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[7] Chapter 7

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There was nothing but silence in the room. Our eyes never left each other's as we searched them for questions, answers, anything.

I hesitate before nodding. "Yes, I did." I fidget with my hands and stare at the ground before lifting my head back up to meet Alycia's gaze. It was full of question. Not as if she was questioning my answer, but questioning her response.

I truly did mean the kiss. I'm not one to go around and kiss random people for no reason. Especially without meaning. Alycia meant everything to me. She means everything to me. Whether I meant the same to her or not.

She stands there, completely silent and I can't help but wonder if this is where our friendship ends.

But it isn't. Not yet, at least.

Alycia walks forward, taking my hands into hers. "Y/N.." she sighed out. I wait for her to continue, my thumbs rubbing the back of her hand.

"It's not that I don't want to be with you..it's that I can't." Alycia whispered. In the dim light, I could see a tear stream down her cheek, and without any thought, I cup her cheek with one of my hands, swiping my thumb over the tear.

I hadn't noticed that tears had filled my eyes.

"Why?" I croak out, my voice shaky. She doesn't respond. She doesn't even look at me.

"I-" is all she says. I grab her chin lightly, lifting her head to meet my gaze. "I'm with someone and- he won't let me leave." she whispers.

My hand drops from her cheek, my other hand releasing hers.

I sigh and pull her into a hug. As soon as I do, I feel her tightly wrap her arms around me and sob into my neck. I rub small circles on her back in an attempt to calm her. Reassure her. Something.

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I woke up to the sound of quiet snores.

I look down to see Alycia asleep on my chest, her arm wrapped around my waist, her leg between mine. Her eyes are puffy, cheeks red, and there were still a few tears that rested on her face.

Much like me, she hadn't slept much. Maybe thirty minutes at most. I offered her to stay since it was obvious what she was going through. Fortunately, we had today off. It was still slightly dark from what I could see. I grabbed my phone from my nightstand and checked the time. Four AM.

I set my phone back down and relaxed more into the bed. I look down to check on Alycia one last time before going back to sleep but I'm met with tired green eyes.

"Go back to sleep.." I whisper to her, running my hand through her hair.

She mumbles but I couldn't make out what she said. Before I get the chance to ask her to repeat what she said, I'm met with quiet snores once again. I can't help the curve of my lips when the sound fills the room. I ease more into our position before taking one last glance at her, thinking about everything she is going through currently. How she is being forced to stay in a relationship she wants out of.

I decided not to think too much about it, for the sake of sleeping. I closed my eyes, slowly drifting to sleep.

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I woke up to the sun filling my room with its light, Alycia still resting on my chest.

Tiredness filled me immediately. Although it was probably later in the morning, I still hadn't slept much. I can't imagine Alycia did either, but I made sure she was asleep before I was. I'm sure, like me, she probably had woken up a few times.

The room was silent and thoughts filled my head. How was I going to help Alycia with everything? Who was the guy doing this to her? I mean I'm pretty sure I knew who was doing it to her, but I couldn't just throw assumptions around. What would happen if I did help Alycia get out of this situation? What would happen with us? I know she didn't necessarily tell me that she wanted to be with me too, but I felt it was possibly implied. Maybe it wasn't though.

I feel Alycia move and I look down to see her rubbing her eyes. "Morning.." I croak out, my voice was raspy. She looked up to me and smiled. It was a small one, but genuine. I returned the gesture as I felt her cuddle more into me.

God everything was confusing. I felt like she was slightly playing with me. Maybe it was just me though. First, she wanted to kiss me. We almost did kiss. But then she tells me we shouldn't. After that, she sort of lets me kiss her, but tells me how we shouldn't have done that either. Now, now we're cuddling in my bed. I think it's more of me comforting her and she did say that it wasn't that she didn't want to be with me, but that she couldn't.

"Y/N?" Alycia breaks my train of thought. I look to her. "Hm?" I respond. She hesitates but continues. "Don't tell anyone..okay? I've got- I've got everything handled..I mean I will get everything handled.." she quickly says.

"Alycia.." I hesitate. "Fine. I won't..but if anything gets worse or he does something to you, I- I'll have to." I sigh. I was worried about her. About the entirety of the situation. I knew that it would've been right to tell someone, but I felt I could trust Alycia to get herself out of it. Even if she couldn't, I'd be there to help her. She wasn't going to do this alone. I wouldn't let her.

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A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. It kind of gave context into everything. I wrote this late at night and I'm tired so I do apologize if there are any mistakes or the chapter is overall not written well. Remember to eat something and drink water. <33 ♾🖤