| “You seem pleased”, Catherine comments almost immediately as I enter our dorm. I do definitely feel like I am glowing. | |
| “I had a wonderful date.” | |
| I can see she is in her usual spot, lounging on the sofa, “Wasn’t it not…?” she inquires. | |
| “Yes.” | |
| “And it was…?” | |
| “Yes.” | |
| “Huh, well grats I guess. So what happened?” She sits up and aligns herself better for a conversation. | |
| I still feel giddy, I quickly jump into the adjacent sofa, “She took me to the park nearby, we first went to Shinobazu Pond and it’s so pretty, the flowers were all in bloom, I think it was her first time being there too, and then there was zoo Catherine, with animals of all sorts, I saw a panda bear! It was so adorable I never knew a bear could look like that. There were monkeys, an elephant, they had otters, Catherine, Otters!” Oh god they were so cute and they were so close to us. | |
| Catherine blinks, how is she not impressed? “Cool?” | |
| “They had Otters.” | |
| “Umm, right that’s cool sorry I wasn’t prepared for you, Claire, an adult to lose her shit over going to a zoo.” | |
| Why I never… “Of course I would love to go see a zoo, who wouldn't? The animals were cute, or majestic. They had a tiger, it was so big…” | |
| Catherine laughs, “That’s great really, sorry you're right. I think. It’s just easy to get jaded over the simple things.” | |
| “There is nothing simple about a zoo, Catherine.” | |
| She just chuckles, “It’s relative, don’t worry about it, how was the rest of the day?” | |
| “We got lunch there and then we went back to her room, she finally showed me a video game for the first time.” | |
| Catherine’s face scrunches, clearly unimpressed with that prospect, “Really?” | |
| “It was lovely Catherine!” | |
| “Okay, okay, what game did she show you?” | |
| “Persona 5.” | |
| Catherine snorts, “What a nerd.” | |
| “Catherine!” | |
| “Sorry, she is, it’s just funny.” | |
| “I wanted to see it for so long now, she has been telling me about them our entire life and I finally got to see what she was talking about. It's ridiculous how much I couldn’t even picture what it was like. She even let me play it myself!” | |
| Catherine nods, not laughing anymore but she still has a silly smirk on her face, “So you had fun?” | |
| “Yes.” | |
| “Good, wow,” she says quietly to herself, “Anything else happened?” | |
| Yes | |
| “I don’t know if I should say…” | |
| “Oh come on Claire, you have to say now, what did you do?” She is curious now. | |
| “Hmm, what makes you think I did something?” | |
| “Really?” She raised her brow, “You act like I haven’t had to listen to you two for the last week, girl you are thirsty.” | |
| Excuse me? “Thirsty?” | |
| “Like Rae is a tall drink of water and you are dying in a desert.” | |
| “Oh…” | |
| “Am I wrong?” | |
| She isn't. If I could drink deep of Rae— | |
| CLAIRE! Not now! | |
| “Fine yes… I kissed her… a lot.” I know I have the silliest smile on my face right now but I can’t help it. I kissed Rae. I kissed my wife. I kissed my newly anointed girlfriend. | |
| “Damn you had a mission girl.” | |
| I can’t help but giggle. | |
| “Soooo what? You two are dating now? Again?” | |
| “Yes, she walked me home and we talked about it, she wants this too, she just doesn’t want to be public about it.” | |
| “Makes sense. I’m happy for you.” Catherine looks happy for me, proud of me. | |
| “Thanks Catherine.” | |
| This is perfect, Everything is going right. We are together again, I can make her happy, I can make sure this life is a good one. Like our last one. I don’t know how that future will play out yet, I still have so much to understand about how this world works but I can do this. | |
| I can make sure our life is perfect. | |