Found by him

~Chapter 6 (nightmare)~

We were all sitting in the dining room except Vincent wasn’t here I wonder why, A moment later Vincent came in, I gasped when I saw his face. He had a black eye and a couple bruises everywhere. “Umm Vincent what happened to you,” he glared at me but stopped once Kai looked at him “Kai beat him up, because he didn’t pick you up during your mission.” I looked over to Kai, but he looked unbothered, “he deserved it, and I will do it again if needed,” said Kai. “But on the more important side of things, we have the winter Mafia ball coming up, and you’re expected to bring a plus one,”

Everyone nodded, that sounds fun, I went to I think only 3 balls in my life, and it was because my dad didn’t want anyone to have a bad image of him. “Hey, Irene, I don’t have anyone to go with me will you come as my plus one” asked Elliot. “yea-” before I could answer Kai cut me off. “No, she will not be going with you, I already decided she would be going as my plus one so find someone else.”

Elliot scoffed and muttered how unfair that was. I was fine, I would rather go with Kai anyway.

Kai

It was nighttime and I was going to my room to sleep, it’s been almost a month Irene got her, and I hate to say it, but I think I'm falling for her, I smiled at the thought of her and went to bed. I woke in the middle of the night to someone screaming, I quickly grabbed my gun from the bedside table and slowly walked out of my room, the screams were coming from Irene’s room.

I opened the door to find no one but Irene, her eyes were closed but she was threshing around, she was having a nightmare. I put my gun down and made my way to her.

I laid my hand on her face and lightly shook her, “Irene wake up” I shook her slightly harder, and she jolted awake. Her face was covered in sweat, and she was breathing heavily. I realized she was having a panic attack, “hey princess breath. it’s ok I got you now, deep breaths ok.” she started taking deep breaths and eventually calmed down, “do you wanna talk about it” I asked her. She mumbled a no.

I grabbed her by the waist gently of course and brought her to me, she nuzzled her head in my neck and something stirred in my stomach. We stayed like that for a while, I glanced at the clock, and it was 2am. After a while she removed her head and lifted herself enough to be face level with me, she said “thank you” then leaned in and kissed my cheek. I could feel myself blushing, I'm glad it was nighttime, and she couldn’t see my flustered face.

I got up and was about to leave until she tugged on my hand, “stay, please” she said in a soft voice, I mean how could I resist. She scooched over and I laid next to her. I turned her around and brought her to my chest, so I was spooning her.

And for the first time I slept peacefully.

The next morning, I woke up with Irene still next to me, she was cuddled up to my chest and was snoring lightly, cute.

I looked over to the clock, it was 9am I'm glad today wasn’t a weekday so, I can stay here next to Irene all day. I was staring at her face when there was a knock on her door, I said a small come in trying not to wake her up. The door opened, and Elliot walked in. He had that stupid smirk on his face.

I put up my finger signaling him to be quiet, “So may I ask why you’re sleeping next to Irene” he whispered, I gave him a glare, “why are you in Irene’s room” I said “me and Irene are besties, so I have to tell her the latest drama happening, also did you know the two guards outside are dating because I didn’t, anyway, let's eat I'm hungry” I sometimes wish to punch him in the face, why does he talk so much.

I turned around and saw Irene with her eyes wide open, “great job idiot you woke her up” Elliot shrugged and walked out of the room. I faced Irene, leaned down and kissed her cheek. She blushed.

We were all eating breakfast and Elisa mentioned how we should go ice skating or something, I was about to deny it until Irene said yes. Guess we’re going to ice skate. Everyone was ready to go except Vincent and Elisa, I wonder whats taking them so long. They finally came downstairs, and we were ready to go.

Vincent was driving with Elisa next to him, me, Irene, and Elliot were sitting in the back. We stopped by a convenience store to get a snack.

I was looking for good snacks when Irene came up to me shyly, I realized her basket was empty, “why haven’t you got anything, do you not like the snacks here?” I questioned, she shook her head, “I- I just, well I don’t have any money to buy these things, and I don’t want you guys to keep spending money on me.” I smiled at her. She’s too precious, how can she think I wouldn't want to spend money on her, I have too much anyway. “Princess I would buy the whole store if you asked me to, now stop worrying about that and start filling your basket.” She nodded her head and left. I don’t know how much longer I can hold myself back from kissing her but every time I see her it gets harder and harder.

We bought the items and walked back to the car.

We made it to the Ice skating ring and entered, the place wasn’t too crowded which was good. The good thing is I learned how to ice skate when I was a kid so I'm fairly good at it.

I stepped into the ice and started skating, I looked back to see Irene still near the wall hesitating, I skated towards her, “Scared princess” she growled a no, I couldn't help but smirk, I reached my hand towards her, and she took it, I brought her to the ice, we started moving slowly. “Hold onto me and just follow my lead ok,” she nodded, we were skating, and she was doing good.

I looked at her and we made eye contact. It felt like it was only the two of us here and no one else, I spun her around and we were just staring at each other. That was until Elisa pushed me and I ended up on top of Irene, that little prick. I’m kind of thankful though.

We were staring at each other, a little too intensely, what she did next, I didn’t expect but she started leaning upwards, so I leaned in.

Her lips met mine.

They were soft and delicate, as if the slightest touch could break them. I kissed back, we stayed like that until we were out of breath. Pulling back, I gazed at her face, she was as red as a tomato, and I'm sure I was no different.

Irene

We were kissing, oh my god. I don’t know where I got the confidence to kiss him, but I did, and I'm glad. We pulled back breathing heavily, I looked at him and he was blushing, how can this man be cute and hot at the same time. I looked around to make sure no one saw that.

He helped me up and we kind of just stood there awkwardly, “hey, you guys lets go and eat” yelled Elisa, I mentally reminded myself to thank her later.

We ate and now we’re driving back home, I'm exhausted I just want to lay in bed and sleep.

We made it home and I made my way to my room, I didn’t even take a shower, I'll do it in the morning. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up with the sun shining in my face, I groaned and looked at my clock it was 10am, I got up and made my way to the bathroom. I undressed and got into the shower. The warm water hit my back and I exhaled, this felt really nice. I finished with my shower and wrapped a towel around myself. I left the bathroom and went to my closet, I found a simple pretty sundress, I decided I should wear it.