IN THE CAGE

19. HEART CHANGE

...ACE pov's...

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Time showed at ten o'clock the night when I returned to the room. I entered and saw a quiet room, Fawn was nowhere to be seen. Normally, at ten o'clock in the night, to avoid me touching her, she had already gone to bed earlier. I went to the bathroom and again, didn't find it there. I looked up at the balcony where the lights were not on. Wondering if maybe Fawn was there or...

...Did he run away?

I headed for the balcony with my heart beating fast.

The sound of the door slipping filled the silence. My eyes adapted to the darkness and looked around for signs of someone's existence. My breath gets stuck in the esophagus when I don't see anyone, until...

"YINYA!!!" Fawn leaped before me with a loud, ear-splitting voice.

I was aghast at the heart that almost jumped out of its sockets.

"Haaaahahahahaha, look. You're surprised!" He laughed very satisfied. "Felt!"

This crazy girl, is she playing around with me? I'm from everyone?

"Are you crazy?" I suppressed my shock which began to mix with resentment. I thought he really disappeared just now. But here he was, standing with a triumphant expression.

"Why? Never played hide-and-seek as a child, young master? Oh, I forgot you're a psychopath, a toy like this you'll never experience. Too bad. Thank God, this is your first game."

"You seem pretty cheerful today," I don't really care about Fawn's insults. Instead, I was more interested in his pair of hazel-eyed balls that sparkled in jokes. 

I think Fawn's still mad at me given what happened to Jem this afternoon.

Indira was Fawn's master, and a hint of negative intent radiated towards her master that would make Fawn wrathful. Like a loyal dog, Fawn will bite anyone who bullies her master.

"This place is stressing me out, so I need some entertainment." Her grin faded as she realized my gaze.

"What surprises me is entertainment to you?" I stepped closer to him.

If I count, how many days have I not played with Fawn? I miss his sigh a little.

Fawn pulled one step back, both of her hands raised in front of her chest, holding me back from getting so close to her. Unfortunately, it was an act that even made it easier for me to block both of his wrists. He got stuck on the fence with me catching him.

"A-Ace.. motherfucker, what do you want?"

"You should sleep as usual, it's all your fault for playing around with me!"

"Hey, shit! Unhand me!"

"No way," I replied jokingly. Intentionally provoked his emotions. "I just started playing with you."

"Damn it, this bastard is not a game..." He wriggled frantically as I docked to his chest, gluing our bodies together while my lips swept across his cheeks. "Faaawn~"

"Ace you son of a bitch, stop--"

"Look at me," I've been working on him lately. Whether it was because of fear or because I had managed to control it a little, when Fawn was heavy-heartedly looking at me, I felt victory again and again.

His eyes glared at me with nervousness, the same eyes that attracted me towards him. Without a word, I scooped his lips on mine. Sipping the sweet sensation that re-squeezed in my chest like an opiate. My hand crept up to his nape, holding his head back so as not to avoid me. Press it closer and deeper.

As the pawn went on for quite a while, Fawn took the opportunity to catch my breath with her mouth, and I seized the opportunity to my advantage and tucked my tongue in. Explores her lips that feel like peppermint and sugar.

His hand squeezed the shirt I was wearing, and it made me even more dusty. I held it tighter on my waist and devoured it lustfully.

"Mmmmmhh..." Fawn's shrill voice came out on the sidelines of the pagutan.

"Ace.berhenhh-" his voice grew more and more obscure in my ears. I didn't put any focus there at all and was more interested in biting her lower lip strongly. While she was writhing in discomfort, I swept down my kiss from her lips towards her white neck. 

My kiss trail's gone from there, I don't like it. So, I added new traces that indicated she was mine. I wet his neck, licked and bit his porcelain skin with a full of cuddles.

Only when I sensed that my passion had reached its peak did I stop lingering and carry Fawn on my chest. She was a little surprised when I wrapped her legs around my waist.

"Did you underestimate my power?" I bit his ear off witty. "Hold on me, otherwise I'll totally knock you down."

He created an angry moan but kept up with my request.

I took Fawn to the couch, sat there with her on my lap. His eyes dodged my gaze and it looked funny and innocent. I peeked at his chin and brought him back to our game that had paused.

"Please don't do this," he looked at me full of supplications. But it's not gonna happen. No matter how much I understood his fear and unwillingness, in this relationship my will was the main one. I am indeed a bastard as he said, so I will not give up by his plea.

My smile spread as fear and panic blurred in his expression. He was propped up on my shoulder, pushing himself away as I was about to kiss him back.

"Is doing this with me so scary?" I flicked the black mane that fell on his shoulder. "I think I'm very good at this."

"What you're doing is a crime, I hate every single thing you do to me, Ace Hunter." 

the hatred in his voice, the sharp contempt of his gaze made me slightly stunned. There was a small pinch in my heart when Fawn voiced her honesty. I've never felt this before. This foreign discomfort and bitterness.

All this time, I enjoyed every rejection Fawn gave me. Think of it as a challenge. I never thought it would come when her rejection would make my heart beat in pain.

"Am I really disgusting in your eyes?"

"That's not a question anymore, is it?" Fawn threw away her face.

"Fawnia Alder," I called out to her once more, asking her to look at me.

"What else?" He turned back to face me, but his gaze shone on any area other than my eyes. "Do what you want to do, you will definitely threaten me using my mother's safety again. So just do it, get it all done."

"No.." I changed my mind. I may still be excited when my heart hurts. This uncomfortable feeling fades all my lusts. Makes mine who had been excited, back sluggish. "I'm hungry."

"Huh?"

"I want to eat something..." My words made Fawn's brows furrow ambiguously.

I rubbed Fawn's forehead which made her expression even more funny. "I heard from Indira you're good at cooking, make me something."

"You can call Felix?" He resisted instantly, confusion implied in his tone.

"Felix has rested at this hour. Don't you feel sorry for her?"

"Fuck." Fawn seemed to mind. His cheeks bulged as his head made a consideration. Her reaction like that provoked my hand to pinch her cheek.

The smooth skin was very contrary to the hard life he had been living. How could Rashid's family use this blanket girl as a bodyguard?

"All right, I'll cook." Fawn tried to get up from above my lap, and that small movement seemed to make her blush. A red hue spread along her cheekbones, very sweet and comforting to the eyes. I let go of it a little unwillingly.

"Can I really get out? Wouldn't the alarm sound if I stepped out?"

"I'll have Carcel turn off the alarm, you don't have to worry about anything." I stood up, extending my hand to him who was still sitting on the sofa. "Come on."

"Uh..."

"Or do you prefer me to continue what we did before?"

"Don't be a fool, where is it possible..." Fawn immediately got up and passed my hand. He stepped in front bravely, but paused for a moment when he reached the door. His fear of getting out was like trauma. The people who were his weaknesses were definitely people who were extremely valuable to him. Damn, I'm getting a little jealous.

How would it feel to have someone who could love me as much as Fawn loved her family and friends? 

I wonder in the chirping.

That must have felt like a miracle.

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