UNWANTED DEVOTION

THE PAINFUL THING CALLED LOVE

"PLEASE DON'T LOVE ME, ARON... PLEASE DON'T..."

"But I do, Helen... I do..." Aron kept mumbling while crying out loud.

Helen ran, picking her bag up from the class. She made her way home, leaving everything behind, while Aron just sat on his knees like before, crying out loud.

Rayn looked at him with a smirk and walked toward him, crouching down.

"Loser..." he said, and Aron closed his teary eyes.

 Ryan and Sia left from there. Aron got up, supporting himself, and walked toward his class. Once he reached, his eyes searched for nothing but Helen. Finding no one, he knew she had left.

Picking up his bag, he ran out of the class, not caring about the professor who was coming inside. He reached his bike, sat on it, and drove off at full speed.

.....

Helen sat on the ground, looking at the plain sky, her eyes teary. Her hands clenched the grass tightly as her phone kept ringing again and again.

.....

"Is she home?" Aron asked Helen's mom, making her frown at the question.

"Doesn't she always come with you, Aron?" Helen's mom asked, panicking a little.

"Oh, aunty, I forgot. She'll be coming with Ari today. They're working together on a project. Sorry to worry you," Aron said quickly and walked out of the house. Starting his bike, he began searching for Helen.

"Helen..."

Someone called her suddenly.

Helen quickly turned around, just to see Ryan standing there.

Ryan looked at her for a few seconds and then walked toward her, sitting beside her, his eyes still on her.

"Aren't I am dirty now...?" Helen asked, her red eyes still staring at the sky with a deep gaze.

"I'm sorry," Ryan suddenly whispered.

Helen quickly turned her head toward him. "W-why?" Helen whispered.

Ryan looked at her for a few seconds and held her face softly with his large hands. Helen hummed in satisfaction, some tears escaping her closed eyes.

"I was jealous. I'm sorry," Ryan said softly, brushing Helen's tears more into her face. Helen hummed again.

"You chose him over me, Helen, and I didn't like it," Ryan said again, and this time, Helen burst into painful cries.

"You know, Ryan, even I thought I'd choose him. But my heart failed me again. Not seeing you today made me realize one thing—you've engraved it with your name. My soul is bound to you. If there's no you, then I'm soulless. I'm dead, Ryan. You are my life, my love, my everything. I don't know why it falls for you, even after knowing it'll do nothing but hurt me. My whole being belongs to you. I was fine before, even if it was painful to watch you from a distance. At least it didn't hurt like now. Why did you come for me in the first place...?"

"Helen..." Ryan whispered before taking Helen's red, puffy lips into his mouth, kissing her gently. Helen's teary eyes met his dark ones staring at her.

"I want you..." Ryan whispered, pulling her bottom lip with his teeth and releasing it.

"I want you whole, for me. I want you to be mine, and if you dare let anybody touch you, I'll punish you," Ryan said, looking into Helen's eyes darkly. Helen kept nodding her head again and again.

Helen sat inside the car, and Ryan started to drive, his eyes fixed ahead. In a few minutes, they were in front of a hotel.

Walking inside, Ryan booked a room and took her hand, leading her toward the lift. Helen's heart kept racing with fear and sudden nervousness.

Finally, they reached a room. Ryan opened the door and told Helen to walk inside.

Helen, clenching her dress tightly, walked inside, her mind filled with thoughts that made her even more nervous. As she took her first step inside, rose petals suddenly started falling on her head. She quickly turned to Ryan, who gave a small smile.

"I prepared this yesterday somewhere else, but maybe it just wasn't the day..."

Helen nodded with teary eyes, biting her lip as she took more steps. She saw the room filled with balloons near the bed, a soft bed in the middle, large glass windows, and a big LED screen.

"Take the remote, baby..." Ryan whispered, sliding his hand toward her stomach softly and placing a white remote in her hand.

Helen hummed softly and clicked the "on" button. The screen lit up.

"I love you, Helen..."

Helen cried out loud while smiling. Turning toward Ryan, she ran and jumped into his arms. Ryan lost his balance and fell onto the bed with Helen on top of him. Helen quickly wrapped her arms around him as if she might lose him in any second. Ryan chuckled, finally wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I love you... I love you so much, Ryan. I love you, Ryan," Helen kept saying again and again, hiccupping and crying in his arms.

"I love you too, Helen," Ryan whispered, looking down and placing a soft kiss on her hair.

Sorry to make you wait so much cuties ....