୨ৎ in which you and nerd!alexisness have sex while kaiser is asleep beside you (requested by anon) (smut) (not proofread so there’s prob spelling mistakes sorry)
ness has been your friend for a while now, he’s pretty well known throughout campus, mainly because his best friend is kaiser, but also because of his smart and shrewd personality… which most people took as an invitation to bully him and take advantage of him, is it just jealousy. most likely. but at times like these ness was too afraid to speak up for himself, often letting the bullies pick on him mercilessly, but whenever you witnessed it happening, you never hesitated to help him out, to frighten the bullies with your intimidating aura. this was the main reason of how ness grew to have a crush on you. on top of that, your confidence, beauty and intelligence, would always make his heart skip a beat.
has ness ever though of confessing? of course. but once he found out his best friend kaiser had a crush on you too, he started having second thoughts about his decisions. am i even good enough for her? we’re complete opposites so she’ll probably reject me… those were the type of thoughts that wandered throughout ness’ mind, on top of that kaiser was being straightforward, not being afraid to direct his gaze into your eyes a second longer then he should, flirting with you on the daily, of course you never did the same back but kaiser is popular, everyone falls for his charm eventually, he thought. ness was being completely oblivious to the fact that you liked him back.
but back to the present. you were roaming around the campus courtyard, doing nothing in particular but just enjoying the soft breeze, the sun was out so it was a nice day to walk around. that’s when you saw ness, sat on a bench reading a book. you call out, “ness! hey!”. he looks up from his book, adjusting his black glasses on the bridge of his nose. he smiles softly, his face visibly filling up with joy, the sunlight was hitting his face perfectly, highlighting his magenta eyes. you sat down next to him on the bench, shuffling relatively close to him which made his heart flutter. “h-hi, it’s a nice afternoon, right?” he says, he says still looking at the book, his eyes flicking back up to you every few seconds. you both sit in a comforting silence until kaiser came running at you both.
“hey, cutie” kaiser winked at you before, sitting in the middle you both, forcing distance between the two of you before speaking up again, “you wanna come to my apartment?” before you can respond he adds on, “it’s nearby, and really neat. how does tonight sound?” he smirks, completely disregarding ness as he pushes up his glasses again, not even reading, but staring at the lines in his book. “oh yeah, ness you can come too.” that’s all you needed to hear, if ness is going to be there then you’re going to be there, “yep, i’ll come” you said a little too fast, “yeah? great, then it’s settled” kaiser laughs before he leaves the two of you together again, “ah.. you really don’t have to come if you don’t want to… i know kaiser can be a bit forceful sometimes,” he says, his fingers nervously lingering on his nape. you speak reassuringly, “no, i want to come… because you’re going, right” he goes red, “oh, i-is that so? well… y-yeah i’m going too..” he says, fluster and wide-eyed at your statement. “see you there”
-9 hour timeskip-
it’s 9pm, the sun is fully down now, you took a cab to the address kaiser texted to you. it’s a nice looking apartment complex, he wasn’t lying about that. outside, you exit the cab and see ness, when he saw you his eyebrows raised briefly in excitement, that soft smile creeping up onto his face, once you approach him he spoke out, “you’re really here” he smiled, “lets go in, kaiser’s waiting inside”. he explained before opening the door for you and leading you to the elevator. “this place looks nice, is it your first time here too?” you say before pressing the button to open the elevator. “n-no.. i’ve been here a couple of times actually. kaiser invites me often”. you hum in acknowledgement before entering the elevator. he looks nice, he wore a simple black hoodie and sweatpants, despite how simple it looked, it suited him perfectly. as for you, you wore similar clothing to his, black zip up hoodie, sweatpants, in a sense, it looked like the both of you intentionally chose to match outfits. it was slightly awkward in the elevator. he kept staring at you, he looked like he wanted to say something but he didn’t move. but when you met his gaze, he looked away rapidly, his ears turning red as he directed his gaze to the ceiling or something else. “w-we’re here”
you follow him out of the elevator into the apartment, inside was kaiser, his head placed on the arm rest of the sofa, he looks up at the unlocked door, his face lights up immediately, “you really came, sweet. you want a tour?” before you can even form an answer, he grabs your hand and pulls you toward his bedroom. ness adjusts on the sofa awkwardly, he hates how he has to step down from being honest with you about his feelings just because kaiser likes you. it makes him jealous. the way kaiser flirts with you as he pleases. his arm automatically lingering over your shoulder. ness has liked you way longer than kaiser has, and he probably doesn’t even like the real you, the kind, smart, helpful true you. ness is only hoping that kaisers crush on you passes so he can like you fully without any interference. he can hear kaiser in the background, talking his head off to you in whatever room he’s in now, keeping you as occupied as possible.
after what felt like forever, kaiser emerged back into the living room, his hand still interlinked with yours, ness tried his best to look neutral, he forced a smile on his face, trying to mask how jealous he felt on the inside. “should we watch a movie?” he cleared his throat, before speaking up. “good idea, you pick yeah?” kaiser replied before turning off the light, and taking a seat on the sofa, you each sat beside ness, he’s in the middle. he picked a random movie and placed the remote down on the coffee table. the proximity between the two of you made his heart beat faster than usual. your elbows bumping inadvertently, or the way the sides of your legs touched at times. with you this close to him, he completely disregarded the movie and didn’t care about it at all, how could he? when you’re within arms reach like this? the little things like this drove him crazy. he can feel the blush creeping up his neck. good thing it was dark. every so often, he would look at you from his peripheral vision, the way the light from the television hit your face, illuminating your features, it was beautiful. he was being discrete with this, not wanting to alert kaiser on the other side of him. whenever ness looked at you, you noticed it. to be clear, ness wasn’t discrete at all. you saw it all, you saw the way he looked at you. you didn’t want to jump to conclusions and think that he liked you back, but the idea of it made you weak in the knees. you swallowed hard.
30 minutes passed, kaisers asleep now, his head tucked onto the cushion. it was just the two of you, and you were both fully aware of the fact. the realisation of that filled the atmosphere with heavy tension. at the point, the movie was just background noise, neither you or ness where focused on it. “he’s already asleep..” you laugh awkwardly, in hopes to relieve the tension. “y-y/n..” ness said, it sounded more like a breath rather than a voice, but it was still clear and audible. “yeah.. what’s wrong?” you replied, looking at him. “w-why are you… so kind to me..?” he questioned, fiddling with his fingers, struggling with preserving eye contact. “is that… do i need a reason to be” you say confused, he spoke again, “its just.. usually people just pick on me or press me for homework answers but you’re different…” he whispers, his eyes tearing up. “ness…” you speak. he ignores, “i-i know i probably shouldn’t even say this because kaiser likes you but… i’ve liked you for a long time now..” he said, fully looking up at you now, which is unlike his shy demeanour. “ness…” you whispered, he ignored again, “you’re talented.. and b-beautiful.. and seeing you with kaiser makes me j-jealous… what i’m s-saying is.. i-i like you, y/n—” he was cut of by your lips smashing against his.
the kiss became passionate almost instantly, the romantic tension built up over the months of, lingering gazes, subtle touching and flirting, spilled into the kiss. your tongue interlocking with his, his hands wrapped around your face, as if he’s trying to pull you in closer, the smell of his shampoo. all of it enticed the kiss even more. you both pulled away simultaneously, the light coming from the television glowed on ness’ face, he was red, his chest was heaving up and down, he looked at you with desperate eyes, you spoke, “i-i like you too, ness”. a wave of realisation dawned upon his face, “s-so you don’t… like kaiser, then?” he says, realising how oblivious he’s been this whole time. “of course i don’t like kaiser.. i never responded to his flirting remarks, have i?” you laugh, looking over ness’ shoulder to make sure kaiser is still asleep.
he pulled you into a tight hug, inhaling your scent, his arms roamed around your back, you did the same. after a few minutes he pulled away, “b-but look” he took your hand and placed it on the bulge coming from his sweatpants, it felt hot, it was throbbing, “y-you can’t just kiss me like that.. ngh” he whined as he felt your hand moving on your own, massaging his dick through his sweatpants. his admitting to him being hard increased your arousal deeply, you felt yourself getting wet, the darkness and the fact that you both shouldn’t be doing this when kaiser is sleeping right next to you both, turned you on even more. “you gonna be quiet?” you whispered before peppering kisses on his neck, as you continued to use your hand to knead his dick under the fabric of his sweatpants. he whimpered again, biting his lip to stop his lewd noises from coming out, not that it was making much of a difference. “i-ill be- ngh.. quiet.. i-i promise. pleasee” he choked out, his head swinging back in pleasure.
“yeah?” you whispered, looking at him with low, drawing eyes. you continued rubbing his dick through his pants, teasing his erection, watching him trying his best to keep quiet, the tv slightly masked the occasionally strained whimpers that did manage to come out of him. “s-stop… don’t t-tease me… i-i’m gonna cum in my pants..” he whined, looking at you with teary heart eyes, “it— nhh.. h-hurts… so b-bad.. please y/n.. a-at least take my dick out..” he choked, his hips bucking frantically as a result of your teasing through his pants. eventually, you gave in. you decided to give him what he was yearning for, for so long… what you were both longing for. “alright.. but try to be quiet okay…?” you warned, before pulling his sweatpants and boxers down gently, his cock springed free, it stood up hard, his tip looked almost red, pre-cum already trailing down his shaft, it was still twitching due to your earlier actions. you slowly brought your lips down to his throbbing dick, pressing kisses all around his length, while maintaining eye contact, hearing every shudder that came from his lips, his face was more blushed than usual, his tears from earlier stained his face, his eyes were low with arousal and longing. you started to wonder what other faces like these he could make. you swirled his tongue around his tip, earning a brief moan from him, “nhh.. p-please.. y/n..” he begged, his cock twitched on your tongue, it felt like he had increased in size. you felt your pussy throbbing in curiosity and fascination, if you weren’t turned on before, you certainly were now. without further hesitation, you expanded your throat, sliding deeper down his cock, you bobbed your head up and down, taking his length in and out, ness’ hands found its way to your hair, gripping it gently, he was very clearly enjoying it. “nghhhh…y/n, y-your mouth… mmph” he moaned out, completely forgetting about how he was meant to stay quiet, you continued, still using your tongue to circle up his length, intentionally tightening your throat to heighten the friction, his hips bucked uncontrollably under your weight, moans and whimpers leaving his mouth for every second you sucked him, you felt his cock twitching excessively against your throat, knowing he was close, “i-i’m gonna c-cum… nghhhh, y/n” he cried, you pulled your mouth off his cock, replacing it with your hand, you wrapped your hands around his cock, moving it in an up-down motion, the stimulation made him cry out again. he came hard, he shot his load, his hips flew up, his eyes rolled to the back of his head in pleasure, you still didn’t stop, you lengthened his orgasm, still using your hand to increase his ecstasy, his cum stained his halfway pulled down sweatpants and the floor.
ness sighed deeply, his chest heaved up and down as he tried to restore his breathing pattern, he wiped his tear-stained cheeks with the back of his hand, “y-y/n..” he finally spoke, “th-thank you… it felt.. so so good…” he laughed, tears coming out his eyes again. he sandwiched your face between his hands. “i-i want to make you feel good too, y/n..” he whispered low, taking off his glasses and placing it on the coffee table next to the remote. “will you let me..please?” he begged. you nodded instantly, “come..” he spoke again before he picked you up, putting you down of another sofa opposite from the one you sat on previously, he was excluding you both from kaiser, who was surprisingly still asleep after all the movement and sounds. he pulled down your pants, slow and anticipating, he felt your already soaked panties, “y-you’re so wet… already” he whispered, before using his knuckle to tease your clit though the thin fabric, you moaned out, clenching your eyes shut. “l-look at me, yeah? he whispered, coming in close, his soft lips brushing against the rim of your ear, it made you shudder. you opened your eyes to look at him, he got on his knees, and positioned your clothed pussy opposite his lips. ness desperately slipped your panties to the side, to eager to fully take them off, he faced your naked pussy, your hole twitching. he knew exactly what you needed. he felt himself getting hard again, “beautiful” he mumbled. you looked at him and bit your lip, knowing that what he was about to do will likely make you scream, but you prepared to hold back your moans anyway. ness hovered his pointer finger in front of his lips, “shh” he whispered, before diving into your pussy, his tongue lapped around your folds, he was eating you like a man starved, leaving no area of your dripping pussy untouched, watching your reaction to see where it felt best for you, he licked over your clit briefly, a quick, sharp moan escaped your mouth, there it was. that was the spot where it felt the best. ness never forgot. he took your clit into his mouth, sucking on it, using his tongue to circle around it. your hands immediately went to his hair, pulling him closer, urging him to continue, he loved it. the way you pulled on his hair fueled him and turned him on even more. “nghhhhaa, ahhhh… n-ness…ness” you sang, your head rocked back, hitting the top of the sofa. eventually, he slipped two fingers past your pussy, your walls expanding the deeper his fingers touched, the excessive pleasure drove you crazy, you unconsciously wrapped your legs around his head, his long fingers entered in and out your hole in a quick movement. tears streamed down your cheeks in pleasure, he simultaneously sucked on your clit, while working his fingers inside of you, he trailed his free hand under your shirt, cupping your breast, using his thumb to graze over your hard, sensitive nipple, you cried out loudly, ness’ eyes looked up at you before pinching your nipples using his index finger and thumb, twisting your bud firmly, which drew out all kinds of noises from you. ness was beyond turned on, grinding himself on the bottom of the sofa, trying to get some sort of friction. he felt your walls clenching tightly against his fingers, he knew you were close. the room was filled with lewd sounds from the both of you, as well as the television in the back. ness nibbled on your clit, before he sucked on it hard again, which increased your moans and the twitching of your walls. when he added the third finger into your pussy that’s when you broke.
you orgasmed hard, squirting everywhere, but ness didn’t pull away, he was still sucking on your clit, heightening your pleasure deeply, you screamed out, “aaaahhhhh… nhhh n-ness..” ness didn’t stop, he was drinking all the juices that came out of you, he looked up at you and pulled your waist toward his mouth, trying to get closer than he already was. your eyes clenched shut, your head flew back, and your hands were roaming in his hair. when he felt you were done he pulled away, his chin was coated in your slick and juices, his eyes hazy. he stood up from the floor and smiled. “d-did i do good?” he whispered, almost teasing. you couldn’t even speak yet, you were still catching your breath, wiping the sweat of your face, it took a minute for you to reply, “y-yeah… yeah ness you did…really good” . he sat down beside you, he laughed and his face turned red again at the praise. “i should probably clean up before kaiser wakes up…” he went to the kitchen looking around for a cloth or something to clean with. “i’ll help..” you said, despite your eyes getting heavier. you were tired, “no.. it’s okay y/n. you just sleep, i’ll uh move you to the guest bedroom in a bit.” he said, as he retreated back to the sofa where kaiser slept, he cleaned the stains of the floor, careful to not wake kaiser up. you already fell asleep, your head fell onto the armrest and you snored softly, ness smiled. it was somewhat surprising that kaiser didn’t wake up apart from a few shuffles here and there. when ness finished tidying up he approached your sleeping figure and kissed your forehead. he turned off the television, then carried you into one of the guest bedrooms, he got into bed beside you and pulled up the covers over both of you. the whole night, he never let go of you and kept you close to him.
hullooo!! i wanted to request something and i watched dr. stone on crunchyroll fyi 😛😛
i really like the way you write so could you write me a story with alexis ness being a nerd and hated while the reader is the girl who alexis’ popular best friend kaiser has a crush on (ofc lmao) and she comes over to their shared house, while kaiser is sleeping she fucks with alexis and he is like very needy and cute 🥹🥹 TYSMM
in which you find out sakura has a crush on you (fluff, enjoy!)
you worked part time at Cafe Pothos alongside with kotoha, you often took morning shifts while she took nights, at first, you were slightly annoyed by the fact you had to wake up every morning at 6:00 to get ready and open the shop… but that soon changed when a boy named sakura visited the cafe every morning to order breakfast food.
he… was attractive, his white and black hair illuminated in the morning sunshine, the sunlight shining over his two-toned coloured eyes. as his visits were very regular, you’ve naturally grown closer to him. maybe you can even say you both were friends, but anytime you called him that he would turn red and tell you to ‘stop joking around’, even though you’re being genuine, so you’ve come to the conclusion that he’s an easily flustered person who rarely experiences affection.
it’s 7:00 now, the cafe is open but empty, you chop up vegetables on the counter, waiting for his arrival, just as you were finished, you hear the bell ring above the door, sakura came walking in, sitting on the chair across from the counter you were working on… “uh… hi. same thing as yesterday…” he says, trying not to sound awkward.
“coming up” you respond, waiting for the pan to heat up, “but there’s something i’ve been meaning to ask you” you pause, “why do you always come here to pay and eat breakfast? it’s way cheaper to do it at home” you say, you’re back turned to him, as you fetch ingredients from the fridge. “uh, many reasons”, he replied fidgeting with his fingers under the table. “1. i don’t know how to cook. 2. i live alone, and lastly, ive never had a home cooked meal before…so eating here gives me an idea of what it feels like..”
“what?!” you flip your back around to face him. “you’ve never had a home cooked meal??” you say in astonishment, “and you live alone too….” you whisper starting to feel bad for him, your back now turned around focusing on finishing the food you were making for him.
you guys sat in silence while you were finishing off cooking, after a while you serve him his food, “thanks…” he muttered. you were discretely watching him eat as you were washing up, when he tasted the food you say how his face lit up in excitement. quiet moments like these were the ones you enjoyed the most. he finished eating and waved you goodbye and left.
during your whole shift, your mind kept wandering back to the conversation you had with him. he lived alone? no parents… no family to spend time with him. it must feel lonely at times. and he’s never had a home cooked meal too? that’s when you decided that tomorrow you were going to make bento for lunch.
**the next day**
you woke up earlier than usual, you decided that you were going to make it for him at home, because you didn’t want to risk him coming into the shop just yet. you gather the ingredients. sushi, steamed rice, chicken, noodles, vegetables seaweed, etc. you started assembling the bento immediately.
*20 minutes later*
you were done making the bento, and were currently on your to clock in at the cafe, soon after you opened up, sakura made his way in, you greeted eachother as usual, and you started making the food that he ordered as you were chatting here and there. when he finished his food he was just about to leave until you spoke, “hold on…” you called out. he turns around, eyebrow raised. “i made you something..” you continue, reaching out of your bag, pulling the bento out from it. he walks back to your counter
“you said you’ve never had a home cooked meal before so…” you extend your hands, waiting for him to take it. “th-this… is…f-for me?” he says, his face flushed red. “yeah, take it and tell me if you like it.” you respond, completely unfazed by his common reaction. “aha… uh… o-okay, thanks..” he says before snatching it from your hands and running out of the shop in a rush.
hours pass and you start to ponder about whether he liked it or not. “he must be done with school now”, you thought after repeatedly seeing kids walk past in furin uniform. your washing dishes in the sink when you heard your favourite bell on the door. you turn around ready to welcome in whoever was entering. it was sakura. and he was looking down at the floor, a hint of shyness and something else unknown.
“welcome, sakura” you say, “soo.. how was it? good?” you speak, waiting for him to answer. he starts hiccuping frantically which puts you into slight shock thinking he didn’t like the food, “ahem… uh, y-yes, it was tasty…” he coughs out. “really? that’s a relief” you sigh out. “yeah.. y-you should definitely come to my house sometime…” he pauses, “t-to teach me how to make it of course… or whatever” he pauses again, looking you in the eye, “i-i mean… whenever you’re free.. ah, no rush obviously..” he says fidgeting with his fingers. “okay.. it’s my day off tomorrow, so that’s perfect..” you say trying to hold your laugh at his malfunctioned reaction. “th-then we should hang out afterwards..” he mumbles loud enough for you to make out what we was saying, his face reddened further before he thanked you again and ran out of the cafe, sprinting across the street. you finally laugh, was that his way of asking you out on a date? you can’t help but feel flustered too, desperately looking forward to the next day.
sakura from wb fluff next !! he's so cute and such a tsundere pls make one where reader makes him a homemade bento and he malfunctions... or do it your way idrc 🤤🤤💗💗
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JAHAHAHA OK YESSSS
ill deffo be doing this next week i LOVE when u guys request wb fluff 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹ty
AND THIS MAKES SM SENSE BCS SAKURA ALWAYS GETS FLUSTERED WHEN PPL R NICE TO HIM🥹🥹🥹
(in which your loving husband nanami kento will do anything you tell him to)
(fluff, there might be some spelling mistakes sozz, pls enjoy)
“buy me this lol” was the message attached with a video which you sent to your husband, kento. the video you sent him was a large juicy seedless watermelon, of course you weren’t expecting him to actually buy it, you were only joking around after all..
moments later you hear keys jingling against the door lock, you get up from your seat on the sofa getting ready to greet kento when he comes in. you quickly make your way to the door, “ hey, baby-” but your words immediately get cut off when you see kento holding a huge watermelon, it looked similar to the one in the video, surely he didn’t actually…
“hey sweetheart, how are you doing? i bought the watermelon you asked for.” kento says slipping off his shoes and properly stepping into the house, he kisses you on the cheek and makes his way to the kitchen counter.
“kento.. why did you actually buy the watermelon?” you say perplexed as you follow him to the kitchen.
“what do you mean, love? you’re the one who asked for it, no?” kento says placing the watermelon on the counter.
“i was just kidding kento! obviously you didn’t actually have to get it..” you say.
“oh…” he says looking at the watermelon. “so you don’t want it?” he says returning his gaze to you.
“well- no i didn’t say i didn’t want it either..” you say laughing softly, not actually expecting the juicy watermelon to be in your very presence. “this one looks exactly like the video.. where did you even get it?” you say, with your hand resting on the watermelon.
“I stopped at that market by the river.” kento answers.
“you mean the one that’s 2 hours away!?” you say shocked, not expecting him to go such great lengths just for a watermelon. “babyyy, why would you go that far for a watermelonnn?” you say in disbelief.
“it wasn’t for the watermelon, it was for you.” kento says, his eyes still on you. “I will always do anything you tell me to, love.” he says wrapping his arm around your waist, kissing you on your temple.
“aagh- I know that but…” you say in a loss at words, “fuck, you’re just so good to me.” you say hugging him.
“I will do anything for you, sweetheart. you know that.” kento says embracing you back.
(p.s, guys i’m gonna start working on the requests soon, so don’t think I forgot about it or anything like that, tyty)
working out, practice matches, training, eat, barely sleeping, repeat. that was basically a day in rin itoshi’s life. monday to sunday, no pauses nor breaks. it was exhausting, yes but his stubborn self refused to let him self fall behind.
rin was finishing up in the gym, sweat dripping down his forehead as he made his way to the vending machine… until.
he saw a guy who looked like he was sneaking into the women’s restroom, rin inspected closely. “that’s definitely a man” he thought. “what the hell is he doing? piece of scum…”
without another word, rin snuck up behind the ‘man’, he then pulled his arm back with force. the ‘man’ turned around in confusion. “stop right there, you pervert” rin says angered. “wh-what…? i’m a woman.” you say pulling away from his arm. it hit him hard now, “she’s a woman?” he thought “it can’t be, he has short hair… though he does look feminine.. but still!” he speaks up, “ don’t lie..” he disregarding your protests. “leave now while i’m asking you nicely”
you laugh annoyed, “you really are stupid” you say eventually leaving, not wanting to cause any further problems. the next day rin was warming up with shidou for the practice match they had in a few minutes. “ugh… what’s he doing here?” rin said under his breath when he spotted you across the pitch talking to the other members of the pxg team.
“him?? you mean her.. she’s zantetsu’s step sister” shidou says before continuing, “she’s been here for this whole week to cheer zantetsu on i suppose”
“sh-she’s a girl?” rin says in disbelief. “yes, she’s a girl, dummy. you really don’t pay any attention to your surroundings don’t you?” shidou responds. rin’s mind suddenly goes back to yesterday when he confronted you. “i have to apologise…” he whispers. “apologise for what?” shidou says curiously. “shut your mouth, nosy” rin replied.
after his match he went through the building looking for you. after a few minutes he found you making your way to the bathroom. he decided to wait until you came out. minutes passed before you came out, rin looked up and got up from where he was sitting, “hey, you..” he shouts, approaching you. “what?” you respond, “gonna beat me up for going into the women’s restroom?”
“about that… uh, sorry. i only found out you were a girl today” despite his usual cold and stoic demeanour, he was fidgeting with his fingers and looking at his shoes, rarely keeping eye contact like a little kid. “is that so? i guess it’s fine then. misunderstandings happen..” you reply.
“to make up for it, i’ll buy you something from the vending machine” he says, finally looking up at you. it wasn’t a question. “you really don’t have to-” you were cut of by his protesting, “don’t be stubborn, it’ll be quick. just come, okay?” he says his eyebrows furrowed in determination, he’s already leaving, expecting you to follow. “okay…okay i’m coming” you say holding in your laugh.