EUPHORIA

RAINY DAYS

KATHERINE

I stood up when I heard the washroom door unlocking, putting the book on the shelf. I noticed that he had them organized by the color scheme 'cute' I thought.I noticed a bookmark in a book just below where I had kept the book, as my eyes traced further down to the spine of the book my eyes went wide as buttons reading the name of the book.

What was he doing reading 'Hunting Adeline'? I took the book out to see what chapter he was on, and he was at the end of chapter 15 which meant he'll be reading chapter 16 next. I closed the book at the speed of light when I heard Christopher's voice just behind me. "What are you looking at so sneakily,mi vida?" "N-nothing" I laughed, turning around to face him.

But wait a minute,where is this man's shirt? I turned to the position I was in earlier, when I heard a low laugh from him. 'Oh god why does he have to laugh like that? Does he want me on my knees?' 'Katherine Watson,get control over your thoughts.' I yelled at myself. "What happened,sweetheart? Why did you turn around?"

"Y-You're naked" He laughed again "No,i'm not" "I mean you don't have any shirt on." "I won't mind you seeing me shirtless though." "But I do." I immediately responded "Ouch! I don't have that bad physique, baby." "That's the problem" Shit! Shit! Shit! Fuck! Katherine you pervert, i heard him laughing from the back followed by some ruffling. "I have a shirt on. You can look at me now,dollface"

I slowly turned around, my eyes still not ready to face him "Come on,nothing to be embarrassed about. You just boosted my self esteem a little, nothing wrong there." I decided to change the topic and ask him "why are you reading Hunting Adeline? I mean who recommended it to you?" "Oh that?Aiden told me it was one of your favorite books" That little shit ain't getting any free food from my house starting now, because why in the world would he say this to him? "It's not. Don't read it. It's a whatever book. Stop reading it okay. I'll recommend you better books." i was so nervous that i fumbled on so many words while saying that "I like it up to where i've read. I think I'll continue" I sighed out knowing there's no way out of this.

"Tell me about the book you were reading." Nobody had ever asked me to do this before and it felt exactly how I imagined it. We made our way out of the closet area to his room, when he gestured me to take a seat on the couch while he sat down beside me. So I sat down and asked "You're interested in listening?" "I'm always interested when it's you talking,mi vida." there were literal butterflies in my stomach at this point, i was sure of it.

I ignored them and started narrating the plot of my book to him. I kept talking about the male and female protagonists and the chemistry between them. "And then they reach the room only to find out they have to share the bed-" I was interrupted with a loud bell when Christopher stood up and went towards the door. A normal person would open the door but he just stood at the side of it . "Yes?" "Sir, everyone's waiting for you and Ms.Watson at the dinner table." "We'll be out in five" He casually walked back and sat down while i was staring at him "Continue.Did they sleep together?" "Huh?" "The characters from your book.Why are you zoned out?"

"I'm just a little shocked." "About?" "You have doorbells and intercoms inside the house?" "Just my floor. I find knocking really annoying" "But I always knock, Why did you never tell me you had them?." "That's because you can never annoy anyone,cupcake." "I-"

The bell rang again "I think we should just go,I'll tell you the rest later" I spoke to which he nodded his head before we both stood up,moving outside. We didn't see anyone outside the room so we directly walked towards the dining room. We saw all of his family already seated,grinning from ear to ear when they saw us. He made me sit,before turning to the staff, who were waiting to be dismissed

"We can take it from here, thank you everyone." It was 11 by the time we were done with dinner amidst all the chaos, I wasn't aware family dinners could be so fun. For the first time in years I felt like I was a part of a family. It started raining by the time we made it back to the main living hall.

After a lot of persuading Christopher's family finally agreed on him dropping me home before the rain gets worse. We made our way to the garage and sat inside the car. I was so full from eating that I had a little tummy sticking out while sitting, embarrassed I kept my hand on the poked out belly, awkwardly smiling at him.

CHRISTOPHER

Katherine Watson had to be the cutest person that ever stepped on earth because there is no other way a person can look this adorable trying to hide their little post-dinner belly. I started the car and drove out while chuckling.

Though it was a 20 minute drive from my house to Katherine's, the rain made it difficult for us to move smoothly. The rain was pouring by the time we reached Katherine's house. Half of the roads were blocked and now Katherine and the security guard were fighting because he wasn't letting me park the car in the basement of the apartment building but in the outside parking lot.

"It's pouring and we'll get wet." "I can't do anything, miss. Outside cars are not allowed in the building's lot." "But he's my boyfriend." I swear my brain stopped functioning for a minute there,that was probably the first time she addressed me as her boyfriend publicly and my insides were giggling like a little kid on christmas. I missed half of their conversation while simping over my girlfriend calling me her boyfriend. Yeah, sounds silly I know but what can i do when she makes me feel like a cringe teenager in love. I snapped out when Katherine was about to yell at the guard, I held her hands, making her look at me. "Butterfly it's okay,it's not that far,we can manage"

"But what if you catch a cold?" My adorable baby is so worried for me "Then what are you for? ." Her cheeks turned red and I stretched a smile. I looked at the security guard and gave him a curt nod,letting him know that he can move back. I came to the realization that I was still holding her hand in mine seeing there were no protests from her side I kept them there.

We were holding hands, running towards the building entrance, we somehow reached her apartment all soaked, clothes sticking to each of our bodies. We got inside and removed our shoes.

"I'll get you a tow- achoo" Call me insane but I find this woman adorable even when she sneezes. "I'm sorry" "That's alright.You can wash up first,you'll get sick." "Let me atleast get you a towel, achoo" Just how badly I wanna wrap my baby in a blanket and keep her close to me all night.

It took us 45 minutes in total to get rid of our wet clothes and get into new ones. Katherine had Aiden's spare clothes,so I changed into those. The real problem here was Katherine's apartment was a one bedroom apartment and she wasn't ready to let me drive back home.

"You can just sleep in Aiden's apartment, he's out of town and it's not like he'll mind anyways. You can drive back in the morning." I nodded and we moved out of Katharine's apartment and stood in front of Aiden's apartment. "You go and get some sleep, it's already past midnight,we have office tomorrow" I said "It's fine,I've stayed up till four working on presentations and still managed to be fresh as a flower in the morning." She said putting Aiden's passcode in the lock "Just how many times till you understand not to take work home. what do I have to do to make you understand that ,huh?" The machine beeped indicating it was the wrong passcode before Katherine could reply "What the hell?" "Let me try." I tried and the machine beeped again "Did he change his code?" I asked Katherine "He didn't mention anything. Should I call him and ask?"

"No,it's literally 1 AM.I can sleep on the couch it's fine." I grabbed her hand and we walked back inside her apartment "No my couch is the worst. You're gonna have to get therapy for the next two weeks if you take even a 5 minute nap on it." "Then give me a blanket,I'll sleep on the floor" I was following her while she was moving towards her room"Noooooo, I have a king size bed anyway, we can sleep together it's no biggie." "You're comfortable with that?" She turned around,looking into my eyes "I'm comfortable with you. That's all that matters." She walked inside her closet to get extra duvets while I stood there staring into space, processing what she had just said.