The Five Cursed Witches: Volume 3 - Morana, the Witch of Life

Chapter 34 Avoiding the truth

Alejo

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The sun was already in the sky when I woke up. I still felt weak, but much better compared to when I had fallen asleep, though parched.

I went to the bathroom and drank three glasses of water in a row before I felt better. Then I remembered that I had gotten messages from Morana, which I hadn't been in any state to read.

As I read them, my heart sank.

Okay. Any idea when you'll be back? Should I fix dinner for you?

I'm sorry for being rude this morning. I was upset about something, but it was wrong of me to take it out on you.

Can you please just let me know when you'll be back?

Are you okay?

I miss you

I'm so sorry

I swore and hurried out of the room and down to check out. All thoughts of my own tiredness, forgotten.

From the messages she had interpreted my message and the radio silence which had followed in the worst way possible, and I couldn't blame her. If it had been the other way around, I was sure I would have done the same thing. I just hoped she was relatively okay. That she hadn't ended up doing something stupid. And I hoped she had stayed at home that day and not gone to work.

As soon as I had checked out, I teleported myself to the apartment. The door to her room was open, showing that it was empty. I swore at the sight of it. But that just meant that I would have to go to her work. Though I rather didn't want to have to run into Dereck, that didn't matter. The only thing that mattered to me was to make sure Morana was okay and if she wasn't, make her so.

I did want to change clothes though. The ones I wore felt dirty from having hung at the coven for a whole day. So I went into my bedroom, but stopped.

She was on my bed, on top of the blanket, and curled into a ball. I could see her holding onto her phone, and she was still fully dressed.

Slowly and carefully, I walked over. I sat down on the bed and placed a hand on her cheek. The way she laid made her look so sad and vulnerable, and my heart ached with hers. But at the same time, I felt a small ray of happiness. She had been sad and upset, and, in that state, decided to sleep in my bed.

"Morana," I said softly and brushed away a few strands of hair from her face.

She stirred. Just a little at first, moving closer to me. Then her eyes shot up, as well as her body.

She stared at me. Her eyes were red and puffy and opened wide in bewilderment.

"I'm sorry," I told her and placed a hand back on her cheek. "I shouldn't have just gone silent like that suddenly. Something really came up though. It wasn't because of you."

She sat completely still for a moment, just blinking at me. Then she flung her arms around me and hugged me tightly. She pressed her eyes down to my shoulder and I was certain she cried again.

"I... I thought..." she mumbled, but didn't finish.

I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her so she sat on my lap.

"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I didn't mean to make you worry," I told her. I felt somewhat lost in the situation. I didn't know how to act, what to do, what to say. I just knew I wanted her to feel better, wanted her happy again.

"It was Mabon yesterday," I went on. Explaining everything, or as close to everything as I could, was the only thing I could think about doing. "I had completely forgotten about it until my coven reminded me. They... they had me busy all day, and I didn't have my phone on me. As soon as I was done with everything there, I was so tired that I fell asleep without checking my phone."