MCA #10, Early Monday Evening

[solarhippie]

On Halloween, Karolina and Beau had had a pretty significant conversation about something, and a decision had been half-made that was either just common sense, or a pretty big step in their relationship. Or both. Probably both, actually.

Cut to today, and Karolina finally getting enough of a reprieve from some big school stuff to actually think about it. And, no, not about whether it was too big a step or whether it was a decision they should make, because for all that she'd said they should think about it... Yeah, she'd pretty much made her mind up about it back at Mike's party.

Which meant that now she was just standing in her living room, looking around herself, and just thinking about logistics, and how much living space two people needed, and just generally how the process would go.

"... Wow, I really don't own much stuff, do I?"

[ooc: Mainly for the girlfriend, but can be open before her, too! Up early because timezones.]

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[notallbluemonks]

Beau wouldn’t lie, she was happy to have her hand free to eat some more too.

“Yeah, not like I have much either,” she agreed. “We can put it all together and it’ll actually look like someone lives there!”

[solarhippie]

Karolina snickered. "It already looks that way, babe. Come on"

Or possibly that was just Karolina's natural kindness at play?

[notallbluemonks]

“It’s a figure of speech!” Beau retorted, laughing. “Also hyperbole. You know what I mean."

She nudged Karolina's shoulder again, gently.

"So I'm kinda really excited about this, actually. Are you?"

[solarhippie]

"Yeah." That came out... with a little more emphasis than she'd actually meant it to, but that was okay. The enthusiasm was genuine. "I really am. I mean, it's a little weird too, but kind of in a good way? It's just weird because it's new."

[notallbluemonks]

Okay, Beau couldn’t resist any more, and she had to put her carton of food on the coffee table just so she could lean over, stretch up, and kiss Karolina on the cheek.

“Yeah. We’ll get used to it, though.”

She considered something, blinked, and then asked, “Can we maybe keep your bed, though? I think it’s more comfortable than mine.”

[solarhippie]

Karolina definitely tilted her head a little to make that kiss easier for her. Because she was just so very helpful like that. And not at all a sucker for affection.

And then she also kind of blinked, before snickering. "I mean, I want to say I'm cool with whichever," she said. "But I kiiiiinda also think mine's more comfortable."

She didn't need much in life, but an extra comfy bed was a necessity.

[notallbluemonks]

Definitely not a sucker for affection! Not any more than Beau had a lot of it to give out now that there was someone who actually wanted it from her. So that little nuzzle behind Karolina’s ear before she sat back down was totally unintentional. Really.

“I think I’ve spent enough time in both of them to comfortably say you’re right. So that’ll probably be the hardest thing to move, but you’re pretty fucking strong, so …” She didn’t have to finish that sentence for someone to guess that she’d say it was going to be hot to watch.

… for like a few seconds, and then she’d help, of course! Assuming she didn’t just swoon and end up utterly useless.

[solarhippie]

Karolina had definitely dated her long enough to be able to follow the logic of how that sentence ended, yes.

She snorted. "I am not moving the bed by myself so you can leer, Beau."

She wasn't actually strong enough to, anyway, but details.

[notallbluemonks]

“Okay, but can I at least fantasize about it?” Beauregard.

And then — you know what, she really didn’t care about maintaining her dumb-jock image around Karolina, and there was no point in doing so anyway, so she pulled a little memo pad and pen out of her pocket and flipped to an empty page so she could start writing all of this down. (The moving logistics, not any related fantasies.)

“Hey, so how about we take all your laundry over to my place, and I can do it all with mine and then just put it all away over there?” Beau huffed a laugh. “Guess we should get used to this joint decisions thing anyway, huh?”

[solarhippie]

Karolina had kind of expected her to start writing down her fantasies, if she was honest. Just for one second! (One glorious, ridiculous, hilarious second.) And then she laughed a little, mostly at herself.

And nodded. "Yeah, that's a good idea," she agreed. "And, yeah. Guess that's a thing we'll be doing way more of now. But I think we're already pretty good at it when we have to be, right?"

[notallbluemonks]

Oh, those were going in a different notebook later. One that was probably going to end up in the study where Karolina could read it, and there was going to be a lot to read.

… Well, maybe she’d write it all down. Maybe.

“We are,” Beau said, her face scrunching up into a surprised kind of amused look. “When did that happen?” At some point that they’d never noticed, probably, because that was just an ongoing theme in their relationship.

“Well, whenever.” She shrugged and reached out to brush her fingertips along Karolina’s cheek with a rough little laugh. “Fuck, we’re — this is serious, huh?”

Not that she sounded like she minded.

[solarhippie]

"Yes, babe," Karolina replied with a snicker. "Pretty sure this is, yeah."

They kind of ended up circling to being surprised about that a lot.

[notallbluemonks]

"Yeah." Beau gave her a sheepish look. "I don't -- like, I didn't think of it that way? It wasn't like, 'wow, okay, I'm really serious about her, maybe I should suggest moving in together,' in a conscious way or anything."

She shrugged and nudged her shoulder against Karolina's again.

"I just ... I thought about us living together, and it felt right, so I kinda just went with my gut. But I am. Serious, I mean. About you." Even if she'd never in a million years expected that to happen.

[solarhippie]

Karolina finally put her carton of food down on the coffee table so that she was free to slide her arm around Beau's shoulders.

And then to lean in and kiss her cheek. "I know, babe," she murmured. "I don't think I would've told you I love you if I didn't think you were serious about me." Well... She might've, because sometimes she was a romantic who didn't think her moves through. But, anyway. "Which, you know... Means I'm serious about you, too."

[notallbluemonks]

"Oh good, I was worried you weren't," Beau teased her, setting her own food on the table so she could turn slightly and wrap her arms around Karolina's waist. "Which would be awkward in a couple of weeks when we're officially sleeping in the same bed every night."

She had to joke about it; on some level this all still made her really nervous.

[solarhippie]

Karolina was now nuzzling her cheek, because that was just the thing you did when things got cuddly. That, and shifting just a bit to accommodate for the arms around her.

She also snickered, but it was quiet and soft. "Yeah, I don't think that's going to be awkward at all, now. Especially not with all the practice we've had before."

[notallbluemonks]

Beau snorted and, returning the favor from earlier, angled her head to make it easier for Karolina to keep up that nuzzling.

"So much practice. So much," she said half distractedly. What? The nuzzling made it hard to focus. "Wanna practice some more tonight?"

And it wasn't even a pickup line. It had probably already been a given though.

[solarhippie]

Karolina chuckled. "As if I was going to let you leave." So, yes. Pretty much a given, but it was nice to say it out loud, too. To make it that one bit extra clear. Somewhere amidst the nuzzling, there was a soft kiss against the edge of Beau's ear. "We can probably practice other things, too."

Prooobably kind of a pickup line, actually.

[notallbluemonks]

Well, obviously something had to lead up to them falling asleep together.

Beau was about to say something, but then there was that kiss against her ear and whatever words she’d been thinking of just evaporated into a soft, happy whimper that sounded vaguely like “oh, hell yes,” as she tried to pull Karolina a little closer.

So yeah, she was totally up to practicing all the things.