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I feign slugging his shoulder for cursing

He doesn’t even flinch

So I pat his back “Survived this time”

“Every time,” Akara says like a promise

“Amen”

I can only hope

He checks his phone, scrolling, and the strange, constipated look on his face goadsat?”

“Don’t worry about it,” he says too fast, pocketing his cell

“Christ Al forward on ot it, Banks Now it’s as ugly and grating as the face you just o”

He glares

“Give me your phone”

“No,” he scoffs “This isn’t a negoti—Banks” He cuts himself off and raises the phone above his head after I try to steal the thing “I love you, but you accidentally break my phone, you die”

“You are way too attached It’s like a fuckin’ parasite Clinging to you with its 1s and 0s Where’s the fucking scalpel?”

“Banks”

“If Sulli were here, she’d try to cut if off you first”

“Well, she’s not here” He expels a sharper breath, then rolls his eyes “Fine” So I said does the trick Not sure what it was, but he lowers his ar a quick social media check”

Twitter, I see

“Those are your notifications?” I ask what I’ at

“Yep” His jaw tenses

I skim the tweets about him…and her And they read like this:

Sulli & her bodyguard are THE PERFECT match imo! Total stan here

Kitsulli 4Ever!

Oine how beautiful Akara & Sulli’s babies would be? Puh-lease let it happen!!

There’s no way Sulli and her bodyguard aren’t dating The chemistry is off the charts So obvious

Akara isn’t fooling anyone He’s definitely into our Sullivan Meadows

And on and on and on

The public praise is hardly neorthy They’ve been ru for a while, even before our trip to Yellowstone

I push his phone back to his chest, and we scan our surroundings, then move