Hunter wasn’t watching the clock but they must have been kissing for a while cuz partway through the edible kicked in. They pulled back from Mel a bit.
“Huh. It definitely just hit.”
“How’s it feelin’?” Mel asked anxiously. “Hopefully it’s not too much.”
“It’s good, actually!” Hunter said. “I think I get the appeal now. I am presently vibing.”
“That’s what we like to hear,” Mel said. She continued to stare at Hunter’s face, a few inches away from her own.
“What?” Hunter asked, suddenly self-conscious.
“You’re so cute,” Mel said.
Hunter gave her a quick peck. “Simp.”
“Damn, you’re right. Can’t believe I’m making out with one of my favorite streamers. This is pretty poggers.”
Hunter beamed back at her. Mel was very cute. Hunter liked her face. It looked soft and had a visually pleasing shape. They inspected it a bit with their lips and confirmed that it was indeed pretty soft, especially the lips and earlobes.
“Aah! I’m being vored!” Mel exclaimed as Hunter nibbled at their lobe, before dissolving into a fit of giggles.
Hunter’s heart momentarily dropped as Mel pulled away from them to grab and scroll through her phone.
“Everything okay?” Hunter asked.
“Huh? Oh, yeah, all good. Sorry, just looking for a video to cast to the TV, if that’s okay.”
“Sure! I wonder how similar our viewing habits are.”
A moment later, a lanky man with long hair began to enthusiastically talk about an obscure edutainment PC game from the early 2000s
“I don’t think I’ve seen this specific channel before but it seems pretty good,” Hunter said.
“I feel like the bizarre editing really elevates it,” Mel said, and made a chef’s kiss gesture. “Also tbh it might be hard to tell if you’ve seen this guy before cuz he’s, like, one of the two default models for ‘YouTuber who talks about old video games.’”
“The other one is… a guy with a big beard?”
“Correct! I see you know the genre.”
Hunter laughed. “You’re very silly, just so you know.”
Mel shifted over to snuggle her head up against Hunter’s shoulder. “It’s one of my best features.”
Hunter turned their head to give her another quick smooch. “But it has so much competition!”
“Hmm. Well, yeah, obviously there’s also my absolute dumpy of an ass.”
Hunter giggled. “Not really what I was thinking, but I can’t disagree.” They looked pensive for a moment. “I kind of wish mine was more like that.”
“Aw! Well, in my case you have hormones to thank, so… sounds like you could think about those, maybe. I mean, obviously it’s up to you, but it sounds like you might enjoy their effects.”
“Hmm, yeah. That’s probably something I should think about, huh?”
“Maybe so,” Mel said. “Not right now though. I’m planning on being very distracting.”
“It’s working!” Hunter said. “I’m very distracted, right now. No exclamation point over my head.”
“Damn, and I wasn’t even stealth. But, yeah, if you do want hormones, I would see a doctor. Your general practitioner if they’re cool, or a gender specialist if you can get access.”
Hunter made a mental note of that. “Anyway, back to the main event!” The smooching resumed. Hunter wasn’t sure for how long because shortly after that, the soft voice of a British man talking about retro technology lulled them to sleep, slumped forward on the pleasantly warm pillow of Mel’s lap.
I love the "Yeah, yeah, hormones, all good. Now come get distracted here >:3" energy through the end xD
These dorks are adorable
we stan this couple
This is always so cute. And I'm so glad for Mel and Hunter, they're both cute, and they're both girls, and they're together.
what if we got stoned and kissedand we were both girls haha just kidding... unless?
@foxoftheasterisk haha jk jk...
unless?
They’re so adorkable. I love it! Thanks for another great chapter.
Thx for the chap.
They are cute together, happy for them, just hope MC don't end too much in weed and maybe Mel too can stop it a little because she is with the MC now
As someone who's had a number of family members and friends who have had issues with substance abuse, I'm trying to depict drug use in a relatively nuanced and realistic way. There will be more drug use in the future of the story and learning to cope with problematic dependence is going to be part of a character's arc and character development. I can also understand that how cannabis is viewed as a drug varies a lot by place and culture. I live in California, where recreational cannabis is legalized, and where it's generally seen as relatively harmless, but I know a lot of the world sees it as a "hard drug" and associates it with crime or addiction. From my perspective, I don't think any drug is free of problems, but I will say that compared to alcohol, which where I live is also very readily available, I think cannabis is the lesser of two evils in terms of negative side effects, and I think it's possible to use it in a way that isn't harmful, particularly for certain medical applications. That said, I understand if some people object to this view of the drug and I realize this may turn off certain readers. I'm just trying to depict things in a way that's true to experiences in my own life and that probably won't resonate with readers from every background.
@BethOfTheWild Oh no, I don't say that's not ok to take it, I know even sometimes, Cannabis is used by medecin order and all. I think I heard once than Cannabis is better than cigarette even, not too sure if that's was it or not though.
In the novel, that's just I would prefer if the MC took it only sometime instead of too often and end helping Mel to reduce what she take too because I think than too much of it is not good for her to the end. Personal opinion, all that x)
@Stonelight Okay, cool. That's pretty much what I'm planning to have happen, yeah.
God they are so adorable
Quick semi-unrelated note: anyone got any tips on [temporarily] getting over a phobia of needles? I need to do a blood draw before I can get hormones and I have an aforementioned phobia of needles.
Disassociate. That is my recommendation. Disassociate as hard as you can.
@Webmage101 Thank you for the suggestion, I will try it out on my next attempt. I will admit that on all of my previous attempts I have been instinctually hyper-focusing on the needle and more abstractly on my phobia of needles and my previous failures to go through with the blood draw, it’ll be hard but forcibly keeping my mind off of it will probably help. 💜💜💜
I never understood how people can sleep with the tv on lol.
These two are so cute!!
sometimes i fall asleep listening to bob ross lol