everyone knows they're in love, except them.
Maritza Ramos and Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales have been friends since the day they met at Litchfield. something changed when the 2 shared a drunken kiss on Valentine's day a couple of months before being sep...
Gloria was preparing the cutlery on the trays, Blanca who came a while after was on dish washing duty, with Daya helping her cause she was late too. Maria didn't work there anymore after a lot of complaining from the whole Spanish Harlem.
Maritza and Flaca were at the back of the kitchen preparing the food, Mari was chopping up some vegetables and Flaca was doing the same. Maritza's cheeks were still burning red from what Gloria had said and how Flaca had reacted to it, she didn't deny it. A comfortable silence surrounded them until Maritza decided to break the silence.
With her black hair hiding half of her face and still looking at her chopping board she says.
"so what are you hiding from me?"
Flaca stops and turns to face her best friend who wasn't looking at her.
"what do you mean?"
She asks not quite sure what Maritza meant.
Maritza turns to face her best friend with a small smile plastered on her face.
"yesterday, you said you were hiding things too. what are you hiding?"
Flaca takes a deep breath as she understands what she meant.
"it's just stupid things, wouldn't matter if you knew or not"
Flaca replies breaking eye contact with Maritza. Maritza keeps looking at her waiting for Flaca to start talking.
"fine, I'll tell you"
Flaca finally says looking at the small Latina's face glow up.
She takes a deep breath and starts
"I've never been in love, no not even with Ian. I'm not 100% straight, I've been with a girl before. Just one nothing serious. I guess that makes me bisexual, and, well the other thing has to do with the tests so I'll tell you tonight cause I'm not in the mood to tell you about my fucked up life"
She says rolling her eyes and then looking at Maritza's reaction. She was smiling.
Why is she smiling? she thought to herself.
"oh my god, you've never been in love?"
She asks a huge smirk on her face and her eyes gazing into Flaca's
"it's not funny. I want to be in a relationship and just fall in love really hard so fucking bad, you have no idea how bad I want that."
Flaca replies with a sad whiny voice.
"I know it's not funny, you don't think I want that either? and oh my god you're fucking bi?!"
Maritza asks with a priceless surprised expression all over her face.
Flaca scoffs "it was only a one-time thing, but I wouldn't mind falling for a girl at all"
"you prefer girls?"
Maritza innocently asks hoping for Flaca to say yes.
"I do actually, it's way more romantic with a girl at least from my experience. Besides men are full of shit"
She says playing with a strand of her long, dark brown hair.
"you're in a prison full of women, you don't feel tempted? I mean some are thirsty for you always cat-calling you and shit, no one caught your eye? and why didn't you ever say that you were bi?"
Maritza asks getting closer to Flaca now curious if she's interested in someone.
"damn girl, any more questions?"
Flaca says nervously while scratching the back of her neck and her body getting tense as she saw Maritza get closer to her.
"my bad it's just, I never thought you'd be interested in girls, it's kinda interesting honestly"
Maritza says now blushing after realizing that she had just bombarded her best friend with questions.
"ok. first of all, I can't help if them bitches get thirsty for me they gonna stay thirsty, yes someone did catch my eye but she has nothing to do with them thirsty bitches, she's different and way out of my league. I didn't tell anyone I'm bi cause I didn't want inmates thinking I'm down for some shit and I'd like it to stay that way please, cause I'm not. and I don't feel tempted to have sex with anyone not even the girl that caught my eye, I'm not that kind of girl. Sex is a part of a relationship, it's not THE relationship. It's not even the base of the relationship for fuck's sake. Love is the base not sex"
Flaca says rolling her eyes ones more as she hates when people think that a relationship is nothing without sex.
"you're perfect you know that right? you're the 'let's take it slow and savor every moment that we get to spend together, don't plan it, don't rush it' kinda girl aren't you?"
Flaca's eyes widen as she hears the first few words coming from Maritza and stares at the ground for a minute.
Maritza tilts her head slightly to the side as she's finding the red cheeked girl standing in front of her adorable.
"I am that kind of girl you know, 'let's call in sick for work and just stay in bed, do nothing besides cuddle and be cheesy with each other all day' kinda girl"
Flaca says making eye contact again with her best friend.
"ugh I want that"
Maritza replies with puppy eyes and a pouty mouth.
"yeah me too"
Flaca simply replies biting her lower lip.
"if I come back there and them vegetables aren't ready you too ain't gonna be working in the same place for long"
Gloria's voice is heard from the front of the kitchen.
Maritza and Flaca both look at their chopping boards to find 2 readily chopped carrots each.
"well, we're fucked"
Flaca says trying to hold back a giggle.
on the other hand Maritza bursts into a hysterical laugh and yells
"almost ready Gloria, I promise"
while holding her stomach cause it was hurting from all the laughing.
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