Rise, Rose, Risen {Poofless}

Pancakes

Preston's pov

I woke up next to Rob right on my side. He looked so adorable and peaceful when he slept. I wish I could just kiss him... 'No stop those thoughts. He's just a friend' I told myself in my mind. I creepily watched him for a while before I thought I'd wake him up. I looked around the room for a bit as well and as my eyes wondered around I saw that Rob's pants' leg had lifted up a bit revealing his leg. It was covered in bruises and had few cuts on it. It looked gruesome and I thought if I should ask him about it. I don't want him to get mad at me but I need to know... I care about him too much.

"Robby, wake up" I whispered in his ear in attempts of trying to wake him up. Didn't work. I took a hold of his shoulder and tried to shake him a bit to get him to wake up. Didn't work either. Damn he sleeps heavily. I decided I'd try to get a hold of both of his shoulders so I got on him since he was basically in the middle of the bed. I put my knees on both sides of him and took a hold of both shoulders. I shook him again but a bit rougher and soon enough his eyes fluttered open.

Right when he saw me on his lap he went bright red. I looked at him weirdly, why would he blush? Then I felt something against my upper thigh... I quickly realized what was going on and got off his lap. "I- I'm s- sorry" Rob muttered with his voice hoarse from just waking up. "It's f- fine. I don't mind" I said trying to sound confident until I realized how wrong that sounded. "I m- mean t-t- that d- don't worry ab- about it" I stutter flushing red. We simply looked at each other's eyes for a moment. He's so beautiful...

"Uh... I'm going to change now" he said and started to get up. I then realized I had to ask him about his leg before we see the other guys. "Rob!" I said firmly catching his attention. "Yeah?" He asked. "I saw your leg... What happened to it?" I question wondering if it was too straight forward. "What do you mean?" He tried lying. "Rob I'm not an idiot, I saw the bruises and cuts. What happened?" I pry again. "Nothing". I can't believe him. How is he denying this? "Tell me right now Rob!" I start yelling. He doesn't respond. He looks really scared and shook and I swear I can see tears forming into his eyes. I see him crumble right in front of me for me yelling at him. I can't believe it, what monster am I? I go to him as fast as I can and squeeze him to a hug. "I'm so sorry Rob, please don't cry I'm here. I'm sorry!" I ramble. He shakes while I'm holding him and I feel awful. I did this to someone I like. As a friend I mean. I look at his face which has turned red and is becoming puffy from crying. He has tears going down his cheeks and I rub them away with my thumbs. He starts calming down and I see it as my chance to ask "are you ok Robby?". He looks at me and nods, then he puts his face against my chest.

Rob's pov

My face is on Preston's chest and I love it. I can hear his heartbeat. It calms me down. I can't believe I cried and broke down in front of Preston because he asked about my leg. I just couldn't handle it. I don't want to open up about the abuse and self harm... It's my problem not anyone else's. "Thank you" I say quietly against Preston's chest. "For what?" He asks me. "Calming me" I say and squeeze harder onto him. He smells so good too.

"Can we get dressed now?" I ask after some minutes of calming down. "If you want that Robby" he replies. I love it when he calls me that. We change our clothes. He wore a black t-shirt with a flame on it and some jeans. I changed into jeans and a blue jumper. "You really love blue don't you?" He said laughing. "No I hate it" I say with a straight face and we both end up laughing. We get out of the room and notice that no one else is awake yet. We head downstairs to cook breakfast for everyone.

When we're downstairs I turn to Preston "what should we cook?" I ask. "I hope you mean you. I can't cook" he laughs. "Oh you Plebston" I say laughing and start searching for materials for some pancakes. I start mixing the batter and some of it flies right on my cheek, which Preston notices and walks up to me. I thought he was just going to wipe it away but instead he licked it off. Preston LICKED it off me. I turn red right away and I just stare at my feet while he laughs his cute little butt off. Soon enough I start laughing too. Preston is so adorable when he smiles and laughs. It's absolutely adorable. I snap out of my thoughts and start making pancakes on the stove for everyone.

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