Love like never before

Chapter 9: Seiya POV

I followed behind Ruby to my room while holding Chance and felt Charlie nipping at my feet by me. I frowned thinking to my self. I expected that to be way worse than it was. Why did she accept it so easily? And what did she mean by "for now?"

We walked into my room and Yaten looked at us from her phone.

"About time you two got back . It was boring waiting for you guys." She said smirking.

"I wasn't bored." Taiki said in a speak for yourself type of tone.

Yaten rolled her eyes and fluttered her hands in her hair. "Of course not. You and your boring books."

I heard Ruby laugh as I sat down grabbed the Xbox controller. She sat next to me even closer this time with Ru on her lap ,who crawled across her lap excitedly wagging her tail, sniffing at Yaten and Taiki in greeting.

"Sorry it took so long. Had to get all their stuff ready not to mention them." She said chuckling.

After that we watched a few more movies. We were all having fun and enjoying each other company. I hadn't felt this nice in a long time...... The only thing that was nearly impossible to tolerate was that Ruby was in touching distance and my body was acting weird. My fingers were itching,practically burning to touch her. It certainly didn't help that she was sitting next to me and every time she moved,her arm or leg would brush against me and that area would tingle almost painfully like I was being shocked. When I tried to shift away it's almost like she would shift too and end up close to me again. But by some miracle or maybe just sheer determination I resisted the urge.

Other than that everything went fine. The last movie we watched was some sort of chick flick that Yaten insisted on watching and I groaned about, Ruby laughed and Taiki just shrugged. We sat here watching the cheesy movie and I'm sitting there bored out of my mind. Don't get me wrong I like some romance movies,for example Twilight; but this was terrible. There's no action, the acting was terrible, the plot line made no sense and the love interest wasn't even that cute! But then again this is supposed to be a comedy romance I think.......oh well......... I had my head in my hand staring at the screen. The scene playing on the movie was when the main character finally confesses to her love interest and he returns the feelings as well and kiss.

Movies make love so easy, when we all know it's not. Love isn't always returned and it's not always easy to obtain and keep. It certainly doesn't always have a happy ending. So why is it so addictive? Why did people crave it like they crave air if it causes just as much pain as it does happiness? Wouldn't it just be easier not to want it all?....... Why do I even want it?....

I sat there thinking these things deep in thought, until I felt a hand squeeze my knee; jolting me out of my thoughts. I looked up to see Ruby giving me a concerned look. Everyone else was watching the movie and not noticing us.

"Are you ok?" She asked quietly to me. I mentally shook my head and cleared my throat before speaking.

"Yeah I'm fine why you ask?" I say hoping I didn't sound as nervous and weird as I felt .

"You had a painful look on your face......like you were hurting." She said looking at me.
I flinched internally because that's exactly how I've been feeling lately and her-being here hasn't changed it because I still can't be with her. I can't because of what I am....for her own good. It's just to dangerous. She stared at me patiently still waiting on my answer.

"I'm fine really, just was deep in thought I guess." I responded reassuringly.

"About what?" She questioned. Wow she's persistent when she wants to be ........

"Nothing important." I lied keeping my face blank. Ruby eyes roamed over my face like she was searching for something. I made sure to keep still with my neutral expression. After a while of looking at my face ,she surprised me by leaning in and pressing her lips against my ear and I could feel her breath blowing against my earlobe. I shivered at the ticklish feeling but continued to sit still like it didn't faze me, like you would be still in the presence of a predator. In a way Ruby was a predator,and one I didn't mind being prey to. I don't think it worked but she didn't comment.