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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[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.