SCINTILLA | ❝you definitely feel a scintilla of love.❞
DEFINITION: a tiny trace or spark of a specified feeling or quality.
SYNONYMS: particle, atom, bit, trace, ounce, shred, crumb, fragment.
SOCIAL MEDIA | STEVEN YEUN
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[7 MONTHS LATER]
Slowly and tiredly, Athena's eyes fluttered open as she woke up and gazed around the familiar bedroom – more specifically, Steven's bedroom. The female's hazel eyes eventually landed on her boyfriend, who had a tight grip on her waist – the only thing covering them both was the warm and comfy blanket planted on top of both of their bare bodies. As she remembered the events that occurred once again last night, a faint blush coated her cheeks before she tore her gaze away from the male, grabbed her phone and switched it on, causing a bright light to aluminate the room and the female to tear her gaze away from the phone and blink a few times, before her gaze returned back to the screen so she could check the time.
A groan escaped Athena's lips as the time flickered onto the screen – 10:37am. Deciding that it was time to get out of bed so that she could get ready for the day ahead of her, the brunette attempted to carefully release herself from Steven's grasp so that she didn't wake him. However, Steven's grip on Athena's waist only tightened as she moved around, causing the female to release a large sigh and give up, her head slamming back onto the fluffy pillow.
"Five more minutes." Steven groggily mumbled out, pulling the female next to him even closer so that their bare chests were touching, which made Athena let out a small giggle.
Most of the time, Athena woke up earlier than Steven and every single time, it'd be the exact same routine. Athena would wake up and check the time, and then she'd try to get out of Steven's grasp and fail miserably. Something that the female had learnt within the first few weeks of dating the male was that he had a very tight grip, so she could never get out of bed without waking him up.
Eventually, Steven's eyes fluttered open and a large smile broke out on his face as his eyes landed on Athena, who noticed that he was awake and spoke up, "Hey, handsome."
"Good morning, beautiful." He responded, pressing a gentle kiss onto Athena's lips before he pulled away, let out a small yawn and then continued to talk to the female in front of him, "How'd you sleep?"
"Good, thanks." Athena smiled, adjusting her body so that she was fully facing him, "How about you?"
Steven began to play with Athena's shoulder-length hair as he replied to her, "I slept well, thanks. However, I think I would sleep better if I knew that I'd wake up to your face every day."
"I wish I could say the same to you." Athena sarcastically commented, causing Steven to place a hand on his chest to act offended, "I'm joking, obviously. I'd love to wake up next to you all the time."
The male chuckled, pecking Athena on the cheek before speaking up, "Who wouldn't? I'm amazing."
"Yes, you are. However, you are not amazing at letting go of me when I'm trying to get up." The brunette female informed him, causing the male beside her to let out a small laugh as she shook her head, "It's almost eleven and we're still in bed."
Steven let out a large groan, turning so that he was lying on his back as he replied, "Can't we just go back to sleep? I don't want to get up yet."
A small smile grazed the female's lips as she moved her head to rest on Steven's chest, "No, Steven. Unlike you, I actually have plans today."
Another groan left the male and he released a small sigh, "Fine, I'll get up, only because I love you though."
The pair moved from their position on the bed and began to pick up their discarded clothes, placing them in the washing basket before they picked out what they wanted to wear for the day. Luckily, Athena spent most of her time at Steven's house; therefore the pair had decided that Athena would have a small wardrobe filled with many clothes at his house.
As the female grabbed a top out of her wardrobe, she noticed that Steven was watching her and she snapped her head around with an amused look on her face, "Stop staring at me while I'm getting changed, Yeun Man."
The male let out a small laugh and decided to argue against her, though he still turned around to respect Athena's privacy, "It's not like I haven't seen it before, babe. Also, I think you're beautiful with or without clothes on."
Heat quickly rose to Athena's cheeks as a blush spread across her face, but she decided to ignore Steven and continue getting changed. Once she had finished getting ready for the day, Athena glanced in the mirror. She had a black crop top on, along with black ripped jeans and a gold necklace that Steven had given her for Valentine's Day.
The female tore her gaze away from the mirror and to the male who had just picked out a top and had begun putting it over his head, before she decided to announce her thoughts, "I'm going to make breakfast."
At that, Steven hurriedly put his top on and approached the unsuspecting Athena, grabbing her hand and pulling her back towards him, "I don't think so, Athena."
A small pout graced her features, though a hint of amusement was clear in her eyes, "Why not?"
"That has to be a trick question." Steven mumbled, wrapping his arms around Athena's waist before he continued, "You blew up another microwave last week, Athena. Do you honestly think I'm going to let you make breakfast?"
The female let out a small laugh, murmuring a small but audible, "I'm sorry."
"It's fine. It was your microwave, not mine." Steven reminded her with a small chuckle, connecting their lips together for a brief moment, "I love you."
"I love you too." Athena murmured, before tilting her head to the side and commenting, "You're still an idiot though."
"Your idiot?" Steven questioned as he laughed slightly.
