Chapter Seven Luv and Buhler
Author Advise: Listen to "Breathe In" by Frou Frou.
I woke up, sleep clouding my eyes while I rose up from the bed, but something was stopping me, a weight on my chest.
Looking down, I found the lad sleeping peacefully, his face being a picture of halcyon, his features reflecting his childhood.
Smiling, I stroked his arm with my fingertips, with the same fingers and hand that massaged him last night. His locks of dark mystery brushed against my skin, rough from years of work.
"Mmm, dad?" he moaned, brushing the sleep from his eyes as he woke up.
"Yeah luv." I said, then covering my mouth in horror when I realized what I just said. Oh my god, I hope he didn't hear what I said.
"Luv? Haha, that's a silly nickname! But I like it, I'll use it from now on Buhler." Artemis responded, giggling at his old nickname for me.
A warm kiss of a smile touched my face as I remembered the past, days always filled to the brim with hope.
"Yeah, lets not use that one in public though." I suggested, and he nodded in agreement.
"Quite right Butler, quite right. Now, who's first for the shower?"
"I think I'm going to use the one in my bathroom."
"Oh yeah, silly me. Go ahead, I'll catch up with you at breakfast."
"Okay, and Artemis?"
"Yes?"
"Did you have any nightmares last night?" I asked him, becoming more serious with him.
"No, you scared them all off." he said, joking around. "But I did have a dream."
"Oh, okay then, what was it?."
"It was about you." he stated, pondering a bit more, his brows slightly inclined.
"And what about earlier when I woke up first last night. Why were you so heated and flushed?" he said, changing the subject.
"Oh, I was just . . . thinking. I guess I was also frightened."
"Frightened? Frightened of what?"
"Of something. Look, lets get ready, okay?" I suggested, trying to change the subject. Luckily Artemis detected his companions' uneasiness, and left the subject alone.