Forever Together

~12~

Primarosa Dozorov's P.O.V

I walk out of the bathroom with a shift dress and some sweatpants on, I notice Alek shirtless with some shorts and sitting on the edge of the bed with his phone in his hands.

"Come here, Love," Alek speaks, I freeze in the doorway and turn around to face him. "What is it?" I ask and cross my arms.

"Come here." He instructs and gestures with his finger, not even looking at me, instead looking at his phone. I walked and stood in front of him, with my arms still crossed.

He typed something on his phone and then put it aside. He placed both hands on my hips and pulled me closer.

He laid his head on my belly and sighed in exhaustion. "I am sorry, Love." He says and I press my lips in a thin line. I already felt the nervousness and fear coming on, making me wanna stay at least half the globe away from him.

"L-let go." I stutter instead of instructing making me squeeze my eyes shut. I feel him remove his head and I open my eyes.

He wraps his arms around my waist and looks up at me. His lips curl up into a warm smile and he removes his hands to wave in the air.

"Rosa, If you still don't forgive me, then tell me what I should do." He says, looking down. That draws a smile out of me and I couldn't help but take a seat beside him and put his hand down to lean my head on his shoulder.

"Massage my back once I am done with work," I say and feel his head whip in my direction then he starts laughing and falls back into the bed.

"God, do I love you." He says in between laughs. Then places both palms on his hands. "Shit. I really thought I messed up big time."

"You did," I spoke and receive a glare in return. Alek immediately sat up and his lips parted slightly. "I did?" He repeats and I nod reluctantly.

"I just-...It was scary. I tried to not focus on the memories, but I couldn't help it. Somewhere in my mind everything was replaying and overlaying over you.

"It was harder than I imagined it would be. Now, I am just afraid of-...You. Not you, just the act. I am trying to open up, but it's hard." I finish with tears in my eyes.

I look at Alek, through my tears and see matching tears in his eyes. My eyes widened and the few tears in my years escape.

"Dammit, Rosa." He says in a breathy voice and shakes his head slowly. He cups my face and pecks my forehead.

"Leave work today you need to rest." He says and I couldn't possibly come up with a reason to argue. We got up slowly and both cuddled together in bed.

Although it brought on some shivers and flinching, I fought against the anxiety and breathed in his earthy scent, relaxing in his touch.

A few minutes pass, and I feel his tears fall and stain the sleeve of my dress. "Are you crying?" I ask and receive a nod.

I turn and lay on my back. "You are crying too," Alek says in a rather broken voice. I smile warmly and nod.

We both sit up and I lay my head on his shoulder, and he lays his head on mine.

"Why are you crying?" I ask, he sighs and places his hand on mine.