#i even almost changed it to match the pride month layout but i was like you know what.

[taexual]

Pineapples / I.M x Reader

Changkyun has had a crush on you for years but he was sort of terrible at flirting. And yet, who could have known that a debate on whether fruit belonged on pizza would finally lead to some long-overdue confessions?

pairing: best friend!Changkyun x Reader

warnings: crackhead best friends, strong language (also some unnecessary hatred for rom-coms 🙄)

words: 3.3k

REQUEST: Ohhhhhhhh what about a monsta x I.M bit whefe the reader and him get into a fight about something stupid, but both parties get upset and when she tries to leave, trips out the door and falls?

In the few years that you’ve known Changkyun, you’ve already managed to see nearly all sides of him, so there was little that could surprise you. And yet, recently, you’ve learned that surprising you seemed to be precisely what he had in mind. For the past few months, every single day, he’d do or say something that took you completely off-guard and seemed to shatter whatever beliefs you’d held about him.

You figured he was going through something, or maybe trying out something new – otherwise, why would he suddenly try to drag you to the newest rom-com in the cinemas when you knew he hated romance films as much as you did? – but you’d yet to discover his real reasons for this abrupt change in behavior.

And then, as the two of you returned to your place after catching the – predictably – disappointing film, you realized that you may never get to the bottom of his new personality because you simply couldn’t go on being friends after he ordered two Hawaiian pizzas without asking for your opinion first.

“You’re trying to kill me,” you told him, picking up the delivery menu to have a look at it for yourself. “I swear. It’s like you’re purposefully making me suffer tonight.”

“Suffer?” he repeated, genuinely in disbelief. “Pineapples are great. They—”

“Well, yeah, but they don’t belong on pizza.”

“W-what? Why not?” Changkyun asked because he could specifically remember you drunkenly calling him one night and confessing your love for pineapples. “I thought you liked them.”

“No, I do. It’s a great fruit,” you said and then gave him a how-could-you-not-get-this-it’s-so-obvious type of look. “But it’s a fruit.”

“So?” he retorted. “Tomato is a fruit.”

You could distinctly recall having had this conversation with someone else before and just the memory was almost enough to make you shudder – why would anyone ever defend pineapple pizza? – as you gave your best friend a suspicious once-over.

“You’ve been acting weird lately,” you finally said. “I thought you were just going through something, so I didn’t say anything. But now you look like you’re honestly about to force-feed me pineapple pizza, so I know something must have possessed you.”

Changkyun was positively shaking now. He had a hard time believing that the actions he’d perceived as a subtle form of seduction were, really, making him come off as weird and even possessed.

Thanks, Jooheon. He was never going to ask for his advice ever again.

“Okay, that makes no sense,” he said defensively. “I’m not going through anything. I’m just—I don’t know, I thought you’d like pineapples on pizza. It would make sense since you like those two separately.”

“I also like French fries and Nutella,” you said pointedly. “Doesn’t mean I’d eat them together.”

He didn’t look disgusted by the thought of it at all. “Well, actually—”

You were already groaning as soon as he opened his mouth. “Shit, Kyun! Seriously, what’s happened to you?”

“Nothing!” he countered, his voice matching your exasperation because, oh, God, why did he have to try so hard to show you what an ideal boyfriend he’d make? He should’ve known it would never work. “I just—I was trying to broaden your perspective on life.”

“I’m pretty sure you just hate me.”

“Hate you?” he repeated in a voice far too high-pitched to sound normal. Clearing his throat, he continued in a normal tone, “I don’t hate you. Why would I—?”

The doorbell rang then, cutting him off. You glanced towards the hallway, a pout forming on your lips as you realized it must have been the pizza delivery.

“You better get the door,” you told him. “Since it looks like I’ll be starving tonight.”

“Oh, come on,” Changkyun said, not giving up. “You’ve never even tried it before. How can you oppose something so strongly without having experienced it first?”

“I’ve never been punched in the face,” you retorted, “but I still know it would suck if I did.”

“Pizza,” he said, extending one hand, “face punching,” he added, extending another. “Two very different things.”

“And yet pineapple on pizza sucks more.”

“Why don’t you just try it?”

“Why don’t you just punch me in the face instead?”

He threw his head back against the back of the couch, closing his eyes in defeat. “God, you make it really hard for me sometimes.”

“Hard? I’m not the one who ordered—” the doorbell rang again. You groaned. “Just get the door, please!”

“Why would I get the door?” Changkyun opened his eyes, giving you a frustrated look. “It’s your house!”

“You’re the one who ordered that abomination!” you argued.

He was losing his patience and he could no longer control his sarcasm as he purposefully teased, “that’s not a very nice way to refer to the delivery guy.”

“I’m not—you know very well I mean the thing you call pizza.”

“Don’t be so difficult,” he said.

“Get the door,” you shot back.

He had his conditions. “Are you going to try it?”

“Of course not!” you replied with no hesitation, protesting like a very proud baby. “It’s disgusting.”

Changkyun scoffed because he was a baby, too. “Then I’m not—”

Another ring of the doorbell. More intense this time.

“God. Coming!” you called out, standing up from the couch and giving your best friend a hard look. “I don’t know what the hell you’ve been trying to do lately but, clearly,  you’re succeeding. I’m losing all my respect for you.”

That seemed to be the last straw. He didn’t expect to react this intensely to this one statement – you’ve already threatened him with loss of respect countless of times before but it was always over the most trivial things; granted, you thought this was another one of such things, too – and yet he couldn’t hold himself back.

“Why? Because I’m trying really hard to do the things that you are supposed to enjoy?” he demanded, words spilling out automatically. “Because I’ve literally asked all of my friends for advice on what girls even like?”

Confused, you looked at him over your shoulder. “What—”

“Or is it because I have read every single magazine article, describing the things that makes a guy the perfect boyfriend?” Changkyun continued, standing up now. He sounded aggressive. Eager. “You’re losing your respect for me because I’m trying too hard, yeah? Because you think something’s gotten into me? Well, I don’t know what the hell I’m supposed to be doing for you to understand that I’m just fucking in love with y—shit, watch out for the—!”

It was nice of him to warn you in the middle of his rant but it was too late.

The sudden confession that passed your best friend’s lips was exactly what made you completely forget the layout of your own house and smack your shoulder right into the wall next to the doorway as you were walking through it.

You hit it with such vehemence that the force made you stumble backwards in surprise. Before you knew it, you were losing your balance and there was nothing for you to grab on to.

You’d have fallen – really, truly tumbled down in the most embarrassing of ways – but Changkyun, despite having made some questionable decisions lately, proved to still have a very rational mind. He leaped forwards, pushing his body against yours so your back hit his chest and then wrapping his arms around your waist before you could slide down onto the floor.

“Shit,” you exhaled, your mind a mess and your heart a competitive runner in the Olympics. “I-I—”

“You okay?” Changkyun asked, feeling every single beat of your heart against his own chest and dying a little each time. “Does your shoulder hurt?”

You laughed awkwardly.

“N-not as much as my pride,” you replied. Blinking your eyes, you pushed yourself off of him – and almost stumbled right back into him again because he took a moment too long to release his grip on your waist – and brought your hand through your hair. “The pizza. I’ll go get the—where’s my wallet? It was in my bag. And my bag is—”

You were looking around your hallway frantically, completely disoriented and beyond confused.

“I’ll get the door,” Changkyun said, noticing your distress and, contrary to what one might expect from someone who’d just confessed to a year-long crush, behaving completely calmly. “You go find an ice patch for your arm.”

“No, it’s fine, I—” you tried to protest but he gently pushed past you and finally opened the door to face a very frustrated delivery boy. The poor guy must have been waiting for at least ten minutes.

Changkyun apologized politely, gave him a generous tip, and then took the boxes of pizza inside while you watched, still completely out of it.

He made no attempts to return to your previous conversation, let alone to repeat his confession, so the two of you remained in silence for a good while, your shoulders and hips pressed against each other when you returned to your side-by-side spots on your couch.

He opened the pizza boxes, took out a slice, and tried it. After considering the taste for a moment, he shrugged to himself and passed one of the slices to you.

In your defense, you were far too overwhelmed with emotion – and pain, as your shoulder began to throb – to even begin to understand why you didn’t protest.

You took the slice of pizza from him.

Hell, you were so far beyond yourself, that you even took a bite.

And, God forgive, it didn’t taste awful at all.

It was an unusual sensation, sure, but it wasn’t as horrible as you’d imagined it to be. You even found yourself taking another bite, the foreign sweet-and-sour taste lighting your senses up.

Changkyun watched you experiment with different speeds of chewing – and he couldn’t help but smirk because he knew that if you hadn’t liked the taste, you wouldn’t have hesitated to spit it out – but he didn’t say anything, gloating in silence.

“Okay,” you finally dared to say when the two of you were already halfway done with one of the pizzas. “Can I say something?”

Suddenly, the memory of his confession right before you walked into a wall stabbed at his mind and he stopped chewing to clear his throat in hopes of covering up his flustered state. He tried to play it all off, however, not wanting to get ahead of himself.

“Of course,” he said.

“But promise not to tell anyone, okay?” you asked.

He would start hyperventilating any second now, he could feel it. “Okay.”

You took a deep breath, the next words extremely difficult – almost impossible, really – to say. “Pineapple on pizza isn’t actually that bad.”

Changkyun watched you for a moment after your confession. He noticed how broken up you looked – almost like you were abandoning every belief you’d held by admitting this – but, clearly, that wasn’t what he’d expected to hear from you and he didn’t quite know how to respond.

“C-can I say something else?” you asked then, replying to his silence.

“Yeah,” he spoke slowly, already waiting for you to admit that you were going to give French fries and Nutella a try next.

These next words seemed to come a lot easier for you. “I think I’m in love with you, too.”

You’d thought about your feelings for him before – even dreamed about this – but you never imagined saying these words out loud. Clearly, Changkyun had never imagined hearing you say this, either.

“Y-you—wait,” he turned to you, reading your face with eyes that were suddenly desperate. He needed clarification or he was going to scream. “You think?”

You looked away, breaking the eye contact. “You’re making me eat pineapple on pizza. I’m not too sure of my feelings right now.”

Changkyun could not believe you were still on that. “You just said you liked it!”

“I said it wasn’t that bad!” you protested.

“That’s the same thing!”

“No, it’s not,” you refused to agree. “What would you do if I told you I thought you weren’t that bad?”

“Honestly?” he almost laughed at the absurdity of your question. “Leap out of that window in joy.”

You didn’t understand. “What—”

“Because I’ve had feelings for you for so long now, any compliment you’ve ever given me has added five years to my life,” he explained with a face so straight and completely void of any doubt that you could almost feel your entire body shut down.

“It’s—no, okay, don’t—that was very unnecessary,” you stuttered.

Speaking was a challenge all of a sudden. Even breathing seemed to be nearly impossible but the stinging of your lungs was the least of your problems. It was your heart you were worried about. You hadn’t prepared for it to start beating so hard tonight.

You’d have never guessed that the reason why Changkyun was acting as if he’s been replaced by some extraterrestrial entities, was because he was, actually, looking for ways to deal with his feelings for you. Looking for ways to make those feelings obvious.

Because it’s been so long. He’s had feelings for you for so long.

Your heart was definitely not going to get through tonight.

“I meant it,” Changkyun added after a moment, his gaze lingering on the floor of the room. “It’s been a while.”

Inhaling deeply – you thought that relieving your lungs from the pain caused by a lack of oxygen would make it easier for you to keep talking about this – you tried to ask, “w-why didn’t you say anything before? Why do all of this—”

“I wanted to prove to you that I’d make a good boyfriend,” he said simply and you swore you’ve never seen him this shy before in your whole life, “much better than just a best friend.”

“You’re, uh—” you started to say but then realized that confessing your love had somehow come easier than admitting how much you valued your friendship with him, “you’re a pretty great best friend.”

He gave you a look – but he was smiling now because how could he not smile? – and wiped his hands on his dark blue jeans. “I’d say I’m a pretty phenomenal best friend, but who’s asking.”

Huh.

Just like that, his initial shyness disappeared.

He was most certainly something else and he was going to be the death of you.

“Right, sure,” you scoffed, returning to banter now that he seemed to have gone back to his old self. “A phenomenal best friend would have known that taking me to see romantic films in the cinema is of no use.”

Changkyun greeted your jab with dignity. “Yeah. I fully blame Jooheon for that one. He obviously didn’t know what he was talking about and I-I just went with it. I should have known you wouldn’t like that.”

“Why didn’t you tell me how you felt?” you asked, only glancing at him now that he’d lifted his gaze because you were afraid you’d lose all control of yourself if your eyes met. “I thought we had no secrets between us.”

“We don’t,” he confirmed and then exhaled slowly, this vulnerable admission relieving a heavy weight from his chest, “I just… I didn’t want to be rejected.”

“You may be an exceptional best friend—stop smirking every time I say that—but you’re pretty clueless as a guy,” you told him.

He was laughing, unafraid to show how much he cherished every positive thing you said about him, but he stopped as soon as you finished speaking. “Wait. Why?”

Finally, you looked at him. Really looked at him, allowing your eyes to meet and stay locked on each other for much longer than just a second.

“I’ve liked you, too, Kyun,” you said and it was like he’s been dead this whole time and you’d just brought him to life. “For as long as I can remember.”

He couldn’t believe all this time you’d wasted as he countered, quoting you, “why didn’t you tell me anything, then?”

You looked down again, realizing the hypocrisy of your question now. “I didn’t think you felt the same way.”

And that was it. The sole reason why it took you both so long to act on your feelings.

It was fear. Doubt. Pride.

You had too much pride to allow yourself to open up and reveal what was behind those walls you’d put up even for your closest friends. And, were it not for an argument blown so far out of proportion, you couldn’t even remember what started it anymore, this pride would have absolutely suffocated you both, and you’d have died, never knowing that just one second of vulnerability could have resulted in hours—years, even—of happiness.

“Can I ask you something?” Changkyun spoke up, breaking the tense silence of the room. “It’s actually something that I’ve wanted to ask you since I first saw you.”

“Yeah, of course,” you agreed, not even considering it. You’d already confessed to all the deepest feelings you’d kept hidden inside, so there wasn’t much left that you couldn’t reveal now.

“Can I kiss you?” he asked, his eyes burning so brightly, you were nearly blinded when you looked at him.

“Oh,” you swallowed, your stomach exploding into swarms of energetic butterflies. “T-that’s what you’ve wanted to ask me?”

He nodded, sheepish again.

“Yes,” you said, barely managing to restrain yourself when he lowered his eyes to your lips. “Please.”

It had taken you years to admit your feelings to each other, but it only took Changkyun half a second to take your breath away as he pressed his lips to yours.

It was a gentle kiss, tentative even. He only pulled away from it for another half a second before looking at you – and getting the permission he needed from your eyes – and kissing you again, harder this time as his hands came to rest on both sides of your face. 

His tongue brushed over your lower lip – slowly and hesitantly – but when you leaned into him, slightly parting your lips, he finally deepened the kiss, tilting his head to create a better rhythm of your mouths as they moved against each other.

His taste and the warmth of having him so close was enough to overwhelm you and you thought you’d turn into a mere puddle if he didn’t pull away, so you wrapped your hands around his neck for support and ended up bringing your body closer to his. Naturally, Changkyun responded by sighing into the kiss, his hands sliding down to your shoulders, then down your ribs, until they landed on your waist and both of your hearts were suddenly on fire.

You thought you couldn’t breathe as you kissed him, but then you felt him hold onto you tighter – as if you’d pull away if he let go – and it was like his touch provided you with the oxygen you needed.

You weren’t losing yourself in him, not at all.

You were already beyond lost.

“You taste like pineapples,” you told him quietly when you pulled away after a minute, your hands still around his neck.

Changkyun gave you a questionable look, panting as he tried to recover from the effect your kisses had on him. “I thought you liked them.”

“I don’t,” you replied, leaning in to press another soft kiss to his lips and then saying the words he’d been waiting to hear, “I love them.”

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[tentwentyninecompositions]

East Chicago Love Letter

12 DAYS PRIOR

“What time did you say she was flying in?” Myles questions as he continued to clip the ends of the floral arrangement. Dutch Hydrangeas and the Peony flower are Kary’s favorite. So as a small token of his love Enzo put together multiple bouquets for his wife. 

“Uh..should be around 8:30 maybe even nine o’clock. You think these look alright?” Enzo put the first bundle of flowers into an expensive, stained glass vase. He stepped back to get a better look at what he had put together. 

Myles finished off his bundle doing the same as his friend. Together in silence they admired the beautiful flowers that smell like a hint of lavender. Another one of Kary’s favorite things in life. 

“This is the nicest thing I’ve ever seen you do for anybody.” Myles spoke up. He went around to the other side of the kitchen to fish around the refrigerator for a drink. 

“Yeah man I know. I just want this night to go well. I’ve been planning this since her last trip. I know Kary inside and out so I know she’ll love this.” Enzo prides himself in knowing the things his wife loves, hates, and anything in between. “How could she not? I picked every one of these flowers myself, cut ‘em, washed ‘em...the whole nine man.” He chuckled. 

“I don’t doubt you on that at all. Kary is a very lucky woman to have you in her life. I’m always praying for y’all and you know my mama is too.” Myles began to clean up the mess he made in Enzo’s kitchen whilst sipping on his most beloved drink combination. Bourbon and apple juice. 

“Thank you brother, I really appreciate that.” The men returned the kitchen to its original clean state and went about their individual business. 

———  ———-

Later That Evening...

Glancing at the time of his watch Enzo blew out a sharp breath as he put the finishing touches on his anniversary dinner. After Myles left, Enzo spent the remainder of his alone time prepping his home for his wife’s arrival. Kary has been traveling non-stop for work for the past month, striking deals, meeting with designers, hosting events etc. Mrs. Warren has been a very busy woman. Being that today is the couples five year wedding anniversary Enzo thought he would prepare his wife’s favorite dish. That being chicken marsala in a Sherry cream sauce and brown butter risotto. He bought her three floral arrangements with each bundle having the stems wrapped in one hundred dollar bills. 

In addition to the flowers, Enzo splurged on several designer fragrance bottles, the finest brands of mascara and lipstick tubes in all of Kary’s favorite shades. The receipts from his shopping spree didn’t put the slightest dent in his bank account. When it boils down to love and showing his appreciation for his woman, Enzo will go above and beyond. 

ENZO 

Fastening the second button from the top on my shirt I picked up my brush to run over my hair for the fifth time. I don’t know why I feel so nervous to see my wife. Maybe it’s because she’s been gone for over four weeks and my anticipation has reached its peak. Coming home after a long day's work to go to bed alone put me in a funk for the first two weeks of Kary’s absence. 

Around the week three day two mark, I shook the chip off my shoulder and went back to my old routine. Five a.m., I go on my three mile run. Afterward, I go through my usual morning hit list before going to work. Step out for lunch around two-thirty and head over to the ring for seventy minutes exactly. By four o’clock I’m back to work and home by seven on the dot. And finally after weeks of forcing myself to get out of my own head I get the love of my life back. 

I’m nervous to see her but it’s a good kind of nervous. The sound of the door opening scared the hell out of me. That’s when I heard the most beautiful sound in the world. 

“Enzo, baby, I’m home.” 

My heart began pounding in my chest as I rushed to finish getting dressed. Cleaning up behind myself I sifted through my mental checklist to ensure part two of my plan runs efficiently. 

Taking a deep breath I cut the lights and left the room. I followed the sound of Kary’s ‘oohs’ and ‘oh my gods’ coming to find her in the kitchen. Her curiosity almost got her into trouble but she managed to keep her hands put. 

“I didn’t expect you until later.” I said. Kary glanced over her shoulder, her eyes lighting up at the sight of me. I told Myles this suit was a great idea. 

“I thought I would surprise you by catching an earlier flight. Clearly you had the same idea with surprises. You set all this up for me?” She shrugged off her coat and closed the distance between us. 

I took a moment to check out all of my efforts, happy with the turn out. With flowers, candles, her gifts displayed nicely, and the scent of the meal I prepared I definitely earned some points for this. Eager to minimize our distance I met her halfway drinking in every inch of her that I could with these barriers in between us. By barriers I do mean our clothes. She must’ve gotten a temporary room to clean up and change in because this scent lingering on her body and clothes is new to me. 

“You took..a shower...without me?” I spoke and exhaled in between kisses. Kary gets a good laugh out of me pretending to be upset with some things she does without me around. I’m never truly bothered but it’s fulfilling to make her laugh at silly shit. 

“This was an exception E, I needed some serious TLC after that long flight.” Backing up to cup my face in the palm of her hands Kary searched both of my eyes in silence. The expanding grin on her face inspired my own. 

“Why are you smiling so much?” I asked of her. 

“I could ask you the same thing but I already know it’s because you’re happy to see me. How much did you miss me?” Kary’s hands busied themselves with my clothes as she examined me from head to toe. 

“Oh I can show you better than I can tell you. Ready to eat? I cooked for you and it’s ready. As am I.” I joked. She and I laughed in richness and ventured to our kitchen together. 

She went back to admiring the layout of our house with me not able to keep my hands off of her. It took me all of five minutes to realize that her skirt is brand new. It’s one of those skirts that come to the knees with buttons going down the center seam. The only difference from this particular style of skirts and others is that this one is fitting. Kary will throw on a dress any time of year but a skirt, she rarely will purchase. 

“I like this new outfit. When did you get this?” Getting a feel for the fabric I expressed the pleasure it brought to me beneath my fingers. 

“I was feeling adventurous and this little number happened to be marked down seventy percent off. I had a feeling you’d like it.” Kary stepped ahead and hustled around the kitchen not waiting for me. My all time favorite thing to watch is Kary fending for herself when she’s hungry. Whenever her craving for food is magnified she gets this look in her eye. In the beginning of our relationship I would place a story behind every little thing that attracted me to her. 

Now I just identify the attraction as attraction. I find it appealing and arousing when she showcases her need for the basics in life. Her will to eat is at the top of that list. 

“Mm..mama’s hungry.” Chucking at her maneuvering swiftly to fix two plates I caught her eye. 

She flipped me the bird and motioned for me to come closer and help her out. “Mama is hungry for many many things. Was Myles here? I’m getting the sense that he was. That lingering trace of Polo is hitting me in the face.” 

“He was for a little while, yeah. He told me to pass on a hello to you. That fool tried so hard to stick around for dinner but you already know how that conversation went.” I took over the ship again ushering her to sit at the table. “You go off to work for a month straight and here you are still putting in time? I don’t believe you. When did you ever sleep?” 

“Fixing a plate is nothing compared to what I was doing over the past four weeks. You spent all this time preparing all of this for me. I think the least I can do is help out a little.” Here goes the bargaining. Typical, overachieving, non-stop working Kary Santos-Warren. 

“Oh come on. Save me the good wife speech baby, I know what you are capable of. What are you drinking tonight? Red..white..water..” Carrying her plate over to her I matched her smirk. 

“I think I’ll switch it up tonight. Do we still have that Brandy?” She questioned me about it. 

Tipping my head to her I walked back into the kitchen to grab a plate for myself and the Brandy. She and I were given this forty five year aged liquor for Christmas. I put it away towards the back of our liquor cabinet saving it for a special occasion. Tonight is the best reason to open this bad boy up. 

Kary volunteered to bless our evening and our meal. Her speech touched me in a few ways due to some things that she spoke on. 

“You’re getting emotional? Wow, this isn’t the Enzo I know and love. What’s changed, lover boy?” Her bare foot tickled my pant leg before she continued on with raising the bottom half with her toes. 

The coolness of her toe pads gave me chills but I embraced them all. I’ve missed this woman terribly so nothing she can do will get on my nerves. 

“I’m not being emotional. Your blessing touched me deeper than usual that’s all. Talk to me about your trip. How was it? I wanna know everything.” Kary spilled every detail of what her work trip was like, not leaving any information out. 

Setting my empty glass aside I folded my hands behind my plate, drinking in her existence. She helped herself to seconds of dinner signifying that I outdid myself. I do have a fourth course for her, which is her absolute favorite. 

Kary licked her knife clean and gently set it down, giving me this intense eye. “I must say babe, that was amazing. I can tell you took your time with the sherry. Myles must have been busting your balls about not screwing up my sauce huh?” 

“God, you are so fucking smart. Yes, Myles was giving me the hardest time about the dinner period to be honest with you. He was practically with me all day until I kicked him out.” Rising from my seat I picked up her plate and mine, taking them both to the kitchen. 

“Is there more? Because quiero mas, por favor..” Kary sang out from the dining room table.

“Give me five minutes and I’ll be right back.” I guaranteed her. Removing my infamous banana bread from the oven I set up a small plate neatly for us to share. Removing the Brandy from the shelf I poured her and I another serving, rejoining her once again. “For you my queen. Open.” Seeing Kary’s mouth open visibly made my erection go from a three to an honest ten.  

Her eyelids closed along with her mouth around the fork. “God, I have missed the satisfying taste of your baking. You are the only person I know that can bring me this type of joy from food alone. Happy anniversary my love. You’ve given me the best escape from reality, the best life, so much joy, peace and happiness. In all of the years we have been together, I have never once felt unhappy or unimportant. You are my everything babe.” 

Although Kary and I have had difficulty in the past trying to get pregnant, maybe tonight is the night. Mashallah.

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[elippo]

Elia hanging out with the boys and he tells them he has been seeing Filippo for a while, then Filippo joins them and as a greeting Elia kisses him (something they had never done in public before).

I have no idea why the layout is like that :/

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As Elia waspacking his bags for a week at his mum’s, he got a call from her to tell himthat she wouldn’t be home until at least Thursday and had asked him if he couldstay with his dad instead. Elia had told her “Of course!”, but was alreadyforming a text to Filippo in his mind. His parents hadn’t spoken to each otherdirectly in years anyway.

Trying notto sound too clingy or desperate, but still conveying the message of ‘My mumwill think I’m at my dad’s and my dad will think I’m at my mum’s, but I couldinstead be with you, can I please stay with you?’, he sent a text to Filippo.

Filippo hadreplied with a string of heart eye emojis, a couple of eggplants, tongues, abi-flag using hearts, a red heart and a pride flag. Elia had rolled his eyesfondly, before he could reply Filippo sent him another text, telling him hecould pick him up after school tomorrow because he had to be near the schoolfor something. Without thinking, Elia had replied with a thumbs up and heartemoji. Seconds later, he realized he would have to tell the boys why Filippo was picking him up, since the boysdidn’t even know they were ‘hanging out’. He’d been fidgeting to tell themabout Filippo anyway, but until recently he had no idea what to tell them.

‘Hey guys,remember Martino introduced us to Filippo 4 months ago? We’ve been hooking upsince then!’ Didn’t really convey what else they had been doing. Sure, itstarted with a random hook up at a party, but then they had met up again andwhile there was still a lot of teasing and eyerolls from Filippo, it was clearthat the both of them were aware that it wasn’t going to be a onetime thing. Sothey met up for dinner dates, movie nights and ‘just being with each otherbecause we like each other’ at Filippo’s house, because there were no annoyingyounger siblings that could barge into the bedroom unannounced there (well, 1,but Eleonora wasn’t home most of the time) and maybe most importantly, nohomophobic fathers.

But now hecould get almost a week of being with his boyfriend(who always had comebacks ready for whatever sarcastic thing Elia had said, butalways fondly rolled his eyes before saying them).

He thoughtabout the ways he could tell the boys about Filippo during the bus ride fromhis dad’s to school. If they were all present, he could get it over with beforeclasses even started, but Martino was running late and Elia didn’t want to tellthe others before telling Martino. Especially not because he probably wouldn’thave met Filippo without Martino. Maybe he could slip Giovanni and Martino anote during class, but then he’d still have to tell Luca alone and he didn’twant him to feel left out if he found out the others knew before him.

In theafternoon, they were playing table football at the café not far from schoolwhen Elia blurted it out.

“I’m seeingsomeone.”

He was ableto score a goal and was about to high five Martino when he realised he was onlyable to do so because the others had stopped playing. They were all looking athim, waiting for him to elaborate. Except Luca:

“TheArgentinian?!”

Elia shookhis head,

“No, nother, it’s … not a girl.” He said hesitating and looking down. It made him missthe look that passed between Giovanni and Martino who were both remembering asimilar conversation they had months earlier.

“You’regay? Why did you spend so much time on the Argentinian then?” Luca asked.  

“No, I’mnot gay. I’m bisexual!”  He said with abig smile. Filippo would be proud, he thought. He’d given him a little Bi-prideflag-pin out of the blue a little over a month ago after a conversation theyhad about what they were and while Filippo brushed it off as somethingunimportant, Elia had been speechless. He knew Filippo was on his mind 24/7,but to know that Fili had thought about him when he wasn’t with him made feelall giddy inside.

Filippo hadteased him about getting sentimental, but Elia had pushed him on his couch andhad shown him exactly how happy he was with the little gift.

Luca lookedpuzzled for a moment,

“That meansyou like both girls and boys, right?” He said, proud to remember the definitionElia himself had told him. Elia only knew it because he had looked up duringtheir trip to Greece after a day at the beach where there had been a mixedvolleyball match and he hadn’t been able to decide who he liked to look atmore.

Elianodded, he was about to tell them who exactly it was that he was seeing whenMartino spoke:

“You saidyou were seeing someone, do we know him?”

Giovanniadded, “That would surprise me, do you even hang out with other people besides us?”

Elia almostthrew the plastic football at him,

“You doknow him actually. It’s Filippo.”

Had Martinobeen drinking something, his drink would’ve been spat out and all over Elia.Luckily he wasn’t.

“Sava? MyFilippo?” Elia raised his eyebrows.

“I’m prettysure Fili belongs to no one but himself, but yes, that Filippo.”

Giovannislapped his shoulder,

“CongratsEli! You’ve officially surpassed Marti in dating older guys.” Elia laughed andmade a gesture that evoked the meaning: ‘what can I say, it’s my charm’. Lucaand Gio slapped him on the shoulder.

“Sincewhen?” Martino asked him after they had all gone silent. Elia brought his handup to his lips,

“Since youintroduced us?”

All threeof them opened their eyes in surprise.

“That’s …almost 6 months ago.” Giovanni noted.

“Why tellus now?” Martino asked.

“Becausehe’s going to be here in,” Elia checked his phone, “10 minutes and I didn’twant to lie about why he’s picking me up?”

“He’scoming here?” Luca asked.

Elianodded, but before he could say anything else, his phone chimed with a message.It was Filippo who told him he was waiting outside in his car.

“Is itFilo? Tell him to come inside!” Martino asked. Elia looked at him and saw thatthere was nothing but pride and excitement in Martino’s eyes. He didn’t knowwhy it had taken so long for him to tell the others about Filippo and him. Hesent a quick text to Fili and they resumed their football match. A few minuteslater Martino nudged him in the side and glanced at the door, where Filippo hadjust come in, he was hiding a little into his coat, glancing at the differenttables, until he spotted the boys near the end of the café. Elia was about towave, but Filippo was already walking towards them, a smile growing on his facethe closer he got. Martino, very subtle, took a step to the right, so Elia wasnearest to the wall. Elia was momentarily confused with the changed position,but then Filippo was standing next to him and without hesitation Elia greetedhim with a short kiss. Filippo was stunned for a second, but then broke into agrin.

Filippokissed him once more and then greeted the others.

“Hope youdon’t mind I’m stealing him for a while.”

Giovannianswered first: “Ugh no, please do so. We were getting bored with him anyway.Be safe though.”

Filippo raised his eyebrows suggestively andlaughed. Elia was about to turn around and deliver a comeback to his friend,but was instead grabbed by his boyfriend. Filippo placed his hands on Elia’scheeks and pulled him close and kissed him soundly. Elia couldn’t help butsmile into the kiss and when he heard Giovanni and Martino tease them, he gavethem the middle finger without breaking away from the kiss.

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 The regular desk ping pong spheres analyze just a mere 2.7 gram. The 40 mm diameter sphere is actually basically empty. Originally the size of the ball was 38 mm in size. The basic sphere measurements was actually modified at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championship.

 The rule size table tennis sphere is actually made from a high-bouncing hollow synthetic round. The different colors of the rounds is actually either orange or even white colored depending upon the shade of the dining table.

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 RacketsI like to receive rackets that are a creation or two old that have considerable amounts of good evaluations. Many times the changes coming from in 2015's style to this latest year's designs are simply aesthetic. Even the physical adjustments they add may or might not make it much better.

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 : If I can easily get a $1.50 can easily of spheres that are going to simply play for 1-2 collections vs $3/can that will last 4-5 collections ... go along with the $3 can.

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 It depends just how frequently you crack them. If you carry out not play frequently, then commonly you are safe to opt for cords in the $8-15 variety for one bundle.

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 Ping Pong Club Add-Ons

 There are 3 means to develop your tennis club ...

 1) Get participants to get additional.

 2) Get additional loan apiece purchase.

 3) Raise Your Membership Fees.

 Now, allow's talk about utilizing add-ons to triple your profits.

 Ask this in add-on concern.

 What other products and services do your participants need as well as how can you establish a relationship with that said vendor or company?

 Below are some good ideas for attachments initially.

 More Privates Lessons.

 If they are actually taking 1 with you, acquire all of them to take 2 or even if they are taking 2 move them approximately 3, with a rebate naturally.

 The majority of adults need to have additional on-court method time in any case.

 Numerous take trainings for several years as well as never truly progress considering that they don't enter adequate session as well as strategy opportunity.

 Therefore, there is your sound straight there certainly!!

 Leverage your kid's trainings.

 I obtained this add-on coming from my first supervisor at Nishinomiya.

 Listed here is what he performed.

 He focused on accumulating our youngsters system and after that our team take advantage of each connection.

 Our experts would certainly get the kids to handle an once a week deal, where they will take trainings 3 times a week.

 After that our team will offer the mama on why she needs to become taking lessons too.

 As well as obviously, the daddy would certainly participate in after also.

 In the long run, our company will be selling good fatty tissue family packaged deals as well as tripling our revenues.

 And final.

 Switch your sporting activities store right into an add-on.

 Utilize your sports outlet as an add-on for each and every new transaction or to market to your members in an innovative method.

 Offer a markdown to all new members when they participate in. (Package it along with a racket and 2 collections of wear and also other ping pong aids/gear).

 They are actually mosting likely to need to have tennis wear anyhow, so inflict all of them at a reasonable cost.

 To carry out that.

 Use the reverse business technique.

 You do not wish to acquire as well as have to stock a considerable amount of inventory. Receive the provider to front end you the rackets and also ping pong things as well as offer all of them first, after that spend for all of them.

 Acquire innovative as well as offer, sell, sell as well as your distributor will certainly enjoy you for it.

 Using this sporting activities store design, you can easily deliver a decent rate and also ensure the hell from it daily as well as cash in for your club.

 Okay.

 Those are actually merely 3 ideas for additionals.

 See to it that in your everyday or even every week conference that you and your workers are conceptualizing for even more ideas to use additionals with all your transactions coming from today.

 Then, check out how your club's profit dive by means of the roof!

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Homeownership is a series of peaks and valleys. For all the pleasure I take in homemaking, I just as often feel stressed, overwhelmed and financially strained. I’ve had a garage flood, a sewer line repair, and a complete HVAC replacement. But I’ve also found cool art, neat craigslist finds, and a deep sense of pride in my home. So after 1.5 of house projects, I thought it’d be nice to back step observe and share my progress with my friends. And random internet people. Enjoy (and don’t judge).

Living Room

The living room in my house also serves as an entryway and thoroughfare to the rest of the house. It’s long and narrow, so I’ve moved the furniture around repeatedly trying to get an optimal layout, that also allows more than just me to see the television. It was also challenging because my 1940’s home doesn’t have electrical plugs in useful spots. So, there is a bit of (safe) extension cording happening beneath the rug. Right when I had moved in, I tried making this area a living room and dining room combo. However, I found that it cramped the space way too much, plus a 4 piece dining set isn’t something that I used that often. Obviously, I love bright, vivid colors, so I’m always striving to find a balance. To help even out the look of the room, I jettisoned almost everything that didn’t serve a purpose (i.e. books, bookends, tchotkes). Clean surfaces and empty space balances the neon pinks and purples. Also, since the space is so small the various plants helps the room feel more alive rather than a small shoebox.

Updates since move-in: sofa, NASA Jet Propulsion poster, plants, window treatments, Ikea chair and ottoman, orange tray, several rounds of decluttering, purchased larger area rug, added neutral throw pillows.

To do: Paint the ceiling and walls, hang lighter window treatments, buy a matching loveseat and ottoman, get rid of the coffee table, install a fish tank, hang a gallery wall, install an updated hook rack, replace front door

Bedroom

My bedroom is an addition on the house, and is actually the largest space in the house. The window and exterior door placement made furniture placement a bit tricky. Again, I’ve probably moved the furniture in this room 10 times before ending up on this particular layout. It works well for me, I don’t read too much into Feng Shui- but I try to adhere to the “no feet toward the front door” recommendation. I also don’t want to be able to see the front door from my bed (#smallhouseproblems).

Updates since move-in: hung window treatments, new lamps, endtables, bed, mattress, dressers, vanity, painted walls, added lampshade to closet, hung hook rack, multiple accessories

To Do: replace light fixture, replace windows, swap out flooring (eventually I want the whole hose to be wood-look tile), refinish the vanity, vanity chair

Master Bathroom

The master bathroom has caused me a lot of grief, from an endless grout painting project to leaky fixtures. I feel like updating the master bathroom has been about 90% of my effort since moving in. The blue color of tile is definitely screams high school gym locker room, but I think my updates have really spruced up what was uninviting room. Added teak shelving and a shower bench has created storage and utility in the large space. Again, you can see that I don’t shy away from bright colors- I especially love the pops of red in the shower curtain against all the different shades of blue in this room.

Updates since moving in: removed all wall cabinets, removed medicine cabinet/light combo, replaced faucet, replaced electrical outlets and light switches, re-caulked toilet, fixed leaks on sink, added colorful accessories, installed towel hooks and racks, added teak shelf tower and shower bench, painted walls Navy, fixed exhaust fan cover, frosted windows, installed light fixture, painted overhead light fixture, replaced bulbs with LED/daylight balanced, painted grout lines grey

To Do: Paint trim, have plumbers replace shower handles and shower head (the wall needs to be opened up)

Office (second bedroom)

So the office also took a turn being a dining room. Again, not a terribly useful or enjoyable use of the space. It’s a tiny room for four people to be in, plus it’s usually pretty dark. All in all, I think it’s much better utilized as an office. I telework sometimes, and am also attending grad school full time, so it definitely gets a lot more use as it is now. The older house charm comes with its share of challenges, there’s only four outlets in the room and they are all on one wall (sigh). I had almost painted the room a muted blue or green, when my best friend/interior designer Jenn recommended shades of gray with an accent wall. Though most would shy away from painting a tiny room’s wall black, I figured it would give the space some dimension and contrast with my lighter colored furniture and accessories. I’ve also converted the tiny closet into a dog-proof cat litter station and office storage. The space is really opened up by taking off the window treatment and also removing the door.  You can see more office photos here: https://therealhouseblog.com/2017/01/14/the-office/

Updates since move-in: painting and patching walls and ceiling, replacing light fixture, adding office furniture, hanging gallery wall, thrifting desk, salvaging retro filing cabinet, adding area rug, cat litter closet and mail station

To do: Replace the window (it’s an original window, it doesn’t open :/), add shelves to closet for pet supply storage,

  Guest Bathroom

Oh (somewhat) original 1945 bathroom. Your tiny shower and short sink make me feel like Godzilla. The original plaster on the walls was cracked, the tile was pretty dingy, and the vanity was light green. Plus, there wasn’t even a shower head in the shower area- something I didn’t notice until after I signed the mortgage. It was like, I’m not mad at you bathroom, I’m just disappointed in your choices.  Early on in the updating the home process, my thought process was this: either try to change the colorful tiles in the house, or just lean into them. As I’m a color lover, I chose to lean in. Guess that makes me a modern woman according to Sheryl Sandberg. It took two tries to find the perfect color (I used the Sherwin Williams color matching), and when I opened the paint can it looked white, but actually is a powdery lavender. With the new paint and grey/silver accents make it look less nursing home and more vintage on purpose.  One caveat of removing the lighted medicine cabinet was that I also removed the only electrical plug in the room. Whoops. But since it’s a guest bathroom, it’s not a huge deal. I love my scented plug-ins, a candle will have to do in here.

Updates since moving in: patched the walls and ceiling, scrubbed tile with bleach, replaced toilet seat cover, replaced hardware on cabinet, installed a shower head, installed a permanent shower curtain rod, removed medicine cabinet, installed new light fixture and electrical box, painted the vanity, added new accessories: glass shelf, towels, shower curtain, artwork, etc.

To do: I’d really like to paper the cabinet with something interesting, and maybe add another shelf for candles. This room is pretty much done!

Kitchen and Dining Nook

The kitchen has so much more to do, I try not to think about it too too much. It’s a tiny galley kitchen, and had original/30 year-old features. That range was from the 70’s, the hood too. The door was original and was only secured by a hook and eye “lock.” I slept with one eye open the first month I lived there- while also having that door barricaded with old books. The walls are tiled with vinyl, there were a bunch of random cabinets (not pictured), one of which required 5 tools and the jaws of life to remove. The light fixtures were mismatched, old and cheap. But with some baskets, a new shelf, and stringent organization skills I make it work. Plus I’ve got a whole garage to store totes that have my cake baking supplies and other rarely used items. Oh, I forgot, my counters are four inches taller than the standard, which is weird too (especially after using the 20″ vanity in the guest bathroom).

The floor is badly patched, old, and dingy. I’ve scrubbed that floor with bleach, oxyclean, scouring powder… nothing works. I’ve had to get really creative and ruthless with the amount of things I have in the room- because there’s very little storage.

Contractors quoted a floor and subfloor replacement around 2k. Not terrible, but I’d really like to have the same flooring throughout the whole house so it unites the space. And I’m not sure what I want, so it’s been on the backburner).  New sink, new dishwasher, new backsplash, paint. Basically I would want to rip out the kitchen and start over. But for now, I’ll settle for new paint and save up for a dream kitchen in the future. Again, another reason not to spend 2k on the ugly floor, when 10k would redo the whole space. Maybe.

Since moving in: Removed old/awkwardly placed cabinets, removed installed toaster, painted wall tiles and ceiling, patched concrete, installed new refrigerator, new stove, new range hood, changed light fixtures, added swag light with shade, installed new door (with lots of locks), new accessories, added lots of hanging storage, baskets, industrial shelving, miscellaneous decor, purchased dining nook from craigslist.

To do: Maybe a new floor, paint the kitchen (the same color as the living room), paint the trim, possibly paint the cabinets and dining nook.

  Utility Room & Laundry Room

There’s no before picture, these are all from my utility/mudroom/laundry room as she lives and breaths right now. Don’t you envy my supply of paper towels and bath tissue?

But for realsies, this room has the tallest ceilings in my whole house. It’s also the only access to the backyard. I dream of a living room and kitchen that open to the backyard. As you can see now, my lovely guests have to travel through my furnace/water heater room to go outside. Meh. The washer and dryer face weird ways, the tile is rainbow, the utility sink is dingy. But, they all work, and it’s good room for Cash when we’re away from home.

Since moving in: Hung a mirror and some random artwork, added a bamboo shade to the shelf, added window frosting on side window (faces right into my neighbors home)

To do: Paint the walls and trim (the trim is that lovely shade of old oakey orange), add a ceiling fan (there’s no ventilation in this room), add an area to fold clothes, get a new door.

As you can see my to do lists are still pretty long. I’m also coming to a point where I have to ask whether it’s worth it in the short term to do repairs that require major overhaul. The house is old, and it needs a lot of updating. I’m hoping in 5 years (3 years from now)- I’ll have enough saved to do a Fixer-Upper type overhaul with a design/build firm. For now, it’ll be little cosmetic projects, and lots of major cleanup outside! That’s all folks. School is starting up, so blog posts and house projects will be few and far in between. Have a neat summer!  x, J

  Before and After Homeownership is a series of peaks and valleys. For all the pleasure I take in homemaking, I just as often feel stressed, overwhelmed and financially strained.