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A week. It’s been a week since the ‘accident’ happened. And by accident, It mean that Ryan got caught naked by Arielle and… Vice versa. A week, and even if Ryan didn’t know what the girl could think about it, he knew he felt embarrassed. For both. He didn’t talk about it to anyone and each time they shared a class together and met her eyes, he gave her a light smile then faked to be into that Spanish lesson he actually didn’t get. She didn’t ask for explanations either.
But unfortunately, he needed her help that day and had to come to her: she was the one who took notes for him while his absence and there was something he didn’t really understand. He took his courage in his hands, and asked her “Hey Arielle” She turned around and widened her eyes, perhaps a bit worried that he spoke out loud about the said accident in front of her friends and everyone. He shook his head “No… I mean… I was wondering if you had a minute later for biology? In the notes you took for me, there’s that part I don’t get and since we have an essay next week about it” He shrugged, letting her the time to think. “It won’t take long I promise”. She nodded, a bit embarrassed herself as well, letting him know she’d stop by that evening.
When she knocked, Ryan was studying, TV was on even if he didn’t really pay attention to it. It actually made him more comfortable, feeling less lonely as if the television in the background could provide him a presence in the small room. He greeted her with a genuine smile, and he could feel she was slightly tensed. And the first thing he said, was his apologies. “Look, about last time, I’m so sorry” He licked his lips, bit his lower one and looked up at her weighing on his feet. “The guys locked me out of the boys showers, yours were empty I just thought I’d have time, ya know” He talked with his hands, trying to give some subject to his apologies. “And then you all arrived, and it was stupid to hide but I didn’t really think” He winced a bit then glanced around the room, avoiding her gaze on purpose. “Just, I didn’t mean to see you naked… And the others girls” He saw a light smile on her lips, he felt relieved and dared to draw a smile back too. “Just so you know, I’m sorry… And… Well, you’re hot” The blonde paused as her cheeks flushed before adding “For a mermaid I mean” And if he had to be completely honest with himself, she was totally hot naked.
“Anyways…” She accepted his apologies and they both sat on the edge of the bed as her fingers trailed on the lesson he missed. He rubbed his chin with a nod, mulling on the explanations. The whole thing took them more than a simple five minutes break, especially when he heard the girl chuckled pointing at the television. He rose a brow, and watched it before laughing out loud. “Alright, let’s see how that guy can’t even complete your standards” That was how they found each other commenting every part of the Notebook, Ryan Gosling’s performance and talent criticized with humor, awkwardness between them slipping slowly away. Ryan offered and brought food from a cupboard. He let her lean on the bed headboard, since it was a single bed with one pillow he sat on the edge of the bed. She probably noticed how uncomfortable he was and shared her laps for him. That’s when the young man couldn’t hold his sleep anymore, feeling a light brush on his head that achieved to bed him.
