114 Chapter 114: Screwed up!

The sudden voice startled everyone as they turned to Usui together. He looked at them and shrugged, " I won't let her go alone."

Annoyed, Stella turned to Usui and retorted, "I can go alone."

He smirked, "Young Lady, from where did you get the idea that I will let you be out of my sight again?"

Stella furrowed her brows but Usui smiled at her.

Suddenly her eyes brightened as she said, "Zeke, you have to be at the meeting too. You are also part of the council, remember?"

Unknown to them, a certain person was leaning against the wall glumly. He wanted to go with her but before he opened his mouth, that punk cut him off.

Loki looked at the ongoing squabble with boredom and pure anger. He so wanted to break that guy's jaw so that the next time he would not cut him off.

Usui's eyes finally shifted from Stella to Hazel. He smirked, "I think our President wouldn't need my help. After all, I'm just a newcomer."

Stella glanced at Hazel, batting her eyelashes making Hazel raise her eyebrow. 

Hazel furrowed her brows and thought, 'Oh! she wants me to agree'

So, Hazel nodded, "It wouldn't matter if he is there or not. We have already divided the work among us and since he just joined, he just had to watch but I think he can do that later too. So, it is fine if he goes with you."

But she was surprised when Stella pouted her lips and leaned against the wall upset. 

'She didn't want me to agree?'

Hazel was bewildered by her state. She scrunched up her face as she thought, 'Well why wouldn't she? She loves him, so she would want to go.'

Usui nodded as he added with a smile, "Even if they need my help, they can just use Zelal more."

Zelal protested, "Hey!!!"

That made Stella giggle.

She couldn't help but feel sorry for Zel, "Zeke, you really should start doing your work. Don't bring your bad habits here."

Zelal chirped in, "Right! Right!"

Usui shrugged nonchalantly and said, "You come first. I'm not letting you go alone." He looked at Stella sternly and said, "Please... for once listen to me. I won't be able to be at ease if I left you alone."

Stella pursed her lips and nodded. She mumbled, "It's not fair when you do that."

In response, she felt her hair being rustled.

Hazel gritted her teeth at the sudden PDA. She hurriedly said, "Okay!! since we have decided. I will give you my pendant which would make your journey smoother."

Stella nodded at her gratefully before she looked down at the boy who was flapping his chubby arms. The boy looked at her and saw the sister smiling at him.

She kissed his cheek and said happily, "Yay!! we are going to the beautiful lady's house."

Stella felt her heart brim in happiness as she looked at Hazel gratefully. She knew Zeke wouldn't fall for a normal woman. 

Suddenly, the boy struggled in her arms as he asked urgently, "What about Mama and Papa?"

Stella's heart ached as she looked at him. She smiled and tried to keep her voice from wavering, "They will be there."

Hazel suddenly came close to the boy and said, "I have a little brother of your age. Would you be his friend when you visit him?"

The boy nodded his head happily. He looked at Stella and pointed at the ground.

"Ah!" 

Stella placed the boy down on the ground and saw him running towards the room his sister was kept. They could hear him saying excitedly that these adults were taking them to a kingdom.

Stella sighed as she was relieved that the matter was taken care of but suddenly she felt her injured arm being grabbed. She hissed as she looked at the person angrily but her face changed when she saw Loki glaring at her.

"You are injured."

Stella gulped as laughed nervously, "It's not that bad...I will apply medicine later."

Loki gripped her arm tightly and pulled her towards the chair paying no heeds to her words. 

Loki looked at her and ordered grimly, "Sit"

Stella sat down instantly not wanting to piss him off more. She watched as he took out the medicine from the nearby kit and reach out for her arm.

She pulled her arm back making Loki shift his cold eyes at her. She hesitantly laughed, "You don't have to do this... I can do it on my own -" Stella stopped when she saw his face darken slightly so she hurriedly said, "Zeke, will do it for me..."

Stella bit her lips as she saw his face darken further.

'Crap! What did I do?'

Stella fidgeted with her fingers as she looked at Loki nervously. Loki took a deep breath before he asked, "Can't I do it?"

He narrowed his eyes as he spat out coldly, "Must Zeke be the one who should do it?"

Stella shook her head vigorously making Loki crack a small smile.

He reached out again and gripped her hand tightly making Stella close her eyes in defeat.

She felt his fingers fold her sleeves up. Not even a second had passed when her ears were graced with several gasps. 

Stella bit her lips as she peeked at Loki who wore a hideous expression on his face. She heard him ask angrily, "This is okay?" 

The appalling red cut paled in contrast to her snowy white skin. The wound was infected as numerous black blood clots were formed by the repeated beating of the boy. 

Loki looked at her sternly and asked, "Why didn't you say you were injured?"

He was completely pissed off by her negligence to herself. He only noticed her scrunching her face when the boy started hitting her arm. Even then, she held on to the pain and prioritized calming the boy down. He was sure if he hadn't stopped her now, she would have pretended she was alright till the end of the day.

Stella lowered her head as she mumbled, "I didn't know it would get this bad. I was planning on taking care of it after the children's matter was taken care of."

Loki scowled, "You didn't know? You have poor prudence towards your well-being."

Stella pressed her lips as she looked at him sadly. She never thought that her injury would get severe in a few hours. Seeing her wronged expression, his face softened as he loosened the hold on her. He brought her arm towards his lips and slowly blew on the wound.

He gazed at her and said, "Next time, if you hide the fact that you got injured then I will punish you."

Stella widened her eyes and gasped, "Punish?"

He smirked, "Yes, punish.. now stay still and let me deal with your arm."

Stella nodded and watched Loki administer the medicine on her arm softly. Stella gazed at his handsome face, chiseled jaw, and her eyes slowly drifted towards his full lower lips. Stella suddenly snapped out of her daze and blushed when she remembered where her eyes were.

'Geez, Stella! Get a hold of yourself'

Usui chuckled when he saw the dilemma Stella was in. It was very clear from her face that she was beginning to notice Loki. The only thing he was surprised about was that she wanted the cold face guy who is the complete opposite of her.

He shook his head chiding himself for worrying about her when he was already at a dead-end. His eyes shifted towards the one person he wanted in his life with deep longing.

After the medicine was applied, Loki stood up and pulled her along with him making Stella stumble towards his chest.

Stella hurriedly straightened away blushing heavily. Loki suppressed a chuckle as he thought, 'I would never get tired of seeing her red cheeks.'

Usui looked at Stella and asked loudly at Hazel, attracting everyone's attention, "When should we leave?"

Hazel raised her eyebrow when she saw he had his gaze focused on Stella. 

"In two days...I need to stabilize her health before the journey."

Usui looked at her and nodded seriously, "Okay! I will prepare for our journey then."

Usui turned his head away from Hazel right after that and went closer to Stella who was still gazing at Loki dazedly. He sighed before he held her hand making Stella jolt out of her gaze. On noticing Usui's teasing face, she scratched her cheek embarrassedly.

Loki's eyes narrowed when his sight fell at their intertwined hands.

Usui suppressed a chuckle before he said, "Let's go, honey."

Stella looked at him instantly in horror as if asking him silently, 'Are you crazy?'

Usui smiled softly as he lifted his hand and placed her strand of hair behind her ear and murmured, "Honey, you need proper rest before we leave. So, do you want to stay in my room?"

Stella narrowed her eyes as she asked skeptically, "Your room?"

Usui nodded his head at her innocently, fully enjoying how a certain person was emitting blizzards in the room.

Stella didn't have a problem with sharing a room with Zeke as they have done that before when she was sick and he took care of her for the entire night. But, she was skeptical when he announced it in front of many people.

Her eyes shifted to Hazel who was clutching her dress tightly. She raised her eyebrows when she figured the reason behind Zeke's question. 

So she looked at him with a huge smile and grabbed his hand tight. She nodded her head eagerly as she said, "Sure, it's been a long time since we shared rooms."

Instantly, Loki swirled his head towards her in shock. Stella furrowed her brows when she felt a dark gaze on her. She slowly turned around and saw Loki staring at her in bewilderment. She raised her eyebrows in question at him.

Seeing him continue staring at her, Stella widened her eyes when she finally realized what she said. 

'Shoot!'

She cried inside, 'Did he misunderstand me? Crap! but I was trying to help them. He would understand right?'

Stella looked into his eyes and sobbed mentally when she realized the coldness in them.

'Crap! she screwed up!'

But Stella didn't get a chance to make things clear before she felt her arm being pulled towards the door.

She shouted in her mind, 'I was just helping her'