Case File 78

Case File Name:
The Bare Minimum.

♤Chapter Seventy-Eight♤

"Now I get to pick my drawer," I said with a growing smile, leaning away from the cardboard box packed with some of my things.

We decided to start slow and only pack three boxes max for this mini move-in and so far it felt like a good amount of things.

"Take up as much space as you like baby," Tazmin said as she opened one of the boxes for us to unpack.

We had spent the majority of my lunch hour packing my things at my place and then taking them back to Tazmin's.

Luckily, I got ahead of all my cases so I can take a longer lunch break and get everything unpacked.

It's just my stomach is fucking killing me right now.

"Milena," I heard Tazmin say from behind me.

I pursed my lips into a tight line, "Yeah," I said, forcing myself to put away some of my folded clothes even if there was the sharpest pain nearly slicing my stomach inside out.

"What's bothering you baby?" she asked, gently running her hands down the sides of my arms.

I quickly shook my head, "Nothing," I lied, desperately trying to focus on making space in the drawer.

"Try again," Tazmin said, immediately reading through my lie.

I remained still for a moment, contemplating telling her—but I knew she wouldn't let me help with any of this if she knew.

"Milena," Tazmin said, her tone holding a level of warning as she gently guided me around to face her.

And as soon as I met her dark eyes, a reluctant sigh fell from my lips.

"Fine," I mumbled, glancing away from her with a defeated look, "I started my period today and—"

"Why didn't you tell me?" Tazmin cut me short in an offensive tone, "You always tell me."

And she had a good point.

Back before Tazmin ended things with me on Thanksgiving night, she always made an effort to know when I would start my cycles.

She would even have it in her calendar—and always made sure I had a day of rest with too many snacks to count.

And even after a day of resting, Tazmin would still be attentive throughout the week, and somehow sent me more gifts than usual.

"I wanted to help with the mini move-in," I explained to her as she gently slid her arms around my waist, "And I knew you wouldn't let me."

Tazmin shook her head, "Of course, I wouldn't have fucking let you," she said in disapproval, now eyeing the black work dress I wore, "You should get changed—you aren't going back into the office today."

I gave her a blank look, "But I have those cases—"

"And I'll pick them up for you to work on in bed," she cut me short, her stern tone leaving no room for disagreement, "I'll handle the unpacking for you before I leave."

I let out a long sigh as I met her stare, "I guess that could work," I said, knowing that Tazmin only wanted to take care of me.

It's just something I constantly have to get used to as someone who's really fucking independent.

"I thought you weren't supposed to start for another two days," Tazmin pointed out, now reaching into her pocket for her phone.

Which made me raise a brow, "You kept it in your calendar?" I asked, watching as she unlocked her phone.

"Of course," Tazmin murmured, clearly focused on changing the details in her phone.

I blinked a few times, "Even when we weren't together?" I clarified, almost feeling shocked that she kept it all there through everything.

"Yes, Mil, even when we weren't together," Tazmin repeated back to me with an amused smile as she locked her phone and slid it back into her pocket.

I tilted my head, "Well I would like to put yours in my calendar too," I purposely said, knowing that she would never let me take care of her.

Yet when it came to me it was somehow different.

"I can take care of me—now I want to take care of you too," Tazmin said as she leaned down to briefly kiss my lips.

"Well you can't take care of me if I can't take care of you," I said, kissing her lips one more time before we pulled back.

Tazmin only shook her head at me with an amused smile, "Your way Milena," she said, gently guiding me over to the door.

Meanwhile, I could only smile happily—feeling beyond excited to take care of her when the time came.

"You get in the shower—I'm going to grab some clothes for you to change into," Tazmin said as she walked past me toward the shower that she turned on for me.

"Yes ma'am," I said with a smile, walking over to the sink to remove my makeup.

And by the time I had my makeup removed and my dark hair tied up into a ponytail, Tazmin already had folded clothes sitting on the sink for me.

She also gave me two Midol pills to take before giving me privacy in the bathroom that grew with steam from the running shower.

Which was so fucking relaxing.

The water was perfectly hot and my soaps from my apartment smelled so good.

I ended up washing my hair just so I could spend even longer in the steamy shower.

But soon I was out of the shower and lathered in my usual cocoa butter—wearing the outfit that Tazmin picked out for me.

Which was a pair of black shorts and an oversized Essential's hoodie that felt so soft against my skin.

By the time I applied moisturizer to my face and brushed out my hair—Tazmin already had the three boxes unpacked.

Minus the things that she left sitting out that needed to go in the bathroom.

Which included my red light face mask that I use at least once a week.

And considering Tazmin left to pick up my cases from the office—I decided to put the mask on outside of her presence.

Mostly, because it was kind of creepy and I had never really worn it around anyone before.

I let out a content sigh as I settled in the large bed, grabbing the heating pad Tazmin left out for me to use.

And soon I was hooked up with the heating pad and face mask—calmly laying in bed with cramps that faded under the comforting heat and Midol I had previously taken.

Time honestly felt nonexistent and resting my eyes slowly turned into a light nap.

At least until I felt the bed softly dip beside me, which immediately made my eyes flutter open.

"This is different," Tazmin said, eyeing the mask on my face with an amused look.

I rolled my eyes, "You weren't supposed to see it," I mumbled, quickly pulling the mask off of my face.

Tazmin smiled slightly, "Why not? I think it's cute on you," she said, clearly teasing me as I turned the mask off.

"I look like Michael Myers," I blankly pointed out.

Tazmin laughed, taking the mask from my hand, "But you're much fucking cuter," she assured me as she set the mask off on the nightstand.

And handed me a box of...

Chocolate-covered strawberries?

"Tazmin," I said with a growing smile, glancing up to meet her dark eyes.

"They're from your favorite place," Tazmin said, leaning down to kiss my lips.

I smiled even wider as I kissed her back, "Thank you baby," I whispered, suddenly craving nothing but chocolate-covered strawberries now that they were in front of me.

"Of course," Tazmin murmured, briefly pecking my lips one more time before pulling back slightly, "Here are the cases you requested," she said, grabbing the case files she had sitting on the nightstand.

She also brought me my laptop before heading downstairs to make my favorite raspberry tea.

Which she brought up with three bottles of water to make sure I was hydrated properly.

"Isn't it good?" I said, watching as Tazmin chewed a few times.

"Really fucking good," my girlfriend said as I fed her more of the chocolate-covered strawberry.

I smiled happily as I watched her eat the strawberry, setting the stem down in the box that I set off to the side.

After a couple of hours of sitting in bed with Tazmin by my side—I had officially looked over all of my cases, finished two cups of tea, drank two bottles of water, and ate the chocolate-covered strawberries with my girlfriend.

And now I'm ready to take the longest nap of my life.

"I'm all yours until six baby," Tazmin reminded me as I nuzzled into her chest.

I nodded, "Sounds good to me," I whispered, closing my eyes as Tazmin played with my hair.

Which somehow made me grow even more tired, falling into one of the best sleeps of my life.

♤

A few hours later I woke up to an empty bed and the sun slowly setting on the horizon.

And since it was only a little past seven, I decided to waste time away on TikTok and Pinterest while waiting for Tazmin to get back from her most likely illegal meetings.

Or check-ins is what I think she said?

Either way, it kept her for another three fucking hours.

I was nearly going insane by the time she finally walked into the house.

"You're back," I said with a growing smile, immediately pausing the movie I was watching to stand from the couch.

"Hi beautiful," Tazmin said, setting down the bags in her hand as I walked over to her.

And almost as soon as I stopped in front of her, Tazmin pulled me into the biggest hug of my life.

"You were gone for too fucking long," I mumbled as she pulled back from the hug to kiss my lips.

"But I got your favorites," she murmured against my lips, drawing her hands up my back.

I hummed against her lips, "And what exactly are these favorites?" I said as we pulled back from the kiss.

"Sushi," Tazmin motioned over to the takeout bag, "Ben and Jerry's," she motioned over to the other bag.

And I couldn't help but raise a brow when she pointed to the white Dior box tied shut by a silky ribbon.

"And a gift for being the most beautiful girl in the fucking world," Tazmin said as she leaned back down to kiss my lips.

A grin nearly grew on my face as I kissed her back, "I think you win that title," I emphasized, pulling back from her to eye her beautiful face.

Tazmin lazily raised her brows, "Agree to disagree," she said, clearly not wanting to argue with me about it.

And as soon as she handed me the Dior box, my attention was off our previous topic—now opening the note card attached to read.

I adore you, so I Dior you.
I love my baby.

"I love it," I said as I re-read the card over and over again.

Tazmin laughed as she grabbed the ice cream from the bag, "You haven't even opened the gift yet baby," she said, opening the freezer to put the ice cream away.

I shrugged, "Your words are the gift," I said, grabbing her waist to pull her into a hug.

"Thank you, Mil," Tazmin murmured as she slid her arms around my waist and nuzzled into my neck that she briefly kissed.

"No thank you baby," I whispered, running my hands up her back to hold her even deeper in the hug, "I love you so much."

"I love you too," Tazmin said, trailing kisses up my neck before briefly kissing my cheek.

And as soon as she pulled back slightly, I reached over to open the Dior box—carefully untying the ribbon and pulling the top off of it.

"Tazmin," I breathed out, my smile now revealing my white teeth as I stared down at the grey monogram purse I had been eyeing, "It's fucking perfect," I nearly gushed as I grabbed the small purse from the box.

"Just like you baby," my girlfriend said as she began unpacking the different containers of sushi from the takeout bag.

Meanwhile, I was trying the purse on—holding it on my arm as I jokingly posed for Tazmin.

"How do we feel?" I said, doing a small twirl with the purse.

Which made an amused smile grow on Tazmin's lips, "Like I can never get enough of you," she said, grabbing my hand to pull me back over to her.

And as soon as she leaned down to kiss my lips yet again, I set the bag off on the counter—deepening the kiss with her as I ran my hands up her arms and cupped the sides of her neck.

"You spoil me so much," I whispered against her lips.

Tazmin only tilted my head back further to deepen the kiss, "This is the bare minimum baby," she murmured, gently sucking down on my bottom lip that she softly ran her tongue across.

I hummed, suddenly guiding her back against the kitchen counter to kiss her even deeper.

"Let me show you what my bare minimum is then beautiful," I said, now trailing kisses down her neck as I ran my hands under the waistband of her baggy light jeans.

"Nothing you do is the bare minimum," Tazmin determined, watching as I lowered down onto my knees for her.

I smiled slightly, reaching up to unbutton her jeans, "Yeah baby?" I murmured, now glancing up at her.

And purposely fluttering my lashes.

Which easily made my girlfriend's already sharp jaw tighten with restraint.

"Yes sweetheart," Tazmin said, her voice lowered and raspier than usual as she watched me guide her jeans and boxer briefs down.

"So this..." I trailed off, now trailing kisses up to her inner thigh, "Isn't the bare minimum?" I whispered, subtly parting her legs wider for my touch.

Tazmin hummed almost tightly, "No baby," she said, now running her hand across the back of my neck to grip.

Which earned a hum from me as I raised my hand up to where I wanted to be most.

"What about this?" I whispered, now running my fingers along her folds slowly growing wetter for my touch.

Which immediately made a hum vibrate so perfectly in her throat, "No," she forced out when I began rubbing my thumb around her clit, trailing kisses up closer and closer—

Until my lips met the warmness of her core.

"What about this baby?" I murmured innocently, rubbing her clit as my tongue ran up her slick folds—nearly salivating at how perfect she tasted.

Tazmin's grip tightened on my neck, "Never," she nearly moaned as soon as I slid my tongue so perfectly into her entrance, drenching my tastebuds in nothing but my beautiful girlfriend, "Fuck, Milena," she breathed out.

But I only rubbed her clit faster as I slid my tongue in and out of her—basking in every drop of her that I got to taste.

And as soon as I began flicking and toying with her wet soft clit, Tazmin was officially a mess under my touch.

Her moans echoed so beautifully around us as she began gripping at my dark hair, guiding me to thrust in and out of her entrance at an even faster pace.

And the quicker I went, the wetter she got—and I swore this is what fucking paradise tasted and felt like.

"You're doing so fucking good baby," Tazmin's raspy voice echoed in my ears.

But I wanted more.

So much more.

So I switched my positions.

And before I knew it, my tongue was circling her clit, and my fingers were buried so deeply inside her.

Which immediately blessed my ears with more of her moans—but only louder and more breathless.

"Milena," Tazmin moaned even deeper when I began sliding in and out of her.

And I made sure each stroke was deeper than the last—sliding out slowly, only to slide back in quicker and deeper, curling so perfectly into her g-spot.

My mouth sucked insatiably at her clit, running my tongue around her as she tightened so perfectly around my fingers.

Until her body grew so tense under me—and she was moaning my name on an endless loop.

Which I couldn't help but bask in, especially with how she slowly started to drag my name out slower and slower.

Until she relaxed under me, her chest rising and falling as she tried to catch the breath I had taken from her.

"Never the bare minimum," Tazmin clarified as I licked every drop of her up, savoring how wet and soft she was against my tongue.

"Imagine when I really spoil you then," I murmured with a growing smile, pulling back from her core and tilting my head up for her.

And almost immediately Tazmin knew what I wanted—now reaching down to gently wipe the sides of my lips from me.

The rest I licked off my lips as I pulled her boxer briefs and jeans back up to zip and button, now rising to my feet with the help of her hands on my waist to steady me.

"You want it baby?" I asked, holding my fingers to her soft lips.

"I want anything you give me," Tazmin emphasized, parting her lips and allowing my fingers to slide into her warm mouth.

And I swear it had to be one of the most attractive fucking sights of my life.

Especially as Tazmin held my stare, sucking and licking my fingers clean as she gripped me closer to her body.

And as soon as she was done, my lips were pressed to hers—immediately sliding my tongue past her lips and into her mouth.

Which earned a content hum from my girlfriend as she ran her hands under my sweatshirt and gave my waist a gentle squeeze.

"Ready to eat again?" she murmured against my lips.

Which made me smile slightly, "It won't compare to my first meal, but I guess," I said as we pulled back from the kiss.

And I couldn't miss the amused smile on Tazmin's lips as I walked past her to wash my hands off in the sink—ready to try the sushi she had gotten us.

Soon her hands accompanied mine under the warm water, standing behind me as she washed her hands with mine.

And once our hands were dried, I grabbed the two trays of sushi and Tazmin grabbed us bottles of water—walking with me to the living room so we could eat dinner.