Comfy Closets - Chapter 35: Chapter 35

“Can you come over?”
“Now? I don’t know, Lys. I have some stuff I gotta finish before Monday…”
I flopped onto my back and pouted. “Please, babe? I wanna cuddle.”
She paused for a second, then groaned. “You know I can’t resist that. Fine, I’m heading over now.” I grinned with victory.
“Hurry, I’m waiting for you… in bed… with just a shirt on, and only that,” I whispered towards the end, immensely enjoying teasing her.
I heard a sudden noise come from her end, followed by some shuffling sound. “Fuck, I’ll be there in eight- no, five minutes.” Then she hung up the phone.
Laughing to myself, I pushed myself up and leant my back against the headboard while I waited. And like Leah said, a couple of minutes later, I heard a car pull into our driveway. The doorbell rang and I heard someone get it, probably mom, and some talking ensued before quick footsteps thumped up the steps. My bedroom door flew open a few seconds later and there stood my girlfriend, panting slightly as her eyes focused on me.
“Fuck, Lys. You tease!” the dirty blonde groaned as she shut the door behind her. I couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst out laughing at the look of disappointment on her face when she spotted my clothed body.
“That was- so good.” I clutched my stomach as my laughs started to make it hurt. She rolled her eyes playfully before dropping her bag and locking the door. At that, my laughs stopped as I caught the lustful look in her gaze.
Leah approached the bed slowly with hips swaying side to side, almost like a predator stalking its prey. “Someone is in trouble…”
I gulped slightly. She looked so sexy right then. “Babe wait, I’m sorry. Please forgive me-”
My sentence was cut short by her fingers as she jumped on top of me and dug them into my sides. Instantly, giggles broke free from my lips while she relentlessly tickled me with a wide grin on her face. “You keep calling me the tease, so is this revenge?” she chuckled.
“N-no!” I giggled, quickly losing my breath as she continued her tickle assault. “Ack- stop babe! I can’t breathe!” The words were barely able to leave my mouth.
Finally, after a few seconds, she stopped, her lopsided smile taking over. “I can’t believe I fell for that.”
“I mean, it got you here. It’s all that matters,” I breathed out and shrugged with smugness.
She rolled her eyes - a warmer brown colour today. Then, those eyes suddenly had a mischievous spark as she moved her body up from lying on top and manoeuvred her legs to my sides, straddling my lap instead.
The sight in front of me was breathtakingly sexy, with her hair tousled from our previous struggle and one side of her loose button-up slowly slipping down her shoulder. I bit my lower lip as my mind wandered to the things that would happen next.
Leah licked her lips then leaned down and pressed her soft, plump lips against mine, moving them against my own gently. I reacted automatically, easily getting into a rhythm with her as my hands drifted to her waist to pull her closer.
As her hands dug into my brunette waves, she caught my lower lip between her teeth and pulled, causing a moan to leave my lips. My girl hummed in satisfaction at the sound and pulled away only a few inches from me. She propped her arms on each side of my head and looked at me with a subtle smirk. “You said you would be in your bed with only a shirt on. Let’s fix that, hm?”
Excitement coursed through my veins as I nodded in agreement. The seductive beauty slipped down my body and caught the hem of my shorts in her hands, teasing the tan skin there with wandering fingers. With a smirk on her lips, my girlfriend tugged the material down, along with my panties underneath.
The sudden cool air that hit the area between my thighs caused my hips to slightly arch off the bed. Leah, seeing this, glanced up at me with apparent lust before focusing back down to my bared lower body. “Now this was what I wanted to see…”
Her hands glided up along my tanned outer thighs, taking her time to admire the sight before her. The exposure made me feel slightly vulnerable, as it usually did, but the way she looked at me had a way of making me feel comfortable and more confident in my skin. One of her hands went to stroke my inner thigh, but before she could continue, I had to do something about her clothed body.
I pushed myself off my elbows and reached for her white shirt, my hands slowly unbuttoning it, with each button revealing more and more of her lightly tanned skin. I relished in the sensation of slowly unveiling her body to me, from her cleavage to her toned stomach that was just… perfect. Those hooded eyes focused on me as I did so, the atmosphere now so intimate and charged with desire. She tilted her head to the left. “You know you’ll have to be quiet. You sure you can do that?” she smirked, her dimples showing.
I finished unbuttoning her shirt and pushed one edge aside, leaning down to kiss the beautiful curve of her collarbone. “I think we should be more worried about you.” Leah moaned as my kisses travelled up her shoulder and to her neck, sucking the sweet spot she grew weak over.
As I started to nip the area, she pulled my head up to kiss her square on the lips, shrugging out of her shirt and pushing me back down onto the bed. Once again, she slithered down my body and slipped her deft hands under my shirt, feeling up my abdomen before going higher to cup my breasts. A sound akin to a whimper left my lips when she massaged them, only to trail back down to part my legs, settling herself there with her mouth only inches from me.
She stared lustfully up at me. “Be quiet.”
With that, she dove in and immediately, a loud moan flew out at the contact.
The blonde chuckled against me, causing vibrations to travel straight to my core. “Oh my god, fuck.”
“Babe, you really have to quiet down or else we can’t do this,” she pointed out before returning her mouth to me.
I cursed in my head, knowing I should’ve gone to her house instead. We usually hung out at hers more often, and we especially did this more often at her place because her parents weren’t in as much, but I wasn’t in the mood to travel then. I clamped my mouth shut as she continued her ministrations, digging my fingers into her hair to guide her where I wanted her.
“Fuck, Leah. Yes, right there,” I moaned out, and she moaned in response to the sound. As we were getting into it, I felt the tension in my core start to build.
I knew I was getting close, but suddenly, we heard someone knocking on my door. Leah stopped in her motions and I let out a frustrated groan. Then, panic started to quicken my heartbeat as I waited for them to speak. What if they heard us?
“Aly? Can we go out to get ice cream? Mom says we can,” a little voice spoke through the door. I heard her try to open the door, only stopping when she realised it was locked. “Why did you lock your door?”
“U-um, I’m a bit busy right now,” I stuttered out, hoping she’d leave us alone and not find the locked door suspicious. Or worse, my parents finding out about it.
“But I wanna go now!”
I looked to my girlfriend, who was still nestled between my legs, trying to stifle her laughs at the interruption.
My hand went up to rub my temples. “I promise we can go out an hour later. Just- I’m busy right now.”
I heard her huff. “Fine, later.” Hearing her footsteps walk away from my door, I sighed in relief.
Gazing down at my girlfriend, I sighed when I realised the mood was lost. “I think my sister just killed the mood.”
Leah climbed up to straddle me again, smiling understandingly. “It’s okay.” She kissed my lips gently and I responded. Then, she deepened the kiss as she slipped her tongue through my lips. I tasted something different this time and realised it was me. Groaning at the realization, I pulled away.
“Okay, maybe the mood hasn’t been entirely ruined.” The beauty on top of me bit her lip as its corners curved up into a satisfied smile.
“Whatever you want, baby.”
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Nearly an hour later, we were cuddled up in bed with Leah playing with my fingers as we talked about nothing and everything.
It’s been a month since my talk with Isabelle, and since then I’ve grown closer and more open with Leah than ever before. Maybe it was because I had the closure I needed to fully move forward with her, but all I could say is it’s been great not having that looming fear from my past over me. I’ve moved on from it, and now, all my focus was now on my relationship with the beautiful girl beside me.
“Oh shit, right, I promised Addy ice cream,” I remembered as I sighed into the crook of Leah’s neck.
She chuckled and pulled me closer. “We should head down now, or else she’ll try to come in again.”
“But I don’t wanna. Just let us cuddle for a bit longer,” I whined childishly, snuggling closer to her warmth.
Her slender fingers ran through my wavy hair repeatedly in a soothing motion as she relented. “Alright, alright.”
The way her fingers massaged through my hair almost put me to sleep, but unfortunately, Leah got me moving after a few minutes had passed.
I reluctantly headed to my bathroom to freshen up and got dressed. When I came back out, I saw my girlfriend doing the same and not-so-subtly stared at her while she buttoned her shirt back up. Walking up to her, I undid the top one again and smiled cheekily as I stared at her showing cleavage. “I like it like this.”
The blonde-haired beauty rolled her eyes but left it like that, causing my grin to widen. I had previously noticed my confidence grow when I was around Leah, and I think she liked that, especially when it came to just us.
We headed down the stairs together and found Addison sitting in the living room, her legs lazily swinging back and forth as she stared at the ceiling. When she heard our footsteps approaching, her head whipped to the side and lit up. “Finally! Come on!” Just then, she noticed Leah behind, and if possible, those blue eyes of hers brightened to shine back like two little stars. “Leah! You’re coming with us?! Yes! This is the best day ever!”
As amusing as my sister was, I wasn’t expecting Leah to come too. She was going to head back home. I turned to her, unsure. “You don’t have to if you don’t want to.”
Leah smiled softly and shook her head. “No, I’d love to come with you guys. I haven’t eaten ice cream in a bit, and,” she gave me a wink that Addy couldn’t spot, “I get to spend more time with you.”
My heart grew warm, joining our hands briefly and giving hers a squeeze before letting go. “Alright, let’s get going.”
The three of us all got into my car and headed off to the nearest ice cream place, a local one called Niko’s, which happened to be my favourite. On the way there, Addy became a chatterbox and asked Leah plenty of questions to keep her occupied. But she handled it with ease and happily engaged in conversation with my little sister. It was something that made me all fuzzy inside as I watched the two, smiling to myself as they interacted.
We got to the place in ten minutes and by then, the little girl in the backseat was practically bouncing around with impatient energy. Getting out of the car, I held my hand out to Addy and she took it, pulling me along to quicken or pace as Leah followed behind.
We entered the place and made our way to the counter. For a Saturday, there wasn’t a lot of people around, but that’s probably due to the remainders of winter that still lingered about. Stopping in front of the glass, I peered around at all the flavours. “What do you two want?”
Addy was the first to decide. “Rocky road!”
I looked down at her in surprise. “Really? I’ve never seen you order that before.”
“Oh, I heard Dad say it was his favourite, so I wanted to try!”
“Alright, rocky road for Addy. What about you babe- Leah?” I tried to cover up, pursuing my lips at my slip up. Leah seemed to not have noticed.
“I think I’ll have a scoop of chocolate and another of cookies and cream.”
We even shared a favourite ice cream flavour, I melted at that fact. I ordered our cones and paid for them, not waiting long for the brown-haired boy behind the counter to scoop them. The whole time, the boy couldn’t stop staring at my girlfriend, even fumbling a few times with the tools. I looked to be a year or two below us, but I couldn’t help the feeling of jealously bubbling up. My girlfriend sent him a stiff smile, but otherwise, focused on continuing her conversation with Addison.
When we received our orders, I put a hand on Leah’s lower back and led her away to a table, all the while giving the boy a glare so hard it could’ve burnt a hole into his skull with its intensity.
From the months of dating Leah, I knew people liked to stare. I mean just look at her, it’d be hard not to, but it still brought up this weird feeling that urged me to wrap my arm around her to show everyone she was taken. It’s almost an archaic gesture, I know, especially because she wasn’t a thing to be claimed. But sometimes, despite my reserves to come out, there were moments when I just wanted to show people she was with me.
Shaking my head at the thoughts, I huffed at the stupidity of it and let Addy lead us to a table near the back. But as we were about to sit down, my little sister made a small squeaking sound when her eyes caught onto something, or rather, someone. I swivelled my head to see what had bothered her and spotted a little boy about her age with an older woman.
“Addy, you know him?”
She gulped. “Yeah. He’s in my class.”
“Well, what’s the matter? You can go say hi.”
“I’m nervous,” she whispered, looking between Leah and I with flitting eyes.
Before I could ask any further, the boy apparently recognised Addy too and came over with a small boyish smile on his face. “Hi, Addison.”
“Hi, Ben,” my sister said softly, almost inaudible to the ear.
“You came to get ice cream too? What did you get?”
The two kids started to converse in their little kiddy voices, with Addy turning into a shy mess as they continued. I assumed she got that from me.
Leah caught my eyes with this look that screamed ‘aww’ as she looked on and I couldn’t help but chuckle at her pouty face, one that's reserved for kids and puppies.
When the woman called out to him that they were leaving, he waved goodbye to Addison and left with a little grin. Addison was left with a dreamy expression as ice cream started to melt and drip down the sides of her cone.
“Oooh, someone has a crush,” Leah sang.
My little sister snapped out of it and blushed. “No…” she denied.
I laughed. “Oh, don’t even try to lie.”
“Fine,” she groaned. “I might have a tiny, little, teensy-weeny crush.”
“Aha!” I couldn’t help but tease. My big sister role had to be fulfilled. “Little Addy has a crush.”
My girlfriend swatted my arm playfully, turning to Addy with an excited smile. “So, how long has it been since you started liking Ben?”
“Just a few months,” she mumbled.
“What do you like about him?” the dirty blonde asked encouragingly.
Addison licked the stray droplets of her ice cream before answering. “He’s nice and funny. Oh! And he likes Steven Universe like me.”
We listened as she continued to go on about the things that made the boy so crush-worthy to my sister - it was adorable, really. After she ran out of things to list, she turned the focus onto Leah. “Do you have a boyfriend, Leah? I know Aly doesn’t because she never talks about any boy, or ever brings them home for us to meet.”
Leah laughed slightly, but I couldn’t help but notice the uneasiness of it. “No, I don’t have a boyfriend. But let’s just say I really like someone. I’d say we’re counted as more than just friends,” she skirted around the truth. Her hazel eyes met mines then, a sadness to them as she held my gaze.
I didn’t know what to make of it. Did she want me to come out? She never rushed me or pressured me to before, but maybe she didn’t want to wait…
Guilt and shame started to consume my thoughts as my mind whizzed through memories of the previous months with Leah. Clues were here and there, and although subtle, I could tell the waiting was taking a toll on her. From the time I was hanging out with her friends, to the day at the shopping mall with her… I just chose not to see the signs, and now she might be growing impatient with me.
My overthinking mind was starting to put me into a panic, but when I felt a hand land on my lap, I saw Leah’s concerned face looking back. She rubbed my thigh in comfort, and although she probably didn’t know what I was worried about, that small bit of contact brought me back down to earth. She was still with me, and there’s still time for me to feel ready before I needed to come out.
I just hoped my dumbass fear would one day vanish soon for me to do so.
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After ice cream, the three of us headed back home and we found ourselves on the couch watching an animation movie as Addison somehow convinced us to watch it with her.
My little sister was currently on the carpeted floor, watching the screen intently with arms propping up her head on the coffee table. Leah and I were sitting together on the cosy couch as I cuddled to her side, sure that Addy wouldn’t turn around to notice.
“Why doesn’t Ralph let her stay there? She likes it there! And it’s sooooo much cooler than the other game she was in!”
“I think your sister might be a tad too invested in this movie,” Leah whispered with humour as Wreck-It Ralph 2 played on the TV.
“What? I agree with her! Penelope should be doing her own thing, regardless of what Ralph thinks! And she’s happy!” I said passionately as I gestured to the screen. My girlfriend just laughed and kissed the side of my head affectionately.
“I love it when you get so into movies,” she hummed, looking to me with those soft eyes that had the ability to melt me like caramel on a hot day.
“Also, that other racer chick is hot, so of course she would want to stay,” I added afterwards, receiving a slap on the arm at that remark.
“That’s the real reason,” she scoffed, but I could tell she was trying to hold back a laugh.
“Oh, come on, you have to admit that girl is hot, even as a cartoon character. And she’s even voiced by Gal Gadot, so, extra points.”
She squinted her hazel eyes before giving in. “True, she is hot, especially with that badass vibe going for her.”
“If I threw on a leather jacket, would you dig it?”
“Oh, heck yes.” Her eyes glittered at the thought. “You, with a leather jacket? I’d turn into a puddle.”
“Oh really? Well-” I was about to make a dirty joke, but someone passing the entryway caught my attention.
“What are you girls watching?” my dad asked as he leaned against the frame. Instantly, I pulled away from Leah to create some distance between us that was presumably acceptable for friends.
“Wreck-It Ralph,” my sister mumbled without taking her eyes off the screen.
He hummed, watching a few more seconds of it before noticing that Leah was here. “Oh! Leah, I didn’t know you were over. Nice to see you again. Are you staying for dinner?”
“No, sir. I think I’ll be heading home soon.”
“Call me Arthur. And that’s a shame, but I guess another time. How’s school been going?”
“It’s been alright, getting busier as practice exams are coming.” They continued to casually converse, even bantering from time to time as I chipped in. But I wondered at that moment, would my dad be this okay with her being over if he knew she was my girlfriend. Thoughts like this occasionally bothered my mind, but I didn’t know what to make of it.
I wasn’t sure where I got the courage to, but with the cover of the couch blocking it from Dad’s view, I reached over to Leah’s lap and interlocked our fingers together. She glanced to me quickly at the contact and I managed a nervous smile. Her lips widened into a grin as she squeezed my hand, then went back to focus on the conversation with my dad, all whilst holding my hand in hers.
Pride filled my chest, and even if my dad couldn’t see it, this was a step forward that I needed to take to show Leah that I wanted I was serious about us. I wanted to be open with our relationship. With her.