Note: This chapter might make you mad.
Pacify her
She is getting on my nerves
I can’t stand her whining
And loving her seems tiring
—Pacify Her by Melanie Martinez
Nine woke up to his phone ringing like crazy. He groaned, rubbing his eyes in annoyance at the sound. Sitting up, Nine grimaced from the soreness and slight pain radiating from his lower body.
Sliding off the bed, not caring about his nudeness, Nine looked for his pants.
Vee, also waking from the sound and movement, sat up in bed, crossing his arms behind him as he watched Nine. He admired Nine’s nude body and the marks he left on him.
Finally finding his pants while holding his aching back, Nine pulled out his phone, seeing that Lee was calling him. He cursed, noticing the miss calls and messages from Lee and Cassy. He silently left their house and never told them where he went.
They were most likely worried to death.
Nine quickly answered the phone, “Hey—”
“Where the fuck are you?” Lee interrupted; he sounded pissed off.
“Ah, Lee, I am so sorry. After everything that happened, I just needed some time.”
“And you couldn’t tell us that last night instead of sneaking out? We were worried.”
“I am sorry.” Nine truly was; he was not thinking straight last night.
Lee sighed, trying to calm himself, “You didn’t go see him last night, did you?”
Nine almost wanted to ask which ‘him’ but stopped because he knew who Lee meant. “No.” He answered.
“Good. Are you coming back for breakfast? Jon is coming over, so we are making a lot of food.” Lee asked, his voice finally sounding calm.
“Sure. I will see you soon.” Nine hung up the phone, deciding to look for the rest of his clothes.
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Placing two fingers on Vee’s lips, Nine stopped them from kissing. “My breath stinks, Mr. Nosy.”
Vee pushed the fingers away, laughing, “Funny, so does mine.” He pulled Nine into a kiss, not caring how their mouth smelled.
Nine smiled into the kiss, giving it a few seconds before pulling back. “Gross.” He made a fake disgusted face.
“Are you coming back?” Vee asked, chuckling at Nine’s expression. Vee did not understand why he wanted Nine to stay, but the feeling suddenly hit him.
“Yeah,” Nine squeezed Vee’s arm before stepping back, “didn’t you say that you wanted to take me somewhere? I will return in the afternoon if you still want me to go.”
“Yep, I almost forgot. You killed my brain last night.” Vee commented.
“Haha,” Nine rolled his eyes, “see you later. And I am walking myself out since you are still naked.” He looked Vee up and down, lasting a second on the man’s privates before leaving.
“Perv,” Vee jokingly commented, crawling back into his covers to lie down. He wanted to sleep more before getting ready to go out with Nine.
Nine hopped in his car, buckling up as he was getting ready to drive to Lee and Cassy’s house when something hit him. He forgot his textbooks!
Thinking about returning to his friends’ house and leaving Vee’s, Nine realized that the weekend was always short and school would start again. Plus, he did have homework that needed to be done.
But the thing is, his school stuff is still at his home with Quin. And Nine did not want to see him yet.
Nine tapped his fingers on the wheel, thinking about what he should do. He glanced at the time on the car’s clock. Quin would be out at this time, so it should be fine to go back. But what if he is not?
As Nine bit his lip, he wondered what was more important: school or seeing Quin? Okay, that shouldn’t be a thought, school is more important.
Sighing, Nine decided to drive back home for his school stuff and hoped Quin was not there. He was not ready to face him yet.
When Nine reached his home, he unlocked the door and walked in. Glancing down, Nine cursed when he saw Quin’s shoes still there. He silently closed the door and walked on his tiptoes, cheering that he had left his school stuff on the table.
But maybe Nine mentally cheered too soon because his luck has never been good. He fell in love and chose a man who did not care for him as he did, so his luck was quite shitty.
“Nine?” Quin called, walking out of the bedroom fully dressed. He had a glass of water and aspirin in his hand. He looked surprised to see Nine.
Nine glanced at the ceiling, wondering if he did something wrong in his past life to deal with this. Taking a deep breath, Nine looked at Quin, “Oh, you are home? I am just picking up some stuff and will be out soon.”
Quin looked ready to say something when his expression quickly changed to anger. He speed walked to Nine, setting his glass and aspirin down. He roughly grabbed Nine’s collar, pulling it aside to show the many love bites.
“You went to him! Are you fucking kidding me, Nine! You can go fuck him, but not answer my texts last night!” Quin yelled.
Nine winced, pushing Quin off him, “Why are you yelling?”
“Are you kidding me? That is all you are going to pick up on?” Quin annoyingly questioned.
“You made it clear that you do not care for me, so why should it matter where I went last night?” Nine defended, covering his neck.
“Because you are still with me!” Quin continued to yell.
Nine lips drew into a thin line. Quin was not wrong. Anyone viewing this conversation would most likely side with Quin. He did sleep with Vee last night without ending things with Quin because he wanted to set his mind elsewhere.
Honestly, Nine acted like Quin, making his guilt build up again.
He opened his mouth, getting ready to reply, when Quin grabbed his shirt again, pulling him close. Quin kissed him hard, practically bruising his lips.
Nine tried pushing Quin off, but Quin held on tight. And when Nine wanted to open his mouth, to say something, Quin slipped his tongue inside. Once Nine felt Quin’s tongue in his mouth, he bit down.
Quin pulled back, holding his mouth.
Quickly slapping Quin, letting the sound resonate in the house, Nine yelled, “What the hell is wrong with you!” Nine was breathing hard, touching his bruised lips.
Quin’s hand moved from his mouth to his cheek, rubbing the throbbing red spot. Nine slapped him hard.
“Tell me—are we through?” Quin asked, moving closer to Nine.
Nine backed up, putting his hand on Quin’s chest so that Quin couldn’t get closer, “Don’t.”
Quin paused in his step, “Answer me.”
“I—” Nine tightly closed his eyes, hating how hard it was to tell Quin yes. Why is it so difficult to say ‘yes, we are?’
Grabbing Nine’s face, Quin rubbed Nine’s bottom lip, causing Nine to flinch and open his eyes. “Say it, Nine. Say it.” Quin pushed as he continued to rub Nine’s lips and face softly.
“Don’t,” Nine pleaded, feeling everything crashing down, “don’t do this to me.” He hated how much power Quin still had over him. He felt like he was fifteen again, willing to do anything for Quin.
And Quin knew exactly just that.
“Say it,” Quin whispered, bringing their lips close together again. They softly brushed against each other.
And Nine would have stupidly given in if his phone did not choose the moment to interrupt them.
Hearing his phone ringing, Nine broke from the spell that Quin had him under and pushed him away hard. Quin stumbled back, almost falling as Nine grabbed his school stuff.
He quickly left the house, slamming the door behind him. He ran to his car, ignoring his ringing phone.
When he entered his car, unlocked it, and threw his school stuff in the back, Nine sat down, gripping his wildly beating heart.
“What is wrong with you?” Nine slammed his head on his wheel, hating what he had almost done.
What is wrong with you? He thought again, wanting to cry.
What the fuck is wrong with you, Nine?
Sorry for not having the two chapters yesterday and today. My workaholic self ended up passing out yesterday and barely left my bed. My body was so exhausted, I literally couldn’t stay up and slept the day away. Today was kind of the same but slightly better.
Sleep better. I cant really talk tho bc I ended up sleeping from like 8am till 5pm so my schedule got destroyed.
I can understand. I try to stay on good sleep schedule, but it always goes wrong.
Thanks for the update, hope you can rest well
Thank you for translation. This novel is so good.
I am very sorry. This is original novel. I thought this is translation.
Hope you’re doing ok, author. Missing this book a ton.
Sorry I am all late. My little sister was dealing with some problems, then I ended up losing my job, so I have been depressed.
I’m so sorry. Depression is a bitch I’m constantly fighting against. Hope things improve though. Things can get worse or better so all we can do is try to fight to increase the chance they get better as opposed to worse.
True and hopefully. Just trying to look for the positives in life.
Aren’t we all 🤗
There’s a warning that it’s gonna be annoying but hell! Tf is wrong with you Quin!!!!! Argh, I just wanna beat him up. That’s why your ex left you, dang it!