Hide And Seek ( Alex Goot Elle Fowler Sam Tsui )

Chapter 22

" Oh my god, this is beautiful, " Chrissy commented, pointing at the tattooed butterfly finished and proud on Elle's left upper arm.

The tattoo was only finished a while ago, when Alex brought her back to the tattoo artist, who had came out with a notebook for them to autograph. Not everyday a renowed Assassin entered your tattoo parlour.

Most of the tattoo was still raw and red, the black lines prominent against her skin. Elle had to admit that it hurt slightly, but was fully worth it. It was supposed to symbolise herself, a butterfly, weak and fragile. But within the butterfly's wings were hidden items.

Alex had gone off to look at some of the tattoo designs the store had to offer, because he had no specific design he was looking for. This was when Elle requested for the tattoo artist to add the details.

A knife on both sides of the upper wings, to show the fighter she had turned out to become, instead of letting the odds overcome her. It was decorated with two circles on each side. One for each of the Assassins.

The circle that represented Alex was the only one coloured in. Then, on the bottom two wings, were the flower designs. Obviously, this was to show the importance in the flowers which to the both of them, was a sign of promise.

Alex on the other hand, had gotten four life like wolf claw scratches on his right arm. Again, each one was for an Assassin, but Elle's one was bent a slightly different way from the rest.

Elle thought it was completely sweet of him to actually put a little twist into what represented her on his skin. Before this, he never showed his romantic side.

She sighed. Her first kiss was still on the line, but Alex did not seem to be interested in this kind of stuff. He was not exactly the romantic sort. Elle knew fully that he cared for her, he really did, but it was more like a best friend care than a boyfriend girlfriend care.

" You're zoning out again," Chrissy told her, snapping her fingers in front of Elle's eyes.

Elle blinked, pushing Chrissy's hand away.

" Tell you what? Next time, I'm going to get myself a tattoo too, what do you think would suit me nice? A dragon maybe? Too boyish I think..." Chrissy said, as she tried to comb her hair.

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Alex, Sam and Kurt were all at the river, showering. Alex removed his shirt, throwing it onto the pile of their clothes by the river, diving into the cooling water.

Sam jumped in next, splashing water everywhere. Alex chuckled, swiping a hand over his eyes to get the water out. Kurt just gently slipped into the water, submerging himself and popping back out seconds later.

" So, Goot, what is your relationship status as of now?" Kurt wondered aloud, scrubbing off the dirt in his fingernails.

Alex sighed, ducking back down into the water, letting the stream clean his hair.

" I don't even know. We promised a marriage in the future-"

" Ooh," Sam cut in, swimming over. His usually quiffed up hair was now hanging over his eyes, water dripping from the ends of the strands.

"- but I'm afraid to do the usual stuff boyfriend and girlfriend's do. Like, does she really like me in that way?" Alex asked, splashing water at a mosquito flying near his face.

Kurt moved to the edge of the river, plucking off a dandelion growing on the river bank. Without saying anything, he took a deep breath and blew at it.