Chapter 10

                                    

                                          
After the first morning, Elio and Selenia never spoke to each other about sleeping together. But, every night would end the same, both in bed together. Elio's warm embrace helped drive away Selenia's horrid nightmares. And Selenias calmed breaths helped fight Elio's insomnia, it was a beneficial arrangement for both. 
However, the pair were confused and uncomfortable with the new arrangement. Elio knew Selenias personality was less than favorable, and he hated her attitude. Additionally, Selenia hated men and hated letting people in, she was uncomfortable with the fact that she has gotten so close with Elio even if it is only on a physical level. 
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Selenia is finally healed enough to move about the mansion unsupervised, she's allowed to do anything not strenuous but is still barred from fieldwork. When Selenia woke up in the morning Elio was already gone like usual. She was in her tank top and undies, her common sleep attire. Needing to put something else on to cover herself for breakfast, she threw on a t-shirt from the floor and walked down to breakfast.  
When she walked in, still rubbing sleep from her eyes, the room went silent, and then erupted in a low sea of whispers. Selenia observed the members at the table all looking at her, they appeared to be talking about her too. 
"Next person to look at me, or have my name come out of their mouth will get their heart cut out and then I'll send it to their mom" She spits out. All eyes avert from her in an instance. The conversation dies down as well. 
Selenia grumbly makes it to her seat cursing under her breath, something about torture. When she plops down in her seat she met with Matteo and Elio's stare. 
"Good morning sunshine!" Matteo sings to her in his usual upbeat tone. All he gets back is a grumble out of Selenias's stuffed face. 
She is too busy eating her breakfast to notice the two's stare on her, Matteo decides to bring it up
"I like your shirt" he smirks. Selenia looks down at the shirt she threw on this morning and then she stops chewing when she realizes it's Elios. Now she knew why everyone was staring. She thickly swallowed and pushed her rising blush down, stoning her face as she looked at Matteo, 
"Oh babe, are you jealous I'm not wearing your shirts anymore?" She smiled at him across the table. Matteo just laughed wholeheartedly at her response. But no one noticed Elios clenched fists made at the comment. 
He hated to admit it but when she walked in with his shirt on it did something to him. Something lit up inside him, along with a wave of possessive pride, like his territory being marked. If Selenia heard his thoughts she'd gut him at the idea of being "claimed"by a man. But Elio only smirked at that, he loved her extreme reactions to things that could be viewed as sexist. 
Anyway, Elio liked his shirt on her and hated that she brought up wearing Matteos. Elio knows that there is nothing between them, but he still doesn't like the idea of her in another man's clothes. Without thinking-
"I think it's adorable" Elio blurted out. Anyone who had overheard the conversation was silenced. This time Selenia couldn't hold back her blush, she looked like a tomato, you could even see Elio's tainted cheeks on his dark skin. 
'Fuck fuck fuck. I said that out loud. She's gonna kill me. Matteo will never let me live this down' Elio thought.
"Uhm... I'm gonna go- tend to t-the-stairs" Elio got up and rushed out of the room. Everyone was frozen in place after witnessing the hardened Don blush. 
"Yea I gotta-" Selenia left the room as well. She practically ran to her bedroom, locking herself inside. Then, she screamed into her pillow out of embarrassment. She sat like that for a while, wanting to dig herself into a hole after that encounter, but also analyzing the foreign feeling swimming inside of her. He thought she was adorable. The thought heated her cheeks.