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"We don't even ask for happiness, just a little less pain."

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-Chapter 16-- Jealousy in those dark eyes-

"Chirp…

Chirp…

Chirp..."The little birdies outside harmonize with the soft wind blowing against the window. The warm glare seeped through the light curtains illuminating the white room with a soft orange morning glow.

My body stiffened when I felt a strong muscular arm wrapped around my midsection, my body automatically turned around to see who's in bed with me.

My heart stopped beating when my tired eyes landed on Kevin's peacefully sleeping face.

Goodness, he looked so surreal. Oddly enough, there are little tiny leaves stuck in his dark hair, that's slightly covering his eyes. Seeing him like this... So relaxed and peaceful… It made him look less scary and evil than his usual self that always seems on edge or irritated by everyone and everything.

My right-hand inches slowly towards his dark hair. I began gently pulling the little different color of leaves out of his strands.

What was he doing last night that got him covered in leaves? My mind went straight to the gutter… It wouldn't be a surprise if he actually took someone to a deserted park to have some alone time.

I simply don't know, Why I was doing what I was doing in the first place, instead of getting the heck out of here— before this perverted demon wakes up and begins to bully me again.

What did I do to get on his bad side? That question alone never leaves my mind since the moment I've met him in that hospital room. I could still vividly remember those sharp grey eyes staring at me with such seriousness and indifference that it still makes my skin crawl.

My movement stops altogether when a little warm smile takes over his pink lips— And as fast his tiny smile came, it disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Having him this close was making me feel things that I shouldn't feel in a situation like this. It was like butterflies decided to migrate all over my body at this very moment.

Oddly enough, I wanted to see it again. To see if that wasn't only an imagination of my part or that he really did just softly smile in his sleep just now.

I took a large deep breath in, relieved that he didn't wake up... Just yet.

He must be having a good dream if he looks so relaxed… He's probably doing something evil to someone in his dream.

Why is he inside here, anyway?... I'm pretty sure, He went out last night. My first guess is that this guy is drunk out of his mind and he stumbled into the wrong bedroom.

Sniffing the air a little to see if this guy is intoxicated, But nothing…. Instead of smelling like he's drenched in hard liquor, he smelled like freshly cut grass on a summer evening with a hint of his cologne.

My eyes stilled on those soft pink lips… as my stupid heart began racing out of control, again. It has been acting weird ever since that day in the bathroom when he kissed me… And… Well, whenever this guy gets too physically close to me.

I hear a soft knock coming from the bedroom door… Startling me out of my daze-like state that my mind and heart trapped me in. Gosh, I'm slowly becoming one of those creeps that like to stare at beautiful people, when they're sleeping.

"Time to wake up, breakfast would be ready in 30 minutes, " A strong feminine voice let out at the other side of the bedroom door... Making me instantly try to break away from Kevin's strong grip that he has on my waist.

If his mother sees this... She would think I'm the one— Who is seducing her son to do such immoral things.

At this point, I'm avoiding getting on her bad side. I must... At all costs, stay on her good side so I could stay on my dad's good side. If she gets pissed and fights my dad... I don't know if this time they drag me into it.

When her footsteps faded down the hall, a flow of relief instantly traveled through every tensed muscle in my body, as a soft sigh escaped my parted lips as the feeling of fear exited my body.

That was a close one… My cheeks warmed up when I felt something hard and thick pressing against me from behind… Is that what I think it is?

Desperately, I tried wriggling myself out of his muscular arms but all that caused was him to silently groan out in frustration.

The more I felt his hard length against me the more my face and body heated up. Gosh, it's like my blood is boiling to the highest temperature ever recorded in human history.

My face buries more into the soft pillow when this strong wave of nervousness overtakes my body when I feel him tighten his stronghold on my waist.

All my senses heightened on him and his warm touch… He buried his face in my hair, and hearing him calmly breathing next to my left ear made my whole body feel all tingly inside. It was like a strong Electric pulse... Pulsing through my veins at a rapid pace.

"Kevin..." I softly let out debating if I should even wake him up. Goodness, this could go two ways. He bullies me like last time or he corners me like a predator in heat.

"What?"My body tensed when I heard his deep soothing voice next to my ears. My poor heart at this point was ready to burst out of my chest at how fast it's beating out of control.

"Could-Could you please let go of me?" My cheeks warmed even more at how I couldn't keep a straight face while talking to him. How could I focus when his thing is up against my ass?

"No…. And don't you dare even struggle." He simply warned as he pulled my body closer to his.

My cheek heats up more when I couldn't ignore his thing pressing against me any longer.

My watery eyes stilled on the white clock on the nightstand… The minutes passed by and his hold on my body softened.

All my ears could pick up is the little birdies chirping their favorite melody outside and his soft breathing pattern next to my left ear.

Did he fall back to sleep, again? Jeez, I'm too scared to move away from him and make him pissed off.

I was too much of a scaredy-cat to stand up for myself, especially when he's such a manipulative person.

A soft knock resonated from the bedroom door, again… My eyes instantly went to the clock on the white nightstand and my heart literally stopped beating… when I notice it's already been thirty minutes since Ms.Nancy knocked.

Panic overtook my body expecting it to be his mother but my body relaxed when I heard Leo's deep voice on the other side.

"Emma, wake up sleepy head… You know you need to eat, " He voices out gently.

The door creaks open and Leo steps inside with a smile on his face. But the moment his dark eyes landed on us, his warm welcoming smile disappeared instantly off his lips.

For a moment there he looked so scary, his joyful eyes lost their gentle spark —Instead, it held this hint of anger mixed with jealousy in them. This is new to see from him.

The atmosphere around him rapidly changed. Instead, it was as if I was staring at Kevin instead of Leo, just standing there with such a serious expression on his features.

My heart sinks to the pit of my stomach when I see his reaction… I was at a loss for words and nothing could get me out of this misunderstanding.

Being under his heated stare made me even more nervous than being caught by Ms. Nancy.

All I did was reach my hand out signaling for him to help me out of here. Yet, he doesn't move a single finger to help me out. Instead, he just stared at me with those dark eyes that seemed to be getting darker the more I looked at them.

Confusion hits me out of the blue when I begin feeling guilty inside.

"Please Leo…" Those soft words come out with so much desperation and need. With that, he began to move towards the mattress.

Leo holds onto one of Kevin's heavy arms and lifts it whilst gently pulling me away from Kevin's side.

My whole body tenses right back up when I feel a colossal hand on my left thigh stopping me from moving, altogether." Where do you think you're going?" Kevin asked in a pissed-off tone with half-open eyelids.

"She needs to eat and take her meds... Kevin... Or would you rather have our mother come up here instead… Making a whole fuss about... This?"

"I wouldn't mind... "He pulled me harshly right back to him" At least, I would have a few more minutes of peaceful sleep." This guy was using me as a fluffy soft body pillow. A deep frown took over Leo's face when Kevin wasn't letting go of me.

"Don't look at me like that Leo... Remember what you said 'Sharing is caring'. And right now Emma is sharing her bed with me. Right... Emma?"

My head shook "NO "And when he saw my response his muscular arms tightened around my waist even more.

"Ouch, that hurts my feelings… That's not fair Emma. You love sharing the bed with Leo — while you keep him warm at night. Don't you?" My face at this point was warmer than a volcano ready to explode and devour everything in its path.

How did he know that? My eyes gravitated up to Leo, seeing if anything shows on his face— if he told Kevin about the time that I went to his bedroom in the middle of the night. But nothing displayed on his sharp features.

Out of the blue, a big grin took over his face, and then a few seconds later he began to heartedly laugh out loud as he leaned himself more on top of the soft mattress.

My heart fluttered when my ears picked up on his infectious deep laugh.

"What's so funny? Leo"

"You are, and here I was worrying for nothing." He could barely say those words between laughs. Unconsciously my lips twitched up a little when he continued laughing out loud not caring if Kevin is offended by his words.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kevin let out in an irritated tone, as a frown took over his face. As he sits up on the bed, dragging me with him.

"Nothing brother just let her go already… Before, our mother comes and decides to switch my bedroom with Emma's.

I promise you, you wouldn't want me back here again."

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