Shift in the Paradigm

chapter 6

Connie shook her head before signalling his to rest his foreheads on hers, which he did  with pleasure.

“Romance...is fleeting. This, I can’t get rid of it..can’t lose it...it’s not Romance, though it’s enclosed in it…but there still everything else..and newer feeling.”

“Wanting, protectiveness, excitement.”

“Fear, anxiousness….Desire though acts on that will be later.”

They both chuckled at the implications, before Connie gave him seductive, teasing look.

“I’m guessing you feel the same then, Steven”

I don’t know..Truthfully..but I know I’ve always loved you differently than everyone else….The gems and dad felt like parents,and even siblings, Beach city also feels familial...But you...I felt the bud of something new, fantastical a few years back..when we first met…”

“That’s romance..”

“Well it never left then..it evolved the more time we spent together the feeling of fantasy was..is still there but it’s accompanied by the realism bought by experience.The fact that you never expected more from me than myself, stood up for me, with me; and to me when it was needed and cherished me when times I didn’t myself...I’ve admired  you since day one, but for a while now, I've been completely enamored by you and nothing can change that.”

With a small yet loving smile, Connie gave him another emotion filled kiss, catching the young hybrid off guard, turning his face bright red and sending his heart beat into high gear. When they broke the kiss,
reluctantly; before resting her head to his.

“I love you, Steven!..I’m so happy, I can burst.”

“ Well don’t explode yet, I just got you...So, what are we now?”

Connie looked at him quizzically before shrugging with a smile.

“Do we need a label other than ‘US’?

“I guess not, people gonna say what they gonna say anyway; that being said...What happens now...I mean...Do we get to act differently or..”

“I guess so? I never thought of what would change exactly, just that things would change….Wow, we’re going through a paradigm Shift..”

“Yeah...but it’s good..we’re get to love each other unbound...While still keeping our unique relationship..”

“Just another batch of flavors in our jam lover history”

Steven gave her an accusing look before stealing a quick kiss. Which Connie returned with a giggle.

“Jam lovers, huh. Thought you didn’t like labels, you always said  it’s too monogamous for you.”

“I said boyfriend and girlfriend are, besides... Jam lovers is reserved for only you and me, a mark of our shift in relationship; speaking of which..Are you ok with me being..”

“You’re bi, and we're both poly..I still believe we're going to share a last name in the coming years.”

Connie smiled before kissing him deeply, bring a moan of surrender from the huge hybrid. When the kiss was over Steven looked at his enticing lover who now opt a playfully sensual visage on her features.