WHEN THE RAIN STOPS- Scrutinized [TANNER x LUNA] 2 IN 1

The Hunt

|TANNER|

I was still awake, but merrily pretending to be asleep. I got up with a sigh and noticed she actually fell asleep. I gently smiled at how nice it was that she fell asleep own her own next to me. The dress made her look like a doll, porcelain of course. Too fragile to break. I caressed her cold cheek before lying back down and turning to her. The bite mark was calling to me, I started giving into the temptations. Licking it and around it. Her breathing started to increase. I loved measuring it when I touched her, and how it would increase like a flustered bunny. Her skin in my mouth tasted like it was meant to be there. I grabbed the knife and almost slit into her shoulder. Not into the meat but just a little cut to get some blood. But I stopped myself. I can't break her right now, her innocence and purity would be gone if I did that. I placed the knife down on the night stand and just hugged her while she slept.

Her breath was quivering, she was cold. I covered es her with the blanket in hopes of getting her more warm. But the quivering didn't stop. It was me. I got away from her and slept with my back to her.

In the morning I turned but she wasn't there. I frantically got up and started looking for her. The front door was unlocked. 'But how?! She couldn't have ran.' I sprinted out the door into the forest. I went quiet and listened for rustling.

|LUNA|

Tanner was still asleep, I needed to leave ASAP I got up and crashed into the ground. It hurt but I pushed on. I could barley stand but I forced myself to. Soon enough I got a tolerance for the pain and discomfort. I could walk. I went out the room and saw stairs. If I were to fall from here he would hear it for sure. I sat down on the stairs and went down one step at a time. Slowly and steadily scooting down.

Once I reached the bottom, whatever drug he put me on was stating to come back. I covered my mouth and slowly stood up. I yelped in pain but got to my feet. I looked back up and saw I was in the clear. With the that I left the house and went to the woods. I didn't have any shoes so that was another bonus. I walked on the cold, dirty floor that was covered in small sticks and stones. They couldn't break my bones but they managed to leave cuts on my feet.
At this point I feel bad for my feet, they have to go through so much all because of this Asshole. I walked and walked until I couldn't handle the pain anymore. I fell to my knees and hid behind a tree trunk. It was still somewhat night. The sun wouldn't be up til another hour at 8:30. I sat there listening to the calm wood noises. The dress was now covered with dirt and sweat.

I got tense when I heard footsteps. I sat there listening in. "ARIGHT! SO YOU WANNA PLAY GANES HUH LUNA." I covered my mouth. I would hate myself if I let this jackass keep me locked up.
He walked away but soon enough I heard a car. I crawled to the sound and hid in a bush. It were more people. Tanner greeted them and told them everything. Like they were friends. They chuckled and shook hands. The man turned and gave a signal. Then around 4-5 people ran out. Some laughed, while others mumbled. I was scared shitless. Sooner or later when they all left into the woods I slowly crawled to the nearby creak, still hidden in the bushes. When I heard a bald man taking in a language I couldn't understand. He was wearing a suit and when he got closer I noticed he had a gun. I held my mouth shut and closed my eyes, waiting for him to leave. His dress shoes clacked on the rocks, his voice mumbling over annoyance. A few minutes passed before someone new came. Tanner...

"Lunaaaa, come on, give up already. We're going to find you." His shoes became louder and louder in my ears. "I'll tell you what, if you come out right now I won't harm you. Besides if the others find you then they'll kill you or sell you... maybe even torture you for entertainment." I started crying, why did I have to be with all these maniacs? I crawled out of the bush and ran up to Tanner, burying my face in his coat. He spun around and knelt down to my face. He caressed my cheek before yanking me by my hair back to the house. He was anger, even when I fell and couldn't walk, he still held me by my hair. Not caring how much it hurt.

He threw me tot he pavement. I coughed at the fall, with some blood coming up. Soon all the others heard the commotion and came back. "So you caught her huh? Well I guess that just means you won." They shook hands as the man gave Tanner a bag. All the others were disappointed. A man with Beaty eyes stared at me until Tanner got closer and picked me up. Then they all left. Just like that.

Tanner led me to the basement. The cold, stale air hitting my face. He was still angry with me. He put me at the top of the stairs and tried pushing me down. A Yelp left my mouth, but before I went I grabbed his shirt. Pulling myself back up, i couldn't stop shaking as I leaned on him. He chuckled while patting my hair. "See...you still need me." He closed the door. Slamming me into it as it closed. Without warning he kissed me again, it was like he was suffocating me. It got worse when his tongue started feeling around my mouth, on my teeth, on the top and bottom of my mouth. Once he pulled away he smirked at me. I felt disgusting.

I hugged myself, and started crying. Dropping to the floor. He sighed and threw me over his shoulder. "I hope one day you won't cry why I kiss you. It's getting kind of old." I stopped crying as his words echoed in my head. 'One day? Kiss you? I'm not going to able to leave here again...aren't I?' We went to the kitchen as he was doing some paper work he sat down my laptop in front of me. "People will get suspicious if you don't do your nightly check ins."

My hands were shaky, he kept watching me as I worked.