Clearing up misunderstandings.

You wake up and, god dammit, your boxers are soiled again! If you could at least remember the dream this wouldn’t be so bad, but not even that!

Angry and frustrated, you go to the bathroom, throw your underwear in the wash yet again, and take a shower. When you get out, dressed and ready to head out, a chill goes down your spine as you see Shelly in the kitchen, seemingly preparing breakfast. Not wanting to face this challenge, you try to leave, hoping she’ll just let you pass…

“Sit your ass down.” She orders you.

You flinch but resign yourself and sit down at the table, which is small, barely enough for four people. Shelly pours you a cup of coffee and offers you some toasts. Its nothing fancy, as you expected. She’s not good in the kitchen.

She sits down in front of you and sighs, before looking at you directly in the eyes.

“Okay, so you caught me masturbating, big deal.” She says bluntly. “You do it, I do it. Let’s not make things harder for us by making things awkward.”

You swallow hard, but nod.

“Look, I know we’ve never been on the best of terms, but now that we live alone together, I want to fix that.” She admits.

You can tell that she’s been trying, at least. She speaks with you a bit more, you have your meals together whenever you can, even if neither of you have much to say to the other, and you’ve even watched a couple of movies together.

“I’m not gonna tell you to forget what you saw and that we should never speak of it again. This is bound to happen again,” You swear you hear her swallow. “I’ll probably catch you going at it at some point.” She purses her lips, and you can’t help but stare at her.

“Okay then,” You’re surprisingly okay with this. “So, we just go back to normal?”

“Not normal. Let's... try to get along better than before. I promise to do my part..” She says with a small smile. She stands up and walks up to you. She presses her hand against your chest and kisses your cheek… which is odd in and of itself, but the kiss lingers for longer than it should.

“I’m going to class. See you later, little brother.” Shelly whispers close to you ear.

You know the way she’s acting is… odd, yet the most strange thing is that you’re completely fine with it.