'You Are My Precious Obsession' (Completed)

Chapter IV {You thought you could handle it?}

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Warning ⚠️

This chapter is disturbing.

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The trio including me, walked towards the crime scene, with a feeling of uneasiness in our hearts. He stopped suddenly as me and Penelope who were comming behind that idiot bumped our heads as we were not paying attention to where we were walking.

"Why did you stop?" I questioned, grabbing my head with one of my hands as I saw a whole crowd circling around something. I could say that, the crowd seemed...rather chaotic.

"Just stay behind the crowd, Hannah" he warned as he gestured Penelope to stick around with him...not fair! What about me? How dare he abandon me...

I did what he said, I did not dare to look at the body...but as time went by, curiousity was killing me from inside. I mean, it can't be that bad right? It could be just a stab in the chest, or...or...ok, I have to know. Just a sneek peek won't hurt anyone. Maybe.

With the sudden confidence I gained from my curiosity, I slowly crept to the scene. I gradually pushed away the crowd, very careful not to create a disaster and walked towards the crime scene. I saw yellow tapes with 'do not cross' on it, taped from a pillar to another and I knew it was bad as my confidence was fading into thin air.

I walked a few more steps with a heavy heart, and voila! There he was, with gloves in his hands and with an unfamiliar serious expression on his face. My eyes fell on the body which was outlined with some white substance.

My eyes widened as I grasped my purse tightly to my chest...could someone even be this cruel? I regretted not listening to him now. I felt my body suddenly trembling, for, the sight was very disturbing. The victim's eyes were ripped off from their eye socket, and half of their skin was swollen as if the victim splashed his face with an acid instead of water when he was washing his face.

My heart sunk at the sight, I don't think even the victim's loved ones could recognise him anymore...how could the murderer be this cruel and inhumane? I immediately closed my eyes and turned away, but that image...it haunted me. As time went by, I felt extremely uncomfortable. It felt like...it is somehow my fault.

I couldn't handle the feeling anymore as I slowly walked to Henry, who was still investigating the crime. My eyes watered, Penelope was not here. He spared me a glance and then back into his reports he was holding onto.

"You thought you could handle it?" He muttered, just enough for me to hear, "Seems like curiousity has killed the cat"

I couldn't speak, it felt like something was stuck in my throat and was preventing me from speaking. I shed some tears while closing my eyes shut with fear as I immediately felt a hand wiping my tears off my face,

"You are as clingy as I remember you were..." he whispered while being a little flustered, "Go home"

"I-I don't want to go a-alone" I whimpered, grabbing his arm, "P-Please"

"It is already time for dinner and you even skipped lunch, go home" he muttered while patting my head softly. I nodded my head side to side as I do NOT want to go out in the dark alone. He sighed as he put down the report files he was holding onto on a table and turned to me,

"Then let's go together"

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He snatched the purse that was in my hands and took out my car keys as we walked to my car that was parked in the mall's parking area. Then he unlocked the car and looked at me,

"Stop clinging onto me like a kid, you have a boyfriend already" He said as he released my grasp on him and got on the driver's seat, "Hop in"

I got in while still tremendously trembling. He fastened his and my seatbelt and drove to my house to drop me off. We didn't speak a single word in the journey as I was not in the state to do so.

He stopped the car after a few moments and dropped me off at my boyfriend's house. He opened the window of his seat and glanced at me,

"Are you fine?"

"M-much better than b-before" I replied, feeling a bit better, but that...it is really going to traumatize me for life. "Y-you can take my car for this night"

"Ah! Thanks, I was worried how I would get back to work" he said with a bittersweet smile, "Speaking of which...I have to go"

"I-I will kill you if I find any scratches on my car tomorrow"

"Alright cup noodles, see you soon"

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I unlocked the door and saw Aaron just standing right behind the door as he ran to me and hugged me. Then he slowly leaned to my face and pecked my cheeks softly,

"I was worried sick! You said you would be back by dinner, babe!"

"I-I am sorry...there was a murder-"

"I know...I am happy that you are safe!" He smiled as he hugged me one more time and then locked the door behind me. Then I noticed it,

"Did you shower? What is with the change of clothes?" I asked, "you don't usually shower at night...you will get sick!"

"Oh, don't worry babe! I will be alright" he winked, "I just got my clothes dirty so I had to change"

"A-alright" I replied as I smelled something delicious from the kitchen,

"Did I forget to tell you that, I made you some food?" He smiled proudly as he grabbed my hand and directed me to sit by the dining table, "You must be hungry"

"Thank you..." I whispered with surprise as he was never this sweet before. It was kind of...odd. But whatever! Him changing into a better person is not wrong!

"The food is amazing!" I said, as he just smiled,

"I love you so much, Hannah", he said, then muttered something that, I quite didn't catch...

"And you are my precious obsession"

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I really hope he changed his clothes as he got it dirty while cooking and...nothing else.

Bro, I love writing this story so much lol-

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