Thank you all so much for the likes and kind words about my story with Niki. I figured an update would do some good!
Like I said before it is just us in the house as our two other roommates have departed. Now that school is finished I would have also left to save some money but instead decided to keep paying rent even though it is upcharged slightly when school isn’t in session. Niki has always stayed. This is her home. She doesn’t have a very good relationship with her parents so once she left for college she never turned back.
We both are back to work now which makes seeing eachother that much better. We’re… a couple? Dating? We haven’t exactly put a label on it yet, just enjoying each others company. Which is nice. I don’t think we really need to talk about it.