Amara Luciano opened the door to her locker. They had no school anymore except for a few activities here and there. But she had come to the academy to return all the books she had borrowed from the library. Plus, it was the basketball finals today. And Primo had begged her to come.

She gasped as instead of books, she was met by a clean locker and a strawberry panna cotta inside a small glass container. Amara snatched the note attached to it.

'I returned the books for you. I love you, baby'

She bit her lower lip, burying her face on her hands as her cheeks burned from his sweetness. Damn you, Primo.

"Ahh, it's prince charming again?"

Amara heard Isla beside her. She composed herself, taking deep breaths before looking towards her friend. She was in her silver and green cheerleading uniform. "Yeah. He's being annoying as usual."

"Uh, huh." Isla wasn't convinced. She placed her hands on her hips. "You're cute sometimes, Amara."

"What?" she exclaimed, acting nonchalant. She grabbed the dessert and shut the locker. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Primo's been courting you for weeks already. How come you still act like it doesn't affect you?"

"Because he did all of this to girls he fancied before?" she replied. Amara opened the lid and used the spoon attached to the glass. She ate and hummed with delight.

Isla walked beside her towards the school's gymnasium. The unimpressed look on her face remained. "I'm not blind. He never cooks for anyone but you. And the gifts, oh my god! He gave you those lollipops that can grow into flowers!"

Amara nodded. "So?"

"And the guitar picks? The beer flannel? The world tea set?"

"I don't know." She tilted her head upward, placing the spoon against her lip. "It's just... I know him better than anyone. And until I feel satisfied... I won't say yes to him."

Isla chuckled. "Well, you might get what you want now."

Amara stopped in her tracks but Isla was marching to the front. She frowned and sat on the spot that was reserved for her. Primo had arranged it so she could see his so-called greatness. Students chattered around her as the game began.

She finished her food and observed the game. Her gaze trailed after her best friend. He was talented, moving with skilled precision and she supposed it was cool to see him so focused. But to her, Primo was more attractive whenever he played music.

And for some reason, feelings of irritation welled up inside her as his fans cheered for him.

Amara let out a relieved sigh as the game finished. They won and Primo was instantly swallowed by the dense crowd. She stood up and went higher only to see him surrounded by girls. And of fucking course, he liked the attention. Primo took pictures with them and accepted their damn gifts.

She clicked her tongue. Was it possible that she was jealous?

"Ugh, this is horrible," she mumbled in distaste and stepped down from the seats. Amara stomped to the exit but she halted as 'Always be my baby' began to play. "What the?"

"We were as one babe... for a moment in time..."

Amara spun to see Primo coming towards her, gripping a microphone in his hand. He smiled at her as he sang their favorite song. She bit her lip, fighting the smile on her lips as white and silver confetti rained down from the gym's ceiling.

She opened her palm, catching one of the falling objects. Amara gasped as she realized that the paper was shaped into snowflakes. There must be thousand of it to achieve the winter theme from her snow globe.

"Girl, don't you know you can't escape me..." Primo touched her forehead to hers. He continued singing as he picked the snowflakes that fell on her dark hair.

"I know that you'll be back girl... when your days and your nights get a little bit colder..." The amusement from his eyes made her laugh. Amara stepped forward to embrace him as he whispered the rest of the song to her. "Ooh, darling cause you'll always be my baby."

The girls from earlier resumed the song, giggling with each other as Primo stared into her eyes. He caressed her cheek and spoke. "Did you like it?"

Amara sank her fingers into his hair, tugging him closer. "Very much."

"I'm sorry, princess. I tried to think of so many ways... gifts, gestures, speeches to assure you that we won't ever break up. But with what happened to my parents... I realized that there was really no answer to your question. I don't know what will happen tomorrow. In the same way, I don't know what will happen ten years from now. But despite that... I still choose to love you. And I will keep choosing to love you for the rest of my life."

Amara smiled.

Finally, her heart had stopped wavering.

"I choose to love you too."

Primo arched an eyebrow. "And that means...?"

She chuckled and kissed him. It was slow and unhurried as they savored each other's taste after being away for so long. Primo licked her bottom lip, fingers digging hard into her hips before he rasped. "Fuck baby, you taste so sweet."

Amara murmured her agreement though her attention was quickly taken away by Antonio Pavlov. "Did you invite Mr. Pavlov here?"

"Yeah. He said he wanted to see the game so... Well, there's no harm so whatever," he rambled. Primo pouted as he saw the look she was giving him. "Stop that."

She nodded with a wide smile. "Fine. I have something to show you."

"Wait," Primo said. He scratched his hair as he shot her a sheepish smile. "I have to clean all of this up."

Amara burst out laughing as her boyfriend groaned in distress.

Later that day, they had found themselves tangled in each other's arms in Amara's pink bed and vanilla-scented silk sheets. Her parents were out to satisfy Arwen's desire to play in a castle.

So, she and Primo had spent the afternoon talking and kissing until he had pleaded to touch her. Once again, he had made her laugh with his reaction when Amara had readily agreed to his request.

"What did you want to show me?" he asked even if he was busy tracing the tattoo between her breasts. He pressed butterfly kisses on her collarbone before he captured a nipple in his mouth.

Amara moaned, raking a hand through his messy hair. They had sex and she had been worried that she would lose her best friend in the process. But she didn't feel that way. The world didn't shift or some shit like that.

Primo was her boyfriend.

But he was also her best friend.

"Oh, that..." Her words trailed off as he sucked harder.

"Shit!" Primo sat up, looking at the bump in her bedcovers. "I think that thing touched me."

Amara leaned down to grab the cat and set it on the center the Primo's jaw slacked in shock as she stroked the animal's head. "Meet Uno."

"Uno? Why do you have a cat?" He complained before his eyes narrowed as the Siamese cat nudged its head on Amara's hand. "Look! Now, I have to compete with it for attention!"

Amara threw her head back in laughter. "Oh my god! You're ridiculous!"

"You know I don't like cats!"

"But I do! And it looks like you," she mumbled. The cat had a bluish-white base coat with blue-gray points and deep blue eyes. "See?"

"But you have me!"

"Are we gonna fight because of a cat?"

"No!" Primo growled in frustration. He snaked his arms around his waist to pull her closer as the cat jumped down. It settled on the foot of the bed, gazing at her boyfriend with an unreadable gaze. He scoffed. "He's jealous."

Amara giggled, kissing his cheek. "Is our fight over?"

"Depends." In one swift move, Primo mounted her. Their bodies rubbed against each other that Amara keened at the contact. "Doesn't compromise mean satisfying both parties? You can have your cat and I can have you."

"Yeah?" She breathed out, feeling her body heat up. "You can have me."

Primo smirked as he leaned forward. He kissed her lips, letting their tongues meet. "Is this mine then?"

"Yes."

"How about this?" he asked, squeezing one of her boobs.

"Yours."

"And this?"

His hand settled on her heart, feeling it beat strongly against his warm palm.

Amara held his face between her hands. "Oh baby, it's always been yours."

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