Blame It On Pride

C h a p t e r N i n e t y

Y/n's POV:

Rafe's eyes dart towards me once he sees me walking down the stairs,

'I thought I made it clear that you should wait upstairs.' He remarks, looking at me,

'I just heard you two talking, is everything alright?' I ask, Rafe pulls me closer by my waist and looks at me, his jaw clenched,

'Yes, now go back upstairs-'

'I can't find John B...' Sarah utters, looking at me with woe inscribed in her eyes,

'And that's none of our concern.' Rafe states, I glance at him in faith,

'Wait-what? Where did you see him last?' I ask as Rafe's grip tightens around me,

'I think-two days ago, he went to grab some food and never came back, we've searched everywhere for him-'

'Probably nicked it from somewhere.' Rafe states,

'He did not! I know him, he would be back a long time ago, Rafe, please, you will be leaving soon, we won't bother, I just need to make sure that he's alright-'

'We can help you.' I convey as Rafe shakes his head,

'You are not getting involved in any of this Y/n.' He commands,

'He might be lost, injured, I don't know, something might've happened-'

'And it's none of our concern Y/n, now, let's go back upstairs,'

'Rafe, please,' I beseech as he groans in exasperation, closing his eyes briefly and inhaling sharply...

Rafe's POV:

It's so fucking difficult to say 'no' to her,

She can ask for anything, and I'll unconsciously agree, not even thinking twice,

No one has ever had such impact on me, no one,

As the fact that she is the only-mere person who can affect me that way, to whom I struggle to even disagree with, to whom I care about the most, it's a nightmare,

I can find him in nanoseconds, however the way she looks at me,

It's a pure derision...trying to say 'no' to her,

Oh for fuck's sake-

Y/n's POV:

'Fine, but you are not having any part of it Y/n, I'll find that bloat in minutes.' Rafe says, inclining towards me, as Sarah nods in appreciation,

'Thank you, so much.' She says, 'can I...come in maybe?' She asks later on, Rafe sighs and lets her in, his grip tightly around me as once Sarah is at the table, he takes me aside and holds me against the wall around the corner,

'I told you to wait upstairs.' He states,

'I know, but I heard your conversation-'

'So you eavesdropped?' He challenges,

'No, I did not, but it's rather complicated to not hear the conversation that occurs in the same house as you're in.' I respond as he nods, rolling his tongue against the inside of his cheek,

It was quite difficult to get downstairs, my legs are in an irrevocable pain,

'I'll deal with you as soon as I am finished with tracking down that git, then I'll precisely show you on what happens when you don't listen...yet again.' He threatens, brushing his thumb against my bottom lip and examining me, tilting his head as a drowned-up smirk ledges on his lips,

He then holds me by the small of my back and leads me towards the kitchen where Sarah is already sitting,

I embrace her sideways as Rafe looks at me,

'It's alright, we'll find him, I promise.' I coo with her as Rafe scoffs and shakes his head,

He then retrieves his phone, dials a number and steps beside me, he then begins talking,

It sounds like he's navigating on John B's whereabouts, it's that easy?

'Yes, find him today...good...alright...' He continues,

'Do you want some tea Sarah?' I ask, looking at her, her eyes stained from tears as she nods,

I smile and nod, walking towards the kettle, I look at Rafe and point towards the teabag, he shakes his head,

I'll make him some anyway...

Finishing up, I offer a cup for Sarah and for Rafe who looks at me, eyebrows furrowed,

'Thank you love.' He utters, taking the cup, 'did you make some for yourself?' He asks,

'Yeah, I did.' I respond, prepping some for myself as well...

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After a while, Sarah was less shook by the situation, however modicum tears did cripple time by time,

'Done, your git was in...woods.' Rafe emphasises the last word as he looks up from his phone,

I might never get over the way his shirts hug his entire chest, shoulders and depicts on his abs,

He places the phone aside,

Sarah laughs in relief and hugs me tightly,

'Thank you so much, ah...' She utters as I smile,

'Rafe did it, not me.' I respond, she looks at him, a faint smile drawn on her lips,

'Thank you.' She embraces him as he grunts, awkwardly standing there,

'Yeah, it was simple-get off.' He mutters as she chuckles, leaning away from him,

'He's been brought home, you better go.' Rafe says as she nods, smiling at us,

'I couldn't have found him without you, thank you.' She mutters,

We say our goodbyes,

It happened so...fast?

Rafe managed to track him down so easily...too easily.

He closes the door after Sarah and looks at me,

'Thank you, a lot...' I mumble as he cups my chin, raising it so that I meet his eyes,

'You'll thank me in bed.' He states, scooping me over and manoeuvring me in his arms, I squeal at his unanticipated action as he initiates to walk upstairs...

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