232-Everything Is Fine

Carena:

I held Sawyer by the hand and led him to the bed myself. I know I had promised I wouldn't sleep with him, but my thoughts have changed now.

Previously, I thought he was this cold-hearted beast who enjoyed watching people endure pain and that he was killing innocent people for the sake of mortality. But the reality turned out to be far darker than I had imagined.

“Hush! I am with you,” I said to him, caressing his cheek and lying on top of him.

He seemed like such a lost puppy lying under me. I had my arms folded over his chest, my chin resting on the back of my hands as I watched him stare at the ceiling.

“Why didn't you come to me all these days?” I wondered why he didn’t stubbornly show up like he usually does.

“I knew you were getting angry seeing me. I knew you wouldn't want to see my face since it was fear of me that made you run upstairs like that. So I was avoiding annoying you and hurting you with my presence. In fact, I even thought about--,” he suddenly stopped, but