Frozen Wings

Chapter 36

Storms' POV

I had finished showering and was now in bed on my phone, propped up with pillows behind my back. Normally, I would sleep alone, but Keigo seemed more anxious than usual so I said I'd sleep beside him tonight. As far as I knew we'd end up sharing a bed eventually anyways.

My boyfriend stepped out of the bathroom, having finished his shower. He wore a towel around his waist, nothing else.

"Winter would you like me to wear a shirt while I sleep?" He politely asked.

"Keigo, sleep in whatever makes you comfortable!" I laughed a little.

He's been so polite and respectful with me. It's so sweet. But he needs to remember that relationships aren't one-way deals. He's got to think about himself too!

I thought. He nodded, picking out underwear and shorts. He headed back into the bathroom, changed and came back out again before coming over and sitting next to me. And by next to me I meant basically on top of me.

Poor thing... every time he sits with me he clings to me like it's the last time we'll see each other. Must be from his past. I can relate to that.

I pulled him in closer, letting him lay on top of me. He nuzzled his face into my shoulder and neck.

"Love, I'm not going anywhere." I tried to comfort him.

"I know. I'm just so happy you care about me." He shyly responded.

"Well I wasn't lying or exaggerating when I said I loved you." I chuckled.

"It's just hard for me to let you go, even if I can reach out and hold your hand. I'm afraid you'll get taken away from me." My boyfriend admitted.

"Aw, Keigo... don't think like that. I'll always be here for you. No one can break us apart. And if something were to happen, I'd go to the end of the world to find you and keep you safe." I promised.

"I'd do the same for you." He said. I smiled, closing my eyes for a minute.

"Winter?"

"Yes?"

"Why don't you talk about how you're feeling much?" Keigo asked. I sighed.

"I didn't get any affection growing up. I didn't get to spend time with people, minus the masked scientists who would torture me and or inject serums into me, so I learned that it was best to hide my emotions and rely on myself to survive. It became engraved in how I lived my life, and carried over to now, even though I'm safe. When I was in captivity, showing my emotions was a sign of weakness, and seemed to give the scientists some sort of joy when I displayed my emotions. It always ended in them causing me more pain, since they got pleasure out of seeing me suffer and scream in agony and sob, saying I was scared.

I know that no one here would ever do that to me, but my body and mind go back to those days when I start to show my emotions. I'll work on being a little more open about how I'm feeling, if you'd like." I explained.

"N-No, Winter y-you don't need to do that. I didn't realize... I'm sorry." Keigo apologized.

"Don't worry about it. You didn't do anything wrong." I replied.

"A-Are you sure you want to be in a relationship then? I don't want to force anything onto you." He said.

"Of course I do. I love you, Keigo. I'll do anything for you. I trust you. Honestly, being with you is already helping me get over my fear of showing others how I feel." I admitted.

"Really?" His voice picked up a happy tone.

"Yes, really." I said. He pulled away from the hug for a minute, looking at me before glancing away.

"Winter, can I kiss you?" He shyly asked. I smiled.

"Sure."

Neither of us really knew what we were doing, considering how we were raised and the fact that we'd never been in a relationship before. But we figured it out. We leaned in, closing our eyes. My instincts told me to initiate the kiss, so I did. Keigo's posture became relaxed, telling me he was comfortable with this and enjoying it. I wrapped my arms around him, pulling him closer. He set his hands above my shoulders, careful as to not make me feel trapped. I set my one hand on his lower back, the other on the back of his head. His heartbeat was fast. Not a scared fast, but an excited and happy fast. Eventually, we pulled away. His golden-amber eyes were filled with happiness and tears.

"Why're you crying?" I worried.

"I just... I love you so much. I really do. I'm so happy you came into my life. I thought I was going to be alone forever. It started to scare me. I grew tired of feeling the way I did, and started to think that death would be an easier route. I tried to kill myself when I was at the beach mansion, but you saved my life. And I'm so glad you did. If I had died, I wouldn't have had the chance to call you my girlfriend, and I wouldn't have had the chance to know that things would get better." He admitted, crying a little. I pulled my boyfriend into a hug, letting him lay on top of me.

"I'm so thankful I got to meet you. I never thought I'd get to feel this happiness. But thanks to you, I did. And I'll never be able to repay you for that." I murmured, rubbing his back.

"You don't need to repay me. This is more than enough." He said, setting his one hand on the other side of my neck.

I began to purr a little.

"Y-You're purring!" He stuttered. I laughed.

"Yeah, guess so."

"It's so cute." His energy was going down. I figured he was tired.

"Well, you'll get to hear it a lot more now. So just get some rest for tonight." I said, placing a kiss on his bare shoulder.

"Will... do..." Within moments, Keigo had fallen asleep. I listened to his breathing, watching his wings rise and fall with each breath he took. Soon enough, the calming movement lulled me to sleep as well.