You Deserved Better

Red

I invited Ross to watch a movie at my apartment after dinner. He came at my door wearing a grey sweatpant and white t-shirt.

I let him in and went to the kitchen to grab the popcorns i had set up.
I walked to my bedroom and picked up my woolen blanket.

Ross was sitting with his legs folded on the couch.
I threw the blanket at him.

"Here! It might get chilly." i said.

"If it does i could just hug you." he said whilst smiling.

Was that serious or was he just joking?

I rolled my eyes and sat next to him.

"what movie is this?" he asked me.

"i think you'll love it! Because i love it!" i answered him in excitement.
"it's Shutter Island."

Ross looked at me with popcorns in his mouth, "Ok, what is it about?"

"It's about 2 detectives working on a case about a missing patient in an asylum. The asylum is the whole island in the middle of the ocean, so there's no way that the patient could've escape." i answered.

"Sounds fun!" Ross pulled the woolen blanket up to his chest. He raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to use the blanket?"

"No, go ahead."

We watched the movie in silence for more than 15 minutes before Ross said, "Wow look how big my hand is compared to yours!"

I looked down, my hands were on my lap, he held up my right hand and placed it on his lap.
He continued watching the movie whilst still holding my hand and i let him.

He'd caress it a few times with his thumb during the movie, i guessed he did it unintentionally.
I wasn't focused on the movie, I'd just stare at our interwined hands and glanced a few times at him.

I tried to control my breathing because i was so excited and i didn't want him to know.
I couldn't stop smiling!

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I realized i had fallen asleep. I woke up with Ross still beside me but he wasn't in a blanket because the blanket was now on my body. And the movie was over.
I looked up at the clock above the tv, it was almost 1 am.
I moved my head up from his shoulder, "Oh my god, I'm so sorry i fell asleep!"
I fixed my hair and brushed them with my fingers. "Why are you still here?"

"You fell asleep on my shoulder half the time, and i didn't wanna wake you." Ross said.

I flustered, i didn't really know what to say to him.

"I live next to you so it doesn't matter if i came home late or didn't at all." he said playfully.

"so what have you been doing while i was asleep?"

Ross looked up, "Hmmm.."
"Well i finished the movie, played a game on my phone, and scrolled through twitter and instagram."

"For 3 hours?" i asked.

"Well before that, i kinda... fell asleep too."
he lowered his voice.

I pouted, i felt guilty for making Ross stayed.