Chapter 07 – I miss you
~ "When the person you love is right beside you and you miss them anyway, that's the worst way to miss somebody."
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It was way past midnight but he still couldn't sleep at all.
It's been one week of sleepless nights without her. One week of lonely nights. What's worse, she never called him, not even once. It's already been 2 days since that one week, still she has not returned.
The thought about the fact that she has not come back to him, made him mad.
The thought about her leaving him…made him scared. Very scared.
He has so many questions. And those questions keep repeating in his head, haunting him.
Did she leave? Could she? Would she?
Where the heck are you, Lacus?
Clangg!
His eyes shot open and listened in the darkness. What's that noise?
Everything was quiet, only the sound of his own breathing echoed loudly in his ears. Guess I'm imagining things.
He was about to close his eyes again when the scraping sound came again. He quickly got up from his bed. Sounds like it is coming from the living room.
As soon as he reached the living room he froze and held his breath and waited until his eyes had adjusted to the darkness.
Clangg!
There is that sound again. Then he heard something slowly creak…like something had been opened and then closed.
It was so dark but he could sense something moving in the shadows. Footsteps softly thumped on the floor as the intruder moved around the living room. The shadowy figure was getting closer to him, he could feel it, hear it, though the dark figure was not aware of his presence at all.
That's a good thing.
Slowly and carefully he sneaks towards the moving figure.
"Ouch." He heard the intruder said.
He didn't give the intruder time to orient himself. He had to take advantage of the moment.
He quickly moved and tackled the intruder down to the floor, grabbing them from behind and using the momentum of his tackle to bring them down.
The intruder yelped out in pain and put up a struggle to get away from him. He tried to pin the intruder down but something hit him right at his nose. He growled in pain and covered his nose with his right hand, while the other tried holding the intruder down.
The dark figure proved to be quite strong, as he had to pull and straddle the intruder to keep them pinned down. But still the intruder continues to writhe and grumbled under him, desperately trying to get free. He grabbed onto the figure and felt something soft…and squishy.
The figure suddenly went still. Then he tentatively squeezed again.
This time a shocked yelp comes from the intruder.
Immediately, he froze. Shocked. Fear. Puzzled. What the hell did I just grab?
The figure stops its attempt to break away and stood still below him.
He squeezed for the third time and the figure let out another yelp again, only louder.
"Please get off me, Alex." The figure gasped.
His eyes widen. Lacus?!
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The silence between them is overwhelming.
"Sorry I, uh…., I.., um, molested your…boobs." He wanted to smack his dead against the wall. The apology did not sounded as sorry as he wanted it to be. He was never good at saying things anyway. Words have often been his flaw.
"Apology accepted."
Silence in the air again.
Neither of them has even moved from their spot. He was sitting on the floor while she stood next to the light switch. He would take a look at her and caught her staring at him and vice versa.
What is this, some staring contest? Fuck it; this is getting too awkward and lame.
"32A." He spoke out loud at her, and smirked.
"What?"
He stood up and walked towards her. "I said…32A," speaking softly as he stood right in front of her. Staring at her face, then gesturing to her chest with his eyes, and then looked at her face again.
He smiled as she looked away from him pouting. Her pouting look is so adorable. That beautiful pout of hers always made his heart skip a beat. But then again, she is always beautiful to him. Even from the first day they met, the first second he laid his eyes on her. Her presence in his life, made his whole world beautiful in a way.
Her face flushed bright pink. She sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose in a display of faux irritation. "Meanie. My boobs are at least B cup."
"W…What?" He gawked at her. Shocked at her words.
"Gotcha." She pinched his nose and winked at him. "Bet you didn't think I would ever say that, huh?"
He was still gawking at her when she started to laugh. He felt his cheeks getting warmer than usual but nevertheless he eventually laughed with her. He watched as she tilted her head, her shoulders shaking as her laughter continues.
Their laughter gradually stopped and he swallowed a lump in his throat and they stared at each other. Her crystal blue eyes never fail to mesmerize him. He tentatively moves closer, ignoring the way she suddenly tense up as he leans closer to her.
He placed his arms around her shoulders. He held his breath in a few good seconds, giving her time to put up a resistance against him or push him away. Only when he felt her arms sliding to his waist, he then lets himself breathe again.
It felt like forever as he held her in his arms. He breathes in her scent, the faint scent of strawberry in her hair and jasmine on her skin.
"I miss you." So much. He wanted to add those two words but decided against it. Holding her in his arms is enough at the moment.
There was no response from her. He felt his chest tightens as the stings of her rejection and silence began to sink into him.
He gritted his teeth and began to pull away from her.
But when he felt her arms tightens around his waist and pulling him closer, he almost froze. She buried her head into his chest; and silently he hoped that she wouldn't notice how fast his heartbeat is becoming.
"I miss you too, Alex." Her soft voice spoke the words that immediately chased away the stings he had felt earlier. "I miss you… so much."
His hold around her tightens as he listened to her words.
Silence is in the air once again.
They spoke no words.
None were needed.
'Welcome back, Lacus' he said in his thought as he placed a kiss on her head as held her as close as she lets him.
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~ We only part to meet again.
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A/N : A short chapter but I hope you readers will enjoy it nevertheless. Kudos to IgNighted for beta-reading this chapter. As always, you are such an awesome beta-reader to me.