Comfy Closets - Chapter 30: Chapter 30

I’ll just put this out there. I’m not the type of girl who would willingly go to a mall for hours on end just to shop. This was going to last forever, and I’d rather spend my time on something else, something useful; like bingeing shows on Netflix.
But unfortunately, I had no choice in the matter and was currently being dragged to the very large building against my will.
“I don't- wanna- go!”
“Well, too bad. We said we’d meet up with them, and I’m not about to break my word,” my red-headed friend huffed.
“I’m gonna- be so- tired by the end of this,” I whined.
“Stop pulling! Leah's inside waiting for us. You wanna make her wait? Huh?”
Instantly, my struggle ceased at the mention of my girlfriend. Gia finally released her hold on my hand with hesitation, making sure I wouldn’t try to escape. I sighed. “Why did it have to be the mall?”
“I’m not the one who chose. I suggested going to the lake, but everyone was against it.”
“Hey! I didn’t mind the lake,” I protested in defence.
She threw an arm around my shoulder, leading me to the entrance. “That’s why we’re best friends.”
As we entered the air-conditioned space, I sent a quick text to Leah to tell her we’ve arrived. She responded with a store name, and we proceeded to make our way there.
We entered the space filled with faceless mannequins and racks of clothing, all ready to be prodded and touched by strangers’ hands.
“Where are those three…” Gia trailed off, eyes scanning the store.
Making our way through, we finally found them near the back at the hats section, randomly trying some out whilst balancing a heap of clothes on their arms.
“Hey girls!” Gia greeted Riley, Sara and Leah, the trio turning at her voice.
My eyes naturally focused on Leah as she turned, the corner of her lips quirking up into a friendly smile with our approach. I grinned happily in return, my heart fluttering at the sight of her. “Hi bab-” Leah’s eyes instantly widened as she ever so slightly shook her head in warning, hazel eyes darting to Sara who stood next to her. Getting it, I stumbled to correct the slip. “-y elephants.”
I internally banged my head against a wall. Baby elephants? What the heck is wrong with my mind?
“You calling us fat?” Riley joked as she picked out another hat to try on.
“No! I just think you guys are… cute?” Deciding that changing the topic was best, I stumbled on “W-what’ve you guys been up to?”
“We arrived just a couple of minutes ago. You guys should check out the dresses though. I saw some really pretty ones that kinda fit your style,” she mentioned, hefting the bunch of clothes up to prevent them from falling.
“Alright, come on Aly,” Gia said, grabbing ahold of my forearm and pulling me away as I was making my way to my girlfriend’s side. I sent Leah a helpless backward glance with a pout to match. She giggled and canted her head to the side, mouthing something like ‘later’.
“Dresses aren’t my thing, Gia. You know that,” I sighed as we arrived at the racks.
She tsk-ed. “As much as Leah digs your sort-of-tomboyish attires, I think she’d appreciate a sexy dress once in a while.”
“I don’t think I pull off ‘sexy’ that well if I’m honest…”
“What?!” My best friend turned to face me, jaw agape. “Heck no! I can’t believe you still don’t notice how hotness radiates off of you.” My cheeks burned instantly at the compliment. I don’t deal with those well.
“No, you’re just saying tha-”
“I mean it, Aly! Like seriously, look at yourself in the mirror.” The red-head looked me up and down and started ticking my 'attractive' physical traits off of her fingers. “You’re fit, with toned legs, great abs, beautiful face, gorgeous eyes, nice wavy hair, great smile, and that’s just the outside stuff!”
“Gia!” I hissed, trying to cover her mouth as my cheeks reddened even further, glancing around to see if anyone heard. “Stop that!” As much as I appreciated my friend trying to build up my self-confidence, I seriously couldn’t handle these many compliments all in one go.
“What? It’s the truth!” she cackled humorously.
“Stop, or I’ll go hang out somewhere else.”
“Alright, alright.” She calmed down her laughter, going back to browsing through the hangers. She pulled two out and held it up for me. “These would look great on you. Try them on later.”
“Do I have to?” I whined.
“Yes, and you have to show me how they look before you reject them,” she said, giving me a look.
As we continued to browse, I slowly and inconspicuously slipped away from Gia, already having enough to try on in my hands and not wanting anymore added to the pile. This was gonna be a long day.
I went to find my girlfriend in the store, but she didn’t seem to be anywhere, so I made my way to the changing rooms instead to get this over with.
Entering a stall, I dropped my pile of clothes onto the chair with a sigh. Plucking an article of clothing from the bunch, it happened to be one of the two dresses Gia picked out. It was a red summer-y V-neck dress that had my back almost entirely bare. I thought it looked pretty, but it definitely wasn’t something I’d pick out for myself.
I was taking a photo of it through the mirror for Gia’s consensus when I heard a few frustrated grunts sound from a few stall rooms down. After a few more seconds, a familiar voice called out. “Riley? Sara? You guys free? I need some help.”
Immediately recognising the voice, I decided to exit my stall to go see what the problem was, bringing my bag with me of course; can’t be too careful.
I knocked on the stall two doors from the left of mine. “Leah? What is it?”
“I can’t- get this zipper- up,” she groaned with effort.
“Let me in.” The door swung open a second later and I quickly slipped inside, locking it behind me. When I turned around, I felt my jaw drop instantly at the sight before me, my bag forgotten as it fell to the floor.
“Babe, can you zip me up? I can’t zip it any further, and I think it’s stuck.” She brushed her hair over her shoulder to the side, facing the opposite wall with her tanned bare-back to me. A nude-coloured thigh-high skin-tight dress was adorned on her body, with a high slit to the side; all the detail I could see for now. She hadn’t seen my appearance, or she would’ve said something about it given that I didn’t dress like this too often.
Approaching her slowly, my hands naturally glided up to her sides and settled onto her hips with a featherlike gentleness. A shallow gasp left her lips as my hands travelled past the zipper and up to the exposed skin of her back. I don’t know what came over me, but the sudden urge to touch, to feel her against my palms; it was a desire too irresistible to push down.
“You going to zip me up?” her low, raspy voice said, a slight waver in her tone as my fingers relished in the feel of her soft, smooth skin.
I hummed in dazed wonder. “I don’t think I really want to…” My hands wandered back down and went around her waist, resting them on her abdomen as I pulled her closer to me. “You look so beautiful,” I whispered into her neck, nestling my face there and letting my lips brush her sensitive skin.
I could feel her breaths quickening at the proximity, her own hands going to clasp over my own that was splayed over her stomach. “Maybe I should dress like this more often.”
As if agreeing with her statement, I placed a soft kiss onto the area where her neck and shoulder met. Almost unconsciously, she tilted her head so that I had more access, releasing a soft moan as my kisses turned into gentle sucking. I sucked until I was sure I left a mark, then moved onto trailing kisses up her neck. She couldn’t hold back any more. “Lyssa,” she moaned out loud.
“Shhh,” I subtly let out. “You don’t want anyone to hear, do you?”
She paused my ministrations by turning around in my arms and letting our fronts meet instead. Finally, she noticed what I was wearing. “Baby… Wow.” Her eyes scanned up and down my body, and unlike the simple observation Gia had done previously, hers was filled with barely withheld desire. I felt her gaze roam, eventually drawn to the V-neck of my dress that displayed more cleavage than anything that I had in my current wardrobe. “You should definitely dress like this more often too…”
“Yeah?” My lips curved into a grin, confidence blooming in my chest as I loved the way she was staring at me with such lust. My gaze travelled down her body too, finally getting to see the rest of her dress. It had a deep plunge neckline and hugged her curves perfectly, accentuating it in all the right places. The cloth hid enough of her breasts but also made me want more, as if teasing me with how much it revealed.
When I finally pulled my attention away, I noticed her hazel orbs flickering up to meet mine, darker than usual. With her so close, I could easily see its details; the forest green dominated the outer circles today, with only a few golden-yellow flecks remaining in the centre as if its colour was stretching out from her pupils itself. I loved studying her eyes as they had a tendency to change with a mesmerizing speed every day.
The dirty blonde made the first move and leaned closer, going past my lips and brushing her own against my jawline before finally stopping near my ear to whisper with her sultry, honey-filled voice. “What I would do to you in this dress right now…” I felt myself involuntarily shiver in response. Whatever it was, I wanted to know. Now.
I took one hand off her waist and cupped it around her jaw, guiding her lips away from my ear and right to my ready lips.
Our mouths moved slowly, sensual and intimate. She playfully took my bottom lip into her mouth, teasing me with bites and pulls as I growled with impatience. Giggling against me, she finally gave in to deepen the kiss, her tongue slipping inside to play with mine.
She tasted of mint and coffee. A small whimper escaped my lips as she pushed me against the wall, hands roaming up and down my sides eagerly as my ones glided and explored her warm bareback. One of her hands went lower, slipping underneath my thigh-high dress to tease the edges of my undergarment.
I moaned with desire, my caution going out the window as I succumbed to her touches, arching my back into her. The air was thick with want as she moved upwards, causing the fabric of my dress to raise and expose more of my skin to the cold air-conditioned room. Her hand stopped at my abdomen, feeling the ridges of my toned stomach with admiration like she normally did. She loved to do that; it was probably her favourite part about me.
The blonde detached her lips from mine to kiss along my jaw, leaving little nips along the way. “Keep- keep going,” I panted out.
I felt her smile against my neck now, one hand buried in my hair and the other venturing higher to reach the edges of my bra. “You sure you wanna do this now, baby?”
All I could manage was a whimpered ‘mhmm’ before she proceeded to cup my breast over the material, taking it and massaging it with the palm of her hand. I let out a loud groan, legs almost giving out at the sensations that erupted throughout my body, particularly in my lower belly. My hands went to slip the thin straps of her dress off her shoulders, wanting the dress to be gone.
As she went to venture her lips even further below the area of my collarbones, a sharp rapping on the door caused all our movements to still.
“Leah? Did you say you needed help with something?” the muffled voice asked, one I recognised belonged to Sara.
“U-um… ahh- I’m-,” my girlfriend gulped to clear her throat, “-I’m okay now. Got it sorted.” We waited silently for a reply, hoping to god that she left soon.
“Okay… well, come out soon. I think the others are done.” With that, we heard muffled footsteps walk away.
When we were sure we were clear, both of us let out a big sigh as Leah’s forehead rested on my chest. “That could’ve gone really bad, especially with Sara…” she mumbled.
I let my hands drop to wrap around her waist. “How so?”
The dirty blonde lifted her head to look at me, pursing her lips as her hand slipped out to rest loosely around my shoulders. “Her family’s very religious, and I’m pretty sure she would freak out at this,” she said, indicating between us. “I’d rather avoid that for now.”
“Oh…” I said, surprised. In the little bubble that we had made with our friends, I had almost forgotten about that other very possible possibility. “Was that why you warned me earlier…”
“Yeah,” she sighed. A few seconds passed in silence as we soon realised the earlier mood was now gone.
“Well, I should head back to try the other stuff on, or Gia would kill me,” I reluctantly said, my thumb drawing circles over her clothed hips.
“Okay,” she mumbled in disappointment, pulling me closer by the neck to kiss me one more time. “And by the way, you better get this dress,” she ordered lightly, a sly seductive smirk curving her lips.
“Yes ma’am,” I nodded with no protest. “You too. Still need me to zip you up?” I cheekily added. She rolled her eyes but nonetheless smiled. With a final peck to her cheek, I left her changing room with my bag, a flushed face and plump lips to follow. My heart was hammering just from the mere memory of what had just happened. We gotta do that more often…
Our group soon moved on from that store and to another, and another… All I wanted to do was binge Netflix and sleep.
As we made our way through the mall, we girls really started to connect with each other. This was the first-ever hang out that mixed our two groups together, and I kinda liked it. Although, the fact that I had to act ‘normal’ when Sara was around was a little annoying when all I wanted to do was to push Leah against a wall and ravage her lips. For now, I had to settle for slight brushes of our hands and light touches against my back, barely enough to satisfy me.
When it neared the evening, we decided to finally stop and have some food to eat at this cute burger place. The conversation moved from topic to topic with ease, and to be honest, I didn’t really pay too much attention since Leah kept me distracted with her hand on my lap, teasing me every so often as they inched closer and then away from a certain area I really wanted her to be.
It wasn’t until Sara mentioned Zach, did I snap to attention.
“I mean, what do you guys think? Do you think he’s interested in me at all? I thought he was since he had talked to me a lot a few weeks ago, but recently, we haven’t talked much at all. But I really like him…” the blonde’s mouth turned down.
My eyes darted between Gia and Leah, the only other people at this table that knew of Zach’s sexuality. My mouth dried as I didn’t know how to answer or go about this. The other two also had wide eyes and an awkward air around them, just as unsure as I was. We couldn’t just blurt out the actual reason why, especially with Riley right there too. It wasn’t our secret to tell.
Thankfully, Riley was the one who responded first. “I think he might not be too interested if he hasn’t talked to you for this long,” she said as a sympathetic apology. I decided to piggy-back on her answer.
“Y-yeah, I don’t think he’s interested much in relationships right now,” I lied.
“Totally agree-” “-It’s his loss-” Leah and Gia said simultaneously, both realising how weird it was that they were so quick to agree.
“Okay…”
Sara soon forgot about it when our food quickly arrived. Giving a tiny shrug to the other two, we all dug in, letting it slide as Sara had. But I realised soon that there was one person who was still stuck on what had just happened.
Riley had this calculating look on her face as she observed us while she ate, thoughtfully chewing her food and not talking much after. I wasn’t sure what she was thinking, but I couldn’t do anything about it anyways. It was best to just shut up for now.
When we finished, we walked around for a couple of minutes, just relishing in the last few minutes of this hangout, when Gia suddenly screamed out with an idea.
“Guys! Let’s watch a movie! I want to see that new comedy movie that just came out!”
“Now? It’s getting kinda late…”
“Oh, come on, Aly. Be a little spontaneous! It’s most fun when we are.”
“I don’t know…”
“It sounds like fun. Let’s go see if it’s any good, yeah?” my girlfriend prompted me with a relaxed smile, a hand resting on my lower back. When she said it, it was hard to say no.
“Okay.”
Gia looked like she was about to say something but refrained herself, instead, settling for a knowing grin. Although, I could guess it would have had something to do with me and a metaphorical whip.
Riley and Sara seemed fine with it, so we all proceeded. And to be honest, the movie was great. Or from what I remembered seeing, was great, since Leah had me distracted again. It seemed like she hadn’t had enough of what happened in the changing room, as her hands kept roaming wherever they could reach within the dark cover of the cinema.
“Babe,” I whispered with warning as her hand started to explore the area of my inner thigh.
“What? I’m just watching the movie,” she softly chuckled.
“You little minx.” Looking around, I noticed that not a lot of people were behind us and the others were focused intently on what was happening on the screen. Giving in to my sudden boldness, I reached my own hand out to caress her thigh, a slight intake of breath sounding out. “You wanna play?” I taunted with a grin.
The dirty blonde looked to me with such lust, I could tell she was holding herself back from kissing me right then.
Our teasing of each other continued for the rest of the film, which was only around fifteen minutes left. During that time, I could feel my arousal heighten to new levels as she kept on teasing me, and I, her. We never let our hands stray to that area, but it was enough to get me squirming in my seat, much to her smug delight.
When the movie ended and we exited the room, Leah was quick to announce her departure. “Alright guys, this was fun. I think I’m gonna head home now.” Then she turned to me, adding on, “Oh! I think you forgot something in my car. I can just drive you home if you want.”
It was clear, from the distinct desire in her eyes, that the last place we would go to was my house.
“Yeah. Sure,” was my quick reply. Saying bye to the others, we sped away to her car and got in. Once we finally settled into our seats, my girlfriend turned to me with unbridled desire.
She whispered out a ‘finally’ then leaned over the console to deliver a hard kiss. It was filled with urgency, desperation, and all I wanted to do was reciprocate it with just as much fervour.
Our lips melded together as sighs of relief escaped, but I pulled away seconds later, using the restraint I never thought I possessed. She looked like she was about to protest. “Drive,” I ordered, putting my seatbelt on.
She didn’t complain, getting the message right away and putting her own seatbelt on before starting the car. We were on our way to her house in no time, both of us restless in our seats. It only took five minutes, but with the way she was caressing my leg, it felt like forever.
When she parked in her driveway, I sprang out of the car with her and took her hand as we walked to the front door. But suddenly, I was hit with a thought that stopped me short. “Leah, what about your family?”
She wasn’t deterred though. “My parents are visiting my grandparents two towns over, and Lena's out partying with her friends then sleeping over at theirs. The house is ours, ” she said with a lopsided smile.
Now, with nothing to stop us, Leah pulled me into her house and up to her room through the darkness.
As soon as the door to her bedroom shut behind us, our bodies were pulled close in an embrace. Now with privacy on our side, our lips smashed together unrestrained, moving to a rhythm of our own design, like dancing to a melody only we could hear.
Leah edged me closer to her bed until my legs hit the foot of it and I inevitably fell back into the soft mattress. My girlfriend joined me on the bed, straddling my hips as she leaned down to kiss me. I couldn’t help my hands from slipping underneath her shirt, pulling her flush against me and loving the feel of her front against mine.
I bit her bottom lip and slipped my tongue in, letting mine dance with hers as our breaths grew heavy. We only pulled away to catch our breaths. Leah leaned her forehead against mine as I felt her hot pants against my wet lips. Finally, she spoke. “Are you sure you wanna do this?”
Letting my eyes rest on hers for a moment, I slowly moved my head and kissed the corner of her lips. Then went down her jaw. I smiled against her ear as I whispered. “Fuck yes.”
She giggled and pulled back to look at me properly. Instead of getting right back to it, she let us have this moment of just us. One of her fingers went to trace my features. From my eyebrows to my lashes, to my lips and to the barely visible scar to the right of my temple. Her eyes filled with wonder in this moment of intimate affection. “You’re so beautiful. How did I get so lucky?”
The corners of my mouth quirked up even as my cheeks heated. “Can’t believe you're telling me that when I should be the one asking.”
She rolled her eyes, but even now, in the dim light of the room with only the moon's light to illuminate the space, I could still see her blush as her eyes softened with affection. Instead of saying anything more, she answered with a kiss, instantly slipping back into my mouth and dominating the kiss. I could do nothing but succumb to her spell.
Sliding back up, I pulled the covers higher up as I wrapped an arm around her waist. “How was that?”
“What the fuck, Lyssa,” she said in disbelief as she turned her head to stare at me. “Why haven’t we done this earlier?”
“I really don’t know,” I giggled as I planted a soft kiss on her lips and rested my head on her shoulder.
Her arm languidly pulled me closer, lips tenderly kissing my temple. “Well, I’m sure we'll have time to catch up on what we've missed,” she said cheekily. I could only laugh in agreement.
As we laid there, exhausted and drifting into sleep, my contented state was suddenly disrupted by the sounds from outside our door.
“Who is that,” I looked to Leah with fear-filled eyes and panic pounding my chest.
But before we could do anything to react, the door to Leah's room opened. “Leaaah? D-do you know where we put the-” The drunk person at the door cut off their sentence once they realised the scene that lay before them. “Oh shi-”
“LENA! GET THE FUCK OUT!”