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The following days left a pretty quiet Leon, which made for calmer evenings.
After her Monday shift, she stayed over again.
She was surprised by his somewhat solemn mood, not that it meant he didn't touch her. If anything, there was more contact during dinner; she was practically on his lap as they ate some takeout not from the pizzeria.
The last time she stayed over, they had not made love. There was some kissing and caressing, but then he held her close to him in bed with a wistful expression and he soon fell asleep. She had not minded the lack of physical activity.
The cuddling was quite nice, though it did make her a little worried about him.
Is the competition that bad?
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Tuesday morning, she awoke first, finding his face buried in her hair.
They were on their sides, her back to his chest as his arm was draped over her waist. Idly, her hand came up and stroked his arm, feeling the firmness of muscle and hard work in the limb.
I wonder how long he's been a performer.
He knew her career history thanks to the Kaleido Stage website, but she barely knew anything about his. I should look it up on Mia's laptop some time. She was quite curious what she'd find.
He stirred behind her. She stopped moving her hand.
"Did I wake you up?"
He shook his head against the pillow. "No, I was starting to awaken before you touched me."
She turned her head towards him. His bleary grey eyes blinked a few times and then noticed her looking over. He liked how his shirt looked on her as the bigger size on her smaller frame made the collar reveal some of her shoulder.
He kissed the revealed skin and then kissed her lips when she shifted a little more towards him. The arm along her waist went up along her body and cradled her head. She hummed into the deeper kiss and was a little disappointed when he pulled away too soon.
"I need to get you back," he said after looking at the clock on his nightstand.
She followed his previous glance at the clock and her eyes widened.
"It's that late?!"
He moved his arm out of the way as she kicked off the covers and rushed to the bathroom with her shoulder bag. He shook his head in amusement as his bathroom door closed none too gently.
"Just to clarify," came her muffled voice, "that was not a slamming door!"
His amusement ebbed a little. It might be one in the future.
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Sora quickly pecked his lips and then shot out of his car.
She jogged over to the dorms and then quickly, but quietly, took the staircase to her floor. We slept in longer than usual! She noticed a few girls walking down the hallway. She calmed herself and greeted them with a cheery "Good morning!"
She was going towards her room when she froze for a moment, spotting Mia in front of her door.
What's she doing there?!
They usually met up at the cafeteria. She cleared her throat and then called out a greeting to her friend.
Her friend's pigtails swished as she turned to Sora.
"Oh, I hadn't realized you were up already."
"Haha, yeah, I just couldn't sleep in anymore." More like the opposite!
Mia's eyes narrowed on something. "Sora, I think your shirt's on backwards...and inside out."
The redhead jumped a little, looking down at herself. Sure enough, the tag of her shirt was showing on the front. How could I have missed that?!
"Oh thanks! Haha!" Sora nervously rubbed her arm. "I guess I did need the lights on this morning!"
While Sora was laughing off the shirt issue, Mia spotted the sleeve of a shirt peeking out of Sora's shoulder bag. Why would she need another shirt with her?
An answer came to her, causing her blue-violet eyes to widen momentarily.
She quickly composed herself. "Ha-Haha! Yeah, I guess you did."
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After telling Sora she'd just meet her in the cafeteria, Mia quickly left the dorms, not knowing how long she could repress the reaction she had to Sora's appearance this morning.
Days ago, she had caught Leon and Sora kissing by the office building when she was coming by to pitch some new script ideas to the Boss. Of course, she had promptly left and went to tell Marion what she just saw, which the young girl had squealed and told her how she'd seen Leon talking with Sora after the Kids' Stage show a few times.
So she already knew that they were still interested in each other. She hadn't heard any new gossip about May and Leon, so she could only conclude that they stopped seeing each other.
Though, she didn't think she could tell Marion her new ideas.
The absentminded behavior in the cafeteria, the sudden joy and energy on the stage, plus today's inside out and backwards shirt with the change of clothing in her bag…
Her friend was getting pretty darn close and personal with a certain performer.
Mia let out a sound at the information. She quickly looked around the little park area and when she was satisfied to see the place empty, she let it out.
"She's sleeping at his place!"
The little sparrows in the area quickly flew out of the trees as the teen let out strange sounds.
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