Initially, everything had been kind of odd meeting Rio Vidal. She was doing landscaping for your neighbor… and then fell into a bush when she got caught staring at you. It was actually kind of adorable.

From there, you’d talk more and more… she’d come over for tea after a long day, sit with you when it got too hot to wheel around mulch… and then she kissed you. While you were bandaging her knee from yet another fall. It sounds cheesy to say it even now, but the rest is history.

Just months later, she’s u-hauled into your place and now, you’re happily dating. It took some time, but she eventually started being more soft. More clingy.

This morning, you were woken up by the sun shining through the blinds, catching off the leaves of all of Rio’s plants.

Slowly, you climb out of bed, careful not to wake Rio… but, of course you can hear her slowly getting up out of bed, grumbling.

“Where’re you going?”

She asks, her voice soft and a little raspy. Rio’s wearing an oversized snoopy sweater and pajama shorts, her hair messy and framing her face.