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multi flinched as the door behind him slammed open and closed in one quick motion, muttering something in polish as he turned his head to look at his acquaintance. katie smiled ever so intensely at him, batting her lashes in a theatrical manner. he admired how her hair looks when it was down and wet, it was a lot different from her normal look.
he noticed the glint of mischief in her eyes though and he shoved away the thoughts about her hair. he was honestly expecting her to tell him that she just broke his shower or something like that.
but it wasn’t anything like that.
“mullltiiii. multi. multi!!” she said, excitedly, skipping over to the front of his desk so he didn’t have to keep his head turned. she never stopped smiling.
“what did you do.” he asked, blunt with it, but katie could tell even if she did do something, he wouldn’t be that upset! she has done significantly worse things than hypothetically break something in his room.
katie leaned over the desk ever so slightly so she could poke multi’s cheek. he pulled back instinctively, now glaring at the warm girl in front of him.
“okay, so, guess what!” she piped, speaking quickly so he couldn’t interrupt her, “i had a wonderful idea for the both of us to do!”
multi just looked at her skeptically, unsure of what horrendous plan would come from her mouth.
“you know, with how much work me and you BOTH do! i think it’d be good if we just you knowww, had a sleepover!” she spoke in a loud tone. her hands no longer resting on the desk either, now being used for emphasis. “and, AND! i think it’d be good if i could learn more about you! you know, i’d say both of us, but all that has happened to me has been seen by everyone, so!”
multi tapped his finger on the desk in an attempt to interrupt her, and it worked. before she could cut him off for perhaps, the billionth time today, he goes to chime in.
“ey, perhaps, but i only know what people have said, katie.” he was unsure on why he spoke so hesitantly. not too unsure, he knew why really, but he didn’t want to accept that. “but i don’t know how it affected you.”
katie looked puzzled. which worried multi, a lot. kurwa, why did he have more emotion when it came to her and nacho? he hoped he didn’t say something rude, or worse, cringey. he thought of the many times he heard ewron call her bestie.
“well, ok,” she said, stuttering a bit, before taking a quick deep breath and stammering out, “that’s not important multi! what is important is this awesome epic plan i have for us.” she proudly planted her hands on her hips. “now now, this has to be somewhat of a surprise!”
if he did know, katie wasn’t sure he would fully agree on it. maybe though, he would, for her. multi rubbed his face with his hands, grimacing. he hated the soft spot he had for her. even when she gave away their son, he couldn’t help but worry for her.
“katie, i have to do more lab work. that’s why nacho isn’t here.” he said, his words a bit muffled as he didn’t want to see her look dejected. in case, she was, but katie was never a quitter.
katie thought for a singular moment, and then grabbed multi’s hand and yanked him out of his chair. he let out a yelp, “kurwa, katie!”
“come on, come on! i don’t know the layout of your reactor.” she said, giggling as she pulled him out of the office room. multi felt his face heat up, the contact with katie startled him. he couldn’t stop thinking about how she was doing this, without nacho here, not even using him as an excuse like he did commonly.
“where do you even want to go?” he asked, feigning irritation. he pulled his hand away from hers, wiping it off on his labcoat.
“well, you know how i give nacho beer sometimes? i know theres some in his room somewhere. and i really wanna drink.” she motioned her hand so multi would lead her there.
he exhaled, a bit dramatically in katie’s professional opinion, and walked towards his son’s room. the way there wasn’t too far from the office, after all, multi wanted to be able to attend to nacho whenever, and quickly.
the thing that katie noticed the most was that multi’s reactor was super boring. there was no decoration, nothing pink, and overall it needed a glow up. katie’s eyes lingered to look at multi, a much prettier sight than the walls, and smiled. maybe his reactor was fine the way it was, after all, it was exactly something multi would have.
multi caught her eye and scrunched his nose at her. she whistled, looking away quickly.
“you should get better with navigating this place, katie.” he said, opening nacho’s room and entering it, placing his hands behind his back as he normally did.
“well, if you could i dunno, make me a map? it would be easier!” the comment made multi sigh, especially because he had thought about doing that for katie.
two bottles were pulled out from under nacho’s bed, multi mentally noted that fact, and katie smiled expectantly at multi.
“what?”
“grab these.”
“how many are you going to drink, jeez.”
katie snorted. god this guy was such a virgin. she put the two beer bottles in his hands, whipping around to grab out two more from below the bed.
“katie, i’m not-” multi started, growing more displeased by the second.
katie got up, turning over to him. “are you unable to carry two bottles?” she said, in a condescending tone. before multi could get a response back, she left the room and started heading back to his office. he followed after her, grumbling under his breath.
god, this girl had him weak.
katie hummed happily as she opened the office door. “after you, m’lady!” she said, doing a bow, if you could call it that, to multi as he entered shortly after her.
he went to go set the two bottles on his desk, preparing himself mentally to talk to katie, but he saw her immediately go to the bedroom. he paused, just kind of standing there. katie turned her head back at the lack of footsteps.
“dude. come on.” she said, beckoning him over with her head.
“zrób to szybko…” he murmured.
the bedroom looked almost completely different from when he had let her in an hour ago. the sheets were on the floor, pillows strewn about. a makeshift table with the books he had was place neatly away from the blankets, but still close enough to grab a drink.
“what is this?” he said, setting his drinks down next to hers, watching her as she sat on the floor.
katie smirked, patting the blanket as if he were a dog. he might as well be, as he sat pretty quickly after.
“it’s a date night! for the two platonic co-parents.” she said, opening two of the beer bottles. “also, take off your shoes, don’t be gross.”
he flushed a bit, if she didn’t add the platonic part he would have been a bit more red. he sighed, kicking his shoes off and taking off his labcoat. he sat on the sheets, grabbing the beer bottle she offered over to him.
“this feels too intimate.” he said, watching her chug the beer like she just found water after being stranded in a desert. he squeezed the bottle, a bit nervous for his first time drinking, especially considering who he was with.
katie wiped her mouth, letting out a burp, and chuckled. “gosh, you are too dry! loosen up.” she smirked at him.
“what? you want me to be, errr, wet then?” he said, genuinely confused by what she meant. she let out a loud laugh, and multi couldn’t help but smile.
“no- no! nono, don’t say that!” she said, still giggling a bit. he took a sip of the beer, noting that it didn’t taste very good, but didn’t want to upset katie.
“what? what’s wrong with what i said?” he said, sounding a bit nervous. she just giggled once more, closing her eyes and waving her free hand in a motion, telling him to stop. “eh, is it like queef?”
she let out another loud burst of laughter, “NO! no- well- pfft.” she couldn’t even begin to explain what was wrong with what he had said.
multi enjoyed moments like these, where time seemed to move slower, at a pace he could just breath at. usually, he had these moments with nacho or nacho and katie, but this time, it being just katie made his heart squeeze.
she was beautiful, the way her hair was messy from her shaking, her laugh sounding so stupid, so human, it was nice. she was a part of him that he couldn’t ever really be, and he truly didn’t mind that.
katie wiped a tear from her eye, finally coming to a stop. “gosh, multi. no it’s, you can’t say that you’re wet.” saying it out loud almost made her burst out laughing again, “i mean you’re dry as in, you just like! you’re like a deer in headlights.” she mewed.
“that’s not fair! you’re, kurwa!” he said, letting himself ease into being less serious. he rolled his eyes dramatically, and began to chug the drink.
she giggled, watching him chug. “oh, oh! chug, chug, chug!” she said, hyping him up. multi pulled away from the bottle, heavily breathing. she giggled even more. he’s cute.
multi blinked, not really feeling anything. just a little full from how much he drank. he set his bottle down, it falling over, making a ring sound.
katie took a large sip from her bottle, and placed it down on the table properly. she grinned at multi once more, poking his leg.
“see? isn’t this fun. we haven’t even gotten to the best part.” she snickered.
multi sighed, “katie, i don’t feel anything.” he ran his hand through his hair, feeling a bit warmer than usual. was his room always this hot? i mean, he never really slept in it. the last time he did was maybe a month or two ago.
katie pouted. “wait, really? dude, fuck, i thought you’d be a lightweight.”
“a lightweight?” he said, tilting his head.
“someone who like, cannot handle alcohol very well.” she said, leaning back on her elbows. “like y’know, nexe is probably a lightweight.”
“słaba głowa?” he said, and then he feigned being upset. “me? a eyyy, lightweight? katie, i’m not weak!”
she giggled a bit. “geez! sorry doctor multi,” she accentuated doctor multi, in which multi blushed a bit, “you can prove yourself to me, whoever gets drunk first has to get nacho cake! and maybe the winner can add in another punishment.”
he rolled his eyes. “fine, fine. but don’t be petty if you lose, kochanie.”
she also blushed, which pissed her off since she didn’t even know what he said, he could’ve called her a donkey for all she knew. but that slight possibility of him calling her something sweet, in that tone. it made her stomach churn.
“i would never lose, thank you very much!” she sneered, grabbing the other beer she had gotten for herself and took another large sip.
multi chuckled a bit, and smiled. he smiled, such a genuine one, at katie.
why was it so hot in here?
he ran his hands through his hair once more, letting out a quiet grunt. “you’re too dramatic. i don’t want to have to take care of you tomorrow, you know.”
katie, who had begun chugging the alcohol like it was going to save her from, who even knows honestly, set it down on the table. it threatened to topple over, making a loud sound. “but you don’t minddddd multi.” she teased, pushing herself closer to the man.
he flushed, putting a hand up in attempt to push her away. she did not stop, and he couldn’t speak. or maybe he didn’t want to. he really didn’t want her to pull away.
“katie…” he whispered, moving his hand to shelter his eyes from her light. it didn’t work. after all, he couldn’t stop himself from looking at her.
katie grabbed his hand, moving it away so she could take a closer look at his face. his face was flushed, and he looked extremely nervous.
“you’re really pretty, yknow?” she mumbled, placing her hand on his face, caressing his chin. she placed her thumb on his lips, to which he instinctively opened his mouth a little.
he was so startled, he wasn’t sure what to say. should he tell her to stop? to continue? kurwa, why did katie make him so different from his usual self.
heavy breathing, and such a delicate silence that could be broken with a slight sound, a slight touch. katie was looking so intently at his lips, studying them. the way she could see his teeth just a little bit. she could feel how disgustingly sweaty he was.
“multiii.” she said, drawing out his name. she let her thumb go back to his chin, raising it a little so they could make eye contact. “you’re drunk, aren’t you?”
multi grabbed her hand and moved it away. “kurwa, katie, no i’m not.”
“would you say you were if my request was really cool and awesome?” she wagered, her tone ever so innocent.
multi avoided eye contact, muttering polish words that katie couldn’t understand. “errr, like what?” he met her gaze, still having his head looking away though.
“likeeee. maybeee.” she pondered, making multi a bit nervous. maybe a lot nervous.
“what would you want?”
“co?”
“maybe i’ll ask you to finally hug me back.”
her eyes darted between his lips and his eyes, and she smirked.
“katie…” he mewled, feeling suddenly a whole lot smaller. and warm. and thirsty.
he pushed her back, grabbed the bottle she had previously put down, and chugged what was left of it. katie watched, a bit confused. she was having fun teasing him so much, and now that she wasn’t in the moment of it, she wasn’t as confident as before. however, she was great at lying. so she’d be fine, probably.
multi though? he grabbed the last bottle of alcohol and started chugging it, to which katie found quite endearing. he put down the bottle, still having some in his mouth, and pulled katie closer to him. a lot closer.
their mouths clashed together, katie entirely caught off guard and now met with a bitter taste of alcohol. she returned the kiss, licking up whatever she could that had slipped out. it was quite a mess. she kind of loved it though.
both of them had never really kissed anyone before. multi, a boy who was always very antisocial with others. he never really had a crush on anyone, mayhaps sometimes just avoiding his feelings. not on purpose, he just didn’t have the time.
katie, who talked to many different candidates, never found someone who made her comfortable enough for a kiss. she always felt too needy, unwanted, or grossed out. it was a weird and horrible feeling, often making her feel guilty.
but this? for both of them it was perfect. intimate. a kiss that they have both craved, from eachother, for a long time. a romance that was starting to bleed between the lines.
katie pulled away first, catching her breath as she looked into multi’s smitten gaze. multi let out a pathetic whine, holding on katie’s waist desperately.
“you’re so drunk.” she gasped out, her swollen lips twisting into a smile.
multi uttered his words out in an unusual, very clearly drunk, tone. “nno… kaśka…”
“you so areee!” she jeered, pulling him up so that they could sit more comfortably. “it’s okay, i’m like, totally drunk too.”
multi snorted and rolled his eyes
“that was hot.” katie stated bluntly, although her face was a shade of warm red.
“shuutt up.” multi said, starting to feel insanely embarrassed because of her.
“make me.”
“katie.”
“what?”
“if you want me to kiss you again, you can just ask.”
“not what i—“
multi leaned in and pecked her lips softly, to which katie squeaked. she covered her face like a middle school girl and flopped over. she could feel the heat radiating from her face, and all the attempts to cool off were not working.
multi hummed, now at a state in which he was very drunk. he shook katie a bit, wanting to get back to talking to her.
“katie, come here. mm’s not comfortable right there.” his words slurred together despite his best efforts. the way his words merging together was not great for him considering english wasn’t his first language.
but for katie, he would do his best. he wanted to treat her well.
katie let out a dramatic loud cry as she got up and looked at multi. he seemed so fuzzy.
she didnt really have much time to process things before multi swiftly picked her up, which katie did not think he could do at all actually, and put her on the bed.
“hold on… shh.” he said as he pet her head, liking how she seemed to purr and lean in more. he pulled away, feeling horrible, but wanting to fix the bed as soon as possible.
katie watched as he picked up the sheets and blankets and carefully set them back on the bed. she had to get up at one point and moved some of the pillows as well.
once he was done, he went to his closet and grabbed a thin but comfortable shirt. absentmindedly taking his shirt off, unbeknownst to him that katie was studying every detail she could on his back. not that she would remember though.
he turned around swiftly, and chuckled as he caught her gaze. “jesteś ciekawy świata, prawda?” he murmured softly, crawling onto the bed and closer to katie.
“multi. i don’t know what you’re saying.” she huffed, looking as stern as possible.
“kochanie, shhh.” he spoke once more, but got closer to her. he planted kisses from her jaw to her collarbone. they were light, soft, meant to worship her in a way.
“katie…” he said, as he grabbed her hands, squeezing them. she looked at him, his eyes holding the mutual gaze a bit too intensely. “maybe i am drunk.”
she giggled, squeezing his hands back. “you’re super cute when you’re drunk, multi.” she said, humming happily.
he pouted, a face that katie never thought she would see, and murmured, “katieee.”
he thinks for a moment, not wanting this moment to pass, but suddenly having an urge to say his feelings, say what he has been keeping hidden for weeks, just to feel the comfort of katie’s words.
so, he gulps, and opens his mouth to speak. “i… i worry about you.” she tilted her head, confused by the tone change. “when- when nacho went missing, fuck i… i was so worried. and even when you told me everything- i was so confused, hurt, but i didn’t want you away.”
“i wanted you near me. safe.” his voice wavered a bit as he broke eye contact. katie rubbed circles on the back of his hand, attempting to reassure him.
“god,” he laughed, although it didn’t sound very genuine. “everybody treats you so, fucked up. kurwa, katie…” he closed his eyes, leaning in more. but not for a kiss, just to rest his head on hers.
katie gulped, she was extremely nervous. and flustered. and drunk.
“don’t leave me… okay?” he mewled, wrapping his arms around her. “can’t lose you…”
she returned the hug, her heart beating so loud in her chest. “multi.”
“this isn’t very platonic.” she joked, but then winced as multi poked her hard with his nails.
“okay, okay! geeze-louis. can’t be funny anymore?”
“i don’t think that’s possible for you.”
she giggled, god, she really did not feel very platonic towards him. he was so kind to her, doing his best to make her feel like family. like she was wanted. he never saw her as anything less.
“multi, i think i might like you.” she blurts out, wanting to go cover her mouth, or push multi away, or do something to save herself. but she doesn’t, and multi ends up squeezing her comfortingly.
“i love you, kochanie.” he whispered, his words so delicate for katie.
she was now extremely flustered, her face contorting into a pout-smile. “you can’t just say things like that…” she mumbled.
multi pulled her back so they were both laying on the bed. in doing so, their faces were right in front of each other. katie could feel multi’s breath on her lips. it tingled a bit.
it was quiet for a moment, just enjoying each others company for a little.
“i love you too…” katie whispered, scared to ruin what was happening. multi hummed softly, kissing her cheek. katie rubbed small circles with her fingers on multi’s shoulder, holding him close to her warmth.
the quiet whir of consistent breathing of two familiar souls, hearts beating in a reassuring rhythm. multi occasionally grumbled sweet nothings in polish to katie, and every time it made her smile and hug him closer. a slow, comforting slumber awaited them both.
and so did a horrible hangover.