Rhea Ripley X OC [(DISCONTINUED)]

Chapter 11

The next morning I was woken up by movement next to me. My eyes flutter open and I look to my left, only to see a sleeping Demi facing away from me. I smile slightly to myself, peacefully observing her for a few moments before sitting up and heading to my bathroom to start my morning routine. Once done, I grabbed my phone from my nightstand and left the room, closing the door behind me. I heard whining and scratching coming from the spare room so I opened the door and out ran Barry and Luna, I chuckled lowly and followed them downstairs to the living room where I opened the patio door to let them out.

I made my way to the kitchen and start my coffee machine to make a pot of coffee before going over to the fridge. I open it and pull out some ingredients for breakfast, setting them next to the stove. I move around the kitchen grabbing out all the necessary equipment needed to make breakfast but before I can make a start, Barry and Luna run in from outside and start playing at my feet. I didn't want them getting hurt as I was cooking so I looked down at them and gave them a low warning growl, flashing my wolf eyes at them. They stopped immediately and looked up at me, bowing their heads slightly in submission.

I fed the dogs their breakfast and started making food for me and Demi. As I was finishing up and plating it up, I heard her coming down the stairs so I placed our breakfast (picture above) on the dining table, poured her a cup of coffee and greeted her with a smile as she walked into the kitchen. "Morning, here I made breakfast." I started, "I also let the dogs out and fed them so you didn't have to worry. They are cuddled up together on the couch right now." I finished, guiding her to the table to eat.

After a peaceful breakfast I take the empty plates and cups to the sink and wash them up, leaving them on the draining rack to dry. I turn back to the table as I'm drying off my hands and find Demi sat there with her head in her hands. I place the dish cloth down and make my over to sit next to her. "Hey Dems, you okay?" I ask, putting a hand on her shoulder. I hear her sigh before she looked at me briefly and looked down at her hands. "Yeah... no... I don't know. Everything seems so messed up right now." she says quietly. She starts tearing up so I pull her into a hug and she buries her face in my neck, crying.

I stay silent. I don't know what to say because I don't really know what happened. All I can do is comfort her the best that I can. We sit there for a few minutes - with her crying into my shoulder and me rubbing calming circles on her back - before she calms down. "Thank you Payton, for everything. I don't know what I would have done if you turned me away." she says, the last part just above a whisper. I smile and cup her cheeks, making her look at me and said, "I would never turn you away Demi. A good friend would never turn away someone in need." "Also I'm sorry I crawled into bed next to you last night, I was feeling lonely and I couldn't sleep and I-" she starts but I cut her off, "Hey there is no need to explain okay, I did say if you needed anything and I ment anything that you could come to me." I say smiling which she returns and pulls me into another hug.

We spent the rest of the day playing with Barry and Luna, working out in my home gym, watching movies, cooking lunch together and ordering pizza for dinner. Under the circumstances, today was a good day.

That was... until later that night...