"Sooooo, Bir baby.." Nora leans over on me as soon as the door closes.
"What?" I ask, pinching her hand, which is creeping up my stomach.
"We're all alone now~ What do you wanna do..?"
"Noooora." I roll my eyes dramatically, letting my accent thicken up as I say her name- because I know this will make her listen. It's her weakness.
"Oooh, baby, I love it when you say my name.." I was wrong. She grins even wider.
"Nora. Down, girl." I push her hands off.
And her hand digs into the fabric of my sweater. "You know, polyamory is a thing."
I squirm. "T-Tino's yer cousin. I don't think he'll be okay with that."
She smacks her teeth. "We're not actually related. It's a figure of speech."
"What do you mean?"
She shrugs. "We were best friends in middle school and high school. We literally lived together. We pretty much were cousins. At least that's what we told everyone."
I tilt my head. This is news. "What happened, then?"
"He got new friends in college. Didn't have time for me anymore."
I frown. "I'm sorry." Thinking back on it now, it makes a bit more sense. Why she was so angry.. "Do you miss him?"
"Of course. Don't be stupid."
"Did you like him?"
Her face flushes. "Why are you asking me all of this..? I don't know."
"W-Well, you were the one who suggested.."
"Yes! I liked him." She spits, then buries her face in my sweater.
I'm quiet for a minute, then I speak. "I think I would be okay with it."
She looks up. "Really? I was j-just kidding, but..!"
"I can't promise anything. We'd have to talk to Tino first."
She moves so she's sitting in my lap. "If he won't share you, I'll kill him."
I laugh. "Nora. You can't kill Tino."
"He'd better share, then!" She grins devilishly, kissing me hard.
"Mmf!" I laugh, tilting my head away. "Nora! That's not a friendship kiss!"
"I know. I'm so bad. I need a spanking."
"NOR." I shove her off of me, onto the couch. "Shush! Otherwise, you're sleeping there!"
"Okayyyy, I'll behave." She grins, then wraps her legs around my waist. "Call Tino."
"He just left." I groan, prying her off. "Call him later, then!"
"I will!" I sigh, rolling my eyes.
"Innnn the meantime.. Let's do something."
"No."
"Not like that, Bir!" She sits up, hugging me. "I meant like.. Go out! Like to the movies!"
I shrug. "Can we go to the mall, actually? I have some stuff I'd like to get."
"Sure!" She kisses my cheek, grinning. "I can drive." She jumps up, grabbing her keys off of the kitchen table. "Are you ready?"
"I mean.. Yeah." I shrug, then remember. "It's cold out."
"Uh, duh. It is February, babe." She stares at me.
"Scarf." I say, then grab my coat and fluffy scarf. "Now I'm ready."
"'kay hun." She grabs my arm, then politely escorts me outside to her car. And by politely, I mean she literally drags me as quick as she can.
"Holy SHIT it's cold as balls!" She groans as she gets in.
I calmly get in, sighing. "I don't think those are cold.."
"How would you know, have you ever felt them?!"
"Erm, no-" I blink, shaking my head.
"That's what I thought!"
"Have you?"
"Have I what, babe?"
"F-Felt.. Them..?"
"Nah."
I squint. "Alright."
She tugs the pack of cigarettes from her jacket, and takes one out before starting the car and pulling out.
"Bir, can you light me?"
"Huh? Yeah.." I shrug, digging in the console for her lighter, then flick it on.
She purses her lips till the cigarette meets the flame, then grins. "Th'nk ya."
"Yeah." I shove the lighter back in the console, then lean back in my seat as she drives.
"Whatcha gettin' at the mall?" She asks, tapping her ashes in the cup holder tray. She isn't actually a habitual smoker, I know, she does it for looks.
I tell her not to sometimes. Not like she listens.
"Uh, just a hoodie.. There's a new Supernatural one at .."
"Ah, no way!" She grins. "Hopefully they have two in stock. I need a new hoodie, honestly."
"I mean.. They should.." I mumble.
"Oh! Dang, I needed to go to the mall toooooo, I was gonna see if they had any new Deadpool comics.."
"Yesssss, me too..." I nod, turning up the heater.
"Oh, hey, did I tell you what I found?"
"No, whaddja find?"
"Look in the CD holder."
I reach above my head, peeking at all the CDs. There's pretty much every Fall Out Boy CD ever, a Panic! At The Disco CD, and the ABBA CD she keeps in here for me ..
"What is it?"
"Oh my god, stupid, look at the LAST CD!"
I huff, then pull the last CD out. "Nora! Is this!"
"LOL, no listen, that's the first mixed tape Tino EVER put out. Some of the songs are a little shitty, but some of them are pretty okay."
"How old is this!?"
"Like 6 years old, no lie."
"Can I put it in?"
"That's what he said."
"Well, can I?!" I groan, waving the CD.
"Of course, babe." She grins, pointing at the CD player, and I put it in.
Immediately, Tino's sugary voice fills the car. It's so weird - because he sings about things like death and hurt- but his voice is so cheery.
"UGH, this song is SO gooooood." She taps her fingers on the wheel in time with the drum, practically screaming along the lyrics.
After that song ends, and she's practically out of breath, I finally speak. "Nora, if you don't let me download these songs, I will literally hurt you."
She laughs, finally stopping the car in the parking lot of the mall. "I was gonna! Why do you think I told you?"
I shrug, tugging my scarf over my nose as she turns the car off, getting out. I meet her in front of the car, already freezing. "'s go."
She grabs my hand, tugging me inside of the mall entrance. "Okay, I'm gonna go to the comic book store- you head over to Hot Topic, 'kay?"
I shrug. "Yeah. Meet me at t' food court."
"Alright, babe." She grins, kissing my cheek, then running off.
I jam my hands in my pockets, wiggling my nose to push my glasses up.
And suddenly, I'm on the floor.
"Ah, christ- I'm sorry!"
I blink, then slowly sit up. A blond man with spiky hair stands over me, frowning. "I'd offer to help you up.. But.." He waves his arm, which is in a sling. "I'm a little off-balance."
I manage a smile, scraping myself off the floor. "It's alright. Shoulda looked where I was goin'."
He laughed, loudly. "No, it's my fault, really." He glances away.
"Uh, yeah. Sorry.. Bye." I wave, going off again.
"Oh, wait!"
I stop suddenly, and turn. "Huh?"
"Do you.. Uh, know where the Hot Topic is here..? I'm kinda new. And this mall is HUGE." He laughs again.
"I was just going there.." I shrug. "I could lead you, I guess."
"Thank you!" He grabs my hand with his free one, shaking it enthusiastically. "My name is Matthias!"
I raise an eyebrow. "Matthias?" I've heard this before. "I'm Birgit."
He laughs for a third time, in like, under a minute. "Birgit? A lotta Birgits around here, I'll say. My friend Tino is dating a girl named Birgit."
"I'm dating someone called Tino.." I say slowly. "He's in a band." It clicks. "Are you Matthias Kohler? You're his bandmate?"
He gasps, then chuckles. "Yeah! That's me, the one and only!" He picks up a strand of my hair, grinning. "Tino said you were pretty, but WHOOO! He didn't say you were this pretty!"
My face flushes. "Uh.."
"Sorry." He laughs. "We were going to Hot Topic..?"
"Yeah." I nod quickly, pointing in front of us. "Follow me."
I start walking, staying silent until we reach the store.
"Whoa! The store here is much bigger than the one back home.."
I shrug. "Uh, yeah." I glance around, before going to the band shirts. I want to ditch this guy. He seems creepy, and .. Stupid.
Buttttt, he follows right behind me, watching as I pick up a shirt.
"Whoa! You like The 1975!? I love them!" He punches my arm, and I glare at him.
"Ah, sorry-" He waves his hands, sweating nervously.
"Stop touching me." I stare at him.
"Sorry!"
I sigh heavily, putting the shirt over my arm, then continue my search for the SPN hoodie. Which is on the other side of the room.
I grab the biggest one they have, then freeze as I glance over my shoulder.
"Is.. Is there a reason why yer still followin' me?"
Matthias shuffles, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'm.. I'm being annoying, aren't I? I'm sorry, I just.. Literally just moved here. I have no idea where anything is, and I hate being alone. And.. I dunno, I thought since you were Tino's girlfriend, you could hang out with me for a while.."
I blink, feeling a little guilty. "Uh.. Yeah. Sorry. That's fine." I sigh, pointing to the register. "I have what I need, so I'm going to check out. But I can wait on you for a while you get yer stuff."
He gives me the biggest grin I've ever seen. "Thank you! I'll be quick!"
I roll my eyes, going to the line.
He finishes grabbing things as soon as I get out of line, so I stand by the door to wait for him, practically burning a hole in my watch as I stared at it.
He skipped out, smiling. "Done! Thank you for waiting!"
"Yeah.. I-I have to meet up with someone.." I look away awkwardly, pointing to the comic book store.
"Oh! Who?"
I retrain myself from hitting him, then sigh. "My friend I came here with. Nora."
He claps. "You mean Tino's cousin!?"
"Yeah.." I nod slowly, then go off, hoping he'll leave, but he's still right behind me.
Nora's at the door, walking out. She waves, grinning. "Bir!"
I scream with my eyes. "Heyyyy, Nora.." I glance back at Matthias. "This is Nora. Nora, this is Matthias. Wait, I bet you knew that."
"Duh." She shrugs, then skips over to him, shaking his hand. "How's it going? I'm Nora, as aforementioned."
"Hi! It's nice to finally meet you! Tino talks about you a lot!"
Nora tilts her head. "Does he now?"
"YEAH! He's told us SOOO many stories.."
She grimaces. "Huh."
He grins widely. "Anyways! If you guys are done, do you wanna get food with me? I'm STARVING!"
"Sure.." I mumble, and we follow him off.