Enjoy!
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Bina <3
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It's been a couple of days since Shawn and Normani started having their sessions and the improvement was really showing with Normani. Not just in her voice and music but Shawn cracked open a new found confidence in Normani. She was was definitely improving. Not to mention things have been heating up between the two. One of them will somehow hold the other a little too close for a little too or catch the other staring at each other's....well assets. And yet, neither of them had made the first move.
Shawn followed Normani to her hotel room amazed by the lavish hotel.
"How long have you been staying here?" he asked finding a seat on her bed.
"It's pushing three weeks." Normani shrugged.
Shawn almost choked on his spit. "Come again?"
"Yeah I've been staying here since I left the tour." She explained sitting next to him.
"Normani it's 500 dollars here a night!"
"Well actually it's 476-"
"Mani that's beside the point! Why don't you just stay with me! It's free and you can do half the shit you have here at my place."
"Oh no Shawn, you just got that house, invite your friends and throw parties or something. I'm not gonna impose." she protested.
"Please? I'm in a huge ass house by myself and it's only for two more weeks right?" He gave her a hopeful smile.
"Shawn..." she hesitated.
"Please? I don't charge for things in the mini fridge." he gave a little pout causing Normani to roll her eyes.
"Childish ass." he tutted. "Fine but if at anytime I overstay my visit, you kick me out ok?"
"Not gonna happen but ok." he grinned.
"I'm only doing this because I wanna save you gas money from picking me up everyday." Normani stated with a serious look.
Both of them burst out laughing and Shawn patted her thigh. "You're a horrible liar. Nice try." he got up and placed her suitcase on the bed. "We gotta hurry because you promised frozen yogurt."
"Yeah yeah yeah." Normani rolled her eyes as she got up and started packing.
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Shawn reviewed his options. While strawberry was tempting, he felt like he should try something new. But then what if he got something new and then didn't like it? He'd be wasting his money on something he didn't want.
"Shawn, it's just frozen yogurt, not a million dollar question." Normani giggled behind him.
"I don't know what to get. There's too many options." he huffed.
"Wanna try my cake?" She offered.
"Pardon?" he said turning her direction.
"My flavor? I got birthday cake." She spooned a small amount of the frozen dessert and fed it to him.
"Oooh." he said in approval. "I like that a lot."
"Ok good let's share a cup."
"Sure."
The two paid and went back to the park and sat on the grass close to the water. It was mostly silence with the exceptions of a few escaped laughs here and there. It was intimate and calm and all they could ask for.
"You have ice cream on your cheek." Shawn watched in amusement as Normani wiped everywhere on her cheek aside from that one spot.
"Is it off?" she asked.
"No." he chuckled. "Here." He licked the pad of his thumb before extending his arm and gently rubbing the spot off from her cheek.
"Thanks, now I have your DNA on my face." she teased.
"You know most girls would die if my DNA was on their face." He said matter of factly.
"Mmhm." Normani hummed. She'd prefer if it was a different form of his DNA on her face, which said a lot because she never liked doing that but it was Shawn. She let her imagination get the best of her and soon her mind was filled with wild imaginations of her and Shawn, like where he'd have his hands on her, where she wanted his lips. Ugh the possibilities were endless.
"Mani!"
Shawn's voice broke her out of her trance and she she gave a shy smile. "Sorry what?"
"The cup, you're hogging the cup." he pointed out.
"Oh, sorry." She handed over the cup of frozen yogurt.
"You ok?" He asked.
Normani nodded feeling slightly embarrassed.
Shawn continued looking at her with a smile growing on his lips.
"What?" she giggled covering her face.
He started laughing. "You completely blacked out for like a whole minute. What happened?"
"Jeez Shawn nothing I was just thinking." She rolled her eyes and readjusted her sunglasses.
"About what? You looked like you were hypnotized or something."
Normani sucked her teeth. "Eggs." she blurted out.
"Eggs?"
"Yeah I really want some eggs right now." she lied facing him. "Is that a problem?"
Shawn shook his head before laying down on the grass. "You're a fucking nut." he laughed.
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Shawn stopped by Normani's temporary room and knocked on the door. "You ok?" he checked in.
Normani looked up from her phone. "Yes, thank you again for letting me stay with you." she smiled.
"Good. Well, um. Good night Mani." He winked before going to his room.
"Good night Shawn." she responded.
She looked back at the screen of her phone. She cocked her head to the side at the paparazzi picture of them earlier today getting froyo. They did make a really cute couple, let's hope he felt the same way.
