Walking back into the apartment, I found J asleep on the couch. And in his arms was Blizzard, the two of them we're actually cuddling!

I had to hold back an "Aww" as I went into the kitchen to put the groceries away.

But the sound of things being moved around woke both of them up anways.

"Hi guys,I got the sushi you wanted" I said proudly.

Getting up from the couch, J walked into the kitchen and huggee me from behind. It happened so suddenly that I tensed up a bit.

"Wow babe you even got the right flavor too.

"Yeah..uh.. lucky guess. Anways let's eat."

I said trying my best to hide my burning red cheeks.

Once we were settled at the table we both began eating our Dragon rolls.

"You know I normally don't eat sushi but at least now I know what your favorite food is" I said with a smile.

"Yeah its alright, so Scarlett about the other night, how did you know what kind of bullet that was?" he asked.

I sighed and ate another piece of dragon roll.

"You see, growing up my dad served in the army for many years. Once he got injured on a mission and my mother and I had to go see him at the hospital. The doctors infromed us that it was a 44 magnum that nearly killed him. They were able to remove the bullet and save his life."

He looked at me in Awe, "So Daddy was a war hero huh? Did little Scarlett get to travel the world thanks to Daddy's benefits?"

I gave him a sad look and turned my face away from him.

"Not exactly, being a military kid isn't all it's cracked up to be. My dad constantly suffered from PTSD and me and my mom would lay in bed crying and holding each other as we listened to his outbursts.Over time things did seem to get better and we were once the loving family I once knew. But when i was 14 my mom was killed in a car accident. Dad and I tried to get by but with his nightmares and mom's death he just couldn't take it, let alone take care of me. One day I woke up and he was gone and I thought I'd never see him again. But about a month ago I caught him in a restaurant with another woman. The two of them were kissing and holding hands. It was as if he started a new life and forgot he ever had one with me."

With every word I said, I could feel myself on the brink of tears. But I chocked them back, I couldn't bring myself to cry in front of him.

"... I'm to hear that Scarlett. You don't deserve that...Look doll if it makes you feel any better..my dad was an asshole to me my whole life. He is particularly the reason im so fucked up today...guess we have that in common huh?"

I turned around to face him again and gave him a small nod.

"You know doll, you look super exhausted. Why don't you go lay down?"

I shrugged but walked with him into my bedroom anyways.

He even helped me into bed and covered me.

He almost got up to leave but I quickly grabbed his hand.

"... Don't leave me."

"Sure doll anything you want" he said as he layed on the other side of me and wrapped an arm around me.

Who knew I could feel so strongly for a complete stranger?

Without thinking I snuggled closer to him and layed my head on his chest. And from what I could hear, his heart was pounding.