"Hey!!!", called a deep voice.
Seb looked up. Her eyes were moist but no tears flew through her cheeks. She sniffed once and kept staring.
A hand was offered in front of her face. She was still confused and looked back at the person after looking at the hand once.
"Come on now!", Iven said,"Enough already!!!. I felt pity watching you like a abandoned puppy looking around for me. But then I thought you should get a taste of your own medicine. I don't even know why I stayed this long, get up now!!!'.
Seb blinked twice, unable to believe her eyes,"Iven, you stayed?", she said in a almost broken tone.
"Honestly, I had thought multiple times of leaving, but the faith I had on you was too strong", said Iven," Are you going to get up now???".
Seb reached for his hand this time, he pulled her up.
"Iven, I don'r know....I just...I'm so...", Seb fumbled on her words.
"Don't!", Iven cut her short with a even more deeper tone.
He studied her from top and bottom. Her Jersey clearly said why she wasn't able to make it in time. But he didn't say anything.His biggest attention was caught when he noticed that her clothes were too light for such a chilly night.
On the other hand, Seb was feeling humiliated and embarrassed because of that.
Iven wasn't paying attention to that at all. His eyes caught concern of something else which made his eyes narrow and jaws tighten.
"Iven...really...you have to listen...I was...", Seb thought it best to explain. But she just blabbered without any choice of words.
"Belle!", Iven tried to stop her, but his voice wasn't audible to her.
Seb continued,"I just....it's them, I wasn't .....".
"Belle, you...", Iven tried to raise his voice. He cared least for any explanation then.
This time Seb heard him, but is deep tone scared her as she lost more of her words,".....I'm sorry....really...you have to hear.....I".
Iven suddenly grabbed Seb by the arm and shook her hard. That made her shut up. He looked directly in her eyes with his cold shot and it could stop a tough girl like Seb too. She stared without a word, completely puzzled.
"Belle, look at me!", it was a direct command from Iven. His cold tone caught Seb off guard, How did you get that injury?". He didn't remove his eyes from her for even for a second. Seb was getting flustered as she looked away.
"Uh...what?...", She replied earnestly as she had no idea what Iven talked about about.
Iven rolled his eyes due to annoyance. He dropped her arms. Seb looked up in confusion.
Iven reached his hand out to her face suddenly. Seb flinched, what was he doing? He slowly reached for the back of her head and bent it down to see it for herself.
The first thing Seb noticed were her white trainers. They were raw stained. The blood was still fresh because her wound has opened up. She wondered when that happened, when Iven was kind enough to bend her head further more to look out for the injury.
"Ah!", was the only exclamation Seb could let out as she looked up at Iven with pitiful eyes.
Iven folded his hands and gestured that it's the thing he wants an explanation for. He waited.
Seb understood the looks on his face,Ah....this...I don't quite remember,...may be when during the match....yeah....I guess I tripped....", she was trying her best to remember.
"Match, I see", Iven said in the most sarcastic tone possible.
"Yeah but I can assure I didn't even know about it", now Seb described in her whole mind as she's calmed down," They just dragged me in it in the last moment because the team couldn't have gotten through without me, I'm their Captain!"
Iven tilted his head. He wasn't amused, Alright Captain, try keeping your priorities before your team sometime. It's not that serious a matter, but that wound looks serious".
"Ah I'm find", Seb waved her hand and passed a polite smile.
But Iven didn't melt. His expression was intact as Seb was taken aback.
He signaled with his hand once,"Let's go".
Seb was surprised,"Really? You still wanna go for today's plan? That means you're not mad anymore???". She exclaimed with her innocent childish joy,"I can take you to my favorite place".
Iven sighed and rubbed his head. She was impossible!
"Yes Captain, we're going and I've plans", he said but his voice didn't have any humor in it.
"Oh, where?", Seb lost the former interest.
"My place, to get you treated", he admitted,"Before it gets infected".
"That's really not necessary, it's mere", Seb hesitated.
Iven turned around and narrowed his eyes. His tone had a familiar devilish tone,"Sorry Belle, you're no position to revolt or complain. You'll do as I say. Do you understand, or will I have to make you?".
Seb flinched as couldn't say anything else. She just nodded once. She didn't show it, but she was a little scared. She messed the date and Iven was clearly mad. She didn't put up more negatives.
"Good, can you walk?", Iven asked.
"That won't be a problem", Seb answered.
"Sure you can", Iven agreed,"Get in the car".
"Why did you even ask me in the first place when you had a car?", Seb tried to sound irritated.
But one cold shot from Iven's eyes took care of her complain.
She didn't argue more and got in the car obediently.
She had this secret inside of her for a long time. Even though she knew that she was stronger than him, somewhere deep inside she was still afraid of him. She hated to displease him, as she was quite aware of his unbalanced temper. She still sometime has nightmares about the time when she was brutally violated by him. She has the image of the demonic look on his face pasted in her mind. She was able to bring about a lot of changes in him since then, but at times she still notices the familiar devilish nature in his eyes and voice. That's a cue when he is on the verge of losing his mind and Seb must stop. She tries to avoid her actions
or stimulate him more.
Presently, Iven's state of mind was worse. Because he was worried for Seb to the extent.
A wolf is wild when in enmity with someone, and even more furious when it protects it's mate!!!
Iven was exactly the same!!!
Seb blamed herself terribly. As he drove, the constant frown was maintained on his face without any improvement. Though he was softer towards her than before, his commitment in the past unchangeable which had left a permanent trauma in Seb's memories.
Seb feared that if this time she again did something stupid, Iven might not stop at nothing to force himself on her and she won't be able to resist him this time. Because there is a major change in feelings in both of them this time.