Eleutheromania (GXG)

10: 'Fuck You Anyway'

.Race's POV:

        I only got an hour of sleep last night. I couldn't sleep knowing that Gary was going to come after one of us. I know my girlfriend trusted him, but... I didn't. He was out to get me, and steal my girlfriend in the process, and I couldn't let that happen. So, I slept for a little over an hour holding her tightly in my arms, and then I woke up, watching her, taking quick glances at the door and windows, and checking the room for any cameras.  I was extremely paranoid, and I knew we couldn't stay here for long... But she was better of living in a nice place like this, rather than the shitty motel we had been staying at due to quite low budgets. I woke her up promptly, told her to get ready for work, and that I wouldn't let her carpool with Gary. I didn't say much that day. I didn't do too much that was intimate either because I was afraid of Gary. It made her sad, but I had to do what I could to protect her.. No matter how much it hurt me not to kiss her everytime I saw those soft little pink lips, I had to protect her. She was worried, no doubt, but I couldn't explain this to her. No, this was something more personal. This was between me and Gary, and I wasn't going to let him win and get the girl. She was mine, and absolutely no one would take her away from me.

        Nevertheless, she did become a bit more distant after I had forced some distance between us.

"Baby, please be safe. Don't come out of your office unless you have someone with you, and don't come out if Gary's nearby for another reason other than to call you in. Promise me you'll do that, Baby Bunny?" I made sure she'd be safe.She looks down, and sighs sadly while agreeing. I smile a bit longingly and sadly let her go.

        I miss always giving her a kiss as she leaves for work, but I can't risk him making anything backfire on me. I'm sure that she knows I'm paranoid about Gary interfering, despite her strong beliefs in the notion of him being gay, however, that doesn't really mean anything. People can have exceptions. Hell, I've always been her exception for her being aro/ace. He's also not out yet, and sexuality isn't always set in stone. I knew I had to make up for all of our lack of physical affection though, so I decided to plan a romantic rest of the day after she got off of work.

        I went to drive around a bit to see if there was an arcade place nearby. I found a luxiourious one that was surprisingly quite afforadable. I checked out all of the prices, and found some of the toys I assumed she woud like, and thought of how I really hoped this would be wonderful for her. I found a few other places for her, such as a cute little ice cream shop and a nearby trip to Hot Topic, and I wanted to buy her the wrist tattoo she's always wanted. I had been secretly saving up my own money for her tattoo even though we said we'd buy our own tattoos and other body modifications. However, she saved a lot of money, and I was extremely proud of her. I wanted to reward her.

        I talked to the artist and looked at their portfolio and such to approve of their work for her, and told them what I wanted to do and were completely on board with it. I wanted to pay for it then, but I wanted Tay to choose everything about that, and I would just pay for what she would end up wanting. I was out and about deciding all of what we should do and decided to arrive to her work early and surprise her during her work.

        She'd been talking about a multiplayer game she wanted me for recently, and I figured for her last few hours we could work on that. The roads all seemed so dull and familiar and I wasn't sure if moving to this town was the right decision, but I tried not to think about it. I guess I was just so used to getting away from everything. But even with the almost consistent threats from Gary that I've been getting, I wasn't so sure if Tay would be comfortable with leaving this place. I mean, she did get a pretty good job here, and I just started mine. I had to stop thinking of running as an option. I had to be logical, and that would be what protected her. Frantic thinking was not going to be a solution. Not in the past, not ever.

        By the time all of these thoughts were over and done with, I was at the front door of our workplace entering the glossy and spotlessly cleaned doors that currently led me to my glorious girlfriend. She was quite surprised by my visit, but nonetheless excited. She hugged me and looked at me for a kiss. I nodded and she passionately kissed me, with a great longing that I loved about her. She's just been the one person that never got tired of me. We finished with lots of laughs and lots of food, and we had a good time. Gary never stopped by to check on us, and things were honestly just great.

"Babe, thank you so much for stopping by. I could hardly pay attention because my thoughts were all focused on you. This really helped, and I actually got work done today!"   I could hear the happiness in her voice to have me there. I love that I'm the one to do that to her. After all, I did have a dorky crush on her from about 2008 that was only satisified in the summer of 2014... Fuck, I'm glad that crush never went away!

" 'Course, love! And to make up for the distance lately, I spent the day planning a date for us. . How does that sound, my little baby?" I asked a bit nervously about her reaction. I mean, if she didn't want to, I still wanted to do cute stuff when we got back to our living space (that I refused to call a house or home for us). I just wanted to make her happy.

"Ooh. That sounds.. Interesting. What would be doing?" She asks quite curiously. I've come up with some... Quite interesting dates for us in the past.

"Well, I had found an amazing arcade that seems fun and I thought you would like it. Er.. There was this adorable little ship I had found where you make your own ice cream, or ice cream cake. I thought that would be fun for us to mess around with, and... I thought we could browse a few stores like Hot Topic and Spencers and some other memory filled stores. Maybe grab some coffee. . Get home and cuddle to movies. . Does that sound good or terrible?"

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Hey! DeathByBandShips here. :3 I updated, and I'll end up doing the date chapter, but I thought that we needed a little cliffhanger here! So.. You're welcome. Be nice to people. Fairwinds!

*the tattoo shop was not mentioned in my explanation of the date to her because it's supposed to be the big surprise if you hadn't noticed c;*

Oh, and I love you, Buntle!