reunited | E.D.

twelve

immediately, i take off my shoes and follow ethan to the living room where he's on the couch, editing his newest video. he seems pretty tired, but has a coffee to keep him up.

"help yourself to anything you want in the kitchen, i made sure to get some good stuff because grayson always puts healthy food in the pantry." ethan laughs as he sits on the couch. i hadn't eaten in a while, but i wasnt hungry.

i sit down next to him and lean back, watching the tv he had playing quietly in the background. i watch his laptop screen, as he cuts parts out, adds in text, etcetera.

i lean my head on his shoulder tiredly, my eyes getting heavy every time i blink. nothing serious--im not going to fall asleep, but im very tired.

ethan finally closes his laptop, now finished with the editing. he wraps his arm around me in a comforting way, pulling me closer. he grabs the tv remote and turns up the tv, and we watch together.

we barely talked at all since i got there, but it wasnt awkward or anything. it was nice, peaceful.

ethan mindlessly started playing with my hair, which made me smile and look up at him. he looked down at me when he noticed me looking, and smiled back.

i let my head rest in his lap,my legs stretching out to lay down. my right hand is under my head for support, and my left goes up to quickly scratch my itchy forehead. i put it down to rest next to my head. looking down, i start taking my newly done nail and tracing it around ethan's darkly themed tattoos.

he got goosebumps when i started which made me let out a quiet chuckle, but they quickly disappeared as i kept going. i trace around the skull at first, then moving onto the wolf.

although im soothing him, i seem to be the one getting sleepier and sleepier. my eyelids get heavy quickly and i cant help but close them. it's been a loooong day, and i'm really tired.

Ethan's POV

i look down when tori stops tracing shapes on my leg, signalling she was asleep. i finally realized what it was—she was tracing my tattoos. the feeling was soothing the way her nails would run over the ink.

i smile to myself at how peaceful she is, and continue to comb my fingers through her hair.
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trash chapter but im actually getting reads so cool
also can anyone tell me how if chapter four has, say, 7 reads, how does chapter five have 9??
440 words :) short chapter