Unison Chapter 14- Unpack Your Heart TEASER
Have a teaser, ya’ll deserve it. I left you hanging for far to long.
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"Ed, seriously, you need to talk to someone about your shitty hot water tank. It barely last a whole shower." Adi shuttered, wrapping the towel around herself tighter.
"It probably would if we just showered and nothing else."
She blew a raspberry as she brushed her hair, "What fun is that. You have all that extra room, why not use it."
"We also have a perfectly good bed. We can use that. Plus in the bed you don't feel weirdly dry even though everything is so wet." I shook my head, "I just don't get it."
"It washes away the natural lubricant that's produced. Besides, we can do both. I just like the warm steam. It's like a warm hug."
I smiled, knowing her affinity for hot showers. "Yeah, I'll call tomorrow about it."
She smiled and walked off into the bedroom. I looked around the apartment, at how different things have looked, now that she was staying here more often. A little smile played across my lips. She was nesting. I wasn't even sure if she realised it. It started out small. Some clothes at first. Then some small decorations since I still hadn't really went and bought anything, outside of the furniture. She had started cooking. Or, at least trying to cook. She came back one day, a giant smile on her face, clutching a new cookbook she had bought.
"I'm sure you're probably sick of eating take out all the time. So I thought I'd get this and try my hand at cooking again. Maybe with this, and youtube, I won't burn the place down."
I was surprised that she had decided to stay here more. Yet, ever so slowly doubt started to creep in. Was she just staying here to keep tabs on me? To make sure I was staying clean like I said I was? There was nights I could hear her, tossing and turning. Little moans coming from her. Other nights she was dead still. Was those the nights she was laying awake, just pretending to sleep, those worries running through her brain. I finally plucked up the courage and asked.
"I don't mean to sound ungrateful but...why suddenly have you decided to stay here so much? Is it to make sure I'm staying sober?"
I watched her tongue run across her lips before she spoke. Was it for the lies to come out easier?
"I can see why you'd think that. Especially since I'm always going on about how independent I am. But, no. That's not why. You'd do that whether I was staying with you or not. I trust you." She sighed, "Yeah sometimes it does sneak up on me and there's this ache. An ache because someone took advantage. That you felt like that was the only escape. That you felt such a deep level of despair. It just hurts. To feel so alone...I just, didn't want you to feel alone anymore. I'm your partner and I guess I was just worried that my independence would make you feel alone again..."
I just stared at her. This magnificent, beautiful person. Who could just abandon her without a single word? After everything I told her, she looked past it and still wanted what she thought was best for me. A little guilty crept in. How much of a burden had I laid on her shoulders? On top of the one's I know she's already carrying.
That night, I held her so tight as she slept. My face buried in her hair, in hopes she couldn't hear or feel my tears. I felt so lucky to have her. To had found someone so understanding. So empathetic. Did I deserve her? No. Absolutely not. But I knew I wanted to make her feel appreciated and loved every single day I had her.
