gentle sin

“I want you,” Boo hummed, fingers tangling in Kendall’s hair, her own hand traveled down the other woman’s back. She had to admit, this was better than anything she could have ever dreamed up. The two had been patient, waiting until Kendall broke up with Fletcher before taking things a step further and now it almost felt surreal that it was happening. Boo tilted her head back, allowing Kendall more room as one of her hands slipped under her shirt.

Kieran was trying not to get emotional but it was difficult seeing Kendall’s reaction. “Yeah, of course I do. Mom tries but I know she’s not okay with all of this and dad took everything about me like some personal attack but you never cared. Gay, straight, male, female – it didn’t matter to you. You loved me anyway. If anyone should have that role it’s you.”

Kendall stared at the other, sucking in her lower lip as a few stray tears escaped, “God,” She breathed, running a hand through her hair before leaning forward and throwing her arms around them. “I’ll always love you, you’re my brother, whatever you call yourself, whoever you share your bed with, I’ll love you. I’d be honoured to give you away, Kie.”

“Leave it to me to choose June 5th as the wedding date when I have yet to plan a damn thing for it.” Kieran, of course, was going to be over the top with it and while they planned to have Josh’s input about what was going to go on during the ceremony and the wedding reception, most knew how dramatic Kieran could be and that this was going to be the biggest wedding that Reston had seen in a long time. 

Kendall was flipping through a bridal magazine with no actual aim as her brother spoke, her eyebrow lifting as she peaked at him over the top of the paper, “I can’t believe I’m your only sibling and I have no part in this ceremony, it’s a sham.”

“Whatever you want,” Boo managed to murmur back before Kendall’s lips were on hers. Boo returned the kiss, one of her hands coming up to rest along the back of Kendall’s neck. She had to admit, it felt nice knowing that they could do this without looking over their shoulders now that Fletcher was out of the picture. There was nothing standing in their way.

“You’re right.” In reality, Boo didn’t care much about Fletcher but she could fake it especially where Kendall was concerned. She grinned before taking a sip of her own drink. “Exactly. There’s nothing to feel guilty about anymore and you’re, you know free to do what you want.”

Kendall nodded her head, round the island to place her hands on Boo’s hips, “Whatever I want,” She repeated, almost as if to double check before she leaned in, pressing her lips to Boo’s without hesitation for the first time. One hand lifted, cupping the girl’s jaw, the other slipped into the small of her back.

Boo shook her head, “You don’t have to thank me for that.” She smiled as she reached for the glass. “No, I get it. You two were together for a long time. I didn’t expect you to just drop him like he didn’t mean anything.”

Kendall sipped her own drink and nodded, “He’ll be better off with someone who truly loves him, not someone who is making out with a girl every chance she gets.” She laughed and bit her lower lip, “But at least there’s nothing to feel guilty about anymore.”

Boo followed Kendall into the kitchen, opening the pizza box once it was pushed towards her. “There is something,” she said with a nod of her head. “I like you if that wasn’t completely obvious by now.” The only reason Boo held off coming on too strong was the fact that Kendall had still be in a relationship.

The girl smiled again, looking down as she half filled both glasses and slid one over to Boo, “I like you too, if that wasn’t completely obvious by now... Thank you for -- being patient, I guess, I didn’t want to be that person but ending things with Fletch just... took some time.”

“No other place I’d rather be,” Boo said with a smile as she moved to walk inside. She was surprised when Kendall had texted her and even more so when she was informed that Kendall had called things off with Fletcher. “You sure you’re okay?” She knew what Kendall said through text but she still wanted to make sure.

She smiled again, lips tilting a little higher with her words as she closed the door behind the girl and shrugged, moving towards the kitchen, pushing the pizza box towards Boo before turning to grab two glasses and a bottle of wine. “I’m okay, I mean, it’s long overdue, I guess -- besides, I kinda... I don’t know, this... us, there’s something, right?”

Kendall was nervous, to say the least. She and Fletcher hadn’t ended things on a great note, but at least when he’d left, they’d simply been too exhausted to carry on. Their last fight had been the biggest, they had screamed at one another till their voices were horse, thrown glasses and plates across the room just to hold attention until eventually, they’d both sank to the floor outside their bedroom and decided to call it quits. He’d packed his things and left and now the apartment felt so quiet. Kendall had invited Boo over for company, but she knew it was more than that and her stomach was filled with butterflies.

The girl was tidying the mess she had created, sweeping up broken crockery when the knock against the door demanded her attention. “Just a minute,” She called out, emptying the dust pan into the trash and wiping her hands on the backs of her jeans before making her way towards the front door and pulling it open, a small smile on her lips, “Hey, I’m glad you came, come in.” 

BOO: I would love to.

BOO: are you okay?

KENDALL: Yeah actually...