Divine.

Chapter 12: Mory Makes Me a Bit Uncomfortable, Too

Mory and I get our steaks, and mine is medium-well. Was it mixed up with Selena's? I look to her and she nods at me with a thumbs up, mouthing "I know how you like your steak." She's right... She really told the waitress just for me? That's nice... Mory looks at my steak as I take a bite, about to get the waiter. Hopefully he doesn't-
"That's not what I ordered for you! Wai-" I cover his mouth. "This is how I like my steak, which you'd've known if you stayed with me that time ago." He looks at me with surprise. He sighs and relents, putting his hands up in mock innocence.
"Okay. Uhm, so, changing the topic, how did you get so skinny anyway?" He didn't even apologize?

I'm starting to realize my date is rude, I really want to go to her... I just eat my food a bit faster. "I'm not that skinmy, leave me alone."
"Didn't mean to strike a nerve, but you are..."
"Then, you're fat."
"Do not fucking body shame me!"
"A-" Is he s- Is he-? He's serious? "Really?"
"Yes, now shut the fuck up and eat your food!"
"..." What the fuck? "No! What the heck is wrong with y-"
"I'm fucking leaving. You know I'm insecure about my weight." He scoffs and calls me the b-word under his breath, then he leaves.

No way. He left me, instead of the other way around, like it should've been. Fiiinally, I can go to Selena. I walk over to her table and slide in next to her, pulling her into a hug.
"R-Rio-?" I squeeze her gently, carefully.
"Let me hug you... Like the last 2 times... Don't push me away."
"Uhm... O-Okay." Why did she just do that?
"Why did you stutter?"
"I-I- Please don't make me tell you..."
"Damn... Of course I won't, I thought you were the dom anyway?"
"What? That's- U-Uhm, well- I-"
"Chillax, I was joking..." I hold her tighter, she's letting herself relax... Good...

"Rio, why do you like Mory anyways..?"
She seems sad... I'm probably imagining it. "He doesn't even know how you like your steak..."
"I don't like him... I just went on a date with him to see if I could like him... I don't know about it, though. Yeah, he doesn't know how I like my steak, but you do... You know so much about me, don't you?" I can feel her hug me a bit tighter, reciprocation that amounted to just a smidgen from her was seeming better than any amount from Mory. I let out a soft sigh and melt into her embrace.
"Yeah, I-I guess I do?" She pauses, hugging me tighter. "You're s-soft..." She snuggles closer to my neck.
"Th-Thank you, Selena..."

I don't know what to say when someone as pretty as her just has me in her lap... "I realized you've stuttered a few times... Selena..." She hums softly.
"Says you..." Her voice is so cute...
"I mean, y-you know I always- I always stutter, but you don't-..." I cut myself off for a moment as I try to form a sentence. "I stutter a bunch, but usually, you don't..."
"I- Uhm..." Is it me that's bothering her? Maybe I should move...
"S-Selena?" I speak her name softly.
"I just kinda realized fully that I'm not just hugging you, but holding you in my lap..." Yup, and I'm straddling her, even... She pushes me off of her lap and I frown. What was I expecting? It's-
"Fuck..." She looks at me with concern.

"Speaking of doing things that aren't normal, what's with you and cussing?"
"You-"
"Before you say it, yes, I cuss a bunch, but isn't that what you said about stuttering?"
"Uhm... Yeah..." I look away and think of an excuse... "I just feel like cussing..." Does she believe me? Please tell me she believes me...
"Mm... Okay..." I wanna hug her again, all I do is subconsciously twiddle with my thumbs... Does she really believe me? I don't know, am I overthinking it? Her company is comfortable, though, I will admit... Maybe it should stay like this?

Maybe we should spend more time together, how would we do that?
"Can you bully me?" I say meekly.
"What?" She looks at me with surprise.
"I said-" She cuts me off immediately...
"I heard you... I mean... What?!"
"I-I just- Not really! I just mean- Can we meet up at the same place just to meet up? Like, talk or something?" She looks hesitant, clearly warring with herself in her mind before she looks at me with some longing expression.
"Yeah, okay... That's... That's okay with me..." I hug her again, pulling away quickly as I remember that I didn't ask her if I could first.
"Th-Thank you..." She smiles. She just smiled- At me... That... That's nice...
"You're welcome..."

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