Oreo

Chapter 49: Promise

Romeo's POV~

The most beautiful moment of the next morning was waking to Rion's hand carressing my cheek.  It was a gentle touch, his thumb rubbing over the skin.  Fortunately, there was only a ghost of a hangover lingering in my half-conscious body.  My eyes lazily opened and stared dazily at the ceiling.  Whatever time of day it was, I had no idea.  Maybe 11 at best guess.

"Morning, baby~." Orion said softly.  It took a moment of processing to realise it wasn't just my imagination.

My first response was a hum, turning my face and rolling into him.  He was so warm, but it was also summer time now.  His hand moved to my hair and touseled it.  I got a breath of his scent and pulled back to look at him.

"You need to take a shower."

He snorted.  "You smell good too, babe."

"I said don't call me that."

"You weren't complaining last night."

I pouted and he winked with that smirk of his.  Orion then got up and went to the door.  I stretched before sitting up.  "Hey, they're pro'lly still here... maybe we should go on a date after they leave.  You don't work today, do you?"

He smiled.  "No.  I do tomorrow, but I got today off.  And yeah; if you wanna go out, we can."  He leaned against the door.  "Anywhere in particular you wanna go?"

"Mmm.. maybe the roller rink?  We haven't been there in a while.  And we could get something to eat.  Or just.. come back... I dunno..."

Orion paced back over and placed his hand on my head.  "Hey, whatever you want, okay?  We can go to the roller rink and see what else it becomes from there.  Not everything needs to be planned out, so you don't have to be so shy."

I blushed and shoved his hand away.  "Shut up and go take a shower already."

Chuckled, he left the room.  When the door opened, the television could be heard from the living room.  It was a low enough volume that it wasn't very noticeable through the wall.

I released a sigh, looking about the room real quick as my mind tried to recall the game last night.  I didn't get too drunk, but my memory was certainly a little fuzzy.  One thing that was for sure was that we didn't have sex.  My ass didn't feel weird and Rion wasn't limping, so that was a safe call.  I vaguely remembered being carried back to the room as well and just wanting to cuddle.  There weren't any kisses either.  I'm so glad that there wasn't a drunk make out session, or I'd be mortified.

And Rion would tease the shit out of me.

After changing into some more comfotable clothes (since I never changed out of my day clothes last night), I went out to the living room to greet whomever was awake.

Vernon was on the sofa, watching something on Netflix.  Mochi was curled up on the back of the couch and Ninja was hiding in the cat tower.  Vern shot me a glance and gave a straight-lined smile.

"Wassup.  You guys do anything freaky last night~"  He smirked evilly. 

I shot him a joking glare and joined him.  "That would be none of your business.  But, no.  We respect company."

Well... except that one time with Tessy, but maybe that's why we stopped...

"I'm just playin'." He chuckled.

Ninja manuvered his way onto my lap as soon as he noticed I was present.  I smiled and scratched his fur.  He had grown a decent bit.  He wasn't quite as big as Mochi, but had maintained a fairly slim build.  Mochi had put on a bit of weight, though, but it only made her adorably fluffy and a lot more healthy and happier than when we first got her.  Ninja was just more mischievous and active whilst she enjoyed lazing about and coaxing out all the pets she could get.