Sin City: The trip of a lifetime

⚠️Chapter 11: The Leather Jacket⚠️

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    "I realized how much I like you, Damien Holerrick." Naomi said, putting her hand on top of his. He was speechless. He hadn't felt like this in a long time. He wanted to protect her, he liked being able to hold her, he loved listening to her stories. He felt his heart start racing. "A-are you sure this is what you want? I told you, you don't need to repay me at all for anything, Naomi..." "I want to trust this feeling. It feels nice. Don't you feel it too?" "I do. That's why I'm scared. I don't wanna loose you like Nina."

   Damien looked away from her, but Naomi turned him back to face her. "Can we be scared together?" He looked down at her before planting a soft kiss on her lips. "Come on clownfish, back to sleep." She cuddled up to Damien. "Hey... I promise I wouldn't lie about something like this. You're such a nice person and I've never been so excited." Damien smiled to himself and pulled her closer. "What do we tell Brendon and Ash?" "What would we even tell them?" Naomi asked genuinely. "I guess that... we're both into each other and we're talking about more" "that's good" Naomi nuzzled into him and fell asleep.

   The morning came once again. The boys made everyone breakfast. They all sat down to a bagel, fruit and tea. "Who's excited for the arcade?! Whoop whoop!" Brendon clearly had been thinking of a trip to the arcade for a while. "Yeah.. I just don't wanna go back to the apartment..." Ash, now being calmer, explained the story to the others. "I'll go with you. I can help you grab your stuff." Brendon offered. "I'd really appreciate that Brenny. Afterwards, I'll drop it all off here and we can go to that arcade."

   "What do we do in the meantime?" Damien asked, holding Naomi's hand under the table. "I guess tag along" Brendon said. "Take your car and meet us at the old apartments. That's where Ash used to live too." Ashley was surprised at how fluently Brendon swapped to calling this place 'our house'. "Ok, is Maddie gonna be there while we're taking your stuff out?" Damien asked, not trying to have a fight break out today. "I'm not sure, she might be." "It's ok! I'll kick her ass for you hun!" Naomi smiled widely. "That's nice An— Naomi. But I don't underestimate her." "I took karate as a kid. It's come in handy some the past few years." Naomi said bluntly.

   Damien squeezed her hand a little under the table. "I mean, that's up to you. I just wanna get my stuff and not look back. I think it would be harder to get rid of her if she takes us to court and we weren't married..." Ash took a deep sigh. "When she was around more, I bought a promise ring but you know. Never the right time. But hey, I can always sell it for rent at a new place."

   "Uh, no. You're staying here now dumbass. You really think we're gonna just send you out like that? We're getting ALL of your stuff today." Ash looked confused at Damien. "You want me to stay here? Like, you really—" "Yes Ash. You live here now." Brendon nodded in agreement with Damien. "You guys are so sweet" Ash said, getting emotional. "Oh no no no. Hot bitches don't cry. Let's go do your make up sweetie, ok? We can make her jealous." Naomi walked her up the stairs

   The boys sat in the kitchen alone. "Soooo uh—" "Whats going on with you and Naomi?" Brendon crossed his arms and leaned forward onto the table. "I have no idea what you're talking about." "Ash was going to ask you for a cig last night and heard you guys up late. She said y'all were having a pretty intense conversation~" "Wait, Ash smokes? Oh I'm so changing her name to Ashtray in my phone—" "Damien! You're missing the point. I asked you a question." "Oh yeah, uh, Nemo had a nightmare and I was comforting her" "Nemo? You gave her a nickname?"

   "I'm not gonna lie Brendon, you may have been right. What if I just need to put myself out there more, you know? Naomi is... a really funny and sweet girl. I have this weird desire to protect her. Last night when she had a nightmare, I felt like Superman just being able to make her smile. I haven't felt that since..." Damien put his elbows on the table and held his head in his hands. "Day... you really like her?" Brendon put his hand on his brothers arm while Damien nodded.