ETERNAL LOVE

28: ROGUE

AUTHOR'S POV

Idlewild Airport,
11:04 am

Xaden was sitting at an airport seat waiting for his flight. He was wearing brown beanies that was covering his hair except for his bangs. He had his headphones encircled on his neck.

His hands were holding his passport and his heart was nothing but heaviness.

He's leaving the country as he got a huge offer after pulling the biggest crowd at the venue. He has been working at small shows like college festivals but this time an entertainment company wants to hire him and going to make a contract for five years.

If he agrees he'd be working under their label and have to work as per however they'll schedule him.

There are many fewer chances that he'll get to visit his country in years.

He was deep in his thoughts yet he noticed Sen coming to him with his luggage.

She glanced at him as he was resting his elbows on his thighs looking down at the floor.

Sen has been with him since the day he left his family. She is one of the reasons behind his massive success in such a short period as she has been managing everything for him and they have got quite attached.

He asked her multiple times to go back but she declined. She had caught feelings for him decades ago but never got enough courage to speak out about it.

She sat next to him sensing his behaviour since last night. He looks lost instead of looking excited for getting the huge opportunity but she also knows the reason behind his shivering heart. She knows he loves Hazel.

"I thought that if I act like it doesn't matter, then it wouldn't," Xaden mumbled. "I was wrong. It hurts. It hurts so damn much to hide. But I'll keep it to myself so it doesn't hurt anyone else." He added lifting his gaze from the white marble floor to meet with Sen's soft ones. " Sen, I'm feeling guilty, my heart thumping, why? Am I doing something wrong? Is chasing our dreams wrong?" He asked the girl whom he hardly used to spare a glance at but now she's the only one he goes back to at the end of the day knowing she'll be there. The mere girl is now the only partner of his lonely times, a friend he shared everything with without any hesitation. " I'm losing my focus. Tell me what to do?" He asked trying to sound stable.

Sen sat on her ankle in front of him and started to tie his shoelaces. He's still a careless person but she has taken good care of him.

She raised her head and looked into his eyes with a small smile. " You aren't doing anything wrong to feel guilty about. You are doing amazing and I'm so proud of you. But I don't want you to miss out on the most important people in your life as well." She said hesitantly holding his hand. He stayed sitting at his spot listening to her carefully. " You are lucky that an entire family is waiting for you. Your mother, your father, your brothers. Not everyone has this. You don't know what it feels like to be alone. You want to be alone because you know there are people who love you, you feel this way because you are wanted by many but there will be a time not now but ten, twenty, or maybe thirty years later when you'll start to lose your place in these people's heart, there will be another star they'd be after. They will forget about you but your family will never. No matter how bad you were they'll care. I do care about you too. And I'll be there till the end with you no matter whatever decision you make. But I want you to go meet your mother. I heard she's ill. I don't want you to regret it." She politely tried to make him understand.

'' I can't go back. Dad would be mad at me." He shook his head.

" He would be surely mad but happy too. Tell me who else has the right on you to be mad at you? No one besides your family. No one's gonna lecture you for being reckless except for them. They just want to protect you just like you wanted to protect Miss. Hazel. They didn't realize they were caging you just like you didn't. She slipped out of your hands because you held her too tightly same as you slipped out of their hand because of the same reason. You don't understand until you go through the same situations. You learned your lessons and I'm sure they also won't force you into anything after all this mess. Believe me. Everyone gonna welcome you with open arms. They gonna accept you." She squeezed his hand a bit between her palms trying to search for a little change in his eyes.