defiance

Chapter 8

The drive home was pretty relaxing, it was nice to have a change instead of everything being so awkward. Rein kept his hand on my thigh the whole drive home. Though, I think that he was keeping his hand on my thigh because I was holding it there.

I let go of one of his hands and reach for my seat belt when our house comes into view. A confused expression spreads across my face when we pass it and keep going.

Looking at Rein confused I ask him, "where are we going?" He ignores me and continues to drive, an angry expression plastered on his face. An uneasy feeling fills my bones, I focus on his side profile while he drives.

His sharp jawline, the arch of his thick brow now bent in a pissed-off expression, his jaw clenched so hard that I could see the muscles strain.

My body jolts when I feel his nails dig into my skin through my pants. "Rein, that hurts." I tell him to which he ignores me. I grab his hand and try to prey his fingers from my leg. I yell out in pain when all he does is just grip my thigh harder. "Rein!" I yell at him and hit his hand still trying to release myself from his clutches.

I hear Rein mumble something under his breath. "What?" I ask, then grunt when his grip tightens, I swear my blood flow has stopped going to my leg by now.

"Shut up." He says louder, I frown my brows at him, but my frown soon falls to a pained expression when I start to feel my pants under his grip get wet, looking down, I see that it's blood.

Rein has dug his nails hard enough into my thigh that blood has started to leak from my new wounds. "Rein." I whisper, but he doesn't seem to care that his grip is causing me pain.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He screams still facing the road, his grip naturally tightening on my thigh drawing more blood. I flinch from his loud words as tears fill my eyes, one slips down my cheek from the pain in my thigh. But more the pain of the person who I love most scream at me.

"God all you do is complain, complain, complain. Will you ever stop?" He finally looks at me for a split second then focus on the road. A second tear falls down my cheek from his words and the look he just gave me. It was the look hatred. But how could he hate me? We've been together for more than two years.

He was the one who asked me out. "Do you still love me?" I ask, as more tears falls from my eyes soaking my cheeks and the collar of my shirt. I feel the car swerve then come to a stop on the side of the road, instinctively I grab the handle at the top of the door and hold onto it even after we stop,

I stare wide eyed at Rein as he removes his blood-soaked hand from my thigh to join his other hand. He turns and faces me, the angry expression that breaks my heart.

"Of course I love you." He says quietly. 

"It doesn't feel like it." I tell him and wipe my tears away with my sleeve. His eyebrows relax and he reaches forward with his hand that was dripping with my blood to wipe my tears away, the gentlest voice escapes his lips, a voice that Satan used to seduce unaware victims. "Of course I love you, Arlo." I sniff and rest my face on his hand, I felt my face slowly become sticky from the blood. My stomach was starting to feel sick from the sight and the feeling of the red substance.

"Can we go home?" I plead to him. His eyebrows crease in that scary angry shape again, his mouth frowns. I move my head away from his hand and his face instantly relaxes again. "Yes... Let's go home." 

Something felt strange with that sentence... Why did he say it like that?

Rein puts the car in gear and drives us home. I open the centre consol and pull out some wet wipes. I put the sun visor down so that I could look in the mirror and clean the blood and tears from my face.

I used five wipes in total to clean my face, absolutely descusting, my stomach was still churring from the blood. I close you eyes and lean my head back to try and calm myself.

Eventually, I fell asleep to the sound of the engine, and the feeling of being driven.

AUTHIRS NOTE

Hi everyone! Chapter 8 is out!
What's going to happen when they get home? Will Rein let Arlo sleep? Or will he try something?
Enjoy your Day/Night <3
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