Chapter 51

I didn’t know how to approach Zyair because I didn’t know what to say to him, where or how should I start.

I stare blankly at his door, with my hand hanging in the air, it was evening already and a day had gone without seeing or talking to Zyair after the argument we had the other time. I didn’t like it that we were being this way, I wanted to apologize if I had to. That was why I’d come here.

I turned, maybe I should leave.

But I turned again to the door and knocked but there was no reply from him.

I hesitated before knocking again, and there wasn’t any response either.

I opened it since I knew the password of the door.

The door opened and I walked into the house, it was quiet and the light was turned off in the room. I switched it on.

Where could he be?

I’d seen him go into the room.

You guess right, I had stalked him.

I was surprised he wasn’t in the room, maybe he was in the other room, there was a study room adjoined by a small storage room.

And then the bathroom.

I wasn’t hearing the waters, so he was possibly not in there. But I had to peep in there too, I walked carefully and when I got close to the door, I heard a cough coming from there.

He was in there, why didn’t he come out, didn’t he hear me knock?

I had a belief he did. But what was wrong, was he still pissed with me?

I walked into it, his back was against me, and he was washing his face. My steps were slow as I marched down to him.

He didn’t turn. Like he didn’t know I was here.

He coughed again.

I saw it.

The blood that came out of his lips.

My heart jumped. I didn’t know when I screamed out. His head darted towards him, he didn’t know I was behind either.

He quickly looked away and wiped his face.

“What’s wrong?”

I clenched my chest.

“Nothing..”

“What do you mean nothing?” I strode closer to him but he kept his distance away from me.

“I saw you coughed blood.”

“How did you get in?”

“Is that why you’ve been pushing me away!” It all makes sense because I don’t know why else he had been behaving that way.

“You should leave.”

He wipes his face with the face towel and walked out. I followed him.

“I’m not leaving here until you tell me what’s wrong?”

“And I just told you, there’s nothing wrong.”

“Then what’s the blood about.”

“It’s happened when I’m stressed. It’s nothing serious. You don’t have to worry about it.”

“Why do I feel like I should be.” I tiptoed to stare at his eyes, for the first time since I’ve known him, he looked away from me. He seems uneasy.

“Am I making you uncomfortable?”

“It’s obvious isn’t it?”

I stepped down.

Taking two steps back.

He was pushing me away, I don’t know what to do, what was he hiding from me? What won’t he tell me?

He sighed and sat down on the bed. His gaze was on the ground, he won’t even look at me. This was more than fighting Franco and putting myself at a risk.

There was something else to it that he wasn’t saying.

If he wasn’t gonna tell me, I know someone who will.

And that would be Creamy. I would have to find him and ask him. He was sure to say something about Zyair. Since he dotted on him so much more than anything else.

I squatted and touched his knees. That was when he looked up at me, with those eyes that I had been addicted to.

“Are you okay?”

He didn’t say anything, but his eyes were saying a lot, a lot that I couldn’t comprehend.

His hands clasped over mine and squeeze them.

“I just want you to know that I love you. So much Amaia. I’m sorry about how I behaved the other time. You did what you had to. Sorry if I behave as some jerk. Sorry if I hurt your feelings. I did that because I’m stupidly in love with you. You shouldn’t worry about me. There’s nothing wrong with me.”

I was still squatting with my eyes up at him like he was some kind of savior. He was one to me. Pulled me out of the darkness that I was in. Protects me, even when he thinks he doesn’t.

“I know you would do great. There’s..” He paused and coughed again. The cough was hard and as if he couldn’t breathe and all his lungs were tightened.

I rushed to get him water and so damp cloth and bowl.

I got to where he was and saw him on his knees. There was blood on his lips, and his eyes were glistening with tears. I was standing there and couldn’t move.

This wasn’t just him being stressed, he was sick.

Zyair was sick and I had no idea he was.

I sniffed because I was about to cry in his stead seeing him like that.

I went to him and helped him to lean his back on the bed and began cleaning his face and the blood on the floor.

When I was done, I went to him again.

He held my hands and stare into my eyes with a faint smile. My chest churned. Zyair was hurting and there was nothing I could do to help.

“You’ve to promise me..” I began.

“Promise me that nothing would happen to you. Promise me you will always be by my side. You’ve to promise me that.”

“Where else would be if not by your side.”

He wiped the tears that dropped off my eyes with his thump, he pulled me closer and kissed me. He pulled me into his arms, and we stayed that way for a long time.

Without saying anything but listening to our heartbeat and he broke the silence.