ZEMEN ACÉTTA:

"How much did she drink?" I heard Santino asking me as I put the now drunk Azariah inside the car.

Before I could answer, I saw her holding up 2 fingers. "Maybe two- three.... Or!! Twenty three. Who the fuck knows?" She laughed out loud and they all looked at her as if she had grown two heads.

"Are you sure she would be safe?" Santino asked.

"Yes. Leave now" All nodded and left.

"Where-Where are they going?" Azariah held onto my bicep tightly, looking at me with wide eyes.

I removed her hand from my bicep and buckled her in the car.

"They will be driving in a different car."

"Then who will take me?!"

"I will" I took off her shoes and draped my leather jacket around her shoulders.

"Hehe. Smells like you." She sighed, sniffing the jacket and then smiled wide at me.

I stopped what I was doing and looked at her.

"I know I am pretty... No need to look at me like that!" She blushed and pushed my shoulder away making my lip twitch up.

I shook my head and closed the door.

I rounded the car and sat in my seat, starting the engine.

I was driving back to the mansion when I saw Azariah taking off her seat belt.

"What are you doing?" I double take at her and then looked back at the road.

"It's uncomfortable!" She whined pushing the seat belt away.

"Azariah! Wear your seat belt right now!"

"No!" She shouted and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Excuse me?" I glanced at her and then back at the road.

"Excuse you!"

"Drop the fucking attitude."

"Lalalalalala. Who's talking? I only hear barking"

"Azariah!"

"Stop the carrrr!!!" She shouted loud and I almost crashed the car into a tree but I swerved it at the right time.

"I said. STOP THE FUCKING CAR!!!" she was screaming very loud at this point and I had no choice but to stop the car.

I parked the car to shut her up once and for all but to my fucking surprise. She opened the door and left the car.

"Azariah!! Azariah!"

"Why the fuck didn't I lock the fucking door!?" I slammed my fist on the steering wheel and unbuckled my seat belt, slamming the car door shut.

"Azariah, get back here!"

I saw her running barefoot and then she turned to a corner.

"Mierda" I whispered to myself and started chasing after her.

She's drunk out of her fucking mind, if there was even one to begin with. And I can't let her get hurt or Levi will chew me alive, not that Iam afraid of that asshole.

I ran and saw her running on the road.

My eyes widened as the cars slammed their breaks on, honking loudly but all she cared about was fucking running.

She went running and running with no care of the world.

I ran after her.

I saw a park close by and looked at her.

She turned to the side wall of the park and jumped over the fence making me stop in my tracks.

What is she, an olympic gold medalist?

I jumped over it too and saw her running behind the slide, but before she could I grabbed her hand and swung her back, making her head come in contact with my chest with an 'oomph'.

I pushed her away, still holding her wrist.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?! You know you could have fucking died there and then I'd be the one responsible for it!"

She kept looking at me with a smile.

"Answer me God dammit!" I shook her making her smile widen.

"You were worried about me" she poked my cheeks and I stood there baffled.

"Is that all you got from what I said?" She nodded eagerly.

"You can't run away like that Azariah. You could have gotten kidnapped or worse! Are you out of your mind?"

She giggled and hugged me making my eyes widen.

"You look hot when you're yelling at me."

What the fuck is she on?

Did someone drug her?

Her hands were wrapped tightly around my waist and my hands were just midst air not making any contact with her.

She pushed herself back away from me.

"I am sorry. I just didn't want to go back home." she looked down and then back up at me.

'Home'

I said nothing, just looked at her.

"I said I was sorry... Stop looking at me like that."

I gulped and looked away.

Suddenly, she grabbed my hand and dragged me to a bench.

She sat on it. I sighed.

I went to sit beside her but she pushed me in front of her and made me crouch down.

She cupped my cheeks and placed a kiss on my forehead.

My eyes were so widened that I am sure they'd pop out any minute.

"I am sorry for making you worry." She patted my head and leaned back but I just sat rooted at my spot.

She looked down at me and smiled.

But that smile didn't last long and dropped.

"I don't know why I got so upset when I heard you call me Aera."

I broke our gaze and looked down.

"Maybe it was because I was afraid of what my dad would do if he found out.... Or maybe I was afraid that I liked it."

My head snapped up to her.

"No one likes me in this world. It was always me, myself and I. No one else. Well, no one after omma."

She sighed and held my hand up making me sit beside her.

I sat down and she laid her head down on my lap making her hair sprawl out. Her legs dangled from the bench and she kicked them around giggling once in a while, wiggling her toes.

She stopped and looked up at me.

Her eyes were shining as the moon was just right above us, casting a beautiful shadow on her of its light, enhancing the brown shade of her eyes.

"I don't care if someone likes me or not....but I can't take it when you don't like me."

"You said I was weak. Pathetic. Worthless.... But those words weren't used to hurt me. Instead you used them to make me realize how weak I was. How I always need your help and how I need to be strong and get up on my own."

She smiled.

"When I was Alejandro's captive, I waited every day for you to come and s-save me." Her words were slipping as she was slurring due to the alcohol.

"Your words... They rung in my head and I-" she laughed, "I picked up the gun and bam! Bam! Bam! I shot two at their legs and then threatened Alejandro to step away and he did!" She was smiling so wide that a smile coated my lips too.

"I felt so powerful knowing I beat them. All.... Because of you." she raised her hand and grazed my bottom lip with her thumb.

"You always save me... Help me out.. Why don't you like me? Wae?" (Why?)

She was speaking half Korean, half english and I knew she was upset.

"I am pretty... Yes I am. I like my scars. They tell me how I survived a monster.....then why don't you like me?"

She was beautiful. Utterly beautiful. Pretty was a small word for her. She was a beauty that had me captivated from the day I saw her in Alejandro's basement, fighting him.

I liked her from that day on and to find her come to me again after so many years. I know it was not just a coincidence.

"I like you..." She said and smiled at me and dipped my head down, raising her head and placed her lips on mine.

She moved them, taking my lower lip in hers and kept kissing me.

But I couldn't kiss her. I knew she was drunk and would regret this tomorrow.

I already regret kissing her without her consent that day. I can't make the same mistake twice.

She removed her lips from mine and I saw that they were slightly swollen.

"Kiss me... Please."

My heart was beating fast and I was fighting the urge to take her right here, right now.

"Azariah, you will regret this tomorrow-"

"Shhh" she placed her finger on my lips, looking at me.

"It's Aera" she whispered low and kissed the spot below my ear.

She rolled off me and stood up. I groaned, a sound of pleasure when she straddled me and cupped my neck, kissing my neck.

"Azari-"

"Aera" she whispered and kept kissing me making me close my eyes.

I know it was wrong of me to not remove her but I couldn't when she was doing this to me.

I felt ashamed as I was enjoying her being drunk.

She moaned in my ear and I gripped her waist tightly.

She kissed my Adam's apple and started sucking on it. I grabbed her throat, pushing her more into my neck.

"Aera... Fuck" I cursed lowly and felt her smile against my neck.

She kept sucking and biting, rolling the skin of my neck in between her lips.

I moaned loud when she bit my neck and then sucked on it, easing the pain.

Soon, I felt her remove her lips from my neck and my eyes opened.

"Do you like me now?"

I felt guilty as I realized that she did this because she thought I needed pleasure in order for me to like her.

"I can't, Aera. Please" my voice was desperate.

I have never been the one to be desperate but I needed her to know she was going to regret meeting me.

Her eyes dropped down and a tear fell.

"Aera-" I pushed her chin up, wiping her tears with my thumb but she stood up.

"It's nothing. Let's go" she took a few steps back and looked at me.

She had tears in her eyes which were dropping on her cheeks breaking my heart each minute. She sniffled and looked away.

We quietly sat down in the car and I bent down to buckle her in but she stopped me.

"I can do it myself. Thank you" she stretched the buckle and wore her seat belt.

I nodded and stood up, disappointment clear on my face.

I went to my side and got in and soon after, I started the engine, driving back to the mansion.

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"Is she okay?"

"Why does her feet look so bruised and red?"

"Does she need water? Medicines?"

I walked past them, carrying a sleeping Azariah in my arms.

I walked up to her bedroom and laid her down on the bed.

She smiled in contentment and turned over to my side, snuggling into the warmth of the sheets.

I sat down on the bed and looked at her sprawled hair on the pillow that were on my lap an hour ago.

I stroked her hair and she hummed and soon her soft snores filled the room.

"I can't like you, Aera.... I can't"

I looked at her closed eyes that still seemed beautiful to me.

"I have had a rough past and I just can't trust anyone." I sighed.

I knew it was selfish of me to kiss her when I knew I can never give her what she wants. But I can't control myself around her.

"But sorry, love. I am selfish and I won't let you date Blaise. Not that fucker. Nor anyone else. You don't need a man. You're good on your own." I stroked her hair, massaging her scalp in the process.

I want to give her all the happiness she deserves. I want to. But I know I can't. I possibly can't.

I am weak for her. I wish I could help her and show her the real monster inside me but a part of me knows that I might lose her forever because of it. Her finding out the truth of me being a worst monster than what she anticipated is something that I can't afford.

I stood up to leave but she begin to stir up and I looked at her.

Is she uncomfortable?

She itched and rubbed her dress, groaning.

She is.

I sighed and nodded to myself and then walked into her wardrobe to get a night suit for her.

I went down stairs.

"Jade, change Azariah."

She nodded and went into her room while I stood outside her bedroom, tapping my foot on the floor, impatiently waiting for her to get done.

She came out 5 minutes later and I immediately asked her.

"Is she okay?" She smiled and nodded.

"I placed some medicine and water beside her, she'll be okay." She informed me and then left.

What the fuck have I gotten myself into?

Rolling my eyes and groaning in frustration, I walked to my room and took a long cold shower.

I went by the sink and wore my rings and necklaces that I had taken off before showering. But something caught my eye. I stopped and immediately looked up in the mirror only to see multiple hickeys on my neck.

Fuck.
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Aera is bold bold. ✋✋

Anyways, thoughts?