Strings of Fate

93- Blindness and bubbles

“Leaving you alone is worse.” he confirms.

“Well, then keep your eyes shut while I’m in the bath and you can stay.” I suggest. He tilts his head to the side.

“You’re willing to let me stay?” He repeats in confirmation. I nod.

“If you close your eyes. I know you don’t love that part, but it’s the best compromise I can offer. Decide before the water gets cold please.” Bellamy’s eyes dart around the room. His eyes land on the window. Like most bathrooms, it’s a small window that isn’t easily accessed. I doubt it’s even visible from outside. Appearing to make a decision, he marches towards the door. Huh, he’s leaving? Or not. He reaches the door, locks it then sits himself on the ground. with his back against the door and closes his eyes.

“I won’t look. I promise.” he assures me. I quickly strip out of my clothes and chuck them on the floor by the vanity. The water is hot, but comfortable when I climb in, clutching the edges of the tub to prevent myself from falling. I can’t help but glance over at Bellamy. I do trust him to keep his eyes shut, but I still feel weirdly paranoid about it. I settle down into the water, careful to keep my bandages dry and on the edge of the bath. The bubbles easily reach my chin. The warmth immediately begins to seep into me and I can’t help but let out a groan of relief. The adrenaline rush that I must have been experiencing earlier is finally starting to fade now that I feel safe. I’m a little awkward having Bellamy in here, but not enough to burst my bubble of bliss right now. I look over at him and he looks… uncomfortable. The tile floor is probably cold and not so nice to sit on. He’s still sitting with his back to the door and his eyes closed, but he has his legs pulled up and is hugging them into his chest. His head is tilted back against the door.

“You’re going to hurt your neck sitting like that.” I comment. He groans and sits up straighter, rolling and cracking his neck. He starts fiddling with his string bracelet, twirling it around his wrist over and over.

“You’re right.” He admits.

“You look really uncomfortable.” I add. He just shrugs at that.

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“I don’t mind. Do you want to talk or would you rather have your bath in peace and pretend I’m not here?” he asks. I can’t help but laugh.

think I could ever successfully pretend you aren’t around, especially not in a situation like this. It will still be

you want to talk about what

already told you what happened didn’t I?”

don’t want to talk about it all yet, but you definitely should at some point. If not with me then with Megan or Darrien. Aaron would be acceptable to talk with as well. I suppose you could talk to the Incubus if you felt you had to.” He adds reluctantly at the end. I

your

me in years which means he’s just a guy

point out. Bellamy sighs.

mine. If you ask him for advice he’s not going to have the same context or knowledge about Shifters and he won’t care about my feelings when talking to you. It also

but until we met up by accident

there’s a way I can help Bellamy feel more comfortable about my relationship with Harry. I feel like a significant part of the problem is that all he really knows about Harry is that he’s an Incubus. Maybe it would help if he actually got to know him better as a person rather

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feel about hanging out with Harry sometime? Like we could all go do something together as a group. You might feel better if you knew and trusted him a bit.”

some point. I keep forgetting. I’m not used to actually having one friend to keep up with, much less a whole group of them. Actually, while I’m thinking about it, I don’t think I have ever seen Bellamy

and Megan that is.

bluntly. As I say it, I realise

vaguely insulting.

sounded. I just meant that I haven’t really seen

not exactly a shy person so I just thought it was odd that you haven’t talked about anyone…”

1 don’t know how to act around them. The dominant part of me demands their respect and obedience, those aren’t things that work too well in a friendship. Aside from being Alpha I also inherited the security company that they all work for so I become their boss as well. The whole dynamic is just off. It created a distance between us and I haven’t