I press my lips together and let her process.
“Okay.” She logs into her work and says it two more times before she looks back at me. “We will talk about this later. I love you. I want you to be happy. But I am not going to call you my aunt.”
I laugh at that. “I sleep with him Kita. I don’t think he’s planning on proposing.”
The look she gives me actually makes me stop laughing. “You talk to him every day, he’s seen you without your clothes on and you’ve…done things. If he doesn’t want to make you my aunt, he’s a fucking idiot and I will tell him as much.”
“Two things. First, you are contradicting yourself so much there. Second… I need you to keep this a secret for me.”
She makes a strangled noise and I say, “Please. I’ll tell him you know and you can say whatever you need to to him. Butin private.”
“Fine. But only because I love you.”
“Love you too. Have fun at work.” I blow her a kiss and she catches it.
“I will not be returning the sentiment anymore!”
I leave her and I don’t pull out my comm until I’m back in the corridors and have found a place to sit where I can keep my screen to the wall behind me.
There are messages waiting.
I am so sorry.
I never meant to encroach on your real life without permission.
Exhaling, I decide how I want to respond to that. The cat is out of the bag… not that they have cats on the station.
You are a part of my real life. Besides, how could you know? I didn’t.
I still feel like I should have done something to spare you that.
Which part?
Having to pretend like you didn’t know me.
I should have opened the profile before now. I should never have let him think I didn’t want to know who he is.
It was the* very* specific company that was the problem. If Agan hadn’t been there, I might have done something ridiculous like maul you right there in the corridor, and then you’d have to have me arrested for indecency, or at the very least assault.
Only Agan?
Kita knows what I do. Agan doesn’t.
That’s probably for the best.
And now that I know who you are, Kita also does… I’ve never given her any of the specifics of our interactions, but… she might be traumatized.
Poor Kita.
I did notice that you didn’t seem to want to be around Agan.
I hesitate before I tap out the next part.
He’s been more and more of a jerk lately.
I was informed this morning that it’s been worse since he knows I don’t have a crush on him anymore.
He doesn’t respond, and I know how it probably sounded.
