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

SIDE STORY PT. SIXTY THREE

A/N: IM TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE HABIT OF DAILY UPDATES! 😊

|TANNER|

Her face was covered in tears while my mouth was covered in her blood. 'Oh god.. what have I done?..' I laid her down on the sheets as her skin was so.. so pale.. "oh god.." tears started coming out of my eyes and breathing became difficult. The fear that wasn't usually there came in like a tsunami. I felt sick, like wanting to throw up your entire body in the trash can sick. Then the thoughts of a murderer kicked in. 'Body- we have to dispose of it - Dental records- Finger prints - DNA... -I'm sorry Luna.. I'm So so sorry. Oh god, I feel sick-.' I covered my mouth with my shaky hand and went to run to the bathroom when I heard a whisper. "help.. me.." I quickly turned around and saw her slowly breathing. Worry filled my head as this meant I only had seconds before she went unconscious. So I ran to the bathroom to grab the disinfectant, bandages, and sewing kit. I slammed it down and started putting the alcohol on a napkin. "Don't worry Enigma, I-i.. I won't let you die." A second passed and the napkins were already soaking into her skin. She groaned at a quieter tone than I wanted so I knew I had to hurry up.

Once I was satisfied with the disinfectant, I grabbed the sewing kit and sat Luna against the bed frame. She slumped but at least tried to sit straight. "Ok.. just don't think about it too much Luna.." she tilted her head away and I inserted the needle into her skin. She held strong for the first few insets but after about 5 of them, she clenched the bed sheet and rushed her legs back in forth on the bed. Screaming a little while she was at it. "I know I know, just hold on for a few more my dear." I looked down and noticed my belt. I quickly took it off and slipped it into her mouth. "Here. Bite down on this." I picked the needle and thread back up and nodded. "Ready?" She nodded back and let me continue. She tried not to thrash but I could tell she was in deep pain. Halfway with the stitches I grabbed the cloth and bandage wrap again. Putting them on my leg before speaking. "Ya know.. it's a good thing you can feel this much pain right now.." she slowly friend her head in infuriated discomfort. "What?" I asked, a little confused she couldn't see what I did. She motioned to her injury. "Oh.. well im just saying it's good you're no longer too weak to feel pain... if that makes sense.." she angerly exhaled from her nostrils and sooner or later I finished. Wrapping it up in a nice bandage before kissing it better. "There you go." She dropped my belt, that was now dripping in drool, and finally spoke to me. "Why didn't you stop?.."

She tried keeping a brave and strong voice but I could hear the tremble again. "you said you would sto-p... when we made that agreement you said you would stop when you heard that word.." the tears of guilt filled my eyes as she started crying right in front of me. "I'm so sorry my love- I didn't mea-." I went to touch her face in comfort but stopped when she flinched at me. "You're scared of me now.. aren't you?.." she tossed her head to the side and let her legs come to her chest. Covering her mouth to keep the crying to a minimum. She sniffled. "I just wanna go home.. please just let me go home Tanner." My lip quivered to a smile as I tried to lighten the mood. "What? No stalker?.." she didn't answer; so I took that as a sign to leave her alone for now. Getting our bags and laying out our clothes. Once I came back with her dress in hand she glanced at me, then turned her head the other way. "C-can I change alone please?.." I exhaled from my nose and put the dress down. "Of course." Then with a defeated sigh, I walked to the bathroom to change. Once I saw my face I knew why she couldn't even look at me.

My mouth was still covered in her blood and my hair was a mess. Scratch marks very noticeable on my cheeks and neck as I tried wiping them all off. I was able to get the blood off by the marks stayed. My breath quivered while I changed into my clothes. Hoping now that the blood was gone, I would at least get a glance from her. I walked out and found her dressed ever so beautifully. She even put a bow in her hair to make us not look suspicious. "Luna? Are you ready?" She stared at the wall and nodded. Picking up the suitcase before opening the door to leave. She held it open for me and I walked out. Taking the suitcase from her to make up for the.. accident.

'I know this isn't enough Luna but I can't think of any other way right now. But I promise, I will gain your trust back.'

Once we got to the car she got in without a word. Not even asking me for food or anything else! Just silence. I got in a minute later and started driving to a random burger place. She lost a lot of blood the least I could do for her is get her food. So with a burger, fries and soda, she was able to get some energy back. Even being less fidgety when she finished. Of course she thanked me quietly but for the rest of the drive it was back to the usual, harmful silence. "Do you remember that time we got lost?" "Yea..." I chuckled. "That was fun right?" She nodded as my smile went away. "Listen Luna, I'm really sorry about how things turned out tonight. I didn't mean to-." "Just tell me where you were. It isn't that hard." "-I can't tell you that Luna." "Why not?!" "BECAUSE."

The car went silent. I never really yelled at her before so I guess she was shocked I was physically capable of doing so. I hated it. I wanted to pull her into a hug but I knew if I did I would just scare her off. So instead of that, I pulled over but she wouldn't get out. Not until I walked over and opened the door and even then she asked, "You gonna kill me Tan?"

I shook my head. "We're simply gonna talk." Anger filled our voices as she stayed in the car. "I feel safer in here, if that's alright with you." I crouched down. "Why can't you let this g-." "CAUSE YOU ALMOST KILLED ME TANNER!" "WELL IM SORRY I WANT TO PROTECT YOU-!" "KILLING ME IS PROTECTING ME-?!" "THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT LUNA." She scoffed and turned her head the other way. Bringing her legs up to her chest again and resting her elbows on them. "And I understand I lost your trust.. but I don't want this to end.." I grabbed her hands and held them close. "Look at me Luna.." she shook her head. "Please.. enigma, look at me. I promise I won't hurt you any more..even in pleasure. I promise I-." "Now that'll just be boring.." she softly chuckled as I lit my smile back up. "What?" "You heard me stalker." She giggled as it took her second to look at me. But I only got a glimpse before she looked at my chest instead. "Tanner.. can I be honest with you?.." "of course Enigma." ".. I know you're a murderer.. and I know you wanted to eat me before but I always thought I was safe with you... Sure I got scared at times but I never thought you would actually hurt me..and I know you didn't mean to but Tanner you- you almost ate me alive.." her voice got cracky near the end but I let her finish. "And even now I wanna hug you but I-Im..." she sniffled as I put my hand back on hers. "It's ok. You can say it." "..I'm scared." Luna's eyes dodged back and forth from my chest to the floor. "Oh... is it my face?.." she nodded. "It's just the scratch marks and your-." "Mouth." "yeah.." I sighed and scooped her in for a hug. "It's ok, You don't have to look. Trust me, all I want to do is put this behind us.." she wrapped her arms around my shoulders and dug her face into my shoulder. "I'd like that.."