His Past // Zion Kuwonu

Ch. 13

Warning: mature content ahead! It's not bad but it is slightly mature!

Time seemed to slow down in this moment. The time where Nick and I made it home after fighting to stay alive.

I squeezed Zion's hand, excitement pulsing through my veins. Zion smiles down at me and I did the same to him, admiring his looks. The door flung open, revealing Edwin and Brandon with huge grins on their face. Edwin reached out to hug me first, and I gladly returned the actions, squeezing harder than I've ever done before. I felt his hand rub my back, calming any anxiety I had. Edwin pulled away, holding my arms and smiling down at me. I smiled at him, standing on my tippy toes and kissing his cheek.

I looked at Brandon who was patiently waiting. I hugged him, enjoying the fresh scent of cologne. I chuckled as he rubbed my back. Him and Edwin didn't seem to care that I was covered in mud and my clothes had holes in them. They cared about me being there, and that's all I could ask for. I released Brandon from our hug, re-placing my hand in Zion's.

"I missed you guys so much" I spoke, feeling tears building up. Zion squeezes my hand, gesturing for us to go inside. I smiled as I made my way inside, taking in the familiar scent.

I watched as Austin came from one of the hallways, grinning hard. I ran to Austin, jumping into his arms. I wrapped my legs around his waist, hugging my brother I've missed for so long. Austin chuckled, squeezing me tight. I felt the tears finally slide down my face, and soon enough sobs started coming too.

"It's okay. You're okay." Austin whispered repeatedly into my ear.

Austin put me down and I noticed everyone standing around awkwardly. I watched as Nick hugged each and every one of them, Nick was crying too.

Once we got done with our hugs, we decided to stay in. I didn't want to go out again and I don't think Nick did either...

"So Nick, how did you even end up there?" Austin questioned, sitting on one of the couches. Everyone followed.

Nick and Zion chuckled and looked at each other. "I-uh...I pretended to work for Zion's uncle so I would get traded in a deal and Zion and I could get you out of there" he explained, chuckling in disbelief.

"Wow...I didn't know." I spoke in disbelief as well.

Hours later

I stripped myself of my muddy, torn-up clothing, placing them in the trash can. I got a good look at myself in the mirror as I waited for the shower to heat up. More tears fell as I noticed a red mark still prominent on my cheek. I had mystery bruises on my body, and random scratches everywhere. I don't know how those got there.

I sighed and stepped into the hot shower. I savored the feeling. It's been weeks since I've had a shower. Aiden only let me take the shower I took when I first got there. I think he only wanted me to do that because he had company.

I groaned thinking about those awful few weeks. No real food, no showers, nothing to do outside of 'missions'... I never want to go back to that.

I washed my body, being gentle around my scratches and bruises. It felt amazing to be able to shower again.

I washed my hair, savoring the feeling of clean hair. I stood with the water going down my back, when I soon felt a cool breeze. I watched as Zion stepped into the shower with me.

I blushed as I realized I was naked and so was he.

"It's okay, babygirl." He whispered, hugging me. I watched as drops of water ran off of his dreads. I never thought someone could look so attractive in the shower.