That one exception

Part 34

I half pushed and half carried him over by the window, I loosened my grip on him a little but my hands were unwilling to let go of him completely.  "Don't move, Don't look anywhere but forward" I stayed close behind him   "Now you can tell me why you were sneaking out" I began to let go of him and move back into the middle of the room.

His hands grabbed my wrist as I stepped away, stopping me from moving any further "Don't..." there was a nervous tremor to his voice "Don't leave" He breathed the words shakily, I could feel the tips of his fingers digging into my skin, I moved back and wrapped my arms around him again, I needed to reassure him that I was staying or was it that I needed to reassure myself that he still wanted me?

"I'm not going to leave..." I kissed the side of his neck and started to let go of him again "I'll be right behind you"  He hesitated before slowly letting go of me, I moved away and picked up the silk rope we'd been given.  tying a loop in one end I began braiding the rest of the length hoping that it was going to be long enough.

"I-I wasn't going to meet those guys again...I promise you Tyler I was not going to meet them...I wanted to go down to the store down the road" He fidgeted and placed his hands  and forehead on the window, I watched as the glass around his touch steamed up a little.  "I wanted to get you something...but I didn't want to waste the time we had left together...so I figured that if I went when you were asleep I wouldn't miss any time with you" he sounded like he was regretting what he'd done and that he was confessing everything in the hope that it would save him from losing something important to him.

I moved over to my bag, the one Mini had gotten his feet caught in the other night, and took out the small padlock and keys that had come with the bag but I'd never used.  I unlocked the padlock and placed the keys on the bedside table before I slowly made my way back over to Mini who had his eyes closed as he leant on the glass.  I slide my hands around his hips and pulled him backwards away from the window, he didn't resist and he kept his eyes closed as he leant back against me.

"take off your jacket" I murmured into his ear before stepping back and turning him to face me, I wanted to do it myself, I wanted to remove every item of clothing he was wearing but something at the back of my mind was telling me I had to make him do it or at least make him remove some of his clothing. He looked up at me with big puppy dog eyes for a moment then looked away nervously as he began taking off his jacket. "and your shirt" I couldn't help myself, I reached out and ran my fingers over his stomach and ribs as he peeled off his t-shirt.  he dropped both beside him onto the chair still refusing to meet my gaze.

"do you believe me?" He whispered, I could feel him still shaking with nerves.  I reached over, took hold of his chin and made him look up at me, his eyes flicked over everything behind me as he tried not to make eye contact.

"look at me" I kept my voice as normal as possible and watched as he reluctantly looked me in the eye "I believe you...but it doesn't change the fact that you broke your promise to me"  He swallowed hard and his bottom lip quivered as he tried to look away again, I kept hold of his face I wanted him to realise I wasn't going to leave and I wasn't going to let him run from this either.

"I'm sorry...I fucked up..."His eyes were beginning to turn watery and I was fairly sure there would soon be tears unless I could get him to calm down or distract him. "I always fuck things up"

I reached up and showed him the now braided silk rope that had the small padlock hanging on a look at one end, he looked confused for a moment but when he realised what it was his eyes widened.  His breathing sped up and his gaze was searching mine for some kind of reassurance or and answer to a question he hadn't asked.  I was a little surprised that he didn't try to move away, he had a lot of space to move and I wasn't blocking him in. Was he ok with this or did he trust me that much?