My heart stops for a few seconds. No statement in the world has been as beautiful and at the same time strange as Ryder's words. No one's ever made such a sincere statement to me. He spoke with his heart.
- Ryder? - I say when he closes his eyes. - I'm yours! I don't want to be anyone else's. I never really wanted to.
I feel Ryder's breathing accelerate and he raises his face with tears on his face. Placing one hand behind my head, he grabs my hair and pulls it gently making me face it. Ryder then kisses me softly. With the other hand, he holds my waist and brings me closer to him, pressing his body against mine. Safe in his arms and soon my hands will end up in his hair when he deepens the kiss by sticking his tongue in my mouth. How I missed that feeling. Putting his forehead against mine, after finishing the kiss, Ryder pulls me into his lap holding me against the wall. I wrap my legs around your waist and feel the size of your erection.
- I missed you, sunshine! - Ryder whispers, rubbing his lips against mine.
- I can see it, or rather, feeling it. - I mean sarcastically. He laughs at me.
- Come on! - Ryder says walking with me in his lap. - Me and my twin brother want to take you to our house, make you take a cold bath and get enough sleep to cure this crap.
I lean my head on your shoulder and smile.
- I thought you and your twin brother wanted to do something else instead of sleeping.
Ryder laughs, walking unhurriedly down the street with one arm under my butt and the other across my back, leaning his head on his shoulder like I'm a baby.
- Yeah, but not today. - he answers smiling. - There will be another day for this, besides, you are not in any condition and I do not want my twin brother interfering in our bed.
Putting me in the back seat of a taxi, he walks in and says the address of his apartment. Then call Jane and tell her he's with me and we'll sleep in her apartment. I frown when the car starts moving.
- Ryder?
- Huh?
- You don't have a twin brother, do you?
He lets out a laugh.
- No, but it's really funny to know that you see two of me.
Snitching, punching him in the arm and laughing with him. We go down in front of the building and Ryder carries me inside. He takes me to his room and puts me under the ice water shower, then dresses me in one of his T-shirts and boxing panties. He wears one of his shorts and places me on his bed, lying beside me and pulling me up from his chest. I sigh because of the tiredness and the sensation of peace that dominates me, when he caresses my hair.
- Get some sunshine! - he whispers. - Tomorrow will be a new day.
***
I wake up with a huge headache. My mouth was drier than the Sahara desert. I sigh and raise my head when I realize that Ryder wasn't next to me in bed. Slowly I get out of bed and go to the bathroom. I recognize Ryder's wide shirt and shorts when I look in the mirror. I make a face for shaggy hair. Quickly I take a brush and comb my hair, attaching it to a ponytail with a knot. Taking some toothpaste, I put it on my index finger and improvise a brush. I wash my face, drying it with a towel hanging from the side of the mirror. I smile with satisfaction at the reflection I see and retire from the bathroom. I walk down the hall to the stairs. From the top, I see Ryder shirtless with his back shining with sweat, wandering through the kitchen. Soon the smell of strawberry omelets invades my nostrils and my stomach snores in an unusual way. Due to the amount of drinks the day before, I should have been with him wrapped instead of snoring. That should be a good sign, since the headache was unbearable. Ryder faces me as soon as I reach the first step and welcomes me with his best smile. I notice that he wears some kind of sneakers and I see that Ryder should be training, so he was sweaty.
- Good morning, sunshine! - he says coming to me and kissing my forehead. - How are you feeling?
I make a face by rolling my eyes.
- Like I fell off a horse. - grumbling. - I think a bath will make me feel better, but I don't know how I'm going to attend class today.
Ryder releases a laugh back behind the counter.
- As for the classes, do you know what time it is?
- Ten in the morning?
- Almost! - he says smiling. - It's 2:00 in the afternoon.
- Two in the afternoon? - I exclaim exasperated. - You mean I missed a whole day of school?
- Stay calm! I went to class and guaranteed the notes. - explains Ryder with an annoying calmness. - I also explained to the teachers that you didn't feel well and looked sick, so they gave you a day off.
I sigh a sigh of relief, but I make a frown by folding my arms.
