t w e n t y - f o u r

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song : single by the neighborhood

third person's pov :

nova holds onto ethan's hand and her fingers, trace over the bloody scars set on his knuckles.

"why did you hit him?" she asks quietly

ethan blinks in confusion and he tilts his head to the side; all his attention on nova.

he grabs onto her chin with his other hand and lifts her chin up, making eye contact with her watery eyes.

"he was being an ass towards you. i couldn't help but barge in. i mean you're still my best friend n. i'm always going to protect you."

nova's eyes well up with salty tears and her heart drops once she hears ethan's kind words.

she tightly wraps her tiny arms around ethan's neck and ethan's breath gets caught in his chest once he feels her familiar embrace.

she sniffles and wipes her tears and ethan wraps his arms around her torso, setting his one hand on her head; rocking her back and forth.

"i've missed you so fucking much." she cries

her sobs increase once she lets those words out and ethan rocks her even more, remembering this action calms her down.

all she needed to be in was his embrace.

then she would calm down immediately.

"why didn't you answer any of my calls?" ethan finally asks, whispering into the quiet air

"i was scared. i was so scared." she admits, clutching onto ethan's black tuxedo

nova's cries calm down almost instantly but ethan still rocks her back and forth, afraid to let go of her.

"i've missed you too." he whispers, clutching onto her even tighter

grayson plays with the fabric of nova's beige dress and nova chuckles, shrugging off his hand.

"it's soft." he pouts

he groans once he hears perla's shouts from up the stairs and he smiles at ethan and nova, getting up and running up the stairs.

"it's weird how she isn't on her way to her honeymoon yet." ethan comments

"she said she wanted to spend time with me... before i leave again." nova smiles sadly

ethan sets his head on nova's shoulder and his brunette locks tickle her neck, making her smile and chuckle softly.

"do you have to leave so soon?" ethan asks, playing with the bangle and bracelet set on her wrist

"i have shifts at the hospital e. i can't just cancel."

"but i have so much to tell you. just get someone to cover up for you." he springs up, a smile bright on his face

"it's not that easy but i'll ask." nova chuckles

ethan leaps up and brings nova into a tight hug, kissing the top of her head.

"i don't want you to leave so soon." he pouts, holding her by her shoulders

"i'll see what i can do e." she smiles

once ethan is about to say something, he's cut off by the sound of wheels of a suitcase, hitting the stairs with each step.

"need help there man?" ethan asks, chuckling a bit

tyler immediately shakes his head and ethan runs up the stairs, helping tyler lift up the suitcase.

"i have to go. my flight is soon." tyler smiles at nova, pointing to the front door

she shakes her head and walks up to him, giving him a tight hug, followed by a quick peck.

tyler's eyebrows furrow to the small kiss but he doesn't say anything, smiling at her one last time and shaking hands with ethan.

"it was really nice meeting you." tyler says

"you too. have a safe flight." ethan smiles

tyler shakes his head and waves both of them off, shutting the door behind him.

"finally! he's gone!" ethan breaths out

"ethan!" nova scolds, chuckling slightly

"we can catch up on things now." he beams, grabbing onto nova's soft hand and running up the stairs

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