Don't Go Crankin' My Heart

Chapter 2.3

Ethan stood a couple of yards away from my door, he was wearing a black t-shirt, jeans, a green flannel, and black boots. And he was drenched from the heavy rain. "Ethan!" I shout, "Get over here! You're soaking wet!" He ran over to me, water splashing beneath his boots. Jogging through the door, he shook his wet dark locks. I giggle as the water droplets splash my face, I shut the door behind him. I immediately turn to his sweet face, his supple cheeks flushed and covered in water droplets. His once fluffy hair was now drenched and flopped over his forehead and across his eyes, causing drops of water to drip past his beautiful blue beauties. He looked at me with bright happy eyes, his lips curved into a sweet smile. A smile forms on my lips and I feel my face blush, "Why weren't you standing under my awning??" I ask him. "I wasn't sure which door was yours, I wasn't trying to be creepy!" he immediately answers back, sounding slightly winded.

I look up at Ethan, he's starting to shiver. "Ethan!" I explain, placing my hands on his biceps. He feels cold, and his clothes are soaking wet! "Ethan, you're freezing!" Ethan scoffs and smirks, "N-no I'm not, I-i'm just fine." I stare back at him and playfully smack his arm, "Are you kidding me? You don't fool me for one second, Eef. Let's get you upstairs and figure out what to do." I say to him in an orderly tone. He paused, "did you just call me Eef?" Ethan questioned, tilting his head to the side while a soft smile formed upon his tasty lips. Oh shit, did I just call him that....that's my secret nickname for him... I paused, "Uh..yeah I guess I did, sorry," I said back, embarrassed. "No wait, I like it. I think it's cute, Mav." He says back, calling me his nickname for me. I blush and nod my head, slightly turning to the side in hopes of him not seeing my rosy reaction.

"You can take your boots off here," I say to Ethan. He does so and we head up the stairs to my living room. We stand in the center of the room, his clothes begin to drip onto my carpets. Oh man, I just cleaned too. "Here Ethan, let me help and take that flannel off you, you're dripping water all over the place," I say as I place my fingers upon the collar of his flannel, tugging slightly. He sighs and reaches his hands up to his collar and proceeds to take off the flannel. I grab it and walk over to my walk-in pantry which also holds my washing machine and dryer, Ethan follows closely behind. I pop it in the dryer and turn around to see Ethan, his wet black shirt clung to his toned body. My eyes travel up and down his torso, trying not to hold my gaze for too long, before looking back up at him. He was still shivering!

"Ethan! You're still shivering!" I exclaim, once again placing my hands upon his hot arms. "I'll be f-fine, I told you" He stutters back. I can't have Ethan freezing his ass off, not during our first hangout together! I purse my full lips and think. "Hey!" I said aloud, "come on, follow me." I say to Ethan, grabbing his toned arm and pulling him with me. We walk to my room and into my bathroom. I flip on the lights and turn to him. "Ethan, I will not have you sit and freeze in those wet clothes, you'll get sick!" I say to him. He rolls his baby blues at me and raises a brow, motioning me to go on. I continue, "here." I bend down and grab a clean towel from my bathroom cabinet, "take a hot shower to warm yourself up, I'll dry your clothes for you. In the meantime you can borrow some of my clothes, I wear a lot of oversize items so I'm bound to have something that'll fit."

Ethan looks at me and smiles a crooked smile before nodding, "that's very sweet of you Mav, th-thank you." I smile back, his soft voice warmed my heart. "Of course Eef, I wouldn't want you to get sick, not on my watch," I say playfully and slightly shove his arm. I show Ethan how to navigate my shower and leave him to it, slightly cracking the door before heading to the living room. I sit down on my sofa as I hear my shower run. I pull out my phone and scroll on social media for a few minutes while Ethan showers. About 10 minutes pass and I'm still fixated on my phone.

"Hey, Mav, can you help me with those clothes you were offering?" I look beside me to see Ethan standing at my bedroom's doorway, only wearing a towel around his waist. Oh my God. I stare wide-eyed at him, my striking green orbs gazing over his body. I have never seen Ethan without a shirt on before. He was lean, his broad shoulders rolled slightly forward, his pecs lightly defined, as well as his abs. His skin was pale and so smooth. His soft muscular arms and hands hold the towel in place. My eyes travel down Ethan's slender body, down to his happy trail and faint V-line, before I was suddenly snapped from my trance. "Mav?" Ethan questions. I lock eyes with him. Oh shit, that had to have been so noticeable. I think to myself. I feel my face get hot, I had to have been as red as a cherry. Then I realize the pressure on my lip. I had been biting my bottom lip too! Oh, I was so embarrassed. "Oh! Um, sorry. Yes! Let me get that for you!" I shout, trying to hide my embarrassment. I break eye contact and stand up, quickly walking past him into my room, and heading toward my dresser and closet.

I look back at Ethan, signally him to join me. He stood in the doorway still, a slight smirk on his lips and his cheeks slightly rosy in color. Oh no, he noticed. He walks over to me and gives me a big smile, "Like what ya see?" he teases and nudges my shoulder. My face heats up even more, "Sorry...I didn't mean to stare." I say back shyly and look down. Ethan raises his hand and cups my cheek. Lifting my face to his, he softly says, "I don't mind, you can look at me like that all you want Mav, It's cute to see you drool over me like that." Goddamnit, as if I couldn't blush more than I already have. Ethan giggled and took his hand from my cheek. He knew what he was doing. I exhaled and tried to giggle too, hoping that laughing it off would help my heart rate decrease. I shake my head, "Right...right, here let me grab you some warm clothes." I finally say. I open up a drawer and pull out some sweatpants and socks. I hand the pants and socks to him and head to my closet to grab a shirt. "Do you have a preference Eef?" I ask him. "Just something epic!" He says cutely. I chuckle and grab a t-shirt that had dinosaurs all over it. He gasped and took the shirt from me, "I love it!" he squealed. "I've never seen you wear this?" He questioned. "I usually wear that to sleep, not really to go out anywhere," I answered. Ethan nodded back in response. "Lemme get your clothes and throw them in the dryer with your flannel, yeah?" I say to Ethan. He returned to the bathroom and grabbed his pile of wet clothes to hand off to me. I take them and go to put them in the dryer. I hear the bathroom door shut again, I'm assuming he's changing.