Oblivious

46 // Whole reason

Pygalgia
(n.) a pain in the ass, literally

-Elijah-

Elora shifts on my lap, her hand that's at the nape of my neck pulling me closer.

Causing me to groan into her mouth. Becoming a little breathless when she bites down on my bottom lip.

Fuck.

Daze pulls away, laughing at the sullen look on my face. "Elijah."

"I love you." I tell her, pressing kisses along her jaw line.

Sucking on a spot in the middle of her neck causes her to release a moan that has my pants tightening under her. 

Pulling back to lay flat on my bed, I rub the palm of my hand into my eyes. Willing myself not to take this any further because she wants to take it slow.

Watching as her chest rises and falls unevenly I confess a secret. "I lied to you."

Elora stills on top of me, narrows her eyes at me. Loses the grin she wore moments ago. "About what?"

Avoiding eye contact I rub my hand over her thigh. Squeeze a little. A little scared.

But if we're gonna start over. Be whatever the hell it is that we are I want no secrets between us.

Daze places her hand over mine, holds it still. Uses her other hand to hold my jaw, forcing me to make eye contact. "I didn't quit hockey because of my dad."

She frowns, tilts her head, silently telling me to elaborate. "Sure I needed the money for the tickets, but I could've got it elsewhere. Aiden would've given it to me if I asked, I'm half sure my mom would too. I didn't need to ask him, and I didn't need to go work for him."

Daze frowns further, pokes at my cheek. "Then why did you?"

Squeezing her thigh once, I wrap my arms around her waist, pull her down until she's laying on top of me and her head rests just above my beating heart. "I used it as an excuse to quit."

Running my hands through her hair I place a kiss atop her head. "The truth is I didn't want to have to play in a game and you not be there to cheer for me."

I couldn't do it. I couldn't play without her there. Not when she was the whole reason I joined the team in the first place.

I didn't want to. I didn't want to do it without her.

Daze moves her head, rests her chin on my chest, looks up at me. Smiles. Knocks the air out of my lungs. "I would've came regardless."

"Yeah?" I grin down at her, push a piece of hair behind her ear.

Elora grins back, leans forward to kiss the end of my nose. "I could never not support you, Elijah."

❤︎︎

"Okay, here's the plan." Elora grins.

I nod along, not really concentrating on what she's saying.

Multitasking is hard. I want to listen to her I do. But then I'll make the mistake of glancing at her and I won't be able to concentrate on what she's saying because I'll be entirely sucked into how overwhelmingly pretty she is.

How she'll move her hands as she talks, scrunch her face when she's annoyed and poke her tongue out the tiniest bit when she's concentrating.

It's entirely impossible to listen to what she's saying when all I want to focus on is how she's saying it.