Meeting Coal Farrant

Aaaaaaagh! Ow!

With eyes still closed, I tried to get up fast and bumped my forehead on something. The pain and impact forced me to lie back. I'm still palpitating and I began to struggle in breathing. Something is on top of my body.

Nnnnghh...

"Geez. What a way to wake up and knock someone off."

I heard a man's voice.

Wait. WHAT?!

I realized late that a man is lying down on top of me. His left hand is on my chest. I heard my heart beat like crazy. He is breathing on my ear and it immediately sent shivers all over my body.

NYAaaaaaaaaaggghh!

My sudden shrieking caused the man to scramble off of me. I got up panicky and had my back against the wall shooting a glare at the man.

WHO ARE YOU? HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?WHAT DO WANT? MORE LIKE– WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?! ANSWER!!!

I swear. That must have been the first time I rapped so many words that fast.

"Goodness lady. You have got to stop yelling!"

The man shook his head a bit.

"I'm still dizzy from the bump and your screaming is making it worse." he said this in a low, irked tone.

My mouth went agape.

The audacity of this guy acting as if I am the one who committed an offense.

"Excuse me?"

I was struggling to calm myself down. If this man had any intention of killing me, I would've been long dead.

"So is he a sex offender?" I asked this in my head.

I did a quick scan on him. He does not give off that vibe. He actually looked kinda devil-may-care. I caught a glimpse of his dark gray eyes and they were fascinating.

"Do I amuse you?" He said this to me as he caught my stare.

I snapped back to reality and felt vexed. This guy is unbelievable. He may have a charming appearance but his character seems far off.

"Well... Explain yourself.​"

I said this in a slight demanding tone.

He continued to stare at me with blank expression as if I said something nonsensical.

I gave him a puzzled look.

"Well?" I said it for the second time.

"I don't know where to start." He said this as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Okay. So how about answering all those questions I had then?"

"You were talking too fast. I hardly had time to comprehend what you said."

About right though. I was so flustered.

"Then, who are you?"

"Coal. Coal Farrant." He answered briefly.

"How were you able to get into my house, Coal?"

"I created a portal leading to your closet." He replied with still expressions.

"What?" My mind went blank for a few seconds.

Is this guy messing with me?

"You have got to be kidding me, right?"

The stillness on his face tells me nothing.

To think about it... What he said does explain the state of the house. But it all sound so crazy! I tried to dismiss my confusion with another question.

"Suppose I believe what you said, why are you here?"

He sighed and began to speak again.

"I was ordered by the elders of our clan to track and bring you back to Lux. Apparently, someone wants you dead.

I felt a chip of my sanity fell off.

I tried to find a sense on anything but I am failing miserably.

My confusion must be apparent that Coal had to interfere my thoughts.

"The elder's will explain everything. I will have to ask you to trust me... no other questions for now."

I sense the urgency in his tone. Somehow, I don't feel a trace of ill-intention from this man. If I really am a target, I will have to go with it and trust him.

"Just one more question."

"Tch. Fine. What?"

I was gonna ask this in rage but in all the confusion, the feeling died. Instead, it was replaced with reluctance. My cheeks were burning red as I got reminded of what happened.

Coal waited for the question with fingers tapping on my table.

"W-why were you on top of me– I mean... your hand was on my– no wait. Y-you..."

I was fumbling with my words. I felt my ears heat up with embarassment. And to make things worse, he cut me off with a chuckle.

"Do I amuse you?" I said this with loath.

He looked back at me and explained.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to do... THAT. Especially when you are in that time of the month."

"WHAT?! How did you know that?" My eyes darted toward him with contempt.

"Okay... Don't jump into conclusions. First, you had a nightmare so I tried to wake you up then we bumped heads. It made me dizzy– even almost unconscious. You have no idea how hard that bump was. Second, I knew you had it when I saw the blood stains on your white sheets."

As soon as I heard that, I checked the sheets. I hardly noticed them at all.

"I've already answered your questions so pack up and fix... whatever." He says this shakily. He seemed a bit distracted."

I quickly got up and rushed to the loo to take a bath and change.

Shortly after that, I heard a loud explosive sound.

BOOOOOMMM!

Instantaneously, Coal was beside me.

"Shoot! They had to come so soon. We should go now but I've used too much of my power. I don't have enough energy to create a portal... I–"

I stood there not knowing how to react or what to do then I saw Coal look at me.

"I'll have to borrow from you."

Suddenly, he pulled me close and the forced a kiss on me. (Eeek!)

The next thing I knew, we were both enveloped by a white light.

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