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Chapter 64: Stumbling and Stammering

ผู้เขียน: Scarlett T. W
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Reed's POV

Closing the door behind me, the click echoed louder in my chest than it did in the hallway. I leaned back against it, allowing my head to rest for a moment before exhaling a breath I had not realized was trying to escape. My face lit up with a smile that would not go away no matter how hard I tried.

I could still feel my heart thumping in my chest as if it had not been informed that the conversation was over. She remembered the kiss, and she was not sorry that it had happened.

I'd been sweating bullets the entire time, thinking that I'd have to persuade her that it was part of the hallucination, too, or else she would feel some type of way about it. But she didn’t; instead, she blushed, and when I kissed her hand, she didn’t pull away.

She was feeling me, feeling us, and I practically floated down the hallway like my feet didn’t belong on the ground at that thought. My mind was already racing ahead to Friday, where I would take her, and how I would make the evening perfec
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  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 64: Stumbling and Stammering

    Reed's POV Closing the door behind me, the click echoed louder in my chest than it did in the hallway. I leaned back against it, allowing my head to rest for a moment before exhaling a breath I had not realized was trying to escape. My face lit up with a smile that would not go away no matter how hard I tried. I could still feel my heart thumping in my chest as if it had not been informed that the conversation was over. She remembered the kiss, and she was not sorry that it had happened.I'd been sweating bullets the entire time, thinking that I'd have to persuade her that it was part of the hallucination, too, or else she would feel some type of way about it. But she didn’t; instead, she blushed, and when I kissed her hand, she didn’t pull away.She was feeling me, feeling us, and I practically floated down the hallway like my feet didn’t belong on the ground at that thought. My mind was already racing ahead to Friday, where I would take her, and how I would make the evening perfec

  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 63: Naïve

    Alec's POV I stopped as well, even though I clearly heard her ask Reed to stay. However, my feet seemed to lock in place on their own.Both of them turned to look at me as if I were stuck in the wrong scene, and Lux's brows lifted slightly, her eyes squinting in confusion. It was the most intense minute of my life. "Um, Reed. "I am talking to Reed," she said, visibly perplexed despite her efforts not to show it. And I cleared my throat as a reflex to relieve the tension."Yeah. Of course," I muttered, swallowing hard as I stepped back out, the door closing slower than intended. I just stood there, hand still on the handle, heart racing as I stared at the white paint of the door like it would crack open and show me what was happening on the other side. What did she need him for?I was grateful Lake did not look back as he walked toward the front. I stayed there for maybe ten seconds—maybe thirty, I don’t even know. Then I moved. I told myself I was being ridiculous… weird, but before

  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 62: A Harmless Prank

    Reed's POV I paused just outside Lux’s door, my hand hovering in midair like I was about to knock, though I didn’t. My chest tightened, my heartbeat suddenly picking up like I’d just taken off in a sprint. I wasn’t ready to face her and lie. I despised every aspect of this twisted version of the truth I had created to protect Kairos.But what made me sickest was having to implicate myself. Admitting that one of my friends drugged Lux while attempting to drug me did not absolve me. It meant I was the one who introduced her to a world where slipping something into a drink was considered a harmless prank. It was my fault for putting her in a situation where she could have been seriously hurt.But I was doing it for the greater good. So I’d carry it through. Then my mind wandered back to our time in Alec's room—the way she looked at me, the taste of her lips that lingered like a wildfire I could not put out. I’d replayed it a hundred times when I got home.The way she sighed into me. The

  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 61: Life on Land

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    Lake's POVI was startled awake by a slightest shift beneath me, my eyes snapping open as the sensation of movement registered. It took me a moment to realize where I was, the scent of bath salts clinging to the steam in the air... and Kairos's arms wrapped around me. I had fallen asleep in the tub with him.My skin felt pruney as hell, and I knew I had to look it, so I raised my hand out of the water, but my fingers were not wrinkled. “That’s the first,” I muttered, shifting slightly and looking up at Kairos, my voice coming out hoarse while he smiled.“I didn’t mean to pass out on you.” His smile spread as he brushed his thumb across my arm. “It’s okay.” And I let out a breath, returning the smile. “We should probably get out. I’m starving.”I hadn’t eaten since waking up in the hospital. Between the trauma and the adrenaline, food had not even entered my mind. But now it hit me all at once, and my stomach churned, craving something solid.We got out of the tub and dried off, and I

  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 59: Feelings

    Third-party POVAlec barely waited for the gates to finish sliding open before driving into the driveway. Gravel crunched beneath his tires as he parked crookedly in front of Reed's house, cutting the engine abruptly. He slammed the door behind him and dashed to the front door, without bothering to knock.The door was unlocked.His footsteps echoed on the marble floors as he walked straight to the stairs, two at a time. Approaching Reed's bedroom, he raised his fist to knock but paused. The door was not completely shut.Alec hesitated for only a second before pushing it open. But except for the faint light that filtered through the curtains, the room was pitch black. The bed was perfectly made, with no rumpled sheets or out-of-place pillows, indicating that it had been used the night before.He turned back out and began searching the rest of the house, whispering Reed's name. The kitchen and the living room were both empty. The house was massive, and he could not search it all; only t

  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 58: Fair Game

    Lake's POV Kairos's words hung in the air, and I could feel them soaking into my skin and lodging deep in my chest. “Please don’t leave me.” His voice cracked at the end, and his eyes misted with emotion as he pleaded with me without pride or armor.I stared at him, my heart racing faster than it had ever been, faster even than when I was drowning, before my body moved on its own and leaned in toward the boy I loved, the one who had left an entire kingdom for me.Everything fell silent the instant our lips met. The anxiety and the hypothetical thoughts—gone. There was only the warmth of his lips on mine, the soft tremble in his breath, and the desperate way I gripped his collar as if I could melt into him and never come apart.How could I ever abandon him? How could I have thought I could?Pulling back, I was out of breath, and our heads leaned together as I whispered, "I want out of here." He smiled faintly. "Me too. I didn’t bring my car, though; I need to call Reed.”He added that

  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 57: Confessions

    Lake's POV “What makes you say that?” I asked Alec after he admitted that he was in love with Lux but worried that he had already ruined his chances with her, even though I was almost sure I understood what he meant.He ignored her after they slept together, which hurt Lux and could make anything he tried difficult. He told me what happened, and I asked him why he did it. He said he didn't think he was ready and told himself maybe he was trippin'... that because Lux was my friend, he had convinced himself somehow that things should be different with her.I could already see how scared he was, and I had told myself when he confessed his feelings that I would no longer give him the earful I had intended to give him about hurting Lux. But I couldn't help myself when he mentioned how he pushed her away.I told him how much his actions hurt Lux and how they pissed me off because I expected him to do his things far away and not target people close to me. He admitted he was wrong and apolog

  • Coming Out of the Deep    Chapter 56: Fear

    Lake's POVMy eyes were still fixed on Alec, my heart racing, when Kairos spoke next to me, prompting me to turn back to him. “I’ll be outside,” he softly said, swinging his legs off the bed, but then he did something that made me freeze in place.He leaned down and pecked the side of my head as if he wanted to clear up any confusion Alec may have had about the situation, and I froze for the second time. My gaze met his, and he smiled, his eyes screaming the answer to the question that echoed in my head as a result of his actions: was this him coming out?He walked out, and as he passed Alec, my gaze shifted to Alec, who still had a look I could not put into words; perhaps the closest description would be... surprise? I swallowed hard and couldn't find my voice for a moment.I told Kairos hours ago that I didn't care who knew about us, and I meant it, but Alec was my cousin; he was my family, and no matter what everyone else thought, no matter how I could still live my truth even if h

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