Silently Loving You (WayV Fanfic)

Chapter 20

Ten's POV....

My eyes slowly flutters open as I hear the sound of crying from a familiar voice. I see Xiali crying on my right side while kneeling down beside the bed. She has her face covered with her arms placed on his bed as she cries.

"Xiali?" I say as I stare at her who is crying beside me.

Xiali turns her head and is surprised to see that I am awake. She wipes her tears with her thumb as she stares at with a shocked look.

"You're...you're ok?" Xiali ask with a surprised look. I knew she had been crying for a while since her eyes looks really puffy. The thought of her crying for me actually made my heart broken. I never wanted to see Xiali crying, especially because of me.

"I'm ok," I say as I stare into her beautiful eyes that are filled with tears. The sight of it already kills me slowly. "Don't cry. I'm alright."

"You are hurt, Ten! Just look at you," Xiali says. She starts to study the bruises on my arm like the typical over-protective mother.

"These bruises just need time. I'm ok, Xiali. Don't worry," I say. I try to comfort her as I can. Though I find her to be extra cute when she's trying to study me, I didn't want to make her worry. "It's a good thing I was wearing my earpiece at the moment. Kun and Xiaojun arrived just in time to help me."

"But still, they attacked you, Ten! You could have died at that time," Xiali says. "Please....don't go..." she continues to sob while hiding her face with her hands.

"I'm not going anywhere, Xiali. Especially seeing you like this, I don't want to go anywhere," I blurt out. I really didn't want to see her crying all night.

Xiali slowly turns her head to face me with her puffy eyes. We stare into other as I get lost in her sparkling eyes. Even after all the sadness she's been through, her eyes are still filled with sincerity and hope. Her gaze is so beautiful, that it always gets me lost in her eyes when we stare at each other. Looking at her presence, though it hurts me to see her crying, but deep down I'm thankful to have the chance to see her tonight. I feel so bad that I wasn't able to pick her up since I got into this trouble.

"I wish I could give you a hug right now," I say as I feel disappointed, realizing that it's impossible to hug her at this state. All I want to do now is hug her into a warm embrace tightly, with her face buried in my chest as I caress her soft hair.

"You haven't recover, Ten. If you can't do it, let me be the one to do it," Xiali says as she stands up and gets closer to me before bending down to give me a hug. Her warm arms makes my heart beat faster. Feeling her touch just makes me want to put my arms around her more. She release the hug for a moment before planting a kiss on my forehead.

This girl, she's too sweet. I'm happy that I have the chance to be a part of her life, and I'm thankul for the care we share to each other despite our bittersweet past. After a while, I've come to realize that she was able to bring back my heart to life with love.

"Xiali," I say as she pulls away softly. "Thank you."

She looks at me with a confuse look. I'm guessing she's a bit surprise to hear that from me.

"Why?" she ask with a curious tone.

I take a deep breath. I guess it is time to let my heart talk. This time, I'm gonna let my heart speak for itself.

"Thank you for bringing back my heart to life. After a while of feeling numb, it's good to remember that my heart still has hopes for life and love," I say. "I don't want to be with anybody else."

"Ten...I care for you," Xiali says as she stare at me with hopeful eyes.

My lips slowly forms a small smile as her beautiful voice tinkles through my ears. At this state, though I'm not in my best condition, I am grateful enough to know that I've met someone like her in my life who always brings colors out of the dark.