CynoXNari _The forest was dark..._

]_This headache_[

Ch.15 Cyno -
I woke up with a massive headache and an aching in my chest. An empty feeling of being unsure of whether tighnari really had no intention on talking to me ever again or not, especially after all that we'd been through together. I needed answers.. And soon, because at the moment I was completely unsure of how I'd managed not to kill everyone and everything I'd seen just because of the mere fact that I was pissed.

Not pissed at tighnari but pissed at myself. Angry at myself for not noticing that maybe just maybe tighnari was uncomfortable or maybe I'd moved too fast, or maybe he wasn't certain of his feelings yet...
Whatever it was, I intended to get to the bottom of it this week. I hopped in the shower, letting the droplets of water fall onto my bare skin and got out, finishing my regular night routine before laying down to call tigh-...

There it was again, that empty feeling as If I was a plate with no silverware, or in this case a boy with no soulmate. I layed on my bed a tear escaping my eyes.
"Fuck... nari please.. It can't end like this... I love you.."

I found myself talking out loud to myself praying that somehow someway tighnari would hear me.. Even if he was nowhere to be seen or heard of... and I'd know. Especially considering the fact that I called 20 times.. And no.. I'm not over exaggerating, I counted.

Closing my eyes I slowly drifted off to sleep, shutting them as tightly as I could so no more tears would escape.
The sun had finally risen and I was up bright and early as I rushed to get ready and practically ran to school just to find alhaitham comforting a crying kaveh. I approached them confused before asking them what happened.

"Kaveh, alhaitham.. What's going on?..."
Kaveh sniffed looking at me with a painful look in his eyes.

"Tighnari, he's not coming back to school... ever.. We're never allowed to see him again because of his piece of shit father!"
I stood there as my eyes widened and my body tensed up from pure shock.
"Tighnari told me to tell you he said goodbye and that he loves you but like its just fucked up! I can't stand to be here wondering if Tighnari's father is currently beating him again just for being in love with a guy!"

Kaveh buried his face in alhaithams chest as his boyfriend kissed him and looked up at me.
"Cyno, I already know what you're thinking.. But be careful.. And bring our friend back."
I nodded and dropped my backpack on the ground with alhaithams, knowing he'd get my homework for me and give it back to me tomorrow.
I turned around jogging out of the school corridors before running to tighnaris house, trying my best to register the information I just found out.

(He said he loves me... he really loves me.. and his dad is torturing him because of it. I can't let him live like this. I've gotta get him out of there..)

I had finally arrived at his house, everything still replaying in my mind. I walked up to the front door raising my hand to know on it.
Before I could knock I realized his dad may be home but it was too late the door was already being opened.

This time the door opened much smaller than the last and tighnaris mom only opened it a crack and slid out the front door. Her arms embraced me in a hug as a tear slid down her face.
"Cyno hunny I'm so glad to see you! Please save my baby and protect him, he needs you, he's been crying your name everyday."

I wrapped my arms around her reassuringly.
"I'll protect him ma'am, I promise."
She nodded her head in return and slid back into the house going to the backyard to unlock the gate for me.

I slid through the gate quietly after I heard the back door close meaning his mom was back inside. looking up I saw that tighnaris window was left open and climbed my way up onto a trash can before quietly pulling myself up and through his window.

I made my way inside as his bedroom door opened and tighnari stepped inside slamming it behind him. Eye Bags hung from underneath his eyes and his face was red with dried tear streaks laid upon his cheeks. My eyes lowered to his neck to see purple bruises on it and even more on his arms.

The boy finally looked up his eyes meeting mine and we stood there for a moment in brisk silence while our breaths became heavier, our chests rising and falling at the same time.

A silent tear escaped the both of our eyes before I took a small step forward and nari ran towards me jumping on me and wrapped his arms around me.
"Cyno fuck what are you doing here... i missed you so so badly."

"I missed you too baby, and I told you I'd do a better job at protecting you, I'm not letting my lover live in this hell hole."
Tighnari inched his face closer to mine, closing the gap between us that had just felt so far apart.
Our hearts collided into one as our lips danced together perfectly. And deep down that dreadful feeling that haunted my mind, the one of me losing my soulmate forever was gone.

I depended the kiss between us, longing for more, as if to make up for the time we lost and the feelings we had to suffer through alone, neither one of us wanting to lose each other.

Tighnaris door opened and I broke the kiss immediately grabbing onto tighnari and pushing him behind me.Thankfully it was his mom that opened the door and she smiled raising one eyebrow and smirked.
" you two cutiesss, I know you two miss each other but you've gotta hurry... he'll be back any moment. Tighnari pack what you can and I'll send you money to replace the rest of what's left here."

Tighnari ran up to his mom hugging her.
"Thank you.. mom.. I love you please be safe"
She hugged him back, squeezing him and kissed him on the cheek before making her way back downstairs readying to face her husband.

We threw tighnaris belongings into two backpacks and a duffel bag before exiting outside the window. I hopped down before tighnari standing on the trash can.
"baby you can do it I promise."

Tighnari leaned against the window climbing out of it. I heard his bedroom door slam open and tighnari looked back in shock.
"TIGHNARI WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?!"

I watched as tighnaris body shook in fear.
"Tighnari.. baby.. I've got you trust me."

The boy looked down at me and nodded his head before looking back at his father.

("BYE BIATCH") - no I'm jk he didn't really say that...

"I'm leaving dad! And there's nothing you can do about it, you can't make me live in this hell hole anymore!"
Tighnari jumped out of the window falling into my arms as I caught him.

"Good job baby now let's go before your father can find us" I hopped down onto the ground, and put him down onto the ground grabbing his hand while his fingers interlocked with mine.

We ran. And we didn't look back, all the way from his home to mine. To our home.