Chapter 25: Dragons and Curry

Nori felt like she might have a stroke. The sight of Brad’s naked body, even distorted through the glass, was enough to make her heart go arrhythmic. Holy sh*t he couldn’t be real. Nori thought of his backside and she felt her knees grow weak. He was built and even his butt was firm and there were those divots too. She had a hot, inexplicable urge to grab that round bum and–

“Eleanor!” called Mrs. Chen and Nori had another heart attack, “Your food is ready.”

“Be right down!” she called back and tried to get herself under control.

Nori opened the door to her old room and felt a wave of nostalgia come over her. Her parent’s had turned it into a guest room not too long ago. It felt familiar and foreign at the same time.

Nori went to the closet and pulled out a box labeled “Ellie’s stuff” and dug through it. She pulled out an old Mathlete’s t-shirt. It was two sizes too big and evoked some unhappy memories of her college years.