𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 ( 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 )

𝟑𝟏 | 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

CLARE DISEUZA BURTON PERSPECTIVE

Fate!

Fate is something which I curse so much from the beginning.

I was looking at the Leo's ward when a doctor came along with other nurses when he spoke giving me a not so satisfying smile.

"How is he?" I said breaking the silence between them when the doctor continued with his reports.

"Mr. Leonardo have a canine which broke and along with another teeth at the lowest back too. Actually that we had to plugged it out or else it would pain alot and even his cheeks are swollen, stained with someone's knuckles that he get into a fight with and I have prescribed some medicines, it will heal within a month. Otherwise he is fine. If you want you can go to his ward."

I bowed down and thanked him genuinely when I signed as I went to the ward and the sight hurted me alot because for me, he was laying at the hospital bed with his lips cut and his cheeks are red. It looks like his blood just stopped right in his cheek. I had tears in no time when I went towards him and looked over to him briefly, observing his facial features. He was sleeping while I just signed not knowing how to apologise when he wake up.

"Thinking how to apologise?" He said as I looked over to him from the ceiling and sat beside his bed when I looked at him, his eyes were calm while he was smiling but the smile was being stretched by the red mark in his cheeks making me remember all the things that happened when I broke our eye contact and replied.

"Yes" He just took my hands in his and pulled me closure making me drop in his chest as he engulfed me in a hug as I looked at him surprised but hugged him back after looking at his condition when he whispered.

"You don't have to apologise for someone else's deeds." He caressed me and I don't know, I always gets perplexed by his hug but I just didn't reacted and rested my head in his chest when he again spoke.

"Are you mad at me?" I broke the hug and looked at him before giving him a warm smile, clearly hiding my emotions when I spoke.

"No. I was just so stunned that you were with me even though he did this to you. I should be thankful towards you." I gave him a smile, showing my dimples when he smiled and nodded before replying.

"So how is Lucas doing?" I gets stunned everytime when he talk about Lucas because Lucas always seems to ignore him but Leo always gets so concerned for him. He will be a great dad in future, he usually cares for kids and loves them very fondly. It makes me fond of him because of his nature or approach towards the kid. I just smiled and looked at his crimson brown orbs and nodded when I spoke.

"Doctor said, you will be completely fine within a month and I am sure that you don't even have a maid for yourself to take care of yourself. Isn't it?" He just looked down, and I signed. I know why he haven't kept a maid. It is because he have parents to take cars of and for them he needs money. So financially taking care of his parents and baring all the expenses of an individual make things hard. I know that very well when I spoke looking at him.

"Tomorrow you will be shifted to your room and I will visit to you often so that I could take care of yourself through the days until you become perfectly fine because I have seen the list of medicines and the foods you have to need for the month. All liquid foods were been prescribed by the doctor. So, I will make it for you and for the next few days, just take a leave. Alright?"

He was stunned by my actions, he was looking at me nonstop as if whatever I was saying couldn't be able to get into his head when he finally spoke breaking our eye contact.

"I will handle." I signed and went near him when I spoke looking at him, and all I could see was love for me, care for me.

"Just make me do a compensation for the problems that I have caused." He looked away, probably gets hurt with my words as I closed my eyes realising what have I just told. He must be thinking that probably just for Lucifer's actions, I am caring for him but it is not what he thinks. I genuinely cares for him. Afterall why shouldn't I or how can I not?

He was there with me when I needed Lucifer.

The times I wanted Lucifer by my side, he wasn't there but Leo did.

I moved his cheeks and softly stroked it when he had tears in his eyes as I became shocked to see those fainting tears escaping from his eyes and landing just on his cheeks as I wiped it off when he spoke, a little too louder that his usual voice.

"If you just care for me because of that, don't have to. I can take care of myself. God have gave me two hands to do my work. Just go back to your Lucifer. Probably he needs you back in your life. Just leave." He said with a straight face and I cursed myself for saying those words when I just chuckled and kissed his cheeks when I replied.

"I will not leave you. Never. I can't because when I needed you, you were there. You never went away when I told you I would manable. You made me belief in friendship and in love." Just the moment my mouth escaped the word 'love' he looked at me with his amusing eyes when he spoke.

"Do you love me?" I never loved him, I just loved him as my friend, but never as a lover but at the moment I needed to say this  I needed to because if I don't he would become more sad. Though, I don't want him to gain false Hope's but for the situation it's better to say 'yes'.

"I am just starting to love you, Leo." His eyes escaped joyness when he smiled and kissed my cheeks and forhead, his breathe fanning my skin when I heard my phone ringed as I excused myself and looked over the unknown number before picking up but before I could speak, the other line spoke making my throat dried and I gulped down.

"You have a beautiful house, Clare."

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