Daphne
My chin trembles as I wash my face in the sink with soap and water, and I make the mistake of looking at myself in the mirror when I'm done , because I just start to cry, with fat tears rolling down my cheeks. I cry silently and cover my mouth as I stand in the bathroom.
I hate myself as I start to make excuses for what just happened in my head. Defending him to myself. The kiss was good, it was great even, it was everything our first kiss should have been, and then, it just, went wrong. Roman had made me feel dirty, and used. And not the good kinds. My expectations were nowhere close to what just happened.
Maybe that was my problem, expecting him to be the idea I had of him, when that's not who he really was. The Roman I fell in love, wouldnt have ignored me when I told him to put a condom on, the Roman I knew would have let me face him, not bend me over like a dog the first time we had sex, the Roman I knew wouldnt have put me on my knees and cum on my face the first time we were together.
I grabbed a towel. Wrapped it around myself, and slowly crept out of the bathroom, and out of the apartment and to the only person I wanted to see right now, and probably didnt deserve to.
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I book it to the end of the hall past the elevators and my bare feet slap against the steps as I run the flight of stairs up to the fourth floor.
I run to Hunter's door and knock hard and fast. Hoping he's awake because I left my cell phone downstairs.
"Hunter!" I yell and pound my shaking hand on the door.
I hear the latch being slid as he tells me to hold on.
Then the door pulls open and he looks down at me, and me standing in a towel.
"What's going on?" he asks , not inviting me in.
"are you alright?" he asks and reaches up to touch my face and I shake my head.
"oh baby" he says in sympathy, or maybe pity, who knows, but I let him pull me to his chest and cry into his chest.
"he didnt hurt you did he?" he asks and I shake my head and he strokes my hair.
"what happened kitten?" he asks , holding me, still in the hall and still in a towel.
My head pops up from his chest when a female voice comes from his door.
"Everything alright Hunter?" she asks.
My heart sinks, and for some reason seeing this woman in his doorway, hurts more than what just happened with Roman.
"oh." I say and pull back. "God....god .." I shake my head and tears push out of my eyes and down my cheeks as Hunter looks at me.
"Daphne?" he asks.
"I'm so stupid."I say quietly. "I'll go." my voice cracks and Hunter looks at me and then grabs my arm.
"baby, what's going on?" he asks and I look at him and then to the gorgeous brunette, slim, slimmer than me, a model type, she was beautiful. She was what he deserved. Hunter deserved the best.
"You're busy, I can go..it's fine...i...it's fine, I just..." I shake my head feeling so fucking dumb standing here, crying with a beautiful female stranger, looking at me like a pathetic little wounded animal .
"She's freaking out, because you haven't told her I'm your sister, you idiot." the girl says and I blink and my heart stops.
Roman's brows pinch and then he laughs.
"Shit...Daphne....no...." he laughs. "God....no....baby...ew gross...you thought she was a hook up? Barf. " he says and pulls me into him.
"okay dick" his sister slaps him on the back of the head.
"Come on...come inside....we'll get some clothes on you." he says and I look at him. His sister gives me a warm smile.
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Hunter
I don't ask again what happened as Daphne stands in my room.
"sit baby" I say as I sit on the bed.
She shakes her head.
"Why not?" I ask cocking my head slightly and looking at her.
"I need a shower." she says quietly.
"I need to get him off of me." she adds and my jaw clenches.
"What did he do?" I say trying not to sound like I was ready to fuck him up.
She shakes her head. "Can I please just take a shower?" she asks not looking at me.
"Of course you can....but we ARE going to talk about this Kitten" I tell her and she nods.
I nod and walk her to the bathroom, and give her towels, and she tells me to throw the one she wrapped around her away.
I go to kiss her and she backs away. My brows furrow.
"I don't....his mouth was on me..." she says.
"It was on....him" she says and I nod.
"Okay" I say and honestly appreciate the reminder, cause I dont want to be kissing Roman's body or cock or wherever she had it on him, by contact.
"Just yell if you need me okay?" I say and stroke her hair and she nods. I grab her face and bring her head to me and kiss the top of her head.
"I'll be in the living room with Callie" I tell her and she nods.
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"You really signed up for that kind of drama Hunter? What were you thinking?" Callie asks with a whisper once the shower starts.
I give her a glare.
"Listen little brother..." she says and I give a little smile.
"You called me over here, cause you were flipping the fuck out over this girl, sent her off to a fucking guy who made her come running to you like this!" she gestures towards the bathroom.
"If you want her, fucking tell her, stop trying to be devils advocate of your own fucking life. You dont tell a girl you're in love with that she can go sow her fucking oats with her life long crush! What are you? Fucking stupid?" she says.
"Ouch" I say and she rolls her eyes.
"I didn't say I was in love with her." I remind her.
She rolls her eyes. "You don't fucking have to you dumbass. You called me at 12:30 am to come to your house to talk! When have you EVER done that Hunter?!" she whisper yells and I shrug.
"Doesnt mean I'm in love." I say.
"Have you slept with anyone else?" she asks and I roll my eyes.
"It hasnt even been a week." I say.
"Answer the question." she says.
"No. I havent." I say with a sigh.
"And do you WANT to sleep with anyone else?" she asks.
I shake my head.
"I don't know this girl....but clearly if she's taming the city slut"
"Hey!" I say and she rolls her eyes.
"Your reputation isn't lost on me Hunter, I hear things." she says.
"Stop sending her into the arms of someone who doesnt fucking deserve her." she says and stands and walks over and slaps the back of my head.
"dumbass" she mumbles and I laugh as I stand and follow her to the door.
"Take care of her....but take care of you too Hunter." she says eyeing me.
"No more of this 'she has to figure it out on her own' bullshit." she says.
"How the fuck is she supposed to figure it out when you're not being honest with her." she says and I narrow my eyes.
"Ive been honest with her." I say.
"No, you havent, cause youre pretending what you want is for her to go test drive morons, while you wait for her to realize she'd rather have you. Nobody wants that shit Hunter, you're lying to her and to yourself. Tell her what the fuck you really want." Callie says and grabs my face.
"Plus, I really need this to work out so I dont get a call at 12:30 am again" she says teasing me and I laugh.
"yeah, yeah..sorry" I say and let her kiss my cheek.
"let me know what happens" she says. "I need to go home and go to bed."
I nod.
"Thank you." I say to her seriously.
"anytime little brother" she smiles and punches my arm and I laugh.
"gnight jerk" I say and she laughs.
"Night!" she says over her shoulder as she leaves.
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Daphne is still in the shower and I give her time but more than 10 minutes goes by so I go into the bathroom.
"Daph, you good baby?" I call in and hear her sniffles and her shaky voice reply.
"yeah, im fine" she says.
I push the door open and walk in and pull back the curtain, and find her with a loofah, scrubbing her skin raw.
Her entire body is pink and I'm frozen for a second as she cries.
"baby, baby" I say and step in the shower, in my sweat pants and shirt and grab her, taking the loofah as she shakes.
"I cant get it off." she cries.
I was going to kill Roman. I was going to end up in jail.
"Get what off baby?" I say and stroke her hair as she hyperventilates.
"him" she cries.
"I want him off me" she says and I grab her and hold her.
"You're clean baby, I promise." I say and rest my cheek on her head, holding her tight as she chokes on her sobs.
There's a banging on my door to my apartment and she clutches me when we both hear a muffled male voice.
"Here baby" I say guiding her out of the shower and wrapping her in a towel and closing the toilet and sitting her down.
"Just sit right here for me okay?" I say and stoke her wet hair as she shivers and shakes and I swear to god Roman better not be at my fucking door as I watch her have a mental breakdown.
"Give me a second okay baby, just stay here, dont move okay?" I say and she nods as she cries.
I grab another towel, wrapping it over her shoulders and then leave the shower running to drown out the fucking sound of me tearing into Roman.