In His Arms

Chapter 26: Brand New Morning (Kendra's POV)

Morning came, a brand new day started. My eyesight adjusted as I opened my eyes. It was white and very bright. Just a few more blinks, my vision became clearer. I scanned the area by tilting my head. The place looks familiar, very familiar indeed. Our room, it was me and Baekhyun's room. Like anyone else who wakes up, I tried to move, trying to face the other side of the bed. I felt pain as I slightly kick the blanket when I moved. My thighs hurt and most importantly, my womanhood hurts. Just by that, I remembered what happened last night. Last night, we reclaimed each other. Baekhyun owns me now, and I own him, too. Attatched to this brand new day is a brand new beginning for us. Well, that's thanks to Eli that we finally made up. And now that we're starting again, I guess I just have to forgive Baekhyun and his sins and just forget everything. Maybe it's really time to move on. Yeah, it's definitely time to move on and just just keep moving forward. We have a family to rebuild now and we have to make things work. I just hope we can make it through. But speaking of Baekhyun, where is he?

My eyes widened to the thought. That's right, he's not here. I pat my hands on each side of the bed but he's not really here. I would lie if I say I'm not having any malicious thoughts. Ofcourse, for a second or two in there, I had this idea that maybe he left me again. That maybe he got what he wanted again so he ran away again. I closed my eyes, squeezing it shut as I let all this ideas roam around in my head until it gave me a literal headache. Without noticing, my eyes became watery. It was breaming with tears. I got up, making my back exposed to the morning breeze. The blanket fell but I catched it before it could even reveal my bare chest. "Baekhyun?" I called out. I could no longer hold my tears, it fell on it's own, specially since no one responded. Baekhyun was nowhere in the house. I harshly wiped my face wih the back of my hands and forced myself to stop sobbing. I wanted to know where he is, didhe leave me again? Just before I could leave the bed, the door opened. I looked at his direction and watched him enter the room. I was speechless. Baekhyun entered the room carefully, holding what it seems to be tray of food. "Oh! Good morning honey." He smiled brightly to me. I wasn't able to return his greeting. I just looked at him, blankly amazed.

Baekhyun placed the tray on the side table then sat on the edge of the bed. "Hey. Are you just going to stare at me?" He asked softly. It turns out to be that I'm shocked. Well, surprised can be the precise term. He reached out to my face and his thumb swept across below my eye. "Hey, did you cry babe?" He asked. I faked a smile that quickly faded away. I slowly nodded. "But why?" He asked as he swept the hairstrands off my face, hanging it behind my ear. I couldn't answer. I found it embarassing to admit that I was scared to lose him again. But I did anyway.. He gasped as I pulled him closer for a hug. I dug my face on his shoulders and let my emotion flow down. "I thought ou left me again." My voice was muffled since my face was pressed against his body. "What?" He asked. "Are you serious baby? Ofcourse I won't do that." He reassured. Baekhyun hugged me back. "Enough crying baby, I'm here. I won't leave you again." He said as he gently rubbed my back. He was caressing my bare skin and I suddenly became aware of that. I quickly escaped his embrace and pulled the blanket to cover my body. Baekhyun chuckled and rolled his eyes happily. "You don't have to hide babe, I already saw everything." He teased as he lifted his legs and landed it on the bed. His elbow was planted on the pillow while his hand held his head for support. "I saw every inch of you already and you don't have to be ashamed of your body. It's perfect, you're perfect." His smile was more of a grin, enough for me to know what was going on on his head. Even though, I still covered my body. It really felt uneasy.

"Babe, please get me a shirt. Please?" I asked him a favor but I only earned a smirk from him. "Baby, you don't need one." He teased. "Please." I pouted. I know it was annoying but I was taking chances, hoping that it would work. He just sighed happily, like a fool. He sat straight then began stripping his shirt off infront of me. "What are you doing?" I freaked out. Baekhyun laughed at my reaction. He handed his white shirt to me and I looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "Uh. What is that?" I asked. "A shirt. Ou asked for one, right?" He said. He moved his hand telling me to take the item from him so I did. "Go on, wear it." He instructed. He was smiling the whole time thinking I didn't know. I smiled sarcastically at him. "No peeking." I said and rotated my finger, instructing him to turn around. He sighed again, feeling hopeless and such but still did as I pleased. I wore his shirt and he attempted to peek but I caught him. "Baekhyun!" I groaned and he laughed. "Ok, ok. I get it. I was just kidding. I didn't mean to turn around." He lied. Ofcourse he wanted to, typical playboy.

Once I finished wearing his shirt, I crawled my way to him. I gave him a back hug and nipped his earlobe. Baekhyun turned to steal a kiss from me, and it worked. Our lips touched and he pecked one more time. Smiling, I pulled his shoulder to face me. When we were already face to face, I pressed his chest making his back lean on the headboard of the bed. This gave me the opportunity to sit on his lap. I leaned in for a kiss and he gladly returned my affection. His hands instantly held my bum, slowly caressing it in circles. I pulled out of the kiss when I started feeling all needy again. "And you didn't want me to see you naked." He teased while he looked at my face, just silently adoring how beautiful I was. "What's that?" I pointed at the tray that he brought with him, trying to change the topic. He looked at it then quickly returned his gaze on me. "Isn't it obvious? Breakfast." He asnwered. "You were asleep when I woke up. I tried to wake you up but you won't so I tried to cook to make myself productive." He explained. "Really? You tried to wake me up?" I asked in disbelief. "Yes, I did. But I guess you were too tired that you won't even react to my touch." He said, biting his lower lip. I suddenly blushed, what exactly did he touch? "You should try it. But I can't assure you that it tastes better than me." He teased causing me to hit him slightly.

Baekhyun lifted me away so he can get the tray. In it was a glass of mango juice, a plate of tuna sandwhich, and a little bowl of raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries combined. He sat beside me again and plaaced the tray on his lap. He sliced a little of the sandwhich and poked it with a fork then fed me. "It's good. Are you sure you made it?" I asked and he chuckled. "Well, ofcourse." He fed me more. Suddenly, his phone vibrated. It was on his pocket so he immediately checked it out. "Who's that?" I asked as he swiped his fingers and tapped the screen of his phone. "Eli." I almost chocked to his answer. I took the glass of juice and drank some to replenish my throat. "What did he say?" I asked. Eli might be looking for me. I wasn't able to tell him that I won't go home last night. And Bea, she might have been wondering where I am. Baekhyun showed me his phone, showing me Eli's message. "He's asking why you're not answering your phone." Baekhyun said sheepishly. That's right! Where the hell is my phone? I suddenly remembered that I left it in my car yesterday before I entered this house. "It's in my car. Ask him if there's something wrong." I told Baekhyun and watched him type a my message.

Not too long, his phone vibrated again. "Meet us by 10. Restaurant." Baekhyun read the message. We looked at the clock and it was already 9:30. His phone vibrated again. "You and Kendra, come here by 10. See you." Baekhyun read the message and another text came in. "P.S. I'm with Beatrice." Baekhyun and I looked at each other. "Will we make it?" He asked. "I don't know. Maybe.. If we get ready now, we will." I said. Me and Baekhyun automatically started moving. I didn't care if I don't have any underwear on while rushing in grooming myself. Just like what Baekhyun said, he already saw everything anyway. I grabbed an underwear and bra hoping it would still fit me. Luckily, it did. I picked some of my old clothes in the closet and so did he. There was no time to take a bath, we were in a hurry. I went to the bathroom and got got shocked as soon as I saw my reflection in the mirror. Baekhyun leaned on the doorpost and I turned to look at him. "Babe, what have you done?" I asked while I pointed at my neck. There were numerous purple marks on my flesh. It appears to be hickeys made by no other than Baekhyun. He just smirked and smiled lustfully. "I told you. I tried to wake you up." He grinned. If only we weren't in a hurry, I could have applied more make up to cover all these marks. But time was running, I had no choice but to deal with it. We needed to catch Eli and Bea in time. I suddenly had this bad feeling, a maternal instinct. I could only hope that everything is fine. I hope nothing bad is going to happen.