Hidden: Strings of Fate

CHAPTER 21

My eyes grew wider than they had ever done. I could still feel his warm sweet breathe lingering near my hair.

"M-me? N-n-nothing..." he came in closer. His lips touching my earlobe. My breath caught in my throat, I gasped as he wrapped a hand in my loose locks. I stood frozen.

"Are you sure? Your lips say one thing but your eyes say another..." he whispered as he stroked my lobes with his nose.

"Leosshi..." I breathed, uncertain of how I should word the next sentence. "Would you mind...?"

"Mind what? You're going to have to be more clear," he said as he began to nuzzle my neck.

"Would you mind... letting me go...?"

"Yes, I would mind actually. Very much. I mean after all you are mine..."

I pushed him away, in shock. He started did a small chuckle. "That... wasn't... very nice. You're such a naughty girl. I think I might need to... teach you a lesson..." He looked at me with a glint of mischief in his eyes. He started to walk towards me with a smirk, almost towering over me. Keep in mind that he's 6" something and I'm 5"7. So when he was towering over it was more like he was standing really tall. You know how little kids do when you say that they're really small and they're like no I'm not! Anyway, I'm just rambling on with myself.

"I'll... I'll give you some privacy!!" I rushed out of the room leaving Leo to dress them.

I flew to my room and shut the door behind me. I heard him chuckle on the other side of the door. I could feel my cheeks heat up. Aish! I'm going to so get him back for that! That was so embarrassing! Thank goodness the other members weren't awake or I never would have heard the end of the constant teasing. My eyes caught my reflection in the mirror. I went towards it and observed myself. There was a small plaster across the left side of my forehead. The marks on my neck and wrist had gone and weirdly enough I was in a track suit. I lay in my bed thinking. 'How did I...' I don't know how long I had been pondering on how I was in a track suit, when a knock at the door brought me back into reality. heard a gentle tap on my room door.

"Honeysshi... Are you there?" I heard someone say.

I went towards the door hesitantly and opened it a tiny bit. It was Leo. "Yes. Is something wrong?" I asked. I opened the door fully.

"I've finished dressing them. You missed a really good opportunity," Leo muttered. I had a scowl on my face. He never gives up an opportunity, does he?

"Right. Thank you for doing that. It would have been awkward for me to do it," I said as I walked towards the sleeping boys. I looked for their clothes, but they were nowhere to be seen. Wondering where their clothes had gone to, I looked towards the floor only to find that their clothes had been folded and left in a pile near the respective owners. I gave them all a peck on the cheek, then sat down on the sofa with an earphone in. I wasn't about to wake the boys so I put the volume setting on the lowest. I was going to rest for a bit. I had been on the move constantly for the last few months, trying to get everything perfect for the members. I looked at Leo. He had resumed his guardian angel position. In that moment, I felt all the anger that I had for him slip away until there was nothing but adoration left.

I looked through their schedules on my phone just in case they had to be somewhere the next day. All their schedules were empty. They were free for the next week without having to go anywhere.

'Thank goodness,' I thought, relieved. I exhaled a deep breath as though a great weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I slumped my seat, the bottom of my track suit legs sliding up my calves.

Leo came and sat down next to me on the sofa, silently. He looked as though he wanted to say something but couldn't. I dismissed it as nothing. I sat up straight and had closed my eyes for a minute just to rest my body. My head fell against something both soft and hard at the same time. My eyes flickered as I struggled to see what it was but my body was surrendering to the warmth of the unknown object. I hung onto it close like it was going to disappear if I didn't, and found myself drifting off into a deep sleep.

I was sure that I heard someone murmuring in a whisper "sleep well...". It tried to recognise the words but at the same time, my brain was shutting down, exhausted from the flight.

Then I felt something adjust itself to my position. Then it wrapped itself around me. It was warm and comfortable. I welcomed the sleep...