Beast

Seeing the man's piercing stare Chang was a little unnerved.

'Wait, why is he looking at me like that? What did I do..?' Furrowing her brows, the previous night's events slowly came back to her. After a long night at work, two men had jumped her by surprise and dragged her into an alleyway. Jian had come to save her just when she needed him though and had taken her home to care for her.

'Hey, I remember he got really handsy with me too! Oh god, I think he even confessed to me last night too! But after that..' Chang's face started to turn bright red at the thought of all he did to her and saw of her's last night.

'That perverted guy, how dare he push his luck so far! Did we end up doing it last night? I don't feel sore, but I don't remember..' Rolling her eyes to the side, Chang started to chew on one of her knuckles, feeling more embarrassed at the thought of that.

Seeing her flustered reaction, Liang JianAmal could not help but to chuckle and reach out to ruffle her hair. Her adorable reactions alone were more than enough to diffuse the last of the anger he had felt. Besides she would not be able to disappear on him again.

"I did not do what you think." As he spoke her eyes hit his face like daggers, narrowed accusingly. "I promise. I would like to hear you scream, there would be no gain for me to take you while sleeping." Ignoring her shocked face complete with her mouth hanging open, Liang JianAmal sat up and threw the covers off of himself. "Stop worrying about it and get dressed."

Watching him rise up, Chang immediately slapped her hands over her eyes. Despite her embarrassment, the naked man stood and unhurriedly stretched beside the bed.

'How can he be so shameless!!?' Feeling her toes curl slightly in embarrassment, Chang could not help but to peek a little between her fingers. She had never had a chance to see him fully naked before, much less in broad daylight. Chewing her bottom lip she felt like her eyes and brain were being corrupted by the second by him.

Wrapping her giant blanket around herself, Chang quickly retreated to the bathroom in a quick waddle. on her way she grabbed a pair of clothes, avoiding eye contact as she did. Hurrying past him Chang tried not to stare at him, aware the whole time that the naked man was watching her intently with a smirk. Closing the door behind herself with a sigh, Chang dropped her blanket but shrieked immediately at the sight of herself in the mirror. Hearing her scream Jian instantly tried to barge in, but she threw herself against the door as a barrier.

"Chang, are you alright?" Calling to her through the door, the mortified girl shook a fist in exasperation.

"You're an incorrigible beast!!" Studying herself through the mirror, Chang saw he had covered the front of her torso in red marks from his mouth. After yelling at him, she heard him chuckle on the other side to her annoyance.

"What, who me? What did I do?" Hearing his innocent tone, Chang gritted her teeth. He knew exactly what she meant and was trying to make her say it aloud. Cleaning herself up, Chang did not start to calm down until she had buttoned up the collar of her dress, and hidden the last bit of his marks with concealer. While she was there she covered the bluish bruise on her cheek that was a lingering remnant from the alley.

Buying herself just a little more time, Chang fussed with her hair, trying to smooth out the giant rat's nest that was her hair. Pinning it back in the front, she let the rest loose to flow down her back. Knowing she was unable to dawdle any longer, Chang reluctantly opened the bathroom door. Peeking around for the shameless devil as she exited, she did not see him in sight to her puzzlement.

Returning to her bedroom Cang found Jian sitting on her bed buttoning the cuffs of his crisp white shirt. The man appeared surprised at her appearance, studying her slowly with a smile. His warm gaze captured her eyes as she approached shyly, stealing her breath away. As if afraid to scare her away, Jian stood and slowly approached her. Searching her eyes, Jian slowly cupped her face before leaning down to catch her lips.

Watching him approach her, Chang felt like her heart was going to leap out of her chest it was beating so hard. Closing her eyes, Chang tilted her head to meet his lips. She still felt uncertain about their future, and still felt terrified, but she wanted to be strong enough to stand by his side. Or at least grow to be, or maybe grow thick enough skin to not care about anything else. Especially with all that he had said.

The kiss lasted so long, Chang started to feel herself growing dizzy as she forgot to breathe. Before she asphyxiated though, Jian released her lips. He instantly crushed her against his chest in a deep embrace, so tightly as if afraid she would disappear if he loosened his grip even a little. Laying his head on top of hers, he breathed a loud sigh, causing her poor heart to pound even harder against her ribs.

'I hope he can't feel that.' Clutching onto his back, Chang rubbed her face against his chest, inhaling his pleasant smell. "Mm, he still smells so nice."

"Chang, can you promise me something?" Speaking into her hair, Chang was broken from her wandering thoughts.

"Hmm, what?"

"Promise me that you will never leave me like that again. Or if something happens beyond our control you will wait for me." Hot tears stabbed her eyes hearing the helplessness in his voice, and her racing heart was squeezed with an icy grip. Wordlessly Chang nodded her agreement against his chest. Sighing in relief Jian kissed the top of her head.

The couple stood there for a few moments more basking in the warm glow of the moment before Jian parted them.

"Come, let's go get breakfast." As he said that, as if to remind her, Chang's belly let out an audible gurgle.

'Ah at this rate, I'll never be able to have any dignity in front of this guy!' Pushing away from him Chang hurried to put on her shoes not daring to look at him as he laughed.