The Scorpion In Heart (Erik X OC)

Chapter 12: Delicious pancakes

 (Trigger warning - mention of planning sui*ide by poisoning)

  It was late morning. Penelope wouldn't notice when she woke up. She found out only after looking at the clock. She wasn't used to the sun not to wake her. She stood up and looked around. Louis Phillipe room looked actually good. She dressed up in a dress that she put in her suitcase before running out of her husband. She had three of them with her and the fourth one she wore the previous day. When she was ready she stepped out of the room. She looked on the sofa immediately. Erik kept his promise. He was sleeping on it covered by the blanket he found in the evening. His sleep looked heavy. Sleeping comfortably probably benefited him. His hand was placed just next to his head just like he'd want to hide his face even while sleeping. It reminded her when she fell in love with Arthur and they went into his house together. Yes, they spent one night together before they got married. That was also one of the reasons they got married. So people wouldn't spy on that. After that night she found him sleeping next to her and he had his hand placed near his face just like Erik did now. She was sad. If she didn't marry Arthur no one would find out about their one night stand. Just he made her marry him trying to scare her by the fact she could give birth to a bastard. And she was in love so the married him. But that couldn't happen. Arthur was clearly infertile. They had no children even after years of marriage. Christine was married shorter than her and she expected to get pregnant soon. Penelope didn't even hope anymore.
   She stopped to think when Erik's had began to move. He was waking up. His golden eyes opened and he noticed her. It frightened him. ,,Oh, my goodness! What a shame I didn't wake up first and didn't make you a breakfast!" Penelope began to laugh. ,,Don't stress about it, Erik. I am glad you kept the promise. And as I see it matches you very much. You seemed to sleep so heavily" ,,Yes, I did. And it's surprising. My sleep isn't calm very unusually" he admitted. ,,I thought so" it didn't surprise Penelope at all. He went through too much to have a calm sleep. ,,What would you like for breakfast?" He asked her
to divert the speech. She decided not to torment him when he didn't want to talk about it. ,,Well, surprise me" she said. Erik stood up quickly and disappeared in somewhere. It took him about ten minutes but he was fully dressed in a shirt, trousers, a cape and his mask. He was washed and fresh looking (even with his appearance he did his best) and held a plate of pancakes with honey. ,,Bon appetit" he told her. Penelope looked at it excited to have a taste. She took a bite. It was sweet and tasty. ,,Won't you eat?" She asked and Erik shook his head. ,,No, I am not used to eat so early". ,,Yesterday you didn't eat at all" she reminded him. ,,Well, don't eat now if you're not comfortable but today you'll eat something. Otherwise you'll feel very bad" she decided to give him some strength. It's been a while since he killed someone with his own hands. He usually used traps. He wouldn't be strong enough to finish Arthur. ,,Since.... Christine left I don't eat much. I even tried to put some poison in my food but... People tried to poison me so many times in my life that I became immune" Erik admitted. Penelope gasped. Christine's marriage really nearly killed him. She felt pity and rather asked no more. She finished her meal and washed the plate. ,,Will you play the piano for me, Erik?" she asked to lighten the mood. She also knew that it would make him happy. She gave him a kind smile while asking that.