City of Angels - K.L

TEN

We heading in a direction I've never been in since I've been here. A place he hasn't taken me.
"We going to Studio City?"
"Yep."
He replies, glimpsing from the road to me and back. I ask
"Where are you taking me in Studio City?"
He reached over, resting his hand on my thigh
"I'm taking you home."

He takes me to a huge house, mid century modern and something I could absolutely see myself living in. Inside, all the floors are wooden and the design is open. As soon as you enter you can see straight through- from the front door, past the living room, kitchen and dining room, right through into the back yard. From the front door if you walk further into the house, you pass the steps up to the second level and then to the left of the steps is the bottom level of bedrooms. Kian is giving me the tour as we walk through. I ask when we reach the kitchen, and he takes two bottles of Arrowhead water out of the fridge for us
"You live here alone?"
He laughs and replies shaking his head
"Not by a long shot. Four roommates, sometimes five. And with one of their girlfriends it may as well be six. And with two dogs and two cats
I look around
"Cats?"
He smirks
"So you're a Kih girl?"
I shrug, picking up a 'Kih' that has approached me
"I love dogs and cats equally."
He states
"Seems like they love you just as much. That one nearly never goes up to a stranger."
It's at this point a load of people come in from out the back. One of the three guys in the five person group exclaims upon seeing us
"You must be Zaya!"
I put the cat down, smiling and accepting his hug
"Hi! Yeah I am."
Kian takes over the introductions
"That's Bobby hugging you. The one with the curly hair is JC, the one who looks grumpy right now is Corey- a fellow Australian. The girl JC is clinging to is his girlfriend Chelsea and the other girl is Franny."
Franny plays mock offended
"Thank you for calling me the other, Kian. Feels so nice," she approaches me and hugs me just like Bobby did "So nice to finally meet you. Kian hasn't been able to shut up about you for days."
Kian mocks her
"Thank you for throwing me under the bus, Fran. Feels so nice."
She retorts
"Oh I'm sorry, was I not meant to complain about you?"
JC and Chelsea are next, hugging me as if I was family
"You'll get used to us," JC states "we will always throw each other under the bus. Good to see you again."
Chelsea adds
"Now I see what Kian was going on about. You are that gorgeous."
I grin
"You're sweet. And pretty. JC man, you did well."
He steps back from us
"Damn, maybe you two should get together."
We laugh, and Chelsea reaches out, playfully shoving her boyfriend with a hand
"You'd like that wouldn't you weirdo."
Franny states, throwing an arm around me from my other side
"If you two are getting together it's going to have to be a three way."
I laugh
"Please do join."
Corey waves from the other side of the kitchen island from me
"Hello by the way."
"Hey Corey."
I finally greet with a laugh and wave like he did. Kian comes around behind me, snaking his arms around my shoulders and claiming
"Damn, bring you home and everyone is trying to steal my girl."
I smirk to myself, I like the sound of that, his girl. It almost makes me forget I'll eventually be leaving LA. He takes my hand and leads me out of my sandwich between Chelsea and Franny.
"Come on, we gotta get a move on if we want to make it in time. Goes for you too Bob and Jelsea."
Jelsea- I catch on is JC and Chelsea's ship name. I question Kian, my arms coming around his neck
"Make it where in time?"
From behind his back he holds up a handful of tickets between our faces. I step back, taking one from him and reading what it says. I repeat, still not being enlightened after reading it
"Musink?"
Kian smiles
"It's a festival."
My eyes light up
"Oh cool!"
He takes the ticket off me, looking over it again as he asks
"You like Blink -182 right?"
My jaw drops a little, and turns into a smile
"I love them, yeah."
He waves the ticket
"Well- they're playing at this festival tonight."
I clap a hand over my mouth
"Oh my gosh really?!"
He acts innocent and unknowing, like he hadn't planed this
"Oh- oh did you want to go?"
I nod rapidly
"Uh-huh."
He smiles, an arm around my waist
"Oh, sure thing baby."
I giggle, and tilt my head back and reach up on my tip toes to kiss him, hand on his face. After the kiss, I exclaim
"Kian! You should have told me, I would have brought clothes or something."
Franny steps forward
"Oh all good, you look like my size, and color. Let's go get you ready."
She takes my hand and states to Kian
"Mind if I borrow her for a second or are you going to have separation anxiety?"
He squeezes my hand and then lets go if my hand
"She's all yours for half an hour. Then she's mine for the night."
I reach up and kiss him again quickly, stating
"Thank you, Ki."
He smiles over my face
"It's okay. Go get ready."

I stay in my leather jacket, jeans and boots, but exchange my plain t-shirt for a white lace bodysuit that Franny lends me. She also lets me touch up my makeup with hers. I opt for a warm toned brown sultry smokey eye, with a pop of yellow and shiny gold at the inner corners with a strong eyebrow, chiseled contouring, gleaming highlight and a nude glossy lip. Fran beams like a proud mother when I'm done
"You look amazing! With those make up skills you should be starting a YouTube channel."
"I have debated it," I admit and stand from her vanity table, stating about the 'looking amazing' comment "It's all in your clothes. This body suit is gorgeous."
She waves
"It's yours then- I never wear it."
I raise an eyebrow
"Really? No, I couldn't."
She shrugs
"Kian mentioned it's your birthday tomorrow. Think of it as an early birthday present."
I tilt my head at her
"Fran-"
"Shush, it's yours, full stop."
I step over and hug her
"Thank you babe."
"You're welcome babe."
Stepping back from the hug, she claps
"Now, let's go show you off to your mans."