Chapter 14 [ Part 10 ]

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===== Chapter 14   [ Part 10 ] =====

9:58 P.M.

"Good night, Dad!" Your father gently nods his head at your words, fondly smiling at you— his sweet daughter. "Good night!" he happily says back to you and shuffles your hair.. As soon as you are done with the dishes, you wipe your hands with a clean white towel before swiftly rushing to your room.

Since you are able to spend your day today very wisely, such as doing your homeworks and studying for future quizzes, there's really left nothing for you to do. Well~ Other than entertaining yourself.

You softly breath out, taking your laptop from your side and placing it on your lap. As you occupy yourself with some youtube videos,  you cannot help but wince while finding yourself think of your poor phone. And because you've also finally calmed yourself down, you actually currently think that it's such a waste to refuse the phone Dante has offered to you ealier.

You sigh.

What in the world should I do??? I do not have enough money with me to buy a new phone, and I can't ask my father for money... He'll surely get mad if he found out. Worse, Father might force me to stay away from Dante. Our friendship will be doomed.

You bite your lip.

Even though you are still holding a grudge on him, that isn't enough for you to destroy this friendship you have with Dante.

You push your worries away from your thought and only hope good things for tomorrow... With the lights close as you put on your blanket over your body, you slowly shut your (E/C) eyes and drift to sleep.


Silence roams within your room.

So deep in sleep, you are not aware of the surroundings around you. A click is faintly heard, and someone enters the room. No, it isn't Dad. He's way back inside his bed room, sleeping. That someone slowly goes to your place. Slowly, a smile of adoration crosses his face as he gazes down at you again.

And yes.

You guessed it. It's the one and only Ashes.

Ever since he escaped from his household yesterday, this young man has been daring to make visits to your house, especially your bedroom. He has the key. Of course.. He has the key.

Ashes managed to duplicate all the keys before without your father noticing it. It is a bold move, but he was not caught.

He carefully takes a seat beside you. He pulls out a hand, stroking your cheek. His heart is content and calm... with you being right here beside him. Ashes loves you, okay?
Why don't you want to accept his love for you? It is only his first time being so affected by this kind of feeling — and Ashes only wants to make sure you feel this sincere feelings he has for you.

He presses his lips as he looks down at your face again... Hurt. Sadness. Longing. But those feelings are wiped off when he sees a small trail of drool—escaping the side of your slightly opened lips. Ashes softly chuckles under his breath, brushing away the drool with his thumb. Looking down at his thumb, he is unaware of the fact that you are already awake.

Heart's beating so fast. Fear wraps your being while you gape at the man before you. Ashes? What is Ashes doing here?? You thought that you will not ever see him again, but Ashes is here.. You wonder to yourself if you should scream, but that will alarm him of you. But then again, it will also alarm your dad.

Finally deciding, you're about to scream.

A sound leaves your lips, but that only lasts for a second. Your lips are immediately covered with his hand. "(Y/N), please don't do this to me," he pleads you in a soft voice. His dark brown eyes fully show his emotions. When you take in his disheveled appearance more, you cannot help but feel pity.

What happened to him? He did not seem like that he had some vacation outside the country? In fact, he looks very haggard... Tired... Like he has not been sleeping for days already. "(Y/N)," Ashes pleads once more as he earnestly promises to you that he won't hurt you.. Seeing him this desperate, your heart feels pain for him. With pursed lips, you narrow your eyes and nod.

He drops his hand.

You know that you can scream now, but you didn't. The young man smiles at you as he happily devours the sight. He misses you. Ashes misses you so much. The past few days, all he can think about is you. Your future with him. His future with you. He wants to spend all his days with you. Since you are his soulmate and all. But... But there are lot of obstacles.

"How are you able to enter?"

Ashes softly smiles as he attempts to reach out a hand to your face, but you are quick to dodge while you give the man a look of warning.. He casually says, "Keys." Your eyes widen in alarm as you recall your memories before. "Keys?!! Did you steal the keys too?!" You yell, and the man tries to calm you down. Though he's still chuckling while he does so.

He just finds you so adorable.

Ashes shakes his head. "Nope," he says with an innocent smile like he has not done anything wrong. You only eye him in disbelief, and he tries to touch your face. But then again, you avoid that sneaky hand of his.

He pouts, almost in a cute manner, and you narrow your eyes, almost giving him a warning. One wrong word or move; you can just scream the hell out, and he'll surely gonna be dead if father finds him here. "I really did not steal any keys. These ones are mine; I duplicated it," he explains, almost proud, while he shows you the keys. A smile stretches out from his tired-looking face. You can only stare at the keys.

Almost horrified. This guy is nuts!

You sit up.

You can only stutter after you processed that sight, "Gi— give that to me." You pull out your hand and almost grab the keys from him when Ashes immediately shoves those metallic things in his bag, producing the familiar kind of noise. He shakes his head and puts his bag beside him. "I can't let you have it, (Y/N). It's the only thing I have that helps me in seeing you." His voice has a tinge of sadness while Ashes says those words.

"But you're trespassing," you tell him.

He nods. "I know..." His brown eyes darkens "And I am not sorry for it, dear. If trespassing is the only way I can gaze upon you, then I will do it over and over again. He can't stop me. Your dad can't stop.. You cannot stop me." He looks at you with that very serious look; it frightens you. "And no one can," he murmurs before those brown eyes soften at you with adoration shining through. Your heart almost stops.

He sighs, "I miss you."

"I miss you."

"I miss you, (Y/N). Oh, how many times I think of you... Of us. You're the only one that keeps me here. You're the only one that makes me so happy. You are the only one I will want and love." His brown eyes are almost glassy as he confesses before you.. His hands suddenly grab yours before you can even do anything. "I love you, (Y/N)... I love you so much," he says over again and again, having no plans of halting.

You press your lips.

It is not really the first time you heard those words from Ashes, but why are your heart breaking? Like why; why does it hurt to hear that from him? Is it — is it because? You quietly observe his sincere expression before later..  averting your eyes to his hands that are tenderly rubbing yours. You sigh and take your hand away. You feel pity. Only pity.

"I don't," you whisper.

He stops showering you with those words of adoration. Ashes smiles at you. Empty in a way. Those brown eyes are suddenly dull, but his gaze is centered on you. Only centered on you. "You're not like Father." He chuckles under his breath. "You won't break my heart," he softly says. But you aren't sure if he said those words for you. Or?? He instead said those words for himself. You have your questions answered a second later.

"She won't break my heart... She won't break my heart... She won't dare break my heart," he murmurs to himself while his gaze is only focused on you. You feel yourself panic under his stares.

He blinks his choco eyes. "Right?"

You won't break my heart like what that fucker did?" he whispers to you, almost in pain.

By the word "fucker," you instantly know that the guy's talking about his own father. It is very clear to you that Ashes and his dad aren't close.

"You promised me."

Ashes speaks once more, but you do not recall yourself giving an oath.

You shake your head.

"I think you should go, Ashes," you carefully mumble to him, feeling sleepy. You do not know what time is it, but you know that it's still pretty early to be woken up. "We shouldn't talk about this right now. Next time. There's a next time. Let me have sleep first since I still have class tomorrow," you tell him, tired.

Ashes tears up.

"Next time?"

He breaths out, deeply staring into your eyes... Broken -hearted in a way. "Please, (Y/N). Please!" Ashes almost wants to break down in front of you. Why? Why do you not care for him and love him like he does for you? Why are you being so shy about it?! It's obvious that you guys are meant to be. Being away from you for a few days, he has already suffered a lot.

But you. But you.

You bite the inside of your cheek.

"I told you. I do not like you in that way," you seriously informed him— very honest with your feelings. You can only hope that he accepts this fact already. With the way Ashes recklessly behaved before to you and your father, there are almost no hopes for him in attaining your heart.

Friendship is almost impossible.. But you are willing to give him a chance if and only he fixes his act. You close your eyes for a second and sigh.

Ashes doesn't want to believe... He doesn't want to. You like him. If you don't like him, then why would you dare capture his heart in the first place! Without a warning, he takes your hands again. "Take that back. Take that back," he pleads.

"Ashes, no."

"What did I do wrong?" Ashes cries out.

Your heart break more and more. Why are being so soft? You suppress the urges to hug him and honestly tell him what you feel. "You don't do this. You don't steal things from me. You don't get to be so mean to be my dad. You should respect personal space—" Ashes listens, but that young man doesn't understand why. You are fated. This. This is only normal.

He hugs you, stopping you from your ramblings.

Your eyes widen, and your heart beat quickens. You try pulling him away, but he tightens his hold on you more. "Just this one. Just this once. I—I just miss you... I only love so much. I hope you understand," he whispers; his tears fall more and more. The warmth of this hug gives him false comfort.. His poor heart that has already been stabbed by your words are finally filled with content. A sigh escapes from your lips.

"This is the reason why," you mutter.

You only give him five seconds before you push Ashes away from your body. "You should go now," you say to him, and he looks at you with that tear-stained face. He opens his mouth but later closes it. Unwillingly, Ashes nods.

"I'll let you rest for now."

He walks to the door and opens it. Suddenly, the young man faces you again. You notice a smirk on his lips like nothing dramatic has happened before... "But I'll come back for you soon, (Y/N)," he swears, "I promise." You narrow your eyes, but you lie down in your bed, feeling very tired from talking to him.

"Just go," you tell him.

He smiles to himself and closes the door.

He rubs his wet face with his arm.

Unfortunately for him, as soon as he steps out from your house, he feels the same feeling of being hit again in the back of his head.. The happiness that resides within him dims, and he slowly painfully realizes that he will not be seeing you again for a very long time.

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