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The Scoundrel

The cold breeze of december hit his bare skin, making him shiver. Sheepishly, he wish, silently, upon the stars to ease the pain. Darkness fill the place and he embraced it, almost like how the darkness gave him the comfort he needs. He fears many things but not the night, he love the darkness and the peace it gives to his soul: a nyctophile. Kiari Gray is a tall, moreno, scoundrel — a title given to him by the many. People call him many names including 'Bastard'. In school, everybody keeps a distance from him. Stay out of his way and he'll stay out of yours. But at home, inside his room, when nobody's there to judge him but him alone introspecting. He was 10 when he witnessed men in black killed his family — brutally. News broke after, thanks to the newspapers and tabloids which put the massacre on their headline. little did he know, Saynel Zyne faked the article: Kiari survived from the hands of the murderer. Yet all of the stories, with the big help of Saynel, in different pages and articles revealed the whole family died. Saynel adopted him and later on Kiari, eventually, called him Dad. He Kiari and prepared him ready to avenge. He mercilessly killed everybody that stood his way, bringing them no rest in peace at the end of the day.

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Chapter 22

I felt him shaking my body, I groaned slowly opened my eyes and squinted.

"Hey, stupid wake up." He said. He doesn't know how to say good morning. After he woke me up he exited the room, I do stretching before getting up.

When we got to school and entered the room. I saw Tiffany and he sprinted over me and hugged me, I hugged her back.

"I miss you, Sy," She exclaimed, Kiari passed as and a seat on his proper chair. "So, how was the concert?!" She asked obviously she's more enthusiastic more that I.

"How did you know about that?" I asked in confusion, referring to the concert.

"Well, last time I asked Kiari if we could go to the Blackpink concert since it was your favorite K-pop group. But he shook his head, you know he's not talkative." She told.

"Oh, I see, "I said nodding and she smacked me.

"Tell me what did you guys do?" He asked biting her lower lip.

"I watched the concert and Kiari got bored, pulled me out in the middle of the concert, "I said nonchalantly. She rolled her eyes.

"You know what you should break up with him!" She said acting angrily.

"No. I won't do that." I said smiling sweetly remembering the picture taking. "Kiari talked to the blackpink manager and they wait for me, after their concert. " I said and wink she acts like she was crying and shaking me.

"I want that too." She said like a baby; dramatic.

Kiari walked out of the room, stuffing both hands in his pockets and sauntered his way to the parking lot. Tiffany giving me a questioning look, I just shrugged.

We enter the room, and the class started. I looked around to see if Kiari was here but still his not. I excused myself telling myself I'm going to the bathroom and but certainly, I'll go to the parking lot. I slowly hid to every car and peep over, I saw Kiari behind his car and I walked leisurely to see who he was talking with.

"Yeah later." I overheard their conversation and that's voice is familiar. I peep over again and got ya! it's Alys.

"Anyway Kiari, wait for me, okay?" Alys said. I can't see Kiari's reaction.

"We're getting me married soon," Alys said and this time I felt a stab in my chest. I peep over and the stab was double. They are kissing, I need to get away here. I quickly run and bumped at Tiffany, I was crying like a stupid pigeon.

"Hey, are you okay? I was looking for you." She asked worriedly.

I held her and hand we went to the back of the school library. I can't talk I don't know how to say it. Tiffany hugged me and I squeezed her tight.

"Selina, what?" She asked.

"Kiari," I said between sobbing. She pulled me away from the hugged.

"Why? what did he do?" She asked mad, lifting her eyebrows.

"I'll tell you soon, not now. I don't wanna assume." I said wiping my tears I away. I sighed and pacify myself.

"Let's go?" I asked her smile weakly, and she nodded with doubts.

We sauntered back to the room and Kiari was not here around. I don't have the appetite to eat, I sat on my chair placing my head on my desk. His tense and fresh smell alarmed me that he was just around. I feel someone sat beside me, But I didn't dare to look up.

He patted my shoulder slowly. I ignore him, and now he's shaking me.

"Selina." He said coldly. I looked up not throwing glances on him. He held my face wordlessly and looking straight into my eyes.

"What happened?" He asked angrily. I shooked my head and looked away. But he held my face, locking our eyes again.

"Selina." He said sounds like a warning and I pulled off his hand on my face and looked away. I heard him sighed and the teacher came. Kiari stood up grabbing my hands and dragged me outside.

"What happened Selina?" He asked angrily If he was angry so do I.

"I'm asking you." He said deeply cold. His phone rang and he quickly grabbed it and answered the call. He turned his back on me.

"Alys." He said lowly. And that kills me again, I slowly strode heading outside of the school and I know he didn't notice I'm gone, He was busied talking to his fiancè. I stopped when my foot brought me in front of Cilia's house. I entered inside Cilia told me her door passcode.

"Hey, Selina." I stunned when I saw her cooking.

"Hey Cilia, Day off?" I asked and she smiled brightly nodded.

"And you? I memorized your schedule so you can't say that you don't have a class today." She said cutting the potato. I nodded.

"Our professor was absent," I said differently and she seems convinced. I walked closer to her.

"Can I?" I asked. I wanna cut potatoes too.

"Sure." She said passing me the knife.

I felt my phone vibrate, I looked at the screen and it's revealed kiari was calling. I don't have the mood to talk, I turned off my phone and cutting the potato.

"I'm super busy right now, Sy" Cilia said putting the cheese on the bowl and placing it inside the oven.

"Why?" I asked to continue cutting the potatoes.

"You know, I only have 3 days off every month so I had a lot of laundries." She said and sighed.

"I can help you," I said and she quickly shook her head.

"Nope. Definitely, you can't. Master will kill me if I'll let you do the laundry."She said putting both hands on his hips.

"Don't mind him, "I said lowly. She nodded.

"Oh wait, I'll just mop the floor." She announced and sprinted outside. She got back mapping the floor.

"I'm done," I said and carried the bowl with potato on the sink.

"Ouch!" I shouted as I slide on the floor it's slippery. I bang my head on the floor and the bowl with potato broke into my hands.

"Omygad Selina." Cilia sprinted panicking over me and support me stood up.

"Holy sake! I shouldn't have let you." She said looking at my hand full of cuts and blood.

"Selina... Wait uhm- your head. It's hurt? Wait I'll get my first aid kit. She said panicking and ran to her room. It stings I wanna cry. It's seven cuts. Cilia got out of the room and directing it to me.

"Here." She said breathing rapidly placing the kit above the table. Someone press the doorbell and Cilia sprinted and open the door.

I didn't mind looking who it was maybe mailman or whatever my wounds hurt much to mind, someone. That smell. I heard his hard footstep came over.

"Selina." I looked up and saw him, He was looking at my bleeding cuts.

"What happened?" He asked furrowed. He bites his lower lip, I know his furious.

"Master." Cilia said frantically.

"I'm asking you Selina" Kiari darkly cold, I'm scared but my image didn't show it.

"I'm fine," I said shakingly, not throwing glances on him.

"Fucking hard-headed." He mumbled and grabbing my bleeding hands he sat beside me and grabbing the cotton. I pulled my hand away and he stared at me with his burning gaze.

"I can manage," I said and grabbing cotton with my left hand. He grabbed my hand again tighter and he slowly placed the cotton cleaning the blood. I hissed in pain and Cilia cleaning the broken glass and the scattered potato.

"Cilia," I called out her name and she quickly shifted to see me. "I'm sorry," I said lowly.

"It's okay." She said and smile a little.

Kiari was done with my hand and he held my face looking on it. I can feel his fresh rigid breath.

"Dumb much?" He asked lifting his eyebrows. I didn't mind him, Ignored him.

"Go home," I said quietly. I stood up and walked slowly on the couch. He followed and without any word he carried me out of the house and getting in in his car.

"Kiari," I said angrily and trying to open the door. He speeds up the highways and brought me to the condo. He placed me on my feet. and he punched the wall, I was ghastly shocked.

"What did I do this time?" He asked furiously. I looked at his hand and it's swollen.

"Selina. I'm asking you three times already." He shouted. I'm scared, I can't help but cry.

"Stop it Kiari." I said to him." You lied to me!" I shouted and he looked puzzled. "When are you planning to tell me that Alys was your fiancè?" I shouted and he brushes his hair.

"Fuck, Selina only for that?" He asked angrily. I shook my head.

"I saw you kissed." I said wiping my tears."Don't lie."I finished.

"She kissed me." He said defending himself.

"And you let her?" I asked hoping his answer would be turned out to be what I wanted.

"No." He said deeply there's no emotional presence on the face. Walking close to me. And he hugged me, I pulled myself away from hugged.

"I saw you, " I said walked leisurely, my butt, head, my hand, and my heart all of them it's hurt.

I touched my hand full of band-aids. And try pressed it, just wanna know if I numb from all the pain. But no, it's hurt still.

Living in on house with him it's not good. I need to be independent right now, someday they'll get married I'm no longer here. Right, I need a break I walked to my closet and pick up my mother's shirt. I threw them on the bed, and kiari enter the room. He walked on the bed pulling off the shirts and putting back on the closets.

"Stop." He said deeply, But I'm not scared at all. I continue, grabbing my shirts. I was stunned when he pulled me closer to him and hugging me tightly. I try to let go of myself from the hugged but my force alone was not enough.

"Choose her," I said casually and he shook his head.

"I won't do that. I don't need to." He said deeply emotionlessly. "She's my best friend." He said coldly. I nodded.

" And what am I kiari?" I question locking our eyes. I can see no expression. God knows what's running on his mind at this moment.

"My wife."He said deeply, enough to send goosebumps and romantic feeling all over my body. I felt my face heat up, good thing his hugging me. He can't see my burning face.

"What am I to you, Selina?" He asked nonchalantly.

What am I going to say? Husband? yuck, that's OA.

My prince charming?...ew...that's common.

My Moon? nope. There's no moonlight without the sun.

My sun? giving me heat? that's weird maybe he would think about something green.

My baby shark? Hahaha, that's pathetic.

"Selina."He announced snapped me back to reality.

"Uh?" I asked, and he pulled me slightly to the hugged. Our eyes fixated on each other. He's looking at me puzzled. Lifting his eyebrows. Wrapping his arm around my waist.

"You...Uhm... you are my...ahh..." I said nervously.

"Selina."He said pissed off. What an impatient devil.

"You are my cockroach!" I shouted, opss what was that? He let go of me, He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"You're really stupid." He said frowned and he sits before he laid down and covered his face with a pillow. He dabbed the bed space beside him and looking upon me.

I sit slowly and he grabbed me to lay down. He looked at me, locking our gazed and he leaned down kissing the middle of my head. And he laid back hugged me, I hold his hand that he used to punched the wall and intertwined our fingers.

"You made me crazy again." He whispered into my ears. And that tickles me.

"So was I," I said quietly.

"Leave again Selina." He said tightening his embrace.

"I promise," I said and he sighed.

"Good baby." He said and the butterflies dancing in mu stomach. And heat up my face.

"Baby?" I asked furrowed romantically.

"You want me to give you right now?" He asked huskily. I quickly stood up and hit him with a pillow. I heard him deeply chuckle.

"You don't how to express emotion. Idiot."I said hitting him a pillow and he caught it looking at me blankly.

"We'll get there soon. I'm trying."He said and that send me chills. He opened his arm and allowing me to hug him; Comfortable, I like his scent.

Love him more and more.