The Blight Chronicles: Odalia & Alador

Confession

Odalia was in her room laying in bed thinking about the events of that day. She still couldn't believe it, she was finally free. Over the years she had dreamt many times about this day. Admittedly in all of the possible scenarios she had come up with none of them had included Alador scaring her parents half to death and sweeping her off her feet. She would have never imagined that the quiet boy she had come to know and love would be capable of unleashing such fury on the people that had tormented her all of her life. 

Seeing him be so passionate about her made her happy. Alador rarely showed any emotion; he was more of a man of action than anything. But tonight he hadn’t just shown how much he cared for her. He had actually said it. The thought made her feel butterflies in her stomach. 

After they had arrived home he had clung to her so tightly it was as if he was afraid she would disappear if he let go. She could still feel his embrace even though hours had already passed. Just thinking about it made her face feel warm.

"I thought you had left me too," cried Alador, still clinging to her tightly. 

His words cut right through Odalia and she couldn't hold back her own tears. She knew exactly what he meant. After Alador had told his father about befriending her he had stopped coming home altogether. Alador hadn't thought much about it then since he would still receive messages from him. It wasn't until he had sent his father a message saying they were dating that he realized his father had been slowly distancing himself from him. In response to Alador’s message he responded with his own which only had one word "good." That had been the last message Alador had received from his father over a year ago. It was as if his father had been purposely waiting for the day Alador found someone to look after him to cut all ties. 

"Alador," she started returning his hug.

"I can't lose you, I can lose everything else but not you. I don’t care if you love me or if you are just using me. I’ve always been alone and that’s how I prefer things but ever since I met you I’ve had the need to be with you. I don’t understand why but I don’t like being alone without you. Today was the first time we have been apart since we met and I hated every second of it. All I could do was think about you. I don’t know when I got this way but I just want to be able to be with you.” he whispered in a sad tone.

She knew this was incredibly difficult for him and yet she couldn’t help but smile. How could she? The boy she loved just confessed his love for her for the first time. She pulled away from him so that she could see his face. There was so much chaos in his eyes, so much uncertainty, and a bit of sadness. She placed both of her hands on his face and pulled him into a deep passionate kiss. She felt his body relax around her as he returned the kiss.  

“I love you too,” she whispered, smiling at him.

“Love?” questions Alador. 

“Yes, you just confessed your undying love for me,” teased Odalia. 

Alador considered this for a moment. Odalia could see that his mind was working overtime. Was the fact that he was in love with her such a hard concept for him to understand? Part of her couldn't help to think how cute it was that her boyfriend just realized he loved her. 

“Hmm ok,” he mumbled to himself. 

“What’s ok?” asked Odalia but quickly forgot her question when Alador pulled her face towards his into a kiss just like she had done to him. Though Alador did not stop until they were both out of breath.  

“I love you Odalia,” he said in his normal monotone voice, looking at her intently, leaving her momentarily stunned. It was at times like this that Odalia could not help but think Alador did this sort of thing on purpose. Whether he knew it or not Odalia was sure there was a part of him that loved to tease her.