Wicked Souls

30

"No..." He said sternly right back as his grip became tighter and he refused to let me go. My actions were only further enforcing his concern and his reasoning for refusing to let me go, it was clear that I was not in the right state of mind to fully understand the danger I was currently in and the consequences that could arise out of climbing that fence, so he had to do this so he could make sure I remained safe.

After a few minutes, I just gave in and stopped kicking my legs as I slouched down against his body.

He took notice of me finally stopping, he saw that I was now simply slouched down against him. He loosened his grip slightly and he looked down at me once more. He took in a deep breath and then exhaled softly, he didn't want to continue making me feel more uncomfortable by keeping his tight and firm grip on me.

"Do not..." He began to speak, he was going to try and reason with me as he paused for a moment.

"Do not what?" I asked.

"Do not try and climb that fence again..." He finished speaking. I wasn't in a state of mind to listen and cooperate, but he figured that he had to make a few points very clear to me. So he kept his voice clear and firm this time as he looked down at me and spoke once more.

"I will not let you climb the fence again..."

"Fine,".

"So annoying," I mumbled under my breath.

He heard me mumbling under my breath, so he knew that I was not happy with how things were, he could only assume that I was calling him annoying as he heard me mumble that under my breath. So he decided to speak up to clarify things.

"Did you just call me, annoying?" He asked firmly as he glared down at me.

I nodded.

He sighed softly as he saw me nodding and confirming that I just called him annoying. He couldn't help but feel a little shocked by this, he was expecting me to deny it, but apparently, I was quite bold and upfront...he had to admit he was rather impressed with that.

"I see..." He spoke up calmly, even though he was feeling rather annoyed by my boldness in calling him annoying.

I stayed in his arms, I didn't speak but I liked how he stayed with me even though I was moody and stupid with the situation but I didn't admit how I was acting.

He kept on holding me in his arms as this silence continued, he didn't seem to mind that I wasn't talking, he was just simply content with holding me like this. I seemed to have a liking for being held by him, he figured that my attachment to him grew more and more with each passing day.

"Even if..." He began to speak, but he abruptly stopped himself mid-sentence as he realized that he was going to be saying something that he may regret.

"Never mind..." He said softly to himself as he decided to simply stay quiet, he knew that what he was going to say would probably be something that I wasn't even going to want to hear or even want to listen to. So he decided to just drop whatever he was going to say and he kept on holding me silently.

"Even if what?" I said.

"Even if you called me annoying, you would still prefer if I stuck around with you rather than leave..." He said quietly as he waited for my response.

I nodded.

He noticed my subtle nod as I confirmed the truth to his assumption, I still wanted him to stay with me, even though I did call him annoying. He was not used to this sort of attachment and he figured that he may have been getting a little used to this by now, as he continued to hold me gently in his arms, he slowly spoke up again.

"Are you now done calling me annoying and having a bad attitude?" He said, this time with a hint of amusement in his tone.

"Done with the annoying not done with the attitude," I said gently.

He chuckled softly as he heard me say that. It seems like my moodiness was still there, just not my annoyance towards him. He didn't care either way, he figured that it was better if I was going to have a slight attitude towards him as opposed to a full-blown bad mood. So he spoke up with a soft smile.

"So you're still going to have a bit of a bad attitude with me, huh?" He said with soft amusement in his voice.

I nodded.

He chuckled softly once more as he saw my confirmation. I was going to keep on being moody, so he figured that he was going to have to deal with my moodiness as it was evident that it wasn't going to go away any time soon. So he spoke up once more.

"Do you plan on having an attitude for the rest of the night?" He asked softly and playfully, his smile grew a bit bigger with this line of questioning.

I nodded again.

He chuckled softly once more as he saw my soft and quick nod. My answer didn't exactly surprise him, I was going to continue being moody and keep on having that attitude of mine towards him. So he decided to keep his questioning and playful banter going as he spoke up once more.

"Are you going to have an attitude all night and into tomorrow?" He asked with a soft smile, his lips slightly curled up on the corners.

"Maybe," I said quietly.

He chuckled once more as he heard my response. It seemed like I was not entirely willing to let go of that attitude of mine quite yet, and he figured that it would probably take a bit more time for me to become playful and cheerful again. So he spoke up once more.

"Only maybe?" He asked me in a playful and teasing manner, his smile grew even bigger with the line of questioning and there was a hint of playfulness and laughter in his tone.