Soulmate (Completed) 18+

Part 12

**Earth's POV**

Santa is acting strange. 

Ever since he came home last night he's been really clingy, he's usually clingy but this was even more than before. 

Last night I tried to initiate sex since it had been such a long time since I saw him and he didn't want to. As I was sitting in his lap last night he ended up pushing onto the bed and than rolling me into a burrito with the blankets saying I shouldn't be so horny. 

We use to do it every single day, sometimes twice a day and now that I haven't seen him in over 30 days he tells me to calm down?

That's ridiculous...

I was nervously playing with my hand that I had cut a few weeks ago when Santa pulls open the bathroom door with a towel wrapped snuggly around his waist.

Santa: He points behind him toward the shower as I stare at him feeling strange. "Do you want to take a shower before we head out?"

Earth: "Yea I think that might be for the best, I havent showered in two days and the guys might say I smell weird."

Santa: He just rolls his eyes before coming over to me and kissing my forehead with a grin. "First of all you smell wonderful and second of all Neither Gulf or Mew would ever say you smell weird. They care too much about you for that."

Earth: I was grinning at him like an idiot as he begins to turn toward the closet. "Your right, I should just get in now so we can go. Do you know when they want to meet up today or is it our turn to pic..." 

The smile on my face fell as Santa's full bare back was exposed to me now as he looks for a shirt. 

What the hell is that?

All over his back were light scratch marks on top of 3 deeper gashes by his shoulders. 

Did somebody hurt him?

Santa: Calling from the closet with his back still turned to me. "What were you saying babe?"

Earth: I felt a little out of breath and shaky as I get up to head for the bathroom. "Uhm, I-I was asking about what t-time we needed to meet up with the guys. It's not important I'm going to get in the shower now."

Once I was in the bathroom I slide against the door and sat on the floor as my body shook with sobs. 

Normally I wouldn't assume things when seeing something like that but it reminded me too much of what his back looks like when he gets a little too rough with me and I tend to loose control of my strength. 

So either this is a really coincidence of hits and he got jumped while he was aware or Santa has been cheating on me...

I had to keep my gaze on my fingers as my hands shook uncontrollably. I could feel the wail coming so I brought my arm to my mouth and bit down hard as I silently continued to sob against my knees. 

Who knew how long I sat there trying to gain my composure but eventually I knew that I needed to get in the shower or he was going to know something was wrong. 

Letting out a deep breath I slowly loosen my grip of my teeth on my arm and notice that I had broken skin without even thinking about it. Now that I could see it I could also taste the blood against my tongue. 

Everything felt numb in me, like someone took a really big spoon and scooped out every feeling of warmth from my heart. 

The problem was that no matter how much this hurt I knew I couldn't bring myself to confront him about it. Who was I to complain about the fact that he found someone better than me? No matter how much I didn't want to admit it to myself, I had known this was going to happen.