Till Death (A Bruno Mars Fanfiction)

Chapter 65

The next afternoon Naomi trudged through LAX unnoticed wearing an old youth group mission trip t-shirt, jeans and one of Bruno's hats she had stolen. After picking up her cat from her brother's house she trudged the same way to her apartment falling on her couch dropping everything closing her eyes just for a second. By the time she felt her body waking up she reached for a blanket laying over her stretching out somehow hitting a pillow in her bed. "Bruno?" she asked hearing him singing in the background.

"Hey there." he walked in to her bedroom holding a cookie in his hand.

"What time is it?" she asked him.

"It's like 9." he said looking at the clock above her bed.

"I got home at 3...." she replied.

"Well I don't know what you did between then and 8 and from 8 to 9 you were in your bed out cold." he smiled watching her sit up a little.

"So you got here like an hour ago? I thought you were going to be busy all night..." she asked. "I wasn't planning on seeing you until tomorrow."

"Oh. I can go...." he said pointing to the door. "I'll just take my cookies with me...." he answered watching her jump out of the bed into his arms wrapping her legs around him kissing his cheek.

"Don't leave. Don't leave with your cookies. I love cookies." she laughed feeling him fall back a little from the force of her jump onto him.

"Okay, okay. I won't leave." he said carrying her to her kitchen. "I don't know how you didn't smell them...." he said sitting her on the counter.

"I don't know how I didn't even know you came in...." she said.

"You woke up a little." he said holding a cookie for her. "You yawned and said thank you when I put you in bed but that was about it." he answered. "Oh I ordered pizza too. It should be here soon." he told her running his fingers through her hair looking at her tired eyes. "But after tha we can go to bed, if you want."

"I don't even know how I am this tired. I slept the whole time. Except for maybe the last night. But otherwise I was in bed by 3....and woke up at like 10...."

"Tell me all about it, Mims..." he asked walking to the couch with her.

"Well....." she told him about each set omitting the people that were showcasing at the same time she was, like Joe. In the middle of her story they heard a knock on the door.

"I've got it. Stay there and look pretty." he said kissing her head.

"It smells good....." she said going into the kitchen laying her head on his shoulder watching him cut the steaming hot pizza. She wrapped her arms around his waist making him relax in her arms as he cut a piece placing it on a plate.

"Here you go, pretty girl, pretty girl...." he sang to her turning around to dance with her.

"There's not enough room to dance in here...." she smiled bumping into the other side of the kitchen.

"Then maybe you should move...." he said to her.

"I'm not going to be home for the next like 6 months, Bruno. Why would I move now?" she wondered.

"Because you can just move into my house...." he said to her.

"You're not going to be there either. Later, Brunz. When we both are going to be home for more than 3 weeks...." she answered.

"So, Christmas?" he asked.

"Earlier than that, maybe Thanksgiving." she winked at him.

"Okay. I will take that." he answered reaching for his pizza. "I like it when my girlfriend is home. I can eat cookies and pizza."

"I like it when my boyfriend is home because I get to sleep with him." she said with a mouth full of pizza. "I am going to get so fat being a musician. I can't ever eat well."

"Baby, you have an agent. You have a manager. Put it in your rider." he told her.

"So I can be even more of a princess?" she asked defensively.

"What? No." he answered her. "We already had that conversation. You're not a princess, Nay."

"It just really bothered me." she told him. "Not because it's true but because Ari said it."

"I hardly even doubt that he remembers saying that to you, Mimi." he told her.

"No. I know he remembers it. I kind of stormed off and yelled at him. Like we're not friends." she said shrugging her shoulders.

"I'm sorry, Mims..." he said reaching for her hand.

"No. It's okay. I have to get over it." she told him.

"You didn't finish telling me about everything....." he said trying to change the subject.

She continued her story unknowingly talking until midnight suddenly yawning from being so tired. Instead of stopping her story he continued to listen to her tell her story. "And then Kayla said that the song might sound good with someone else....like I don't know....I kind of just kind of want to let it go."

"Nay, will you give it a try? For me?" he asked. "He's a good guy. I know he comes off as being a little hard now. But I know he's still the same guy I worked with two years ago. He's super comfortable. I know you'd be able to work with him."

"Can we talk about it tomorrow?" she asked looking at the microwave. "I'm tired."

"Yeah. Let's talk about it tomorrow, Naomi." he said taking her food from her to throw it away. "I'm going to put the pizza in the fridge."

"Yeah. That's fine." she answered going into the bedroom putting on a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. "Wait....you're staying, right?" she asked watching him clean up the kitchen perfectly.

"Yeah...why wouldn't I?" he asked walking over to her wrapping his arms around her kissing her lightly. "I'm going to start calling you pizza face." he smiled wiping off a piece of pizza sauce on her lips.

"Rude." she giggled falling onto the bed. "Soooo tired."

"Me too." he said laying down with her in his boxers and sleeveless black shirt. He pulled her into his arms dragging his fingers along her back. "I forgot how soft your skin is, Mims."

"I forgot how amazing you smell." she said closing her eyes falling asleep before he could say anything else to her.

Even though she had fallen asleep quickly she moved out of his arms and back near Bruno several times before waking up to the sound of her cat jumping on the bed with them. "Are you okay, Naomi?" he asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." she said throwing her arms across hit chest bringing him closer to her suddenly feeling a sense of anxiety from the kiss she shared with Joe just days before. Shit.