"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.

couldn't

them,

anything happened between them, he'd just be mad and wait. He probably wouldn't go breaking them up. "That's way

a crush

when you think

"Good thing you didn't."

made Dorothy

getting uncomfortable, and she tried to get

the next second, he picked her up and

not giving Dorothy a chance

"Mmm... Eve..."

as if he needed to confirm that she belonged to him at this

to heat up,

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

can wait a

more pressing matters at

"Langston's waiting for you-Mmm!"

as his hands started to

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