Eternal Blossom

Aiyana woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon frying, and quietly got out of bed when she noticed that Brian wasn’t occupying it with her. She assumed he must have something to do this morning since he was up first and cooking rather than waking her up with his head between her legs or sliding into her like he usually did.

Walking down the hallway, she caught sight of him in the kitchen, and couldn’t help but smile. The only meal he ever cooked was breakfast, and it was always something super simple like eggs and bacon. As she got closer, she noticed the mess all over her counters and her eyebrows drew together in confusion. Was he making pancakes?

Brian had woken up determined to show Aiyana that he thought more of her than he ever had any of the other women he’d been with. They were great together, and he knew he had really deep feelings for the woman that he’d come to know so well over the last few months.
He was finishing the bacon, and was scrambling eggs for her. He already had pancakes and hash browns on platters ready on the kitchen island.

He turned to grab the creamer out of the fridge for her coffee, about ready to surprise her with breakfast in bed, but was startled to find her looking at him from the doorway. She was stunning, having just woken up, her hair still messy, and her eyes barely open.

“Good morning, beautiful,” he said as he kissed her softly before pulling the fridge open to get the creamer.

“Good morning to you too. What’s the occasion,” she asked in wonder as she took in everything that he’d done while she was asleep.

“Just showing you that I care,” he answered simply while he made her some coffee, and handed it to her.

Aiyana’s whole face lit up with a bright smile before it fell suddenly.

“Wait. You don’t cook for any woman,” she tried to reason, not really understanding what he was talking about.

Brian laughed lightly and plated up the food, gesturing for her to take a seat.

“Look Aiya, I see myself doing all kinds of things with you that I don’t do with other women. I want you to know how much you mean to me,” he said as he slid her a plate loaded down with food. “So, I thought I’d show you.”

Aiyana’s eyes began to fill with tears at his explanation. That wall that she had felt slowly coming down with him the previous night was now gone. She stood up and wrapped her arms around him, holding him close to her since she didn’t know what else to do. She didn’t know what to say, and that was a rarity for her. Brian wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head, not liking the tears that he saw welling in her eyes, but hoping that they were the good tears.

“I may be perceptive, but I’m not the most caring person usually. With you, I find myself wanting to make you happy, or at least not hurt your feelings,” he chuckled, trying to make her smile.

It had the desired effect, and she giggled softly before looking up at him.

“Thank you,” she said as she tried to convey her emotions of relief with their relationship through those two words, still so unsure of what to say.

He laughed and kissed her softly. As they kissed, he felt relief that she apparently felt more secure now.She decided that with what he’d said and done for her, she didn’t want to work because she just wanted to spend time with him.

“I’m not working today. I’m taking the day off. What do you want to do,” she asked him, biting her lip.

Brian looked down at her, surprised. Now he was the one speechless. If she said she had to work, she meant it. He’d never been able to talk her into play hooky, and now here she was voluntarily doing it. He made a mental note to cook her breakfast more often.

“First, I want to eat this breakfast. Then, I think we should go shopping,” he said as he wiggled his eyebrows.

Aiyana looked at him, and narrowed her eyes for a moment. She didn’t like shopping at all, and he knew that. She was the type of person that if she found a type of jean that fit perfectly, she bought 5 pairs then so that she wouldn’t have to buy more any time soon.

“You need to calm your tits,” Brian said with a laugh before sitting down on a stool to start eating breakfast.

“And shopping isn’t going to do that, Brian,” Aiyana whined as she sat beside him.

“Sure it is. Call Rayne and see if she wants to come.”

Aiyana huffed and started eating her breakfast, amazed that it was actually really good. He may have made a bit of a mess, but it was delicious. With a sigh, she decided that if he was going to be so kind and do all of this for her, she could go shopping with him.

“I’ll go, but you owe me,” she said as she shook her fork in his direction with a piece of bacon on the end of it.

Brian leaned over and ate the piece of bacon off of her fork, chuckling when she looked at him aghast because of the now missing bacon.

“Don’t gesticulate at me with food,” he grinned.


After breakfast, Aiyana and Brian took a shower together in preparation to start their day while they waited for Rayne to text her back in response to the invitation.

Once out of the shower, Aiyana put on a pair of light wash denim shorts and a VU tank top that Zacky had given her. Rayne had text her back saying that she would come as long as she could bring Zacky. Of course that wasn’t a problem, so Brian and Aiyana made plans to meet up with the other couple at the mall in an hour.

Turning around from her closet with her trusty black high top converse in hand, she looked Brian over, and smiled. He was dressed in a pair of black knee length shorts and a white t-shirt that had the word Syn all over it. She knew it was from his old clothing line, but it fit him so well she couldn’t help but enjoy the view for a moment.

“Hey babe, what do you think about me cleaning out one of my dresser drawers for you? We’re usually packing a bag for weekends and what not…” she trailed off, biting the inside of her cheek as she got nervous.

Brian looked at her and smiled as he crossed the room and kissed her plush lips.

“One, don’t trade one nervous habit for another. Biting the inside of your cheek makes you purse your lips, and that makes me just want to kiss you senseless. Two, I would like that. I’ll do the same at my place,” he said as he backed up to look around in search of his shoes. “And three, where the fuck are my shoes?”

Aiyana laughed and pointed to her closet where he’d tossed them. She felt relieved that he was willing to have some of their things at each other’s houses. It would be nice to just have things there if she suddenly stayed.

Rolling his eyes, Brian walked over to her closet and grabbed his shoes. He felt pleasantly surprised that she’d brought up the dresser question. It felt like with that they were getting more serious and that she was confident on where they stood as a couple, and he was all for it.

Aiyana really wanted to ride her bike, but she knew that with shopping and Brian, she wouldn’t be able to today. As they crossed through the garage towards her Jeep she looked wistfully at her bike and sighed.

They pulled out of the driveway, and Brian started her playlist, laughing loudly when Bad Touch by The Bloodhound Gang blared through the speakers. Aiyana began to sing along, knowing every word by heart, and she smiled to herself when Brian joined her for the chorus.

“Alright, so I say we go for a ride this evening,” Brian said when the music switched to The Distance by Cake and he turned it down so that she could hear him.

“I’m hoping that you mean on my bike,” she responded, giving him a dreamy look before returning her eyes back to the road.

“Well, I’m still not riding bitch, but on our bikes, yeah. I saw that look you gave your bike as we walked to the jeep,” he told her with a chuckle.

“Brian, you might just be my favorite human on this earth at the moment,” she sighed happily.

He responded by lacing his fingers with hers on her thigh after turning the music back up.

Notes

Making up for lost time, so here is a chapter since I had a little extra time before leaving for work.

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