Oreo

Chapter 29: The Unexpected Surprise

Romeo's POV~

Another week of hellish school had gone by and it was finally Friday night.  It had been established that mom was going to stay the night and leave Sunday morning after breakfast.  Luckily, our new pad had a spare room so she wouldn't have to stay on the couch thanks to the extra mattress we had kept in the closet.

School was a bit more tollerable, now that Orion and I spent as much time together as we could.  Even in times when I was alone, the most I'd get from the bullies was a scowl or a dirty look.  It was refreshing not having to worry about getting slammed into lockers or heckled until my ears went numb.  I was free to feel, to express, and it was truely exhilerating.

Not that I was one to show much emotion anyway.

I hummed to one of the songs on a playlist I let Orion put together for me - a song I was pretty sure belonged to GOT7 - as I finished up washing what little bit of dishes we had made.  He was very driven to turn me into an ARMY or whatever the other fandoms were called.  I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the music or the sureal visuals of the groups.  It seriously wasn't fair how good looking they all were, make up or no.

The good news was I now knew all the names of BTS.  However, seeing as I was bad a matching names to faces period, I still wasn't sure who was who.  I could currently identify the leader, the rappers and one of the vocalists.

Orion came up and leaned against the island on the other side of the sink, hand pressing against his cheek as he watched me with a bemused expression.

Upon noticing this, I used a shoulder to knock out one of my ear buds and raised an eyebrow at him.  "Yesss, beautiful?"

He snorted at the pet name, giving a small smile.  "The room is all set up.  Wanna watch a movie before bed?  My turn to pick."

"Sure." I replied, loading a scrubbed dish into the dishwasher.

He watched me with his eyes, a smirk crawling into his lips like an inchworm.  "Y'know, what is that thing gonna do if you do it's job for it?"

I glared playfully as I began scrubbing off some of the tough residue left on the last plate.  "I don't trust the machine to do a completely thorough job.  Better safe than sorry."

He just chuckled.  "We're watching Leprechaun Origins."

A chill immidately shook me and I shuddered, looking him in the eye in hopes he was joking.  All I could find was his unmistakable amusement.  "Please no.  I don't do horror very well.  Especially before bed.  Please."

He only grinned at me, zero ounces of regret on his face.  "It's my decission.  You chose last time, and twice the time before the one I last picked.  We're watching Leprechaun~."

My lips formed a tight line as I grimaced.  It wasn't that I couldn't stand gore, it was just all the creepy and scary shit I couldn't handle.  A movie like Mama was one thing, but others made me feel so paranoid.  The most I could be grateful for was that it wasnt a clown movie.  "I hate you..."

"Autocorrect: You love me~."

"I hate you..."

"You love me~."

"I do, but I hate you."

"I love you too~" He reached foreward and booped my nose before spinning off to prepare the movie.

~

The dishes were running through the washer,  the movie was playing on the flat screen and the two of us were cozzily wrapped up in blankets on the sofa - me cowering into my boyfriend as the film rolled.  A large bowl of popcorn waited on the coffee table, untouched by myself but long forgotten by Orion as he chuckled at my terrified form.