‘Serena… Wake up…’ a distant voice echoed through my foggy mind, ‘Please come back…’ I frowned and winced at the pain I found to the right of my head, I flickered my eyelids open long enough to see Bang’s welcoming face looming over me. ‘That’s it, a little more.’ I now recognised the floating voice as Bang’s and tried my hardest to open my eyes, someone’s hand encircled my own making me realise just how cold I was, it felt like the hand was as searing hot as the sun and mine was as cold as ice just like Daehyun had said, I didn’t pull away though as it was a comforting reminder I was alive. I squeezed Bang’s hand back in reassurance and turned my head to look at him,

‘Bang…?’ He nodded and held my hand tighter as I took my time trying to gather my bearings, the feel of sheets against my skin was familiar and I could smell the ever present scent of sunflowers from Rose’s perfume hanging around me, I looked to my right and saw my dresser full of odd bits and bobs telling me for sure that I was home. I tried sitting up but couldn’t as Bang placed his hands gently on my shoulders keeping me down,

‘You need rest Serena… You got hurt really badly…’ Bang barely managed to choke his last words out as tears overflowed from his aching eyes as he looked down at me, why was he crying? Had I done something wrong? To tell the truth I couldn’t remember anything that had happened after… After I had heard Bang’s voice and fell…

‘Oh God…’ I cried and reached out pulling Bang beside me onto my bed as I hugged him tightly, I his hair as tears fell from my own eyes and landed in his soft blonde waves. ‘I’m so sorry…’ I kept hearing myself repeat as gentle sobs would escape from Bang’s lips every now and then reminding me of his own hurt.

‘Serena… You have no idea, I thought I had lost you!’ he sat up and wiped his eyes as he clenched his fist in despair at remembrance of how he found me, ‘You were so cold and still when I saw you… You… you were smiling like you had somehow found peace, peace without me! God! I thought you weren’t coming back and that you had left me…’ he collapsed into tears once again and let me hold him like a mother would hold her child. My own tears had stopped now and were replaced with a sharp pain, not in my head but in my heart, the anguish and aching I had caused Bang had now reflected and was tearing me to pieces. I glided my fingertips along Bang’s shaking arms gently and continued his hair with my other hand planting tender kisses on his forehead every now and then, after a while he stopped shaking and crying and sat up once again this time taking me into his arms like a loved doll and started my own hair letting his hands run all the way down my back and up again. His touch comforted me and made me feel alive reminding me of the electricity our bodies shared, finally he spoke, ‘You made me so scared…’ he murmured into a fistful of my hair making me shiver,

‘I know…’ I whispered wrapping my arms around him tightly, I breathed in deeply taking in as much of his scent that I loved, he responded by pulling me even closer to him and murmuring against my neck,

‘You haven’t apologised enough…’ I closed my eyes and pressed my own lips against his neck enjoying the warmth and taste of him.

‘I haven’t?’ I asked in a daze as he pushed me back down gently and shook his head with a smirk,

‘I’ll make you pay…’ he said in a purr as he lowered himself to lean over me and press his tender lips against my own, he kissed me softly and slowly at first but soon he couldn’t control himself as I felt his teeth bite into my lower lip making me let out a soft moan and him a chuckle. I reached up and pulled on his shirt as his mouth met mine again, his arms scooped me up easily as he shifted us so that I was now lying on top of him. I ignored the pain in my temple and reached my fingers into his hair tangling them there as my other hand played with the buttons on his shirt attempting to get it off, his lips stretched into a smile as he placed his hand over mine and pulled it to his cheek, I frowned,

‘But I thought…’ I looked at him confused as a rosy colour started rising in my cheeks,

‘You’ll be punished Serena, just not tonight.’ He chuckled again and pulled me against him tightly kissing the top of my head. I sighed, causing him to laugh again, ‘I love you…’ I heard him murmur before I fell asleep surrounded in love.

Little did I know of the further troubles I was soon to face.