170 Occasion (1/2)

Downstairs, Xavier was sitting at the foot of the grand staircase, looking at his watch impatiently.

”I don't think Alex will come down any time soon. Darn! Zeke won again. How did he know that Alex really won't leave Abigail even for a while?! Ugh… I don't know what's going on anymore,” he mumbled and Kai, who was sitting near the fireplace, threw his head back and looked at the ceiling.

”I can't believe this. Alex is supposed to be torturing Eli by now, making him taste the worst kind of death but here he is, stuck in this house with his girl. It's really hard to believe that Alex is actually able to suppress his bloodlust,” Xavier continued, shaking his head. ”Sigh… I waited all night for nothing! I expected an action filled night just to end up counting the sheep in my head. T^T He should've told us beforehand that he had no plans to leave the house anymore!”

…

The sun had already risen and was peeking through the window when Abi opened her eyes. She blinked a few times, then yawned and then thinking that the one in her embrace was her pillow, Abi moved to bury her face on it. However, her face didn't encounter the softness of a pillow as she expected, it was met with hard muscle instead.

She lifted her head and saw that the pillow was actually Alex. He was wide awake and looking at her with his messy yet still gorgeous 'I just woke up' look.

”G-good morning, Alex,” she greeted as she let go of him and sat up.

The man tilted his head and looked intently into her eyes.

”Did you… have a dream last night? I mean, a good dream, not the nightmare,” he asked and Abi blinked, trying to remember. She was a bit curious about why he was suddenly asking that.

”I don't think I did. I think I slept pretty deeply after you hopped on my bed,” she answered truthfully as she looked at him in curiosity. ”Why?”

Alex averted his gaze and put his feet on the floor. ”Nothing. You were just… snoring last night so I thought you were dreaming ” he said before he cleared his throat and stood up.

”I was snoring?” Abi's eyes were wide.

He cleared his throat again and glanced at her before he headed towards the door. Just like that, he left her room, leaving Abi speechless. She creased her brows because she felt that he was lying but she shrugged it off and climbed out of the bed.

She made the bed quickly and got ready in the bathroom before she went downstairs.

In the dining room, the others weren't around so they were the only ones eating. Abi was talking to him like usual, cheerful and bright, despite what happened last night. It almost seemed as if nothing had happened, like a ball of fire that kept on burning no matter how wet and cold the weather was.

”So? What're your requests? You have three for today,” Alex asked as he leaned on his chair. He had already finished his breakfast, eating so little as always.

”Uhm… Alex, why do you eat so little?”

”Don't mind the silly things, little fruit, and tell me your request while I'm being good.”

Abi pursed her lips because the man was being serious again. She gazed at him deeply and she thought she felt a sense of heaviness surrounding him but in the next second, that feeling was gone. She looked at him again and this time, he looked like his normal self. Abi sighed in relief and in then the next moment, she opened her mouth.

”Feed me, Alex. Ah ~”

Alex's lips parted. ”This is your first request?”

She nodded and he twitched. But he still moved and began to feed her. Although his actions seemed forced, it didn't seem to annoy him.

Abi was smiling at him as she chewed her food. ”Mmm… so yummy,” she uttered before she opened her mouth again.

”You should have some, too. Here…” She soon took a spoonful of food and tried to feed it to him but the man refused.

”I'm already full, Abigail.”