I CAN'T STAY AWAY 1

Stone and Moon sat in the car waiting for Ocean to join them. Stone noticed the way Moon kept looking at the supermarket's entrance with tensed shoulders and he decided to distract her by starting a conversation

"So umm.....what is your favourite sport?" he asked her with a small smile which she reciprocated

"Basketball and swimming I think?"

"Really? that is a weird combination you have there"

"Yea I know" She laughed a little "What about you?"

"I love wrestling" she frowned a little

"I can't even watch a whole wrestling without crying" Stone laughed while shaking his head

"I know that feeling but when your brother is a wrestler, what can you do?"

"Do you have another brother?"

"No, I mean him.." he jerked his head towards Ocean who just walked out of the supermarket with hands full of the goods bought.

"him?" she asked in an unsure tone

"yeah why?"

"Nothing" she remembered how Rex had punched Ocean yesterday and now she is hearing that he is a wrestler

Ocean dropped the goods in the car trunk and proceeded to sit inside the car while flashing her a sweet smile, no more brooding.

"my rabbit teeth neighbour, don't let people talk to you like that in public, you deserve equal respect okay? Next time someone talks to you like that just let me know so that I can deal with them just like I did with this one"

"what did you do?" She asked immediately with furrowed brows

"A little punch in the face settled everything"

"you punched a woman?!"

"Calm down, I was joking" he chuckled while staring at her brown eye

"Better because it is not right to hit a lady" Ocean and Stone looked at each other before rubbing the back of their neck

"is that so?" asked Stone as she eyes at them suspiciously

"yes, have you both-"

"no" the guys chorused making her nod

"let's go?"

"yea" they chorused again

During the ride back, Ocean kept looking at her making Stone roll his eyes every now and then when no one was watching while Moon struggled to focus on the driving because of the intense stare coming from the guy sitting next to her.

On their arrival, Ocean is quick to grab all the bags, refusing her help. To her, he was only being a gentle man when in truth Ocean used it as an excuse to enter her apartment. She is so innocent, thought Ocean to himself as he walked straight to the kitchen and placed the bags on the counter including the ones he bought. When he finally re-emerged he asked,

"Do you have an apron?" He directed his question to Moon who is standing near the door, waiting for them to leave so she can unpack what she bought

"Yes why do you ask?"

"is it in the kitchen?"

"yes why do you ask?" Moon repeated her question as the alarms started to ring in her head

"I want to start preparing dinner" Moon blinked twice at his response

"Here?"

"Yes silly" He flashed her a sweet smile

"Can I have a word with you Mr neighbour" She asked in a polite tone when in truth she was boiling inside. She didn't want to come off rude as they have a third person in the house [Stone]. Ocean and Stone shared a knowing look before the latter stood from the couch

"see you guys later, I promised to spend the night with Mira" Good boy, Ocean thought to himself while giving the other man a small smile that one wouldn't see if they don't look close

"see you later bro" Ocean chimed

"yea of course, bye Moon"

"Bye" Despite her anger she still managed to smile and wave at him as he was leaving them. When the door closed on the two of them her heart beat accelerated just like yesterday.

"I think you should leave too Mr neighbour" She walked towards the door and opened it hoping he would comply.

"But I want to stay with you" He flashed her another charming smile making her internally groan.

"You promised to stay away"

"I am sorry but I can't stay away, I think I am catching feelings for you, I am not sure about it" he casually said like it is a very normal thing. Moon looked at him as if he had an extra head growing on his body.

"you can't be seen around me, I don't want you around, you are only going to get yourself in trouble if not killed"

"How? is it because of Rex? Are you scared that he is going to hurt me?" he continued to smile down at her

"yes and no. Rex is a dangerous guy but there are other things"

"Other things like what? what is the relationship between you and Rex? I can find out myself but I want to hear it from your beautiful mouth"

"he is my elders sister's husband and I slept with him....by mistake" she blurted the last part and looked down at her hands, expecting him to judge her like other people or run out of the door disgusted but he kept smiling down at her. He grabbed her smaller hands in his making her heart fall into her stomach.

"My sweet rabbit teeth neighbour, you should know that I am no Saint to judge you. We all make mistakes and I would have only judged you if I didn't feel how much you regret it."

"Thanks" feeling uncomfortable with the way he is holding and looking down at her, she removed her hands from his and kept it to her sides. He continued,

"I know you are bothered about my safety but worry no more as I am very capable of taking care of myself."

"You still don't get it, Rex is no match for you, he is much more dangerous than he looks. I have seen him do crazy things-"

"I know I know, Rex is very dangerous and I understand that you are scared that he is going to kill me but can you let me handle myself when the time comes. If you keep pushing me away, the more I will be drawn to you but if you stop, I am very sure the feelings I think I am catching for you will die and I will stop coming around" he assured her knowing fully well that he is lying to Moon as well as himself.

"okay" She agreed hoping he meant his words.

"Now let's go to the kitchen" she nodded and led the way to the kitchen while he trailed behind her with a victory smile on his face, happy that he was able to convince her to stop pushing him away.

Inside the kitchen, Ocean eagerly opened the bags as he helped her place things where they are supposed to be by asking her or finding it himself.

"you bought too many chocolates" he commented as he opened the bags full of Snickers chocolates

"Yes. I eat them in the middle of the night when I get hungry" he nodded

"you bought too many sweet things" he commented again as his eyes caught a bag full of cookies

"I have a sweet tooth'

"That I can see. better start now to curtail your sugar intake" she frowned at his suggestion making him smile "why don't you cook?" he asked out of the blues

"I have told you I don't want to talk about it"

"okay. I know what to do, I will be cooking for you in large quantities and stock it up in the freezer, that way after eating good food you won't have to look at those snipers"

"No need to do that and it is SNICKERS not SNIPERS" She corrected him with a small laugh, finding it funny he didn't pronounce it well.

"Snickers....what sort of name is that?" He asked while picking one out of the bag, Moon giggled as she watched him eye the chocolate. On hearing the sound of her giggle, he felt tingles spread all over his body as his non-existent heart leaped for joy and in order to suppress his feelings, he instinctively bit into his plump bottom lip.