'Safe with Rafe' Y/N x Rafe Cameron

Chapter LXXXIII

The room goes dead quiet now as the movies end credits finish rolling. You were so consumed by the mystery of the situation that you hadn't even realised the movie had finished at all.
You begin to walk away from Rafe before you come to a sudden halt. His hands in yours tighten, wanting nothing but for you to stay by his side instead, desperation evident in his grasp.
"Rafe." You say sternly as you try to pull your hands out of his, with no luck.
He says nothing but only stares down at you with sorry eyes as if he had so much to say that he just simply couldn't.
"What's your problem?" You ask, now with anger laced into your words as the overwhelming amount of confusion started taking its toll on you.
Rafe tries to speak but is met with no words as he averts his gaze to the pine floor beneath his shoes, unsure of what he was supposed to say without giving away the possibility of an intruder and without discrediting your concerns either.
"Let's go home." Is all he says, his voice subtle with distress.
"You didn't drive here."
"Then I'll call Topper." He answers immediately.
"I think I'd like to cool off." You say before forcing your hands out of Rafes and pushing the back door open as he watches you leave his sight completely.
Your absence sent anxious jitters through his body as he shifts on the spot, tapping his knuckles on his tightly pressed lips and his teeth began to grind.

His eyes continue to stare at the back of the door that you had left from, hoping that you'd come back any second, but you didn't.
The boys pitied him in silence as they watch as the rare sight of a melancholic Rafe unfolds before them, different from their usual antagonistic depiction of him. His eyes are furrowed downwards and his jaw tensed with guilt.
"This was a mistake." He says softly.
"You mean? You actually think there was somebody on the property?" John B asks.
"Of course." Jj responds as he throws himself down into a chair, not any better than Rafe was feeling either. "But she doesn't need to know that."
"And you didn't need to do that either." Rafe says.
"What?"
"You didn't need to be so hard on her."
"Well, sorry but when a psycho like Kelce is running rampant in our neighbourhood, decency isn't exactly the first thing on your mind."
"I doubt it was Kelce, he usually has golf club this time of night. You got any neighbours that might be wondering around this part of the cut?" Rafe asks John B.
"-Kelce or not, I got this bad boy." Jj interrupts with a mischievous smirk as he pulls a hand gun out of his shabby back pack and pointing it at random objects around the house as if he was some
make-believe action movie hero.
"Jesus, dude!" John B exclaims as he sits up in a panic, "Don't be waving that thing around! Rafe, dude, you're the adult here, tell him."
"No..." Rafe says as he leans into the window, peering out. "I like where he's coming from."
"So, we got two crazies now. That's just great."
John B sighs as he throws his arms up in the air.

The boys conversation, although their first decent one they've had without the casual disagreements followed by the all too common arguments, was cut short by an abrupt scream from outside that they too quickly and easily identified as yours. Rafes body shot up from his hunched over position by the window as his eyes darted to the back door before barging into it, causing a cracking sound on impact by the sheer force.

Rafes eyes instantaneously land on you in the hot tub, but you were alone. You were petrified in the corner but you were thankfully alone.
"What's wrong?!" He asks with heavy breaths.
"Snake!" You shout fearfully as you point to a spot on the ground with a trembling hand. His eyes follow your line of sights to a spot in some dry leaves and if it wasn't for Jj's ridiculous show of idiocy, he would've found it a lot harder to come by.
"Roh! Roh, Roh!"
"What the hell are you doing, man?" Rafe asks in annoyance as he relaxes his body again, just happy it was anything but an intruder.
"It's a cotton mouth, they're afraid of dogs, everybody knows that." Jj says, "Roh! Roh!"
"Alright, alright- enough! God." Rafe shouts impatiently as he runs a relieved hand through his hair, combing it back and out of his face with a sigh.
John B walks slowly and steadily towards the back door before leaning against its wooden frame with an amused smile on his face, watching as Jj chases the snake off the yard.
"Perhaps we found our culprit." He says smugly.
"Perhaps." You nod frantically, shielding your body away as your bikini made you feel vulnerable yet it stays hidden by the spas aggressive bubbles.
"You okay?" Rafe asks as he approaches the side of the hot tub.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." You stutter, "Its not like snakes can swim...right?"
Your head turns towards Jj's direction as he kicks the dirt beneath his feet when he whistles a long and singular tone at your question as if to say 'yikes'.
"Don't answer that." Rafe tells Jj, unable to resist the smile beginning to form on his face as he leans against the hot tub with his hands, hanging his head low between his arms and taking a moment to gather himself again.
"You scared me, Y/N." He huffs, "Like seriously."
"Good, I could've died." You laugh weakly as you sink lower into the water.

Everybody's head hooks towards the open back door when a loud snapping sound can be heard. Their eyes land on a drowsy Sarah after she had waddled her way tiredly through the house, awoken by Jj's loud and obnoxious barking. She had leant against the part of the door that Rafe had slightly cracked when he so recklessly barged into it, her additional weight on its damage caused it to cave in, leaving a hole in its frail wood.
"What the hell, John B?" She asks groggily as she observes the break in the wood with little energy.
"You're paying for that, by the way." John B says in Rafes direction.
"I heard a dog..." Sarah yawns as she rubs her eyes, leaning against John B now rather than the broken door.
"Yeah, that was just Jj." He says, wrapping an arm around her.
"Jj, what gives?"
"Hey, I'm the hero here. If it wasn't for me, it could've been you in a hospital bed with your skin melting off."
"Wha-? Is this one of your stupid stories again?..."

Sarah and Jj continue to argue but they quickly became background noise as Rafe directs the entirety of his attention towards you as you smile warmly at your friends bickering from afar.
"Are you sure you're okay?" He asks sweetly, "It didn't get inside the tub, did it?"
"No..." you respond shyly, "Hey, Rafe..."
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry. I feel like such a dunce...if I knew it was just a stupid snake I-" Your words begin to come out in a rush, rambling in a sort before Rafe cuts in.
"Don't be sorry, Y/N, and you're not a dunce."
He smiles, "You're far from it."
You move out of the hot tubs corner, making your way to the side where Rafe stood before resting your head on its edge, staring up into Rafes glistening blue eyes as they stare back full of love.
"Hop in with me?"

Those four tempting words and your alluring eyes were all it took to convince Rafe to join you in the hot tub, taking his shirt off in a swift motion, almost immediately as he pulls it over his head and tossing it to the side with a gratified smile.