Make it Right

Chapter 04: Many Firsts

TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL HARASSMENT MENTIONED

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Wednesday 22 April Year 2020

She took a deep breath in and smelt the fresh scents of orange and grapefruit, but there were trace amounts of pepper with cedar. She took another breathe in and smiled into the warm chest her head was resting in. Her eyes were swollen from crying herself to sleep, and she did not want to open them, but she did, because she had to make sure she was not dreaming.

When Marvel opened her eyes, she looked up to see the sleeping face of Jung Ho Seong, and she was tightly wrapped in his arms. It was the first time she had a peaceful sleep in two years, and she wanted to stay in Ho Seong's arms forever. She gently reached and moved some hair out of his eyes, and watched him sleep. She could not believe this was real. So much had changed in the past two days, she could hardly keep up.

Ho Seong was the first person she told about the incident... and he was the first person she had told about being pansexual. She was scared she trusted him with too much... but she knew she made the right decision. At least she hoped she did. I mean... he is still here... if he did not want to be with me he would have left, right? She thought to herself. As she stroked his hair, she was scared to wake him, and cause the end of the dream. He stirred a little, and she moved her hand away from him quickly, worried she had disturbed him. She smiled at his sleeping face.

She glanced at the clock in the kitchen and saw that it was five thirty in the morning. That meant she needed to start getting ready for work, so this dream had to end. She did not want to be late again today. "Ho Seong... I have to get ready for work, I can't be late," She whispered as she gently patted his arm. He stirred a little and pulled her into a tighter hug.

"Let's go in late, I'll explain to your boss," he said in a groggy voice. Marvel chuckled as she reluctantly pulled away from him and got up. She walked to her closet and grabbed some clothes and then walked to her bathroom. Before closing her door she said, "You are more than welcome to stay here, but I can't show up whenever I feel like it to work" she said with a giggle.

Marvel quickly got dressed. She put on one of her favorite outfits she had not touched in a while. She put on a tight short black skirt, and she wore a lacy baggy pink shirt that covered her torso from the neck down like a t-shirt, but it was a shear, and required a tank top, so she put on a low cut tank top. She decided to wear a cute vintage choker necklace set she had. She tied the choker in a tiny bow, and there was a small gold dangle heart. She slid on her prayer bracelet and then she started to apply her eye makeup. She was about to apply lipstick when she stared at herself. She put the lipstick tube down and plugged in her curling iron, and instead of wearing her hair as a wavy mess that hid her face, she styled it in neat curls that framed and revealed her round face. She instantly regretted it. The hair style made her look like a child instead of a fem fatale. Not that she wanted to be a fem fatale, but she did want to make herself pretty for Ho Seong, yet she had failed.

She left the bathroom, feeling like she looked like trash and was about to walk to her closet to grab a different outfit when she saw Ho Seong looking at her. They stared at each other and smiled. To Ho Seong, Marvel looked flawless. She was so beautiful to him, it scared him. The sunlight was sneaking into the empty apartment, and sunrise brought out the gold and green flecks in her dark hazel eyes. The outfit she was wearing was the cutest thing he had ever seen her wear, and he smiled even bigger when he saw that she had actually styled her hair, but had hardly any makeup on. This was the most gorgeous form of Marvel, and he could look at her for hours.

"What are you staring at?" She asked in her deep silky voice, but she was shy about it.

"How beautiful you are, especially so early in the morning," He said in a groggy frog voice. He rubbed his eyes and stretched. Marvel watched him and chuckled.