A World Within a Home and Awkward Situations

Walking into Marie's room was like stepping into a whole new world compared to the rest of Stein's home. Over time Marie had made alterations little by little to make her room more to her liking. Marie was by no means ever ungrateful for the place she had been given to stay as it had been before but she was delighted when Stein had given her the go-ahead to decorate her room as she pleased. The patchwork themed bedspread had been replaced by warm light caramel colored bedding. The billowy comforter, sheets, and bed skirt were patterned with daisies and sunflowers. The once single grey pillow had been replaced with three separate pillows. Two of the pillows were small daisy shaped pillows and the third was a regular pillow with a soft butter cookie yellow case on it…it actually smelled a bit like butter cookies in her room.

"Probably one of Marie's candles." Stein thought.

Marie was very fond of candles which one could see by the large variety she had inside a small white cabinet she had bought. She almost always lit one before she went to bed which had never made much sense to Stein until Marie had explained it to him. He wondered why somebody would turn a light on before going to bed.

"It's very relaxing to me." Marie had explained "I love the soft glow it gives off. It feels so warm and gentle like someone is smiling at me. The soft light it gives off just makes everything feel quiet and sleepy. It just really is a nice way to fall asleep."

Marie had also taken the time to paint her once grey walls a warm and relaxing yellow cream custard color and had also added some small flowering plants here and there in her room.

"Look at the sun today. He's high in the sky baking everyone with his summer heat…but I guess everyone loves the summer sun too! Just look at his face. He looks like he's showing off." Marie said smilingly looking out the window.

Showing off. That made Stein think of that whole talk with Spirit again. Another thing Stein had noticed about a lot of girls is that they loved a boyfriend who was super proud of them and went off telling everyone "Hey! _ is my new girlfriend!". Well if that's what a girl was going to want him to do then Stein knew he definitely wasn't the material for that. That was something that Spirit would do; run around and tell everyone about his hot new girlfriend. Stein mentally rolled his eyes. A girl would probably say to him "You're embarrassed of me! That's why you won't show me off!" or maybe she'd say "Awww you just want to lay low because you know that it's just about you and me." Stein knew that if a girl told him either of those things, thinking that that's how he felt, that they wouldn't be true; he just wouldn't brag a girl up because he wouldn't care about doing it.

"Stein?" Marie asked gently.

"Yes?" he replied.

"You seem really out of it lately…why don't you sit down." She said softly as she had a seat on her bed.

Stein sat down next to her somewhat uncomfortably. It wasn't emotional discomfort because Stein was rarely one to get nervous; it was physical discomfort from the lingering tightness in his pants. He shifted.

"So what's going on Stein? Are you ok?" Marie asked with concern.

Stein was also rather amazed and confused by the amount of concern Marie had for him. Of course when he was partners with Spirit they looked out for each other and Spirit kept an eye on his madness but the way Marie cared about him was just different.

"I'm fine. Something odd Spirit said has just had me thinking a bit is all" Stein offered, deciding to tell a bit of the truth.

"What did he say?" Marie asked.

Of course she would ask.

"We just had a talk about his relationship with Kami." Stein answered plainly.

"Why would that make you think? Normally you don't even respond to Spirit's antics so why is this any different?" Marie questioned. She was really digging deeper...and she wasn't even trying!

"I'm not sure. It wasn't anything special." Stein replied. He wanted to keep this talk simple and more or less ambiguous rather than bull-shitting his way through it.

He shifted from the tightness in his groin. Bad move. The small movement was enough for Marie to detect some degree of dishonesty in him.

"You don't have to hide things from me Stein. Really. I've dealt with you trying to cut me open before. This really can't be any more unusual than that can it?" Marie said with slight agitation at the beginning fading into a somewhat amused tone at the last line.

Damn his fast moving thoughts.

The word "cut" had originally registered as dissection in Stein's mind but quickly it turned to him noticing the low "cut" of Marie's shirt. His scientifically wired mind began to break down the "low cut shirt scenario" by mentally undressing Marie's upper half.

Dammit! Now he was just as hard if not harder than he was before.

"Stein?" Marie asked with a concerned tone. She leaned over toward him and her large soft breasts pressed together. He could see the sheer glisten of sweat on the swell of them.

"If it was important I would tell you Marie. It's not though. I appreciate your concern. I have work to get back to now." Stein said standing sharply.

He had to get out of here before things got any worse than they already were.

"But…" Marie said softly.

Stein ignored her as he made his way out the door and toward the edge of the staircase.

"Stein wait! I—ah!"

She tripped. She tripped on nothing in fact. If Stein had had time to think of how illogical it was it would have irritated him but he barely had enough time to glance over his shoulder as he saw a wide eyed Marie falling toward him. Then they were falling. Falling down the stairs with several "eeps!" from Marie and almost nothing from Stein.

When they finally reached the bottom, Stein groaned at the pain of his head hitting the hard floor. His eyes were closed only for a moment before they shot open again as he recognized an unfamiliar pressure between his legs. A huge sweat drop appeared on his forehead as he saw Marie sprawled out on top of him. He bit his tongue as he felt her crotch pressing up against the bulge in his pants.

"Mmmmnnn" Marie sighed out softly as her eyes opened slowly.

"St-Stein! I'm so sorry for knocking you down!" Marie shouted blushing.

Now this really was Marie; she didn't even realize what position they were in yet.

"It's fine." Stein managed to say.

Hell no it wasn't ok

1…2…3

"Ah!" she cried.

Now she got it…that she was lying on top of him; her whole face turned red.

"I-I'll get up!" she stammered.

As she pushed herself up by her arms, the space between her legs pressed even harder up against his groin and her full breasts hung above his face.

This was ridiculous.

"Th-there! Haha sorry Stein!" she said rubbing the back of her head.

1…2…3

"Oh I'm sorry!" she cried out.

Of course only now did she realize she was still sitting RIGHT THERE.

She began to lift her body from him and in the process wondered for a moment what was poking her thigh but she quickly brushed the thought aside and hung her head in embarrassment; Stein let out a huge breath of relief.

"Are you ok?" Marie asked in a small but concerned voice after a long awkward pause.

"Yes I'm fine." Stein answered sitting up rigidly.

"Oh…ok good…" Marie answered pitifully; she really was embarrassed.

"Marie?" Stein said.

"Yes?" she asked with more confidence in her voice this time.

"Do you still want to know more about what I talked about with Spirit?" Stein said very quietly with his silver hair covering his eyes.

Marie's eye widened. Stein turned the screw in his head.

"Yes…" she answered.

(A/N: Next chapter might be a lemon…not sure yet…I really hope you're enjoying this fic everyone! :D )