Yours Truly || Sequel to Let Me Know

Chapter Thirty-Six: Work Partners

Julia:

I came downstairs to join Lin so we could head out for work together until I saw him laying a...tracker?...on our...dog?

"Uhm, Lin-Manuel?" I cleared my throat. He was bending down, attempting to tape something to Tobi. He instantly glanced back at me as he heard my familiar voice. "Sí?!" He reacted in a way too high-pitched voice, making me giggle. "What are you doing?"

"Taping my Fitbit to the dog to make it look like I take more steps every day."

I pursed my lips, trying to hold in my laughter as he gazed at me with a dead stare. We couldn't hold it in no longer which resulted in both of us bursting into chuckles.

"You...you truly are something." I sighed, rubbing my forehead as he stood back up and waddled towards me. I fastened my arms around his abdomen as he nuzzled me back. "When The Guardian named you the genius of our generation, they weren't lying." I smirked and pressed my lips onto his.

"Please, doesn't everybody tape their calories tracker to their dog?!" He huffed.

"No. No, they don't."

"Then what do they do, then?" He crossed his arms like a child.

"They...walk everyday like civilized human beings."

"Then I guess I'm not civilized."

•

We got to the studio and met up with Mark before Dwayne arrived. We had already met him once when Lin got the job to write music for Moana, but today was one of the first days to fully get to labor with him.

"Good morning, boss!" Lin chirped as we strolled into the booth and noticed Mark reclining on one of the chairs. He stood up, "Lin, Julia! It's amazing to see you guys!"

"It's great to see you too!" I returned the friendly hug.

"Are we ready to work or what?" He clamped his hands together, and Lin began doing what he loved most in this world.

I sat on the couch next to them, pulling out my computer to reply to some e-mails whilst memorizing some lines for a new project that I was working on.

A few minutes later, we saw a big muscular man walk into the room. "My man!" Lin sauntered towards Dwayne and welcomed him. It was adorable. My husband was so short next to The Rock. Lin is so cute.

"I'm so excited to finally be here, y'all have no idea!" Dwayne clamored and walked over to Mark, greeting him too. His eyes landed on me and I stood up to say hi to him as well. The guys began working as soon as possible, wasting no time.

They sat down, talking over the songs Dwayne was gonna record today, and Lin showed him the demos. Once they were ready, they started taping Dwayne singing and Lin was hyping him up like the cute hype man he is.

Around four hours later, it was a wrap on the song recordings! We said goodbye to the whole team and of course the iconic The Rock himself and went back to our car.

"How amazing was he?! He's like an actual demigod! I mean, he plays a demigod in the movie, but he's a demigod in real life too! His vocals!!" Lin burst into happiness about Dwayne and I cackled as I turned the car on. It was adorable to see him ranting about something he loved. I could really tell he was putting all his passion in this movie.

"The recording turned out to be amazing, but it couldn't be done without you. You wrote the whole freaking lyrics!"

"Oh, right, I forgot!"

I smiled at his obliviousness. He was too precious for this world. As I pulled out of the parking lot, we pondered on where to eat, but simply just ended up deciding to grab some takeout and eat it at home. That way we could obviously have our Mario Kart apartment tournament. 

•

"If you choose to be Princess Peach one more time-"

"Fine, fine, this time I'll be... Yoshi. Guy's pretty cute." Lin shrugged while taking a bite out of his chow mein. Chinese food was the greatest.

"Thank you, now, where are we racing..." I muttered as we looked through the options. "Peach Beach, Ribbon Road,"

"Oh!! Bowser City!!" Lin shouted.

"Good choice." I clicked on it and the game was about to start. The countdown with the sounds commenced and as soon as the go was planted on the TV screen, we played as if it depended on our lives.

"You're going down!!" I laughed and forcefully grabbed my remote, clicking on the buttons. Lin scoffed as he stood up from the couch with impatience. "First place, c'mon son!!!" He was trying his hardest to win.

As I collected all the coins in the course, I tossed bananas and Lin's cart accidentally slipped, resulting in him to bounce back to third place while I assumed the first place slot.

"WHO THE FUCK THREW THE BANANAS?!"

When he realized it was me, he smirked at me, "Julia K. Harriman, it's over for you and Princess Peach!!!!"

"Ya think?" I inquired as I crossed the finish line, getting first place.

"C'mere!" He playfully tackled me down on the couch, showering me with short and sharp kisses, all over my face. "Next time, I'll let you win." I beamed.

"Is that so?" He bit his tongue to the side.

"Yeah, I mean, after all, I love doing community service." I annoyed him and he tossed his head back in laughter.

We played like seven more matches before we went to bed. We turned off the lights and got into the fluffy, white sheets. I curled up into his chest, as he caressed my hair. It was silent, a comfortable silence until Lin decided to be Lin.

"If a condominium is called a condo why isn't an apartment called an aparto?"

I attempted to hold in my laughter, perking up at the ceiling.

"That's it, I'm starting an idiot jar. Any time you do or say anything idiotic you have to put at least a dollar in it. More depending on how the stupid the thing that you said or did was."

(A/N: I start my Senior Year of HS tomorrow! I made a promise to myself that I was still gonna update every night no matter how busy I get, so if I ever slack off or forget to write, please softly smack me in the head LOL. Love you guys.)