Chapter 204 - Its Ours... (1/2)

This very Sunday was postcard-perfect. The bright sun shining magnificently with the sky as an unbroken backdrop of blue. The weather was like the kiss of summer without the fiery heat of noon. The leaves in the park had their first autumnal blush while it was humming with activity. No wind, ambient temperature called for a perfect picnic or a date.

However, Xiu found her perfect date right there lying in Darren's arms. She didn't know when she had fallen asleep in his arms. But when her eyes fluttered open again, she found herself facing Darren. His eyes were closed but whether he was sleeping or not, she couldn't tell. Xiu brushed her nose against his chest and snuggled in his warmth again.

When she felt him tightening his arm around her, Xiu smile in bliss. If there was one thing she learned from her previous relationship it was, she never wanted to beg for love ever again. Perhaps, that's why she had fallen so hard, so fast and so deeply for Darren. He never left her guessing about where she stood in his life. She never even had to question his feelings since he always did his best to let her know that what he felt for her with his weird but cute actions.

And most importantly, he gave her the love and attention she always craved for. He was so attentive that it made her feel bad for not knowing anything about him. He seemed too perfect to be real. But he was real. And his only flaw was that he had no flaw at all.

She heard his phone's ringtone but didn't open her eyes. Darren stirred in his sleep and found the phone to see the caller id. ”Yes, Dylan!”

Hearing Dylan's name, Xiu rolled her eyes inwardly. She really didn't know why he always called at the wrong time.

”Dazi, did you take her there?” asked Dylan curiously.

”Not yet,” replied Darren.

”What? Why? Did you change your mind?” Dylan's questions came one after another. ”Well, it's a good thing if you changed your mind. No girlfriend would be happy to see that her boyfriend had been obsessed with his first love to the point of going crazy.”

Darren caressed Xiu's hair before planting a kiss at the top of her head and said, ”But I have to tell Sweets. I mean I want to tell her. I don't want to keep any secrets. At least, not from her. I want her to see every side of mine good or bad.”

Xiu's heart warmed up at his words and tears brimmed in her eyes. She had to bit the inside of her lip to keep her tears from falling. The way he wanted to show her all his secrets made her feel like a culprit for hiding her identity from him.

Dylan sighed out, ”I should have known that. The way you were flaunting your infatuation with her-”

Darren cut him off with, ”It's not infatuation.”

Dylan rolled his eyes at his words and went on, ”Let me finish. I understood yesterday that it's not infatuation anymore. You're way too deep into this. But since I still need confirmation, let me ask you... Are you really in love with her?”

Darren's smile could be seen in his eyes as he stared at Xiu's face intently. ”I am,” he replied with certainty. ”And that's why I have to make somethings clear to her.”

”Why didn't you then? What's taking so long?” Even Xiu could hear Dylan's loud voice without even trying. And that showed how loud Dylan had screamed.

First Darren rubbed his ear and then said, ”I got...” His eyes fell on the messy bedsheet and his clothes sprawled on the floor as he added in a small voice, ”Distracted.”

”Distracted? By what?”

Darren was feeling a bit annoyed seeing how his best friend was being too nosy for his own good. Not that Dylan was not nosy before but somehow, Darren didn't feel like sharing these personal matters with him anymore. Because it involved her. It involved Xiu.