Trapped (Ash x Reader)

Chapter 8 {Cautious}

"What happened to her?" enquired Jinx. Ash replied, "She's just drunk." Luna snickered, unaware that someone like you would get drunk. 

Luna heard faint footsteps on the hard rock floor, getting her gun ready. Jinx and Axel became cautious because of the manner Luna acted. They were, of course, sent by Arthur. It was a bit unusual... These men possessed talent. They could handle anything you threw at them. In fact, they dodged everything you threw at them. Ash grabbed you as you awoke with the sound of blades and guns, he picked you up and started running away with you in his arms. "Ash, what's going on?" you asked. "Arthur's men. Four of them." He replied. You turned back to see Luna's face scratched by a blade. Luna remained calm, but you didn't. 

You were sober, you were back to yourself. You jumped out of Ash's arms and ran back to the fighting scene. 

"Get your filthy hands off of her!" you screamed, then beat him up. You might have been able to kill him with your bare hands. And that you did. You stomped your foot on his chest nonstop, stopping his heart from beating. To conclude, you grabbed Luna's gun and shot him in the head just to make sure he was done for. 

"Luna!" Her eye was bleeding. "I'm fine. It's you I'm worried about," she said. It amazed you how calm she was in such a situation. The pain in her eye didn't bother her too much. "Come on, we've got to get you to a hospital..." You helped her up and Ash drove her there. 

During the drive, Ash asked Luna: "How are you able to be so calm when there's a bleeding wound across your eye?" Luna pressed a towel over her wounded eye as she stared out the window with her other eye. "That's just the way I am. Nothing really matters to me. All I care about is Axel, Jinx, and N/N. If N/N were to die, then I would not be able to remain calm." She answered with a calm deep tone. Ash looked at Luna through the car mirror while he asked another question: "You seem fond of N/N. What does she mean to you?" "She is like..." Luna had a grin on her face. "She's like a little sister to me. She's the spitting image of our old leader, Jenny. She is not only important to me, but I suspect that you are concerned about her greatly, as is Axel and Jinx." Ash drove back to your hideout after dropping Luna off at the hospital, but as soon as he felt the car shake, he hit the brakes. 

His gaze swept behind him, and there you were, trying to climb out of the trunk and into the back seat. "Is that true? You care about me?" "N/N?! What were you doing there?!" Ash yelled out. You told him: "I was just curious if you would talk about anything interesting! That's all!" Ash was about to scold you but then relaxed and said: "Yes. I really care about you. We all care about you, N/N." Ash was able to remain calm around you. You found it pretty comforting. 

According to him, Arthur's men would not pull another attack on them if you both made your way back to the hideout since Arthur would send around 2-5 of his men out each day, and he had already sent them out. 

"Nope. I've never played a video game in my life." You said so casually as if it were a normal thing. "Do you live under a rock?" Ash asked, then suggested to you: "How about you play a video game with me?" He handed you a controller and you looked at it strangely, examining every inch of its outline. "How does it work? Does it function like a gun?" Ash chuckled as he moved your hands, showing you how to use the controller. "Ah! So I use this button to shoot the bad guys with the gun, and I use this thingy for movement, and I use this button to jump." You had already beaten Ash's high score. You and Ash played until midnight since you bested your record. You woke up unexpectedly early in the morning, around 4 am. 

Ash stared up at his ceiling, wide awake, on his sleeping bag. "Ash?" You asked, yawning awake. "You're up early. Is something bothering you?" You inquired again, wrapping your blanket around yourself and stepping over to Ash where you sat beside him on his sleeping bag. He stared at you for several seconds and whispered softly: "What if... I lose you?" It almost sounded like he was trying to whisper.