Scary Night ✔

Chap 13 (Hug)

I wasn't paying attention to his words, just focusing on how to escape from there. He grabbed the mobile from my hands and sent a missed call to an unknown number.

"Boss will call you soon", saying that he went out of the shop.

I put my mobile in the pocket and made my way outside. I didn't want to cry but the fear of seeing that man again was killing me inside.

While running from here and there, tears started streaming down my face. Then I saw a tattooed hand waving in the air, holding a burning candle at some distance.

I walked in direction of the candle. To me, everything seemed to stop except the flame of that candle that was urging me to make it there.

People were walking past me but all I was seeing was the hand holding the candle as if it was calling me. I started running when I figured out it was Shawn since he was wearing a face mask and hugged him. He felt as if another world collided with his one with all its force.

He sighed in relief as he was worried about me. He pushed me away slowly when he heard me sobbing softly.

"It's alright I'm here", tucking few hair strands behind my ear, he caressed my cheeks with his thumbs.

I didn't say anything and hugged him again, tighter this time.

"You wanna go home?", he asked when I nodded my head.

"Okay let's go", intertwining his fingers with mine, he leads me to the car.

When he opened the car door for me to get in, I stood frozen.

"Luna?", he was getting more worried now.

"Luna are you okay?", he asked waving his hand in my sight.

I quietly got in the car. I was sitting quietly during the whole drive.

"We are here", he hopped out of the car.

I followed him. When we entered the living room, the fear that was driving nails into my soul made me fall down on my knees. Tears were beaming in my eyes but I didn't dare to let them fall.

"Luna", Shawn also knelt down and took me in his arms.

The feeling of two strong arms wrapped around me gave me enough courage to let all my tears out.

"Luna I'm here stop crying please", his level of tension was rising.

Just because I got separated from him in the crowd wasn't making him any sense for me to be this broken and terrified.

"Shawn", I called out his name.

"Yes", he replied in low voice.

"Shawn I'm sorry", I pulled away and looked into his sad eyes.

"Luna you did nothing wrong. In fact, I'm thankful to you for coming into my life. You don't know but in this short amount of time, you've become too important for me. And when I see you like this it hurts me to death", his eyes filled with pearly tears.

He leaned in and pressed his soft rosy lips against my forehead. I closed my eyes and tried to feel his protection that was guarding me during the whole time.

Picking me up in bridle style, he took me to his bathroom. I was unsure of what he was up to. I neither tried to know and let him do whatever he was doing.

Placing me on the concrete countertop he went out and came back with his long hoodie and pair of my jeans.

"Take a lukewarm shower. You wanna eat something?", handing me clothes he asked. I shook my head.

"Okay, then I'm waiting outside. Take your time", saying that he went out while closing the door shut.

Time skipped

"I should tell him everything", I thought to myself when I finished taking shower and put his hoodie on after slipping into my jeans.

"Same as the night when I met you", he smiled seeing my soaking strands.

Making me sit on the bed, he rushed to fidget the towel. He started rubbing my hair gently with a towel until the water was absorbed in it.

"Let's sleep", he said.

I thought we were going to have a conversation but maybe he was tired.

"Okay", I got up to leave the room when I felt his hand grabbing my wrist and pulling me back onto the bed.

"I mean let's sleep together", blush started creeping on his cheeks.

"What? Did I hear right? Does he want to sleep with me? Why?", snapping me out of my thoughts he turned off the lights and plopped on the bed.

I lay down next to him. I was laying on my back next to a boy for the first time in my life. I was getting nervous with every second passing by.

He scooted a little closer to me.

"I-", when I turned around to face him he pulled me in his warm hug.

"Maybe for once I also deserve to be treated better", I closed my eyes and felt his warm breath falling on my skin.

His relaxed heartbeat soothed me to sleep while forcing me to forget all my fears from that one scary night.