My stomach grumbles in that moment, and Roman leans back growling at Oscar.
“Have you not fucking fed her?”
Guilt takes over his face, looking between me and Roman, I just roll my eyes, and look at Kai.
“What pancakes do you get?”
“Always the chocolate chip,” he responds, not missing a beat.
“Then I’ll have some of them, and a coffee.”
As if hearing my words, the waitress approaches to take our order. All her attention is focused on Roman and the glare I get tells me she saw him kiss me, and she is far from happy about it. Roman reels off what everyone wants.
“And you’d do well to remember your place and who we are. She’s an Ace.”
The color drains a little from her face and she scurries off.
Always drama wherever I turn.
Parker squeezes my hand, gaining my attention.
“So, we wanted to talk to you about something.”
He looks nervous, so I just nod for him to continue. He hums and stutters a moment trying to figure out how to say whatever’s on his mind, when Kai takes over.
“We want you to try a relationship, with all of us.”
As serene as ever he calmly drops that in my lap.
I look at each of them and they’re all staring back with some level of unease in their eyes. As if sensing a rejection coming Roman jumps in too.
“I know after the time in the ring you said no commitment, but that was to just me. We’re asking you to explore this with all of us. That’s four dicks, plenty more than one, like you said.”
He thinks he’s so clever with his thought process. I still don’t know how to answer. I’m enjoying what there is between us individually, and how relaxed we can feel as a group still. I’m just worried I don’t know enough about everything going on around me still and this could be a huge distraction.
“We’re just asking you to give it a chance Luna. It’d be just like this, the rest we can figure out along the way. We just want it to be the five of us, nobody else,” Parker adds.
Always Parker getting involved playing with my soul and making me agree to whatever he says.
Before I came here, I was adamant I didn’t want any commitment at all, but I didn’t have a best friend then either. My life is up in the air, death knowingly waiting round the corner, yet these guys make me forget all that.
“Okay, I’ll try,” I sigh out, not sure if I already regret saying it.
“You won’t regret it Sakura,” whispers Kai as he kisses my neck.
Damn I could get used to this level of attention.
*****
Heading back to Ace, we each go our separate ways, which earns me a quick but passionate kiss from Kai, Parker and Oscar when we get to their floor. Leaving me and Roman to ride to the top floor alone. The second the elevator shuts he has me pinned in the corner.
“So, how was your day at the beach?” he huffs.
“It was exactly what I needed.” He stares me down searching for something.
“Did he take good care of you Princess?”
Err, am I supposed to answer that? I guess if we are being open about this I should.
“Yeah he did,” I answer honestly, and for some reason his shoulders relax like he’s pleased with that answer.
“I want this to work between us all Luna, if you start feeling yourself backing away you need to tell me what the issues are so we can try and fix it okay?”
The determination on his face tells me he’s serious, and I nod in response.
Stepping out of the elevator, I stop in surprise when I see West sitting outside my door. Roman looks between us.
“You want me to get rid of him?”
“No, I’ll be fine.”
Before I can make for my door Roman wraps me in his arms tightly, and brings his lips to mine, devouring me. It feels so good I can’t even bring myself to care that someone is watching.
“If you need me you know where I am, or hit the group chat,” he says, as we step back.
I nod in response, it was weird that we hadn’t traded numbers until today, and now we have a freaking group chat. My head needs a minute, but instead I get West.
Stepping around him I open the door, leaving it open for him to follow.
“You can put the coffee machine on whilst I take a quick shower,” I say, looking over my shoulder at him, and he nods in response.
His silence tells me he knows I’ve had enough.
Jumping out of the shower I slip into a fresh pair of leggings and a knotted crop top. Deciding to let my hair dry naturally, I leave it loose down my back. Walking into the kitchen there’s a coffee waiting for me, so I take the seat opposite him. I don’t know what he wants me to say, so I wait for him to go first.
“Dietrichson tried taking what happened to The Ring. Told them you were feral and not fit for this Academy, and she wanted authorization to kill you, after your attack on Wren.”
He leaves that hanging in the air. I knew this place was fucking crazy but the fact that the Head actually wants permission to kill me, sets like rock in my stomach. I have no words right now, so I nod for him to continue.
“Do you know who the members of The Ring are?”
“No, I know the names in Ace represent the names in The Ring, but actual names seem to be on your ‘I’ll tell you another time list’ of things to do.” I’m being snarky but I just can’t help it. He doesn’t take me on, he just nods, still not divulging the information.
“Well, Barbette’s father is one of them. He stands for the Dietrichson name in The Ring, and lucky for us when he heard the actual story from an eyewitness, he was disgusted to hear
