Chapter 216 - Serious (1/2)

”Is this why you've been acting strange around me?” Lyn questioned.

”Yeah, sorry for being weak.”

She shook her head. It was the first time she had ever seen Rhys, who could always see right through another person, show someone else's feelings he wanted to hide. Lyn could tell that he must have felt conflicted about showing this side of himself to her right now. Despite that, he is still willing to talk to her. He is showing his true feelings to her. The tears continued to stream down her face.

But at the same time, she felt relieved and happy, almost.

”Whenever I see you work so hard, I became frustrated.”

”Eh? Um, I'm sorry?”

Rhys shook his head, ”It's not like that. Though it irritated me seeing you push yourself so hard, I understood that's your strength. You're hard-working, you never give up, and you have your dreams - for the sake of other people you don't mind getting hurt. Not everybody can do that, sacrifice themselves for people who they don't know,” Lyn saw his lips curve to a gentle smile.

This was the first time she had ever seen Rhys like this. The first time she saw Rhys with such a kind smile.

”I'm not that important, and I'm just as weak as an average person,” she mumbled. That's right; even she has her moments where she breaks down and falls apart. ”I think we are the same. We both put on a mask, a disguise to hide what we are thinking.”

A weak smile appeared on Rhys face, ”I really like that about you, you always try your hardest and whenever you do I can see another side of you that I haven't seen before. I wonder if I would feel this way if I saw another person working hard? I'm not sure, but,” Rhys trailed off, ”I do know how selfish I am. Even though I've tried to control myself, whenever I see you get close to other men, it drives me crazy.”

”I...I'm not getting close to them, you know I hate them.”

Rhys nodded, ”Yeah, I'm sorry,” he apologized again, ”... It's my fault. I was wrong, and I fully understand that now. I want to make you happy; however, what I thought I was doing out of kindness was hurting you instead. I should have properly confronted your feelings. ”

”Rhys, I'm sorry for my odd behaviour..”

”No, it was my fault. My actions are what caused you to say this I'm sorry.”

The pain in her heart now changed. Gone was the pain; she felt earlier, replaced with a new pain that was so endearing that I wanted to cry. ”Would you be happy if I achieved true happiness?” Rhys asked.

Lyn doesn't have to ask him what he's talking about since his actions clearly expressed her feelings.

”I...want to be with you forever. ”

His lips encased hers, and before she knew it, Rhys pulled in her to a deep sensual kiss. It's warm, strange enough. There's a different sort of warmth than that time with Kazuya.” I like you, the way you work hard, and that's why you have to stop pushing yourself. If you keep this up, you're going to pass out. So at least relax when I'm beside you, yeah? ”

... it's different..

Lyn pushes him back and running away. ”Hey, miss?” And yet, she didn't turn to look back once. She can't face him.

...

”You know, I warned you to stay away from Rhys. You should probably listen,” Reiji stated casually.

Lyn said nothing as she tried to catch her breath. 'This person runs very fast,' Lyn thought. What's more, she didn't even sense his presence. After a few minutes, Lyn was fine and spoke up, ”Why are you here?”

”Training, you still have to go.”

”I see.”

”That guy, do you like him or something? You seem bothered..”

”N--no! I don't,” Lyn exclaimed.

”You're really fl.u.s.tered, you know. Then again, I guess you aren't used to guys chasing after you.”

Is that what this is? Aahhh, she doesn't know anymore.

”Anyhow,” Reiji took out something from his cloak. Lyn realized it was the report she had been working on. ”Somebody who can work on this is probably not too bad intelligence wise.”

Ah? That's..

”You left it behind in the library, Shu picked it up for you.”