"Think of him as a kid, no need to waste your energy being on guard."

Everett snorted, "A kid? What if one day, he actually sweeps you off your feet? Would I still be naively treating him like a kid?"

If Byte 7 were, say, eight or nine, maybe that'd fly.

But he's got everything a man needs.

Treating him like a child just won't work.

"...How could he possibly sweep me off my feet? Everett, you're really overthinking this, you know?"

He smirked, pinning Dorothy against the wall for a deep kiss before speaking in a gravelly voice.

"It's not that I'm overthinking now. It's you just noticing! I've been worried since... middle school." Back then, nobody really cared about looks, so not many people noticed Dorothy.

She was quiet, not one to chat or make the first move.

But Everett knew! Once Dorothy grew up and stepped into society, she'd definitely catch eyes.

He could keep his distance from the opposite sex.

he couldn't

them, was he supposed

just be mad and wait. He probably wouldn't go breaking them up. "That's way too early! Back in middle school, I hadn't even thought

desk mate had been harboring a crush on her for years,

of funny, when you think about

"Good thing you didn't."

teasing made

in that position was getting uncomfortable, and she tried to

next second, he picked her up and tossed her onto

rained down, not giving

"Mmm... Eve..."

kissed her urgently, as if he needed to confirm that she belonged to

the kissing intensified, the air seemed to heat up, and

panting, finally managed to say, "Everett, Langston is waiting for

can wait a bit

had more pressing matters

"Langston's waiting for you-Mmm!"

felt a chill as his

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