Held (G/t) pt. 26

We played a few more games after that, more for the fun than for the actual prizes. I had tried to convince Seth to go on a few roller coasters with me, but he easily clammed up. I gasped, looking up at him amused.

“You?? Don't tell me…you're afraid of roller coasters?”

He shyly looked down and I couldn't help but laugh. He looked back up at me when I laughed, eyes narrowing.

“Hey hey hey, don't blame me, they're scary! They're like enormous, spazzing machines of death. Not to mention how high they are…”

He trailed off, looking up at the Ferris wheel and shuddering.

I couldn't contain my giggles anymore. I busted out laughing.

“Seth, you just perfectly described what it's like for me to live with you.”

He looked fake offendied, putting a hand up against his heart as if he were extremely hurt by my comment.

“Are you calling me an enormous spazzing death machine??”

I giggle and nodded as he huffed, pouting and looking back down at me.

“But you said you liked roller coasters! Right?”

I nodded.

“Then you're welcome.”

We both laughed and moved away from the Ferris wheel, Seth discretely glaring at the coaster as we passed it.

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As the day flew by, I couldn't stop thinking about the way that Seth was acting when we showed me our bears together. I had glanced up at his face, his dark hair falling into his dark sky-grey eyes, and a slight smile swept across his face.

Red alarms blared in my head like sirens, immediate warnings flashing across my mind. No….Seth can't think of me like ‘that’. I… I would be seeing Sauver in just a few days. My boyfriend. Who knew if I was even going to be here?

My stomach knotted at all the confusion. I couldn't risk having Seth develop feelings for me. It would honestly be hard enough at it is leaving. Despite the complete strangeness of the whole situation, we had grown to be pretty good friends.

A giant,  mildly terrifying friend. But still a friend.


The thought of Seth having feelings for me made my stomach knot. But I mean, the thought had crossed my mind before…

Bouncing up and down a little bit on Seth’s palm, which he held securely to his chest, I glanced quickly at a couple beside us. A giant, red haired giant held a smaller, blond haired human girl up to his face, both smiling and kissing each other gently. My face heated up a little.

Sure, it wasn't exactly common that a giant and a human could be, well, together, but it did happen. I'm just not so sure how I felt about being on one side of that situation. The thought of Seth holding me like that, kissing me even, made me feel, well….-

“Hey Es, how ‘bout we take a quick break and grab something to eat?”

I jumped, taking my previous thoughts and mentally stomping on them as Seth brought me up to his face. My eyes skimmed over his lips and my stomach flip flopped.

I forced myself to look up at his eyes.

“Yeah, um, that sounds good.” I said, a little distantly.

He furrowed his eyebrows down at me a little, and I flashed him a forced smile, praying that he wouldn't read my thoughts.

I squirmed as he stared at me a little longer, hesitating, but then finally seeming to accept my sudden change in behavior, and brought me back down to his chest, walking over towards the main area of the carnival, near the mixed species seats.

It was like a huge food court, full on giant sized benches, but with little, human sized benches constructed on top of them.

Carefully, he placed his palm up on the top of the table, near the human sizes on, and I climbed off, stumbling a bit and slightly colder form the lack of body heat. He gently placed his giant stuffed bear on the giant bench next to me, and placed my own red bear beside me.  My stomach filled with butterflies as he slowly bent down so that his head was level with my body. I swallowed. Roller coasters sparkled in the background .  

“I will be right back with the food. Don't worry, I can still see you from over near the food tent.”

He pointed back at the tent and my gaze followed, nodding. He looked back down at me, grinning.

“How do veggie burgers sound?”

A smile crept onto my face and I nodded eagerly.

“Yeah, that sounds awesome.”

His grin widened and he slowly stood back up to full height, turning away from the bench and towards the food tent. But instead of walking there, he just stood there, and I furrowed my eyebrows.

He turned back around and looked at me, biting his lip and looking a little concerned.

“Hey, maybe it would be better if you came with me…”

He reached  back down to scoop me up, but I backed away, raising my hands defensively.

“No no no, it's okay. You go get the food, I'll stay here.”

His hand hovered over me a little, and I moved away further, the shadow of his hand making me feel claustrophobic. He lifted his hand back up, still not looking convinced. I huffed and shook my head, giving him a reassuring smile.

“Really, Seth, it's okay. I promise.”

He smiled softly, reaching his index finger down to ruffle my hair, even though he knew it bothered me, and ignored my cry of protest as the rest of his fingers slowly wrapped around my from behind, loosely lifting me up to his face.

He smiled, speaking softly.

“Okay. I'll be right back.”

Before I even knew what was happening, his lips brushed the top of my head, damping my hair a bit, and as quick as they came, they were gone  and I was back in the table, watching him walk away before he could see how red my face was.

My heart fluttered in my chest, feeling a little nauseous. Did he…did he really just kiss me?? Even if it was on top of my head, it was still a kiss.

I dropped my head down, sitting with my knees pressed up against my chest. A sudden fear overtook me as I glanced up through my curtain of bangs, shuddering as the unfamiliar giants thundered past me without a second glance. This was the first time I had been left alone in public without Seth, and the reality of the situation dawned on me like a 2 ton weight pressing on my back.

My heart leaped whenever a giant passed too close to me, flinching and scooting further towards the human benches. It seemed that suddenly, Seth kissing me was the last thing on my mind. Right now there was one thought running through my head on repeat. ‘ Seth, please come back please come back please co-!

I gasped as a sudden shadow completely engulfed me from behind. I froze, clenching my jaw and my heart rate immediately sped up, uncontrollable shivers taking over my body. My eyes widened, waiting for the shadow to leave. It's probably nothing. Probably just another curious kid standing too close to my table, probably-

“Well look what we have here...”

A gruff, menacing voice sing-songed behind me, and I nearly jumped out of my skin, skin pricking with goosebumps. My heart immediately sunk, red hot fear coursing through my veins. Slowly, I bent my legs down and shifted around to where the voice came from, each movement seeming to cause my joints to creak like rusty tools.

Quivering, I turned all the way around, and looked up, shaking so hard I thought I would shatter. I looked up, wide eyes and clenching my knuckles so hard they were turning white. My eyes met the menacing gaze of two giants, one with spiky dark hair and dark eyes, and the other had shaggy hair and eyes to match the first, heavier than the first. Both were hovering over me, slimy smirks spread across their intimidating features.

“…A little human, sitting here all by herself.” The dark haired one finished.

I gulped, standing up slowly, legs shaking like jello. Standing, I slowly backed away from the two giants, eyes glued to them. I saw one of their hands flinch and I trembled, begging for Seth to come back in my head.

“P-please, l-leave me alone. I d-don't want any trouble.”

The dark haired one laughed, eyes softening darkly and turns towards the blonde.

“You hearing this? She thinks she can cause some trouble!"

The husky blonde chuckled and the other turned back towards me, grinning madly.

“You see sweetheart, there won't be any trouble. You know why? Because who's going to stop me when I do this?”

Before I could escape, his huge hand whipped over to me and gripped me around my sides. I screamed, trying desperately to wiggle my way out of his grip, but he was too strong, and too big.

He lifted me up to his face, and I pushed against his fingers, squirming to get out of his grip. Tears brimmed my eyes.

“ P-please put me down. I-“

He smirked, interrupting me as the blonde came over to his side and leaned over me too, the two intense gazes making the lump lodged in my throat multiply by 100.

“I always wanted a little human. Guess today is my lucky day.”

He sneered to the other, and they both chuckled, looking back down at me. A finger appeared in front of my face, and brushed my banged out of my face, and I yelped loudly as his finger trailed down my face and neck.

“And look, we caught a pretty one too.”

Tears flossed over my eyes, and I trembled, wanting this whole thing  just be a bad dream. Why was nobody noticing my current kidnapping?? I opened my mouth to call out for Seth again.

“S-Seth!!!”

Their chuckles stopped and their eyes narrowed down at me. My captor raised an eyebrow.

“’Seth’? You mean Seth Chandler?”

My eyes widened and I looked up at him, gulping and nodding my head. They knew Seth?

His eyes darkened again and he smirked.

“Huh. I didn't know he got himself a human. Well good, I always hated that loser anyway,”

They both laughed again and my heart sank to my stomach. Another voice erupted from behind me, gruff and threatening a voice I would be able recognize from a mile away. Seth…

“I'm sorry, what was that?” Seth asked, walking towards my captors, looking more intimidating then I had ever seen him.

He stormed over to the goons, placing out food on the table as he walked by the bench, standing a good few inches over their heads. Relief flooded my body at his presence, and I looked up at him, cowering away slightly.

The dark haired one glared up at him, the smug smirk not even wavering for a second.

“You heard me.”

Seth stood even closer to him, the blonde moving back away from the fight like a coward. Seth was practically snarling, his teeth clenching violently and fists formed at his sides. I had never seen him so angry. He was usually just a playful dork all of the time. I could never imagine him being prone to fighting. That was Axel’s job. Part of this new Seth was actually scaring me…

“You wanna give me Esclave back, or am I going to have to force you?”

The giant smiled, glancing down at me briefly.

“’Esclave’ huh? Pretty name for such a pretty human.” His finger brushed by my neck and I shivered.

“So many things I would love to do to her…”

Without warning, one of Seth’s fists flew up in the air, and with a deafening snapping  noise, it collided with my captors nose. I heard a few started gasps from nearby pedestrians, stopping in their tracks to see what was going on.

He instantly cried out in pain, his grip on me suddenly tightening. I screamed at the sudden loss of air, but quickly his fist loosened as Seth gripped his slightly collapsed body by the collar and held him up to his face.

“You. Give. Her. Back. Right fucking now or I swear next time you’re gonna wish you were dead.” He snarled.

Shaking, the giant held me out to Seth, unraveling his fist shakily and whimpering. I looked up to see blood splattered across his nose, running down his pale lips. Seth must have broken his nose. Without hesitation, he quickly released his collar, and with sudden gentleness, gathered me into his open palm.

I sobbed quietly, relieved to be back with Seth, and his hand wrapped around me, gripping me to his chest in a makeshift hug, finger running up and down my back and whispering comforts down to me.

I lifted my tear stained face out from his chest, just to see the giant grilling his nose and stumbling away.

“You- y-you're crazy. I'm calling the cops.”

Seth glared up at him.

“Yeah, good luck with that. I'm sure they'd live to hear all about you kidnapping attempts, hmm?”

He looked stunned, and without another word,me stumbled off with his buddy, exiting the park. A few people stopped to see if we were okay, but Seth shook them off. He say down at out bench near his bear, and cupped me up at his face.

“Es, I am so so sorry. I shouldn't have left you here alone. You couldn't gotten hurt, you could've-“

I interrupted his frantic apologies, placing my hands softly in his lips, which inanely quieted him. My face was dry now, instantly feeling better now that I was with him.

“It's okay Seth. Really. You… You protected me. You didn't know it was going to happen.”

I removed my hands as he slowly nodded his head, his lips puckered out a little at my touch. I smiled up at him, feeling calmer, and his eyes softened, untensing and smiling back down at me.

“Thank you, Seth.”

He nodded again, his hot breath washing over me as he whispered.

“Of course. I could never let anything happen to you…”

I stiffened a little, stomach knotting and face heating up.

He slowly moved me away from his face, smiling brighter as he gestured to the Ferris wheel.

“Hey, why don't we ditch this food and go hop on that Ferris Wheel?”

I grinned, shocked, and honestly not at all hungry after what just happened.

“But I thought you said you were afraid of Roller Coasters?”

He smiled and gathered up the bears, leaving the tray of food behind.

“Well yeah, but I think I can manage with you there with me.”

He smiled down at me warmly and I smiled back at him, eyes sparkling. I glomped his thumb into a makeshift hug and he chuckled, walking towards the Ferris wheel and holding me just a little bit closer to his chest.

And I think I was okay with that.