❝ 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗬. ❞ 𝖫𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗓

eight

i woke up slowly with a slight headache and heavy eyelids. i groaned as i stretched my legs out but instantly retracted them when i realized i didn't know where i was.

i tried to sit my upper half up but was stopped almost immediately as someone pulled me back down from my waist.

i looked to my side to see ondreaz still sleeping with his arm tightly around my waist and his lips slightly parted.

his torso was naked which made my eyes widen and look under the covers to see i was still dressed. i let out a sigh and looked back at ondreaz with a smile

i slowly grabbed his hand that was around me and held it for a second, the warmth of his hand making my heart skip several beats before i slowly started peeling it off of me.

once i gently laid it beside him i slowly climbed out of bed and grabbed a blanket since it was slightly cold.

i also grabbed my phone that was laying on the ground and slowly walked out of the room, walking outside the front door and slowly sitting on the porch.

i sighed as the warmth of the early morning sun hit my skin and lost my senses in thought.

"you good?" i jumped and turned around to see tony standing in the doorway looking down at me tiredly, obviously just waking up

"oh, yeah." i whispered with a slight giggle and a hand over my heart, my eyes widened still caught of guard slightly

he nodded before shutting the door behind him and joining me outside.

"you just wake up?" i questioned when he settled himself next to me

he hummed while looking up at the sky, "it's cold inside that damn house"

i shrugged showing off the blanket i had now loosely around me due to the outside weather and chuckled, "extremely."

it was quite between us for a while before tony looked over at me with playfulness written all over his face and a light smirk, "so." he started

i raised an eyebrow but didn't return his gaze, "so?"

"you and dre?" he nudged me with his shoulder while leaning closer to me

i glanced at him from the corner of my eyes and couldn't even try and hide the smile i was now displaying.

"i mean, no. but i guess" i smiled shrugging

he nodded and looked back up at the sky, "likes you a lot, y'know" he said in a not so teasing tone

i hummed wanting him to continue to which he shrugged with a sigh, "talks about you a lot. when we left the first time we met you he was like..fucking..obsessed" he laughed towards the end, struggling to find the words to describe his brother.

"yeah?" i smiled and looked down at my hands

"oh fucks yeah. extremely nervous though. when we were at the airport and you guys were talking or whatever and michael yelled at him to stop checking you out; he freaked out so much" he laughed recalling our first departure

"what, why?" i laughed with him, already kind of knowing the reason why

"cause he thought he ruined his chance with you" he laughed harder while making silly hand motions

my smile widened as i laughed with him, slightly leaning on his shoulder as i tried to cover my mouth and relax since everyone was still probably sleeping

once our laughter gradually retreated i was the one to break the comforting silence.

"i do feel something for him." i smiled softly but i slowly dropped.

"that's a good thing for you. right?" he questioned noticing my expression change

there was a long pause before i slowly nodded, "i just- i just don't want to rush into anything and i feel like.. i don't know. i feel like i need to figure it out soon though because i don't want to lead him on obviously." i rambled talking more to myself than anything

"hey." tony offered, "you don't have to tell him all of that but you can tell him that you're not ready for anything. he'll understand, promise."

"but it's not like i'm not ready it's like i don't wanna be ready because i feel like he doesn't actually like me like i like him." i continued with furrowed eyebrows

"no. stop. he most definitely likes you the way you like him. honestly probably more now that you bring it to my attention" he joked lightly and nudged me

i huffed out a sigh and slowly nodded. "okay." i mumbled

i could see him nodding from beside me comfortingly, "okay."