He Saved Me 2

Less of a Man

Arely's POV

I don't know what's up with Landon, but he's definitely not okay because I've never seen him go off on his mom like the way he did two days ago. I've been wanting to talk to him about it but I also don't want to upset him because he's really a ticking time bomb.

This time it took a while longer getting Jr. to fall asleep than usual. When he was sound asleep I put him down in his crib and closed his door.

I found Landon sitting in the living room without the TV on. That struck me ass odd because when he's in the living room he's always watching some type of UFC highlights or something.

"You okay?" I asked walking up from behind him.

"... Yeah. Just thinking" he looked up at me as I passed him.

"Thinking about what?" I sat in the recliner beside him.

He shrugged his shoulders.

"Can I ask you something?"

He gave me his attention.

"Why did you go off on your mom the other day?"

"I don't want to talk about it" he stood up and walked away from me.

"That was rude. I was asking a question" I stood up.

"How? I told you I didn't want to talk about that"

"You never want to talk about it... what's up with that?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"Nothing, Relly." He sighed dragging his hands down his face.

"Nothing? It don't look like nothing. You haven't been acting like it's nothing"

"It's nothing, Arely"

"Well until you tell me something, I guess we'll be sitting here"

"What do you want from me?" He looked irritated.

"I want to figure out what's wrong with my baby" I told him.

"Nothing is wrong with me..."

"Stop denying i—"

"NOTHING IS WRONG WITH ME ARELY, DAMN!!!" He snapped.

"... Okay. I'm trying to help you but you don't want help. So I'm going to let you figure that out on your own"

"Wh-What do you mean?" He looked at me like I was crazy.

"I'm going to give you space to get better. Jr.'s coming with me" I walked around him.

"Why?"

"You aren't okay. And until you admit it, I'm leaving"

He grabbed my arm and I quickly snatched it away.

"Don't... Don't put your hands on me" I felt an adrenaline rush.

"Or what?"

"Landon, What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you not happy anymore? Huh?... is it me? What is it?" I asked all the questions in the world trying to figure out what's wrong.