Page 64 of Darn Knit All
“Go ahead. I’ll get changed in the other room.”
I changed into a loose shirt and baggy gray sweats, inhaling the food that had arrived while I’d showered. Mai exited the bathroom after a few minutes and stood awkwardly by the bed.
“Swap?” I asked with a grin, tossing my plate onto the small table tucked in one of the corners of the room.
“Sure.”
I brushed my teeth and checked the room lock, trying desperately not to think of Mai lying in my bed.
It had been an age since I’d slept beside anyone I found attractive. Damn if that didn’t make me as nervous as a teen on prom night.
I paused at the end of the bed, surprised to see one very scruffy unicorn sitting on the bedside table.
“You brought Urma?” I asked.
Mai looked up from her book. “Of course. She’s our good luck charm.” She folded the corner of her page and tossed the book beside Urma. “Bed?”
“I’m not sure,” I said, glancing pointedly at her novel. “Did I really just see you fold a corner?”
She rolled her eyes as she settled under the blankets, watching me move around the bed. “I forgot a bookmark.”
“You’re a monster and you know it.”
Switching off the light beside the bed, I pulled back the covers and slipped between the sheets.
“Theo?”
“Mm?”
Mai sighed. “This is weird, right?”
“Totally.” I turned my head to grin in her direction. “But weird isn’t bad.”
“No,” she agreed. “It’s not.”
“Night, Mai.”
“Good night, Theo.”
And smiling, I fell asleep.
CHAPTER 9
MAI
Mai
Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?
Theo
Oh man, I’m already drooling
Mai
It is my greatest work to date
Theo
