Safe Place // Jake Kiszka x Calum Hood

Chapter Fifty-Four.

Hi friends ♥️
I hope you're all doing well and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
I'm excited for where the story is going 😊
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September 15th 2021
Farren POV

You didn't sleep.....at all.
You had actually tried to for the first hour after you retreated into Jake's bedroom but had only managed to toss and turn the entire time.
Which meant that for the rest of the night you had laid in the bed, in his bed, and stared up at the ceiling contemplating your life decisions until you could see the sun slowly starting to creep in through the bedroom windows.
All you had been thinking about was the fact that you and Jake could've very easily had sex last night.
And do you want to know the worst part about it??
You didn't regret it at all.
None.of.it.
And that right there was the biggest problem.
You turned over and groaned into the pillow out of frustration.
The same pillow that smelled just like the man you had practically dry jumped not even 8 hours prior.
Fucking hell.
There was no point in trying to sneak out because you had already heard Jake up and moving around throughout the house for the past hour.
If you had to guess, he probably hadn't slept much either.
But for once in your life you had decided to actually talk to him because you didn't want to run from this...it seemed that's what you had being doing a lot lately, taking the easy way out.

You had plugged your phone in next to you to charge at some point in the night when the power came back on so you rolled back over and onto your side to check the time, 8:46 am.

Geez you had been hiding out in here for a long time.
You rolled the rest of the way out of bed and decided to waste more time by showering and getting yourself somewhat ready.
Did you need to?
Of course not, you hadn't planned to do anything today.
But taking the time to get ready meant you didn't have to go out and face Jake for just a little bit longer.

What???
You said you weren't going to run from this...never said you weren't going to stall the conversation from happening...

Grabbing your bag and slinging it over your shoulder you started towards the bathroom, but before you could get there you heard a soft knock on the bedroom door making you freeze in place.

"Uh, Fare?"

It was Jake.
......
Well no shit Sherlock who else would it be???

You dropped your bag and quietly tip toed over to the door, barely cracking it just enough so you could see him but he couldn't see you.
He was wearing a pair of washed out jeans with some of his old worn brown boots, a denim button up shirt (that was half buttoned of course), with his signature necklaces hanging down his chest in between.
He looked good but you could tell by the dark circles under his eyes that, as you suspected, he probably didn't sleep a wink last night either.

"Yeah?"

He glanced at the crack of door you had opened before shoving his hands in his pockets and looking down at the floor, "I'm heading into the studio for a little while. I won't be gone that long but Josh wants me to hear something he's working on. Do you want to come?"

Yes of course you wanted to go.
You would go anywhere just to be with him.

"Oh, uh, no thanks. I was actually just getting ready to hop in the shower."

He nodded to himself, eyes still locked on the floor, "Alright........well if you need anything just call me. Not that you would need anything? Just you know in case....I can take you back to Sam's when I get home if you want me to.......actually I'm just going to take the Camaro so the 4Runner will be here if you want to go somewhere. Or if you just want to leave in general.." he finished his word vomit, still hovering in front of the doorway.