'All it takes is that one look at you

And I'll run right back to you'

⁎❝᷀ົཽ≀ˍ̮ ❝᷀ົཽ⁎

The car ride was painfully quiet and somewhat long. Ace's house was not in a neighborhood and it wasn't any house. It had five floors minimum and was in the middle of the forest or what looked like it.

When he parked his car next to the other 10 cars that were in the garage, I started to feel anxious.

"How many people do you live with?" I ask quietly.

"None, why do you ask?" He says casually, unbuckling his seat and turning the car off. He exits and goes over to my side and opens the door as I mumble a thank you.

When we went inside the house, my jaw felt like it dislocated when it dropped. I quickly caught my unlady-like reaction and cleared my throat.

"Nice.. uhm.. house?" I question, because there was no way this is what they called a house.

"Thanks, i bought it myself," he smirks and walks off to who knows where and I follow.

"Do you have a change of clothes? It's getting colder outside and my T-shirt is not going to hold," i ask quietly.

"I can give you my sweater and find a small pair of sweatpants from the years when I was a skinny bean," he looks up and and down at me.

"Hey! I'm not a skinny bean!"

"You're right, your boobs aren't what people call skinny," my eyes widen, "the butt is great as well," he winks and laughs walking off while I stay out registering what he just said.

Soon after he came with a white sweater that looked to be triple my size and some baggy sweatpants. I took them with a huff and stormed off, hearing him laugh as I do so.

It's safe to say the clothes smelt exactly like Ace and I would be caught sniffing the clothes during the day. When I got out of the bathroom, I saw that Ace also changed into some sweats and a tank top, showing off his huge torso.

"When do you have to leave for work?" He asks while looking at his phone.

"At seven, i have a couple of hours left," he hums and i sit next to him on the sofa, since I'm still very cold.

"Do you want to tell me why you don't want to go home to your parents?" Again, the mention of my parents causes me to still and let out a nervous laugh.

"T-They're not Home and I don't have the keys," I say quietly.

"And I have a pet elephant."

"You do??"

"No."

After a while of silence I sigh, and decide to tell him since I'm not good at lying to begin with.

"I'm not their favorite person," I offer a sad smile.

Some while later, he seems to realize something and his face turns ice cold.

"The bruises?" He asks sternly and I laugh.

"They get bored sometimes," I shrug.

"They hit you?" Ace gets up and throws his hands in the air.

"I-I mean i-it's okay, they've b-been doing it f-for y-years now," I start shaking. I don't do good with people yelling at me.

"What do you mean it's okay? They HIT you! It's not something you tell someone like you're talking about the weather!" He starts pacing back and forth and I decide not to say anything to not make him more mad.

"Why are you still living with them," Ace asks when he's calmed down a bit.

"I-I can't really l-leave?" I question.

"Why not?"

"I don't know, I-I've never thought about it," I answer honestly.

"You're not gonna live there anymore," he decides and I laugh thinking it's a joke.

"You can't just decide that Ace," I say after seeing he's serious.

"I can and I did, I'll drive you to pick up some necessary items and the rest I'll buy for you," he stands up expecting me to follow him.

"A-Ace, can you please t-think about this? What do I tell them? What if they hurt you? I can't hide forever!" I say somewhat loudly, my voice used to me being so quiet all the time so I don't think it sounded like I was actually mad.

"I can't sit in my mansion that's empty knowing you live with some freaks. Plus trust me, they're not gonna be able to even touch me birdie," he explains. "Think of it as college roommates, many people have them right now and are not living with their parents. They also most likely don't know the person they're living with too much so it's fine!"

After five minutes of silence, I sigh and say, "okay, but we have to be quick because I really don't think they're home which is for the best."

He nods, flashing me an Oscar-winning smile and we head out.