You're perfect...for us

Chapter 22

Zayn

   I love being curled into Azazel's chest. He makes me feel safe and protected and I know he will benefit from the affection right now. I hate the way my family treated him. I hate the way everyone in town treats him. I hate to see the hurt and sorrow in his eyes. It makes me want to coddle him and love him and just never let go, but sadly my coddling cannot protect him from the world and their harshness. I begin to wiggle around a little and Azazel instinctively runs his fingers through my brown hair, since I am still on his lap. Soon, I feel Xavier's hand on my knee as well and I smile at both of them. How did I get so lucky to have two amazing mates like this?! I wiggle more in Azazel's lap and this time he puts his hands on my hips to stop me. I can feel a growl starting to rumble in his chest, even if he isn't letting it out. I look up at him and smirk. He leans down and kisses my forehead, making me blush, before he takes Xavier's hand off my knee and puts it to his mouth to kiss his knuckles, causing Xavier to blush as well. Azazel smiles at us and then just looks out the window, like he is lost in his thoughts.

We reached the cave and all of us couldn't be more excited to be here. We get out of the car and as Azazel sets me on the ground, he begins stripping off his shirt, walking towards the lake. "Azazel, love, why don't you take the path that walks up to the cave?" I hear Xavier ask him as he comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist, resting his chin on my head. "Because I want to relax and swim for a minute. I'll meet you both up there. Why don't you two go inside and make yourself comfortable? Once I get up there I will give you a full tour of the cave, because oddly we haven't gotten to that yet and I want to show you the kitchen and other things just in case you need them," Azazel says to us as he is stripping off his pants and boxers before he slips into the water. Xavier gives him a concerned look and I let out a small sigh. "Come on Xavier, let's just go up there and get everything ready for when he is ready for some comfort. I think he just needs a minute to himself to process everything," I say as I take Xavier's hand and drag him up the path to the cave. Before we went into the cave we peaked over the ledge and saw Azazel floating around on his back in the lake, with a goofy grin on his face and his eyes closed, soaking in the sun.

"I don't like him being upset. I hate the way he was treated today. I want to make it all go away," I tell Xavier as we walk into the cave and head straight to the furs. "Me too little one, me too. But we can only stay by him and do our best in making him confident in himself again. He is stronger than either of us will ever understand," he tells me as he starts to make the bed of furs. He piles to pillows in a row and starts to put some on the sides. He also makes sure that the bottom layer is soft enough. I smile as I watch him messing with the furs.

"No need to do that alpha. We are going on a tour of the cave and will be taking them with us anyway," we hear Azazel say as he enters the cave behind us. I turn around to see him in just his boxers, water dripping from his hair and down his strong, toned chest. I blush furiously and turn away before I get a problem of my own to take care of. I hear him chuckle and he comes up behind me, placing a kiss on my head before heading over to Xavier, who is bent over the furs, trying to gather them all in a pile now, and smacks his ass. Xavier jumps and blushes worse than me, staring Azazel down as he is given a smug smirk from Azazel. "Follow me. I will take you to what I call my kitchen first," Azazel says as he leads us through a side cavern into another small cave in the mountain side. I am not sure how we missed all these small entrances before. I guess because every time we were in here, we were a bit busy. I blush again just at the thought of the things we have done here. "This is the kitchen. I catch the food fresh daily if it's meat. I run a little fridge off of a solar powered generator to keep drinks cold. I cook the meat on an open flame by just starting a fire with twigs. I also have a smaller pool of water where I wash the dishes instead of using the lake for that as well," Azazel explains to us as he continues this tour of his amazing cave.

Azazel continues to show us around different parts of the cave and different things he has collected through the years. Finally, Azazel turned to us, all excited, "now to show you guys my most favorite place of all in the whole cave!" He goes back to the den and grabs the blankets and some pillows and motions us to follow him. We walk in through an entrance then up a short path that inclines. I let out a whine of annoyance because I don't want to walk up the slope. Before I know it, Xavier comes from behind me and scoops me into his arms, causing me to wrap my arms around his neck, as he continues to walk behind Azazel. A few minutes later we get to what looks like a door covered by a fur. Azazel turns to us with a huge smile on his face, "Can you guys wait out here just a moment please?" We both look at him curiously but smile and nod. He quickly vanishes behind the fur covering the door, furs and pillows still in hand. We had been waiting outside the entrance for maybe five minutes or so before Azazel came back, a blushing mess.

"Okay mates," Azazel's blush deepens as he pushes the fur, opening the doorway, "welcome to my secret spot."

We stop dead in our tracks once we enter the room, looking around in awe.