Hey everyone! I'm going to be leaving a major Trigger Warning this time. There is going to be a mentioning of sexual abuse, so if you think that might be too much to handle, I suggest you skip this part :(

On a lighter note, I love this aesthetic <3
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Hero immediately retracted the vibrator, teasing me as my orgasm slowly ebbed away.

I desperately tried to catch my breath, attempting to force the wanton feelings out of my mind. Unfortunately, this did not work. I whined, impatient for his masterful touch.

He slowly eased my skirt down my legs, eyeing the view appreciatively. 

"Is this what you want?" Hero asked, holding up the vibrator.

I nodded erratically, lifting my hips off the bed. "Please..."

"How do you want it?" Hero taunted, placing the vibrator over my sex once more. "I could go like this..." He then lowered it to the walls of my vagina, pressing down, nearly making me go insane. "Or like this..."

He then eased it in further, pushing me to the brink of insanity, then retracting it just before climax. 

"Hero, please, just let me come," I begged, sounding more desperate than I ever had. 

"Oh, I will," He smirked. "I just want you to last longer. It makes everything more intense. How does it make you feel to know I didn't make Nora feel this way?"

I didn't know why Hero was mentioning this now, while I was so vulnerable on his bed, but it made me internally smile.

Like always, it was possible I had made a bigger deal out of what the situation really was. Hero was acting like a dick, yes, but did I think he would sleep with some girl so soon after declaring his love for me? 

"That's right," Hero murmured as he loomed over me, answering my silent question, "I didn't fuck her... I don't want to fuck anyone else but you. Don't you know that by now?"

I furrowed my brows at the lovely man resting above me. He couldn't read minds, could he?

The feeling down in my sensitive area disappeared completely as I now focused on Hero's willingness to be honest. 

"Did you happen to kiss her?" I asked, afraid for the answer.

Hero huffed, looking irritated. "No, Kristina. She and I only talked. But that's not the point right now. I need to get you off."

Before Hero could lower the vibrator, I pushed at his chest, shaking my head.

"Can we not have sex for a night?" I asked. "Please. I just want to talk."

Hero stood still like a statue for the longest minute, making me think the worst. He then groaned, placing the vibrator back in his drawers. 

"Fine." 

He slipped off his jacket and jeans and slid next to me on the bed. Feeling his body heat hit my back, Hero wrapped his arms around my waist, spooning me. 

"You're the only one I would do this for." He said as he rested his chin on my shoulder. "now, what did you want to talk about?"

"What exactly did you and Nora speak about?" I urged. "You said all you did was talk."

"Let's not get into this, Kristina." Hero demanded. 

"Why are you fighting so hard on this?" I snapped. "If you're going to throw a fit over telling me what was said, I'm going to assume you two did stuff together."

"Fuck!" Hero exclaimed, "Okay! I'll be honest with you; I didn't plan on playing seven minutes in heaven at all. I was angry with you and wanted to make you jealous. I tried talking with her about how pissed off I was and she tried coming onto me. I fought her off and told her to leave."

Oh, so that's why he was so upset when I entered his bedroom. 

"That's all?" I asked. "You talked for ten minutes?"

"God, yes!" Hero yelled. "What else do you want from me?"

I sighed. I did want to know more, but seeing this was all I was going to get from Hero, I leaned back into his chest closing my eyes. He was being honest with me. That was all I ever wanted. With the news my mother had told me about, the last thing I wanted to do was start a fight with him. 

Yawning, I fell into a deep sleep. 

Later when I woke, I noticed that the candle had been blown out and it was dark outside. Looking around, I was worried that Hero had deserted me, but I was soon alerted of his presence when I heard a distressed tone.

"No... no..."

I rolled over to face Hero, only to see his eyes screwed tightly, in a dream. He was talking in his sleep. 

"Hero?" I called, tapping him on his shoulder.

This didn't wake him up but alerted him in his sleep. He stiffened, looking more uncomfortable than ever.

"No! You won't- you won't do it again! I won't let you-!"

Before I could go to console Hero again, he sprang forward, latching both his hands in a steel grip around my throat. His eyes were now wide open in rage, gripping even tighter. Why was he doing this?

"Hero..." I tried saying through strangled breaths. "Hero..."

It took me a few times of begging and grabbing at his wrists for Hero to finally release his grip on me. I now saw his eyes going as wide as saucers, in shock, backing away from me.

For the first time since I've known this boy, he broke down in the dark, sobbing. Without warning, he gathered me into his strong arms, holding me close. 

I knew I should have been terrified, but I wasn't. This wasn't him. Something about the whole situation didn't seem right. I coughed, trying to train myself to breathe correctly again. 

"Fuck, Kristina!" He cried out. "I'm so fucking sorry... You shouldn't be here... I shouldn't be here... My nightmare..."

"It's okay," I said, trying to rationalize everything that had just happened. 

Hero grabbed my shoulders to look me in the eyes. "NO. It's not okay. You're not going to make excuses for me because I couldn't control myself... because I thought you were..."

I raised an eyebrow. "You thought I was who?" 

Hero ran a hand over his face in exasperation. "This is why I always sleep alone. Kristina, you asked what skeletons were in my closet. Well, you're about to find out why I'm such a fucked up individual."

I scooted closer, resting my head on his chest. "Please tell me."

"You should go." Hero demanded. "If you were smart, you would keep away from me. All I do is hurt you and I'm too selfish to stay away."

"Then, don't," I whispered. 

Hero took a deep breath. "Kristina... my mother and I don't speak at all anymore. It was an act she put on at the restaurant. I used to look up to her, thinking she actually cared about me. How wrong I was. When I was ten, my grandmother used to visit us often. She had me help her with her to-do lists every weekend, treating me like some lapdog. I grew tired of it, but what could I do? I was raised as a kid to shut up and take it."

I frowned. "I'm so sorry."

"No," Hero began, "I wish I could have spent every weekend after that doing meaningless chores. In fact, I prayed that could have been the case. Soon after that, my grandmother... had other manners to teach me other than obedience. Every night, we'd come from the senior ball, when she wanted to teach me another of her lessons..."

I thought I knew what he was referring to, but I didn't want to voice it. How could someone's family member do something so disgusting... so despicable...

I just had to know...

"She... she beat you..?"

"No," Hero scoffed harshly, "I wish she could have done that. If I had even mentioned that my grandmother had molested me, my parents would have called me a liar."

I cupped my hands over my mouth, feeling overwhelmed with this revelation. 

"Do you think they had suspicions...." I began, unable to finish my sentence. 

Hero laughed. "Out of anybody, my mother knew. She is a cold and calculated woman, but she is not stupid. There were many times my grandmother had kept me later than usual. My mother knew exactly what was going on, yet she did nothing..."

"I'm sorry." I cried, wrapping my arms around his neck. 

"Please just promise me one thing," Hero asked. 

"Yes?" I said, looking into his eyes. 

"If I ever do anything to hurt you- anything that is enough to be unforgivable- swear that you will leave. I'm not sure I'll have the strength to let you go. I can't lose you." 

I didn't say much as I closed my eyes.

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I feel so sad for Hero :'(

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