Honey and Blood Don't Mix

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando grinned as she said his hands were bigger than a bear’s paws. He curled his fingers over the tips of hers. He couldn’t tell if she had small hands or if he had big hands. He looked at the back of his hands as it was held in front of him. He wondered if she ever noticed the discoloration on his knuckles.

Orlando looked up at rosemary as they both began to eat the cheesecake. He laid his arm across her lap. He wanted to feel the physical connection between them. But it was also almost instinctive to protect her and keep her from falling off the table. “This cheesecake is almost as good as sex, like please make this for my birthday” he said with a light laugh. He took another bite and nodded. “Oh I’m just throwing an absolute rager at my house inviting all the cute girls.” He teased, wiggling his eyebrow at her. “Just work. I’m pretty lame. I work and I spend time with you.” He told her, finishing the cheesecake off.

Orlando stood when he was done, bringing his plate and fork to the sink. He looked past Rosemary at the clock before he moved to the table, standing in front of her. He waited patiently for her to finish before he also took care of her dishes. “You should spend the night tomorrow. Or I could come here.” He offered as he turned around. He slightly hoped she would want him to come over. Not that he didn’t enjoy her at his house, it was just much
More dangerous. People kept an eye on him, and if they saw her around him, then his secret was out. He had people ready to keep an eye on her for him. But he felt like he needed people looking out for him too now.

@ BadStreetBoys

Rosemary's hand dropped down and laid against his arm that was now across her lap. Her fingers slowly traced up and down, lightly running along his skin for a long moment. But soon the moment passed and her hand raised back up so she could continue to eat her own slice. "Almost? So I'm that good?" Rosemary teased him. "And I suppose I can think about it. Is your birthday soon?"

"Oh hush. You don't want me to get jealous now would you?" Rosemary joked, poking his arm softly as she did so. "Cause I can always find my way to one of the frat houses on campus if it's going to be like that."

Once Orlando was standing in front of her, Rosemary leaned up and peessed a kiss against his lips. "I know you're not lame," she mumbled against his lips before pulling away and finishing her cake. At which point, Orlando took it and she leaned back, pressing her hands into the table. "You should come here," Rosemary told him. "I have a late class so it would be a bit easier. I won't have time to make anything though so we'll have to order in. If that works for you?"

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando grinned over at Rosemary. “I guess it’s not like, soon soon. But January 18th is my birthday.” He told her with a smile. “I think you are that good, yes.” Orlando wasn’t exaggerating or trying to get brownie points by being overly complimenting of Rosemary. She was an amazing cook from what he had seen. A quick look of jealousy came into his face as she mentioned going to a frat house. Though Orlando quickly hid it abs smiled up at her. He had to remind himself it was a joke, that he started. He didn’t want to start getting jealous and possessive and scare her away.

Orlando kissed back eagerly. Her lips were like candy, and he was a kid, irresistible. He let her finish her cake and afterwards he put both of his hands on the table on either side of rosemary, tapping his fingers against the wood. “Sounds good to me.” He said and kissed her cheek. “I could pick something up for us on my way over?” He offered with a smile. “Just tell me what time to come over and what kinda food you want and I will take care of the rest.” He told her with a goofy grin.

Orlando looked back at the clock before he looked back at Rosemary. His hands slid up from the table and around Rosemary. Engulfing her in a tight embrace. “You wanna call me bear you’re gonna get bear hugs.” He teased as he hugged her tight to him. Orlando loosened his grip after a moment and let her go, sitting on the table again. He moved to the chair and sat down, looking up at Rosemary. “I’ve really enjoyed tonight. Thank you for having me over.” He told her. Orlando felt his phone buzzing in his pocket and sighed. “One second. I’m so sorry, again..” He said and pulled the phone out. He answered it, moving into the bathroom to take the call.

@ BadStreetBoys

"I would definitely say that is not soon," Rosemary said with a little laugh. "But I will keep that in mind when your birthday does come around." It was strange to think that they were taking about doing things together that were a few months out. After all, they only agreed to be official a few minutes ago. But something about Orlando really made Rosemary feel like he was a good choice, a good fit for her. She had a good feeling that this one would last a while. And that pleasant feeling that spread along her chest at the thought made her want to giggle with glee.

"Come over at 8." Rosemary whispered to him, leaning forward a bit as she did so. "And how about..." The woman let out a long hum in thought before eventually answering. "Chinese?" She looked over his eyes for a moment before continuing on. "If you don't like that, I would also take Sushi." She leaned forward and pressed her lips gently against his. She loved how ready Orlando was to just take charge and take care of things. So quickly he was ready to just take care of dinner, to come stay with her. It was so nice, knowing that he would handle the little things when she couldn't.

As she was engulfed in his arms, Rosemary giggled and tried her best to hug him as tight as she could back. But too soon he pulled away and sat down. Though before she could thank him for coming over, and saying how much fun she had, he was disappearing to take care of a phone call. Rosemary looked down at the black phone ringing before he disappeared. How strange that he was getting another work call...

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando grinned as she said Chinese, his lips moving to meet hers. He liked a girl who could decide what to eat. He didn’t really care, occasionally he had cravings but most of the time he didn’t mind and didn’t really want to decide either. A lot of the other girls he had taken out couldn’t decide snd it just rubbed him the wrong way. When Rosemary pulled away he licked his lips and nodded. “Chinese sounds great. Jin Yuans is my absolute favorite place, it’s within walking distance of my house so I usually get it form there when I’m drunk.” He said with a hearty laugh. “Just text me what you want at some point and I’ll get it for you, babe.” He purred and kissed her once more quickly.

Orlando was annoyed by the second phone call he had to take on this date. Of course there just had to be issues tonight. He didn’t have a life to himself, it felt like. Sometimes this was all he could do. He knew the job when he told his father he would take it. But it didn’t make it suck any less that he wasn’t able to have a life outside of it. Orlando thought to himself about asking his father about he snd his brothers mother and how they worked out. Maybe his advice could help. Orlando knew his mother knew about the life, but he didn’t know how long it took her to find out.

After about ten minutes he came out looking somewhat disgruntled. He’d have enough work to keep him busy tomorrow it seemed like. Not only did he have to deal with the aftermath of the shooting. He had some more people accused of stealing from him and snitching on him. Both things he had no problem punishing someone for. Orlando also had to deal with collecting cash tomorrow which would take time because some of his dealers were absolute block heads. He slid his phone into his back pocket and walked over to rosemary. He gave her an apologetic smile. “I’m so sorry.” He murmured snd took her hand. Orlando lifted her hand and kissed her knuckles. “I promise it’s not always like this. We’re just super busy this week.” He said and sighed.

@ BadStreetBoys

As Orlando came back out from the backroom, she smiled back warmly at him, even more so when he started to kiss her knuckles. "I am sure that it is nothing that you can't resolve." Rosemary said softly before she leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss against his cheek. She could not help but think it was a little odd that he was getting another call in the middle of their date, however, he was one of the owners of the shop. If something was wrong, they would go to him. And it seemed that it normally wasn't like that, as Orlando said. She just hoped that he wouldn't get another call before he had to go. Though with the time, and the fact that Orlando wasn't staying the night this time, she was willing to bet that he would have to head out soon.

Rosemary slide her fingers into his, intertwining their hands together. "As for tomorrow, I will message you what I want to eat. I have not seen their menu so I'll need to look at it first. And, maybe on my way home, I can get us some ice cream," With that decided, Rosemary kissed Orlando again, though unlike the ones from before, it was a slow, romantic kiss. Something that would keep a warm tingling on their lips after Orlando had to go.

After a few moments, Rosemary pulled out and looked up into his blue eyes. They were so mesmerizing. "I am so glad to be able to call you my boyfriend now." Her hand slid out of his and reached up into his hair. She ran her fingers along his head a few times before beginning to smooth his hair to fix the sex hair he had.

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando smiled at Rosemary. She was so patient with him, didn’t even question why he was getting phone calls this late from the shop. He was glad she wasn’t questioning him or accusing him of anything. The few girls he had actually tried dating usually accused him of cheating before he explained it. They usually left at that point. Not too many girls really wanted to be with the gang leader. Some liked him for a little while before realizing the life was too much. That was why he stuck with one night stands. “I can fix anything.” He purred.

“Ice cream? You spoil me.” He told her and squeezed Rosemary’s hand. His free hand moved to her hip and pulled her closer to him. He just wanted to be close to her. “I’ll send you a link to their menu when I head out.” He said coolly before his lips were met by hers. This kiss felt so warm and powerful. It felt so right. His hand moved up and down her side gently as he put his entire self into the kiss. Just wanting to show Rosemary how much she meant to him.

His eyes opened and met hers as he heard her speak. Orlando kept one hand on her hip, the other caressing her face as his lips curled into a small smile. “I think I’m the luckiest guy in the world calling you my girlfriend.” He told her snd pressed his lips to forehead. Orlando loved as she played with his hair. He wasn’t sure why, but it soothed him. “Sadly, though I think I should get going.” He said and sighed. “I have a lot of work to do tomorrow.” He told her and ran his thumb across her cheek. “But I’ll be here tomorrow night and you won’t be able to get rid of me.” He teased and kissed the top of her nose. Orlando pulled away after enjoying the moment just a little longer. He went to the bedroom and finished putting on the rest of his clothes before he came out, grabbing his jacket from the kitchen. “I’ll text you when I get home, babe.” Orlando told rosemary. He kissed her one last time before he headed out and home.

@ BadStreetBoys

-A week later-

Ever since Rosemary left her second class of the day, she had been getting an eerie feeling from a strange man. At first, she just thought that he looked a little odd, wearing shorts that no longer seemed appropriate for the weather. But besides the odd look of him, Rosemary did not think anything of it. It just seemed cold for it was all. Though as she continued to go about her day, she kept noticing that the man was around. At lunch, he was in the cafeteria. As she walked out of her third class of the day, he was outside taking a smoke. When she went through the coffee shop at the school, he was there. Something wasn't right.

So Rosemary started to test her theory. After all, she was on campus and students tended to stay there. Perhaps they just had a creepily close schedule. So she started to walk odd ways around, going in directions that didn't make sense. Stopping to see if he stopped. The man never got close to her but she was quickly realizing that he was always around and he was following her. And it was very quickly sketching her out. What was she suppose to do? Rosemary didn't want to go home. What if she left campus, was he going to kidnap her? The hair on the back of her neck was standing up and the anxiety was rising in her.

Rosemary pulled out her phone, deciding to call Orlando in a panic. She wanted to bet on the phone with someone before she got snatched up. Maybe he could do something about it. Her free arm wrapped around her waist as the tears started to well up in her eyes. When Orlando picked up the phone, she didn't even wait for him to say alone. "Someone is stalking me." Rosemary whispered into the phone with a little sniffle. "I don't know what to do, he has been following me all day. Orlando, I'm scared, what if he kidnaps me?"

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando’s week had been quite busy with the gang. He spent his little free time with Rosemary. His men knew to do their best not to bother him while he was with her, but this job wasn’t easy and had things he was needed for at random times. He did his best to keep her from noticing his black phone from his red phone. Keep her from hearing his odd calls. He was stressed from the secret, but it was keeping her happy and safe. They had just started distributing a new drug and it was brining him tons more cash.

He had recently gotten into a fight with some scum bag, he didn’t mean to, but was stabbed in the arm. The rest of him was okay besides a few nicks and bruises. It hurt like a bitch and it was going to hurt for quite some time. Orlando was in the middle of wrapping his bicep in gauze when he got the call from rosemary. He answered and put the phone on speaker so that he was able to wrap and talk at the same time. “Hey babe what’s up?” He asked, hiding the pain in his voice. “You’re positive? What’s he look like?” He asked. Orlando sighed to himself. If this was his man he’d be having a word. He told them to be discreet in her protection. If this wasn’t his man though, he had bigger problems.

As he waited for Rosemary to tell him what the man looked like he pulled out his other phone and was texting Tommy, asking if Rosemary had caught him. Chewing him out over text for being so dumb as to get caught. “Do you want me to come pick you up from class? I’ll bring you to my place. No one will kidnap you here.” He teased, trying to lighten to mood and make Rosemary laugh.

@ BadStreetBoys

"Orlando, it's not funny." Rosemary cried into the phone. "I swear, he's been following me all day. At first I just thought we had the same schedules but I-" As she glanced back, she could see the stranger was now staring at her in a peculiar way. Dead straight staring at her before looking at the area around them. Rosemary was sure at this point that he was looking for witnesses. "Oh my god, I need to do something. I can't wait for you - He's up to something."

The young woman took in a deep breath, beginning to feel like it was now or never. He had been following her all day and this was the first time he was checking their surroundings. "I am going to punch him. Right? That's right. I need to distract him and run. Oh god" Rosemary shoved her phone in her pocket, keeping Orlando on the line just in case something happened. But she needed both of her hands in case things went bad with the stalker.

She took a sharp U-turn before running up to the stranger. Without a moment of hesitation, Rosemary punched the stranger in the face. And, although it wasn't very hard, when she thrusted her knee up into his crotch, the man fell down to the ground pretty fast. "Stay away from me you fucking creep!" Rosemary yelled at him before she turned on her feet and started to book it, running a randomized path to make sure that he couldn't just easily find her.

Once she had run as far as her legs could carry her, Rosemary pulled her phone back out. Tears were still streaming down her cheeks and she felt lost as to what to do next. "I don't see him anymore but I don't know what to do. Should I go the police?"

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando sighed softly as she told him it wasn’t funny. He felt bad for putting her through this. Tommy had texted him back saying yes, he had been caught. Orlando’s eyes widened slightly. “Babe, Rosemary, no!” He said and not his lip to keep himself from laughing. “Don’t punch him!” He said. He heard the shuffling and could tell she had made up her mind. He shook his head and as quickly as he could, tried to warn the other man that he was about to be assaulted by Rosemary.

Orlando muted his mic and busted out laughing as he heard the punch and then his friend fall to the ground. Orlando had tears in his eyes from the laughter. He didn’t even need to worry about teaching the man a lesson in not getting caught. Rosemary did it for him. Orlando unmuted his mic once he was sure he was able to stop laughing. “Babe, calm down.” He said in his calmest voice. From the pain in his arm and the laughter he wasn’t sure how calm his voice was. “No don’t call the police.” He said his voice a bit stern. The last thing he needed was the police involved in any of his affairs. “Go to the coffee shop, where we met. I’ll pick you up.” He told her calmly.

Orlando finished wrapping his arm in gauze and looked at it in the mirror. It was mostly secure, you could see the red blood seeping through the very middle of where he was hit, but everyone else looked fine. Orlando got up abs pulled on one of his black tee shirts, the gauze easily visible when he wore just the tees hurt. He grabbed his leather jacket and pulled it on to cover the wound. He looked in the closet where his other jackets were and sighed softly to himself. He missed wearing the jacket with his logo on it. The logo of his gang that he was very proud of. But he knew rosemary would ask questions. “See you soon babe.” He told her as his other phone began to ring. He answered it and laughed. “You dumb fuck!” He said heartily as he headed out. Orlando climbed into his pickup and began to drive towards the coffee shop. “I told you not to be seen. Now my girlfriend is unprotected because she set you flat on your ass.” He said and laughed again. “Yea yea. Don’t worry bud I’m not mad because that was fuckin hilarious. It’ll teach you to be smarted next time.” Orlando hung up his work phone and put it in the pocket of his jacket, just as he pulled up to the coffee shop. He took out his personal phone and texted Rosemary that he was outside waited. He groaned slightly as he adjusted his arm. He hated being stabbed, would much rather have been shot, it hurt less and was usually cleaner. He hoped Rosemary didn’t want to be picked up or have rough sex tonight, he would not be able to.

@ BadStreetBoys

The young woman was surprised when Orlando sternly told her not to call the police. She could not understand why, as she had just been stalked the whole day. Though, Rosemary decided to listen to him, thinking that they could talk about it once he came to pick her up. So, she did what he said, making her way to their coffee shop before sitting in the back, keeping her hood up once she found a spot.

When Orlando texted her to let her know that he was outside, she hurried out of the coffee shop and into his car. Tears were still running down her cheeks, and her eyes were red and puffy. The rest of Rosemary was okay outside of her now bruised knuckles. "Hi," Rosemary whimpered to Orlando as she lifted a hand up to wipe away some of her tears.

She turned slightly to look at him as she pulled down her hood. The young woman still did not feel very good but she certainly did feel safer in Orlando's car. Orlando was a big man and she already knew people didn't want to mess with him. But she did not understand why some stranger decided that he wanted to mess with her.

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando unlocked the door as he saw Rosemary hurry over to his truck. He sighed softly. His heart broke seeing her look so scared and sad. He knew this was his fault and he felt so bad. “Hey baby.” He murmured abs looked across the truck with gentle eyes. He reached up with his good arm and gently cupped her face in his hand. “It’s gonna be okay. You’re with your big scary teddy bear now. I can protect you from anything.” He told her and leaned over, kissing her forehead.

Orlando leaned back into his seat and began to drive back towards his own house. He stayed quiet, whatever she wanted to divulge and talk about, she would. He didn’t want to press her. Occasionally, Orlando’s eyes would shift to Rosemary as he drove. He carefully moved his other arm up and out that hand on the steering wheel. If he kept it at a certain angle it didn’t hurt. With his injured arm forcing, Orlando used his good hand to pay her leg, reassuringly.

Orlando pulled into his driveway, hopping out of the truck. He looked over his shoulder to make sure she wasn’t looking abs quickly rubbed his bad arm, gritting his teeth at the pain. Orlando followed Rosemary up the stairs and into his house. He had already given her a key. She knew he sometimes worked late and if they had plans to stay at his house, he wanted her to get in even when he wasn’t there. “Let’s go cuddle on the couch and I’ll make everything better.” He murmured. Orlando slowly took his jacket off. His eyes closed right and biting down on his tongue so he didn’t cry out in pain. He could explain away the bandage, but he wasn’t so sure he could explain away the amount of pain he was in. He took his shoes off and made his way to the living room. “Come here Hades!” He called and the dog came running in. He pay the couch and Hades jumped up. “We even have a guard dog here.” He said with a weak laugh. Orlando hoped his blood loss wasn’t apparent, hoping he wasn’t pale or sickly looking. He glanced over at the bandage and his eyes widened as he saw it was almost more red than white at this point. He pulled the sleeve of his shirt down in an attempt to hide it.

@ BadStreetBoys

Rosemary closed her eyes for a moment as he laid his hand against her cheek. Though as he started to reassure her, the young woman started to cry much harder than she had before. "I don't know what happened, Orlando." Rosemary cried to him. "I was just walking around campus and I started to notice that this man was everywhere that I was. When I decided to test him, he still continued to follow me." She pulled her sleeves down, trying to dry up her face as best that she could. "At the end there, it looked like he was getting ready to grab me, he was looking to see if others were around, I swear. I don't even want to think about what he wanted."

Once they pulled into the driveway, Rosemary slowly slid out of his truck before heading towards the house. Her head did not turn back to see what her boyfriend was doing as she just wanted to get inside as quickly as possible. "Okay, I like the sound of that," Rosemary mumbled to Orlando as she headed into the living room, falling back as she waited for Orlando to come join her. But Hades jumped up onto the couch at Orlando's call and she wrapped her arms around the dog, hugging him into her. "Hades wouldn't hurt a fly." Rosemary mumbled as she lightly pet the dog.

After a moment, Rosemary glanced over at Orlando, wondering why he had no laid down on the couch with her yet let Orlando had said he would. "Come hold me." Rosemary mumbled to the man before she patted down on the couch for Orlando to come sit next to her.

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando’s heart broke as he listened to Rosemary cry and explain what happened. He definitely couldn’t tell her now that this was his doing. She would hate him. “It’ll be okay. You’re safe now. You’re with me. I’ll protect you.” He reassured. His words were soft and gentle. He was slightly relieved to know she was a fighter. If anything happened to her because of her involvement with him, he had hope she could take care of herself.

“Hades would hurt someone for hurting you.” He teased back. “He adores you.” Orlando told her. “I’ll be there in one minute, baby, I gotta grab something from upstairs really quick.” He told her and hurried off upstairs. Orlando went into his bathroom and found some more gauze. He didn’t want to risk her seeing his bloodied arm. He wrapped a few more layers around his bicep, turned and looking at his whole arm. He was satisfied. If he bled through this, there would be cause for concern.

Orlando headed downstairs in his sweatpants and tee shirt. He placed his regular cell phone on the counter in the kitchen, but kept his work phone in his pocket. He went into the living room and sat down besides Rosemary. He made sure she was on his good side so he was able to wrap one arm tight around her. Orlando left his injured arm limp on his other side. “You’re safe, Rose.” He said quietly and kissed Rosemary’s forehead. “Just you, me, and Hades. We’ll protect you.” He mumbled, his lips still slightly touching her forehead. “We could watch a funny movie to get your mind off of it?” He suggested.

@ BadStreetBoys

As he made his way upstairs, Rosemary watched him for a moment. She couldn't help but think he was acting a little weird, though as to how and why, she couldn't quiet put her finger on it. Something did not seem right. But perhaps he was upset about what had happened to her today as well? It was hard to say. Though she moved her attention back to Hades, wanting some reassurance even if it was just from the loveable dog.

Rosemary let out a sigh of satisfaction once Orlando was sitting down on the couch and she was able to relax into him. She laid her head against his chest, wrapping her arms around him loosely. "I know you will, Bear." She whispered to him. "I feel safer with you both already." She buried her face into his chest, doing her best to remind herself that she was safe now that she was with Orlando. Rosemary doubted that anyone who was following her would want to mess with him.

"I just don't know what to do if I see him again. Or if someone else tries to follow me?" Rosemary looked up at him with worried eyes. "Do you think that is going to happen again?"

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando smiled as she relaxed into him. He could feel the tension and the anxiety and worry leave Rosemary’s body. His arm held her tight and protective. He wanted her to feel safe. He also was holding her tight so she didn’t climb into his lap. As long as they stayed like this he was sure he could keep her from noticing his pained arm. He closed his eyes and smiled as his arm ran uo and down her side.

Orlando opened his eyes as she spoke, his eyes flickering mg down to look at rosemary. “It won’t happen again.” He said and nodded. He knew it wouldn’t, though she Nd isn’t have to know that. “Don’t worry, Rose. You are safe and that won’t happen again. I promise.” He pressed his lips to the top of her head. “I’ll get you your own guard dog, how about that?” He asked with a gentle teasing tone. He didn’t want her to worry, but he knew this situation would likely freak her out. He wished he could tell her that he was 100% sure she didn’t have to worry, but then that would lead to explanations.

Orlando closed his eyes again, biting down on his tongue inside his mouth as he felt a sudden jolt of pain in his arm. He knew rosemary would ask to stay the night, but he wished she wouldn’t. If she went home he could go find his brother and have him look at this wound and give him some pain killers. Otherwise he was just stuck with Tylenol and a prayer that it wouldn’t get any worse. “Let’s think of more positive things.” He said suddenly in an almost breathy voice. In truth, Orlando just wanted to get his mind off the pain. “I missed your game this week, how did that go?” He asked her. Orlando was upset about missing her volleyball game. But Rosemary was understanding. He had work and she knew he couldn’t miss it. Orlando felt his work phone buzz in his pocket, but only once. He groaned slightly as it did. He didn’t have time for this shit tonight.

@ BadStreetBoys

Once she was wrapped up by Orlando, Rosemary was finally able to start calming down. Her eyes closed as she rested against him, a few deep breaths filling her up and leaving her slowly. The young woman was still against him as she did her best to get to a point where she was able to stop crying. And she was able to achieve that as Orlando reassured her that it would not happen again.

Something about Orlando's words and the tone of his voice really made Rosemary feel like she was safe and that the situation was behind her. That this was not something that she had to worry about anymore. Though, logically, the woman was still worried. After all, Orlando didn't know what the man had been doing there or what he was planning on doing to her. "That sounds like a great idea." Rosemary mumbled to him, smiling a little bit at the thought of getting a guard dog.

Her eyes slowly opened as he mentioned her volleyball game that Orlando had to miss. A bit of a smile started to come along her face at the thought of it. "It went pretty well actually I-" Rosemary stopped when she heard his phone buzz in his pocket. They had not been together very long but she had learned quickly that Orlando typically had to take it when it rang. "Do you need to get that?" Rosemary asked as she pushed herself off of him, unknowingly grabbing onto his injured arm as she did so.

@ Sweet.Persephone
Orlando smiled slightly. He had been thinking of getting another dog and having it properly trained as a guard dog. Hades was great, but he was strictly a pet. Trained well and obedient but not a guard dog. “We can get another dog.” He told her with a smile. Orlando rubbed her side slightly. He was so glad she was seeming to finally calm down. He didn’t like his girlfriend crying snd worried. He swallowed slightly. He felt bad that he wasn’t able to take better care of her. Without the arm and the knowing who the man was, made it hard for him to be as caring as he could be.

Orlando looked down at Rosemary as she began to talk about her game. Though it was quickly wiped off his face when she grabbed his arms. He shut his eyes tight snd but his tongue trying not to yell out in pain. “Uhm.” Orlando let out a deep grunt as he tried to cover up the pain, knowing his secret was probably out. “No baby. It’s just a text. Tell me about your game.” He said through gritted teeth.

Orlando used his good hand and wiped his hand down his face. After removing his hand he looked down at her with a small smile. He hoped to cover up what had just happened. But he knew he wasn’t dating an idiot. “If they call it’ll ring more than once. It’s just one buzz so it’s nothing.” He reassured. “I wanna hear all about your game so I can prepare for your next one.” He told her with a slightly goofy smile. Orlando felt bad for missing her last game. But work came up. Another emergency, he told her. When in reality he needed to meet with his father about the shift in power completely. His father wanted out and felt like Orlando was finally ready to be the one and only leader.

@ BadStreetBoys

Seeing the pain move across Orlando's face caused Rosemary's eyes to furrow together in confusion. Though as he let out a deep grunt, it was quickly replaced by surprise and worry and she was quick to get off of the man completely. "Oh my god, are you okay?" It was easy to tell that Orlando was in some kind of pain. The look on his face, the grunt, the gritted teeth. Something was going on here.

The young woman was quick to start looking along Orlando, trying to figure out if it was something that she could see or something that she would need to bring Orlando to the hospital for. "No, I don't want to talk about the game" Rosemary told him, just as she noticed that something about his arms seemed off. Her eyes squinted at him and not even a moment later, she saw that one was slightly bigger than the other. So Rosemary was quick to reach out and pull off the t-shirt sleeve of the bulkier arm to receive that gauze had been wrapped up under his T-Shirt.

"Orlando!" She let out with a gasp of surprise. "What happened?" With the gauze around it, it was impossible to tell what kind of injury was underneath it. Though with that amount of gauze, she assumed either whatever was underneath it was pretty bad or someone just didn't know how to use the material for injuries. Rosemary lifted her head up to really take in Orlando's face for the first time today, her frown deepening as she did so. "You're so pale. I didn't even notice how sick you look."