165 Something Bad Happened (1/2)

CHAPTER 165

Jareth was beginning to get worried that something was hurting her or that it was because he didn't treat her well?

”Is is your injuries?” He questioned her for the umpteenth time, watching her every move.

She was already loosening up and relaxing but at the mention of her injuries, she tensed at his words.

Honestly speaking, he had never treated any girl before this incident, as he didn't like getting close to anyone let alone a girl. So even though he knew how to treat a wound, he was skeptical about it now that she was hurting.

With his right hand, he cupped her chin and turned her head lightly in his direction, to look him in the eyes. They now looked at each other in the eyes.

”Did I do something wrong? Are your injuries hurting so much?” His eyes searched hers frantically for answers, any possible sign to ease his worry and the pain she felt.

'Do not tell me you do not know what you did, Jareth? Must I say it out? It is already too hard as it is; please do not make me say it, please.' She pleaded inwardly at him but that was what she could only do, talk inwardly.

The only thing our speechless, embarrassed, Astrid could do was only nod her head as her way of replying his incessant questions.

”I am so sorry. Come, I would take a look at it and maybe you treated property,” Jareth apologized and offered his help.

He thought that would fix the problem, but what he did not expect was her reaction to his offer.

Astrid clutched her hands to her chest and turned her gaze away from his. Rather than look at him, she decided to get herself distracted instead and her gaze moved past him to land at the little White Tiger-Phoenix beast.

The little beast had stopped baring its fangs at Jareth and calmed down. Right now it was just listening attentively and watching them intensely.

Jareth felt a sharp pain by sudden withdrawal from him. He had thought they were over this issue and she was longer scared of him.

For some reason, she could sense his pain to an extent and her eyes went back to his. She held his gaze as she slowly unveiled the truth to him.

”I am not hurt physically, Jareth.”

Immediately she said that, she could see the relief in his eyes, like a glimmer of hope and joy.

'But mentally, yes!'

”It is just…” she continued, finding the right way to say this that wouldn't hurt them both. ”I–I know you did that to treat me, but well, y–you…You know…how did you do that on your own? Did you…Y–You saw…?”

'So that is why she is all flushed like a tomato! All these commotions is because I treated her, and here I was thinking I didn't treat her well.' He sighed lightly, as the uneasy feeling washed away completely.

She averted her eyes from his. Now that she had explained to him, she needed not to look him in the eyes again.

”What did I see? Astrid, your words are confusing me,” he lied.

She turned her gaze back to his, her eyes wide open and screaming the words she couldn't utter herself. 'What!'

'So you mean all my explanations were for nought!' she said to herself. It felt as though she should just disappear if she had to say it herself.

'She really is so cute. If only she knew how red and lovely she looked right now.'

Seeing as she wouldn't bring herself to haying it, he decided to help her out. ”You are worried I saw what I wasn't supposed to see by striping you and dressing your wounds?”

”Ahhh! My poor ears, say no more, please.” She quickly covered her small ears with her hands and shook her head with her eyes closed.

”Well, I thought you wanted to know how I treated you.”

”It is okay, I do not want to know anymore.”

”Are you sure? I could tell you in great detail how I did it?”

”No,” she replied abruptly.

Little White-Fire simply ignored them and went back to sleep as it was already used to this, Jareth teasing her and its master, blushing like crazy.

Jareth sat down on his legs, releasing her shoulders as he stared at her. ”And here I was, thinking that I did do something wrong or something bad happened.”

”Well, something bad did happen. You did something wrong!”

”Oh, I see, I should have left you and not stopped the bleeding, huh? Is that what you would have wanted? For me to leave you like that, so you could either die of blood loss or your wound get infected.”