Love & Reason Keep Little Company (Freen x Becky)

Chapter 6

"Hi, Auntie."

Becky greeted her best friend's Mae as she stepped inside the other girl's house.

"Is Irin home? I left P'Fa's early this morning." She added hastily, in case Irin hadn't come home yet.

It was after lunch and Becky expected her to be home by now - a hungover Engfa was no fun to be around.

"She's upstairs, dear." Mrs Malaiwong answered, ushering her up the stairs once she took her shoes off.

Beck found Irin curled up in bed, buried under her comforter. She sat up at the sound of her door opening. Realising it was only Becky, and not her Mae, she lay back down with a groan.

"Nice to see you too, gummybear." Becky said. She hopped onto the bed, settling down beside the other girl with a grin. "Feeling rough?"

Irin was a lightweight when it came to alcohol.

"Why are you so perky?" Irin grumbled in a reversal of their usual roles.

"I made out with P'Freen last night." Becky grinned. She'd been bursting to share the news with her.

"Ka, everyone saw." Irin yawned, misunderstanding what Becky was saying. Lying on her side with her eyes closed, Irin looked like she might fell back to sleep.

"We made out when we were alone. In bed." Becky elaborated.

Irin sprung up suddenly, eyes snapping open along with her mouth.

"Oiiii, you had sex with P'Freen?"

"Don't you think I would have led with that, Irin?" Becky rolled her eyes. "We were just sharing a bed. I was tired, and she asked me to stay over with her.

"So what happened? Tell me everything!"

Becky rubbed at the back of her neck.
She still wasn't entirely sure herself.

"I dunno, I guess we were just goofing around and Freen asked me how many girls I've slept with... I may have led her to believe it's more than one-"

"Who did you even sleep with? I don't get why you won't tell me and P'Fa?" Irin interrupted with the same old thing Becky had heard from her since she admitted to sleeping with a girl over Summer.

"Irin, focus. I'm trying to tell you about me and P'Freen."

"Sorry na, go on." Irin sat cross-legged, waiting for Becky to carry on. She rarely dropped the questions about Becky's Summer Mystery Girl so easily.

"Well I didn't answer her so she said I was all bark and no bite... and then she bit me."

"She bit you? Like, in a sexy way?"

"Ka." Becky let out a shaky laugh. Just thinking about Freen biting her ear had her body doing things. "It was sexy."

"Then what happened?" Irin sat forward, curiosity piqued like she was watching a daytime soap opera and waiting for the big reveal.

"I kissed her. I think we made out until we fell asleep, it's kind of fuzzy."

"So you told her how you feel?" Irin asked excitedly. Her expression fell with Becky's answer.

"No."

"Why not?"

"I woke up alone and things were awkward. P'Freen apologised for what happened. She said it was the alcohol, that she's touchy-feely at the best of times and drinking makes it worse."

"Ka, she is." Irin snorted. She quickly elaborated as Becky shot a frown at her. "I mean, she's always touching you. She's always holding your hand in the hallways, or resting her chin on your shoulder at lunch. Like she sells it. You don't need to worry about fooling P'Fa and everyone. I know it's fake between you guys and I'm fooled!"