Once my eyes opened, I felt my heart tighten when I saw the unfamiliar surroundings. Then, as I was mid-panic, last night's events all came crashing down on me. The dinner date, coming back to Lia's home to share drinks, sitting down to watch a movie.
And, of course... Yeah. We, uh, we did stuff, huh?
My head was pounding. I rolled out of the foreign bed and waddled out of the room. The smell of pancakes hit my nostrils. Maybe it was the hangover, but all of my thoughts were fairly primal. "This smells good. There's a couch in front of me. What time is it?" Things like that.
All of them stopped when I found Lia. She was standing at the kitchen, in the middle of flipping a pancake. Don't get me wrong, that alone was impressive (with me being the horrible cook that I am), but more than that it was like the world suddenly became blurry, save for just her body. She was in a white negligee that left very little to the imagination but didn't fully show her butt from my angle. Instead, the fabric stopped just a tad bit above the start of her cute cheeks.
I rubbed my eyes and took a step forward. She saw me from her peripheral and smiled. I couldn't tell if it was because of her smile or the headache, but my knees felt weak.
"Morning." I shyly said, my voice sounding raspier and lower than usual.
"Morning." She replied with a bit of warmth and a slight chuckle. "You know, if you wanted to go another round, you could have found subtler ways to tell me."
"What?" I raised a brow. She giggled. With a grin, she pointed at my stomach.
Or at least, I thought she was pointing at my stomach. When I looked down, I understood what she meant.
"Fuck!" I quickly wrapped my arms around my bare chest. Yeah, I'd walked out of Lia's room and hadn't even bothered to put clothes on. I was fully naked.
"No no, don't hide them. Please, I like the view." I could tell she meant that as a tease though because she wasn't even looking at me, mostly focused on what she was cooking.
Sprinting away, with a throbbing head on top of things, I went back into Lia's room and picked my clothes up (though I did cringe a little putting my panties back on, they smelled like sex).
"Okay, take two?" I asked, re-emerging into the kitchen fully clothed.
"Morning!" Lia couldn't stop smiling.
"Morning." I let my head dip as I walked up to her. "What hour is it?"
"It's still pretty early. Nine."
"You think that's early?"
"It's early for me." She shrugged. "Here," leaving her station briefly, she skipped over to a counter behind her. There was a napkin with a pill on it and a cup of water. "Advil. I figure your head must be killing you. Next time, I'm sure as hell not letting you go so hard."
"There's going to be a "next time"?" I asked, gratefully picked up the pill, put it in my mouth, and let the river of cold water flood it into my stomach.
"Well, yeah, right?" Lia looked away, back at her cooking. "Did you enjoy the night?'
"... Honestly? I don't know."
That made her pause.
"What?"
"I don't know." I shrugged. "Everything is, uh, a little fuzzy. I remember what we did." I blushed because of course, I did. "But, I, well, I don't remember how it all felt." I looked away, feeling more embarrassed than I could remember recently. Well, besides last night I guess, but even then I was running on liquid courage.
A pair of soft, no, SUPER soft lips, pecked me on the cheek. I squeaked (because I just had to keep embarrassing myself) and when I looked back, I found Lia smiling softly, blushing a little in a way that was honestly adorable.
"I..." She hesitated. "It does suck that you don't remember whether you liked it. So, would you like to do something again?"
"Whoa." I held my hands up. "I... I don't think I can handle..."
"No!" She interrupted me. "I don't mean the drinks-related stuff. I mean the date. Would you, like, would you like to go out again? Do something?"
"Oh!" I laughed a little. "Oh."
"I mean, I get it if you don't." She looked away. "I mean, after all... I did basically take advantage of you. I, believe me, I get it if you think I'm gross or if you're disgusted with me, I... I'll respect any decision you want to make."
"What?"
"You were drunk." She told me. I could hear her voice turning sadder than I was used to. I think, in the short time I'd known this girl, she hadn't sounded like that before. "I shouldn't have touched you like that. I mean, some people are fine with that but you hadn't told me anything or... Sorry. Sorry, I know I fucked up, but..."
She was full-on rambling at this point. I heard her, but I was shocked. This entire time, this was weighing on her mind? Well, I guess I hadn't been clear enough. Because... Well, yeah.
I walked up to her and put my hands on her shoulders. She stopped talking.
"Um, sorry, but I had to stop you. Listen. You didn't... You didn't force yourself on me, or anything. I just want that to be clear."
"Oh?" She softly replied. "You're sure?"
I dropped my hands.
"Yeah, I'm... I'm pretty sure I'm attracted to you. Like, a lot. Or, very."
"O-Oh." I could hear her breathe a small sigh of relief.
"I just..." I breathed in. "I'm not used to this." I walked around and placed my back on her counter, leaning on it as I kept talking. "I don't do one-night-stands or... Whatever this is turning out to be. I'm..."
"Yeah?"
"I'm nervous," I admitted, looking away.
"Why?" She asked. "If anything, I'm the one who should be wondering if you'll ever want to talk to me again. I kinda fucked up, even if you say you don't mind."
"See, I don't get that." I shook my head. "Lia, I'm probably the most boring person you know. Even if I wasn't okay with last night's stuff you still wouldn't lose anything if I were to walk out of here and like, never come back or something."
"It's a shame you see things that way," Lia muttered.