SHADOW SHIFTERS

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

- I'm good.
- you are holding the stone wrong y/n, like this.
He said placing his hand under hers, the touch sent shivers down her entire body.
- damn it...
She grumbled, which made him smile.
- relax, empty your mind.
- how can I when you are standing so close to me?
- is that what's stopping you from doing it right?
He asked quietly, his lips were beside her ear.
- yes please, so could you get away from me?
- focus, forget that I'm beside you y/n.
He said stepping back a few steps, she was able to focus better when he stepped away from her.
The stone finally left her hand and was suspended between her thumb and index fingers.
- that's good, keep on going.
He said feeling her power slowly embedding the stone.
- (proud smile)
- good job, y/n you did it.
He said before walking away.

He gave everyone a demonstration after class of how to embed the stone correctly.
Everyone one was in awws with how easy he made it looked.
- wow he is amazing.
The other students began to comment amongst themselves.
- he is amazing.
Helena told y/n.
- he is just a show off, that's what he is.
Y/n replied, not feeling impressed with his demonstration.
- is there something the matter y/n?
Jungkook asked while his piercing eyes stared into her soul.
- everything is ok sir.
- my name will suffice y/n, I have never been fond of the word sir, I makes me sound old when I'm just 25.
- 25? You are old.
She spoke up without thinking this time.
- oh really? We will talk about that later you and me.
- shit, why did I say that?
- what is wrong with you, do you have a death wish woman?
Helena scolded her.
- thinking about it, this is not the first time that you get smart with me today, so if you could, can you give 20 laps around the gym for me?
- what, are you serious?
- did I stutter?
He asked pointing at the gym's tracks.
- fine...
She said making her way to the gym.
- what is wrong with me, but what has gotten into him? I thought we were past this stage in our relationship, but I guess not.
- I can hear you loud and clear, I hope you know.
- leave me alone sir.
She said with low growl.
- we will talk about this later, I don't understand why are you behaving like a toddler right now, when I'm trying to teach you guys short cuts to get your skills and abilities to respond to you faster.
- I understand sir, just go back to what you were doing and I'll be here doing my laps.
Jungkook didn't say anything else to her, they left the gym at some point he took them outside to practice their aim.

Y/n was out of breath by the time he walked back in the gym.
- ready to stop?
- if you think I had enough, I would like to stop now.
- why are you acting like this?
He asked sitting on the bleachers.
- I don't know what are you referring to Jungkook.
- I feel like we are regressing y/n, instead of going forward with whatever is happening between us.
- do you want me to grovel at your feet, is that what you want me to do?
- no, I would never expect that from the woman I like, but I would love for her to show me some respect at least when we are in front of others, there might be something brewing between the two of us but I'm still your trainer, I don't care what you say to me when we are alone, but I do care about a what comes out of your mouth when we are amongst the other students, would you like for me to talk to you any type of way when we are with everyone else?
- you did it before.
- no y/n, never in front of anyone else, whenever I did we were alone, or did you suffer memory loss?
She thought about it briefly, and he was right, he never acted like an asshole when there was people around, he only did when they were alone.
- if is going to be like that, I'll just go back to my corner, I don't like arguing, I also dislike having to send you here to do laps, when you know better, we are already past that stage, I like you and I want things between us to go forward not backwards.
- do you really mean that?
- I mean everything I say y/n.
- I'm talking about the part when you said you like me.
- (chuckle) were you the one that I have been kissing before now?
- was I ?
- funny y/n, I'll see you later.
- why are you leaving me?
- because we aren't getting anywhere right now, let's just talk when the atmosphere is more comfortable.
- when did we swap places?
- what do you mean?
- what I mean is, when did I become the rude one, when did I turn into an asshole? When you were gone I felt empty.
- and now, did you realize that I was not real, what you felt?
- no, of course not, I felt weird while you were helping and teaching everyone today.
- were you feeling jealous?
- not jealous, I wanted to show you that I can do anything, but the others learnt faster than I do.
- who that hell cares if they learn faster? One not everyone learns at the same pace, two what matters to me is that you learn, three I was helping you too but you told me that my proximity was not helping you focus, that's why I stepped back and let you be, I don't understand you woman, but this is not my first time having issues with a woman, it's like I can't never click with them.
- no is not that we don't click, I think the problem is what happened.
- what does that have to do with anything? It's over, he is locked up somewhere in the king's palace, and we are back here.
- it's not over remember, he still have to be punished for what he did to your mother.
- I don't want to talk about that right now, we were talking about what's happening between us y/n, my mother is dead and she won't come back.
- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, I was just too much.
- it was, but we have to let it go and move on with our lives, I understand that you have never been through anything like this, but situations like this will come and go, now that you are one with your powers and abilities, you just need to keep your feelings separate from your powers.
- I still have a lot to learn.
- you can't learn everything in one day y/n, I'm still learning, and I have been here for three years, you just started barely a year ago, you still have a long way to go, but look how far you have come, don't be too hard on yourself, but don't be too hard on me either, I like you but I'm not letting you treat me like I have no feelings, I apologize for the way I treated you before, but let's move past that, so we can be friends or maybe more than that otherwise this won't go anywhere.
He said with a serious expression.
- if this happens again I will stop, even if it hurts me, I'll get over it.
- I apologize for my behavior, I know it's not an excuse, but I have a lot too learn and not just talking about powers wise, I'm also talking about personal interactions, with that being said, couples interactions.
- don't get me wrong, I don't know shit about that either but I'm willing to learn together with you.
- (shy smile)
- so if we are past this debacle, can we go for a walk or something?
- aren't you tired?
- I am, but I'm also feeling restless.
- you have a lot sitting on your shoulders still, don't you?
- yes...
His voice was a mere whisper.
- if you don't talk about what's bothering you, it will be hard to let it go, I'll be here ready to listen whenever you feel ready to talk, that's part of a relationship too, listen to one another, or so I heard my parents say a lot of times.