Sacrifices

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On the next morning Leyla was the first to wake up. She was still shaken from what happened the previous night, which triggered her mind to again remember her nightmare from the night before. Her eyes began to water at the though of her possibly losing Mert forever. She could not imagine a life without him.

Leyla looked up at Mert's face, while he was still sleeping, gently touched his face and whispered very quietly "Seni çok seviyorum!"

Not long after that, Mert began to slowly awake, feeling Leyla's tender hand on his own face. Opening his eyes, he exclaimed "Günaydın!"

"Günaydın!" Leyla replied, her voice still laced with worry

"How are you feeling?" he asked

"How can I be..." she answered "I am still trying to process last night."

"I promised you I will handle it." he replied "Do not worry, please."

"I am scared of the possible consequences..." she voiced her own fears

"We will be fine, my love." Mert spoke reassuringly "Do not be afraid."

He kissed her on the forehead.

"T-The other night..." Leyla said "The other night I again had a nightmare. And it was scarier than the previous time..."

"What nightmare?" Mert asked

Leyla took a deep breath and once again ran her nightmare through her mind.

"E-Emir... Emir was standing in front of us... He was holding a gun in his hand." she spoke "He had learnt about is and our relationship. The gun was pointed mainly at you. I was begging him not to shoot, not to do anything, but he did not listen. In the end he fired his shot. I woke up after this."

"After I woke up, I felt the need to see you." she continued "Without any more thinking, I got up from the bed and came to your room. I did not want to disturb you, so I admired you in silence for a while, until I felt better, and then came back here."

"I am not going to lie, I felt your tender touches that night." Mert replied, trying to lift up the mood a little bit "And I loved it."

Leyla formed a slight smile and Mert once again kissed her on her forehead. 

The love birds remained like that for a little more, after which Mert left the bedroom and went downstairs into his own room. He decided to first get himself ready for the day and then - deal with Pelin about the previous night.

When Mert was all ready, he exited his room and headed towards the kitchen for breakfast. At the same time Pelin, too, exited her own room. She noticed Mert and quickly turned around, trying to avoid eye contact, feeling ashamed of what she saw the previous night.

Seeing her, Mert called out "Pelin..."

Pelin froze in place when she heard her own name. Her heart started beating more nervously, knowing what Mert was going to talk to her about. And since she herself had been having feelings for him for a pretty long time now and had been trying hard to get him to notice her, before turning around to face him, a brilliant idea came to her mind. She then turned around to Mert and looked at him.

"Pelin, could we, please, talk for a moment?" Mert asked, determined to keep his promise to Leyla and deal with Pelin

"T-Tamam..." Pelin answered with a quiet voice

Mert gestured for Pelin to go into his room and she followed him. Once Mert made sure nothing could be heard from someone else, he spoke "Look... I know that whatever you saw last night was probably shocking. But I am begging you not to say anything to anyone. If you keep quiet, I will not be mad at you for seeing us..."

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