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Jesus, he was gonna kill me with the midday sexts.And I was gonna love every second of it.

Save it for next time.

Oooh, did we unlock your dominant side?

I frowned.I hadn’t thought of teasing the hell out of him as especially dominant… but it made sense now he said it.It was usually him setting the pace; I’d just finally given in to my constant urge to pin him down and make him scream.Which was a lil dommy, yeah, okay.Fair.

And either way, he’d liked it.No, he’dlovedit.I’d never seen him just go limp after an orgasm like that, just fucking falling into my arms.I could spend a lifetime just working for that, right there.

Alas, capitalism.So I texted back:

We’ll have to find out.

Love that for me.

This softened the blow of him telling me he picked up a shift that night.He apologized and reminded me we’d have the whole weekend,.

It was probably good, though.Spending two nights in a row at Diego’s, I would find it even harder to leave than I had this morning.And seeing as there was no word on the boyfriend front, I’d have to be content with that.

For now.

***

Before I left to pick him up that Saturday, Diego texted me:

Diego

If I dress like myself, is it gonna cause you work issues?

To which I said:

Fuck em if it does.

But like not in a performative way.

I genuinely just do not care.

Lol u good babe thx.

So when I rolled up in front of his apartment to see him in a crop top featuring an anthropomorphic pierogi with a green purse and baseball cap, I shouldn’t have been surprised.But I was always gonna be delighted.“Oh my god, where did you find t-shirts with the pierogi racers on them?”

“Jalapeno Hannah is my girl,” he said mysteriously, sliding into the front.“Honestly, tho, Giant Eagle.I just doctored it up a little.”

“You’re amazing.”I started the car back up.“And hot as fuck.”

“Thank you, darling.”He pretended to flip long hair he didn’t have over one shoulder.

I was about to ask him when the last time he’d been to a sporting event was, but he suddenly said, “So, about the boyfriend thing.”

My heart leapt.Then plummeted.

Why did I still feel like a fucking teenager around him all the time?I wasn’t sure if I loved it or hated it.

“So, I gave it a lot of thought, and I do think it’s a good goal.But I don’t think I’m ready to declareboyfriendsyet.”

I nodded, trying to digest it before I said anything.“Good goal” and “yet” were the words I was clinging to.

Not that I was in a hurry.There was no reason to hurry—I was where I wanted to be, and if he was too, great.And not like I hadn’t earned a little pain, seeing as it was him in this position last time we—