Chapter Four

The ride back to the mans place was actually rather nice. At first, I was a little nervous, jumping at every bump in the road, but after a bit, I was fine; The ride was actually calm and relaxing

"You ok there, bud?" I heard the man shout over the wind.

"Y-yea!!"

My eyes widened as I felt the man speed up. He pulled the bike back, causing me to cling to him tighter and squeal. I heard him laugh before dropping the front tire back down onto the asphalt

"No need to be scared!!" He shouted again

I hadn't realized until I opened my eyes, that I had buried my face into the males back. I embarrassedly pulled away from him, but still held onto his waist, as it was kind of a requirement.

After a while more of driving, the bike pulled into a driveway.

"We're here"

Stepping off the motorcycle, I noticed that the building in front of me was a one story house. It was on the tinier side, but I didn't mind that. I was happy I had a new place to stay, at least for a while. The man would probably kick me out, sooner or later.

A noise from my right side made me jump and yip In fear. I glanced over to see the garage door opening and The male rolling the bike he had shut off up into the space.

"You're very jumpy!" The man called out to me as he started to walk over to the front door. The garage was shutting behind him.

"S-sorry" I weakly mumbled back to him

The man hesitated before speaking up again "is there a reason why..? Y-you're so jumpy?? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to-"

"I don't-" I practically snapped at him, cutting him off. He started to blink repeatedly; I probably startled him

"I know never to bring that up again..."

Things fell silent around us, except for the jingling of The males keys and the crickets hidden in the grass. The door opened up, but the man didn't walk in; instead, he held the door open for me

It took me a moment to understand what he was doing, but after it clicked, I quickly stepped inside. A small 'sorry' slipped from my mouth out of habit.

"It's ok... you don't have to apologize for everything" he said casually, as though it wouldn't hurt me. I didn't say anything though... just hid my feelings like I always did.

"You hungry? I have food... and drinks..."

I blinked and snapped out of my small daze "oh... n-no I'm fine... but thank you for the offer..."

The man frowned softly "at least let me make your bed!"

"M-my... bed?" The phrase slipped out of my mouth unknowingly. I hadn't really ever had my own bed. I'd only ever had an air mattress that Jackson bought for me about two years ago.

"Uh.... yea??" The man seemed utterly confused, for good reason. He started to walk down the hall, like he expected me to follow him... which of course, I did.

The actual layout of the house was simple; The front door stepped into a rather sizable living room. From that, towards the back was an island and a kitchen. Branching off from the left of the living room was a hallway with two bedrooms, a laundry room, and a bathroom. From the right, another door, which I assumed led to the garage.

"Sorry... I just... never had a real bed... just an air up mattress...." I hated admitting it, but it was ether I did that, or I was questioned about it later.

"Well... I'm sorry to hear... but you don't have to worry about that anymore. Anything you need is taken care of. I assume you don't have a job... so I won't start to charge rent until afterwards..." I watched him walk into the spare bedroom.

I just nodded to him and followed him inside; I understood exactly where he was coming from on that. "You have my word... I'll start looking for a job ASAP"

The man smirked softly "that's what I like to hear." He walked over to the closet and pulled out some bedsheets, then tossed them on the bed. I walked around to the opposite side of the bed and helped tuck in that side.

"Thank you" the man smiled up at me. No one had ever told me that, except Jackson and... Alex....

I stood dumbfounded for a moment, unsure what to say. I guess the man could see it written all over my face

"Hey, it's ok" he chuckled playfully, but stared at me like I was an animal in a zoo inclosure; studying me...

My legs shut close together out of nervousness and I soon found myself picking at my nails. My head lowered until my shoulders sat above my hairline. The man noticed this and soon stood up "Hey... it's ok..."

He sounded more sincere that time, which made me feel a bit better. I still watched his movements carefully. One of his hands gently grabbed my cheek, causing my eyes to snap shut in fear. When I realized he wasn't going to hurt me, I slowly raised my eyelids. His face was mere inches away from mine. I panicked but... something about his eyes kept me from jumping backwards. They weren't filled with anger or disappointment, but... they were soft... caring and... no... not loving... he barely knew me! I was being crazy, that was it.

Nonetheless, my face still heated up. The man sighed softly before caressing my cheek with his fingers "why so scared.... every time I move... you flinch... I reach for your face and you... pull away..." his eyes scanned over my body for a moment before he mumbled "of course... I don't expect you to answer but... it's like... you're scared you're going to get hit..." A hint of perplexity still lingered in his eyes, like he was trying to figure me out.

The Man blinked like he was snapping himself out of a trance. He smiled softly, walked out of the room, then came back in with a spare pair of black Gym shorts. "Here... I know they'll be too big... but it's all I've got right now" I just stared at them in confusion for a moment; They looked to actually be close to my size, which was odd considering he was a much bigger man then me.

"Th-thank you!!" I smiled weakly at him

"Of course! I'll leave so you can change" he chuckled and stepped back out the door, but soon turned around again

"Ryan"

I blinked in confusion for a moment "Ryan? Who's Ryan?"

The man burst out laughing. It took him a moment to settle down again

"I'm Ryan. Thats my name"

"O-oh..." my face heated up in embarrassment. "J-Jayden..."

Ryan smiled at me once more "well then... goodnight, Jayden. Hope you sleep well"