Chapter 44
Hanna Banana
Lil, where did you go?
Papaya Maya
If you ran away without us, you suck.
Lilith
Well you own part of the apartment so….
Hanna Banana
!!!
Lilith
Chill brat, I decided that this morning needed some well earned grease and better food than we had in the fridge. Getting breakfast.
Papaya Maya
And coffee?
Hanna Banana
We have coffee here….
Papaya Maya
But not coffee already made in a fancy machine
Like if you’re already out….
Hanna Banana
Lilith
Yes, yes, I am getting coffee too
Hanna Banana
Don’t encourage her
Papaya Maya
ENCOURAGE ME
Lilith
Are you guys up?
Hanna Banana
Just got up and didn’t know where you were
Papaya Maya
Still in bed
Actually…
*Sent an image*
Lilith
!!!
I will be home stat! DO NOT put clothes on.
I have been waiting too long for this moment!!!
Lily bounced on the balls of her feet as she waited for the last of the order to be ready.
She knew if she showed up empty-handed that would be enough for both Hanna and Maya to riot, and she had plans for them.
She couldn’t wait to get back to their little corner, to be enveloped in her girls.
She smiled to herself at the thought of them waiting for her…
Hanna rolled onto her stomach and stretched.
“Holy shit,” she said.
Maya laughed.“I know, had I known that was what would happen if we sent nudes…” She buttoned her silk pajama top.
Hanna smiled. She loved the way that Maya couldn’t help wearing her pajamas when in bed, even though Lily had just fucked their brains out. Hanna wasn’t sure she was ready to break the moment with clothing and besides, she loved the way Lily looked at her body.
“Lily, how can you be on your feet so soon?” Hanna teased over her shoulder, as Lily’s blonde head disappeared from view.
“Food is getting cold,” she heard Lily shout from the kitchen.
Hanna rolled onto her back and then sat up. Maya leaned over and planted a soft kiss on her cheek.
“You’re not going to freak out if we eat in bed, are you?” Hanna asked her.
“She better not, I didn’t get my snuggles in this morning,” Lily answered, coming back into the room wearing a pair of boxers and, to Hanna’s delight, nothing else. She set a bag on the bed and carefully placed a cup holder with three coffees on the nightstand.
“You would have been able to snuggle if you hadn’t run off,” Maya said, smiling as Hanna opened the bag and began to hand out their foil-wrapped food.
“I had to provide for my babes,” Lily said, shrugging as she handed a coffee to Maya. Hanna watched Maya kiss Lily’s hand before taking the cup. Her stomach swooped as Maya took a sip and moaned in pleasure.
“That good?” Hanna said.
“Of course it is, it came from me,” Lily said.
Maya rolled her eyes. “I will make an exception for food in bed, because there’s a special occasion we haven’t called out.”
Hanna turned her face to Lily and saw her own confusion mirrored back at her.
“It’s fall–just past the time of year I first met all of you,” Maya said, smiling and taking another sip.
“Oh my god,” Lily said, kneeling onto the bed and handing Hanna a warm cup. “It totally is, and we missed it!”
“I can’t believe we missed it!” Hanna said. “But in our defense, it has been a crazy fall with the move, new job, new school schedule. I guess we’ve really just kinda fallen into routine, fallen into things.”
“Well what’s important is that we are addressing it now with bed food,” Maya said, leaning around Hanna to set her coffee down and then grabbing a bagel sandwich.
“‘Bed Food,’” Hanna and Lily both air quoted.
“It’s how you get ants!” Maya said.
“In November? In New England?” Lily settled in next to Maya and wrapped an arm around her, grabbing her own sandwich with her free hand. “Can’t believe we blew it, we should at least get gifts or something.”
“You got a gift, you got nudes this morning,” Maya said.
“The gift that will keep on giving,” Lily smiled.
“And we def got something in return,” Hanna said, leaning over to kiss first Maya, then Lily, on the cheek.
“Mmm, we sure did,” Maya said as Hanna leaned back into her spot and grabbed the last sandwich.
“Besides, I don’t think we need to do something big,” she continued around a small bite of bagel and egg.
“Not after the year we’ve had—I’m actually so proud of us.
” She took a moment to chew, and the pause seemed to spread through the room and settle around them.
They had gone from hooking up, to falling in love, to moving in together. Sure, cue the U-Hauling jokes, but it had taken them a whole year. There were still things to navigate with their parents, school, work, but Maya was starting to understand that was probably a constant of life.
Maya thought about how good they all were, even if she was going to have to de-crumb their bed. How one night of stumbling into a steamy encounter had planted something between them, and Maya couldn’t wait to keep watching it grow.
They finished their food in the same old easy silence, then cleaned up before climbing right back into bed.
As they settled in to pick a movie, Maya could almost recall something her mother had said at the start of her journey to this point—something about home, and about people.
In the haze of a wine hangover and a greasy-food Band-Aid, she could only smile at the thought that she finally understood.
Like the noise of life, the day was grey outside the apartment, but their bed was a refuge. Maya knew she wasn’t alone as she snuggled between her two girls, sturdy and warm — there was no place she’d rather be than in the soft light of this room, their hands sliding into hers.