Dumb Quarantine Fic Chap Five
The sound of banging on the bedroom door pulls Rey from the warm, hazy world of sleep. She feels Rose's warm, solid weight curled up on top of her and everything comes rushing back. They've been locked in their room for more than a day now, drinking in their newfound affection for each other. Rey gently strokes up and down Rose's back until she blinks her eyes open.
"Morning love," Rey whispers, kissing her forehead.
Rose yawns and snuggles closer, her bangs tickling Rey's chin. "Mmm," she hums, "we should probably get up."
Rey nods and checks her phone, she has about twenty unread messages from Finn and Poe, all telling her to get up and get ready because they were going on a supply run. She sighs and rolls over, gently pushing Rose off of her. "We're going out for supplies," she informs her.
Rose groans, rolling until she falls off the bed. "Why has god forsaken me," she whines. "Who needs food when you have a cute girlfriend? I never need to leave this room again."
Rey giggles, leaning over the side of the bed to look at her. "Trust me, I would much rather be a useless lesbian and survive off cuddles with the girl i've been pining over for nearly three years, but we ran out of granola bars and goldfish last night, and the jar of pickles you have in the nightstand went bad a week ago."
"That's homophobic of the pickles," she huffs.
Rey laughs and gets out of bed, "come on, get up," she nudges Rose with her foot.
They each throw on some yoga pants and whatever clean sweaters they can find, brush their teeth and head out into the living room. As they're walking Rose stands on her toes to kiss Rey's cheek and laces their fingers together.
"Holy shit," Finn exclaims. "I knew it, I fucking knew it." He woops and shoves lightly at Poe who is standing next to him, shock aparrent on his face.
"Damn," Poe murmurs. "You were right."
"You owe me twenty bucks," he teases before running up to the girls. He hugs them both, then wraps his arms around both their shoulders guiding them back towards the door. "I'm so happy for you guys."
Rey giggles, "how long have you had a bet on this?"
"Five months," Poe answers, tossing his arm around Finn who has broken away from Rey and Rose to rub victory in his face. "Would twenty kisses be good enough, love?" He peppers rapid-fire kisses to Finn's cheek.
"No way," he butts their heads together. "Pay up man."
Finn knows the smell of Target by heart, it's a mix of pizza hut pizza, starbucks, and something else he can't quite name. He takes a deep breath, but all he gets is the smell of the cloth mask he's wearing. Rose's sister sent all four of them individualized cloth masks in a care package a couple weeks back. Finn's was solid Navy blue, Poe's was black with stars, Rey's was purple with polka dots and Rose's was pink with little red roses.
"We're going to die in here, I can feel it." Rose adjusts her mask and gets a little too much hand sanitizer from the pump by the door. Her hands are shaking a little, and there's aparant fear in her eyes.
"Hermanita," Poe pulls her under the arm that isn't tucked around Finn's waist, "you're psyching yourself out."
Rey tucks some hair behind Rose's ear, "you're going to be fine, I promise."
Rose sighs, "maybe a little, but let's hurry up, okay?"
"Of course," Rey says with a smile. "Where first, grocery?"
Rose nods, pulling out their list. They split up into pairs, Rose goes with Finn to the produce section while Rey and Poe tackle the frozen foods section.
"Poe's birthday is coming up," Finn muses, inspecting the limes. "I was thinking about making him a key lime pie since we can't go out like usual."
"Adorable," Rose comments, taking a lime out of Finn's hand to smell it. "This one's good."
Finn puts it in the basket next to the nectarines and a bag of halos, leaving Rose to pick out some more limes and wandering over to the vegetable section.
"Broccoli?" He holds up a bag, showing it to Rose. She nods and motions for Finn to put it in the cart. "Maybe we could make a casserole," he suggests.
"Good idea," Rose replies, tossing him the pen. "Put cream of mushroom on the list."
Together they pick out some onions, squash, zucchini and a container of sliced apples. After they've canvassed the entire produce section they give the shelves one last once over before moving on to canned goods.
Meanwhile, on aisle seven…
"No, Poe, we do not need parmesan crisps and croutons, pick one or pick none."
Poe pulls out the big guns, his best puppy eyes, and Rey still stands firm, arms crossed. "Come on," he whines, "why not?"
"Because only two of us are getting unemployment checks and we have to play bills," she reasons.
Poe realizes good logic when he hears it, but he isn't about to tell Rey that. "Meanie," he squints at her. "I'm taking this matter to someone who will care for my aching soul." He grabs both bags from Rey and sprints off.
"Bloody hell, get back here!"
Poe jogs through the aisles until he finds Finn. He sneaks up behind him and covers his eyes. "Guess who," he says. This, however, backfires on him.
The mask must have muffled his voice, because Finn doesn't even remotely recognize it. He turns around and punches his presumed kidnapper in the gut.
Poe makes a strangled noise and folds in on himself. Every square inch of his lungs is completely devoid of air. He's pretty sure he's seeing stars.
"Oh, shit-" Finn reaches out to him, "baby I am so sorry."
"Hhng," comes Poe's attempt at a reply.
Rose snickers, "that's gonna leave a mark for sure."
Finn glares at her and gathers Poe up in his arms, "I swear I didn't know it was you," he rubs his back gently.
Poe takes a deep breath, "I know," he manages, leaning heavily on Finn. "It's good to know you can kick ass if need be," he wheezes.
After taking a moment to recover, Poe picks up the parmesan crisps and croutons he dropped. "I was coming over to ask if I could get both of these," he holds the bags up.
Rose crosses her arms "what did Rey say?"
"I told him no," Rey answers, having finally tracked down her friends.
"How much are they," Finn asks, taking the bags from him. He inspects the prices and Poe holds his breath for a moment. The price must have been reasonable enough because Finn tosses them both in the cart, "I'll get them for you."
"If I wasn't wearing this mask right now, I would kiss you," he grins and pulls Finn in for a hug, making a face at Rey over his shoulder. She pulls her mask up from under her chin to stick her tongue out at Poe before Rose slaps her arm and she pulls it back down.
Rose rolls her eyes, "come on dorks, we've got a couple more things to buy."
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