The Look Of Knowledge

17. Ask Me Anything

Mika

I woke up to a slightly snoring Julian spooning me on the couch. It was still dark and I noticed a cold breeze coming from the east. The window must have opened itself while we were sleeping. I moved Julian's arm off of me and stood up. There was a giant puddle of water on the floor.

"Fuck" I sighed walking across it to close the window.

I went to my mother's bedroom to get a towel and a blanket, then came back and threw the towel over the puddle leaving it to soak in the water.

Julian was still on the couch sound asleep, naked, which reminded me I was too. He didn't fit, so his legs were up on the air. I covered him with the blanket and started the classically shameful seek of my underwear around the living room.

Of course the only thing I wasn't able to find were my panties. I took one final look around the place before I gave up and decided to get a new pair from my room, but Julian's voice surprised me before I could put the plan on roll.

"What are you doing?" He asked sitting up. I blushed.

"Just... Um, looking for my underwear" I said covering my chest with the handful of clothing I was holding on my arms.

He stood up without even bothering to cover himself and reached out for something under the cushions.

"Is this yours?" He said shaking my panties with his hand. I nodded and tried to take them from him but he jumped back and laughed. I rolled my eyes.

"Can I keep them?" He asked lowering his tone. Oh god, don't tell me I just fucked one of those.

"Uhh.."

"I'm just kidding" he laughed and handed me my panties. I sighed and laughed after him.

I put my panties on and threw on the top I was wearing before.

"Are you tired?" I asked when I noticed the bags under his eyes were darker and bigger than before. He sat back down on the couch and rubbed his eyes.

"No, come here." He reached my arms and pulled from me making me sloppily fall next to him. I knew he wanted to say something.

"I have a pill upstairs"

"What?" He asked furrowing his eyebrows.

"The pill, I'm gonna take it right now" I said rushing to stand up but he pulled me back down.

"It's alright, we have like twenty more hours until the 95% effectiveness drops to like, 90%, is that right?" He held my hand on his.

"85" I corrected him.

"Right" he said "So, Mika, what I was gonna say is that.. I wanna know you more, like, what you love to do, what you like to eat... Shit, I wanna memorize every inch of you inside and out. I want to ask you questions no one's ever asked you before"

"Why would you wanna know me more?" I asked confused.

"Because you're beautifully clever and... cleverly beautiful?" He laughed of himself, and it was so lame and cute that I had to laugh too. This guy... Damn. "Okay, first question.."

"Can I ask shit too?"

"Yeah but I go first.." He put his finger on his chin and looked up to the roof, thinking about his first question. He was making that face I made during exams I didn't bother to study for but had to pretend that I did know shit 'cause the teacher would stare at me the whole time. "What's worst for you? Dying young but happy or being unhappy until you're, like, 95 years old and die?" He flashed a smile like he just dropped the worst bomb ever and that my head was gonna explode after giving too much thought to his question. But I already knew my answer.