BAREFACED

Chapter 95

You're on the ground doing sit ups, feeling the burn in your stomach and chest. Izana sits on your bed watching you. You sigh and let go, lying flat on the ground.

"I didn't take you for the type of girl to exercise..." Izana says smiling down at you. You stare up at him, breathing heavy from the mini workout you just did.

"Well... no I don't normally exercise..." You pant. Izana tilts his head a bit to your statement.

"You can fight... right?"

"Mhm..." You hum.

"How did you learn?"

"What do you mean?" You ask, pushing yourself up.

"Did you take classes or did you learn from experience?" 

"I was taught."

"Interesting... Didn't your teacher tell you that you had to stay fit to keep up?" He asks, leaning down on the bed and smiling at you. You furrow your eyebrows and sigh, wiping the beads of sweat off your face.

"Are you judging me?"

"Not at all..." He smiles.

You relax your eyes and then stand up, stretching a bit. 

"I feel like you are..." You softly say, walking out the room. Izana stands up and follows behind you. You grab a cup and fill it up with water. You take a few sips and then place the cup on the counter. You walk towards the couch and flop down. Izana stays still, staring at you. 

"What's on your mind?" He calmly asks. You relax your eyes and look off to the side. 

"A lot..." You quietly say. He sits down beside you. You slowly look towards him. His orchid color eyes look back at you. 

"Like what?" He slowly says. You furrow your eyebrows and then relax them, staring in the direction of your room.

"My grandmother is planning to move soon..."

"Huh? What do you mean?" He says with a concerned look on his face. You slowly look towards him.

"My grandmother wants to move to the mountains... she told me that was her home before the city was... it was something my grandfather wanted too."

"Are you going with her?"

"I don't know..." You calmly answer.

"... so you are going to leave me too?" 

You quickly look towards him. He has an odd look on his face. You can't tell if he's angry, upset, sad, or disappointed.

"No- I just don't know what I want to do..." You slowly say, looking back towards your bedroom.

"You should stay here..." He quickly says. You look towards him. "We can become bakers like you said."

"Right..." You slowly nod and then smile at him. His eyes widen and then soften.

It's raining outside. You sit in your room, flipping and flopping around in your bed. You sigh loudly trying to think of what to do. Not having school sucks but being restless is a lot worse. You quickly sit up and grab your phone, staring down at your contacts. You slowly browse, staring at each name in your contacts. Then you stop at Mikey. Your eyes widen and then relax.

"Do you actually love me?" You question. You close your eyes and furrow your eyebrows, dropping the phone out your hand and slapping your cheek. You hold and squeeze your face and then groan loudly. Your eyes widen when you hear the door to the stairs open.