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I smiled, liking far too much that he didn’t want to leave just yet. “Sounds good. What do you feel like?”
He sighed as he rubbed my back. “Chicken souvlaki, salad, and fries.”
I laughed and sat up so I could see his face. “That was very specific.”
He grinned. “You did ask. What do you feel like?”
“Chicken souvlaki, salad, and fries. Now that you mention it.”
Now he laughed. “Perfect. I know a place.”
He ordered it and we got dressed, falling onto the couch, my head on his chest, his arm around me, and we watched the end of some black-and-white movie.
It was crazy that we were comfortable with each other from the very start. I felt like I’d known him for years, not weeks. Yet, I still knew so very little about him.
“What music do you have on your playlists?” I asked.
“A mix, mostly. I have easy chill music for my store, though we tend to take it in turns. What’s yours?”
“Depends on my mood. My middle-aged-gay era is leaning toward a lot of musical soundtracks.”
“Bold choice.”
I chuckled. “Name of your bucket-list concert?”
“Are we playing twenty questions?”
“Yes. I’m trying to find a flaw.”
He laughed. “A flaw? I have many.”
“Name them.”
He groaned a drawn-out, almost-pained sound. “Jeez. Um. I get fixated.”
“Like a stalker?”
He laughed again. “No. God, no. I mean with my work. My business is my priority.”
I sat up, took his hand, and met his eyes. “It should be. It’s your dream, right?”
He nodded.
“Then you should prioritise it. It’s also your income and financial investment. It should be a priority. I’m sorry your ex didn’t see that.”
He squeezed my hand and studied my fingers for a long moment. “Thank you.” Then he sighed. “Maybe you won’t see it that way when you want to do something one day and I can’t go with you.”
“Thinking about our future?”
His gaze shot to mine. “Oh, well no. I didn’t mean... I just meant hypothetically speaking... should we make it that far.”
I laughed, and lifting our joined hands to my lips, I kissed his knuckles. “I already named our hypothetical future cats, remember?”
A smile won out. “Meatball and Spaghetti. How could I forget? And just so you know, I’m one hundred percent okay with you naming our hypothetical future cats.”
I sighed, trying to ignore the way my heart was thrumming. “And just soyouknow, I’ve never named hypothetical cats with anyone before. Never even came close.”
His smile was sweet and a little uncertain. “It’s crazy, right? This? I don’t know why it feels so right with you. And maybe it is way too premature to be admitting that. I thought maybe because it’d been a while since anyone had taken an interest in me...” Then he grimaced. “Well, that’s not true. Since I’ve taken an interest in anyone.”
