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She was excited for Trini to come over for family dinner night at first. Now, not so much. It had started out alright. Trini was awkward and shy, acting stiff and formal as she met her parents. Her dad was a godsend, joking around with Trini until the girl was comfortable enough to loosen up. She even grabbed Kim’s hand, which made her blush. Trini’s never been big on PDA, so the small action spent warmth racing through Kim.
Everything started going wrong halfway through dinner. Trini had just told the story of how Kim tried to ask her out. Her dad laughed so hard his face almost landed in his plate. Which, rude.
“C’mon, dad. It wasn’t that funny.”
“Carson,” her mom gasps through her giggles. “It wasn’t - wasn’t that funny. St-stop laughing at your daughter.”
Kim’s not sure if she appreciates her mom’s... help.
From there, the situation just got worse. Her parents got on the ‘let’s embarrass Kim’ train. It didn’t start too badly, but once her parents warmed up, it got bad.
Kim raced through the front door, ignoring the yells of her parents. She was not going to listen. Not this time. She made it down the steps and paused. Which way? Where could she go that her parents wouldn’t follow? She ran into the woods.
Kim pushed her way through the brush, ignoring the scrape of branches on her exposed skin. She managed to run for forever before her father scooped her up.
“Kimberly,” he says disapprovingly. “What have we told you? You can’t go outside without clothes on.”
“She was three,” her mom says.
“Well, at least she was still young,” Trini says, a beautiful smile on her face (even when she’s embarrassed, Kim can’t help but notice Trini).
“Oh, she kept doing it until she was fi-”
“ Dad. ”
Eight year old Kim raced into the classroom. She was the first one there, her mom having dropped her off early.
“Kimberly,” Ms. Jones, her teacher (and the prettiest lady Kim’s ever seen), said. “What are you doing here?”
“Momma dropped me off early,” Kim said, twirling slightly as she scuffed a shoe on the ground.
Ms. Jones smiled. “Ok, Kimberly. Do you want to sit down?”
“Can I ask you a - a question?”
Ms. Jones perked up, slightly closing the lid of her laptop. “Of course. Is something wrong?”
“Uh uh.” Kim shook her head. She couldn’t look Ms. Jones in the eye. “I just think that you are the prettiest person in the whole wide world. And the nicest. And i love you lots. Like forever lots. And I wanna marry you. Will you marry me?”
A strangled noise came from Ms. Jones. When Kim looked up, she had a sweet smile on her face.
“Aw, Kim, sweetie, you’re so kind. I can’t marry you, though. I don’t think my boyfriend would be very happy with that,” she said with a wink.
Kim slumped, feeling her lip quiver. “Ok, Ms. Jones. Just know that I’m gonna love you forever.”
“Ms. Jones told me all about it during the next parent-teacher conference. Kim was crushed for weeks.”
Trini is cackling, gasping for breath as she leans over her empty plate (something Kim’s parents were very impressed with. The food had been spicier than usual, but Trini hadn’t even batted an eye). She started laughing about halfway through the story, and Kim’s surprised she hasn’t passed out yet.
Kim’s head hits the table. She gives up. Her parents can say whatever they want, they’ve already ruined what little appeal Kim had with Trini.
“You were so cute, babe,” Trini says.
“Stop,” Kim whines.
Kim raced up the stairs when she got home. Throwing open her closet, she dug through it until she found what she was looking for. She threw the outfit on before racing back down the stairs.
“Mom, look!”
“Carson! Someone’s replaced Kim with Wonder Woman!”
Kim laughed at her mother’s teasing before racing through the house. Once out of her parent’s view, Kim launched herself into the air, doing a flip.
“Wait,” Trini says, confused. “The Wonder Woman movie came out a few months ago.”
“Oh yeah,” Carson says. “This was recent. Kim was so excited about that movie. It was like she was five again.”
“Did you guys have to tell that story?”
“Hey, it was cute,” Anika says.
Trini chimes in from where she’s been smirking next to Kim. “Yeah, Kim. Cute.”
Kim walks Trini to her car, the evening air doing nothing to cool the blush that’s been present started in with the “Kim’s so cute” spiel.
“I’m sorry about my parents.” she rakes her hair away from her face.
“Don’t apologize. I like hearing about you. And the fact that you have a Wonder Woman costume.” Trini’s voice goes low and she slowly raises an eyebrow as she looks Kim up and down.
Kim’s blushing for an entirely different reason now. “You like that?” she asks, moving closer.
“Uh, yeah. Obviously.” Trini rests her hands on Kim’s hips. “Short leather skirt? Low cut top? Sign me up.”
Kim presses a teasing kiss to Trini’s neck. She can feel Trini groan as she nips lightly at Trini’s pulse point. “Maybe if you’re lucky you’ll see me in it one day.”
“Please,” Trini’s voice is breathy, almost a whine.
Kim kisses her once more before pulling away. “Good night, baby.”
“Night, Kim. See you tomorrow.”