Thin White Lies || lrh

¹⁹ Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Right at the time when people closed their eyes and called it a night, someone was walking around the neighborhood with teary eyes.

His beautiful blue eyes were tearing uncontrollably, his perfect nose sniffled repeatedly because of a fit of crying.

He dragged his shaky hand to his warm cheek and whipped the tears that fell down with the back of his hand.

Luke let out a heavy sigh when he stood in front of her bedroom window, he hesitated for a second, but the tears falling from his eyes gave him the push he needed.

He climbed to her bedroom window then slowly and quietly opened it, and carefully stepped inside her room.

She was sleeping in her queen sized bed, cuddling the soft pillows tightly. She was breathing softly, and curled into a ball to keep herself warm in this late time at night.

However, his soft sniffles and the cold breeze coming from the window caused her eyes to open. It took Bella a few seconds to adjust to the dark and realize that there's someone standing by the window.

She wanted to scream and call for help, but his soft muffled voice called her name before she had the chance to open her mouth.

" Bella " he softly said, the previous fits of cries clear in his voice.

" Luke? " Bella whispered, rubbing her eyes tiredly. " what are you doing here? " she got up and slowly walked to where Luke was standing.

" I- I wanted to.. " Luke started, but then realized that it's not right for him to be at Bella's house at this time. " forget about it, I probably shouldn't have come, sorry for waking you up " he quickly explained, his voice cracking due to the silent cries of his.

Bella noticed that he sounded a little different, and the repeated sniffles that he let out confirmed to her that something is wrong.

" wait Luke- " Bella said, then took a hold of his arm and stopped him when he turned around to leave through the window. " what's wrong? " she softly asked him.

Her question was enough to bring back Luke's tears and for him to break down again. He let the tears fall again and without thinking for a second, he wrapped his arms around her and buried his head in the crook of her neck.

Luke cried silently in Bella's shoulder, not afraid to show her how vulnerable he is. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck then rubbed his back to comfort him.

" what's wrong Luke? " Bella softly whispered, not wanting to interrupt his crying.

Luke slowly pulled away from Bella, suddenly doubting his actions. " I should go " he nervously said, then tried to leave through the window again.

" wait Luke " Bella said, holding his hand and stopping him. " what's wrong? Are you okay? " she asked him, worry rising inside of her with each tear of his.

Luke didn't answer, so Bella took his hand and walked to her bed, taking a seat on the edge and pulling him next to her.

He effortlessly rested his head on her shoulder, tears falling down his cheeks as he cried silently. Bella wrapped an arm around his shoulder and softly played with his hair, trying to sooth him.

She was worried, but confused. Luke came to her house at almost 2am to cry on her shoulder. She was worried about him, and that confused her.

" do wanna talk about it? " Bella whispered, her hand running down his back slowly.

" we're not that close " Luke said, sniffling softly. He sounded like he stopped crying and went back to the normal person he is.

" why did you come through the window? " Bella decided to ask when it became a little too silent and the only sounds in the dark room were Luke's silent sniffles.