Traitor (Renji Yomo x Reader) [Continued in a second book!]

Christmas (1/2)

After that creepy incident, we both decided to head to bed without worrying any further.

Renji held me extra close, though, fearing that someone might still be in the house wanting to harm me.

While I really enjoyed spending time with him, all these minor incidents kind of ruined it for me - and they ended up keeping me awake at night.

I had a hard time sleeping even though I felt safe in Renji's arms.

Whenever the floor screeched my eyes snapped open, scanning the room for an unfamiliar figure, shadow or shape. But there was nothing strange, it was probably just the cold making the floor adjust or something - at least that's what I told myself.

Whenever I calmed down and prepared to sleep again, the warmth of Renji's breath gently hitting my neck helped ease my fear. And his soft snoring was almost like a melody that managed to make me fall asleep after some time.

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A couple of hours later I woke up due to some movement on the bed and my favorite warmth disappearing.

Groaning I shifted around in bed, reaching out for Renji who was already standing.

"Where're you goin'?" I mumbled, too lazy to open my eyes properly.

"That's a secret~" he hummed cheerfully.

"Awh.." I wanted to protest but felt too tired to do so.

He brushed some of my hair out of my face and placed a soft kiss on my forehead: "Go back to sleep, I'll be right back~"

Enjoying his gentle touch, I smiled in satisfaction but as soon as I heard him leave to go to the hallway, I started missing his warmth.

Since I was still half asleep, I didn't think about a possible intruder being with me instead of Renji, all I was focussed on was going back to sleep.

To feel like he was still with me, I grabbed his pillow and hugged it tightly.

Despite only having slept in it for a couple of days, it already carried his scent.

Wanting to be as comfortable as possible, I nuzzled my face into it to the point that I was literally rolled up into a ball.

It only took a few seconds before I slipped back into dreamland and my grip on the pillow softened.

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"Good morning~" Renji sang as he entered the room, waking me up with his voice.

Once again shifting to the other side, I slowly lifted my eyes to see Renji standing in front of me with a huge tray in his hands.

"Breakfast?" I asked as I slowly sat up, smiling big once again.

He nodded as he sat down on the end of the bed, facing me, putting the tray on his lap.

Slowly crawling down towards him, I put my head on his shoulder.