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“God, what did he even throw...”
A small groan left Katie's lips as she scrubbed even harder against the tile of her HQ. Earlier that day, Nacho had thrown another fit. He had woken up from a nap, begging for cake. When Katie had refused, he started to cry. Before finally calming down, he had thrown a potion on the floor. Katie had no clue what it really was, but it was taking forever to clean it all up. While she had been busy cleaning it up, Nacho had run off to go play with Aldo when he saw him pass by.
“Finally! Oh my god that took forever!’
As Katie stood up, she turned around to face her staircase. She tilted her head to the side, staying silent as she heard the noise of a waystone go off, purple particles appearing from behind a pillar before disappearing completely. Weird, but Katie didn’t pay much attention to it as she pulled out her communicator.
SauceBxss: i miss you
SauceBxss: wya?? Let's meet!!
Needyourblood: why?
Saucebxss: cuz I miss you, we haven’t spoken in forever!!
Needyourblood: give me a minute. I need to finish up something in the lab.
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Multi put down his communicator on his desk, next to his waystone. He leaned against his chair, biting down on his own bottom lip as he thought about if Katie had seen him in her HQ. He had tried to be quiet, but maybe. Just maybe she had gotten a glimpse of him watching her. He wouldn’t know how to respond to that, maybe he could deny it, say it was his clone. Did she even know about his clone?
“Kurva.. Katie..”
He knew he shouldn’t have stayed so long. He had originally wanted to check up on Nacho, however as he got to the HQ, he saw Nacho leaving with Aldo. After seeing that, he was about to teleport out, but he looked up. Katie sat on the top of the stairs, crouched over as she was scrubbing the floor. He couldn’t help but stare at her, she looked gorgeous from this angle. After a few more seconds, he forced his gaze away from her as he realized he had moved without realizing. He was now standing in the middle of her HQ. Anyone could have seen Multi staring at Katie, including herself. He let out a small huff, moving to hide behind a pillar. He could see the curve of her jaw, her eyebrows tensing as she scrubbed harder, muttering to herself.
He stayed completely silent, a small smile appearing on his face as he watched her struggle. He never really had time to just admire her, always either busy with his work or their son. Hm, THEIR son. The day he had found out Katie had also adopted Nacho, he refused to believe it at first. Katie was.. herself. He couldn’t see what Nacho saw in her to want her to be his mother. Eventually, as he started to spend more time with her. He finally understood his son, he couldn’t get enough of Katie.He could never say that out loud, could never say how happy he was her husband was gone, could never say how much he needed her in his life. Nacho and Katie were the only two happy things he had, his escape from the stress of his work, the two people he trusted the most.
Before he could get caught up in his head even more, he grabbed his waystone. He stood up, brushing out any wrinkles that had started to form on his coat. He closed his eyes for a second before teleporting back to Katie’s HQ.
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Katie huffed, crossing her arms as she walked around the bottom level of her HQ. She had texted Multi forever ago, but he still wasn’t here yet. She stomped her way up her stairs, bowing in front of her statue before spinning around, skipping towards her room. If Multi was going to take so long, she might as well be comfortable as she waited. As soon as she sat down on her bed, cuddling up to her pillow, she heard a familiar noise. She sat up, looking out her window towards her waypoint. She let out a squeak, turning around as she jogged back downstairs. She made eye contact with Multi, wasting no time as she pulled him into a hug once she made it to the bottom of the stairs.
She really did miss him, it had been awhile since they’ve actually just talked about something other than Nacho. She knew she should probably pull back from the hug before it became awkward, but she couldn’t bring herself too. Not when he was finally hugging her back. She tried to ignore the slight sting of his nails digging into her waist. She stayed like this for a few more seconds before finally pulling away.
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“Wait, Katie..”
Multi couldn’t help the whine that left his lips, reaching back out for Katie subconsciously.