What If It's All A RomCom? - Ted Nivison x Reader

Chapter 19: Open and Honest

"Alright, I know I said you'd go without, but...I feel bad.." Ted speaks up as he turns his truck off again, leaning back against his seat as he smirks at me. "Do you want me to get you some underwear? Comfortable ones?"
"I mean...It's kinda funny.." I return the little smirk at Ted, but shift a bit against your seat. "But...these pants are really uncomfortable without underwear, I'll admit."
"Alright. Cool. No problem." Ted gives me a little nod before removing his seatbelt, moving to open his door to step out. Where is he going? I haven't told him what I need to cover up the hickey yet.

"Wait, do you--Ted?" I call out to him, leaning forward against the center console.
"Yeah?" He stops, keeping his hand on his own door.
"I haven't told you what to get."
"I know."
"...Do you know what to get?"
"Yeah."
"Really?"
"You need full coverage concealer and something to apply it in, right? Like a makeup sponge?"
I'm...honestly impressed. "...Alright. Yeah, g-go ahead. Text me if you need any other info.."
"Absolutely. Be back, babe."

Ted closes the driver door and walks off to head to the store for me. I get the pleasure of watching him walk away, just observing how he is naturally. I can't help but let out an infatuated sigh, sitting back against my seat. He's been calling me 'babe' a lot more now, I've noticed. I'm still 'princess', but I'm also babe. I don't know why I have this innate desire to see little things like that as a sign, but...that's gotta mean we're becoming more, right? That this really will continue after the project is over. That'd be nice. I'm...not thinking rationally about this man, like at all, and it's all his fault. He's got me thinking about moving to L.A. just to be closer to him. What the fuck.
I go on my phone while I wait for Ted to get back. To my surprise, I see him come back not even 10 minutes later. He has quite the bag in his hand despite not sending me a single text. What did he get?

Ted comes over to open his door, handing me the plastic bag as he stepped up to sit in the drivers seat.
"Sorry if I took a while.." Ted clears his throat as he closes the driver door. "I got a bit more than just concealer.."
"Why?.." I raise a curious brow at Ted before looking down, opening the bag to look inside of it. He had...gotten quite a bit. There's way more in here than concealer and a blending sponge. He had bought 3 different shades of concealer, makeup brushes, different blending sponges, a large eyeshadow pallet, and a set of bikini bottom underwear. Comfortable.

"Yeah, that's a lot more than concealer." I nod with a chuckle, taking out all of the makeup to set it aside on the center console. "What's it all for?"
"Okay, so, I had an idea of what your shade was but I wasn't sure if lighter or darker foundation worked better for covering hickeys, so I got all three.." Ted began to explain, placing his hands on top of the small bottles of concealer. "I wasn't sure what sponge you prefer using so I got a bunch of different kinds, you don't need water with them, and the eyeshadow is so you can cover the blemish before you apply the foundation. It'll cover it all better.."

...How the hell--
"What the fuck?.." I narrow my eyes at Ted as I let out a surprised laugh.
"What? What?" Ted smiles back at me, but sounds concerned. "What did I do? I didn't spend that much.."
"No, I'm not--how the fuck do you know all of this?"
"College." Ted answers in a slightly higher tone, fixing his tall hair out of his eyes. "And I have a lot of girl friends. I've heard some wild stories. Why?"
"They taught you all of that?"
"Yeah! Are you--"
"Really?"
"Are you one of those partners that get jealous if your boyfriend has girls that are just friends?"
"No! I'm just--I'm just surprised! Not even I knew to get all that!"
"Well, you're welcome princess, for bein' such a reliable man.."
"You--"
"For bein' your little Prince Charmin' over here."
"...That's crazy..."
"What's crazy is I haven't gotten a 'Thank you'"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry--Thank you.."
"You're welcome, now get to coverin'. Tanner texted me while I was in there askin' about where we were. The powers back on."
"Oh shit! Ok."