Prisoner- Chapter 51

"Fang?" I called loud enough for only him to hear.

He looked over his shoulder at me.

I walked over to him as he turned to face me. When I reached him I put my arms around him. He seemed stunned for a moment then wrapped his arms around me as I let all the tears I'd held in fall.

I hated my weakness, but I needed to release my emotions before I exploded from all the tension mounting in my body.

Fang was my comfort… again.

"I'm sorry." I said letting go of him and wiping my tears from my cheeks.

"Don't be." He said keeping his eyes on me.

I swallowed hard then looked up at him.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah." I nodded with a faint smile.

He gave me one of those small smiles before sitting in front of the fire.

I stood debating what to do. I wasn't that tired, but second watch was mine and I probably shouldn't stay up all night.

I glanced at Fang sitting silently with his back to me.

I wasn't going to sleep, instead I walked over to sit next to Fang.

He gave me a side wards glance then looked back at the fire.

I smiled and tried to hide it from him by looking over my shoulder at the four younger flock members sleeping behind us.

"That was a close one." I said finally ridding my face of the smile.

"Yeah." He muttered.

I looked over at him and noticed the familiar twitch in his jaw and tightness around his eyes. His face contorted that way when he was mad or stressed. In this case, it meant he was stressed.

"About before… I…"

"Don't worry about it, Max." He said looking over at me.

"I was going to apologize." I explained brushing a strand of hair behind my ear. I really needed to find a hair tie or rubber band or something.

"For being yourself?" He asked raising one of his dark eyebrows.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked looking at him quizzically.

"You're stubborn, Max, it's nothing new." He said shaking his head and looking back at the fire.

I kept my eyes on him and for a second I was sure my mouth was agape.

"I was just doing what was…"

"…best for the flock." He finished.

"Yes." I said blinking in confusion at how he was acting.

"You getting hurt or even killed isn't what is best for the flock." He said in a hard tone.

I stayed silent, not knowing how to respond.

I felt myself shiver and crossed my arms to keep as much warmth to me as possible.

"You okay?" Fang asked looking over at me.

"Yeah, just a little cold." I explained looking down at my hands.

Fang wrapped an arm around my shoulders, brushing his fingers lightly across the material of my sweater masking my arm from his touch.

I leant into him, resting my head on his shoulder and let out a breath.

I felt Fang's arm tighten around my shoulders before he leant his head down next to my ear. He brushed my hair away from my face to sit behind my ear.

"You should get some sleep." He whispered making me shiver feeling his warm breath on my ear.

"Hm…" I said closing my eyes for a few seconds then looking up at Fang. "Goodnight Fang."

"Goodnight." He said placing a kiss on my forehead.

I stood and gave him one last smile before I walked over to the sleeping group of four behind him and got some sleep of my own.

Things were definitely changing between Fang and I... for the better I hoped.

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