"I'm his property"

Chapter 3

A few days after the pool incident...

Mailo's P.O.V
I opened my eyes slowly from the amazing slumber only to see that Ace was still asleep next to me. This is the first time I have woken up with him next to me, I am used to waking up to an empty bed, and I guess you could say that I don't even expect him to be there every time I wake up mostly because I know that he has a life as well, and he can't constantly look after me or act like a boyfriend to me. The saddest part is this the realest relationship I have ever had in my life, not to mention the first one....I don't even know if I could call it a relationship at this point....
These past few days Ace has been more distant with me, he hasn't made any move on me and he hasn't spoken to me like he usually does. I am not a therapist but even I can tell that what happend a few nights ago at the pool place had an effect on him. I also had a battle with my emotions to be honest, on one hand I feel sorry for him, but on the other hand I can't help but think that his life is no excuse the way he treats people, but when I sit and think about it...I still end up coming to the same conclusion that he doesn't really know any better. From what people have told me adleast, he has no idea how to love someone or how love actually feels like, I am not too far off myself but still....I don't go around kidnapping people and taking their phones away from them.
I have been here for almost a week now and one thing I have learned about Ace is that he is closed up, he keeps his emorions inside of him, he is scary amd he is unpredictable but one thing is for sure he isn't a bad guy. He is simply a man that is broken and has no idea how to repair himself
I sighed a bit as I glanced his sleeping figure next to me, slowly turning around to face him completely
"When you are asleep you are not half bad do you know that? You don't furrow your brow and you don't look angry, your face is more gentle and you look like a human being that has emotions and feelings, why do you act so though? Do you know that it's completely okay to show emotions sometimes? What kind of sorcery is this that you are trying to play around with me and with everyone?" I said under the impression that he is still a sleep, my heart stopped once he took a deep breath before opening his eyes to face me
"I have been told that I am not half bad awake, I actually so tough because I am, I have no weakness and no regrets, I have buried my emotions a long time ago, and words like love and emotions are no longer in my vocabulary" he said
I quickly looked away before trying to turn around, but he quickly grabbed my chin looking at me
"I didn't mean to prey....I just thought you were a sleep and this is...." He cut me off by placing a small peck on my lips, he gently stroked my cheek as he looked in to my eyes
"With every word that comes out of your mouth about me brat, I want it to be your opinion and I want you to learn it from me....not from others, erase everything you know about me so far...." He said before sitting up ruffling my hair before he walked to the bathroom
There he goes leaving me in my thoughts again, what am I supposed to take out of all this advice of his? Everything I know about him erase it....if I ask him about his past he surely won't tell me, how am I supposed to know?
He walked out of the bathroom soon after, he smiled at me as he walked towards his wardrobe which made me instantly follow after him
"If I erase everything I know about you that doesn't come out of you...how do I know about you? If I ask you about your past....would you tell me everything?" I asked standing right behind him, he slowly turn around as soon as I said that
"A wise 18 year old innocent kid once told me that my past is not nearly as important as my future...so focus on the future and don't think about my past" he said
I sighed a bit as soon as he said that, dam I can't believe he remembered my quote....I can't believe he used my own quote against me
"I....I guess you shut me up....for now tho...." I said
"I really don't want you to open up this conversation again with me Mailo.....I am asking you nicely" he said
"How am I supposed to get to know you then?" I asked
"Let me ask you something and I want you to be completely honest with me" he said
I nodded slowly as I waited to see what he has to say
"Knowing what you know about me now, what emotion comes to your mind fist?" He asked
I instantly went silent....does he have a point....I feel simpathy for him, I just want to know what makes him so cold
"You don't have to answer but I can tell you right away....you feel sorry for me and you have said it yourself that you hate me for ruining your life, so hate and pitty would be your answer....if you want to get to know me I would be more then happy to tell you that I love purple, I love music, my favourite food is spaghetti and that even though I am rich, I also love the simple things in life" he said
I nodded slowly as soon as he said that, he had a point
"Mhh....I get it...I hear you as well....I won't ever talk about it again" I said
"I am glad" he said before turning around to pick out his clothes again making me walk over to the bathroom