The Scorpion In Heart (Erik X OC)

Chapter 14: Gentle steps

    In the evening she took a bath and then put on her bathrobe. It was dark green and when she brushed her beautiful dark brown hair she was really pretty. She looked like a forest fairy. She took a deep breath and went to the living room. Erik was already bathed, dressed for a night and tried to get used to sleeping on the sofa.  ,,How are you feeling?" She asked him. He turned his head to her and just gasped seeing her. She was really beautiful. It worked. ,,I think it's quite nice to sleep here" he said after a while. Penelope smiled a bit. ,,Good". Her heartbeat fastened as she was nervous. What if she does it wrong? Erik was nothing like Arthur. It would be so different to be attractive to him than to her husband. But for now it seemed Erik was enchanted by her beauty. He was still a man and Penelope in her dark green long satin bathrobe that looked like sari was really beautiful. ,, Would you mind if I sat near you for a while?" she asked politely. ,,Why would you want to sit near something like me?" He couldn't believe it and looked at his skeletal looking face in a reflection of the vase on the table. ,,Don't talk about yourself like that" she pleaded. ,,I ask you because you left me to hide in here. I am grateful to you and I want to be near my saviour" she tried to explain. ,,Well then. If you don't mind and aren't afraid you may come closer" Erik nodded. Penelope sat next to him. He was already covered in the blanket but still sitting. She placed her hand on his wrist. It frightened him at first but he didn't fight. ,,Your hands are so cold" she said. ,,I was told....I mean..." She didn't know how to speak about Christine in front of him. ,,I was told that they were wet and salt. But...they are just cold" Erik remembered that very well. ,,Yes...Christine told you. My hands were really wet and salt. Because of....my tears" he admitted. ,,I am sorry" Penelope put Erik's hand between her hands trying to warm them. ,,Penelope...It's impossible to warm Erik's hands" he whispered. ,,Hush..." She whispered back and kept rubbing his hand. Then did the same to his other hand. ,,Do you like it?" She asked him. ,,I actually do" Erik admitted. She looked into his horrifying disfigured face and saw something unusual. Was he... blushing? It amazed her. He was shy in front of her. It got her more than she thought. Her heart was warmed by it. Could she really feel something more than needing help for him? Hard to say. She decided to make another step and put her arms around him. ,,Don't get scared. I am just gonna hug you, okay?" She knew that he was hugged once before. By Christine who hugged him and kissed his forehead. Erik was like in trance. When she hugged him he took a deep breath. At first he didn't know what to do. Then he put his hands on her back. He guessed that is probably what the other person does while being hugged. Penelope knew that it was enough for that evening. He probably wouldn't handle more. So, she gave him a kind smile before leaving to Louis Phillipe room. ,,Good night" she said. ,,Good night..." Erik answered while being still enchanted by all of her actions. So little things and for him it was the most intimate thing he could even imagine.