Close Luxury: A Sheo Fanfic

Chapter 6

Theo's POV

I clear my head as best as I can once I am in the bathroom. I felt off somehow in front of her.

Did I really just ask if she were okay with this?

I had practically just asked her if she was okay sleeping beside a more than half naked man.

What am I doing?

I run a hand through my hair and stare at myself within the mirror now. I didn't want to make Shailene feel any more awkward than she probably was already starting to feel towards me...

Perhaps I should put a shirt on. At least I should do that for her. I tell myself hesitantly now. I didn't want to sleep next to my own best friend like this. I felt as if I were being raunchy... or desperate for that matter.

Shai on the other hand, had come out with a light colored and dotted t-shirt and some simple shorts on.

If only I could be less 'showy' like her...

I sigh before I then just brush my teeth and then comb my hair a bit. I normally didn't fix my hair before going to bed, but for some reason, this time felt a bit different somehow...

I now turn and open the bathroom door and head back out to Shai.

I hoped she wasn't too focused on something other than just our friendship..

"Welcome back Theo!" I immediately hear her sweet voice and I turn to see that she is sitting up in our  large king sized bed, her eyes surprisingly not even directed upon me. Instead, they were focused upon a large T.V screen that sat tucked within a large wardrobe against the opposite facing wall. She must have found it in there while she was waiting for me. It was the perfect position for a T.V anyhow and I just smile at her simply.

I glance to notice how she had already turned the bed down so fittingly as well, and I can't help but gain a liking sensation towards her essence. She was so modest, and she seemed to no longer worry about me being so bare before her, that I even decided to not put on a t-shirt to cover me over...

Even though I had told myself that I would.

"Looks amazing. Nice job Shai." I can't help but remark as I turn to kill one of the lamps within our now-dully lit room.

I hear her chuckle slightly before she replies, "Thanks, dude!" I then strut around to the right side of the bed, a very small prick of excitement somehow finding it's way into the vastness of my emotions.

I was about to get into the same bed as Shailene Woodley.. Who couldn't feel excited?

"So um, do you want to watch anything? Or do you just want to get some sleep?" The girl now asks me as I pull back the sheets and slide into the comfortable bed next to her, and I catch her gaze waver towards me in a rather shy manner.

I stiffen just slightly as I shift my long and rather hairy legs down next to hers.

Was she afraid of this?

Was she worried that something might happen between us?

I hurriedly turn and give her a reassuring look and she finally just sighs, a hand going to her forehead.

"Um, Theo.. I-I'm sorry, okay?" She slowly now starts and I feel a wave of small anxiety run through me just at her new tone.

"No, wait, for what?" I question at her next and she turns to me, as if she were just totally frustrated at the moment. I could tell her eyes were just dying to gaze over me and I somehow couldn't blame her. I too wanted to look at her actually... but we both knew it was wrong.

"I think this is my fault. If you are too... nervous about this, then I can just sleep on the sofa, alright?" My voice is soft now and my eyes are all for her. I nod in the direction of the sofa.

"No Theo, You will not do that. You will sleep in a real bed like you need to." She just snaps next and I try a cheesy look towards her in hopes that she might forget about this awkwardness. "And whose going to force me to stay in this bed with you Shai? Huh?" I grin and with this she falls silent for a moment.

I stare at her and she stares back at me before finally she cracks a small embarrassed smile and I smirk at her. "See? You won't stop me. Or will you?" I tease and she chuckles now. "Theo, really though, please don't go to the sofa. You'll make me feel like a bad friend, okay?" She huffs and I bite the inside of my lip a bit.

I had wanted her to say that.

I didn't actually want to plan on going to the sofa. I knew though that Shai was too nice of a being to make me sleep there...

But this isn't right. If she is uncomfortable and troubled by this then I should just be  a man and stop this nonsense.

"Hey, I'm not going to let you feel-" I try and start again, but Shai turns and eyes me hard, a pleading look coming to swirl within her delicate eyes and my words are gone. Lost from my lips.

"Please. Just stay Theo. I'm fine. And besides, you're my best friend. I trust you." She muses to me and I just smile at her.

It's all I can think to do.

"Thank you, miss. It's not like I'm gonna try and turn on you or something, just because I'm sleeping in the same bed as you now. I mean, come on." I dramatically joke and I throw my head back against a random pillow behind me as I hear her laugh with this.

I smile longingly into the pillow for a moment.

I loved making her laugh.

"Nice reassurance there, dude. But I'm going to sleep now. So, good night!" She squeaks finally before the T.V then cuts off abruptly, causing for the room to fall deathly silent next, and complete darkness overwhelms my eyes suddenly; so much that I couldn't even see Shailene's face anymore from where I was positioned.

I scoot myself downwards more into the sheets of the bed before I grab the pillow beneath my neck and fluff it a bit, my hands and fingers wanting to squeeze it tightly for some reason...

"G'night Shai." I quietly then call within the blackened atmosphere and I hear her shift a bit from over on her side.

I lay there rather disappointed. I felt like talking to her some more for some odd reason and I hadn't the clue why.

I had just flown in on a seven hour flight to Honolulu and here it was around four thirty in the morning, and all I could possibly think about doing was continuing to talk with Shailene...

I'm so messed up. I tell myself as I then just lay my head back upon my pillow rather restlessly. I gaze up at the dark ceiling above me and I am about to close my eyes in an attempt for sleep, when suddenly I feel movement down near my legs.

It's then when I feel her. One of her  soft, smooth, and silky legs rubs up against mine slowly and it sends a small shiver down my neck.

"Sorry." I then hear her voice break the deafening silence just beside me and somehow I find myself grinning into the darkness.

You're fine. I answer her in my head.

...Completely fine. I correct myself, and I can no longer take it. I roll over and try to ignore any other 'suggestive' thoughts that were trying to creep their way into my head.

She was too much for me...

For a king sized bed, we sure are rather close to each other...

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More to come! Hope you enjoyed!

I know I'm going rather slow within the story and I don't mean to be lol. I'll try to pick up the pace.