parents the moment she noticed he was fully gone; he felt it was best to speak to them and speak his truth before she brainwashed them.