𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 || 𝐆𝐎𝐉𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐔 𝐗 𝐅. 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐞

I'M ON CLOUD NINE. THIS trip to Aspen Grove has exceeded all my exceptions so far. As long as tomorrow goes well and Y/n reacts the way I think she will when I show her what I've been working on.

After meeting her this morning, we stopped by my parents' house to change out of our workout clothes. Then spent the day browsing the shops in town, before catching a matinee showing of a new rom-com she's been wanting to see. After, we grabbed an early dinner at Willow Creek Café, we came back to my parents' house. They're at Akira's, so we have the place to ourselves.

Just as I'm about to join Y/n for a bath, my phone rings. I have every intention of ignoring it until I see that it's Tomoe.

I poke my head in the bathroom. "Tomoe is calling me. I should probably answer."

"Okay. You'll just have to make it up to me later." She winks.

"I'm going to take the call outside. I'll be right back."

I leave the room and head downstairs.

"Hey, Tomoe," I say as I accept the call. "How was your flight to New York?" I step out the front door, closing it behind me.

"Good. I just landed," he responds.

I can hear the faint sound of typing in the background, which means he's likely catching up on emails he missed during the flight.

"I'm glad to hear it. Before we get to the reason you're calling, do you have anything you want to tell me?" I goad him.

He lets out a heavy sigh. "Let me guess, Y/n told you about my part in getting you two together?"

"She did," I confirm.

Y/n filled me on our way home earlier. It makes more sense that it was coordinated, considering Harrison rarely misses a board meeting and had never asked me to go in his place before.

"Was Akira in on it too?"

"No, he wasn't." He leaves it at that. "You're welcome for me distracting her this morning. She probably found it strange that I was walking around town in paint-splattered clothes. Funny how you escaped without a single drop on you."

"I was meeting Y/n after," I say defensively. "If I had been covered in paint, she definitely would've asked about it."

"Whatever you say." There's a hint of humor in his voice.

"Thanks again for flying in to help."

I ran into an issue with the surprise I'm working on for Y/n, and my parents and brothers saved the day. We ran out of paint halfway through our project, and Harrison and I went to Brush & Palette for more. I wasn't expecting to see Y/n in town that early, but thankfully, I spotted her before she saw us, allowing me to stay out of sight.