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“And to give you this,” he answered, handing over a gift bag I hadn’t really paid much attention to before as he added, “Consider it an apology.”
Now that it was in my hands, I was anxious to see what was inside. But not without first asking, “Apology?”
“Yeah,” Lance responded with a nod, moving to stand right in front of me where he shared, “As crazy as it sounds, Ahmad was the one who helped me realize just how immature I was acting about this whole job thing. And knowing how important this is to you, that shit wasn’t cool at all. So I’m sorry.”
His words were unexpected, but also so appreciated, the fact that Ahmad of all people was involved making it easy for me to smile as I muttered, “I knew I liked him for a reason.”
“He’s also the one who suggested the shoes,” Lance mentioned, only for me to frown when I repeated, “Shoes?”
“Aww damn. I guess I kinda ruined the surprise.”
The surprise wasn’t ruined at all. In fact, I was only more anxious to see what shoes he was talking about when I created some space between us so that I could dig into the bag. And once I did, it didn’t even take me opening the box to know what was inside, my eyes going wide as I squealed, “Oh myfuckin’goodness. You got me the Diors?!”
“Had to go big for my baby,” he insisted with the most adorable grin as I finally opened the box so that I could lay eyes on the sneakers I’d been thinking about since the day I’d sold Lance his pair. And once I saw them, I couldn’t help but smile with all my teeth, eventually putting the shoebox to the side so that I could throw my arms around Lance’s neck in a hug so tight it made him laugh as he asked, “So this means you accept my apology, right?”
“Of course I do,” I replied, pulling back just enough to find his eyes so that I could tell him, “And I’m sorry too.”
Frowning confusedly, he asked, “What you sorry for?”
“For hurting your feelings,” I answered softly. “And for making a run for it just because we had a fight.”
Amusedly, Lance insisted, “You can run all you want to, Yani. Just know I’m always comin’ to catch you. Even if that means hopping on a plane right after a game to chase your ass clear across the country.”
With how busy I’d been with everything regarding the move, I’d kind of forgotten he’d even had a game today. But honestly, that only made his visit even more meaningful, my eyes filling with happy tears when I admitted, “I can’t believe you’re really here.”
“Well believe it, baby,” he responded, tightening his hug as proof and then burying his face against my neck where he groaned, “I missed you so fuckin’ much.”
“I missed you too,” I sighed, embracing every bit of his muscular body being wrapped around mine for the first time in far too long. And only because I knew we didn’t have enough time to really do it like I wanted to -like I needed to- was I not dragging his ass back to my bedroom, keeping it clean when I mentioned, “So you know we gotta take the corny couple picture with our matching kicks, right?”
“It’ll have to be another day,” he responded. “The only shoes I got with me are the ones on my feet.”
“We can do it next weekend when I’m back in town to cheer you on in the playoffs,” I suggested, Lance’s eyebrows shooting up a bit when he asked, “Wait. You’re really gonna come to my game?”
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Especially after you flew your ass all the way out here just to come see me, causewhat?”
That shit was still a shock to me; wouldforeverbe a shock to me. But in the same way I’d been able to make sense of things regarding us, it was clear Lance had to, smiling proudly as he filled in, “Cause I love you, Yani. That’s what.”
“And I love you too, Lance,” I replied giddily, pecking his lips with another kiss just as we heard a knock on the door. And since I already knew what I was about to do, it only felt fair for me to warn, “So… shit is about to getreallyweird,reallyfast. You ready?”
I could tell Lance was confused, but he nodded anyway as I removed myself from his hold to go answer the door. And with the condom back in my hand, I yanked it open, giving both of my parents a death stare when I asked, “Are y’all having sex, yes or no?”
