A/N: Happy New Year! I hope 2021 is good to you all. Sorry it's been awhile since I've updated.
Anyways, here is some Omegest-centric cuteness before the drama starts. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Clarity
Chapter 2: Times Like These
Jennifer opened her eyes. She looked over to the right side of the bed and saw that Kenny was no longer occupying that side. She grabbed her phone off the bedside table nearest to her side and looked at the time. It was 11:15am.
She shed the covers off of her and got out of the bed. She found some shredded pieces of clothing that were tossed on the floor and put them on over her naked form. So, she found Kenny's t-shirt and her leggings from last night to put on for the time being.
She went down the stairs and saw that he was on the phone. He was probably discussing business for the AEW Games. He was one of the people in charge of the development for the upcoming games, so that took up ninety-five percent of his time it seemed like. Not wanting to disrupt him, she went into the kitchen and rummaged through his cabinets for something to eat.
She settled on cereal. She poured herself some cereal with milk. She decided to sit down at the kitchen table and eat her breakfast, lunch, brunch, whatever you want to say at 11:30am. She logged onto twitter while she ate. She liked and retweeted some tweets some fans had tagged her in on twitter. She decided to do a Q&A to kill some time.
thisjenisthebest: Hey, so I haven't done one of these in awhile. Doing a Q&A. Bring on your best questions.
Username 1: How do you feel about Kenny and Hangman no longer being the AEW tag team champions?
thisjenisthebest: I'm heartbroken. *broken heart emoji*
Username 2: Did you want Mox or MJF to win last night?
thisjenisthebest: Mox, definitely.
Username 3: Are you going to be on team Kenny or team Hangman if they wrestle?
thisjenisthebest: I refuse to answer that question.
Username 4: When are you going to wrestle again?
thisjenisthebest: Not sure.
Username 5: Your favorite female in AEW?
thisjenisthebest: Abadon. Love her character work.
Username 6: Are you mad at Kenny for how he acted last night?
thisjenisthebest: Super mad. *angry face emoji* I'm going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him.
Username 7: A good show to binge watch?
thisjenisthebest: I would recommend The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.
Username 8: Favorite thing to do at the gym?
thisjenisthebest: Lifting weights. It gives me a sense of empowerment.
Username 9: Favorite station to listen to when driving?
thisjenisthebest: Octane on SiriusXM.
Username 10: Are you going to have any more merch coming out on PW Tees?
thisjenisthebest: I hope to have some new merch out soon.
Username 11: Are you going to buy the PS5?
thisjenisthebest: Abso-freaking-loutely.
thisjenisthebest: Thanks for all the questions. Sorry I couldn't respond to everyone.
Jennifer logged off of twitter, grabbed her now empty bowl, and washed the bowl. As she was washing the bowl, Kenny walked into the kitchen and stood behind her with his arms crossed. She could see him through the window that was placed behind the sink.
"Good morning to you too."
Jennifer turned around and looked at him. "You were on the phone. I didn't want to disrupt whatever it was you had going on."
"I was on the phone with Tony. I had an idea that I wanted to talk to him about. You could've sat with me while I was talking to him."
Jennifer shrugged. "I thought you were on the phone with the game developers. That's why I didn't intrude."
"If I was on the phone with any of the game developers, I would be in the office," Kenny countered. "I take care of that business there."
"Duly noted," Jennifer nodded.
"Anyways… I told Tony that we should have a tournament to decide who is the next number one contender for the World title."
"How'd he react to the idea?" Jennifer wondered.
"He loved it. We're going to set the plan in motion within the next couple of weeks."
"That's cool. Have you decided which wrestlers are going to participate?"
"Not yet. But, he said he wanted us to figure that out this week."
"You'll get everything figured out. I can't wait to see how this pans out."
Kenny smiled. "Thanks. I'm looking forward to it."
"It is a brilliant idea. A tournament is something different for AEW."
"It'll be fun."
Jennifer nodded. "For sure."
"Do you want to help with the tournament?" The Best Bout Machine offered.
"What can I possibly do to help? This is your brainchild."
"You can decide which participants are in the tournament."
"I can give ideas. You and Tony will have the final decision in who is gonna be in the tournament."
Kenny nodded. "Fair enough."
"I do appreciate you letting me a part of something so huge for the company," Jennifer smiled.
"Of course. You're kind of great at your job, Best."
"That means a lot to me, Omega." She beamed at him.
Jennifer tagged along with Kenny as he was grocery shopping. It reminded her that as soon as she got back to Las Vegas, she needed to do grocery shopping of her own.
She was pushing the grocery cart as he was grabbing the items. It felt sort of domesticating being here with him at a grocery store. She smiled as she watched him retrieve items and put them in the cart.
"Is there anything you want?" She was snapped out of her reverie at his questioning. He was looking at her, waiting for a response.
Jennifer shook her head. "I'm good."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Thanks for asking though."
"No problem." Kenny assessed the cart for a moment. "Well, I think I have everything I need."
"You're ready to check out?"
"I am." He led the way to a checkout. With some assistance from Jennifer, all the items were ready to get scanned.
She loaded the bags into the cart while he paid for his groceries. He decided to push the cart out to the parking lot to his vehicle. He opened the very back of the vehicle and they loaded up the groceries. He pushed the cart to the nearest cart station while she shut the door to the very back and waited for him to come back.
He unlocked the doors to the vehicle and he got into the driver's seat and she got into the passenger's seat. They put on their seatbelts, he brought the engine to life, and he headed out of the grocery store parking lot onto the main road.
"I need to do some major grocery shopping whenever I get back to Vegas," Jennifer said.
"What do you need to get?"
Jennifer hummed. "Food, drinks, toilet paper, paper towels, soap…."
"Sheesh, Jen. How long has it been since you've been grocery shopping? Forever?" Kenny teased.
"You think you're so hilarious." Jennifer stuck out her tongue.
"I think I'm pretty funny."
"Yeah, funny looking," Jennifer countered.
Kenny gasped. "That wasn't very nice."
Jennifer shrugged. "Too bad, so sad."
"Wow. Just wow."
Jennifer placed a hand on Kenny's shoulder. "Seriously though: you're great and my eyeballs enjoy your presence."
"There's the Jennifer that I know and love," The Best Bout Machine smiled.
Love. The word love just came out of Kenny Omega's mouth. Jennifer wanted to make sure she understood him correctly. "Could you please repeat that last statement?"
"Why?"
"I'm just making sure that I heard you."
"You heard me correctly. I said the L word," Kenny stated. "Is that shocking to you?"
"Well, to be honest, yeah it is."
"I thought you knew I felt that way? Isn't it obvious?"
"I obviously knew you had feelings for me because we're in a relationship, but I didn't know how deep your feelings ran."
"I love you," Kenny confessed. "Now you know how I feel."
Jennifer felt her heart race. It made her feel on top of the world that someone felt that way about her. Especially that someone being Kenny Omega, who was once the most unattainable person she'd ever known.
That confession was enough to make her radiate with happiness for the rest of the day, heck for probably the rest of 2020.
It was now Monday. Jennifer went with Kenny as he rehabbed his injured right shoulder. She showed her support and provided encouragement during his session. It was good that he was able to rehab his shoulder in the way that he was so he wouldn't miss any time. He hated the thought of not being able to entertain the wrestling fans especially when times were hard within the world.
Once he finished his session, she handed him a towel and water bottle. "Great job. You were a beast."
He drank a good portion of the water. "Thanks. It was tough."
"I'm sure. But, you killed it."
"I definitely feel better than I did last year."
"That's good. Your shoulder is only going to improve with time."
"I wish I could snap my fingers…" he snapped his fingers. "...and my shoulder would immediately heal."
"I wished that it worked that way."
"I'm just grateful that I don't have to take time off. I'm glad there's a way to work around that."
"Me too."
He grabbed his gym bag and latched it onto his unbothered shoulder. They walked out of the building. She got into the driver's seat and he got into the passenger's seat. She brought the ignition to life and headed out onto the open road.
"So, are you going to head home today?" Kenny wondered.
"Is there even any point?" Jennifer responded. "I mean, Dynamite is in two days. Are you okay with me staying with you for some extra days?"
"Of course. I was just wondering."
"I'll have to text the dog sitter and let her know that I won't be back until Thursday. I'll need to send her money so she can buy the dogs more food. I'm also going to give her a little bonus for watching them for an extra few days."
"After this set of Dynamite tapings, I'll come to Vegas with you."
Jennifer beamed. "You will?"
"Yeah. It's been awhile since I've been to your place."
"You'll get to help me grocery shop."
"I don't mind."
"We can also go running in the desert."
"That's one of my favorite activities to do with you when we're there."
"I have missed doing that," Jennifer admitted.
"We'll go running every day that I'm there. How does that sound?"
"That sounds wonderful."
"Good."
Jennifer smiled. She remembered why she was head over heels for the guy in the passenger's seat. It was times like these.
A/N: I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reading!