Mutuals

[43]

It was currently Saturday afternoon and I was starting to miss my apartment so I had decided to leave early. Kaisar was obviously living with Maira at their new home and it was a little bit boring with just mum and dad.

"Both my kids are leaving" my mum dramatically called as I took my suitcase to the door
"Stop being dramatic, our kids have separate lives" my dad follows behind my mum and me
"I'm sorry but I really need to get back" I apologise hugging them both

I put my suitcase in the boot of my car and back out of the driveway, I see my mum waving at me until she looks like a little dot and I sigh.

And now to sort out shit with Harris

I pull up in my apartment car park and park in my usual spot. Once I get home I throw my suitcase in the middle of my bedroom and silently thank myself that I cleaned up before I left.

I sit on my sofa and let out a huge sigh. My eyes close and I lay still for what feels like hours. By the time I have the energy to pick myself up off the sofa it's 6pm and so I decide to take a quick shower and then call it an early night.

Once I get into the shower I turn on the hot water and wash my hair and then my body as I usually do and then wrap a towel around my hair and also my body. I lather my body in oil and put on my comfiest, fluffiest pyjamas. I dry my hair which doesn't take long seen as my hair is short.

I load up Netflix on my laptop and make myself a cup of tea to take with me into bed. After a couple of episodes of How I Met Your Mother I end up falling asleep

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I wake up to the sound of my phone buzzing on my bedside table. I yawn and squint my eyes at the sudden brightness of my phone.

Harris was currently ringing me

I looked at my clock that was hanging above my door; 9.01am

I answer my phone wondering why Harris was awake before 12pm for once
"Hello?" I answer in my sleepy voice
"Oh did I wake you up?" He asks
"Yeah"
"Shit I'm sorry"
"What's up?" I turn over to my side and snuggle under my blanket
"Are you back home?" I hum in response

He stays silent for a second
"Can we sort things out today?" He asks and I can sense the insecurity in his voice
I sniff, "I don't know Harris, I'm really tired, I don't know if I have it in me today"
"You have work tomorrow and I don't want you going into work with this in your mind, you deserve better"
I internally sigh
"Please let me make this better"

"Come over to mine in an hour, I don't fancy going out today" I reply, noticing that raindrops were hitting my bedroom window
"Thank you, I'll see you later bye"
"Bye"

I put my phone aside and end up wasting another twenty minutes just lying still.
I get out of bed, finally, and change into a hoodie and leggings and tie my hair up in a bun. I wash my face and brush my teeth and quickly un-pack my suitcase, putting whatever needs to be washed into the washing machine. I make my bed just in time for when there's a knock at me door.

I put my hood over my hair and check myself in the mirror before opening the door to Harris
"Hey"
"Hi" I turn on my heel, "just sit down I'm gonna make a cup of tea"

He closes the door behind him and sits on the sofa and patiently waits for me to join him
"Sorry about that" I sit on the opposite side of the 'L' shaped sofa

"How was the wedding?" He initiates conversation
"It was good" I swallow, "you know, considering..."

I trail off and he nods his head in an understanding way
"Well I wanna start off by saying sorry" he begins
I just stare at my hands not sure what to say
He sighs, "over the past couple of days I realised I was being a bit of a dick about the whole situation because I shouldn't be blaming my insecurities on you, and I didn't notice that I was doing that"

"Thank you for the apology and I feel like the main thing that annoyed me is that we all have our insecurities, like I'm always thinking about the girls that are in your DMs, but I can't blame that on you because that's not your fault and if it did come to a point where something like that was stressing me out I would come to speak to you instead of lashing out and getting pissed off
All I'm saying is, I get where you're coming from 100% but I wished you would've brought it up with me calmly rather than the way that you did because at the end of the day he is my cousin and he's family so of course I'd be around him a lot and as for the other boys, I'm not interested in them I promise you"

His face is laced with guilt and my heart softens,
"I don't want you to feel bad about any of this Harris, I just..." I sigh, "I don't know"

I can feel my emotions getting the better of me because a lump forms in my throat
"Don't get upset because of me... please" his voice is full of regret and I can't help but let a few tears fall
I put my cup of tea on the coffee table in front of me and grab a tissue

He comes and sits next to me and places his hands on my knees
"Hey, why are you crying?" He asks and I sniffle
"I don't know I just feel bad that I'm making you feel shit about this whole thing" I answer through small sobs
"I was dick so I deserve it, you don't have to feel bad" he reasons and my tears slow down
"You sure?" I ask wiping my nose and he nods his head

I wipe the rest of my tears with the tissue and chuckle,
"I'm such a cry baby"
He grins at me and suddenly my heart is fluttering again

"Are you okay?" I ask him and he nods his head
"I am now"

I smile and wrap my arms around his neck, enveloping his curly mop head into me and he nuzzles his head into my neck.
He wraps his huge arms around my waist, "Are we good now?" I ask and he hums into my neck

"I'm glad" I mumble against his head, placing a small kiss on the crown of his head

Omg they're besties again🥺