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"What's That?" I asked him pointing towards the photo in his hands.
"Nothing" He said slightly turning red in the cheeks.
"Not to sound like I'm interrogating you but, why do you have red stains on your shirt?" I said my voice felt weak.
"Oh I didn't notice that" Jerome said not looking me in the eye.
" you should clean it out " I mumbled.
" I guess you're right " he agreed.
The next thing I knew he was taking off his shirt and I could see he was well toned but he also had many scars on his chest, back pretty much his whole upper body. I could feel my face getting hot. I could tell I was blushing. Gross.
He saw me and instantly looked like he wanted to tackle me.
"Like what you see?" He said with a cocky grin.
"I-I don't know what you mean" I said trying to sound confident but failed by stuttering.
"Sure" He said dragging the word out as he walked out of the room. He didn't lock it this time.
-time skip-
(10 in the morning)
I abruptly woke up
"Goood Morning, are you fully awake now?" Jerome must've been in my room for a while
"uhm yes" I fumbled tiredly on my words.
" can I ask you something?" I said calmly.
"Ok" Jerome seemed caught off guard.
"Where did you get those scars from?" I asked calmly and I put my hand on his scarred shoulder.
" Can you keep a secret?" He asked me .
"I suppose so" I spoke hesitantly.
"Well, you know I killed my mother?"
"Yes"
"She used to beat me" He said slowly and shamefully.
"That's terrible " I said calmly and slowly.
I suddenly pulled him into a hug, more like an embrace I guess. He was really warm. I pulled away and I saw the tears that escaped his eyes and I wiped them away with my sleeve.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that" I said breaking the awkward silence that had begun.
Jerome looked right at me and paused.
He moved fast.
He was on me.
His were on mine.
He was so vulnerable.
But so was I.
I didn't know what to do with my hands, his were on my waist, he took one of his hands off and gently grabbed my hand an placed it on the back of his neck. His hand went right back to my waist and I put my other hand on the back of his neck.
He had me now
