Black Rose

Chapter 30

Mew groaned. He was up early again, he kept seeing Gulf fall from the cliff but in his dreams he died every single time. Could whoever was in charge of his dreams give him a fucking break. He sat on the bed and looked at the clock. 5:43am at least he had slept a bit longer this time. He looked over to Chopper who was sleeping on the bed, he smiled, he was glad the little fluff ball was okay.

He got up stretching his limbs which felt a little tense from all the stress this whole ordeal had caused. He walked to the closet and put on his sweats, opted for no shirt again and walked to the kitchen, he turned on the coffee maker so a pot was ready when he came back from his run. He heard little paws hit the floor.

He watched as Chopper trotted into the kitchen, paused stretched and yawned, he walked over to him and laid down. That caused him to chuckle. He crouched down and reached for his ear "Hey buddy wanna join me in my run?" Chopper didn't move an inch "Lazy bum, no wonder you were so happy being in Gulf's arms most of the hike" his little ears perked at Gulf's name. Mew scoffed "Hey don't forget who actually feeds you traitor"
He walked to the door and put on his sneakers, put his AirPods on blast and went out.

One hour later....

"You're sulking again" Mild said from the drivers seat. Gulf didn't feel well enough to argue. He felt like he had fallen off a cliff. He had struggled to sleep and when he finally did Mild woke him up, man he really wanted those sleeping pills.

"I brought your pain meds, make sure to take them if you feel like you can't take it anymore, I saw your back this morning when you stepped out the shower, you're starting to bruise ... really bad" he said worriedly

Gulf just nodded a response, that's all he could muster with the energy he currently had and he doubted he would be able to sleep in a strangers home, much less Mew's.

"We're here" Mild said getting off at the front of the building, Gulf looked over and realized he was maybe 15 minutes from his townhome on foot. Huh, so he lived closed by. Mild opened the door and helped him out, the brace was really uncomfortable but it was better than a cast.

"Let me call him real quick" Mild pulled out his phone. Gulf glanced up to the fancy condos, he knew they were expensive, he had come here when he was looking for a place. So Suppasit had money? Interesting.

"Yeah we're right outside the building" he heard Mild say " Oh you are?" The tone made Gulf look at him he saw Mild looking across from where they were so he followed his eyes, which then landed on a smiling, shirtless Mew.

"Wow, oh my" Mild said under his breath. Oh my was fucking right but Gulf wasn't about to admit it, he kept his face neutral.

"If I was single.... the things I would do to that man.. he looks like a Greek God" he whispered to Gulf. Gulf looked at him and rolled his eyes, he started to grab his things from the car so he could stop staring at Suppasit and to hide his blush. "Oh come on Gulf!" Mild said behind him "You can't tell me you don't feel anything "

Gulf made sure he was composed and neutral when he stuck his head back out of the car he looked straight at Mild "No. I'm not you, and I'm not interested" Mild looked at him with suspicious eyes.

"Sorry guys, I usually have my morning run earlier than this, I slept in my bad" said Mew as he approached them. Geezus he needs to put a shirt on Gulf thought, he looked away and noticed the people around staring at Mew. He didn't like it.

"No worries!" Said Mild "question is what kinda witchcraft do you do?" Mew looked at him confused "I mean to hide that so well under you shirt" Mew chuckled embarrassed and Gulf rolled his eyes. Mew looked over at Gulf who looked... upset?Was he hating the idea of being with him so much? Then he noticed he was scowling he followed his eyes and landed on two women who were obviously eyeing him. Jealous!? No that can't be it.

"So are you gonna keep the grumpy cat out here all day or let him in?" Mild asked arching his brow.

"Ah sorry, yes well are you coming up?" Mew asked

"No I need to go, please take good care of him, he hasn't slept " Gulf glared at him" and he's bruising really badly, so he'll be in a lot of pain, these are his meds, please make sure he actually takes them and doesn't just sit there and bear the pain"

"Didn't you say you had to go MOTHER?!?" Gulf said in a tone dripping with sarcasm, it made Mew smile.

"Okay honey, stop being a grumpy cat and play nice!" Mild blew him a kiss and rushed into the car. Gulf wanted to murder him.

"Let's go" Mew said bringing Gulf's attention back to him, Gulf began to walk forward and winced at the fact that he forgot not to put his whole weight on his foot.

"Want me to help?"

"No" Gulf said coldly, he really really wanted to murder Mild now, he was supposed to help him in, no wonder he had a wicked smile as he drove away.

"Gulf you're obviously in pain at this rate your ankle will get worse, let me just help you" Mew said concerned Gulf tried to ignore him but he winced again at the pain. Mew sighed "Sorry for this and before Gulf could react he picked him up easily and started to walk into the building, he heard the women squeal at the sight. Yeah, Mild was dead, so fucking dead.

He tried to ignore the fact that Mew was princess carrying him into the building, he realized he wasn't that tense in his arms, he didn't really mind his touch, he also tried really hard to ignore the fact that Mew was shirtless but he was failing horribly. He closed his eyes trying to calm himself. Mew glanced at him and saw how tense his face was, he frowned he wish he could feel comfortable with him.

Gulf suddenly opened his eyes and looked right at him, Mew felt electricity flow to every part of his body that was in contact with Gulf, he felt his heart begin to hammer away in chest and silently cursed himself, he looked away and pressed the button for the elevator. Gulf could feel how hard Mew's heart was beating, he looked at his chest. Why was his heart beating so crazily? Was he struggling holding him up? Was he too heavy? The elevator doors opened and Mew walked in, he asked Gulf to push floor 8, so he did.

"You can put me down now you know" Gulf said coldly, Mew didn't want to, he wanted to hold him for as long as he could, he sighed and obliged. They watched the numbers change as the elevator went up. Mew praying his heart would give him a fucking break, and Gulf wondering why he felt so disappointed the moment he was no longer in Mews arms.