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A giant purple and yellow bruise decorates the center of his chest.
He steps back and tugs his shirt down.
“What is this? Another bruise?” I ask.
I can’t stop suspicion from coating my words.
“I told you training can get rough.”
I narrow my eyes at him.
“You’ve been gone for hours. How did training give you this? If I go ask the guys will they confirm one of them gave it to you?” I snap.
My patience has run thin right now with Blaze.
“I can train with people other than them,” Blaze snaps right back.
Of course, the other four hear that and come in.
“You better not be raising your voice at her,” Rion warns.
Blaze takes a deep breath through his nose.
“I need some space.”
My mouth drops open as he walks out of the kitchen and abandons this conversation.
“I pushed him too hard,” I whisper.
The four of them come closer
“No, he needs to be pushed. Something is going on and we’ve been too distracted by everything else to give it the attention it needs,” Aksel says.
“Let’s let him cool down and have some space. We can figure this out when everyone has a cooler head,” Felix says.
I lean against him and take some of his strength. Blaze makes me weak. I want to take care of him and make everything better but his actions are hurting me and I don’t know what to do.
But I know I can’t leave him hurting.
I give the four of them quick kisses.
“Thank you for defending me,” I say.
I leave them behind and gather up some first aid supplies. My gut tells me that a bruise isn’t the only injury he has.
I knock on Blaze’s door and only hear silence.
“Blaze? It’s me. I won’t push the issue right now so please let me in,” I shout through the door.
There’s no response and I’m about to turn around and abandon this idea when the door slowly opens.
Blaze stares at me with searching eyes before they catch on the first aid kit in my hand. The slight tilt of his lips makes this cease-fire worth it.
He steps aside and lets me inside before sitting on his bed. I perch on the edge and give his shirt a little tug. He needs to choose to remove it, I’m not forcing him.
His hesitation only lasts a second before he’s revealing his chest to me. With more time, I can see some smaller bruises that are already almost completely healed so they weren’t bad to start with.
I want to scream at him when I find a gash in his side that he was going to leave untreated if I didn’t come up here and check on him.
