I blush and snatch the paper away. “I’m never telling you that.”

“Hey.” Richard makes to grab the sheet again.

I yank my arm away, crumple the list into a ball, and throw it across the hall. Richard doesn’t need to re-read every insignificant item. Chevron woofs and runs after the paper ball. After catching it, she sits quietly in a corner, the ball between her front paws, chewing bits away. As I watch the poor piece of paper being shredded to confetti, I realize that the list, however wrong it was in principle, did come through for me in the end. Only not in the way I expected. With every item ticked off in reverse, life has never been better. Magical, spontaneous, and totally unplanned.

“That was naughty,” Richard protests.

I round the bar and plant myself between Richard’s legs, wrapping my arms around his neck. “You still in the market for a naughty roommate?”

Richard pulls me closer by the waist. “You don’t care that it’s Brooklyn?”

“I wouldn’t care if it were New Jersey with you.”

We both know I’m lying, but I quickly silence his rebuff with a kiss.

Mid-kiss, Richard tickles my sides. “When did you go skinny dipping?”

“Aaah, stop. Stop!” I struggle to get away. “I’m not talking.”

“Yes, you are.”

I wriggle free and make a dash for the bedroom.

“Gotcha.” Richard pins me on the bed and starts the tickling torture again.

With him on top of me, my giggles soon die away, cutting off completely as his hands start moving in a different way on my body.

I smirk. “You’re the worst interrogator ever.”

“Being in love with the victim doesn’t help, I guess.”

“Shut up and kiss me, roommate.”

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