“I’d like you to move in with me, sweet baby,” Eteo said to Ariana that afternoon. Heavy rain had prevented their walk, and they had stayed in her apartment on Bellevue Street enjoying the view of the gloomy horizon toward UBC and the Endowment Lands. Ariana’s eyes filled with tears. She leaned her head on his shoulder and asked, “When would you like me to do that, my love?”

“There’s no rush. We’ll figure it out, baby,” Eteo said and kissed her trembling lips.

Ariana looked around the room at the furniture and all her other things that would have to be packed and moved or put in storage when the time came. The thought panicked her, and the stress was written all over her face, but she only said, “Yes, when the time comes, my love, we’ll figure it out.”

They didn’t talk of this anymore, but the thought of it was in their minds day after day. They started spending every night together, either at her place or at Eteo’s, and they both loved the sensation of a beloved body always next to theirs, especially Eteo, who always liked to stretch his legs and touch Ariana’s to get that feeling of connection with another person so unlike the loneliness of being alone in a big bed.

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