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“Baaaabe, hurry up!” Cosima called enthusiastically back to her girlfriend. Delphine chuckled. Her girlfriend was the cutest thing. “Cosima, Cosima, slow down, please. I promise the arcade isn’t going anywhere.” Delphine sped up a little bit to catch the excited woman’s hand, forcing her to slow her pace and fall in line with her girlfriend.
“Well, yeah, I know, but Delphiiiiiine I’m so excited,” replied the brunette, bouncing along eagerly.
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They entered the building and, despite looking pretty boring on the outside, it had a lot going on inside. There were noises and lights everywhere. As soon as they got into the main area, Cosima pulled Delphine towards a calculated corner of the arcade.
As soon as they reached that particular section, they heard a voice from behind them.
“Cosima?”
“Oh wow! Jean?”
“Oh my god, Cosima! It’s been such a long time! It’s actually Jay now.”
The two embraced each other, Delphine standing off to the side, eyeing the new person curiously. As soon as they broke apart, which took a bit too long for the blonde’s liking, Jay anxiously started trying to fix her appearance, nervously glancing at Cosima. This did not go unnoticed by Delphine, who immediately stepped closer, taking her girlfriend’s hand once again.
“So, Cosima,” Delphine began cautiously, “who’s this?”
“Oh, Delphine! This is Jea- Jay, a um… old friend?” Cosima replied, unconvincingly. She knew her girlfriend wouldn’t be happy about them running into one of her exes, so she tried to casually play it off.
“Old friend?” Delphine questioned.
“Yeah… old friend…” Cosima glanced apologetically at Jay.
“Or old girlfriend?” Delphine remembered how Jay had corrected Cosima, “or boyfriend?” she asked, looking between the two.
“Oh, well I was her girlfriend. I’m genderfluid, by the way, in case you hadn’t gotten that,” Jay smiled shyly at Cosima. Okay, Delphine really wasn’t liking this.
“Really? That’s so cool! I mean, I’ve never really met someone non-binary before.” Cosima was getting more excited by the second, her nerd side determined to find out more about something she knew so little about. “So, do you like, wake up everyday and say “I’m definitely more of a dude today” or “I think I’ll dress more feminine today”?
“Well, I mean, there are definitely days I feel more feminine and dress as such, like today for example.” Jay gestured down to her salmon colored sundress. “And I do sometimes overdo it in the makeup department when I really want to show myself the difference.” She met eyes with Cosima, and Delphine noticed then that her eyeliner matched the same shape Cosima had been wearing for years.
Jay seemed self conscious under Cosima’s stare, “Um, can you excuse me for a minute? I’ll be right back if you guys need help with anything.”
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Fifteen minutes later, despite Delphine’s attempts to put as much distance between them as possible, Jay managed to appear by Cosima’s side. The French woman sighed, noticing that Jay looked a bit more cleaned up than she had when they first ran into her. Her eyeliner seemed sharper and her lips glossier.
Delphine again moved closer to her girlfriend, this time wrapping her arms around her waist from behind.
“Uh babe, can you back up a bit please, I’m trying to win this stupid stuffed dog for you,” Cosima said, not taking her eyes of the machine. Delphine sighed, removing her arms but only taking a small step back and to the side, placing herself between Cosima and Jay.