"No, Leo, don't. How could you say this easily? You don't even know anything about me."
"I don't need to know Aries."
"Yes, you do, and believe me, when you do, you would feel very differently about your feelings towards me." She stated, "In fact why don't you come and see it for yourself. I'll text you what day, time, and address. And come see it for yourself, damn it." She told him and got out of the car.
"I love you, Aries," Leo admitted it again, and Aries couldn't shake the feelings of warmth at his double confession.
"Nothing will change my reason, my feelings for you, baby," Leo winked at her. Before leaving, he apologized for his aggressive behavior. She told him to leave her alone, but Leo refused to do so. That made her mad, and she banged the car door. Her hostile action almost broke the glass. But Leo didn't mind it; instead, he was impressed by her anger. It made him think of her as a strong Luna.
~*~
Leo didn't go home. He kept staring at a phone number on his cellphone for a long time. Then finally, he pressed the green button on his screen. After the third ring, the phone was answered.
"Hello," said the person from the other end.
"I need to see you right away." Leo expressed his intention.
"Okay."
"I-I did something...."
He heard a long sigh.
"What did you do, Leo?"
~xXx~
CHAPTER 6
Leo dropped me off home, and I was still irritated with him. Skye greeted me at the front door, and she already noticed the big red mark on my neck.
"Oh my god, you got a hickey from the lover boy!" She exclaimed.
"I know he did that on purpose." I shut the main door behind me.
"Aww... You're blushing."
"Tsk, tsk," I rolled my eyes. "No, I'm angry." I sulked and went into my bedroom. Perhaps the dull throb of pain from Leo's marking on my neck had me in a particularly bad mood. But the pledge he took, like a vow it sounded with god and goddess, human, beast. This boy is crazy. And then bit me, Ugh.’
But I still don't understand what made me faint?
~*~
Even after resting in his car for hours, I was feeling unwell.
At night, I was constantly shifting and moving in my bed. I was feeling hot, drenched in sweat. I drank water, glass after glass to cool my feverish body. I touched my forehead, and it was flaring up with a fever. My whole body was aching, shivering, and flushed. My pulses were rapid, and I could see the green and red veins pumping blood. I curled up in a fetal position, and my body was shaking severely from the cold. The body temperature was on the rise. I tried to cover myself with comforters and tried to get rest, although it was difficult for me to do.
~*~
The next morning, a loud yelling voice outside my bedroom woke me up. It was nothing new for me to wake up with my aunt and uncle shouting at each other.
'He's home.' The thought gave me a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach. I try to calm myself, as my frustration and anger that was seething beneath me. My eyes fell on the wall clock, and it read six thirty-nine, it was time to go to school. But before that, I touched my forehead to check my body temperature. It was normal, I was perfectly fine and healthy, in fact, I felt more energized, I couldn't understand it was freaking crazy.
I was quite happy. I could go to school and see Leo. My lips tugged into a smile as I remembered the confession and the KISS, and it was amazing!!!!! I got up quickly, gathered my clothes, and made my way to the bathroom.
"Hello, Aries," my uncle Ken greeted me. I said nothing, just looked down at the floor.
"Did you miss me?" He asked. The question irked me. Again I didn't answer him.
"Come here and give your uncle a hug, baby doll." He took a step forward, and I stepped back. A creepy shiver ran down my spine.
"Are you going to the bathroom?" My uncle asked me, standing in my way.
"Yes." I looked at the ground while I answered him.
"I need to use the bathroom too." He said and stepped a little closer.
"T-then you can go in first," I suggested, taking a step back.
"How about we both use the bathroom together?" He said suggestively. He was rubbing his bulge on his pants.
I felt gross and disgusted by his vulgarity.
"How about a quickie—" He continued, but my aunt Judin cuts him off.
"What's going on here?" Judin sounded suspicious.
I ran into the bathroom and locked the door. I cried, pushing on the door with both my hands even though I knew it was close, and no one could get in.
Living here was punishing enough for me. On top of that, the rude behavior and offensive abuse toward me were just getting cruder and cruder. I was scared for my grace, and I didn't want to get molested. I don't. I wanted to go away, and I wanted to leave, run away from here. I hate living here.
I hated it. I hated it.
I sobbed and cried, sitting between the toilet and basin.
"Clean the damn bathroom while you're in there." Judin spatted and thumped the door, startling me.
I wiped my tears after cleaning the bathroom, got ready, and left the hellhole to go to school. I was already in a foul mood and was running late. There was no one outside the school, except for Leo, he had a painted expression of boredom, accompanied by wild impatience.
'Was he waiting for me?'
"Aries!" Leo ran towards me as soon as he saw me, there was a worried frown on his face. "Are you okay?"
My heart skipped a beat at the trace of yearning in his voice.
"I... I can't talk right now. I'm very late for my class." I said, barely looking at him, then walked past him. I heard footsteps
