Page 31 of Fervency Love

“Abbs! Thank you so much! You’re the best! I can’t remember the last time someone gave me something!”

“Try it on.”

Ve takes off his well-worn sweater and puts on the beige and blue hoodie.

It’s a perfect fit. I gauged his size correctly. He looks great in it. For a moment, he looks at himself in silence. He leaves the room and goes and stands in front of a mirror. Then he returns, closes the door, and lunges at me, toppling me on the bed. His lips press against mine in a passionate, deep, warm, and wet kiss.

“So… you like it?” I ask as soon as he breaks off to take a breath.

“Yes! A lot! Thank you,” he replies. He places a million more kisses on my lips, cheeks, brow, and nose. It’s so sweet. I love it.

We spend the evening in his room, snuggling and getting to know each other even better.

“Ve?”

“Huh?”

“What do you intend to do? You know, after school.”

“Where’s this coming from?”

“I’m just curious.”

“I haven’t thought about it. I have to finish school first, and that might not be that easy.”

“Why?”

“I’m behind on math.”

“That’s not going to be a problem. We’ll study together. We’re taking exams on the same day, aren’t we?”

He says nothing, instead kissing me on the hair.

“Ve?” I ask again.

“Yes?”

“What were you thinking after you saw me in church?”

“You want to know?”

The tone of his voice makes me perk up at once. Yes, I do want to know!

“You won’t be happy.”

“Now you have to tell me.”

“Okay, if that’s your wish. When I first saw you at church, when our eyes met, you somehow buried under my skin. I still don’t understand how that happened. Anyway, I felt I just had to know who you were. So I took Myro, and we went to the Den. He didn’t know much, and the guys told me you were a slut. I thought that couldn’t be possible. Not after you blushed when I looked at you. I was sure you’d be shy. One of the guys, I don’t even remember which one, said he was curious which one of us would bring you or Lizzy in and score first. They wanted to prove to me you were who they said you were. Unfortunately, Phil, who is an idiot, took the bet.”

“What happened then?” I cut in, feeling a growing unease.

“Well, I couldn’t let him win, could I?”

“Ve, Phil isn’t even my type. He has a fucked up energy and he’d never be able to have me.”

“I didn’t know that. I’m a bit self-conscious, and Phil has all the girls he wants pissing themselves at the very sight of him.”

“Yeah, well, maybe he is a tall blonde with nice green eyes, but our energies just do not jell. I don’t like him at all, so I don’t know what girls you’re talking about.”

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