✮⋆˙ Multitasking?

୨ 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗬 ৎ

𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛

"DANIELLE?" A loud booming voice cut into my sleep, pulling me from my slumber. Instinctively, I twisted to pull my duvet over my head, enveloping myself in darkness

Unfortunately the voice didn't get the message "DANIELLE?!" It called again and I recognised the voice as Seamus

"Fuck off" I groggily murmured, burying my head into the pillow to try drown him out but needless to say, it obviously didn't work

A gentle tug of my duvet pulled it away from me, allowing the sunlight to pierce through my closed lids. Like being stabbed, I slowly peeled them open only to pause

Wait a minute?

My head whipped to the side as the night before flooded back in. Kieran sat there, hair messy and strands sticking up in all directions, usually I would pause to take him in, stare shamelessly at his bare chest, let my eyes trace his beautiful tattoos. But I didn't even pay attention to all that. Not with him nearby

At some point in the night Kieran must of creeped in here with me, guilt churned in my gut with the thought of him sleeping on the comfortable tile

I had tried so hard to just sleep in that bed with him but I just.. couldn't. The sheets were scratchy and the duvet wrapped around me like a noose. I allowed Kieran to hold me there for all of two hours before I physically couldn't take it anymore

Flashes of memorises of all the disgusting things Seamus did to me on that bed wouldn't stop replaying in my mind and it was almost like I was there again, I could feel his bruising touch and smell his suffocating scent

With that familiar sick feeling in my mouth, I quickly wriggled my way out of the bed and made myself comfortable in the makeshift one in my bath

"DANIELLE! YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE HURRY UP" Seamus bellowed, the sound of his had me immediately jumping up

Ignoring Kieran for the time being, I yanked my jumper off the floor and tugged it on "Shit, shit, shit" I muttered, eyes scanning the room before they inevitably landed on Kieran

Dead, I was completely dead

Seamus would blow a fuse if he found out that Kieran was here. Fear clawed at me just at the thought, he would get angry at me for just missing training but this. Letting a boy stay over, fuck knows what he would do. What would happen to me

Seamus in his eyes views me as his, his belonging. And Seamus does not like to share

"Stay here and be quiet" I ordered Kieran who was wide eyed but nodded nonetheless. I didn't wait for a response before I quickly hopped over him and hurried out of my bathroom

Seamus stormed in just as I closed the door, his eyes narrowed on my figure, taking in the lack of school clothes and makeup on my face "Why aren't you ready?" He questioned

"I just woke up" I said truthfully, stepping away from the door. Nerves ran through every inch of my body, and it took everything in me not to dart back to the bathroom and lock me and Kieran inside

His eyes narrowed skeptically, flickering between me and the bathroom door before finally landing on me when I sat down at my dresser, beginning to brush through the strands "Your gymnastics coach isn't impressed Danielle"

Looking at him in the mirror, a crease formed between my brows "What do you mean?" I asked, praying that it wasn't anything bad

"You've missed the last two practices" Seamus explained, settling a scrutinising look on my back

Fuck

I nodded, brushing through a unusually knotty strand of hair "Yes, but it was so I could get extra practice in for my program" I said, a half lie. One of the days I did, the other I was too busy at Macdonalds with Kieran to even remember that I had gymnastics

I watched as the argument formed in his mind, the cogs turning to deliver a counter point. Two seconds later, just as I expected, he spoke "You have to learn how to multitask, both sports are important and you shouldn't prioritise one over the other"

"But only one I have the shot at going to olympics with" I snapped before I could even think twice about it, my brain momentarily forgetting that I couldn't be reckless right now. Not with Kieran a few feet away, no doubt listening in

His jaw clenched and I wished I hadn't said anything at all "You could go to the olympics with your gymnastics as well if you multitasked" Seamus countered, then a moment later "I'm expecting results Danielle, first or nothing"

"I know" I muttered, spine stiffening like the weight of the pressure was being physically added onto my shoulders

Seamus nodded, a clinical nod that i've recognised was his way of changing the subject "How long are staying at Shane's for?" He then asked

"I don't know" I answered truthfully. I had arranged to stay at my brothers for a week but in honesty it might be shorter or longer depending on my mood

He muttered something intelligible under his breath, before turning to leave "Make sure you're not late" Seamus said, closing my door harder than necessary

Relief flooded me at his exit, my body relaxed and I let my head drop into my hands, hair falling around me like a curtain. It was exhausting to be in his presence, especially when we're civil as trying to mantain an impassive demeanour drains me

I didn't move from where I was sitting, even when I heard the familiar sound of my bathroom door opening

"Is he always such a dick?" Kieran grumbled, making his way over to me with a scowl fixed on the door

You don't even know the half of it

But I couldn't say that, not without raising questions. So I settled with just a dejected nod

The rest of the morning I got ready in silence, I didn't talk to Kieran at all even though I could tell he had a fuck ton of questions to ask me that I didn't currently possess mental capacity to answer. He knew that too, that's why he didn't say anything

Half an hour later, I was on Kieran's bed with Monty sleeping beside me. I have very, very slowly learnt to trust this dog. He was small and I guess kind of cute

I wouldn't ever go so far as to randomly stroke him but Kieran says that it's progress that I don't go all wide eyed and scared whenever he's near

"You didn't tell me you were staying at Shane's" Kieran said as he buttoned up his school shirt

I shrugged, and hopped up off his bed to do a quick hair check in his mirror "Oh, yeah. Sorry, I just forgot"

"So you can't stay over then" Kieran commented, and I hinted disappointment in his tone

So much so that I turned around, smiling up at him as I wrapped my arms around his neck. My lips brushed against his, teasing and tormenting. Just as he was going to press his own onto mine, I pulled back slightly "Don't miss me too much, Kie" I chuckled, sliding my hands into his hair and pulling his lips down to me