Arc 3 · My Girlfriend

I arrived home around ten in the morning. I had brought some coffee and bagels from Leah’s hoping that I could talk to Lin over food. It was always easier to talk when you were eating. When I entered, I…

I was once again on Leah’s couch after work. I had started bringing my laptop over some days because work was mostly idle waiting at this point, and I might as well do that from Leah’s apartment if we were…

I was working from home that morning, which mostly meant sitting on the couch with my laptop browsing Reddit and other random timewasters while Jack slowly stole my job. I had gotten very good at using company time for my…

Leah pings Mia late while Mia’s still in Iowa. Comic-Con costumes, getting Lin on board, and a conversation that flips.

Lin’s parents had set up a bunk for me next to Lin’s bed. I messed it up before we came downstairs so they wouldn’t realize I’d actually slept in Lin’s bed with her. These people did not need the additional…

I kept up my girlfriend duties before going to sleep. Mia:Goodnight girlfriend ❤️Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. Usually Leah would send something back. Sometimes sweet, sometimes filthy, occasionally both. The typing dots appeared. Leah:What time are you landing tomorrow?…

Monday evening, we picked out the dress for our dinner with Keiko. We made dinner together, and Leah gave me a breakdown of the basics of Japanese dining etiquette. “Do I actually need to know all this? We are eating…

I woke to the smell of bacon. That was unusually early. Leah generally believed breakfast should happen sometime after coffee, and bacon was for weekend breakfasts. Workday breakfast was toast. When I walked into the kitchen, she already had eggs…

The sun was out on this particularly warm October day. If this continued, we were gonna see a rise in skimpy Halloween costumes for sure. I was in a particularly happy mood. After two weeks of squatting, Leah had gotten…

Leah told me Rina was in town, and so were Camilla and Brian. All three had been hired by Konami for their booth, so their event had started a few days earlier. Leah and I went down to the Javits…

I woke up at the sound of the front door closing. Looked at my watch. A few minutes past six. Hellishly early. Sunlight crept in under the bedroom door. Enough to see the room. Leah facedown, snoring softly as she…

I woke when Leah got up. She left the door slightly open, and the morning light hit my face. I looked around the room and saw Dan sleeping on the other side. I ran the scene from last night through…