When Comes the Raine (Rainbow Six Siege X OC)

Lovely Mornings and Shitty Days

Dominic's POV (about one week after the end of the last chapter)

I'm laying in bed, barely awake and enjoying it when Grace begins to stir. She rolls over from facing the wall to face me instead and smiles when her hand finds mine. We sit like this for a while, not really keeping track of time before I finally speak up. 

"Well, today marks one week until the Six Invitational. We need to step our game up from this light shit", I say honestly.

"Light Shit? You're training routine nearly kills us every day Dominic", Grace sits up and says loudly, obviously being serious 

"Really? It hardly has an effect on me anymore, I need to work harder", I say back. Grace looks surprised and lays back down, this time just using me as a pillow.

"Dominic, I don't get it. You are so big and strong, work so, so, sooooo hard, and are so stinking smart, yet you always look disappointed in yourself. It's not right for you to push yourself like this and have no one take notice of it. Even I never noticed until I was around you for so much longer. I'm sorry", she says softly, probably thinking I won't hear it.

"I don't know what you mean Grace. I'm not smart in the slightest, and I don't work nearly hard enough",  I say back, telling the truth as best I can. She scoffs and looks at me, apparently seeing something that I don't. We're both sitting here looking at each other before hearing a loud, "What the Fuck??!!" from the side of the bed. I look over the side and see that Yumiko is sitting on the floor of my bedroom with a deep blush and mouth agape.

"Yo, whatcha need Yumi", Grace says from her side of the bed.

"Grace, don't try to ignore the elephant in the room. Why are you in Dominic's bed", She asks back. Grace looks at me questioningly and I just shrug.

"Uhh, Yumi, we're together", she says happily. I just lay back down and try to ignore them.

"Really?! How long has this been true?" Yumiko asks oddly cheerfully.

"Only about a week Yumi, though I must say, it feels like longer", Grace says back. 

"Ooh, I can't wait to tell Jack and Zofia, they'll be so surprised", Yumiko states gleefully.

"Actually, we were trying to keep it on the down low, we don't care if people figure it out, we just don't want it to be blasted from the rooftops", Grace says cautiously.

"Well, I guess that's okay. Anyway, I came to get you two for training considering the fact that you're late and that Dominic missed yesterday", Yumiko states, apparently understanding our sentiment, "By the way, where were you".

"Hehe, sorry about that, had to get my ink touched up. It was fading real badly", I say now. Yumiko looks surprised by me speaking, but I've already come to terms with the fact that I won't be able to go back to sleep so now I'm climbing out of bed and grabbing some training clothes. Yumiko looks surprised when I reach into the drawer and pull out an undershirt, a sleeveless hoodie and a pair of black, loose fitting cargo pants. 

"Why do you always wear so many layers Dominic?", she asks with disdain tinging her voice. I just shrug my shoulders and continue to dress. Grace has now gotten out of bed and is grabbing her things to go back to her room she shares with Lera. Once done, she walks over and gives me a small peck on the cheek, making me feel all warm and fuzzy. She then smiles at Yumiko and leaves. 

Once Grace is gone, Yumiko's demeanor changes immediately. She leans against the wall, her face steely with lack of emotion, "Alright Dominic, let's get this straight: I would joke about how cure you two would be together because even though it was true that you would be a great couple, I never thought it would happen. Now that it has, I need to be blatantly clear: If you ever hurt Grace in any way I will-", she starts to say.