Rising Shards

My energy was gone by the time I got back to the apartment, choosing to lie down on the couch with my face down as soon as I got back.

“You should probably get changed, if you stay there dressed like that, you’re going to fall asleep in your jeans.” Evy said.

“Truuuue,” I somehow got changed into my pajamas. Evy was on the couch when I got back so I had her adjust her spot so I could lie on top of her with my tummy draped over her knees.

When she got back, Evy was sitting on the couch watching TV. Stella made Evy scoot to the center of the couch and crawled on top of her until her tummy was on Evy’s knees.

“You beat?” Evy asked, lightly massaging my back.

“Mhmmm.” I said.

“Well, you made it through orientation,” Evy said. “Want to quit yet?”

“Nah,” I said. “Penteldtam’s a lot, but kind of a funny a lot? Plus, this library seems really interesting. Both the main one and the girls’ dorm one. So libraries I guess. Plus, I kind of got a thing for a teacher there.”

“Oh yeah?” Evy asked.

“Yeah, there’s this hot science teacher I’d really like to get to know more.” I said.

“Hmm, you maybe have a shot,” Evy said. “I, meanwhile, have my eyes on a gorgeous librarian who just got a job there.”

“Ohhh, I think I know who you’re talking about,” I said. “I can get you in touch.”

“I think I’d like to get in touch with her right now.” Evy said, grabbing a handful of my ass.

“Hey!” I giggled. “Don’t catch me off guard like that when you’re doing the nice soft back rub.”

“It’s your fault for having such a cute ass.” Evy said.

“Don’t say it like that!” I said, laughing deeply. I rolled over to look up at Evy. I traced her jawline and felt amazement that I got to share this place with such a lovely and beautiful person.

“I still can’t believe you guys went to a mat ball game.” I said.

“We maybe would have seen the whole thing if the food there wasn’t obscenely expensive.” Evy said.  “I think Zeta took all that well, all things considered. The us part, not the mat ball.”

“I’m surprised you told her.” I said.

“Are you?” Evy said. “And I didn’t really tell her. She…well, she had some help from Marne’s stupid hidmarble, but she figured it out and made me fess up. But she thought I was hiding a rare Cani tail disease from her.”

“Yeah, she does that. That damn 3WMB…” I said, wondering if I would need to have a talk with Zeta about that website. “I’m glad she knows, though. My plan was just to wait it out for her to notice then fess up if I couldn't work up the nerve to say it.”

“It wouldn’t take her long. But I didn’t want her to think my presence meant she had a terminal illness all the time.” Evy said. “So, overall, how’d I do?”

"You did so much better with her than...a lot of them." I said. "Like you know, exes and stuff..." I sat up to embrace her.

“Hey…” Evy said, catching that I was having another overwhelmed with emotion moment. “This usually the point where they cut and run?”

I nodded.

“Or they’re a huge jerk to Zeta or let out a bunch of other red flags all at once,” I said. “One told her ‘I’m just trying to get into your sister’s pants, so stay the hell away from me.’”

“Wow,” Evy said. “You know, I could’ve said the same thing.”

“Shut up,” I grinned. I lost myself in her eyes for a bit, in brushing her hair, and then in kissing her.

“I wanna treat you. Let’s go get ice cream or something.” I said.

“We got Ultra Taco today; do you want to go get food out twice?” Evy asked.

“Eh, good point.” I said.

“Now I know Zeta’s order too so if we need a fast food night, I know what to do,” Evy said. “One Deluxe Crunch Burrito Maximus, no tomato, two Cheesy Deluxe Bit Boxes, and a small thing of CinnaChunks. Oh, and a medium ColaBlu.”

“You remembered that already?” I asked. “You really remember it?” I felt as soft as melted ice cream as that made me bawl.

“Whoa, hey,” Evy said. “Are you crying over your baby sister’s regular Ultra Taco order?”

“No, I’m crying that you care enough to remember it,” I said. “Can I just say that you doing this well taking care of her is immensely attractive to me? Can I say that out loud?”

“I’m not going to stop you, Stel.” Evy said.

“It means the world to me, baby.” I said.

After I cried out the rest of my cries, somehow having a lot more cry in me than I thought about everything, I really wanted to do something for Evy. “What do you want tonight? Anything, really.”

“I just want to be here with you. That makes me happy.” Evy said.

“You got it.” I said. We held hands as we nuzzled a bit more. “I’m beat from today, so that’s perfect. Tomorrow I’ll have more energy.”

“Me too.”

“So tomorrow I’ll give you another big reward,” I said.

“Considering how much we do it, do we need to map it out like that?” Evy asked.

“Well, it gives me something to look forward to.” I said. “You gotta have things to look forward to, after all.”

“I’ll give you your own big reward tomorrow then.” Evy said. “So you have something else to look forward to.”

We were drifting off to sleep together, both of us having been through trials that day, and both of us coming through them stronger.

“Mutual big rewards will be given.” I said softly.