WHEN THE RAIN STOPS- Scrutinized [TANNER x LUNA] 2 IN 1

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|LUNA|

I don't really remember what happened last night so I was startled when I woke up in the hotel room. Being Cuddled by a murderer. He was breathing on my back in quiet snores. I could feel that our clothes were still on so i calmed down a little. "Tanner." I nudged him; "Tanner, get up." He woke up and smiled "why so stiff Luna? I thought you would be more grateful that I let you stay with me." He hugged my waist closer and tighter. "I am, but-." "Then what's the issue?" I flipped over to face him. "I have a boyfriend Tanner. It's not fair to him tha-." "It wasn't fair to me either but you don't see me complaining." ... "you killed Liam...Will.. and-." "Because They got in the way." ... "They were my friends-." "Will was a college drunk and Liam was a patient at a psych ward, who killed his whole family. Including his children." My eyes shot open. "no..." "yes, I looked at the records." "No- you're lying!" He softly smiled with a hum. "Oh Luna, why would I lie about something like that?" In my state of shock, I didn't react when he grabbed the side of my face. I thought he was going to kiss me, but he didn't. Instead he put my head over his shoulder in a hug. "Only a crazy person would lie to you. Sure I'm a murderer but, that doesn't mean im mentally insane Like Liam." In response my hand glided up his shoulder and to the back of his head. I played with his hair until my shock went away. "There there, see? Doesn't that feel better?" I didn't respond since the next thing we heard was my phone vibrating. Without Tanner letting go, he let me grab it and answer. On speaker. "Hello?" "Hey.... we need to talk.. can you meet me at my brothers house?" I exchanged a look with Tanner. "Yea. That's fine. Is everything ok?" "...just get here." He hung up on me like usual before I looked up to Tanner. "That didn't sound good but I'll be more than happy to dive you there."

~Time Skip~

We talked for a little and at the end I decided he could drive me there. I had no one else to ask so why not? But he would stay in the car and not come in. Once we got to his house I walked up in the same clothes from last night and knocked on the door. Terrence answered. "Oh, hey Luna." "Hey, what's going on?" He invited me in and guided me to the living room. "It's a long story. I hope you made it... home? Ok." I scoffed a laugh. "If I went home I would've changed. But no worries, I slept in a hotel." He smiled and nodded. "No one bothered you right?" I shook my head. "No, but why are you so worried about me all of a sudden?" He cleared his throat and stopped us in-front of the door to the living room. He was gonna speak when Eugene opened the door. "There you are!" He swooped me up and hugged me close. When he put me down he went for a kiss when Terrence stopped him with a hand in front of his face. "You should tell her what you did first." Eugene stood up and gave me a look of disappointment.

It made me feel bad, did he know that I spent the night with Tanner? Either way, we walked in the living room and sat down. I looked over to Stacy to smile hi, but she just looked away. Once I gave my attention to Terrence he motioned for Eugene. "So.. before I start, I just want you to know that I'm so so so sooo sorry... I was drunk and I thought she was you and-." "You cheated?.." he looked up in horror. "Yes.." a weight fell on my heart, but I couldn't be mad. I started laughing a little, disbelief laughter. But in the middle of it I stood up and stumbled over to Eugene. Giving him a hug. I came down from laughing and just hugged him. He wrapped his arms around me "does this mean we're ok?.." I nodded. "Yea, you were drunk and it was just a mistake." I backed up. "It's ok." I looked over to Stacy to find her avert her eyes in shame. "Don't worry Stacy, I forgive you too." She looked back. "Really?!!" I nodded and she ran up to give me a hug. "Oh my god! Thank you!" I giggled "yea yea, but you owe me." She nodded and just like that, we were ok again.

When we got home, I had to take a shower. While I was in there I heard Eugene cleaning up. Even vacuuming the carpets. I smiled and kept on. After I finished I saw Eugene with a smile on, putting on his suit. "Aw, don't tell me you have another meeting." He chuckled. "Yeah, but.. I could call off if you maybe wanted to.." he motioned to the bed. I shook my head. "I'm a little too tired for that.." he blew a raspberry and came over to me. Grabbing me by my waist and staring in my eyes. "Please?" He whimpered but I just laughed. "Sorry, but maybe later." He got excited and nodded frantically. "Alright, be ready though." He smiled and I laughed with him. After he left I got all excited and cheery. I wanted to surprise him, so I got changed and did my hair. But I didn't want to be too obvious so I put on a white over shirt that was too big for me. All I had to do now was wait. I contemplated watching TV when my phone rang. I answered it with a smile on. Only for it to fade when I saw Unknown number. "Hello?" "Are you gonna tell me why you're all dressed up again?" I got up and looked around. "What do you mean by that?" "Oh Luna, don't be so naive. The dark web has its perks. That is how I found you after all. And given that you're wearing lingerie, I suppose you're not going to be just cooking.." I didn't know what to say to that. How was I gonna tell Tanner that I was planning on being intimate with Eugene? "I just felt like getting dressed up and all. In fact I might go out with the others today." "Mhm, just keep in mind that I'm here." He hung up and I started looking for the cameras. Surely he has to be watching me through cameras.