Chapter 20

You stare at Caine in shock. His eyes scanned you from head to toe, never leaving. Neither one of you dared to make a noise. Afraid the other may disappear. You hold your breath and just stare. The tension was palpable.

Moments go by before you began to cry.

It started out as a steady stream until a hiccup escaped your form.

You begin sobbing. Through gasps you mumble out,

"Caine?"

Caine instinctively floated closer to you as you mumbled out his name. Silently he floated before your sobbing form. He yearned to hear you say his name once more. Tempted to wrap his arms around you, but he was unsure if you'd even wanted him there.

"Where have you—" your words get cut off by the sudden crashing of his lips into yours after a bright flash of light filled the room. The light dissipated revealing Caine's human form once more. Tufts of red and white hair danced along the top of your head as you close your eyes and melt into him.

The scent of strawberries and vanilla waft through the air. Greeting your nose with a familiar scent. You deeply inhaled, instantly remembering his scent. The past few weeks melting away to the back of your mind.

He begins deeply inhaling your own scent of cupcakes and frosting that licked at his nose. He groaned at your closeness and contact after being gone for so long. Your body called and beckoned for him.

The sudden friction after weeks of being away clouded your judgement. You feel his chest vibrate with groans against your now seemingly small frame. His body now much larger than before. He pressed himself against you, wrapping his arms around your now seemingly small frame. Burying his face between your breasts.

He just stayed there for awhile as your smile began to falter.

The momentary bliss slowly wore down into anger as you began thinking about the past two weeks, "Where the hell have you been?!!!"

He removed himself from your self made pillows and raised and eyebrow, "I needed some time to cool down. Why? What's wrong?"

You angrily grab at your icing hair and pull at the soft sticky substance, "WHATS WrOnG?!!!"You felt a mad chuckle leave you. Like a lunatic on the verge of insanity you continue laughing in waves of hysteria. Your arms momentarily glitch as they pull at your hair.

Caine froze.

A flicker of an unfamiliar emotion crossed his eyes as he caught the initial glitch out the corner of his eyes.

Then another.

His eyes dart from your arms to your eyes. Looking back and forth frantically searching your face for hints as to why this was happening. He placed both gloved hands on your arms and pulled them down to your sides. Unsure of what to do he begins attempting to comfort you in his own way.

"Y/n. Breathe. I need you to breathe. You—You're abstracting."

You suddenly feel a wave of fear replace your anger as you take nervous shallow breaths.

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