Hidden Fate 2|✓|

P19

Placing the spoon down, Xavier looked at the bowl that was previously filled with vanilla pecan ice cream but was now empty with only a bit left on the spoon. Well, that was until Faith picked it up and licked the rest off.

He chuckled as she went for the last brownie and his amusement made her pause just before it went into her mouth. When she noticed he was staring at her with an eyebrow raised, she cleared her throat and was about to place it down when he grabbed her arm.

"Do you want some more?"

Her eyes widened. She definitely thought he thought she was being fat. He ordered the dessert for him despite the claim she could pick off his food too but she didn't mean to eat it all. It was the only thing she could do while listening to him talk.

He liked to talk and she liked to listen and apparently eat.

He chuckled and lowered her hand to bite off the brownie. "I'll get a to-go plate then" He shrugged.

He didn't expect her to toss her head back onto his shoulder with a joyous laugh. It was contagious and she held the bitten-off brownie in her hand the entire time.
"What did I do?"

She began shaking her head and leaned into his neck, the triple-fudger body still jolting from her silent laugh.
"I just thought you'd make a joke about how fat I am or how fast I'm eating but then you ask me if I want more?"

Xavier rolled his eyes. He understood she wasn't comfortable in her skin and that was okay. She maybe didn't look in the mirror and talk about how big her ass was anymore. She didn't stick it out whenever he walked past her to slap it either. That was okay. But he didn't like that she thought herself fat or didn't she?

"You know you're sexy right?" He tilted his head as she stuffed another triple-fudge brownie in her mouth. They were miniature-sized, but they tasted as if they weighed more chocolate than a normal-sized ones.

"I think I'm going to be hearing that a lot often. Aren't I?" He nodded in response and kissed her shoulder. He hoped hearing it every day would make her feel comfortable with herself.

"So" She wiped her hands off and reached for his cup of water and it made him smile once she slipped her lips onto the straw. Something so small but it was somewhat of a step toward progress in their relationship.

Maybe not considering it only took a day for Faith to begin drinking and eating off of him or rather he did it to her and she had no choice but to accept or get a new straw and spoon and fork every time she wanted to eat.

What's a little fork, a spoon, a straw when he had his whole tongue slithering in her mouth? When he had it against hers? When she wrapped his lips around it as she had?

Nothing beats that feeling though. A deep kiss soon turned into something much more.

"Tell me about you or the man I knew. I just want to know more about you and so far I know you're my boyfriend, my childhood friend, and a pro basketball player who I trust."

She laid her arm on his shoulder and her chin followed atop it. "There is a lot, where should I start?"

Her eyes rose to the ceiling as she began to hum and think just as he did. His arm wrapped around her, squeezing her thigh closer together as if he could get them both on his lap. Perhaps he could if he pulled her on his actual lap and not a single thigh though that would be embarrassing.

She thought about being a basketball player, and how hard the struggles may be. People are all in your face with flashing cameras, and the media has an opinion, negative and positive of everything you do. Then some young men looked up to you and you had the responsibility to be a good role model.