sophie smiled, her expression nearly bursting with fondness. leaning into celia’s touch, she realized that she never wanted this to stop ─ the gentle touches, the softly, tentatively uttered words. if she could lock them in this room for the rest of time, she would, and these thoughts shocked her ─ the way celia made her feel scared her. “ i mean, you have yet to convince me that buying a two thousand dollar louis bag is worth it. that part i don’t understand. ” classic sophie, retorting to humor. she nibbled down her lip, facial expression softening. “ i-i got you, okay ? ” lifting her head, she kissed celia again. “ i’m right here. i’m not leaving. ”
“it’s okay, i don’t totally understand that part, either.” celia let out a little laugh, leaning into the second kiss and resting her forehead against sophie’s for a moment before lowering herself to tuck her head under sophie’s chin, nestling against her chest. she could feel the tension seeping out of her body, draining from her muscles as she let herself relax and take comfort in the other girl, one hand slowly tracing patterns on sophie’s arm. eyes fluttered closed, the words washing over her —i’m right here. i’m not leaving. she was embarrassed to feel her eyes prickling with tears, quickly swiping them away with her free hand before mumbling, “okay.”
“ shut up, dude. i’m, like, fully revealing my deepest secrets to you and this is how you react ? ” he snickered quietly, his mind entertaining the sudden idea to push milo’s face into his burrito bowl as revenge, but he decided against food waste in the end. “ nah, the basketball shorts didn’t really make me feel anything. ” caleb looked up from underneath his lashes, grinning timidly. “ i don’t know, i thought his hair was nice. his curls were cute. ”
milo grinned back at the shorter male, lowering his burrito to respond. “i can’t help it, man. how can i not react like this?it’sshocking.” he teased. “nah, i get it, though. i had a crush on him and keke palmer back when i watched jump in. i must’ve been, like, twelve? it was a retro movie night on disney channel and my dad was at some business conference or something…” his eyes took on a reminiscent look for a moment before he laughed and shook his head. “oh yeah? you like curly hair, huh?” he reached over and tousled caleb’s straighter locks playfully.
