Turbulence

Chapter 8

Eda was woken up by a soft kiss on her forehead. She smiled, keeping her eyes closed, and felt another kiss, now on her nose.

Eda opened her eyes to see Serkan leaning over her, and, as always, her heart beat faster. She had a hard time believing that she spent the night in his room. For a split second, she even thought it was just a dream, a figment of her imagination, but the touch of Serkan's hand on her cheek, the warmth emanating from his body, his overwhelming, intoxicating scent, and a quiet good morning whispered into her ear told her that it wasn't a dream at all but the reality she was living in right now.

Serkan smiled, seeing her awake while Eda was drowning in his eyes, not wanting to ever move, but to her big disappointment, he pulled back and sat on the bed. Eda lifted on her elbow and noticed that he was already dressed for the day, and two coffees were standing on the nightstand.

"Are you going somewhere?" She asked, rubbing her eyes. It was still early in the morning, but she didn't fail to notice an overnight bag at the foot of the bed.

"I promised my mom I'll be early to help her with preparations." He said, giving her a cup and drinking from his. "Do you want to go with me?"

"I can't." Eda pouted, holding a coffee cup with both hands. "I made plans with girls that we are going together. Ceren booked us a hairdresser and a makeup artist."

"So we will meet at the party." Serkan smiled and stopped her when she wanted to get up from the bed. "But you don't need to rush. You can stay here as long as you want. I will leave you a key."

"Ok." It was all that Eda was able to answer, a bit overwhelmed by the progression of the relationship that was developing between them but very pleased with how things were going.

She blushed, briefly closing her eyes when Serkan leaned closer and kissed her cheek. She was almost ready to skip the party and just beg him to stay here or lock him with her in this room for the rest of the week, preferably forever, but he got up from the bed, watching her with a satisfied smirk dancing on his lips. Eda could tell he exactly knew how much his closeness was affecting her and was using it to the full extent. Not like she was going to complain.

"See you later." Serkan quickly pecked her lips before taking his bag and leaving the room.

Eda looked after him, sighing from happiness. The butterflies were dancing in her stomach, and she felt like a teenager again. She put the coffee away and launched on the bed, grabbing Serkan's pillow and pressing her face into it to muffle her excited squeals.

She couldn't believe that yesterday was real and today was already promising to be even better. Eda closed her eyes, reminiscing about their kiss. It was so soft and tender. It had nothing from the roughes and shortness of their first one in the cave. Serkan wasn't rushing her by any means. He just let her kiss him, holding her to him tight, allowing her to keep control and go as far as she wanted, not forcing her into anything. It didn't mean it wasn't a passionate kiss. It was slow but as hot as their first one, or even more because it was caused by raw emotions.

Eda didn't even know when she fell asleep in Serkan's arms. All she remembered was that she never stopped crying, not even while they kissed, and Serkan was soothing her, wiping her tears off her cheeks, and when she pulled away from his lips to hide her face in the crook of his neck he kept caressing her in silence until her eyes cried out all the tears they had and the tiredness overcame them.

Eda smiled, inhaling Serkan's scent, which was lingering on a pillowcase, feeling a nice mushiness in her stomach. She would want to stay longer in his bed, but now, when he wasn't with her there anymore, she could feel how uncomfortable and hot she was lying under a sheet in her clothes. And she couldn't even lay in bed for too long, she didn't pack yesterday. She didn't want to be late or forget about anything important for this big event for which she had so many hopes. Now, after yesterday's events even more than before.