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-Wait a moment, I’ve got to tidy up a bit before you come up.
-Come on, Henry, it can’t be messier than my room.-He went up the stairs of the little apartment that he shared with Bea, in a wing at Kensington Palace.
-This is a mess, urgh, and everything is dirty because of the refurbishment that my sister has insisted on doing.
-At least let me help you.
-No!-I let him be while I explored his living room for a bit. The lack of Henry’s characteristic organized mess suggested that he didn’t spend that much time there. It had also been decorated by the royal designers, as it was clearly not his style, nor Bea’s. On a shelf, there were a couple of VHS of kid's movies, mainly Disney ones.
-You have Goofy and son!
-I haven’t seen it, nor half of those, and the other half are already forgotten.- The sound of things being moved around became evident once silence was made again. I noticed a couple of photos, mostly of him as a toddler, kid or during official ceremonies as a teen.
-Baby Henry was so fucking cute!
-I hate those pictures.
-What!? The ones of you as a toddler are super cute!
-Oh, yeah, those are fine, but the ones from when I was a bit older… not so much. You can come up now. Mind Mr Wobbles, he always runs upstairs and wants to get into my room.-I closed the door after me. I hugged him from the back and he embraced my arms with his.
-Hi there.
-Hello.
-I’m going to change into my pyjamas, you can have the room, I’ll go to the bathroom.-He closed the door again. I took off my hoodie and felt the cool air on my arms for a second. I put on my Star Wars pjs and jumped on the bed.
-I’m done!-It took him two more minutes to get back. I let him on the bed and laid on top, resting my head on his chest.
-I love cuddling with you.
-Me too.
-Today was fun.
-It was.-I got myself up with my arms to look him in the face, that beautiful face of his that I loved so much. We had been delaying our first kiss for a while, too scared to actually make a move, but when we locked eyes, it became clear that it would happen. We both creased our lips at the same time and laughed awkwardly, debating what to do next. I laid again.
-Oh my god.
-It's ok.-I went through different scenarios in my head, thinking about what to do next. I had promised that I was gonna be the one to initiate it. I had some experience, but he didn’t, so it made sense. But for some reason, it was different now. I really wanted to do it this time. I made up my mind and pushed myself up again, but I chickened out once more and began kissing his forehead. A couple of minutes went by, but then, something in my head clicked and I thought to myself; “fuck it”, and went for it. My lips brushed with his, and I half-expected him to freeze, but he kissed me back. Oh god, did he kiss back. Our lips danced together, our DNAs mixing as we continued. I pulled back for a second, looked at him and smiled. He smiled back, and I leaned in again. It was perfect, not wet, but not dry either; not awkward but sweet. When I pulled back again and laid on his chest once more, I felt him smile.
-We did it!-I couldn’t help but laugh at that. We had done it indeed. He shifted so I could lay on the mattress instead.
-It felt really good.
-I don’t know how you could wait a year for this.-I started to shiver, fucking adrenalin rush washing away. And the fact that my pjs were thin didn’t help.
-Can we get into the duvet, please, I’m freezing.- He pulled the covers away and we got into them. He noticed it and hugged me tight to his chest.
-Are you ok? You are shivering a lot.
-Yeah, sorry, I’m suddenly so cold.
-It's ok.
-I love you.
-I love you too.- He turned to the side and placed his hand on my hip and moved it up my waist, accidentally going up my t-shirt.
-Oh, sorry.
-It's ok, you can do that.-His hand wandered up my waist, landing at the bottom of my ribs. He started moving his finger, with the same motion he usually did while stroking my hair. My hand landed on top of his and that went on for a while. Every time his hand started moving up and down, my mind went numb, my stomach somersaulted and it got hard between my legs.
-It was great.
-Yeah, it was.
-You are killing me right now.
-Oh, should I stop?-He started to take his hand away, but mine brought it closer again.
-No! It’s good, it’s great. It’s good killing. Mostly.-I pointed between my legs and he burst into laughter. He carried on between surreal conversations and eventually, he gasped.
-You are so hot!-I touched my chest and realized that it was true. I touched him to see if it was just me.
-You too, oh my god, now I understand what people mean when they say that sex rises your core temperature!
-We’re not having sex, don’t make me overthink about this.-I laughed.
-No, we are not, but it’s all the same in this case.-It was already two am when we checked the clock.
-I don’t think Imma be able to sleep now.
-No, me neither.-We stayed in the same position for a while, then hugged each other for what felt like ages, and some time past three am, I turned the other way to try to rest for a bit. He put his arm over my waist and like that, he fell asleep. I hugged his arm and closed my eyes too.
-Goodnight, love.