semi-automatic ; j.d

fifty seven ; burned gay porn

"i'll see you in a month," mumbles josh as he hugs mia tight around the waist, his arms circling her. his chin rests on top of her head and after speaking he kisses her hair.

she pulls back so that she can look up at him. there's a sad frown on her boyfriend's face, his bottom lip jutted out ever so slightly.

he reaches up and twists one of her curls around his finger. "like four weeks, babe, that's it. you'll be okay, right?"

mia nods. every time josh gets concerned and worried about her, she can't help but find it kinda cute. "i have finals to keep me busy."

"you're gonna ace everything," he says confidently with a grin, the kind where his eyes are squinty and his lips curved up from ear to ear. "make sure you get enough sleep, okay doll? and don't stay up too late on your phone when--"

"josh," she says, cutting off his worrisome rant. "i'll go to bed early on exam nights. promise."

he nods his head. hearing that makes his nervous mind go to rest. "okay. i love you, princess."

"i love you too," mia replies without missing a beat, grinning at the pet name.

"and i'll be back right before graduation," he assures her while his hands come up and cup her cheeks.

she nods, gazing up into the warm pools of coffee brown eyes that she always finds herself inevitably getting lost in. "okay."

josh closes off the minuscule distance between them with his lips. goodbye kisses are always different than any other. not as innocent as hello ones, nor as hot and desperate as the ones he gives her when they're making out. no, goodbye kisses are slow and purposeful, like their lips know that it's the last time they'll be touching for however long.

"be good for me, okay babygirl?" josh's voice comes out in a soft whisper after their kissing comes to an end. his forehead rests against hers and his arms slide down and wrap around her waist.

mia shudders at the feeling of josh's hands on the small of her back. "i will," she says back gently.

he kisses her forehead affectionately before finally letting her go. as she's walking into the airport to meet up with jenna, he feels his heart sink.

i wonder if she feels this way when she watches me leave, josh thinks to himself. i didn't know it hurt this bad.

five days after mia gets back to columbus, finals week starts.

"if i die during this exam, tell my boyfriend that i'm the one that burned his secret gay porn stash," states zach as he gets in mia's car the morning of their advanced fiction final, an obnoxiously loud travel coffee mug in his hands and and a pair of black sunglasses covering his eyes.

mia shakes her head slowly. "you look like shit."

"that's because i'm emotionally and physically unstable," he replies after shutting the car door. "and i'm definitely not ready to take this exam."

"did you study?"

zach looks at her like she just asked him if he was straight. "study what? that textbook we had to buy but literally never used?"

mia nods her head and glances back at the road. "i'm gonna take that as a no."

"i looked over the notes," he insists after taking a long sip of coffee. "like, gave them a fairly decent skim."