A horrific tale ~book one~

:.Chapter 14.:

Soren fell into the void.
Soren woke up in his house.
In the house that he'd built for him and Lucille.
He got up and wandered out.
Now what?

One year later
Soren sighed as he heard Adelle running up to him. "Hello."
"Hi! How are you today?" Adelle asked.
"I'm just the same as I always am." Soren said. He didn't want to admit that he liked her. Not when Lucille had betrayed him like that.
"Oh. Why do you always seem sad? You don't think I notice, but sometimes you have to pretend your rubbing your forehead when your actually rubbing away tears."
Soren closed his eyes. "Because, Adelle... I am sad."
"Why?"
"Because of my past..."
"Oh...."
"I don't want to talk about it..."
"I understand... I haven't been treated very nicely either..."
Soren looked at her and noticed she only had one of her three hearts out up. "You've.... Lost two of your lives..."
"Yes..."
One of the hearts was broken, like a mirror having been punched. The other had a stab mark through it.
"What do they mean... If you don't mind me asking."
"Oh... The broken heart was because I was beaten to death.... The stabbed heart is because I was stabbed to death..."
"Oh...." He looked at his faded heart, the only one of his that had lost colour. "I kinda suicided after my fiance treated me like I was nothing...."
Adelle hugged him. "You have so many scars..." She whispered, being gentle as she gently traced the outlines of his scars through his clothes. Most of them stuck upwards, after all. Adelle stopped. "You... You were burned with water...? You could've died..."
"There were many times I should've died but everyone saved me only for me to go through more crap." Soren replied. "My family were the only ones who were actually kind to me..."
"Who were they...?"
Soren told her about them but hesitated when he started talking about Lucid. "If I start crying, please don't judge me.."
"Of course I won't!" Adelle said, patting his arm.
"Lucid saved my life... And he was so kind.... But after a month, I had to be locked away again... He came whenever he could right until he got ill to... He died fifteen years ago...." Soren said as he started crying. "He was lovely... He was like a father to me....."
Adelle hugged him. "It's okay.... It's alright..." She said quietly. "Besides, I love you."
Soren looked at her. "Your not just saying that...?"
"No."
He smiled slightly. "I love you too."