She had picked out a selection of movies ranging from action to horror. We had exhausted the popcorn by the second movie.

"Should've picked up candy as well. I forgot how quickly popcorn goes", Serena mumbled.

I rubbed her arm. "It's fine", I told her reassuringly.

She seemed to brush it off.

In the middle of the third movie I could feel her trying to move closer than she already was. I suppressed a chuckle. I grabbed her waist and sat her on my lap, forcing a blush from her.

"R-Ryuji!", she yelped.

Something about her being embarrassed was entertaining to me.

She turned to look at me and I pressed my lips to hers. Her eyes widened, and then slowly closed. Explosions and gunshots were echoing out of the TV. The action movie certainly wasn't helping the mood.

She pulled away and leaned back against me. I wrapped a blanket around us as she snuggled into me. Even though my intentions were to use Serena for my wellbeing, I was somewhat happy to just be with her.

We had three more movies. Each movie we came closer together. The last movie was a romance movie. I could barely keep awake while watching it. It was cheesy and cliche. It was hard to watch without wanting to laugh constantly. Serena was heavily invested however, so I curbed my true feelings.

I could feel my eyes becoming heavy as the movie continued. I must've fell asleep because the next time I opened my eyes it was bright out. Serena wasn't with me but the blanket was still wrapped around me.

She must've gotten up and went to her bed. I looked over to the kitchen. Empty. I listened for water running in the bathroom. None. What time was it? The clock in the kitchen said 11. It was quiet throughout the apartment. I got up to go look in her room, but I noticed the keys weren't in the bowl.

She went out? Did we have work today?! No we didn't, I remembered. Tomorrow we did however. So where did she go? It didn't matter I guess. She'd be back soon enough. I got up to shower. I was starting to get that smell again.

Showering was simple now. Warm water, body wash, and shampoo. Rinse and dry off. I was out of clothes though... This wasn't good. I was stuck in a tiny towel coat that was about three sizes too small. I hadn't washed my clothes... Mostly because I didn't know how.

In my predicament, the knob on the front door started to turn. Serena opened the door and froze in the doorway as she looked at me. She burst out in laughter.

"That's my robe!", she exclaimed through her laughter.

"Oh close the door damnit", I said.

She obliged and closed the door before resuming her laughing fest.

I didn't know whether to feel embarrassed or annoyed.

Serena was finally winding down. "So why are you in my bathrobe again?", she asked me with a grin.

I began to explain my situation and she began laughing when I got to the part about learning to wash clothes.

"You've never done laundry?", she asked.

I shook my head.

She laughed again. "I'll teach you. Come one", she said as she led me into her room.

She handed me one of her baggy t-shirts and some baggy shorts. The only clothing she had that would fit me.

"We have to go down to the laundry room", she explained as I got dressed.

The laundry room was apparently where you washed clothes. When we arrived, Serena dumped all my clothes into a box-shaped machine and hit a button.

"That should do it. We just have to wait now", she told me as she sat down.

We had to wait? I wanted out of these clothes as soon as possible. This was unbearable.

Serena said she'd be back, she was going to get lunch.

I sighed and waved at her.

About half an hour later Serena returned with lunch. More pork fried rice. At least we had good food today. The machine made a ringing noise and Serena put her food down.

"Now you put them in a dryer", she said as she moved the laundry into another box-shaped machine.

"And how long should this one take?", I asked miserably.

She was trying so hard not to laugh. "I don't know. Maybe another half hour."

I groaned.

A half hour later, the laundry was done. I finally had my own clothes. I grabbed a pair of jeans and a shirt and ran upstairs. In about 5 minutes, I was back to my normal look. Serena came in with the rest of the laundry and sighed.

"You good now?", she asked me as she put the basket of laundry on the table.

I nodded and thanked her with a kiss.

She blushed. "Well if that's the thanks for doing laundry, I might just do it more often", she said.

I laughed and grabbed the keys. "Let's go out", I said as I grabbed her hand.

She smiled as I led us down the stairs and onto the sidewalk.

She was truly beautiful. The way she held herself was admirable. And her personality wasn't like anything I'd ever experienced before. I was having second thoughts about my initial intentions. I was happy with her, and I didn't want to endanger that. It was... important to me. I couldn't believe I was admitting it. I had feelings for a human... I was hopeless.