Gotham Shenanigans ( Jason Todd / Red Hood ) Fan Fiction

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

JASON'S POV :

Imagine having someone in your arm who you had been yearning for years. Yes, I am the luckiest man in the world. It was such a quiet and peaceful  night with Katrina under my embrace sharing the warmness of our love. She fell asleep right after our heated love exploring session while I was still on her side just staring at her innocence figure, breathing up and down slowly.

I couldn't describe how overjoyed I was by the fact Katrina actually accepted my genuine feeling. No matter how toughed  and broken she became, she was always my sweet gentle Katrina. They said an eight hours sleep would brighten your day but my strength was already beyond the bar just by having Katrina in my heart.

I hugged her tight with the thought of loving her my whole life and I really hoped my love to her would also be reciprocated. Of course the tingling thought of ' what if she doesn't feel the same way ?' would kick my spine but... so what ? Then I would wait and subtly change her mind to accept me.

It's nearly sunrise so I decided to carry her back to my bed since she didn't like the sun hitting her eyes while she slept. Before I could touch her, she was trembling and mumbling words in her dream.

I hoped it wasn't a nightmare from the pit because I had been in the same foot. But for me it was easy to overcome because Kat was always there for me whenever I woke up with hideous nightmare in the jungle.

" Kat..." I whispered and shook her softly, " babe...what's wrong..?". She kept moving in her blanket back to forth with beads of sweats spreading all over her timid body. I tried to sooth her, stroking her hair and waking her but it got worse.

Kat wailed grimly in her sleep then gripped her neck so tight that she was almost choking herself. That's the moment I screamed her name turbulently for the first time in my life.

" Katrina !! GET A HOLD OF YOUR SELF !!"

" UGHHhhh Nooo !!!" Her teary eyes wide opened with horror. Kat flinched when she held her neck, terrified of her own touch. " I...I was dreaming...."

I response nothing but only kept close to her under my arms. Her body was trembling with fears devouring her fragile mind. The Lazarus pit was nothing, just  a one way ticket to self torturing prison. It was worse than Hell. There was no coming back.

After a short hours of comforting, she seemed to calm down and was only burying her head into my embrace. " It's ok..." I soothed her softly, " It was just a silly nightmare. I'm here. It will all be okay."

Kat pulled back my arm when I tried to release her to let her breathe. She kept staring down to the floor with a slight of heavy breathe.

" The sun is almost rising my dear, I'm sure you don't want to stay here too long like this." As I convinced her with a light chuckle which she hummed back with a nod.

By the time we got down to my room, she quietly stepped to the corner and dug down her head between her knees while I was cleaning off some dust from my bed.

" Kat...?" I sat down beside her, putting an arm around her frightening self as i handed her my spare T shirts to cope up with the cold. " You can sleep on the bed. It's cold down here---."

" No I don't want to sleep again." The muffling reply of her was hiding a sorrowful pain along with her vulnerability.

" You don't need to then... just...stay by my side. Because I'm worried that you're gonna catch a cold by sitting on the cold ground."

" That's just nonsense Todd..." she glanced up at me and threw a mock grin with exhaustion in her eyes. " Have you ever met me getting fever by sitting down on the floor." She grabbed the shirt and put on her shriveling body.