Obnoxious Oxygen

Chapter Sixteen

Oxygen's nose brushed against the crook of my neck as he held me tight in his arms. For the first time in a very long while, I felt safe and guarded. Like no one could ever come near me that will make me tumble and break.

I closed my eyes and feel his breathing on my skin. Being this close to Oxygen was never written on my planner. I have never expected that things will turn out this way. Me in Oxygen's shirt, above the huge round bed in the middle of his cabin, on his yacht floated by the waters after I begged him to touch me where I shouldn't be touched by anyone was never like never ever crossed my mind. And this is what happened.

Hindi ko maintindihan kung ano ang meron si Oxygen, ang tanging alam ko lang ay panatag ang loob ko sakanya. The way I begged for his touch, the way I let him feel my skin, awakens something inside me. Something that has to stop but I don't know how. How will I able to stop him when I'm enjoying the calm and safety that his presence is giving me?

"Gusto mo na bang bumalik?" Tahimik niyang bulong mula saking likuran, I didn't turn to him or even open my eyes. I want to enjoy this brief moment of peace I'm having here, in this place. I have never felt safer than this. "Baka nagugutom ka na."

Him, mentioning about food, made me remember my empty stomach that needs attention. The last meal I had was the fish he cooked for breakfast, I forgot what it was called. Then after that we sailed, the original plan was to swim and snorkel but what we did is kiss and make out. Thinking about it again warmed my face. I felt so embarrassed. I'm thankful that he's not mentioning anything about it.

After that heated moment at the deck, he didn't say anything. I lost my interest in going under the water. He's kind enough to offer me one of his shirt he kept inside the cabin and had let me use the restroom without saying a word. Then he'd been so considerate to leave me by myself when he felt that I needed a lone time. I stayed and sleep all my worries, then I woke up with him watching me, before I could even stop myself from asking him to lay beside me and hold me, I already did.

"Gab, kung iniisip mo yung nangyari kanina. Sorry." He started. "I shouldn't have push your buttons and made you give in. That was all on me."

There he goes again. Does he have any idea that he's giving me what I'm missing? Shaun never did say sorry about forcing himself to me. I was badly in need of apology but I got nothing from him. And now, now that I went willingly into Oxygen's arm, I was receiving an apology that I don't think is needed.

"Wag mong iisipin na kasalanan mo, wag mong isipin na mababang klase ka ng babae, just because you let me touch you in places I shouldn't. Babae ka, normal na magustuhan mo 'yon." He said in a whisper. "And I'm a man, sometimes my dick goes before my head. Hindi ko sinasabing sapat na rason 'yon para pangatwiranan ang nagawa ko, I don't think I could ever justify that. But dang, the sound of your plea went like music through my ears. I lost it."

That's when I turned to face him, he didn't move away. I didn't, too. I ignored the fact that our faces are almost touching. I've known Oxygen since that night at the carpark, from then on he'd been a complete nuisance in my life. He annoys me every chance he gets. He's loud and obnoxious and all the bad things you could possibly think is him.

I'm not the only one who hated him for being who he was. But I don't think everyone had seen this side of him. It maybe so hard to believe but Oxygen is a gentleman. He teases and plays you around but this man knows how to treat women right. I don't even know if he's aware of that.

My heart clenched in silence, if no one knows how good he is and he's been treated by how bad he appears to be, then life isn't fair for him. But he isn't complaining about it. He's a real gentleman who puts more into the world than he takes out.