Bound To Him | ✔️

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~Katya's POV~

I was walking down the sidewalk after my classes had ended on Tuesday when Onyx's car pulled up beside me, slowly driving alongside the curb. "Kitty." He called for me through the open window of his car, causing me to glance over at him hesitantly. "Yes?" I said in a curt sounding tone, not slowing down my pace.

"Get in, please. We need to talk." He told me, the almost pleading tone to his voice surprising me. I blinked, taking a peek towards him as I gnawed gently on my bottom lip. "About what?" I asked, pretending as if I didn't know. Despite the fact that I'd told myself I would tell him about my feelings, I hadn't done so just yet, seemingly always unable to find either the courage or the right time. He and I hadn't spoken at all since he left my apartment early Sunday morning, before I'd even woken up, but he had texted and called me. I'd just ignored it all, too nervous to respond to anything from him.

"You know what. Please, just come get in. I'll drive you to your apartment and if, by the time we get there, you don't want to listen anymore, then I'll leave. I won't bother you again about this." He told me, causing me to come to a slow halt on the sidewalk. A cool breeze blew through, making my fiery hair flow behind me as I stared at him. "Fine." I agreed with a bit of hesitancy, striding around to get in the passenger's side of the car.

Onyx glanced over at me as I buckled my seatbelt, my heart fluttering at the way he subtly double checked that I was buckled in before he continued to drive. There was a tense silence that we sat in for a moment or two before he cleared his throat, strong hands clutching tighter at the steering wheel. "I wanted to talk about what happened on Saturday night. I know you said you don't want to hear anything more, but I just...I can't stop thinking about it and you keep dodging me." He said, causing my brows to raise as I whipped my head to the side to look at him incredulously. A soft scoff left my lips. "Well, no shit I've been dodging you. Do you even remember what you said to me, Onyx?" I scowled, irritated.

His eyebrows raised as well, probably not expecting me to get pissed off so quickly, but I couldn't help it. Not only had his words hurt me, but they'd made me angry.

"Yeah, I remember what I said. Just like I remember that you didn't even fucking let me finish talking, Katya." He responded a little heatedly, clearly just as worked up about this as I was. I clenched my hands into fists on my lap and saw his eyes flick over to me briefly, trying to focus on the road. "Let you finish? What, so you could just reject me more? Because that's what it sounded like you were doing, so can you really blame me?" I scoffed.

The light ahead of us turned red, causing the car to roll to a stop before it, where he then glanced over at me with a hard frown on his lips. "I get it, kitty. You thought I was going to reject you and I can see why, but I didn't mean for it to sound like that. I'm not....I don't do this shit!" He exclaimed in frustration, squeezing the steering wheel so tightly that I could see muscles in his biceps bulge. I stared at him closely, a frown on my lips. "I wasn't rejecting you, but I've never been in a situation like this and I'm not good at all that romance shit." He muttered, seeming almost embarrassed when he cast his gaze away from me, looking out the windshield instead.

I was stumped as to what to say or do, the meaning of his words slowly dawning on me. My embarrassment probably tripled his, making me cringe to myself as I fiddled nervously with my fingers. "So...you weren't rejecting me." I echoed weakly, able to hear how flustered I was in the tone of my own voice.

He shook his head. "I just didn't want to keep the charade we had going up anymore. It didn't feel right to call it just sex when I no longer saw it as just sex." He muttered, beginning to drive again when the light turned green. My heart pounded as I eyed the side of his face, unable to take my gaze off of him. "I'm such an idiot." I whispered, watching as the edges of his lips twitched up ever so slightly at my words, amused. "Maybe a little, but that's okay. You're my little idiot." He hummed, causing my heart to skip a beat and my chest to fill with warmth.

A small, stupid smile formed on my face as I eyed him. "Is that your way of asking me out?" I asked, watching his gaze flick towards me before focusing on the road once more. He turned into the parking lot of my apartment building and parked in one of the open lots, a sly smile on his full lips. "Something tells me I don't even have to ask, kitty." He retorted ever so matter of factly.

Unable to help myself, I laughed and shook my head, leaning across the console between us to gently grab the back of his neck. I pulled him down and he murmured in relief as I sealed my lips over his, large hands cupping at my waist. He tugged, pulling me over the console and right into his lap. "Oh!" I gasped in surprise, carefully straddling him so my knees wouldn't painfully dig into him.

Through the brief separation of our lips, his breath fanned my mouth as he spoke lowly, yet his words came out just as passionate and sincere. "I love you." He murmured, hands grasping tightly at my waist. My heart skipped and I smiled down at him, running my fingers through his soft hair. "I love you, too." I whispered, pressing my mouth against his once more.

**

"You really want to see a movie?" I asked as Onyx wrapped me in his arms as we got ready in his house on Saturday afternoon, giggling softly when his teeth nipped playfully at the shell of my ear.

The warmth of his black sweater covered torso pressed against my back, making me not want to leave the apartment. "Why not?" He hummed, frowning to himself when I gently shooed him off of me so I could brush out my hair. "Then if I pick a horror movie, will you actually watch it or just take little peeks like you normally do?" I teased him, glancing at him in the reflection of his bathroom mirror. He glared at me and gave me a sharp smack on my butt, not appreciating my teasing of his fear of scary movies, but I just snickered.

He just rolled his eyes and went to finish getting dressed, since he still had yet to put on any pants or shoes. I quickly brushed out the rest of my hair and tied it up in a loose ponytail on my head, some of the fiery strands left out to frame my face. Wearing a short, casual black dress with a white chrome hearts cross on the left breast, I exited his bathroom and grabbed my black and white converse, slipping them onto my feet.

Thankfully, it seemed Onyx was now fully dressed as well, having pulled on a pair of black sweatpants that had a thick red stripe up either pant leg and a pair of black converse that matched my own.

"So fucking gorgeous, kitty." Onyx hummed as he cupped my hips, pulling me into his front to kiss me deeply. I felt my knees weaken and I melted into the kiss, pushing up on my toes. "We should go, Onyx." I whispered, causing him to pout playfully at me. "Fine." He grunted, grabbing his car keys before he gripped my hand in his and led me out of his dimly lit bedroom. We left his house and headed out to the car, where I buckled my seatbelt as I sat in the passenger's seat. I glanced over at him as he began to drive and smiled softly to myself, butterflies still battering around in my stomach. I wondered if they would always be this strong. Something told me the answer was yes.

Heart fluttering, I glanced out the window and watched the scenery pass by, smiling to myself when I felt him reach one hand over to grasp mine. He tangled my fingers with his and I bit on my bottom lip, loving his touch. I glanced down at his hand in mine, how much smaller mine was than his and yet how they fit perfectly together.

We arrived at the movie theater and I got out with him, tangling my fingers with his as we stood in the parking lot. "One rule," Onyx began, pulling me into his side. "No fucking horror movies or I'm dragging your ass back home." He muttered in a very Onyx-like fashion, an amused smile tugging up at my lips. "You know, it's funny that you don't like horror movies when you told me you like intimidating people." I teased him, earning a narrow eyed look from him.

"Shut up." He scowled, placing a kiss on the back of my hand as he began to drag me up towards the front of the movie theater. I just giggled as I stared up at him, loving all his antics and his grumpy yet loving attitude. It was so very like him, and I loved every bit of it.