A MAN TO HONOR

chapter sixteen

Kailah

I approach the man sleeping on my couch, his arms crossed around his chest

I smile slightly

Even in his sleep he has the perfect posture

I shouldn't let him spend the night in this position neither in these clothes

He smells like a mixed of strong whiskey and probably vomit

How did he even end up in such situation?

Why would he drink himself into oblivion like this?

I take a deep breath before I bend down and wrap his arm around my neck so I can take him to the shower

" Tae...can you walk ? " I ask, not sure he is lucid enough to understand my words

" Humm " he groans

I sigh heavily

I'll have a few words to say to him once he'll be sober

I walk him to the bathroom with difficulty, man isn't a feather though

I feel like I'm being intrusive by taking off his clothes, but I don't really have another solution

I take off his jacket,tie and shirt...

It's my second time seeing this man's chest and it's hard not to touch it

It would've been a very hard work to take off his pants so I don't even try to

I turn on the shower and as you can imagine, I also got drenched in the process

I'm so surprised about how quiet he is, some people can be very talkative when they are drunk, but he is just sleeping

I then guide him to the nearest room to the shower, my own bedroom

I don't know why I'm taking him into my room

There are plenty couches in my living room, there is also a very small guest room in a couloir

Why am I taking him to my bedroom specifically?

I'm going to pretend that it's because it's the closest room to the bathroom and i don't want to carry this man any longer on my back

But the truth is, I actually don't know why

Drying his body and hair and then putting on a pull and sweater pants that I got from Fabian's the last time I slept at his house was the biggest challenge of my life, but I managed

He is now sleeping peacefully, in MY bed

I change my wet clothes before I sit on the bed, next to him

Now I can't even sleep in my own bed

The last time I shared my bed with a man was...a very long time ago

And even how tempting it is to just slide by his side and enjoy his warmth the whole night, this is not a risk I'm ready to take

I already broke too much rules of mine because of him, I'm not breaking another one

I go back to the bathroom, and put his clothes in the washing machine, then I grab a blanket and lay on the couch in my room

I can keep an eye on him here without being too close

Suddenly a phone vibrates on the table, I thought it was mine, but it's his that I took out of his jacket pocket earlier

I didn't want to read his message but it was right on the screen