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Kora looks back and forth between us with slight disgust on her face.

“Worked out nicely,” Mike says. “Robin gets the house and you already have an apartment lined up.”

“I still can’t believe that it’s your house now.” Kora nudges her friend.

“Me neither.” Robin beams at me.

“You’re really setting the bar high for the rest of us,” Mike says, shaking his head at me.

“Hey, Robin was already in love with him before he got her the house,” Kora defends her friend.

“Yeah, no shit.” Mike rolls his eyes at her. “I’m just saying. It was meant as a joke.”

“Oh, forgive me. I wasn’t aware you were capable of jokes.”

“You guys fight like a married couple,” Robin says innocently.

“Gross,” Mike and Kora say simultaneously, and Robin and I burst out laughing.

“Whatever. Anyway, Hayden, I promise I’ll help more during the next move,” Kora says earnestly.

“Next move?” I grab my water bottle from the couch table.

“Yes, duh. You’ll probably move in with Robin next month and we’ll do this whole thing again.” She sighs, draping her legs over my girlfriend’s lap.

Mike groans next to me. “Fuck, I hate to say this, but she’s right.”

“Hayden is not moving in with me next month,” Robin assures them.

“At least we’re not sure,” I say, trying my hardest not to smile.

“We’re like twenty percent sure,” Robin teases.

God, I love her.

“I hate both of you,” Mike murmurs, standing up to grab another slice from the kitchen.

Kora wordlessly holds out her plate when he walks by, and to my surprise, he takes it without arguing and gets her a slice too.

Robin winks at me from the couch.

We both know that I will not be moving in with her next month, but I also have a feeling that I won’t be spending many nights at my new apartment. Not now, when I’ve gotten used to sleeping next to her again.

I’m about to get more pizza when there’s a knock on the door. I’m pleasantly surprised to see Darlene standing on the other side of the door.

I lean against the doorframe and smile at her. “Hi. I didn’t expect you.”

“Well, here I am regardless.”

“I’m glad you are.” I chuckle. “It’s good to see you.”

“You too. Are you going let me in?”

I step to the side. “Forgive me. I got distracted by your beauty.”

She smirks up at me. “Good answer.”

When she steps into the living room, a chorus of voices greets her, and she takes it all in. I don’t know what she’s thinking as her eyes rake over the furniture and unopened boxes.