章 12: Waking Up Beside the Doll

So beautiful.

They would've continued it until the end if only his lungs didn't require air. Against his will, he pulled away. Eternity slowly opened her eyes—she had closed them—looking at him innocently as if they hadn't eaten each other's faces just a moment ago.

"Evan," she said. "Shall we already take a shower?"

He blinked, not expecting the change of mood almost immediately.

"Yeah," he agreed, a bit unsure himself.

Eternity smiled; he could already guess it was her default expression. She stood up, revealing her bare, naked beauty, and exited the tub.

She offered him a hand, and Evan hesitantly looked at it.

"Don't look down on me." Evan slapped it away, standing alone.

She tilted her head to the side, not understanding what just happened, but proceeded to scrub Evan's back anyway.

The bath ended sex-free.

***

They both went to their respective rooms in utter silence. After going to his closet to wear a black tank top and a pair of tight shorts, Evan closed the lights in his room.

He lay on his bed and closed his eyes, a thick comforter covering most of his body except for the neck and up.

But even after an hour, Morpheus has yet to embrace him.

Evan can't help but think about his actions and hers.

What the hell was she?

Is she hiding something else aside from being a magical sex doll?

Why was he so completely enamored with her? He wasn't the type to quickly get attached.

Or perhaps this was what they call L—

He shook his head.

What a stupid notion.

Evan's train of thought was interrupted entirely when he heard the door creak open.

Even in the darkness, he can completely distinguish her small frame.

She was wearing a pair of floppy pink bunny slippers, a loose pajama top, and nothing down below except her pink cotton underwear.

She carefully slipped right in, careful not to make a sound.

She tip-toed to his bed and slipped under the covers.

She moved closer to his back, acting as the big spoon, and wrapped her arm around his waist. She sighed with contentment before drifting to sleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

The ends of Evan's lips formed a soft curve.

He turned around, making sure not to wake her up, before wrapping his arms around her head. He moved her closer; now, her face was on his chest while his chin lay on top of her head, her red hair tickling his skin as we spoke.

Perhaps it was.

***

Long, dark lashes fluttered open.

Evan winced. The sunlight that was gently passing through the window was directly shining on his face. He tried to move to cover his face but was stopped when he felt a weight on his left arm. Now that he noticed it, his arm was feeling quite numb.

Something—the thing that was laying its head on his arm—moved.

He squinted his eyes, half-asleep and confused at what the fuck was going on. Did he fuck someone last night? He didn't remember going to the exclusive club he frequented with Freiheit–

Freiheit.

For some reason, Freiheit's name caused a bell to ring in his head. And it was a rather irritating bell that was similar to his brother's cackle.

Don't tell me, Evan thought. My idiotic brother did something again.

He shook his head, trying to make the sleepiness dissipate. He then proceeded to look closely at the person sleeping beside him. All he could make sense of right now was fluffy red bed hair, its long locks scattering all over the king-sized bed.

'This bright red hair,' he thought. 'It seems familiar…'

Then it hit him like a freight truck.

He gasped loudly, remembering what happened yesterday and how now he had a woman sleeping on his bed.

It was because of his brother, Freiheit! This woman was the sex doll Freiheit brought as a souvenir from one of his travels! This woman was none other than his Eternity. How could he forget?!

The events yesterday seemed like a lifetime ago.

God, he just remembered the amount of money he spent yesterday. He didn't really like splurging on gifts, but he didn't seem to think twice when it was for Eternity.

Could you believe it? THE Evanescence 'Evan' Holz, acting like a goddamn sugar daddy for a day to this girl who was laying beside him.

He wasn't the type to throw his money around, but yesterday, he did so like his brother Freiheit would usually do to impress his women.

Evan peered at the girl beside him. The annoyance he was experiencing vanished as soon as his gaze met the serene, asleep face of Eternity.

"How beautiful," he said out loud, removing the stray strands of hair that were covering her face.

Her eyelashes were long—so long that he touched them to feel how they felt. It didn't feel like synthetic hair. It was similar to a human's. Her lips were plump and pink—how kissable they were.

Before thinking rationally, he leaned down and kissed her chastely.

Eternity stirred in her sleep.

God, he wanted to punch himself right now. Why was he so attracted to a woman he just met a day ago? But then again, she wasn't really a woman but merely an imitation of one. She's a doll. A sex doll, to be exact.

Wait, hadn't he said this yesterday almost a million times?! How many times must he repeat this to himself to justify these weird feelings towards her?!

But seriously, he noticed it himself—he seemed utterly head over heels for her. After all, she was magic herself. What else can't she do?

Eternity slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of stunning ocean-green eyes. She was breathtaking with her doe eyes and her long auburn hair. Evan never thought he had a type, but Eternity was the embodiment of it.

She stifled a yawn and looked up.

Electric blue eyes met her pair of green.

Her gorgeous eyes softened as she whispered.

"Good morning, Evan."