I woke up the next morning and felt Jacks arms around my waist. I moved to get up but his arms tightened. I giggled quietly and pried them off but I knew that Jack was just letting me do this. If he didn’t want me getting up, I wouldn’t be getting up. I walked across the room, looking back to see him smiling at me with sleepy eyes and messy hair. I bit my lip because despite being the king of hell and all that, he actually looked really fucking adorable. I walked into my bathroom and turned the shower on and brushed my teeth while waiting for the water to heat up. I stripped and stepped under the jets, quickly washing my body. I knew it wouldn’t be long before Jack followed me in here. Literally five seconds after I thought about him, I heard him open the shower door and pull his arms around me again.

“Good morning.” I murmured.
“It will be.” He replied, his arms running up and down my body.

I smirked.

“Got anything in mind?”

“I’ve got a couple ideas.” I felt him nip my skin.

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Ten minutes and a hand job later, I stepped out of the shower, following Jack downstairs but I decided to go outside.

“Alex!” Eli called catching up to me.
“Hey.” I smiled.
“Good morning.”
“It certainly is.” I smiled, looking up.
“Oh? And what made your morning?” He asked.
“Jack.” I replied.
“Oh really?” Eliza asked, popping out of no where.

She wiggled her eyebrows and I playfully pushed her, a giggle escaping her lips.

“Come on let’s go to the tree.” Eliza bounced.
“The tree?” I asked.
“You’ve never been?” Eli exclaimed.
“No.” I replied.
“Well come on!”

We walked briskly down the path, then turned left into the woods. We came across a trail and followed it until we reached a ginormous oak.

“Whoa.” I gasped.

Eliza ran forward and grabbed one of the branches before hooking her leg around it and pulling herself up. Then she grinned at me before climbing up farther. Eli followed her route then I did.

“How long has this been here?” I asked.
“Hundreds of years, come on I want to show you something.” Eli said before climbing up farther.

I followed him, stepping where he stepped and grabbing the branches he did since he knew this tree better than I. We reached a place where we were about fifty feet off the ground and there was a big three way fork in the branches. It was used as a structure while layers of vines had been woven to make walls.

“A treehouse.” I smiled.

The walls were only about five feet tall so you had to either crouch down or sit but they were sturdy and well hidden. The floor was made up of three long sticks, probably about four inches in diameter which had a lot more sticks, maybe two inches, woven together on top.

“Yeah we like to make refuges where ever we can. Obviously there’s the servants quarters but this is another one.”
“Why though?”
“You never know when you’re going to need somewhere to hide, especially with Jack as a master.” Eli answered.
“You’ve got that right.” I sighed.
“Can I ask you something?” Eliza asked.
“Sure.” I replied.
“What are you two? I mean you don’t have a normal slave and master relationship, thank god, and you aren’t in a relationship, but you’re too close to be just fuck buddies.” She said.

Come to think of it, that was a good question.

“At this point, I think we’ve come up with a new type of relationship.” I laughed but her question did hit me kind of hard.

I wondered what we were and how I felt. I then realized that at some point, I’d stopped hating him. When he was around, it was like he was the only thing in the room, he was so enticing I couldn’t help but watch him. During those rare moments when he looked at me, without a threatening demeanor or angry glare, when he really looked at me, I felt like time froze. Although those things were true, I didn’t like him because of his cruelty and how he’s always being a selfish prick. Oh. Not to mention that he’s raped me twice and beaten me more times than I can count. I shook my head. Loving him, or even liking him, was too hard. The cons far outweighed the pros.

“But don’t worry, I don’t love him. I don’t even like him.” I shrugged.
“Okay good, we just wanted to check on you.” Eliza murmured.

It felt good to have people who cared enough to worry about me.

Notes

Title cred: Blurry Face - Twenty One Pilots (Have you guys heard this song?!?! Because it's perf okay)

Alright i'm not sure what my updating schedule is going to be like for the next week or so. My family is going through some real shit rn and i'm not sure if it'll cause me to update more or less idk