375 Addiction (1/2)
Darren had been sitting beside Xiu since the time he came. He had already seen the bandage on her hand but didn't know who to ask what she really did now. He hated it that whenever she was hurt, she'd hide away from him.
For the most useless things, she'd run to him. For instance, she would run to him just to remind him that she was missing him. Or that he had to eat well. Or that he had to take care of himself. But why was it that whenever she should look for him, she would try to do everything on her own?
He hadn't realized how or when he had laid down beside her, hugging her. He wanted her to know even in her sleep that he was there with her. That it was okay to lean on him a little.
”Snuggly, snuggly...” Xiu murmured in her sleep as she snuggled up even closer to his body. Her face was buried in his neck and her hot breath was fanning a very sensitive point on his neck. Darren raised his brow in amusement at how her hand was now wandering all over his chest while she kept mumbling, ”I know this body.”
As if something clicked in her mind, her eyes fluttered open and came into contact with those grey orbs that every single time managed to make her knees go soft. And her heart go wild.
Even now, her breath hitched as she gasped to see him this close. Her hand touched his face, ”What is this? You're really here? Why?”
”Why?” he only repeated this and his mouth twisted making Xiu feel like she said something wrong. ”So, I shouldn't come to see my sick girlfriend? Who apparently forgot to tell me that she's been feeling sick for the last few days now.”
”I...” Xiu didn't know how to look into his eyes without giving herself away but she also didn't know how to look away. You see, those eyes had a spell-like effect on her. She'd always feel like those eyes had captured her and her soul. It was impossible to look away.
”Sweets, how can you hide something so important? I'm supposed to be the first one to know what's going on with you. What's happening in your life but you always shy away from doing that. I never push you to say anything because I know how difficult it is for you to open yourself. But I'm yours. You're a part of me now. And I'm a part of you. Shouldn't we know at least know this much about each other?”
Xiu pursed her lips while the corner of her eyes crinkled a bit.
”When I had a fever, I told you. Whenever I am going through something, I make sure you know it first. Why can't you try to share this much with me?”
”I don't want to bother you. I don't want to become a burden you'd get tired of,” she had her insecurities so deep within her that she didn't dare repeat those things.