His Queen

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A/N:

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You and I - by One Direction.

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The warm crackling of the embers resembled the burning pain that I felt lodged deep in my heart and in my mind. It was torturous, my hands shaking, my breath trembling and my chest rattling with the quiet breaths that I attempted to take. Night has fallen - and here I lay in the arms of my king. My head pressed to his chest, my fist muffling my trembling breaths as both of my hands shook relentlessly. Tears gather in my eyes threatening to release. But I do not dare.

I do not.
I do not.

You see, that was what hurt the most; I rather cry loudly and scream everything that is left of me rather than this.

Just not this.

But it is what I am doing; because I do not dare.

I do not.
I do not.

This is what pains me the most; to cry silently and let it break me; shatter me inside tenfold. My relentless thoughts gave me anything but slumber, they served me chaos in a fine platter.
I tried tremendously hard not to make a sound that would rouse him from his needed rest.

I tried.
I tried.

And then I dared.

One.
Two.

And I felt a minuscule fraction of pain flee.

Pain-filled tears finally, finally escaped my eyes yet they landed on his majesty's warm chest. My eyes widened, my hand slowly detaching from my mouth and fisting the luxurious sheet and gently wiping his chest where my tears splattered silently. He gently stirs beneath me, groaning quietly and tightening his arm around the dip of my waist. I sighed shakily, closing my eyes and trying to pull myself into sleep. Yet tears continued to make their paths down my cheek and I could not stop now.

Her words slicing my skin.

Their stare burning me.

"Stop, please, stop." I whimpered ever so quietly as I tried to stay still amidst my shaking.

It is this that pains me, crying into the depths of the night without being able to hear my sob, my cries. Who is there to hear them anyway?

Shall I cry for no one to care?

Shall I cry for him to hear me and make an utter fool of myself than I already think I am?

"H-Hunter?"

My breath halts.

I close my eyes and tried to stop the trembling of my hands as I pretended to sleep.

Oh no.

He might scold me for causing the disturbance of his sleep.

"Baby I know that you are awake."

Oh.

I sniffled slightly, and that seemed to give him the confirmation that I indeed am far from sleeping. He sat up, and because I lay on his chest I was forced to sit up too. I gazed down, biting my lip for I knew that he must have been mad to be woken up at this time of the night.