RED HAIRED BEAU

IN BETWEEN THE LINES

Louis or Kai now sat beside me, as we waited for the nice old lady who introduced herself as Lia, Kai's grandmother.

This was all so confusing for me. Lia came back with the tea and sat on my other side. She handed me a cup to hot coco and gave 'what's his name' a cup as well. I was beyond confused, mad and hurt right now.

"My dear what's your name?" Lia asked. I set the cup on the tray on the table.

"Amalia Daei." I answered. She nodded.

"Amalia, I see. Dear, I plead with you to be patient with Kai. Don't get too upset with him for hiding from you. he has his reasons and I'm sure it was mostly to protect. He's been through a lot. Let him explain everything to you." She said and I nodded quietly. "I'll leave you two to talk then." She said and stood up, making her way out into the porch.

We were silent for a very long time until he spoke.

"Amalia I'm so sorry. I never meant to lie or deceive you. It was the only way to protect myself--"

"From what Lou-- I mean Kai?" I stumbled over my words. He shut his eyes for a moment and sighed before opening his eyes again.

"From Gabriella." Gabriella?

"Gabriella? Isn't she dead?" I asked. He nodded.

"After Gabriella died I was more than devastated. The night of her funeral, I asleep when I heard someone enter my room through the window. Then a knife began to draw patterns on my face. Gabriella apparently had an uncle who was in love with her. The sick incest bastard hated me being with Gabriella and believed that I caused Gabi to kill herself so he wanted to kill me but I fought with him." He took in a deep breath and looked paler than usual. I began to get worried but let him continue, "My mom had returned from work and barged in on us. I tried to protect her but... but he killed her. He killed her and I couldn't do anything about it. I thought he had ran away but all of a sudden, everything started burning. The whole house was on fire. I was able to climb out through my window with my mom but she was already dead." Tears ran down his cheeks. His mom didn't die of cancer but by gunshot.

"I had to pretend that I was dead or else he would come after me again and that's when I decided to change my identity. I didn't get the chance to bury my mother..." That's when he completely broke. He cried like never before. I threw my arms around him and let his head rest on my chest as he cried mercilessly.

He shook violently, tears streaking down his beautiful face. He cried and cried for what seemed like hours and finally began to calm down. Lia came back in and sighed at the sight of us both huddled together. She held a finger up and disappeared into the kitchen before coming back with a bottle of water and some Aspirin.

"He'll need it after he wakes up." She said and I nodded. That's when I realised that he had passed out on my chest. I sat there, rubbing his back for god knows how long until I ended up passing out, my chin on top of his head.

When I woke up, I was in tucked into soft white duvets. I sat up, looking around but no one was in the room. As I was throwing the covers off of myself, the door to the room opened and Lia walked in with a tray of food. I quickly rushed to help her with it.

"Lia I would've come down, you didn't need to do this--" She waved a dismissive hand after placing the tray on the nightstand since she wouldn't let me help her.

"Don't worry child, I'm fit as a fiddle and can still do certain things on my own. I sent Kai to get us some eggs so you eat this and rest some more. You must be tired and entirely drained after journey and everything he's told you." She said and I sighed. I ran a hand through my hair and sat back onto the bed. Lia came and sat beside me. "Are you okay though? Are you mad at him?" She asked. I don't even know if I am. All that mattered now was that he was okay but then there was Gabriella's crazy uncle...

"Lia what about Gabriella's uncle? Why did Kai have to leave St Augustine all of a sudden?" I asked the question that had been bugging me for weeks.

"That man Is out to get Kai. He figured out that Kai was still alive somehow and now he's going to stop at nothing to get him. Which is why Kai reached out to me last month." She explained. "He had started sending Kai threats that he knew that he was still alive and he would kill him. Kai had to run again. That man doesn't know about me which is why Kai came here to hide from him. He didn't want to involve you and that's why he left without a word. He wants to keep you safe because he loves you, I can tell." My eyes widened at her last sentence and a light blush began to crawl up my neck. She chuckled at me and patted my head before standing. "I'll be on the porch if you need anything." I nodded and with that, she left.

I began eating the pasta that she brought me, which was delicious by the way and when I was done, I went down to the kitchen to wash the dishes. As I did, I felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around my waist. I found myself leaning into the heat of his body as I already knew who it was.

"Please tell me you're not mad at me love." He whispered. My eyes automatically shut as I sighed happily. I shook my head.

"You had to leave, it wasn't your fault." I answered, eyes still closed.

"I'm sorry for causing you so much distress. Mark called earlier and was quite surprised to hear from me. He told me how much mental trouble I had caused you. I never meant to hurt you love--"

"I know Kai. You never meant to hurt me and I understand that. I just wish I had known so I could help you in some way." I told him. He was silent for a while.

"You should take your hands out of the water before they wrinkle love." He said and took my hands out of the water himself, drying them with a towel. I just watched as he did so. My heartbeat was so fast and loud in my ears as I watched the man I have been obsessed with for the past two months take care of me.

It was so overwhelming. Everything I was feeling in this very moment was so overwhelming. I had missed him so much, it was literally like my entire life revolved around him. My lips then took the lead and whispered the words that come to them.

"I love you." His movements halted instantly. His eyes then met mine and there it was again. That ecstatic feeling of magic that I always felt whenever I stared into his hazel orbs. It was too beautiful to walk away from, too enchanting to be angry at. "I love you...Kai." I repeated myself. His hands left mine but soon grabbed my left cheek and connected our lips. I moaned at how good his lips felt on mine after so long of being away from him.

We kissed, he devoured me, pouring every bit of emotion into the kiss. I kissed back with as much passion. He briefly pulled back, our faces less than inch away, "I love you more Amalia, much more than you could ever imagine." Then he kissed me again. This time slower but so heated. We were both blinded with passion, love and lust so much that the next thing I knew, we were in his room, me beneath him as he fucked me into a whole new world...