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Paranoia

Kyla's POV:
In the morning, I wake up and Vixen's chest is pressed against my back, his face is in my hair, and his arm is wrapped around my stomach, holding me in place. I feel the sudden urge to get up and go to the bathroom, so I wiggle out of his arms and I get up and I use the bathroom, then I come back to the bed and Vixen lies awake, turning his head to look at me when I come back.

"Did I wake you?" I ask, walking over to the bed.

"I couldn't smell you or feel you anymore so I woke up. So to answer your question, yes. Yes you did." he says, yawning.

"I'm sorry." I say, kissing him good morning.

Suddenly I hear Leo downstairs, laughing.

"Ugh. I forgot about Leo." I say, getting up and finding some of Vixen's clothes to wear.

"I can't forget. The thought comes back to me every second of every hour." he says, groaning as he gets up. He walks up to the sink where I am and he wraps his arms around me, resting his head on my shoulder.

"You still tired?" I say, messing with my fingers as I look as the both of us in the mirror as we stand in the bathroom.

"No. I just need a second to gather myself." he responds, taking a deep breath and leaving a peck on my neck before picking up his toothbrush and brushing his teeth with me. Before Vixen walks out, I stop him.

"Wait. Use some of this." I say.

"What's that?" he asks.

"A serum. It keeps your lips hydrated and full of color. Makes them soft and kissable." I say, applying some of it onto his lips.

"Where do you get all this stuff from? The creams and all."

"My mother. She's big on skin care and she rubbed it off on me when I was young. She's always taught me to take care of my skin, so I always have."

"No wonder your skin looks so healthy and gorgeous." he says, pecking me on the lips.

After we finish, we go to the closet and pick out a pair of sweatpants and socks, I pick up a shirt, while Vixen goes shirtless.

"No suit today?" I ask, putting panties on before sliding on my sweatpants and everything else.

"Nope. Today's a free day. All I need is my phone."

"That sounds easy. For what?" I ask, curiously.

"Checking stocks and supply. The market. Watching the money flow in. Business stuff." he says, grabbing his phone off his nightstand.

"Awww. How fun." I say sarcastically.

"The people I paid last night fixed the windows and replaced everything that was broken. I'm surprised you didn't wake up, they were pretty loud."

"Good. That was unexpected, what happened last night." I say, looking up at him. Then I notice that the door's slightly cracked open.

"Did you open the door?" I ask, a little confused.

"No. I take it you didn't either, or else you wouldn't be asking me." Vixen says, equally confused.

I woke up in the middle of the night to get water, but I could swear I closed the door all the way before I got back in bed, especially because I was naked.

"Maybe I'm being paranoid. Let's go." I say, smiling at him before I kiss him. When we arrive downstairs, Vixen walks over to the refrigerator and Leo looks me up and down and a digusted chill runs down my spine.

Vixen walks back over to me and wraps his arms around me, kissing my head. "You okay?" he asks, talking low in my ear.

"I am." I respond, trying not to let Leo's look effect me.

"I need to go out." he says.

"For what? Is something wrong?"

"No, everything's fine. Just planning ahead."

"How long are you gonna be out?" I ask.

"Not long. I'll be back soon, okay?" he says, letting me go. When he comes back, he has a shirt on, keys in his hands, and his shades are on top of his head as he leans down to kiss me.

"I love you. I'll be back. Call me if you need anything, okay?" he says.

"I will." I reply. "Be safe."

"I will. Promise."

Then he walks out the door.

2 hours later
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I'm sitting on the bed, filling out some more of the wedding plans and the door to the room suddenly opens. "Vixen. You're ba- oh. Leo. What's up?" I say, giving him my best smile.

"Oh nothing, just checking on you." he says, grinning and looking me up and down.

"O...kay?" I say, confused.

"Y'know, my brother isn't the type to just settle down with one person. It's just not in him." he says.

"What are you implying?" I say, my anger starting to rise.

"Well I'm just saying that maybe he isn't really for you."

Is he actually serious?

"Are you kidding? Listen, Leo, I've been trying to be patient with you, but me and you getting along is clearly not gonna happen. Either stop talking to me right now, or you'll have to find out the hard way why you don't want to fuck with me and rub me the wrong way." I say, officially pissed.

"Listen, whatever your name is-"

I interrupt him, punching him in his face, and he stumbles back, grabbing his nose as it bleeds. He chuckles and looks up at me. He starts to charge toward me and I walk up to him, my chest high as I look up into his eyes threateningly.

"What the hell is going on?" Vixen's deep voice vibrating through the room.

Leo turns around and walks out the door, wiping the blood pouring from his nose. Vixen looks at him as he walks away and he walks into the room with a small bag, shutting the door.

"Why is his nose bleeding?"

"I punched him in it 'cause he doesn't know when to shut up." I say, still riled up.

"Okay, uhm.. sit down and talk to me. What did he say?" he says, sitting on the bed as I stand up, pacing around.

"He kept saying how you were probably cheating on me, because settling down with one person 'isn't in you'. He kept saying that you weren't the one for me, so I told him that if he didn't stop talking to me, I was gonna show him a thing or two. He proceeded to address me as 'whatever your name is' and I thought it was disrespectful, so I punched him." I say, crossing my arms and shrugging.

I can see his anger rising as he gets up. He puts the little bag in his drawer on his nightstand and he races downstairs.