Ikea took a really long time and now they're just delivering everything to the address I wrote. I called Kai to tell them that there will be stuff for my bedroom arriving and to just leave it in the living room so Nick and I could decorate it soon.
Right now, Nick was all dressed up and ready to go on the date I promised him. I would say he was bored the entire time, but we saw a 7/11 nearby and I bought him chips and soda to keep him distracted while putting on HxH. He didn't even notice I was gone until I came back 2 hours later with some small decorative things in a bag, wrapped around my arm.
"I'm back" I announce, watching him just state at the phone with pure focus. His hand was dipped into the Cheetos bag and he stared like a child seeing a Tv for the first time. "Nick"
"Oh hey Daphne" He paused his anime with cheesy ass fingers and turned to me. "Were you just standing there the whole time?"
"I was shopping for furniture while you were gone. Thank god the anime worked." I rolled my eyes. "Clean yourself up and help me carry these to the car. You can continue watching later."
"You went shopping without me?"
"Look I love you, but your style fucking sucks. Your bed and other things in your room don't match at all. Both bedside tables of yours are completely different. Don't get me started on your lamp with boobs"
"That's a gift from Luke when we were in college and partly living together in a dorm."
"Nick, your lamp has fucking boobies. I got a neon lights and stuff for my bedroom. Theres this saturn shaped pink neon light and I got it as well as some fake leaves to put around my room. Ooh and I also got that princess type of bed where it has like tall thingies in the corner so you can put some white clear shit on top." I was beyond excited to decorate my room. It would probably end up messy again in like 2 weeks, but living with Kai would force me to clean it.
"I'll help you set everything up later" Nick grabbed some of the shopping bags around my hand to lessen the weight on me. "Shit, can you grab my phone? I'll carry these to the car"
He ended up taking all of the shopping bags from me, thankfully, and waited for me as I grab my phone. I accidentally swipe down to show his notification panel and the first notif I see was fron someone named "my hoe" asking where they wanted to go on a date.
"Who the fuck is my hoe and why are they asking to go on a date?" I sounded very passive aggressive but I was getting frustrated. Was he texting other girls when we weren't official? Or maybe he was still texting Kaycee. Or Kaylee, I don't give a shit about her.
"Baby, that's you. You were asking where I wanted to go out later but I probably forgot to reply because I was focused on my show"
"What the hell. Your name on my phone is literally just Nick with a panda emoji. I'm changing it to my bitch later" I rolled my eyes and marched my way out of 7/11 with him. "Can't believe anyone that checks your phone now thinks I'm a hoe"
"You're my hoe. My heaven on earth, you know?" I turned as the words spilled his mouth and I could see his failed attempts to keep his straight face. "Hey, you better laugh right now because I made that on the spot"
"Shut the fuck up" I stifle a laughter. I didn't want to boost his ego by letting him know his joke was funny.
We drove off to the place Nick wanted to go on a date at. I thought he wanted to go to some place like Mcdonald's or Burger King but no, he drove to the place we had our very first argument at.
The restaurant where I told him I didn't want to be with him because I wasn't ready. The restaurant where Dylan had to check up on both of us because the food had arrived and both me and Nick were seated in the car with uncomfortable silence taking over the moment.
I didn't want to remember what I felt here. I was at a horrible state and, as predicated, I brought Nick down with me. The location had somehow cling onto my brain as one of my lowest points.
"What are we doing here?" I turned to Nick, who seemed calmer than I thought he would be.
In a way, I was very confused on why he wanted to be here. This place was in Miami and it was 3 hours away from Orlando. He could've picked a restaurant just as fancy and closer, with less memories.
"Look, I grew up with this restaurant because it was my mom's favorite. I love the memories I made with my family in this restaurant back in Texas. I know we both see this place now as the place where we parted for the first time but I wanted to just try again here. I want to make a new first impression here because I want to make new memories with you now"
I couldn't bring myself to respond. The gesture was so heartwarming to me that I just froze on the spot.
"Are you okay with that? If you really can't, we can just leave. I just wanted to try and patch things up because the thought of having a bad memory with you hurts me" He looked down at his hands disappointed. I felt bad for all the effort he puts into these simple things and I act so careless about them when in reality, they mean more to me than anything else.
"Hey, lets have dinner here. Obviously it means a lot to you and I don't want to ruin it by wasting 3 hours of traveling just to go back to Orlando." I loved everything he does for me.
Nothing I do will ever compare to how thankful I am he's willing to fix the scars of trauma he didn't even cause.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, let's eat here"
We both exit the car and enter the restaurant. I still remember the table we sat at with Dylan. The very uncomfortable feeling of sitting in awkwardness after I had just practically broken up with him.
The 4-person table next to the window on the right of the entrance. There sat a happy family eating dinner. The baby laughing at her toddler sibling eating messily while the parents' savor the moment. It was scenes like this that made me wish I experienced such things with my siblings and parents.
"Good evening, I'm Tony and I'll be your servant for tonight. How may I help the two of you?" The waiter asks us, snapping me out of my train of thought.
"Table for two please" Nick says. His hand tingled with excitement while I fidgeted with the necklace around my neck.
"We have just the table. Please, follow me" Tony led us to the table near the bar. A table with two chairs on each side and it was close enough for the barista to hear our every word. "The menus are in front of the seats. I'll give you guys a minute to decide what to order."
"Thank you" I said as Tony walked away. The menu was filled with expensive food that worried me. With Dylan, he paid for everything because he earned a lot of money. I was jobless earning twenty dollars per stream and I couldn't even cash out u til it hit fifty.
I didn't know Nick's career status because last I asked, he worked for me. And I don't even pay him. I haven't paid him since the Fairytale mod and I wasn't even the one that paid him, it was Kai.
"What do you want?" Nick looked up from his menu to ask me.
"I- uhm.. Everything is so expensive. Maybe just a regular pasta-" I looked over to the pasta area of the menu and a simple spaghetti and meatballs was priced at a hundred dollars. "Never mind, maybe just an appetizer would be good for me" They were also really expensive but it was the only thing I could afford with fifty dollars under my name.
"I got the bill just get what you want"
"Nick, our bill will be at least two hundred if we order normally." As much as I loved shopping and spending money, it was humiliating for me to spend someone else's.
"Please, you act like that's expensive to me. Now order what you want and I'll pay for it."
"Damn I've been craving seafood recently.. Do you think they have seafood pas-" I stop myself mid sentence when I go over their pasta mixed with assorted seafood. It totaled to a hundred and seventy five dollars.
"Okay you're getting the seafood noodles. What will you drink?"
"Nick, don't be ridiculous. It's way out of my price range and I'll feel guilty about not paying you back" I didn't care that he was my date, I wanted each of us to pay equal.
"Imagine us as a married couple who shares bank account and money isn't a problem to us, m'kay?" Something inside me tingled at the thought of us getting married. It may be because we're in the honeymoon phase, but I loved it. The idea of us being together forever.
"Fine but only because you made me imagine us married"
I watch the end of his lip curl with a small smirk of pleasure knowing he got me. I hate it. I feel comforted when we were competing against each other and the fact he's happy about shit makes me wanna jump on him and put a pillow on his head.
"So I'll order champagne for the two of us?"
"Champagne? Motherfucker, I grew up with cheap seven-eleven wine. The fuck is champagne?"
"So I'll get you some margaritas? Tell me what the hell you want instead of having me guess you son of a bitch"
That tone, that was what brought me comfort. The competing and the harsh tones. I know he didn't mean it which brought me the most peace.
"Get me wine or beer you fucking dick. God, I'm your girlfriend already and you still don't know what my favorite drink is." I snap back, earning an eye roll from him.
"Who the fuck orders beer in such a prestige place? I'll get you the most expensive wine then"
I didn't argue knowing he wouldn't back down. I'd just given up trying to stop him from spoiling me but if he wanted to, then so be it.
The date went better than I thought. I'd expected him to be somewhat formal like every other date I've gone through in fancy restaurants but he kept his immature personality evident.
Bickering here and there even after the food came. Tony honestly looked sick of us and Nick's obnoxiously loud laughter filling the entire restaurant.
"Who's house are we staying in tonight?" Nick asked me out of the blue.
"We can start furnishing my room. I'm sure they already delivered all the items" My jaw started shivering in excitement. I can already envision what my room will look like once it is fully furnished. I can finally sleep comfortably with Ni-
"So my place. Got it."
"Wait but I wanna furnish my room already" I knew this lazy ass would refuse. "I have a bed and everything we can sleep together in. Literally."
"But I don't wanna work right now" He whined, throwing his head back on his chair.
"I'll give you head"
"On second thought, maybe we can build the bed only."
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a/n: hihi hru