Son of a Rouge

Fun Day Out [°16°]

[Aaden's POV]

I wake up to find myself lying on top of Ryder, my head on his chest listening to his steady heartbeat, breathing steadily. I reach to my back pocket to slowly grab my phone, I wonder what time it is. I pull my phone out my pocket slowly because I don't want to wake him up. When I look back up, I see Ryder looking straight at me smiling. We're closer than I expected, we're very close face-to-face, crazy... "Hi there." he says and smiles. God, his smile can kill me. His smile just makes me want to smile. But I restrain myself, "Hi.." I smile back at him. Damn it! I get up off of him and move to the other side of the bed to make it less weird. I turn on my phone and look at the time, only 2pm? It hasn't been that long surprisingly. It feels like it's been a lot longer.

"Hey Ade." Ryder says. I raise my eyebrows to show acknowledgement and he continues. "Want to go to the mall today? It seems like fun, plus I'm tired of seeing you wear the same clothes in different combinations everyday." he says. That makes me feel a bit bad.. I never really had very many clothes, but I can't let him do this for me. "No. And you don't have a right to judge my clothes." I say very bluntly. He sits up and turns his whole body on the bed to face me. He looks at me confused, "Why not?" he says. "Cause." I shrug. "Cause what?" he asks while pouting. Ugh... I roll my eyes, eventually the pout isn't going to work anymore, I swear. "I just don't want you spending money on me, that would be very selfish of me, especially when I haven't done anything for you." He rolls his eyes back at me and smiles as if he's amused. "Oh my god Ade... that does not matter, I'm offering, it isn't like you're asking me." he says with clear amusement in his voice. I cross my arms, "Still no". He stands up and walks around the bed to stand in front of me. "Was that a yes? I think I heard a yes! We're going! Let's go!" he says excitedly.

He grabs my hand and pulls me towards to door. I pull my hand away and walk in front of him. I make it down the stairs and his mother is downstairs in the living room vacuuming. "We'll be right back Mrs. Moon!" I try to yell over the vacuum. It didn't work. She stops it when she notices I said something, "What did you say Aaden sweetie?" she says in her very calm and sweet voice. I feel Ryder place his hand on my shoulder. That distracts me. "Uhm- we'll be back, we're going out to the mall." She smiles at both of us, "Okay, just be home before it's very dark. I don't want you two out so late." I nod and start walking toward the door, I turn around to see Ryder hugging his mother. "Be safe" I hear him whisper. Wait... how did I hear that? He was too quiet. I'm confused. Before I know it Ryder reaches in front of me and opens the door. "Let's go slowpoke." he says while wrapping his arm around my neck. That sends shivers through my whole body, and I think Ryder felt it too because we stop mid walk in the driveway. "Woah..." I look up at him and he looks just as shocked and confused as I do. He shakes it off and we keep walking.

We slowly get in the car. Once we're both in and Ryder starts the car, I clear my throat. "Are we not going to talk about that?" He shakes his head. I brush it off because I don't want to press the issue.

Ryder speaks up. "That was a good sign you know." he says. "A good sign of what?" I ask because I am genuinely confused about what he means. He slightly smiles, "That you're my mate..." I look down and smile. "Makes me happy just to think about it." he says. The car falls back to a comfortable silence.

"Ryder?" I say quieter than usual. He hums in response, "Yes Ade?" I take a deep breath, "Will a lot people be taking pictures of us like usual? Because I actually think it's pretty fun, I made sure I look decent too, don't want them to catch my bad side by accident." Ryder does nothing but laugh in response. "Your bad side huh? You have one of those?" he says while still laughing. I cross my arms and pout, "Yes, and I'm dead serious too." I say. He laughs once again, "Ade, I don't even think there is a bad side to you, you're beautiful no matter the angle." he says with a big smile on his face. I cover my face and face to look out the window. "Shut up Ryder!" I quietly yell. Oh my god.. I can't be blushing right now.