Glitch Stuff

The afternoon was quiet as you relaxed on the couch in your boyfriends studio. You were in the middle of one of your hobbies as the sun flooded the room with a beautiful morning glow. He usually kept the windows completely blocked, but he knew you liked the morning sun so he opened them whenever you would hangout with him. August hummed to the song that was playing through his headphones as he carefully hand stitched whatever new piece of clothing he was making. The warmth of the hoodie you stole from his closet this morning was nice considering how cold he kept the studio. It made sense though, he was always moving around and the different machines that usually ran at the same time really warmed up the place so it had to be kept cold.

The memory from when you first woke up this morning of him complaining about you not wearing one of the hoodies he made for you before fighting with himself because he also loved seeing you in his clothes made you laugh. He spent a good five minutes debating with himself about which he liked more as you got ready. Regardless, they were all his clothes in one way or another so it was a win-win situation for him.

Thankfully you didn’t have any jobs today, at least for the time being, so you were able to spend a calm morning like this with him. Every now and again he would pull part of his headphones off his ear and ask you a question about the shorts he was making. Sometimes it was helping choose between two different variations of a color, others it was deciding if there was enough distressing or not. It was moments like these that filled your entire being with love as you gazed at the back of his head, watching his long blonde hair shift with his every move.

A small knock at the door caught your attention. Eisha popped her head in through the gap as she gently opened it.

“Hey! You can come in. He’s in his own little world right now.” You laughed. She smiled and joined you on the couch. You both began to chat about random stuff. She didn’t need to stay in the infirmary right now since people were just sent out and wouldn’t need medical help till later. It was nice to just catch up with the sweet girl considering you didn’t get to do that very often. Well, you did, just not like this. As much as you both loved August, he got a little too excited about how well you two got along. How could he not, though? You were his two favorite people in the entire world, his lover and his baby sister, AND you were close to each other? Yeah, all the conversations got dominated by him expressing that love very openly.

You and her talked about whatever came to mind as you continued what you were doing before. She even asked about it at one point and you got the chance to tell her a little about the hobby.

“Doll!” August yelled, catching your attention as he turned around. “Can you- Sis! I didn’t know you were here!”

“Oh, yeah, I didn’t have anything to do so I figured I could hang here!”

“I was telling her about my hobby!”

“Honestly, I think I might give it a try. I’ve been meaning to pick up something new to do in my off time.” August felt his heart melting at the scene. Before he could say something, Eisha’s choker began to ring.

“Hey, we got a few injuries from team Child. Bro says they’re okay, but will need some patching up.” Semius voice rang out after she answered.

“Okay, I’ll be right there.” She stood up while answering. After hanging up, she turned back to you. “We’ll have to talk more about it later. I’ll find you after everyone gets back from their jobs.”

“Sounds good to me! You know where I usually am.” She smiled and nodded before leaving. You turned your attention back to August who kind of just stared at you with this stupid love struck grin. From this distance you couldn’t see through his glasses, but you were sure they matched his smile. “What did you need?”

“Can you try these on for me?” He held out a pair of shorts. His voice was quieter now, still holding that energetic edge to it.

“You made another pair for me?” You asked while standing and grabbing them from him. “I thought you had some work to do for your brand?”

“This is work for my brand! I need to see what silhouette works best with the new collection I’m dropping! Though, it’s unfair to have you as my model. Everything always looks good on you!” You walked behind the room divider he had for privacy.

“You flatter me too much.” You laughed, hearing him do the same. Soon enough, you stepped out in the new clothing item. He scooted closer in his chair and held a hand out for you which you gladly took. Gently, he pulled you closer. From just the look on his face, you could tell he was back in work mode. Your hands stayed together as he inspected the shorts, using where you were connected to gently turn you which ever way he wanted. Soon enough, he lead your hand, and you, to the mini platform that had better lighting. 

“Of course they look good on you, but I still need to make some adjustments here and there. Not everything is perfect on the first try after all.” He laughed at his own comment as he went to grab something. Warmth flooded your chest at how calm his voice was right now. It showed just how locked in he was. That was something you always admired about him. He came back and kneeled on the mini stage. “May I?”

“Always.” It didn’t matter how long you two had been dating, he always asked for consent before touching you. It was just one of the many things that made you fall for him. His hands found the fabric and he started to adjust, pin, and seam rip things until he was happy with how they looked. All you could do was just admire him as he worked. Though, you would do that even if you weren’t his model.

“There, I think that’s perfect.” He mumbled to himself, leaning back a bit at his hand ran down the back of your leg till it settled behind your calf. For a moment, he just admired you. There were times where he really couldn’t believe that you wanted him. He leaned back in, bringing his other hand to your ankle as he looked up to meet your gaze. For a second neither of you said anything.

“Can I kiss you.” You just nodded, expecting him to stand up and kiss your lips. It was a surprise when he lifted your leg a bit and began to leave small kisses along the top of your shin. For a while, you both stayed exactly like that as he worshiped your legs. So many kisses were placed on them as his hands ran up and down. While it was a turn on, it wasn’t sexual. The moment was sweet as he genuinely just wanted to show you how much he adored you. It made your legs a little weak as he did so. Eventually, he let you stand on both feet and grabbed your hands, bringing them to his face to kiss the knuckles before looking up at you over his glasses. His bright pink eyes always made your heart skip a beat.

“I love you.” You spoke quietly, making him smile.

I sat in the common area with Enjin pressed up against my side. He started a random argument a little bit ago that had devolved into nothing but pure bickering. I couldn’t help but laugh a little at how absurd it was as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder.

“You guys are weird.” Rudo mumbled from across the table. The boy sat on the floor with Dear and Guita. All three were drawing with the supplies that Remlin left behind for them.

“Obviously they’re weird.” Riyo said from her spot on the couch.

“They’re basically a married couple.” Zanka added from the other end of the couch.

“Gross.”

“It ain’t gross. It’s love.” Enjin said, bringing me closer to his side.

“Ugh, as if. How could it be love? You haven’t even asked me out.” He gave a fake hurt expression, pressing his other hand over his heart like it hurt.

“That’s cold babe.” I just rolled my eyes.

“How did a dynamic like that even come to be?” Guita asked. “It seems so bleh.”

“It’s just how he’s always been.” I responded before beginning to retell the story that I claimed was our first meeting. In all honesty, the real story was too rough to remember. I only had bits and pieces, having blocked out the rest. It made me feel better to say this was our first meeting instead of trying to remember what actually happened. “It was right before I joined the Cleaners. We were both pretty young, maybe around eighteen or nineteen ?”

“I was 18 and you were seventeen.” Enjin butted in.

“Really?” He nodded, “Well, I happened to be traveling through No Mans Land and heard a commotion. When I went over, there was Enjin, cowering on the ground with Umbreaker clutched in his hands as a trash beast was about to attack. Needless to say, I killed it and saved his ass. He’s been clung to me ever since. He even said some stupid shit like ‘Hey, boo’ or something right after.” The kids and teens laughed at my impression of him.

“Woah there, babe. That ain’t quite how I remember our first meeting going.” My heart stopped for a beat at those words. I could feel myself go a little pale too. There was not a chance in hell he was actually about to tell the real story. 

He started to talk about when he was fourteen. This confused me a bit because as far as I knew, we didn’t meet till we older as he pointed out. 

“Yeah, it’s clear as day. I was just minding my own business while walking through town when I hear people shouting at someone to stop running. Next thing I knew, I was knocked onto my ass and this cute girl was right in front of me.” He knocked poked my side with the hand that was around my shoulders, giving me a wink. “That girl was you, by the way. I can remember how cute you were with this panicked look on your face as you rushed to get back up. You’ve always been kind, helping me up even though you were in a rush. Fuck, I can remember it like it was yesterday. It’s like there were sparkles around you or something. You didn’t give me your name, or even really acknowledge me outside of a small sorry, before you ran off, but yeah. That was the moment I knew I had fallen for you.” My jaw sat slack as I stared at him for a second. He laughed while bringing his hand up to close my mouth.

“You’ll catch flys like that, baby.” I shook my head to remove his grip.

“Ugh, gross. Way to ruin a moment. How come I don’t remember that at all?”

“I mean, like I said. We were kids and you were pretty preoccupied. I doubt you even really realized that you ran into someone.” My head spun a bit at the knowledge that he had known of me for longer than I thought. The little group continued to talk, but I didn’t really hear them. Enjin noticed this.

“Hey ma, wanna come smoke with me?” I gave him a slightly confused look, finally snapping out of my thoughts

“Why do you suddenly care about where you smoke?”

“I don’t. Just wanted some air with a pretty lady.”

“Oh, I’m good here.”

“Common.” He pulled me to my feet and started dragging me away before I even realized it. “We’ll be back.” With that, we went outside. The air was cool and calmed me down a bit. We didn’t say anything for a while. I watched from the corner of my eye as he lit up a cigarette and took a puff, slowly breathing the smoke back out and watching as it dissipated.

“You okay?” I paused for a second at his question.

“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?” I let out a single breathy laugh.

“Don’t lie to me. It’s written all over your face. What? Did you get your feelings hurt because I kept that a secret from you?” I could feel my face heat up as I pouted and looked away.

“Don’t be stupid. Why would that hurt my feelings?” He laughed a little bit more, pushing my shoulder so I faced him again.

“You so did.” I didn’t respond and just looked at the floor. His tone shifted to something more serious as he turned to face me too. “Common, doll. What’s actually wrong?”

“Can you just drop the pet names second?” He nodded. I took a little more time to gather my thoughts. “I’m just a little upset that you kept it from me. I thought we told each other everything and now I find out that we met like three years before I thought? I just…I’m just a little sad that I don’t remember that.” He pulled me closer, wrapping an arm around my waist. He turned his face away from me as he took another drag.

“I’m sorry that I kept it from you, but it’s a really special memory to me. I knew you didn’t remember and it honestly kind of hurts to think that it didn’t mean anything to you when it means so much to me. I meant it when I said that I fell for you then, but I was nothing to you. Just someone you accidentally ran into. So I just kept it to myself. It was my own special moment of you that I have cherished since it happened.”

“Then why did you tell me now?” He just shrugged.

“No clue, just did.” That made me laugh a bit.

“You’re ridiculous.”

“But you love it.” We both laughed before settling into a nice silence in each others arms. I couldn’t help but glance at his lips. They looked slightly chapped and rough and somehow I found myself wanting to feel them against mine. “Hey, you’re right, you know.”

“About what?”

“We can’t be in love if we aren’t even dating.” I started to say something about how that was stupid and something I just said to tease him, but was quickly cut off. “Will you be mine?” My eyes widened as red warmed my cheeks. “Like, officially mine?”

“Enjin…” My hands went up to cup his face. All I felt was love as I looked in those eyes.

“Well? Don’t leave me waiting.”

“Yes, I will officially be your girlfriend.”

“Can I kiss you?” I nodded while bringing his face close before pressing our lips together. It wasn’t some fireworks moment, but it was perfect. We fit together in a way I had never imagined possible. His lips were rough against mine, just like I thought they would be, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. The pads of his thumbs found their way just under my shirt, rubbing gently against the sides of my hips as he pushed a little closer to me. Eventually we broke apart.

“You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do that.”

“I think I have an idea.”

“Do you, now?”

“Around fourteen years?” He kissed me again.

“Sounds about right.” The words were just a mumbled against me as my arms wrapped fully around his neck. 

I couldn’t help but love this man with my entire being. 

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