Skyline of concrete dreams- SwanQueen

Chapter 49

"Where are you going?" Regina inquires, stopping Emma from inserting the card into its slit.

"My room" the hesitation in her voice turning her statement into a question.

Regina rolls her eyes.

"Come along" she motions with her hand and when Emma doesn't follow she turns "You are staying with me" she pauses "Muffin" she words out in what supposed to be a mocking tone but Emma beams and follows her like a happy puppy.

The hotel is spacious and luxurious. Regina claims that it's located in the heart of London and Emma, having no knowledge of the matter, takes her word for it.

"So, what do we do now?" she asks the minute they enter the suite, their suitcases already waiting for them near the living room couch.

It's late noon and Emma doubts they're expected to get anything done that day. Still, she wants to make sure.

"Something fun" Regina smiles, her height decreasing the minute she steps out of her heels. "We don't have anything scheduled for today" she approaches Emma, her hips swaying. She leans in for a kiss that soon becomes way heated.

But trust Emma to ruin the moment. They have their hands all over each other when Emma's stomach grumbles loudly, embarrassingly loudly, if she might add.

Emma buries her face in Regina's neck, the surface of it trembling as she laughs throatily.

"How about we go and grab something to eat first?"

Emma bites the skin available to her, licking over it when she hears Regina gasp.

"Okay" she untangles herself and looks at Regina expectantly.

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When you say 'let's grab something to eat' you usually refer to cheap, greasy food. Of course, Emma didn't expect Regina to take her to McDonalds but the mini palace they were sitting in was making Emma uncomfortable.

Since she started dating Regina they have been trying and learning, slowly but surely, about the other's dining experience. They tried to balance the scale by going to various types of restaurants starting from local American and Mexican diners all the way to upscale Italian and French cuisines.

At times they would spend thirty or forty dollars on a shared meal, sometimes they would pass the three digits barrier. Those were the meals where Emma would fidget the most, trying to decide whether to fight Regina on paying at least half or keep her mouth shut knowing that she can never afford it.

The few times Emma did win the battle of who's paying were the times where they sat in 'her' restaurants. When it was Regina's the brunette insisted that it was only fair that she pays since Emma would've never come to those fancy restaurants if it wasn't for her; which was true yet somehow it did nothing to help Emma's constant feeling of inferiority.

She knew Regina would never accept that reason as a valid one. She also, didn't want to prevent Regina from going out and enjoying herself just because Emma was a poor brat. After a couple of dinners where Emma was almost sick after glancing at the final check she came up with a plan. Continuously so Emma would go for the cheapest items in the menu. It didn't fix the problem completely but it did make Emma feel like she's doing her best attempt to cost Regina less money.

The restaurant they are currently in steals the show so far. Emma suspected it the moment they stepped out of the cab and she came face to face with a complicated, posh-looking name she couldn't even begin to pronounce. She didn't realize how bad it was until Regina actually tipped the man for bringing them the menus.