She Belongs To Him

Chapter 4 : A Secret

Josh's Pov

A Few Minutes Later

Am I screwed? Probably am. Should I be worried? I should.

But not right now. Not yet at least. I'll handle things with Callyx later.

Although I'm not really looking forward to it, it's something that should be done.

I don't want there being any heavy strings between us.

And I doubt Eira would want that.

The girl behind me seemed to have quieted down and that's when I realized something.

I nudge Hyungwon on the arm and incline my chin towards the girl on my back.

Her grip isn't as tight as it was five minutes ago so that could only mean one thing.

Hyungwon abandons the screen of his phone to look at me.

"Is she asleep?" I ask.

He sets his phone aside to glance at his sister, nodding his head to confirm my question.

A little smile attempts to crawl up my lips but I push it back before it can show itself.

Guess Eira wasn't lying when she said she was tired.

Although I feel sorry she was made to walk all the way from her home to school, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to this for her.

"Yeah. Is she heavy?" He asks, shoving his phone inside his pocket, seemingly ready to take from my care but I shake my head.

"No, she's as light as a feather" I answer. I'm enjoying this more than I should honestly.

After some time, we finally arrived at their house.

Hyungwon gently takes Eira from me. I felt my heart sink for a while, already missing her warmth.

I found myself tilting my head to the side, staring at her cute sleeping face.

"Callyx's a lucky guy. " I say in the spur of the moment, my eyes not leaving her sleeping figure.

The tip of my tongue feels bitter as I say this though.

Almost as if I'm lying through my teeth.

I feel my fingers tingle, wanting to set aside the lock of her soft hair gliding down her face.

She looks so peaceful and adorble.

"When do you think we should tell her?" Hyungwon asks, snapping me out from my faze.

Stripping my gaze from the girl, I run my fingers through my hair and sigh.

"I'm not sure. But the sooner she knows, the better."

I give Hyunwon a pat on the shoulder. "We'll see you guys tomorrow."

That said, I begin making my way to the forest.

A Few Days Later

Eira's Pov

And just like any other weekend, I find myself sitting crisscross on the couch, eyes glued to the screen while stuffing a hand full of cheese flavored popcorn in my mouth.

As seconds turn to minutes, I can't even describe how frustrated I am.

I glare at the screen, monstrously crunching on the snacks i had in hand.

Although I love and adore the characters of Miraculous ladybug, their obliviousness is just a whole new other levels.

"Eira." My brother groans from the couch like he wants to cry.

He covers his eyes with his arm and says in an exhausted tone. "Please keep it down a little. I'm trying to sleep."

Not until these two characters realize their true identity. "Deal with it. You're the one who refused to go sleep in your own room."

The silence I get in return says enough. It's not my fault he can't sleep.

If he really wanted to get some shut eye, he'd have already gone up stairs.

I feel like he's only here to keep an eye on me.

I return my gaze to the screen and grind my teeth together.

Even though it's just a movie, I can't help but get irritated and annoyed.

The credits on the screen begin to show and I sigh as you lean back, setting the bowl of pop corn aside.

My brother's suddenly dead quiet. He's been hissing at me since the beginning of my movie marathon and only now does he decide to be quiet?

I stare at him blankly. "Hyunwon."

Silence.

"Hey."

Nothing. Not even a sound.

I sneer at him. "I know you're not sleeping."

This time he hums in response.

I pull myself up and make my way to where he's laying.

Pushing his leg aside, I create space for ne to sit on.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"You already did." He says, not bothering to open his eyes.

"Then can I ask you another question?"

"No."

When he says that, I end up smacking him on the thigh.

Hyungwon groans in ugly before throwing the arm covering his eyes to the side.

Then he pulls himself up to a sitting position to face me with an exhausted glare.

"Okay fine. What's your question?" He says, rubbing his fist against his eyes.

"After the party, where did you and the guys disappeared off to?"

I notice how his face turned a little serious and lost before he covers it with a shrug.

"Nowhere. We just had to take care of something."

I won't buy that reply.

He disappeared for days and didn't even show up to school.

I think there's more to the story than what meets the eye.

Also, in not dumb.

Id expect him to be aware of this.

"Something like what?"

"That's a secret." He says, ruffling my hair before standing up to stretch. "I'll go get a drink."

He's definitely ignoring the question.

As if on cue, the door bell rings causing me to stir my gaze away from where he's running off to.

If Hyungwon isn't planning to say anything right now, then I'll bother him later on.

Just because I'm not pushing him to say anything, doesn't mean I'll forget about it immediately after all.

Later.

I'll get the answer from him for sure.

"I'll go get it"