“Why did you bring him here?” Peter says to Cheyenne while walking up the stairs with her from the basement where they live. “He was all bruised up Peter, you should have seen him he reminded me of myself when you first found me on the streets.” She chuckles and opens the door and walks in the main area and walks towards Daniel. He slowly looks up at her and keeps on staring at her getting a little worried of what is happening. “Do you want more dinner? Or should I show you a room to sleep in?” She slowly sits by him and smiles his way. “Why do you want to keep me here? Why do I feel like you will do something wrong to me?” Daniel asks staring at her. Cheyenne bursts out into laughter and slaps her own thigh and keeps on laughing.
“You remind of myself, don’t worry I won’t hurt you.” She smiles at him and pats his head. He keeps on staring at him and slowly looks away from her, she keeps on staring at him and slowly her eyes fall on his neck that has a wound on it. “I will get you some medicine.” She slowly gets up from the couch and walks away. Daniel watches her go and feels someone’s gaze on him; he looks at the direction and sees both Peter and Antony watching him really closely. Daniel looks away and keeps looking around silently feeling very awkward. “I don’t trust this guy.” Peter whispers to Antony. Antony who was busy shoving his mouth with food looks at him knitting his eyebrows. “Why is that? Are you jealous of him?” Antony mumbles and starts laughing on his own seeing how irritated Peter looks right now. Cheyenne walks back to Daniel and take a cotton pad and puts a liquid disinfectant. As she goes to touch Daniel’s neck with it he moves back and stands up quickly. Cheyenne laughs at his reaction and slowly stands up and starts walking closer to him. He slowly walks back away from her while keeping his eyes on hers, she keeps on walking closer to him with a mischievous smile playing on her lips.“Stay back.” Daniel says and bumps onto a wall and stares at her scared as she approaches him and slowly leans towards him and gets on her top toes. She is quiet short in compared to Daniel so she had to stay on her tiptoes in order to reach his neck. He stares at her and gulps getting really nervous and slowly squeezes his eyes shut when she leans further and slowly press the cotton pad against his wound. A hiss comes out of his mouth feeling the wound burn a little due to the medicine; Cheyenne slowly removes the cotton pad and blows on his skin making a chill run down his spine. Daniel slowly opens his eyes and locks eyes with her, there a glint of mischievousness in her eyes while makes his stomach do a somersault.“Dude I can practically smell you burning.” Antony elbows Peter who is glaring at both of them after watching the little show they put up. Daniel clears his throat and slowly looks away from her while still holding onto the wall. Cheyenne hands him the bottle of disinfectant and the packet of cotton pad and takes a step back from him. He looks down at his hand and finally looks at her, she smirks at him gives him a small wink before walking away towards both the guys who are still staring at them.When she steps out of the washroom after cleaning up, she sees Zen sitting on the bed with his head hanging low. She doesn’t say anything to him just walks past him to go in front of the dresser while wiping her hair with a towel. Zen slowly looks at her and watches her silently; she takes off the bathroom and drops it on the floor exposing her bare back to him. He keeps on gawking at her and sees all the marks on her skin that are scattered here and there. “Did they hit you a lot?” He asks in an inaudible tone. Isabelle doesn't reply to him, she takes out one of his t-shirts and puts it on and walks to the bed. Zen grabs her hand before she could lay on the bed and pulls her on his lap. She doesn’t fight him neither does she look at him, she just blankly keeps on staring ahead silently.
“You know I can’t stay without you right? Then why do you keep on taunting me for being clingy to you? You know you’re the only I have.” He looks up at her and slowly holds her chin to make her look at him. She slowly looks at him and stares at him silently, recalling all the times Zen used to defend her from getting physically abused and it’s such a shame that now he is the one abusing her. “Zen I was joking around with you, I didn’t know I wasn’t allowed to do that with you anymore. I get it you don’t have anyone apart from me I don’t have anyone apart from you and Tim either. It’s a shame that you were the one that used to defend me from getting abused and now you turned into someone who is abusing me.” She slowly releases herself from him and gets on the bed and lays down on her side. Zen doesn't say anything and keeps on sitting on the bed. Isabelle gets under the blanket and curls up with the side pillow and lets out her silent tears. Zen slowly gets off the bed and walks out of the room smiling recalling that she said he was the only one she had as well. There was a deep pleasure inside him realizing that she is helpless and he has her all to himself. "I will never let you leave me." He chuckles to himself.The basement is very dimly lit; Daniel keeps on looking at the closed doors to make up what they hold behind them. A part of him is very paranoid and can’t believe that a complete stranger is helping him for no apparent reason. It’s quite unbelievable for him to wrap his head around the fact that someone won’t be asking for something in return from him, all his life he has been used; even his own mother used him for her own advantage. “This is the only spare room we have, it’s quite small but I know you will manage.” Cheyenne splashing him a small and pushes a small door by the kitchen. Daniel slowly walks in and looks around the empty room. It has nothing; no even a bed. &
Daniel stares at the morning sun from inside the cafe, he closes his eyes and soaks in the sunlight that is falling on him through the glass wall by which he has been sitting on for quite some time now. Cheyenne is busy cleaning up the cafe with the other staffs as it is almost time to open up the cafe, she brought him along with her as she didn’t want him to feel alone. When she was getting ready Daniel had already woken up and was sneaking around the house; most probably so that he doesn’t make any sound and wake up the others. “Hey Daniel, what would you like to have for breakfast? We have nice pancakes you want some?” She asks after sta
“So what’s his deal?” Antony asks Cheyenne while helping her clean the dishes. Dinner time dishes are Cheyenne’s to do but Antony is helping her as she is tired after the long shift. “He was stuck in a mental asylum and he isn’t from here either he is a New Yorker.” She tells him while washing up the last plate. “How did he end up here in Chicago?” He wipes the plate and puts it on the rack. “I don’t know I didn’t want to make him uncomfortable with all the questioning but I know that he is madly in love with a girl and he wants to go to her.” She sighs while wiping her hand on the kitchen apron she is wearing. “Then why doesn’t he go to them? And he kind of creeps me out with his intense gaze, he doesn’t even talk much.” He walks to the fridge and takes ou
“Tell me about her tell us what happened to you.” Cheyenne makes Daniel sit on the couch beside her after bringing him down from the tattoo shop. “I don’t want to talk about the past.” Daniel stares at his lap silently. She slowly holds his chin and makes him look at her, his dried down tear stains are visible on his cheeks, his nose is a shade of crimson red due to him rubbing it constantly. A soft smile appears on her face while she wipes the residue of tears from his eyes. “Okay, fine we won’t talk about her but I think it will be wonderful if you started working in my cafe with me. What say? Won’t it be nice?” She asks him. Daniel slowly smiles at her and nods his h
It is a nice summer night, warm breeze blowing inside the cottage Isabelle and Zen are leaving in. She loves it, every moment of it. She is sitting by the open balcony and staring at the ocean while sipping on a cup of coffee. Tim is fast asleep in his room and Zen has gone out to do some business meetings. Even on vacation he has to work, Isabelle sighs and stares at the abundance of water in front of her. Her mind subconsciously slips to the memories of the past. A smile comes up on her face recalling moments she spent with Daniel planning a vacation just like this.She slowly puts down the coffee cup from her hand on the nicely polished wooden porch and starts w
“I’m sorry I don’t I... I’m sorry Zen.” She whispers looking down at her lap. “You are mine you hear me?! Just mine!” He gets in front of her and holds her face in his large hand and squeezes her
Isabelle gets on her elbows and stares at him while trying to catch her breath. He takes off his clothes and throws them on the floor and gets on the bed and stares down at her. It’s like her body is his temple and he wants to worship it forever. Her touch, her affection and mostly her tears give him a euphoric rush that he doesn’t get anywhere else. A part of him that is still sane knows how unhealthy his desires are, the things he gets pleasure out of are so vile and filthy that sometimes his own subconscious gets disgusted by him.“You don’t know what you do to me Belle, when his name falls out of your pretty lips it makes me so mad. It turns me into a monster, just hearing his name drives me crazy Isabelle. Then why do you keep doing it babygirl?” He slowly gets on top of her and cages her torso in between his muscular thighs. She stares at him, fear settling in her heart realizing how dark his aura got. A part of her knows the behavior Zen p
Cheyenne took Daniel to the nearby hospital with her where Peter took Anthony to. At first glance Peter was not having it; he controlled himself from losing his temper as they were in a hospital. She calmed Peter down and took Daniel to the waiting room with her.Now they are both sitting in the waiting room, side by side to each other. Daniel stares at the empty hallways of the hospital and starts dazing off into abyss. Cheyenne on the other hand, is very embarrassed of what she had done. “Hey um I hope I didn’t make things awkward between us.” She says to break the silence that was inching its way up to her mind causing her to replay the scene of them kissing in her head over and over again. “No, no no I... um it’s okay.” Daniel snaps out of his daze and looks at her and gives her a smile, after seeing how uncomfortable she looks.Cheyenne feels embarrassed and looks down at her lap and fidgets with her fingers. He sl