Love Save the Empty

Twenty Three

A gust of cold air immediately hit her body as Bella stepped out of the warm, steamy shower. She grabbed the dark blue towel from its rack and wrapped it around her body. She didn’t realize how massive it was until she had to wrap it around her twice.

“Hey,” Harry called from behind Bella, still wet and beautifully naked. “Make some room for me in there.”

He grabbed the end of the towel and lightly yanked at it, spinning Bella around in circles until it was removed from her body. Soon, Harry and Bella were both inside the large towel together, Harry’s hands holding it while his arms wrapped around her small frame.

“Better?” Bella giggled, moving even closer to Harry in the small area the towel provided.

“Much.”

They stood there for a little while longer before making their way into Harry’s room to change. She ended up throwing on one of his t-shirts and a pair of underwear that Harry bought for when she slept over.

After combing through her hair, she walked away from the mirror to find her boy sprawled out on his bed, face down into the pillow.

She lightly placed herself next to him, scooting close enough to feel the body heat from his bare upper half radiate onto her body. She then felt a long arm snake around her back, cheekily lifting the shirt up so he could sneak his hand onto her bare back. His head turned in Bella’s direction, but his eyes remained closed.

“Tired?” she chuckled, crushing away loose curls from his face.

“Mmmm,” he moaned, grinning as he squeezed her hip. “You wore me out, baby.”

Bella could feel the heat creep onto her cheeks. She heard from chuckle lightly.

“I can’t even see you right and I can still tell you’re blushing.”

Before she could say anything else, Harry pinned her down and started to attack her face with kisses. She struggled to break free, but her constant giggling made her weak, and even all her strength was no match for Harry.

“Stop!” she breathlessly laughed, “Please! I can’t breathe!”

Harry’s actions ceased, but not before pressing a chaste kiss to her lips. He watched as she tried to regain her breath, chest heaving up and down, her eyes shut and mouth parted.

Bella opened her eyes and found Harry staring down at her with one of the biggest smiles she has ever seen on him. Her heart warmed at the sight above her.

“I like seeing you like this.” She simply stated, taking both his cheeks in her hands.

That all too familiar glint in his eyes appeared.

“What?” On top of you?”

“No!” she shouted, slapping him in the chest as her cheeks reddened. Harry’s laughed was contagious, and soon enough Bella was laughing along with him.

“No,” she repeated as their laughter died down, “I meant I like seeing you happy.”

His once large, cheeky smile then faded slight to one with much more meaning. It was small, but she could see all the sincerity and joy filling every inch of it. Harry dipped his head, nuzzling his nose against Bella’s before placing his lips over hers in a soft kiss. He then placed his face in the crook of her neck and cuddled into Bella, and she ran one hand up and down his bare back and the other through his hair.

They laid there, in each other’s arms as the seconds turned to minutes and the minutes turned to hours. Bella swore t herself that there was no other place in the world that made her feel the way she did. Being wrapped up in Harry made her feel as if everything else in the world was completely irrelevant, and as if it weren’t even real. As if it was just them.