Suffer

Unforgivable

Realizing there wasn't much I could do I quickly grabbed any and every picture that fell from his bag back in its place. I quickly rushed to the door opening flashing him a small smile.

"Sorry I took so long to open the door I wasn't feeling good" I lied.

"Are you sure you are alright...?" he questioned. 

I watched as he slowly lifted his eyebrow clearly not buying what I just said but it didn't seem like he was going to press me into telling the truth.

Dropping my head I attempted to as quietly as I could get out the door. As my hand went to grip the door handle I felt the strong grip pulled making me stumble back on my ass. I looked as my heart sank to the bottle sink there in his hand Artemis held up a picture of him and Nikita.

"Why?" he questioned in a scary steady voice.

"I-I'm w-why what?" stuttered as I felt sweat forming on my head.

"Why the fuck is this out my fucking bag?!" He yelled pulling me up by the hair.

"Stop! Stop let go you are hurting me!" I yelled back growing more and more confused.

"Didn't your parents teach you to not go looking into other people's belongings?!" he kept yelling letting go of my hair now pacing the room.

"Why was this out my bag?" he questioned again staring at me.

I looked away avoiding his gaze. He was starting to scare me. I now knew he was stalking or weirdly obsessed with me yet he never showed any signs that he liked me in any way. I was so confused. Why was he such a mystery for me to crack? And if he were to throw me out there's nowhere I could go. There's no family I could contact. I didn't have any friends so I couldn't stay with her friend, there wasn't much I could do I knew I was stuck. The least I could do was apologize.

"I'm sorry but I saw that picture poking out of your bag so I went to take a look when I open your bag there was a picture of you and Nikita. I was just wondering what you looked like younger. That's w-" before I could finish my sentence he cut me off.

"Nikita?" he questioned clearly puzzled.

"H-how do you know that name? No, no how do you know about her?" he asked me clearly showing signs of fear.  

A large scale of fear crossed his eyes. Something felt off. Something wasn't right it was as if he was talking about her as if she hadn't lived in the building with him for years or months. I was beyond confused.

"Yeah, Nikita she showed me around the building and her room. She was very nice she said you two had a lot of stuff in common when you were younger..."

"Stop! Stop it! Stop lying" yelled slamming his hands down on his end table.

"W-what do you mean? I'm not lying she told me you can even ask her for yourself."

"Stop spilling fucking shit" he yelled pointing a direct finger at me.

"Artemis listen to me I'm not l-"

"Get out! Get now. Leave my room" he cut me off looking away from me.

"Please don't".

"Go" he repeated.

"But I don't have anywhere to go" a tear was clouding my eyes as I begged him.

"I don't care where you go just leave my fucking room, You know what leave the whole building. I don't care where you go I don't care about you so just leave" he answered defeated.

Upset without a second thought I left out the door but not before quickly grab my bag and any belongings I had brought with me.

I was pissed. I have no idea what just happened. Why did he want me to leave? Why did he get upset when I brought up Nikita? Did they fight? And why did he insist I was lying? That truly puzzled me. I wasn't lying. I saw Nikita with my own eyes she talked about him. If she wasn't there how would I have known who she was and her name? All these questions were making my head hurt. But I needed to focus. I didn't know where I was going. I needed to find my way to the library it was my only chance of a safe roof to stay under. It was the only place I could stay but I knew I couldn't stay there for long. I guess I will just have to spend one night until I could find a more permanent solution.

At the moment I had more trouble coming up my way I had no idea where I was. Something caught my eyes as I spotted Nikita walking back from I am guessing the library because of the book she was holding.

"Hey, Nikita!" I yelled to her.

"Oh hey! she turned around giving me a bright cheerful smile. What do you need?" she questioned me.

"Can you tell me how to get from here to the library?" I asked her fidgeting with my backpack strap slightly nervous.

"Oh yes of course! she answered happily. So from here, you go straight about an hour then no longer than 5 miles you should turn right then another left and you'll see the library which isn't far away from the school. Do you understand?" she explained.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you so much!" I said but just before leaving I remembered something.

"Hey, Nikita be careful about Artemis. I'm not sure what you see in Artemis but maybe you should check on him I tried to tell him about you but he told me I was lying he didn't believe me about you. I'm not sure if you two were in a fight or no longer on speaking terms but it's not business."

I watch as her face turns into confusion but I couldn't focus anymore on Artemis and her relationship. I didn't care anymore as I walked away. At that moment I had a mission I had to be at the library before nightfall and nightfall was approaching rather fast.