Chapter 6

"Does it still hurt?" Tristan asked as he examined Raven's face, He was picking her up from the infirmary as she was urged by the nurse to stay there until the classes were over and so she had to sit and wait for Tristan to arrive

"No, I'm fine now... Your parents?" Raven asked and Tristan gave her a look before sighing

"They already went home... Can you walk? We need to get home now as well" Tristan says and Raven nods her head, she tries to stand only to end up wobbling and almost falling over but luckily Tristan was quick to catch her

"Come, I'll carry you to the car" Tristan offered and Raven's eyes widened in shock, she immediately shakes her head and repeats saying 'no'

"Just let me carry you already! It'll be a pain to have you walk all the way to my car like this" Tristan huffed, clearly annoyed already and Raven had no other choice... It's not like she could walk on her own right now, it felt like her leg fell asleep so she couldn't do much about it

Tristan holds her hand before holstering her up into his arms, carrying her like a princess before thanking the nurse who watched them get out of the infirmary. The nurse wasn't the only one that stared as they made their way to the parking lot where most of the other students are and Raven couldn't help but feel embarrassed, her face reddening as she holds onto Tristan more securely and trying to hide her face

"Oh? Bye Tristan! Bye Raven!" Hailey who saw them from a distance waved and Raven looked up to see her, she waves back but her eyes travelled next to Hailey where Gavin stood, smirking like a fool and Raven had to put her head back down

"Stop with your stupid grin Gavin I'll put tape over that mouth of yours" Tristan said and Gavin shrugged, acting as if he wasn't teasing the two for actually looking like a couple

Once they've gotten to the car Tristan opens the passenger seat and gently settles Raven down, he closes the door and jogs to the other side to get into the driver's seat but before he closes the door he flips off Gavin who was again smirking at him, Gavin laughs upon seeing his best friend's annoyance and finally Tristan closes the car door before turning back to Raven

"What?" Raven asks and Tristan sighs in disbelief, reaching over to her side

Raven's breath hitches at the close proximity, she closes her eyes but then she hears something sliding and then a click, she opens her eyes again to see that the seatbelt has been buckled over her securely

"Seatbelt is a must" Tristan says and Raven blinks before nodding at him, Tristan finds her behavior odd but brushes it off as he starts the car and drives off

_____

"My goodness! What happened to you?" Jamie asked as she greeted the two from the door, extremely shocked and worried as she opened the door to Tristan carrying Raven, the girl just smiles awkwardly and Jamie immediately looks at Tristan who immediately furrowed his eyebrows

"What? I didn't do this, I'm not someone who would hurt a girl, let alone the girl who works for me" Tristan argues before Jamie could even speak and she immediately turns her gaze back to Raven

"I'll get you an ice pack" Jamie says and heads straight to the kitchen while Tristan entered, going straight to Raven's room and setting her down onto the bed

"Now you've got a bruise on your face... Tsk..." Tristan grumbles as he steps away from the girl, Raven couldn't quite hear what he said so she assumed he was probably mad about carrying her back like this despite being his contractual maid

"Here's the ice pack, I'll leave this to you two since I'm helping cook dinner" Jamie says as she enters the room and hands the Ice pack to Tristan, she leaves immediately and Tristan looks at Raven before planting the ice pack on her bruise

Raven winces at the coldness and Tristan immediately pulls his hand away, worried that he might've hurt her

"Are you okay? Did I hurt you?" Tristan asked and Raven immediately shakes her head

"No no! It's just... Cold" Raven replies and Tristan sighs

"Of course it's cold, it's called an Ice pack, what did you expect?" Tristan asked and Raven wanted to roll her eyes but held back as he gently pats the ice pack back onto her bruise

"You don't have to worry about Stacy... Our school is an elite school, there's a day of actually school day per week... If you do encounter her next week or she approaches you, either scream as loud as you can or find either Hailey, Gavin or Me" Tristan says and Raven looks up at him, he didn't seem to be paying attention to her... Well he was but his gaze was fixed on the ice pack that covered the bruise mark

"Only a day?" Raven asks and Tristan nods

"It's because everyone there is an heir to a company, whether overseas or here... They've got better things to do with their time than sitting around in class all day. That's for normal, mid to low class people and besides most of us have already graduated from different colleges, we just go there for connections" Tristan explains and their eyes finally meet

Tristan pauses and Raven just stares, suddenly Tristan moves closer and his head leaned forward. Raven closed her eyes and Tristan leaned closer and closer—

"Mr. Yoo! Dinner is ready!"

The two froze on the spot and Raven's eyes shot wide open, Tristan immediately backs away and clears his throat and drops the ice pack on Raven's lap

"Can you walk now?" Tristan asks, trying to clear the weird air that they've created between them

"Y-yeah... I think so... I'll be fine... You can head out now, I'll... Eat dinner later" Raven replies, awkwardly fixing herself on the bed and holding the ice pack back to her face

Tristan immediately nods and walks away, he leaves the room and closes the door as Raven plops down to lay down on her bed, breathing heavily... Confused as to what had just transpired

"Was he... About to kiss— No! No... Right, there's no way" Raven convinces herself, nodding at her own words but she can't shake off the loud beating against her chest and warmth that had spread across her face

_____

"Good, the bruise has gotten better" Jamie points out as Raven finally came out of her room to eat

"Really? That's good then... Uhm... Has... Has he finished?" Raven asks warily and Jamie nods

"Yeah, he's already gone back to his room... Why do you look suspicious?" Jamie asks as Raven sighed in relief upon hearing that Tristan had already gone to his room

"Nothing! You're probably just overthinking it! I just asked because he might've gotten tired carrying me like that, I'm not exactly a light weight" Raven replies and Jamie nods slowly before helping Raven to the table, she sits beside her and they ate quietly... Jamie kept looking over at Raven who of course noticed her watchful eyes but ignores it, hoping the head maid wouldn't inquire why she looked so antsy

She was still caught up with the moment that had happened inside her room and she would rather wash and clean everything than admit that she was definitely waiting for something to happen once she closed her eyes. ABSOLUTELY NOT

"Hey"

Raven's eyes widened and her head immediately turns to the door where Tristan was standing, he looked like he was ready to hit the hay and go to dreamland yet here he was leaning against the door with an expressionless face

"Y-yes?" Raven asked and Tristan looked at her

"Get ready tomorrow, we're going out" Tristan replied and Raven blinks

"Going out? Where?" Raven asked

"You'll find out tomorrow... Miss Park my room hasn't been prepped" Tristan says and turns to Jamie who immediately stood up

"Oh, well that's because you went straight to your room and locked it, I was going to clean it after dinner but you were in a hurry" Jamie replied and Tristan shrugged before going back up the stairs and into his room

"Go ahead and finish your dinner and head straight to bed, you heard him... You're going out tomorrow so you need to be ready" Jamie says and pats Raven's shoulder before following Tristan up, Raven slumps into her chair and eats a spoonful of her food, wondering where on earth would they be going