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“So which side do you choose?”
“Right one” Y/N says walking towards her side of the bed.
“I’m sorry that the only room left is a double.”
“That’s not a problem for me” she answers without stopping typing on her laptop.
“I can sleep on the couch, if for you is a problem to sleep together.”
This is our first mission alone, without Jack, Riley or Bozer. Matty sent us to thwart a weapons traffic that should take place tomorrow morning, when all the staff of this five stars hotel will be distracted by the annual charity auction. It will be a big event, so we will go unnoticed without any problems. Usually it’s up to Matty and Riley to make adjustments about cover-ups and accommodations, but without their help we had to, you know, improvise. Luckily a couple that had booked the room to attend the auction, has renounced at the last moment, so Y/N promptly makes us enter.
“I start to think that you’re the one who got some problems” she says smiling mischievously “Don’t worry, I don’t bite; but if you prefer to sleep on the couch, do as you want. But it doesn’t look so comfortable” she laughs tilting her head in the direction of the couch.
When Matty told me I had to go on mission with Y/N, I was relieved because I feel like she’s the team member that has much in common with me. She has scientific knowledges so I don’t have to worry about translating into common language everything I say. In addition, she has done solo missions in past when she worked for CIA so she can use every kind of weapons and could literally kick my own ass too, if pissed off. I care about Riley, Bozer and Jack as well, but I’ve felt a special bond with Y/N from the first day we met. She’s always been there for me: she makes me laugh, listens to me when I’ve got a problem, and I have to admit, she has this capacity to feel empathy for people. Sometimes I found myself hoping that Nikki was more like her, especially for what concerns understanding me.
“It’s better if you stop overworking. I want you to be at your best tomorrow” I lay on the bed, closing her laptop.
“Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone to kick your boy scout ass”
“I’m not worried about me. There could be the eventuality that tomorrow we will have to split and I won’t be able to cover your back.”
“You know that I’ve been through worst, by myself. I can do it.” she laughs. She thinks to be invincible and never takes seriously the risks for her health.
“I know it, but you do overwork yourself all the time and I would never forgive myself if something bad will happen to you, tomorrow…or any other time”
“Okay. You’ve convinced me” she puts away her laptop ad takes off her glasses. She’s cute when she wears her glasses but she only does it when she’s working at home. Because as I’ve already said, she always works on something. “Then I begin feeling tired” she looks like a little girl, rubbing her eyes.
“I go to put on my pj” Y/N says getting close to her suitcase and then disappearing in the bathroom.
I take off my shirt and change my jeans into a pair of sweatpants. Y/N goes out the bathroom and moves towards the wardrobe to hang up her clothes. She wears a pair of grey shorts, that hug her well shaped butt in the right places, and a coordinate t-shirt that is a little too tight on her breasts not to make my mind wander about the fact that she’s wearing no bra. I don’t even know why am I thinking about these things. She’s my work partner, and it isn’t allowed for us to have relationships with colleagues, then I still have to elaborate the end of my story with Nikki. So why can’t I stop staring at her? The way she lifts herself on her tip toes to reach the upper shelf of the wardrobe, how she bows down to put her shoes in place. Now she’s walking towards the bed and climbs upon it with grace. She covers herself with the sheets and says “Can I turn off the light?”
“Yes”
“Okay, goodnight!” She smiles and lengthens her body and arm to reach the light switch.
I turn my back to her, avoiding to move towards the centre of the bed, and she does the same. I try to empty my mind from all the thoughts about her, the mission, Nikki, my dad…