His Desiderio|✔️(editing)

Chapter 13

I was awoken by someone gently tapping my shoulder, when I turned I found Noah, who had bags under his eyes and looked beyond exhausted.

"Come on, we have to get a move on." He said, even his voice sounded tired.

I sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. "You're not mad at me? And you're still here?"

He turned to look at me. "I couldn't be mad at you, it wasn't your fault. Besides, I promised your dad I would go with you. I'm keeping my word." He exited the tent.

I quickly got out behind him "Did you even get any sleep?"

"Don't need it." Was all he said before he began to take the tent down.

Once he was done he threw it in the back of the truck and we began to walk towards the border. Noah didn't seem to be fazed by the guards that surrounded it but I was confused as to how we were going to get across without being stopped.

One guard stopped the both of us and as I went to reach for my gun, Noah took hold of my arm and stopped me.

"I got this." He said before walking up to the guard. He pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to him and just like that we were able to pass with ease.

Once we were across I began looking around, finding Anna's headquarters would be easy, but blending in was the problem.

I spotted a little shop and tugged Noah alone with me. Once inside I began to skim through the racks and tried to find some outfits that wouldn't make us stand out too much.

Noah yawned loudly and slumped over.

"You need to rest," I stated.

"I'm not tired." He whined.

I rolled my eyes before walking over to him and dragging him out of the store.

"Where are we going? I thought we were buying clothes." He stated.

"We don't have the proper money, besides you need to rest," I said.

We walked to the nearest hotel. The lady at the front desk refused to take our money until I showed her my shiny new knife and then we no longer had any problems. I had to physically drag Noah up the stairs, he just wouldn't budge but I needed him to rest before we did anything else. He would be useless in combat if he was like this.

When we got into our room I made him sit on the bed before taking his boots and shirt off, he didn't complain much as I did so.

"Now sleep," I said.

He looked up at me "Sleep with me." He said.

"What?"

He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me towards him before falling back on the bed and snuggling his head into the crook of my neck. I sighed deeply and began to play with his soft hair which caused him to groan slightly.

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

"It's not your fault." He mumbled into my neck which gave me goosebumps.

I patted his head and eventually, he fell asleep. Within a couple of minutes, I was fast asleep as well.

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I woke up in a pool of sweat. I went to move my arms but they were being pinned down by something. I was so hot and my whole body was screaming for release. I looked down to find Noah on top of me and crushing me with his weight. I tried to move him but he wouldn't budge.

"Noah get up," I whined as I tried to move his head off my arm.

He groaned and swatted my hand away.

"You're crushing me!" I said.

He sighed in annoyance before rolling off of me which allowed me to finally breathe properly.

"What time is it?" He asked as he sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"I'm not sure," I stated before going over to the window and opening it. It was dark now and I turned back to look at Noah.

"We slept for that long?" He asked.

"I guess so," I said as I closed the shades back.

I walked back over to the bed and sat beside Noah. He seemed to be thinking about something so I flopped back on the bed and watched him. He turned to look at me and smirked.

"Who would have thought." He said.

"What?"

"That you and I would be working together."

I rolled my eyes at him "Don't get too excited about it buddy."

"Too late." He said before climbing on top of me and tickling me.

I couldn't help but laugh and beg for him to stop but he continued his attack on me.

"Please...Noah" I said in between giggles but he didn't let up.

Soon my stomach began to cramp due to all the laughing. I went to kick him but he caught my leg and pulled me even closer to him. He leaned down towards me, he had finally stopped tickling me and it had grown silent in the room.

"Noah-"

Before I could get the rest of the sentence out he smashed his lips to mine. This time I didn't hesitate to kiss him back, he squeezed my butt which caused me to moan which allowed him to slip his skillful tongue into my mouth.

His hands began to wander all over my body and I was loving every moment of it, when he began to lift my shirt was when I finally broke the kiss and pulled away from him.

"What's wrong?" He asked as he sat up "Too much."

"Noah, we can't." I sated as I pulled my shirt down and climbed off the bed.

"Can't what?" He asked confused.

"Be with each other! It just can't happen and it never will." I slipped my shoes on and stormed out of the room.

I don't know what I was thinking. I shouldn't have allowed for Noah to get so close to me, now every thought I had was consumed by him. I felt weak and confused at the same time, I knew I had feelings for Noah, there was no denying that. But, I couldn't allow myself to become vulnerable to someone like him.

To anyone.

I worked so hard to build these walls up around me and to keep the perfect face and to keep my emotions in check and now he was coming in and messing everything up, making me feel things I've never felt before.

I walked as fast as I could from the room and with each step my heart became heavier. I didn't know where I was going but I knew I was going to get as far as I could from Noah. I needed to clear my mind, I needed to do something.

Anything.

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