Her Darling | L.W.

Chapter 8

Y/N's pov
I open my eyes, squinting them at the sunlight beaming through the window. I realize I'm not in my own bed. There's a pair of arms snaked around my waist. I turn around and see that it's Larissa. I try to move away from her tight grip without waking her up, unsuccesfully. Her eyes flutter open at my subtle movements.

"Hi" I whisper to her, having a small smile on my face.

"Hi, darling, how are you feeling?" She gets up a bit, still very close to me. Our faces are only a few inches apart.

"Oh I'm alright. And you?"

"Me too." She smiles and surprisingly enough, takes me in for a hug. After a bit, I return the hug once I've gotten over my confusion.

"What was that for?" I ask her once we've pulled away from each other.

"I'm just glad that you're safe and okay now." She responds, her eyes glistening.

And that's when I remember it all. How I snuck out last night, the horrible mistake that I did, how Larissa got me back to Nevermore. I lie back down and so does Larissa, our bodies facing and touching each other as we're too close. I look deeply in her eyes, brushing a strand of hair from her face and placing it behind her ear.

"I am so sorry, Larissa." I whisper, I can feel myself getting emotional as my eyes become glossy with tears.

"Darling- I want you to promise that you'll never do that again. I haven't been that scared in years." She says gently, caressing her hand on my back.

"I- I don't think I can promise that..." I say truthfully, I seriously don't know if I could keep that promise.

"Please, Y/N. For me?" Tears fall from her eyes, she seems really hurt. I can't see her like this, I've no choice.

"Okay, I promise." I say after a moment of hesitation. But I'm sure now. I wipe away her tears with my thumb, having an apologetic look on my face - I really didn't want her to feel this bad.

"Thank you, dearest." She smiles and I suddenly feel more at ease. Her smile is so beautiful, like it's telling me that everything will be okay. I cuddle my way even closer to her, placing my head on the crook of her neck, my face almost on top of her chest. She doesn't seem to mind that I'm basically on top of her, as she just takes me deeper into her embrace. We lay there for a good while, in comfortable silence. Nothing will get to us, it's just the two of us.

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It's Monday, me and Yoko are heading for our first class. I actually feel productive today, for the first time in a while. It's going to be a good day.

"So, where'd you disappear Saturday night? I mean you didn't sleep in our dorm." Yoko suddenly asks. I really don't want to lie to her, but I also don't want her to know about what happened with me and Larissa. Even I'm not sure about what happened. It's really weird to think about, me sleeping in my principal's arms. It's just so... wrong.

"Oh, I- I went to Maddy's. We stayed at the festival until midnight and I didn't have the energy to go back to Nevermore so we just decided to go back to her place." I explain, quite impressed at how naturally I told that lie.

"And Weems wasn't mad?" She raises her eyebrow.

"I don't think she ever found out."

"You're lucky she didn't." She chuckles and I throw her a smile. "Yeah, I guess I am."
Oh, Yoko. If only you knew...

The day passes by quickly, I succeeded and focused on all of my classes, actually motivated in my studies for the first time in a while. As our day ends with an English lesson, I remember that I still have my extra study session with Ms Thornhill. I actually am not even mad about that, she's a nice teacher and botany is quite interesting in my opinion.