Just Pretend With Me

6

~Damian~

When I notice her hurt expression, I swing open the car door and slide in, shutting off my phone and removing my AirPods. "Larry go!" I watch her get in and turn away from me before I even know what to address first. The blood in her mouth or the tears in her eye.

So I settle for a simple question. "What. The fuck. Happened. And don't you dare lie to me."

She raised her knees to her chest and covered her face with her hands. "It's gone..it's all gone Damian.." I move her hands away from her face so I can make sense of her facial expressions. "What's gone." She moved back into the safety of her own body. "My necklace..."

"Oh, don't worry about a necklace." I exhaled. "I can just get you a new one." "..No! You can't!" She resumed her crying again. "It has to be this n-necklace...because it was t-the one my parents gave me before they d-died.." Slowly, she showed me a glimpse of the broken string and colored beads of the necklace she wore earlier---sitting in the hidden compartment of her bag. Damn.. I patted her head. "I'll find someone who can fix it. Let's get you all cleaned up first though."

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Finally we arrived at my personal estate.

"Athena what are you doing? Get out of the car." She smiled weakly. "I can't, my legs are royally sleeping." I sighed and stood in front of the car, but she protested. "Y-you don't have to wait for me..I'll come out in like 10 minutes." "Tch," I scowled. "You really thought I'd wait for you?" I opened her car door, and picked her up princess style. "Larry will take care of your stuff."

"H-Hey! Dami- what are you-" I cut her off. "Shut up and hold on to me tight before I drop you." "Y-You wouldn't dare.." "Oh really?" I threw her in the air and caught her in the same position as she came down. "AHH! S-Stop..Okay?!! I believe you..!" She quickly wrapped her arm around my neck and buried her face in my chest to save herself from embarrassment. "Meanie." I pulled her close and smiled to myself wondering if she could hear my dangerously fast heartbeat, that seemed to speed up every time we are together..

"Oh my..what a pretty girl you got there!" "Stop it Rudia!" I forgot about all the servants who wait at the front everyday until I come back home. "Welcome back Master." "Nice to see you again!" "Your room is all prepared for you."

I knew they were all fighting the urge to gossip because as soon as I entered the door they started muttering to each other. "A girl! He's got a girl home!" "That's a first!"

Ignoring them, I took the elevator up to my room, setting her down on the bed, watching her in perfect denial. "Whoa..." She rubbed her eyes, pinched her cheeks and blinked 3 times. "No way..Damian, this is your room?!" She gawked at the sight of it, running her hand over the marble walls of my room, trying to make sense of my patterned ceilings. I chuckled, "pretty nice isn't it? What do you say?" Her pure eyes lit up. "Yes, yes, yes!! 100/10! Oh my god! And is that a tube slide?!!" She turned to me and I nodded. "Jesus! I could fit my entire house with the backyard and garage in this one room!"

"Well if you want, you can explore my room tomorrow morning if you wake up early enough. But for now it's getting late, you should go to bed." "Oh.." Her expression saddened. "Maybe not tomorrow. I have to look for a new morning job tomorrow since I got fired."

"Fired? Why?" I questioned. "What happened?" She scratched the back of her head. "It's a long story... and I don't really feel like explaining." "Tch, fine." I tried my best to forget about it while she looked around. "There's only one bed in this room though, where will I be staying?" I took off my top as she stared breathlessly at me. "Wha- I- you- oh my- jesus.."

I removed the covers and jumped onto the bed. "Either get in with me or sleep on the floor. I don't have time for any games and I couldn't care less if you slept on the floor." "The floor?" She gulped. "O-Okay fine, I'll join you but let me just change into my pajamas first!"

As she disappeared into the bathroom, I thought back, remembering her flustered expression from only seconds ago and all I could do was laugh my heart out.

Athena Heart...your quite cute..

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