Open the Relationship

"Babe, you can keep seeing other people. I might find other girls myself, but we'll still support each other." Josh decides as he finishes his meal. It's weird calling a girl he only knew in passing until a few hours ago 'Babe'. He looks down at his plate, thinking for a second. "I've got to meet for a group project soon. Let's exchange info to keep in contact."

Josh noticed that she added him as "Forever Boyfriend" with a bunch of heart emoji and no mention of his real name. She snatched his phone to add herself, titling her contact as two melons and a black heart. Josh added (Emily) to the end of it.

"See you later, Babe!" Emily pulls Josh into a quick kiss before he can get up from the table. He walks amfeeling of ecstasy at the intimacy with the uncomfortable speed with which this relationship is going. It'll probably be a while before he gets used to it.

The project work went smoothly, the group is planning to meet again tomorrow to record the video for submittal. They were working in a group of three; Josh, a quiet dude named Adam, and a short girl with pink hair named Dani.

Turns out Dani is actually Josh's neighbor, so they walked home together. They didn't talk much on the walk, just the typical "what're the chances that we actually lived in the same apartment building?" and complaining about professors.

Josh's phone starts buzzing with texts as he reaches his door.

Emily: Hey babe ;)

Emily: how was your meeting?

Emily: I've been busy. Went through my stuff to see if there was anything I still liked

She then sent a photo of herself in a dark red tank top and black jeans. She looks more comfortable than she was earlier.

Emily: All of my makeup is too subtle or bright. I should be able to work with that for now, but I'll need to get something more goth

Josh: looks good!

Damn I need to get better at complementing girls, Josh thinks to himself.

Emily: smooth.

Emily: Saturday date to go shopping for goth shit. Non negotiable

Emily: I can't believe I actually typed 'goth shit.' stupid Label messing with my head.

Josh agreed to the date (not that he had much choice) and set about on his evening routines. Tomorrow's Friday, so he'll have biology lecture with Emily, a gen-ed literature class in the afternoon, and a meeting to record the presentation.