𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 | 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐳

➤ A Whisper of Vulnerability

Me and Fae slept peacefully throughout the night when i received the chance to finally calm her down.

I woke up earlier than her.. to find her sleeping peacefully in my arms.

I didn't want to wake her, so i stayed put and let her rest.

She needed it anyway.

Honestly, looking at her sleep like that made me want to kiss her all over.. but i shouldn't. I can't.

Suddenly, the alarm from her phone went off and that finally woke her.

I gave her some time to adjust to the morning light and waited.

"You're finally awake aren't you princess?" I said with a chuckle.

She grabbed a towel from her bedside table and threw it on my face, making me chuckle. "Calm down!" I said with a smile.

"Sorry.." she apologized as she still lied in my arms. I noticed her showing her signs of vulnerability. She would try to hide it the best she could, but it ended up in a Whisper of Vulnerability. Meaning, it would barely show..

It would take a person who knew her well to notice. I noticed.

I smirked and assured her she didn't need to apologize for anything.

"Hey, i should get us some food and then we could eat it on the road." I suggest.

"Sure, that's fine. We'd get home earlier." She said happily, but something seemed off, like she didn't want to be happy and seemed like she was forcing herself.

It was obvious, i could sense it in her eyes that something was wrong. Even if she spoke and said she was fine, her eyes said otherwise.

"Alright, are you sure you're going to be okay here?" I asked her. "Oh, of course Tom. I'm going to be fine." She shrugged.

I nodded and got ready, leaving the room shortly after.

I bought the both of us decent food for breakfast and went on back to the room so we could get on the road.

"Hey Fae! They have your favor- wait.." i said as i walked in the room.

Fae's POV:

I cried as he left the room. I couldn't tell him about the dream i had.. about everything i went through the past.

My ex best friend Lilac was in it. Me and her got into this stupid argument causing to end our friendship back then.

Sometimes i miss her, but the things she did and how she would treat me.. i'd always wonder. What did i do to her to make her hate me so much?

It scarred me.. she was my childhood best friend and she left so easily like our time with each other didn't mean anything.

I heard Tom knock on the door before he entered.

I tried to wipe my tears before he could notice but i was too late. He already saw in the first place.

"Hey, hey.. what's wrong?" He said, walking over to me.

"Nothing..I'm fine Tom." I said with a smile.

He wiped the tears that fell on my cheek away, comforting me once more. "You're safe with me. I promise you that Fae." He said, caressing my cheek.

"You can talk to me, im right here." He said with a smile, cupping both of my cheeks now.

"Thank you.. but really im fine." I said, lying. I didn't want to open up, i never did. Not to anybody.. not because i don't trust Tom. Because im scared for them to not understand. I'm afraid that they'll take it the wrong way and leave me, just like what happened with Lilac.

Besides from being afraid, i also feared that they would have problems, they kept to themselves and i would just be a burden that adds onto it.

So.. i couldn't tell anyone. Nobody at all. Not even Tom.

But i know even if i didn't say it with my words, you could always tell from my eyes.

My eyes always spoke louder than anything in my vocabulary ever could. I just liked to wonder, if anyone understood what my eyes say anyway.

We went back to our hometown and the entire ride back i was quiet and usually looked out the window.

"Alright, enough." Tom spoke.