Of All People// Derek Luh

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I woke up, all of a sudden wide awake in the middle of the night because there was a loud sound of thunder through the dark house . I turned my head to look out the windows, the curtains are going wild with the wind as rain dabbled against the glass and a bright flash lights up the room.

I let out a choked whimper and quickly lying back down, burying my face in the crook of Derek's neck . My sudden move seemed to wake him up because I felt his hand rub up and down my back that was covered by his shirt that I was wearing .
"Shhh baby you're safe, nothing is going to happen" Derek mumbled sleepily and tightens his embrace .

"I feel like a baby" I whisper against his skin "I'm an adult, yet I'm scared of thunderstorms, how pathetic is that?" He shakes his head "Everyone is scared of something, it's not pathetic." He whispers and kisses my hair .

I lift my head to see his eyes are closed, Derek never has a problem falling asleep during thunderstorms .
"What are you scared of?" I asked trailing my finger along his bicep . "Aside from losing you?" Derek answers and smiles . I roll my eyes and chuckle "Yeah."

My fingers trace over his mouth and over his cheekbones, up to his eyebrows and back over his nose . He's literally the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. "Don't know" he mumbles, interrupting my thoughts .
"Death"
I smile "nothing common?"
"I think death is quite common"
I chuckle "you know what I mean"

"Sharks" he yawns and I rest my chin on his bare chest as another thunder rattled through the house but I didn't quite realize it because I was admiring my gorgeous boyfriend.

His hand still rubs my back, going under my shirt rubbing my bare skin . "You tired?" I question softly as he slightly opened his eyes giving me a smile "yes, very" he kisses my jawline "aren't you?"

"No not really." My fingers start to play with his soft hair "I'm keeping you from sleep aren't I?"

"A little bit but it's okay baby" he tells me and places my hand back in his hair, I smile twirling my fingers in his locks "You think my fear of thunderstorms are stupid?"

"Not at all, it makes you, you and it's cute" he mumbled raspily . "It's cute that I have this fear?" I cocked an eyebrow .

"Yes because I can hold you tight" he laughs softly, I lay my head back "Thank you." I mumble to Derek, who's snoring softly . I lightly kiss his jaw before dozing off the sleep .

-4 hours later-

I woke up to an empty bed, Derek wasn't in it . I got up walking over to the bathroom door which was closed and the shower was running . I laughed softly hearing Derek singing to himself. I changed into some skinny jeans and a nice blue floral shirt .
My phone buzzed a few times seeing I got a couple messages from Gilinsky.

Gilinsky👻: I told sienna last night about us.

K: was she mad?

Gilinsky 👻: Not at all, she thanked me for stopping when I did :) have you told Derek ?

K: uhm not yet😳 I'm scared he might take it more worse than good .

Gilinsky👻: He won't, just tell him Kort and keep me posted .

Derek opened the bathroom door only wearing the towel that was around his waist, he was drying his hair in the process of walking out, I took a deep breath before standing up to walk over to him.

"Hi cutie, good morning" He gave me a huge smile kissing my temple as he slipped on his boxers and jeans .
"Morning" I mumble sitting on the edge of the bed grabbing his hand, begging to play with his fingers.