Request : ‘I just noticed Natalie has been drinking a lot lately and can you write an imagine where Natalie gets home drunk and could barely walk and David helps her get to her room?’
David was lying across the sofa editing when he heard the familiar sound of keys scratching the front door key hole. The first time this happened his head popped up so fast he cricked his neck. But now the 4am disturbances were a weekly occurrence and so he just gets up and plods on over to the door, opening it to find a disheveled Natalie, fumbling round with the set of keys in her hand.
It takes her a few seconds to realise the door has been opened. ‘Hey David!’ She exclaimed, giggling and she slightly stumbled through the doorway. David moved to the side to let her pass, his hands skimming the air around her, ready to steady her if she lost balance. ‘Where’s (Natalie’s friend)?’ David asked, hot on her tails as she made her way to the sofa, a bag of McDonald’s in her hand. ‘Oh she met some guy in the club’ Natalie replied, already digging in to her Big Mac. ‘Hmm’ David responded with a raised eyebrow, going to the kitchen to get her a glass of water. ‘I already have a coke’ Natalie called from the sofa, aware of what he was doing after hearing the tap running, as well as the fact he did this every time she came in late. ‘Drink this anyway’ David replied, placing the water in front of her.
‘Why are you always up when I get back?’
‘I don’t want you to choke and die on the burger you shove down your throat on routine’
Natalie snorted as she giggled, her mouth full of burger.
‘Thas cute, Dobrik’ she mumbled, almost incoherently
‘Not really, just cba to get my own food so I’d rather you be around’ David smirked, leaning back on the sofa with his feet resting on his beanbag
‘Why do you do that?’ Natalie asked, her face suddenly going from amused to blank, still munching on her burger.
‘Do what?’ David asked, oblivious to her change of expression because he was too busy picking at his fingernails.
‘Act like you don’t care about me’
David glanced upwards in Natalie’s direction. She innocently looked at him, as if she has asked him what the weather was like tomorrow
‘I obviously do care about you Nat’ David said and rolled his eyes
‘You don’t act like it’ Natalie shrugged
‘Hey! That’s not fair’ he said, offended.
‘I get it David, you’re the cool dude who doesn’t admit he needs the people around him’ She was teasing him now, swallowing the last of her burger and leaning back to lay on the sofa.
That was David’s cue to go over to her and lift her up by her arms and take her to her bedroom.
‘For the *oof* record.. I - did actually just *ugh* say I need you to get my food’ He kept pausing between trying to drag Natalie into an upwards seated position who had now turned into a dead weight.
‘David!’ Natalie yelled jumping up from the sofa and walking towards her room.
‘I’m not a child!’ She yelled and flipped him off, giggling in her room.
‘Hey!!’ David yelled following her ‘why do you bloody act like one then?’ He retorted, his hands on his hips as he stood in her doorway.
Natalie turned to face him, mimicking his stance, placing her hands dramatically on her hips. ‘DoNT acT liKE a ChILd’ she said in a snarky voice, laughing at David standing in shock.
He couldn’t help but laugh with her, she looked ridiculous and he probably did as well.
Natalie had now lifted her shirt above her head, tugging at the bottom trying to pull it over her arms. She stumbled around the room trying to tug it off her body. ‘Errr, a little help my knight in shining armour’ she said sarcastically towards her bedroom wall rather than In David’s direction. The shirt was now completely covering her face and her arms were stuck in the air. David signed, ‘sure’
He walked over towards her and carefully tucked his fingers under the hem of the material which was still attached to her upper mid drift. She jumped back and hissed. ‘What??’ David said alarmed, his eyes scanning her skin looking for drunken wounds. ‘Your hands are cold’ she stated, returning to her position in front of David. ‘Really?’ He questioned, rolling his eyes. ‘Yes’ she mumbled.
Tucking his fingers back under her shirt he began to pull upwards, revealing her bra and underarms. He tried to arch his head towards the side, giving her some sort of decency but couldn’t pull the shirt off without looking as it was getting caught in her earrings.
With a finals tug, Natalie was free from the shirt. David now realised how close they were, his face just inches from hers. They locked eyes for a brief moment. ‘Errrm right then, I’ll let you get to bed’ David stammered, making his way towards the door.
‘Urmm, David wait, can you - can you stay in here with me?’ Natalie asked, now clothed again in a baggy t-shirt and shorts.
‘You don’t have to go to bed Natalie, you can sit in the living room?’ David chuckled awkwardly, a confused frown on his face.
‘No, I errr - I want to go to bed... but can you stay here with me? ... in the bed with me I mean, do you want - to sleep with me?’ Amongst the alcohol she had confused and rosy hue which had appeared on her cheeks, she stammered - only making David more confused.
‘Not like sleep sleep with me!’ Natalie corrected herself quickly, unnerved by the fact David hadn’t responded.
‘Ohh, right yeah - yeah of course, um let me get changed’ David said, backing out of the door way, leaving Natalie gingerly biting on her nails.
David tried not to skip down the hallway in excitement. His heart has quickened in pace as he rummaged through his drawers trying to find an acceptable t-shirt. He stopped suddenly in his tracks. Shit. He thought. I can’t just wear boxers... I can’t wear joggers?? Shit shit shit he muttered to himself, scanning round the room for something to cover his ass with when his best friend who he’s in love with asks him to sleep in her bed.
That’s when he realised an even bigger problem. He hadn’t finished editing his vlog. His heart sank as he made his way to her room and leaned against Natalie’s door way. ‘Errr I haven’t finished editing Nat’
Natalie was already in bed, slightly propped up on a pillow with her phone screen lighting her face. ‘Oh’ she replied, mentally searching for a way to get him to finish it quicker. ‘Are you going to be okay on your own?’ David asked, slightly shuffling his feet.
‘Yeah yeah - no of course, yeah I’m fine, I’ll be fine, you finish the vlog’ Natalie said, trying to cover the disappointment in her voice.
‘I would edit in here but I don’t want the light to keep you awake.’ David said.
‘That’s very true... And I know how you hate editing with headphones on’
‘Exactly! Plus you’d probably wake up like an hour before I went to bed.’
‘Precisely! Not to mention, I’d probably annoy you by snoring’
They both chucked awkwardly.
‘Well, goodnight Nat’ David said softly, giving her a small smile.
‘Goodnight David’ Natalie replied, returning his smile as he went to grab her handle and close her bedroom door.
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