A Dream… Or Not?
Rain pelted down on the city streets of Edge, accompanied by roaring winds and occasional thunders. Looking out the window on the second floor of Seventh Heaven Samantha sighed.
The storm had been raging on since last night and now the streets were flooded to the point it was almost impossible for anyone to leave their home. Sam idly played with the leaves of a lily and sighed again. What was a girl supposed to do when she can't even go out?
"You're going to kill that poor flower if you keep doing that."
Sam jumped from her seat on the bed and pulled a leave off in the process. She turned around and frowned at the sight of the intruder. "Does the idea of knocking on the door never occur to you?"
"Hmph. Why bother to when this is my room as well," Chaos said. The demon strode to his bed and sat on it, all the while giving her the look that dared her to say something.
Sam promptly flop down on her bed and got under its covers. Ignore him, ignore him. She kept on repeating those words in her mind like some kind of mantra. "Why are you even here?" Sam murmured.
"Am I not even allowed to be in my room?"
"Not if you're just going to annoy me."
Chaos scoffed at that and said, "You think too highly of yourself. There's no point in annoying someone like you to begin with." Sam threw her covers aside and glared at the smirking demon. His eyes shone in amusement as he said, "Finally the angsty brat comes out from her hiding."
All colors were drained from her face when Sam looks back at Chaos. "You… you're a sadist aren't you…" she said. The room went silent at that as both demon and girl remained in their places until the door opened. Shelke stopped halfway when she saw the two occupants in the room.
"Am I intruding on the both of you?" the ex-Tsviet said. Sam immediately snapped out of her reverie and hurriedly stammers a reply, "No! Not at all! It's not what you think it is! We were just having a conversation, right Chaos?"
Said demon didn't reply when Sam turned to look at him. Instead he mumbled something under his breath and left the room without a second glance. Shelke moved out of his way and looks at the demon confusingly then back into the room where Sam was still sitting on her bed looking as confused as she was.
Chaos stood outside on the open rooftop, absently staring at the distant stars that littered the night sky. The rain had finally come to a halt after pelting down endlessly for so long and now the sky was cloudless. The demon was lost in his own thought so deeply that he didn't hear the door opening and the footsteps that followed after that.
"I thought I'd find you here, Chaos," a soft voice called out. Chaos snaps around in surprise and saw Sam standing somewhat close behind him. Startled, the girl took a step back and nearly slipped on the wet floors. Chaos caught her in time before she fell and held her close to him. Sam was knocked out of breath when the demon held her tightly for a moment.
"Um… I can't breathe Chaos," Sam hesitantly said as she tried to push him back.
"You're cold. Why aren't you wearing your sweater?" Chaos said as he held her tighter when she resisted. He rested his head on her brown hair then and mumbled something. Sam couldn't make out a word but it sounded vaguely like an apology to her.
Not sure what to do, Sam remained still in the demon's embrace. She could feel his chest rising steadily under her hands which she placed in front of her face. The warmth from Chaos was welcoming in the freezing night air and as wrong as it sounds Sam couldn't help but wish for this to never end.
Chaos relaxed in his grip and Sam took the opportunity to step back a little. She looked up at the demon, her face flushed red upon realizing how close his face was to hers. Their noses were just mere centimeters away and Sam could literally feel the warmth from Chaos's breathing…
Sam woke up the next morning having no recollection of returning to her own bed. She was still wearing what she had worn last night when she went out to the roof looking for Chaos… The girl looked at the bed beside hers. It was empty; the cover folded neatly as if it was never occupied.
Momentary images flashes in her mind as she think back about last night on the rooftop. What was that all about? Had Chaos really held her that way? It was all so unreal yet real at the same time Sam couldn't think straight. Sam's cheek felt warm and she realized she was blushing when the last bit of last night's memory surfaced.
The girl shook the thought away immediately and changed out of her clothes, quickly going downstairs to wash up for breakfast. Just as she entered the bar Chaos entered the place as well from the front door looking like usual. Sam's mind went blank upon seeing him that for a moment she froze on her spot and stared.
Chaos looks back at her when he noticed her presence. "What? You look as if you've seen a ghost." He looked at her quizzically when she didn't respond. "Gaia to Sam, are you here?"
Sam stammers something but it was too soft and jumbled up even for Chaos's keen hearings. The girl cleared her throat and took a deep breath to calm down. Then she began again, "Last night up at the rooftop… what happened?"
"What do you mean? Don't you remember anything?" Chaos said. Sam flushed red again when the images of last night's event surfaced for the second time. "You slipped and fell on the roof when you came up looking for me, losing consciousness in the process."
Huh? Sam blinked her eyes once. Twice. What did he say? "I did?" she said a little dumbfounded.
"Yes, you did. And I had to carry you back to the room too," he replied and then adding, "You really need to watch what you eat." Chaos rolled a shoulder as if to gesture what he had meant.
"I am not heavy!" Sam cried in protest. Was what she had remembered all a dream then? But it was so real, especially the last part! As Sam continues to debate with herself on the subject Chaos smirked to himself.
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