SUBMERGE

18. Three Is Definitely Not Company.

                                               ______
                                  Your mad, bonkers,
                                      Off your head!
                             But I'll tell you a secret:
                             All the best people are.

                                                                             Alice
                                                         Alice in Wonderland.
                                  ________________

                                                     ♟

Something has been on Kye's mind, Desire could smell him holding his breath for the past day. He hadn't drank coffee, he woke up earlier than her and even took a run in the morning. With Kye you could feel the carefree air around him but now all she could sense was tension. She heard him enter the room and leave almost immediately so she wrapped herself up in a robe and set out to find him.

Finally, after searching almost every room, she finds him in the gym hitting the punching bag. Desire sees the bruises on his knuckles and she winces, she didn't want him hurting himself. She walks over to him and wraps her arms around him making him tense before relaxing, her head lays on his back so enclosed she could smell the lingering smell alcohol. They stay like that for a while before he pulls away and turns to face her.

"Morning baby" Desire places a soft kiss on his lips.

"Morning" He replies and heads off to wrap bandages around his hands.

"How was your night?" Desire asks. He nods and walks towards the dumbbells.

"Want to freshen up so we could go out for breakfast?" She chirps

"I'm sure you can see I'm busy Desire" Kye spits.

Desire bits her lip.
"Okay but I'm going out today to a place called Duncane"

Kye looks at her for the first time today. He desperately wanted to inch forward and touch her but she began to walk away.

"Wait. I'll go with you, give me a few minutes"

Desire smiles to herself. Kye watched her retreating figure and until she went through the door, only then could the slowed and natural pace of his heartbeat become evident.

                                                   ♟

Duncane was his town's McDonald's for breakfast, It was almost always filled up with people. Kye loved it but right now all he needed was some alone time then again Desire was in front of him already ordering her breakfast with a smile plastered on her face. He knew she had wanted to go out but couldn't she see how unhappy he was, his head was banging from the previous nights alcohol misuse.

Desire ordered same for him and dug in. She knew he was mad about last two nights dinner it was quite obvious but staying in all day never helped anyone.

She moaned, taking a bite of the bacon and eggs.
"Isn't this amazing?"

"Whatever" Kye grumbled

"Look if you didn't want to come you could have just said it. I could come alone"

"Pfft. Like you know where this place is"

"Its called a map Kye, its the twenty first century"