Pretentiously Simple | Kleo ✔️

04 | he is just my best friend

much to my chagrin, leo's parents persuaded the two of us to go to knott's berry farm anyway. they were like my second parents, and i couldn't just say no. they drove a whole half hour to take care of my daughter, and i would hate for them to just go driving back.

leo always kept his temper. that was how he was like around me. i, on the other hand, could barely hold it together. but he was my best friend, and it was the only reason why the worst thing i did was give him a few eye rolls.

he took me to lunch first. he insisted that the line was going to be too long later on and there wouldn't be enough seats by the time we were actually hungry. there was a place called ghost town grill inside knott's berry and we decided to give that a go. leo had apparently gone there before and said the food was good. but i was honestly starved and would've been okay with anything.

so we enter the restaurant, and the only two people who recognized us were two teenagers who told us they were huge fans of titanic. leo and i gave them our hundred watt smiles and he explained that we just finished our second movie together this year. they got excited, asked for some pictures, thanked us, then left. after that, no one else bothered us the entire day besides a few people giving us kind waves and smiles.

we got to our seats and i ordered a country fried steak. leo ordered the maple glazed chicken. so far we didn't converse much with each other, and i no longer felt like i was standing next to the man who i had feelings for just the day prior.

"kate..." he began, moving his hand toward mine. i didn't want to be dramatic and move my hand away, but if we weren't in a room with loads of other people then i might've gave his arm a little slap as well as doing the former.

he tried to make eye contact with me, but i was strong willed and resisted.

"i'm sorry, i know i was being stupid. i shouldn't have done what i did. i get it." he admitted. i liked his persistence to do something he didn't want to do. i know he didn't mean it, that he wasn't actually sorry and was only saying it to please me. but i liked that kind of persistence much more than the other one. so i sighed and took him by the hand hesitantly.

"it's partly mine too. it takes two to tango, you know. it wasn't just you. but we're not children anymore, darling, i mean, we have to be careful. i have my daughter and you...well, you have a girlfriend. i don't want to mess anything up between the two of you." i explained, as much as i could. truly, i could not stay mad at him for long.

he smiled, holding onto my hand as well.

"i know." leo spoke. "you're right."

i nodded my head. "i am right."

i almost always was.

after a few more moments of complete and utter silence, leo broke the tension and continued talking. he talked as if wasn't upset with him before. i listen as if i never was.

the thing with leo and i is simple. i don't know why, but it always was. i don't recall it ever being difficult for a long period of time. i can hardly even recall us being difficult at all. i think it's hard to find somebody who you match perfectly well with in life, but i'm glad i have leo by my side as much as he can be. and i'm even gladder that he feels the same exact way.

"the last time i came here i had a blast. i don't know if you and i can top that." he joked around, to which i chuckled with some steak in my mouth.

"rollercoasters and tequila, babe. that's all we need." i earned myself a laugh from him as well. we always had a good time, he and i knew that. we could act like children here if we wanted to.

"oh, well i think we can do better than that." he teased.

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