I don't own anything from Darkest powers only my characters and the plot

A/N sorry it took me so long to update and I have no excuse. This is short but I hope you enjoy. Just Tye and Nike action here. I will update this story I haven't given up on it but with my other stories and sixth form I won't be updating regularly but there might be another this week.

Chapter 13

Nike

"YOU IDIOT WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!" I scream at Tye. I had been trying to clean him up for twenty minutes now but all he had done is act like a complete idiot. Saying it was fine but people who were fine didn't wince in pain every time they moved. I had finally worn him down and he had been lying.

"Cause I knew you would shout like this" Tye grumbles.

"What were you thinking? There is a bullet lodged in your shoulder! Were you just going to wait for it to make its own way out?"

"No I was going to get it out"

"How? You couldn't reach" The idiot.

"Why do you care so much?" Tye suddenly asks. I look to him sat in a dusty chair by an empty fire his arm drenched in blood his dark eyes glittering. Why did I?

"Because right now you're on my side and much better to me alive than dead"

"Huh" I roll my eyes and while he looked over my shoulder deep in thought I pounce digging the tweezers into his wound.

"Fu-"

"Language" I scold gently making sure my actions were are painless as possible. Not an easy task as I knew from experience this hurt like hell. The tweezers scrape the bullet.

"About before" Tye starts his tone like nothing I heard before.

"Which before?" I ask making sure I had the bullet.

"The time I told you I didn't trust you" Oh that before.

"Yeah" I pull out the bullet making a horrible fleshy sound as it slides out. Tye hisses then holds out his palm. I drop the bullet into it.

"Shit" He looks to it holds it up to the light. "Real silver" He scoffs "I thought these guys were scientist shouldn't they know silver don't affect me"

"Still a bullet can still kill you" I hear myself say. The thought of him dying had a strange effect on me it made me feel empty. What he did tonight was- well it was brave and stupid but I would never forget it. Especially one sentence that had more effect on me than it should have. My mate. That's what Tye had said, mate. Now he probably only said it to scare that creep more but well it made me feel warm and whole. Like I belonged.

"yeah luckily their aim was off" Tye drops the bullet to the table as I pick up a cloth ready to clean him up and bandage him.

"Anyway you were saying"

"Yeah well I just want to say that I do now" Ok this was a moment I would never forget.

"Good" I say not sure what else to say and what I would say if I didn't keep my mouth closed. I wanted to smile as warmth flooded my body.

"And that you did real good tonight"

"You too. You dealed with those creeps well"

"They disgusted me" Tye snarls "What they were saying what they did. They were going to hurt y-" Tye cuts off suddenly leaving me hanging. What was he going to say, my teenage girl heart couldn't cope if he stopped now. I wait for him to continue but he doesn't. I pull harder wrapping the bandage a bit tighter than necessary.

"Don't become a nurse in the future"

"Sorry did I hurt you?" I coo. Tye just rolls his eyes.

"So what's the plan?" You finish that god damn sentence I want to scream but instead I force myself to shrug.

"Dunno over to Andrew now but they'll be coming after us now. Especially now they know I'm helping you"

"Nike?" I look up to Tye once I finish securing the bandage meeting his eyes. They seemed to see right through me clichéd but so true.

"Yeah?" I keep my tone business like.

"What's up?"

"Nothing" I take a step away. Except that you won't finish that sentence, and I just figured out that I pretty much have a huge crush on you so much that it really isn't a crush, but that I love you but you will never love me because I worked for the Edison group and you hate them more than anyone. I stop in my tracks did I just admit to myself that I love him? Oh God.

"What the hell have I said now? I say I trust you and you give me the cold shoulder! You never do that you come back at me with something! Nike shout at me!" Tye says his voice slightly panicked.

"Nothing, you've said nothing" I decide it was best to get out before I started to have an emotional breakdown in front of him and tell him everything. I couldn't tell him I loved him. He'd avoid me like the plague and I couldn't cope if that happened.

"Nike" Tye grabs my arm and I swirl to glare at him.

"What? I'm tiered" I snap.

"Just tell me what's up"

"No"

"Yes"
"No"

"Ah crap" Then he was pulling me towards him and he kissed me. It was hard to begin with his lips seeming surprised to suddenly be on mine but then he relaxed pulling and holding me softer to him his lips suddenly tender. I melted. That's the only way I could describe it as I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. We pull apart way too soon for my liking but I was gasping when we did.

"Yes" Tye whispers against my lips.

"Feeling good" I smile "Real good"