Eight Cozy Nights (The Sublime Book 6) by Julia Wolf

Author:Julia Wolf [Wolf, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

Larissa

The cold was pretty bitter, but we bundled up and huddled together as we walked to a nearby coffee shop.

“Have you ever had red bean donuts?” Yo asked.

“I haven’t, but I’m intrigued.”

He grabbed my gloved hand and held it the rest of the way. The gesture was so sweet, he was so sweet, I kind of didn’t know what to do with myself. I thought I didn’t want this—dating, romance, obligations, and all the other stuff that went along with it—but I knew for sure I wanted Yo. I didn’t know exactly what I wanted with him, and that’s where things got tricky. Because he was my neighbor and because I really liked him, I didn’t want to hit it and quit it like I normally would. But there was no way this could end well, right?

We still had four more nights of Hanukkah and vacation; a lot could happen in that time. I might be sick of him. He might be sick of me. Or I just might keep falling.

The coffee shop Yo took me to was incredibly cozy, with a fireplace and deep, velvet couches that enveloped anyone who dared to sit on them.

I leaned back, vanilla latte in my hand and Yo at my side, with a plate of donut balls between us. “This is the life,” I sighed.

“I don’t do a lot of this,” he said.

I shifted to face him. “Going to coffee shops?”

“That, and just, I don’t know, slowing down. Relaxing. I don’t know if you noticed or not, but I tend to be kind of wired. I work a lot, and when I’m not working, I’m usually out, with my people. That’s why I took the week off, to force myself to stop it all and just be, you know?”

I watched his body as he spoke, twisting his paper cup round and round in his hands. He had his ankle resting on his knee, though I wouldn’t call it resting, actually. His foot was jiggling non-stop.

“How is that working out for you, Yo?”

He pointed to his moving foot. “See this? This is as relaxed as I get.”

I let myself sink further into the couch. “Not everyone can be a sloth.”

He picked up one of the little donut balls. “Open.” I obeyed and he put it by my mouth, so I took a bite. I was expecting red beans inside, but I was surprised that I actually liked the taste.

“Yum, I like that.”

Yo popped the other half in my mouth. “Avi knows the guy who makes these.”

I finished chewing and took a sip of my latte. “You guys are close, huh?”

“Yeah, he’s basically my brother. After I moved here from Israel when I was ten, he came over and spent summers with my family. We got into some shit together.” He shook his head. “But he moved here for good like six or seven years ago and I rarely go more than a couple days without seeing him.”

“I love that. My sister is ten years older, but we’re like two peas in a pod.

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