Dalaric

+ : "𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨."

"Hehe." I giggle slightly when Dalaric's lips tickle my neck. He kisses me twice there and then once on my forehead, nose and right eye.

"Left eye...please." I mumble. It's been like, years. How does he forget all the time? Is the left eye not pretty...is it lazy...is he lazy?

Babycakes has the nerve to chuckle and so he does, stopping to kiss the remaining eye. There, that ticks off 'Babycake time' on my to-do list. Yay.

Kirra thinks it's weird that I allot time to my boyfriend on my college journal but I don't think it's her beeswax.

Dalaric pats my bahookie one last time before I tell him to get back to work. We're at the back of the restaurant, our designated hehe place and he's kind of making a scene like the needy man he is.

Ale waves at me as we enter and I wave back, chuckling when Dalaric glares at him for winking at me.

The triplets are also here and so is Lennox, someone who's now a part of our little family because he's joined a teacher assistant program at my college. This guy is super smart so he lends me a hand with homework sometimes.

"Hey Maya. You okay?" He takes a seat on a bar stool and grabs a few peanuts.

Babycakes doesn't actually serve alcohol here so the shelves are filled with little memoirs people can leave behind. There are many penguins left by someone, I'm not sure who. Not me, for sure.

Yeah...I really hope Dalaric doesn't find out.

"Yup. How are you? Is your mom okay? I heard Knox and Maddox are visiting her at the hospital. I sent her flowers too...and the orange ladoo...I hope she liked them." I grab a peanut too and fiddle with my ring as I ask worriedly.

His mom has a severe cold so Lennox skipped a lot of classes recently.

"You remember? Yeah, she's doing better. And she loved the flowers. And the penguin plushie." Yay. He chuckles and takes out a book which sends me squealing.

"No way, is this the new edition? How'd you get it? Can I see? Please." My eyes practically glitter at the sight of Software Engineering: The Future Ahead by Ben Dover which is the true story of an engineer I've come to admire. I've been trying to get into reading and this is one of the books I haven't been able to get my hands on.

I wish Dalaric could threaten him to give it to me.

Bad Maya. Smart Maya? No, bad.

"Here." He hands it to me, furrowing his brows when I laugh maliciously. "I loved this one. There's the part at the end where he details how he got into that billion dollar company too."

"No way? What about when he won that award..."

The next thirty minutes are spent obsessing over the book and thoroughly enjoying myself talking about something I'm passionate about. We're only interrupted when I hear two glasses hit the table a tad bit harshly.

"Your order." I look up to thank the waiter for the water and purse my lips when I see the man of my life.

This was expected, considering he does this every time I'm talking to the male species. Even if it's for homework. Maybe I like this book a bit too much.

"Thank you!" Dalaric's eyes don't shift from Lennox as he practically glares him down. Jealous. I pull babycakes down to whisper in his ear.

"Dude, I'm literally married to you, okay? I really love this book and no one else reads it, fine?"

"Fine." He nods and mumbles, almost pouting. Lennox doesn't bother meeting his eyes. Darn it, I won't get the book now. Maybe theft is the way...

We spend a few more minutes discussing a chapter, which I need to reference in my assignment and soon, he leaves and I pout that he promised to give the book to another friend.