"What did we just do...?" I asked Dimitri as I limped out of the bathroom. He had somehow managed to get me to have sex again with in the shower hence the limp due to the soreness between my legs.
"We fucked." He stopped me and hugged me from behind. Tightly. I leaned into him. "Three times..." He teased through a toothy grin before he sneakily tried to untie my bathrobe.
"No." I chuckled and smacked his hands away. "This is why things got out of hand the first time."
"Oh, no, my love... You were naked in my bed the first time." He argued after he pulled away. Heat rushed to my cheeks.
"It doesn't matter, okay. I just mean the blood stuff." I sat down on the bed.
"It just means I love you and you're mine and I'm yours and everyone will know it." He smirked as he nodded towards the surprisingly painless bite on my neck.
"That doesn't worry you?"
"Well... It used to... At first." Dimitri ran his fingers through his long, dark curls. "Are you worried?"
"How can I not be. My life is tied to a slave master, Dimitri." I ranted but regretted it when I saw the hurt on Dimitri's face. "I didn't mean-"
"Its fine... But I'm changing, baby. For us." He assured me when he sat down beside me. The tone of his voice was pleading almost, as if he was begging me to believe him. Perhaps he was pleading with himself... I couldn't tell. 
"You're becoming a good man." I kissed his cheek to encourage him. He could be so insecure sometimes that I struggled to believe him.
We sat in silence for a bit longer; me hugging his side, him allowing himself to be held be me.
"What does it feel like?" I asked suddenly.
"What?"
"The connection between us..."
He smiled, long lashed eyes crinkling at the sides as he unknowingly showcased his dimple that was partially hidden by dark stubble.
"Umm." He mused. "Like you complete me... "
I rolled my eyes.
"Seriously...?"
"No, no. That's not quite it. Its... Its like a sense of freedom, I guess... Like I would do anything..." He paused and gazed at me before continuing. "Anything to make you happy. Its liberating but trapping me all at once because I feel like I need to seek your approval even more than I already used to.
"Then there's the love. Fuck. I'm madly in love with you and I can't help it... And I mean I everything about is perfect to me... Even your nasty, chewed up little fingernails." He pretended to cringe at my hand that rested on his stomach.
"Oh, you've got jokes these days?" I pouted as if I was sad. Dimitri, watched my face and leaned down to kiss me suddenly with so much passion. And he took his time too, as if he was trying to soothe an imaginary pain he had caused me. It was a special kiss is all I can describe it as.
"I mean I love everything is all." He whispered against my lips.
"No one has ever said that to me." I whispered with butterflies in my stomach, my voice cracking as I did.
"Well, I just did." He kissed me again. "And I mean it."
I blushed and slowly pulled myself away from to get dressed and go to bed.

Just a small one; for the feels, I guess. Also, its just a tiny form of a thank you to the beautiful readers who left me the votes 🙊🙈😍 I will post a longer, more interesting chapter in a bit - when I get exams out of the way. Have a lovely day.
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