It was 4pm sharp when the unrelenting banging on my door woke me from my midday nap. I twisted and turned vigorously in a futile attempt to block it out. I threw the blankets so hard they landed on the floor and grabbed the door handle. I absolutely hated being woken up, it's my summer break can i not get a break?
I pulled the door open in irritation. "You better have a fucking good..." i trailed off as i saw who was so insolent as to wake me up. Alystair. My heart soured a bit. My words stayed at the back of my throat. His hair laid against his face haphazardly yet he was so beautiful. So fucking beautiful.
"Show me around." He demanded. I cocked my head to the side. "Kiss me first." I smirked but it faltered as soon as Alystair advanced at me. "You ask me that all the time. Do you actually want that Romen?" He teased me. Alystair seemed to forget I invented this game, the game of teasing. I leaned towards him. His blank expression stung every time, it doesn't matter it never did. I shut the door behind him. "If i said yes would you believe me?" I smirked and pushed his hair away from his eyes as I spoke. How do i say the truth to you.
"Is the biggest whore asking me this?" Ouch. I dropped my hand from his face. I walked away from him to keep him from seeing the hurt in my eyes. I turned around in full confidence. "I suppose you're right but it wouldn't hurt to try." I sucked in through my teeth as I shrugged. He cocked his head to the side for some unknown reason.
I rolled my eyes. "Fine I'll show you around." I showed him all the different rooms, the gaming room, the cinema and the garden. "Alystair!" We turned around at the intrusion. Destiny came running up towards us and panting. "I've been searching all over for you I even thought you might be in Romen's bed." He raised his eyebrow at her in amusement. "I wonder how many people have been there." I chuckled.
"He actually never brought any of his 'subjects' home its some sort of rule of his." His eyes softened, my mind for once not playing tricks on me. He turned to me but I walked off before they could ask me any questions.
I bumped into Zora and Zainab on my way back to my room after a long while I took in the gaming room. "So?" Zora wiggled her eyebrows at me as she ate popcorn. I rolled my eyes. Of course they were asking me about him. "So what?" Zainab scoffed. "We need a plan to make Alyss your man. Hey that rhymes!" We laughed at her stupidity. I let them into my room so Alyss and Destiny don't hear us. "There is no plan Alystair has made it clear he isn't fond of me." They palmed their faces. "You are beyond stupid there is actually no saving you." Zainab sighed.
"You have to break down all his walls. I must admit even as his sister your chances are very slim but no one is closer than you." Zora added. "You think I haven't tried?" They rolled their eyes. "Try harder, in order to win him over you have to be willing to go through hell." It certainly felt like it. "Even hell cannot hold me when it comes to how I feel about him. If I must go through hell I will make it my domain."
"You're actually serious about him. " Zora whispered. I ran my hand over my face in frustration. "You love him." Zainab added quietly. I kept my mouth shut at the words that left her mouth. "You actually love him Romen." Zora's eyes softened. "That doesn't matter anyways." My voice turned to stone. Zora whipped her head vigorously towards the window as lightning took over the sky. It reverberated against the windows and her and Zainab shared a look of concern. Now i was officially confused. "Fuck." Zora swore. "What's wrong?"
She looked over at me in sadness. "Alystair." I raised my eyebrow in further confusion. "What about Alystair?"
"He has a terrible fear of lighting. It's not our place to tell you why but it has to do with something that happened in his childhood." Zainab clarified. It was dark outside and the lightning was only getting worse. "I have to go." Zora made for the door. "Wait." I walked towards her. "Let me handle him, he'll be fine i promise." I hugged her tightly and she calmed down a bit. "I trust you." She smiled lightly.
As they left my room the clock read 10pm. I ran my hand through my hair before i left my room. The hallways were silent, I never would have known Alystair was scared of lightning if they never told me. I walked towards his door in trepidation. He is going to turn me away but I can't bear the thought of him being in agony.
I knocked on his door. There was no answer. I tried three more times but there was still no movement or sound behind the door. "Fuck this." I murmured. I pushed his door open and the sight before me shattered me. Alystair's head was between his knees as he sat on top of his bed shaking. I ran over to him. I climbed on top of the bed and pulled his hands away from him. "Hey look at me." He didn't nudge one bit. I swore under my breath. He was out of his element. It broke my heart. "Alystair take me hand I wont hurt you I promise." His head slightly rose and sweat coated him, his eyes were shot open in fear, something I've never seen before.
"Make it stop." He whispered. "I'll make it stop I promise but you have to come to me." He made no movement. I walked over to the other side of the bed. "If you wont come it's perfectly fine I'll always come to you Alystair." He looked up and I held out my hand to him. I did something I hoped I wouldn't regret. I took him in my arms and carried him as his legs wrapped around my waist. He shook in my hold as I walked over to my room and shut the door. luckily all the curtains were drawn.
I laid us on top of my bed and tucked him inside the blankets. I acted on impulsive as I saw him shaking and took him in my arms. Our legs intertwined and his head laid on my chest under the blankets. "You're safe here." I whispered to him. His shaking reduced slightly. "You're safe here love." I kissed the top of his head. He took my right hand and intertwined our hands.
"You'll always be safe with me, you don't even have to go back to your room if you don't want, my bed is always open for you." He squeezed our hands tighter. "Will you make fun of me for this?" For the first time in heard emotion in his voice. He wanted me to say no. "There's not a single thing I would ever make fun of you for." I brought my eyes to the same level as his and held his frightened gaze.
"You don't ever have to be scared of anything I say, I'm yours love." He shut his eyes as I kissed his forehead. He tightened our intertwined hands as I spoke. "I've always been." I whispered between us, between the little of space we had. I would beg whichever God he served to let me have him. Walking through hell for him would be easy. There is nothing I wouldn't do for him.
I kissed his forehead for the last time, this may well be the last time I hold him like this so I littered his head with gentle kisses he would never know about. He fell asleep in my arms after shaking for a while but my eyes remained wide open. How could I sleep when he held my hand so tightly I wished the earth would swallow us a whole right now, because just maybe I wont have to face his rejection when the morning came.
A/N
I finished writing this at 2am and I'm so happy about it. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK :)
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I was going to leave this chapter to edit this week but I really love it so i wrote and edited in one go and my back is definetly not thanking me for it.
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