Austin’s POV

When we all came back to the bus after the show, and after talking to some fans, we heard a loud cry. Everybody froze and stared over at the bunkers. What was going on?
"Mairin?" Tino called out but no reaction. She still cried out and Tino hurried over. We all stayed behind to give some space and Tino popped his head inside her bunker. We could see on his body language that something had happened and I swallowed. What had happened?
"Give me some ice, her cheek is red and swollen" Tino said and looked over at us.
"What happened?" Aaron asked and Phil walked over to get some ice. to all of our surprise he signed in sign language to her and we all understood. She lost her hearing again.
"Someone slapped her across the cheek, making her fall into the wall and hit her head again… and now she only hears her heart beating" Tino explained.

The next morning when I got out from my bunker I saw that she was sitting in the lounge. She just stared out into air and looked so… sad. Her hair was up in a messy bun, with a few curls falling down on her cheeks and neck. She had pajamas shorts in pink and a big, black, tee on. She looked pale and a little bit… scared.
"You don’t have to stare" she said and looked at me.
"You knew I was here?" I asked and regretted it immediately. She wouldn’t hear that. she lost her hearing again.
"I heard you get out of the bunker" she said and nodded. She let out a small sigh and I got a bit surprised. She had heard me.
"You can hear?" I asked and sat down across the table from her. She looked at me and nodded.
"I woke up and heard everything again" she said.
"that’s good I guess, but how do you feel…. Headache, pain… anything?" I asked.
"My head aches a little and my body feels sore, but nothing else" she said and shook her head. That was when I noticed the very light bruising on her cheek. The girl from yesterday had hit her hard.
"What happened yesterday anyway?" I asked.
"Some girl hit me" she said and shrugged.
"I know that… But what happened?" I asked.
"She accused me for sleeping with the band and when I told her otherwise, and gave her a mean comment… she kinda hit me" she said.
"A mean comment?" I asked.
”Well I guess your big head is just air and not brain” I said and Austin laughed a little.
"I wouldn’t call that mean, but yeah… Maybe the girl overreacted" I said.

She got out from the bathroom and had a towel around her small body. The others was out and I had decided to stay to get some work done. And I had not noticed that she was left until the door opened. She didn’t notice I was here either. I looked at her. She couldn’t be taller then 5’4, she was skinny and pale. Her hair was a bit curly and really black, and shiny. Anyone could see that she took care of her hair. I swallowed when she stretched her body and the towel dropped. I didn’t want to stare but i couldn’t help but to… well… stare. She crouched down to her bunker and got her suitcase out. I didn’t see anything because her arms hid her chest, not completely but enough to not show them. She took out a pair of blue hipsters and put them on and she was just about to turn around when I cleared my throat.
"Please put something on before you get out here" I said. She gasped and let out a small scream and she stared at me. Her eyes really wide.
"I thought I was alone" she said.
"So did I" I answered her and swallowed. She took the first tee she could reach, which happened to be mine, and put it over her head before she looked at me again.
"You could have said something earlier" she said and looked a bit nervous.
"And miss the show? No way" I teased to lighten her up a little.
She looked at me and then she laughed a little.
"Well I guess it would be sooner or later when someone would see me naked" she said and shook her head.
"It’s not like you have something to be ashamed of" I said and nodded. She looked at me. A bit skeptical and confused.
"What? you have an amazing body Mairin" I said.
"Rin, you can call me Rin" she said.
"Rin?" I asked.
"Mairin only reminds me of my old life in Manhattan, and I don’t want that anymore" she said.
"Well then… Rin it is" I said and smiled at her.
She smiled back and I had to admit… My heart took one extra beat when she flashed that gorgeous smile of hers.