theirs- an assembly of anecdotes from the croft's, picani's, and others

= You're Forgetting Something =

•All of Oliver
•early July XX47
•Grace's POV
•Contains: cursing, brief mention of food and (melatonin) pills
•grace has never had a boyfriend before. actually, they've never had any sort of romantic partnership at all. it's a lot to learn, especially when your new boyfriend has more anxiety about dating people than you previously thought possible.

(also wow, look who's still writing. idk what im doing with this book anymore but stick around to the end to see me ramble about a few things to do with this series and the new one im trying to make based off it)

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"So... what are we gonna do?"

Grace smiled at Oliver.

If you would've asked Grace a year ago whether they thought they'd have a boyfriend about this time now, Grace would mostly be concerned with the fact that they didn't know who you were, but if you got them to answer the question, they would've said no. Definitely not. And yet... here they were. With a boyfriend.

"Whatever you want, Olive, I don't care."

Grace flopped onto her bed, and Oliver sat down carefully next to her. They hadn't been dating for too long yet- on their third date, they'd gone to see a movie and then before Oliver got out of Grace's car when she was dropping him off at his house, he'd asked if she wanted to be his girlfriend. Grace, who hadn't been expecting the question, had agreed, bought herself a box of Dunkin Donuts munchkins, and then screamed into the shoulder of the first family member she made eye contact with when she got home.

For their fourth date, they'd done an escape room and then had a picnic at a local park. It had been nice. They talked a lot, and then there was a while where they just laid next to each other on their picnic blanket in comfortable silence, which was somehow even better than the talking. Now, their fifth date (Grace was gonna track their number of dates for as long as they could, that was for certain) was gonna be the first time Oliver stayed the night at Grace's house.

"You can't just invite me over and then make me pick what we're doing, it's your house," Oliver sat criss-crossed, Grace staring up at him through the blonde curls that had fallen in front of her eyes. She pushed them aside.

"Not my house, my parent's."

"Y'know what I mean."

Grace really liked him. For a while they'd thought they were just gonna end up being single their whole life, maybe adopt a few cats when they got older, and maybe it was bad to hold that tightly to a relationship that isn't even a month old, but things were going well. So it was okay. It was great, actually.

She sat up, sitting on her knees next to Oliver, hands tapping gently on her thighs. "Uh... we could play something. I've got some multiplayer games on my computer, could load something up."

"Like what?"

Grace stood up and walked over to their desk, grabbing their laptop from its normal spot. Oliver seemed awkwardly unsure of whether or not to stand until Grace sat back down next to him. "I've been on a Stardew Valley kick lately."

"Shit, I've heard of that, what is it again?"

Grace grinned, turning their computer on. "Oh my god, it's awesome. It's a life simulator sort of thing, you play as this person who moves to their grandpa's old farm to escape capitalism and the city life, and then you can farm and fish and mine or whatever else, and then there's NPCs you can befriend or marry, and there's a lot more too, that's just the main bit."

"Huh. Is it like a split-screen thing? I didn't bring my computer."

"Oh, shoot, no, you need another device. It's ok, next time you come over you can bring it. I'll buy it for you."