Always Romira

Chapter - 43

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Akira
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Sitting in the car as it passes the rows of tall buildings and just looking around the people rushing from one place to other has me visualising the difference between New York and my home.

Life is so hectic here.

No one has time for anyone else except the one's they have use for. People don't smile here as they pass by, they don't have time or the incentive. They are mostly engrossed in their phones, probably trying to catch up with the fast moving world.

I have always been an observer. I'm used to sitting at the corner while trying to predict what the passerby must be thinking or rushing off to but it is not the case today.

I'm more than aware of the tension vibrating through Romero's body. As much he tries to hide or down play it, I'm attuned to him and his ways.

I know his tells.

"Rom."

He doesn't blink and continues to stare blankly at the screen of the tablet on his hand.

"Romero." I try again.

"Huh?" He flinches and I realise just how zoned out he was.

It's worrying because Romero doesn't flinches or zones out.

He is usually alert and fully aware.

"What's wrong?" I couldn't disguise the concern despite my attempt.

His grey eyes roam all over my face and they soften. "Nothing is wrong. Why do you ask?"

"You have been zoning out since the breakfast." I tell him.

I don't exactly know the reason but I have some ideas.

I'm sure it has something do with me coming with him to see his psychologist.

It was his request but I don't think he had thought through it until now.

He sighs, rubbing his face roughly, "I'm sorry, Ray. I didn't mean to make you worry."

Grabbing his hand I pull him closer, "Hey, talk to me."

"I-I just, I don't know. I guess I'm just nervous." Chuckling, he shakes his head, "Pathetic, huh?"

"No." I tell him firmly. "No, it's not. Look at me, Romero."

I wait until he does before I speak again.

"You are the most amazing man I know even though you can be a little over possessive at times, get jealous easily, and get angry even more easily, you can be stubborn, and sometimes you are a bit irrational-"

He cuts me off, frowning, "Ray, your point is?"

I smile at his expression. Oh he is so easy to get. "The point is I love you. And I am in love with everything that makes you Romero King. The good and the bad. There is nothing I want to change about you. So baby, you don't have to worry about anything. No matter what Malina says it's not going to change the way I feel about you. Do you understand that?"

He doesn't because he is staring at me as if I have just spoken in Hindi, something entirely foreign to him.

"Rom, I love you. Okay?"

He stays silent but his face closes off.

Pushing forward I grab his face with my palms, "I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love-"

He shuts me up in the way I love the most.

He finally gets it.

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