EUPHORIA

We are falling in love!?

CHRISTOPHER

I walked back inside after making the call only to witness Katherine looking like a little chipmunk with bites on both sides of her cheeks while she sipped on her beverage.

Oh my god! My baby's adorable!

She noticed me while I sat beside her since we were seated on the counter-tops. She smiled and offered me some fries to which I shook my head, denying them. She then offered me a bite of the burger and her beverage,both of which I denied as well. She said "You don't like these?" I was about to reply but then I noticed a little sauce less than a centimeter away from her lip and said "Can I have something I think I might like?" She enthusiastically nodded her head and I asked again "You won't be mad?" She confusedly shook her head and said "Why would I be mad at you for having something you like?" I smiled a little, thinking about how she had no idea what I'm going to do in the next second. I leaned forward and touched my lips on the spot where the sauce had been licking it out and went back to my place.

While she sat there frozen, an unchewed bite in her mouth. I smiled and patted her head while saying " Butterfly,we have places to be at in a few hours so stop looking absolutely devourable and eat before I lose my mind and make you bend over on this fucking table,in the middle of McDonald's" I was expecting her cheeks to turn more red but she said something that made me turn red instead. "You're into bending? Interesting. I always took you for a finger fuck in public type of guy." She smirked seeing me like that. I found her smirk adorable too.

That's my girl! Adorable but dirty. Just how I like it.

She finished her food and we started walking outside. We were walking at a safe distance to each other, knowing that if we got too close we might end up skipping dinner and doing something stupid. Not that any of us would regret any part of it but because we were both the old school type and loved it slow.

KATHERINE

I must have lost my mind because how and why the hell did i just say that to Christopher? Doesn't matter if he was fake dating me,he was still my boss. I just decided to maintain a safe distance with him now onwards.

He insisted on driving me home and I agreed without any tantrums. We were enjoying the slow music in the car while the outside was slowly bustling up as well since it was almost 6 now and people had started leaving their offices. "We have to reach at 8, should I pick you up at 7:30?" Christopher asked, making me turn my head in his direction, "Is it a 30 minute drive from my apartment?" I asked him "No,but it'd be nice if we reached a little early. It's fine with me though, what time suits you?" I hesitated a little, calculating the possible outcomes to my next sentence. "I actually have to decide on my outfit. Since Taylor's not around so it'll take a little longer" I saw his car swiftly turning into the other direction of my house in response.

"Where are we going?" "Shopping" he replied "But I have clothes, I just need to decide on one of them. Besides it's already 6, it'll take time for me to get ready as well." "How long have you been working with me, Katherine?" He asked and kept driving into the other direction. "3 and a half months?" "And you still aren't aware that if I decide on something, I won't change my mind. Even if the world turned upside down?" I didn't say anything after that because I realized it was meaningless, he was right. He won't listen anyways.

The car stopped in the parking lot of a mall and we stepped outside. Reaching the floor where all the stores were, i was still scanning all the stores, trying to decide where to go when suddenly Christopher grabbed my hand, interlinked our fingers together and dragged me to one of the stores and before I knew it we were inside Dior. I widened my eyes and grabbed Christopher's wrist that was holding my hand from my free hand to bend him a little to my height. He leaned down to hear me while the sales lady was busy finding dresses in my size.

"I know you pay me a very handsome salary but that doesn't mean I'll shop at Dior to attend dinner at your house."I whispered in his ear "Who said you're buying it?" He asked me, eyebrows raised "It's me who'll be wearing it. Who else will buy it for me?" I asked him, confusion covering my face "The president of America" he asked, frustrated at my question "Of course me, Katherine. Who else?" "Why would you buy it?" "Because my mother has invited you to the house as my girlfriend,so I'm doing it. No more questions asked." "Okay, but there are cheaper options." "No,I like Dior" "There's no point in arguing with you,why do I even try?" "I was about to ask you the same question."

She showed us a variety of dresses and I tried on almost a hundred dresses before Christopher's head moved up and down,liking the outfit, rather than moving it side to side, the way he had done to those almost ninety-nine dresses I had tried earlier. It was already 6:45 by the time all this outfit chaos rolled out and we left the store.

"I have never been this dedicated to shop, you know?" I looked at Christopher when he sat down beside me at the cafe, we were still in the mall. "Well,that's because you've never shopped with me." "You can't always be this dedicated to shop?" "Would it be weird if I said yes?" He asked, sipping on his boba tea, looking at me sideways. "No,it'd be new. The guys in my life have always been very less enthusiastic about this.?" I said making patterns with the vapors collected on my cup. Christopher's hand engulfed mine in the softest way possible,like I would break if he applied even the slightest force. I looked at him and saw him looking at me with this extreme emotion in his eyes, emotion that I'm afraid to define.

Each time Christopher looks at me these days, I discover something new in his gaze, something that wasn't there before. Like it had developed over the time we've spent together. "Katherine!" His voice brought me out of my trance and I felt my cheeks turning into tomatoes at the realization that one of my christopher's hands was at my cheek, delicately cupping it, looking ever so worried. I find it extremely cute when he gets all worried for me,honestly.

"Are you okay? What are you so worried about?" You,me,us. I wish I had the courage to say it out loud, but since I was such a coward I covered it with the dumbest excuse "it's just that, it's almost 7 already. It'll take 15 minutes to reach my house from here, and then it'll take me another 15 minutes to decide on the accessories to go with the outfit and then we'll be late to dinner.And I hate being late to things." I spoke like I had a flight to catch in 15 minutes and I hadn't even reached the airport yet. Ouch! Hurts to even think about it. I was so thankful that he retrieved his hand back from my cheek, "How much time will it take for you to get ready after everything is decided?" He asked "30 minutes. Why?" "Great. Let's go." "Where?" "Trust me and follow."

Why is it that everytime I trust Christopher about something and follow him, I'm bound to end up in a store that has items worth my yearly salary?

"You must be fucking kidding me." The sentence rolled out of my tongue ever so naturally, looking at the cost of one pendant at Tiffany & Co. "The sentence would sound better without the word kidding,you know?" Christopher spoke from behind me and I looked at him like my eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. "Are you always this shameless around everybody?" "No,it's exclusively for you. Enjoy it." "As much as I'm honored, I'd like it better if you stop, I don't wanna die of cardiac arrest this soon. I haven't even had my first kiss yet." I closed my eyes at the embarrassment of sharing my secret just like that. Surprisingly, Christopher didn't react like how everybody does after finding this out,he didn't make me insecure like everybody else. He looked towards the sales lady and told her to show some classy pendants.

"You're not gonna say anything?" "No,it's not a big thing. Everybody has preferences." He smiled and I swear I melted on that damn expensive carpet right there. It's like this man is intentionally tripping me into the pit of love because there is no other way I'd fall head over heels over a man this bad.

My legs were starting to hurt from all that standing, I was stretching my legs when two hands pushed me on a chair by my shoulders. I was too tired to even protest against his actions right now. He grabbed a pendant from the side, it had a small butterfly on it. I was about to take it from his hand to wear it but he beat me to it and placed it around my neck. I looked at the mirror,and found his eyes already on me. Christopher told her to pack the pendant. I thought he'd take a seat next to me but he didn't,instead he said "You know what'd look best on your neck?" "What?" He wrapped his hands around my neck like you would when- WOAH! KATHERINE DON'T!

"This looks better" he added. "This is very expensive,I'm afraid it's out of my budget." I smirked and replied. Christopher leaned down,his hands still around me. "It can be free, all you have to do is accept something you've been denying,sweetheart."