Stone Heart { Daniel Ricciardo x reader }

Chapter 8

After this semi confession from both of you, there was an awkward silence, it tooks you a little time before coming back to yourself. Daniel had offered you to stay in the farm with him for as long as your workplace would get fixed and you didn't know what came to you, but since the day was already full of surprise you accepted without really thinking this through.

You were now in the car with him, riding home to get some spare change and the essential for your survival in the deep wild that was his farm.

The silence in the habitacle wasn't weighty, in fact it was nice and peaceful. You take the time to admire his features, his tattoo that you never really take time to get the details from.

Last time you were seeing this close he was wearing clothes that were covering everything, which now you admit was truly a shame.

When you saw him this morning, half naked in the kitchen it was a part of why you let him get it so easily. You were so blown away by how his body had evolved with age, how perfect he had become and how every tattoo was suiting his skin and describing his personality well. You were curious to ask the meaning of each of them, but you figured that it was the right timing yet and that you will have plenty of time to do that during the week you will stay at his.

"You are staring ... " It was simple, you've decided after that moment in the kitchen to forget the tension between you at least for the week, to try ... have your friend back, if friendship there were, knowing deep down there it was something more deep and complicated than that between the two of you.

"I am not" You hit his bare arm, the slap making more noise than it should, making you both giggle.

"Aoutch, it hurts," His eyes, if you could describe them there would be no words strong enough, you were too busy watching the lovely line forming around them to care enough.

 "For the record you were looking at me with so much intensity that if I checked myself in the mirror I would find holes in my body." A snort got out of your mouth as he was laughing at you. He stops for a second and turn his head toward you, it only last a microsecond but

The smile on his face when you weren't looking was saying everything you needed to know if you had the chance to get a glimpse of it.

"You are an assHOLE, see what I did there ?" Great if you needed to break the nice moment you and he had, this was it. You were hoping he didn't take on it and wouldn't beat himself for it. Sometimes you wish you could run your tongue in your mouth before speaking because what was coming as a joke at first turns out to be more relatable by the bittersweet feeling you had towards him.

No matter how much she will want to try, this feeling will always be here and her heart wants to forget him and have what they had before this whole story begins. The head was on that path too but clearly not here yet. That won't stop her from trying and fighting herself for it. She might not get another chance after this week.

A simple nod on the head from him, tells her that he got the message and the rest of the car trip brings back the silence between them, more awkward this time.

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Daniel POV :

He figured they needed to have this conversation, sooner rather than later. He had tried before and he had failed, she wanted to know but wasn't reading. However something changed today, she was making an effort as well to stop barking at him and pushing him away. If the little fling moment in the kitchen wasn't proof then Daniel should completely abandon the idea of trying to win her back.