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It’s not that Yaz is sneaking because she really has no reason to sneak around. But it’s 4am when the Doctor gets them back and everyone is asleep. Yaz has got work soon and she should definitely wash off the soot and grease from their latest adventure. If she can do that without waking up her parents that would be fantastic.
She carefully shuts the door behind her and aims to lock it when she hears soft footsteps from the kitchen floor. She immediately turns around like a deer in headlights.
Sonya stands there rubbing her eyes, looking deeply exhausted. “Who’s there?” she mumbles sleepily before she opens her eyes to see Yaz. “Oh, it’s you.”
Yaz purses her lips. If it wasn’t an ungodly hour, she would scold her sister into being a little more alert to intruders. “Yeah, it’s me,” she sasses back before turning back to the door, quietly locking it.
“Walk of shame?” Sonya says with a smirk. She leans against the doorway of the kitchen with a suggestive look on her face. “Didn’t think you had it in you.”
“Shut up,” Yaz hisses. “Not the walk of shame.”
Sonya points at her outfit. “Same outfit as last night, early morning, messy hair. Who was it then? Don’t tell me it was Ryan. He’s way out of your league.”
Yaz rolls her eyes. If she could roll them back any further, they’d get stuck. “I didn’t have a one night stand with a--”
There’s a gentle tapping on the door that catches both of their attention. Both of them stare, wide eye at each other before Yaz quickly turns around to see who it is. If the tapping turns into knocking their parents are sure to wake up.
Yaz peers through the peephole to see the Doctor standing there. Yaz furrows her brows and quietly opens the door. “Is everything alright?” she whispers quickly, half hanging out the door.
The Doctor looks mildly confused for a moment before leaning down to meet Yaz and whispering, “You forgot your phone.” Yaz feels her heart quicken at the proximity of the Doctor’s face. The Doctor merely smiles before handing Yaz her phone. “Don’t want to forget that, eh?”
Yaz smiles affectionately. “Thank you.”
The Doctor nods happily, clasping her hands behind her back. “I’ll be seeing you later then?”
The smile on Yaz’s face grows bigger and she grips her phone more tightly. She bobs her head quickly in agreement. “Later.”
“Stay out of trouble,” the Doctor playfully says as she walks away.
Yaz shakes her head. “You stay out of trouble,” she mutters, knowing the Doctor fully hears her when she looks back over her shoulder with a wink. Yaz can feel her heart race even faster and her body thrumming with excitement.
She closes the door, releasing a breath she didn’t know she was holding. She grasps the phone to her chest.
“So it’s the Doctor,” Sonya points out delighted. “You’re messing around with the Doctor.”
Yaz feels her cheeks flare. “Shut up, Sonya, I’m not,” she vehemently denies. “We’re friends.”
“Friends with benefits.”
She starts to walk away because she knows Sonya won’t risk their parents waking up. But she can’t deny the fluttering in her chest every time she sees the Doctor.