More Than You Think

18

We were leaving the city, it was nice being able to shut Levi up for once, but I do want him to trust me at least. I am constantly with his brother. After docking at the station I stay quiet. Listening to the brothers talk about what they just witness, a city full of mutants living as if they're free, but they're not. At least not yet, the goal is to hopefully one day live in peace together but to do that we obviously need to bring them to light, which could lead to one of two outcomes. We hope to show that they were experimented on, and that they had no choice as to what happened to them, but not everyone is open to change. "You okay?" His breath tickles my ear as he whisper to me, breaking my train of thoughts. I nodded to him. "Want me to carry you? You look exhausted?" He asks me, as he notes my dark circles. Nightmares have been keeping me up lately but I haven't told Rebel, I don't want to worry him. I already worried him enough with the purple dragons and then when I was beaten pretty bad. What makes me more confuse is that Raphael has been walking me home before and after school everyday after the Oscar incident. Angel isn't upset by it at all, but Johnny sadly notice my feelings for them. Honestly, their personalities are practically the same that Johnny keeps making jokes that I have a type. Of course, I feel like I burned the bridge for me and Raphael to ever happen. "No, I'm okay just having trouble sleeping." I admit to the mutant.
"Why didn't you say so?" He smirks before literally sweeping me off my feet. I laugh, "At least ask me out for dinner before you sweep me up like that." I tease him, forgetting that his brothers are nearby.
"Hey lovebirds!" Myles crashes reality onto me as I realize I flirted with their brother in front of them. "We're hungry what do you want, besides each other." Myles teased us, Rebel anger began rising, but he didn't put me down. Only stared down the smallest out of them. "We could go to my place, I'll cook." I suggest quickly hoping that my face doesn't show how embarrass I am.

Making it to my home we enter through the fire escape, and barged into movie night. I hear Vanessa's shriek, "Aye, calm down it's just me." I answer.
"I thought you weren't going to be out till late." Johnny got off the couch pausing the movie.
"And I thought you two were going out." I interjected.
"Yea, our reservation fell through so they rescheduled it for next weekend." Vanessa answers as she looks behind me.
"Anyway, Levi, Domino, Myles and Rebel are here, I'm gonna cook you want anything?" I point to the four that are hiding as best as they can.
"Oh, hi. I just wanna say thank you for protecting us. I'm deeply sorry how we reacted." Vanessa timidly tells them hoping that she didn't hurt them when they saved her sister, Johnny and the the rest of us from danger.
"Don't worry it's what we do." Myles exclaimed. He is the most outgoing out of them. Domino barely said anything outside of asking how we made certain things in the city, and anything else he was curious about.

Serving the food Rebel comes and helps, Johnny was about to get up, but I know he sat back down to watch us.
"So, how do you all know each other?" Levi then asked looking between me and Vanessa.
"Oh, actually Vanessa's sister and I went to the same performing arts school. We had a lot of the same classes, so we became friends. How I met Vanessa, is through Erica, they're fraternal twins. Vanessa and Amy were friends since they went to the same school and that's how I met Amy." I explain to him.
"I see and what is a performing arts school?" Levi asked genuinely compared to his integrative way.
"A school specifically for arts, like acting, dance, singing or if you play any instruments." I explain.
"Wait there's a school with no math?" Myles looked up confused and excited.
"Oh trust me there is still math. They still need to take their core classes, but instead of PE you can be in ballet." Vanessa explains, crushing Myles initial thoughts.

"Why are you still up?" Angel walks in as we snap our heads from the movie. After eating dinner and talking we began talking about favorite movies and now here we are.
"This is a dream." Johnny tried doing the Star Wars hand in hopes of Angel just letting it go.
"Yea, I don't think so. All of you are welcome to sleep over, but bed now." Angel command sternly. Johnny turns off the TV, "go upstairs I'll be up there soon, I'm just going to help Rebel's brother to the guest rooms." Johnny pecks Vanessa lips as she nods and head up.
"Rebel you're sleeping with (y/n) right?" Johnny then asked.
Rebel was clearly embarrassed, "Uh I think me and my brother will stay here." He answers.
"You sure?" We slept in the same bed before, plus I wouldn't mind having him there maybe I'll be able to sleep better.
"Yea, you know, unknown place and what not?" Domino pipped up agreeing to the sleeping arrangement. "That's fine, let me just grab some pillows and blankets." Angel walks off with Johnny trailing him. I look at Rebel, "I guess good night then." I make my way up the stairs slowly feeling disappointed.

I gasped for air, sweat drenched my body as the nightmare of watching my friends being torture filled my dreams again. The purple dragons grab me and my friends and they hurt them to get information out of them, never from me though. The other one is that they turn into mutants and I can't save them from turning into weapons for the purple dragons. Then there's the third one, memories that I pushed down, but it's been trying to resurface. Changing out of the sweat cover clothes, I decided to head downstairs for a glass of water.

Trying to be as silent as possible I grab a glass. I guess I wasn't silent enough as Rebel awoke.
"Hey." He whispers, I jump since I didn't see him as my mind is preoccupied. "Oh hey, did I wake you?" I ask not looking at him.
He didn't seem to like that, "(y/n) look at me." He says lowly yet somehow his voice still has power behind it. I turn hoping the low light wouldn't give me away, but I was wrong. His hands cup my cheeks wiping away any tears that I didn't wipe. "I'm sorry." I mumble out, wanting to pull away but craving his touch.
"Come on, you don't have to be sorry, and you don't have to explain anything. Just tell me what do you need from me." He lifts me up onto the counter as he nuzzles into my neck. I felt my heart race, my stomach twist, nervous didn't begin to describe my feelings in this moment.
Taking a leap,"You." Was all I said. It was enough. His lips met mine again this time lasting much longer. He brought his body closer, our lips move in sync but he didn't push his tongue in. Only when we stopped for air, "Do you want me in your bed?" His voice sent a shiver down my spine, driving my thoughts into forbidden fantasies, being only able to nod my head. He scoops me into his arms before quietly heading to my room.