All I Heard Was Nothing(Tori KellyXChris Brown)

7

Stirring awake from his slumber, Chris slowly opened his eyes to see the sun peaking through the curtains. Glancing over at the clock to see that it was eleven in the afternoon, Chris was surprised that he hadn't slept later than that seeing as they have gotten in so late from the hospital.  Sitting up in the bed, Chris took in the view of the room and how it seems to fit Tori's personality so well with pictures of her idols pinned to the wall. Getting up from his spot on the floor, in which he chose to sleep at for the night, Chris glanced around to see that nor Dinah or Tori were in the room. Knowing that by this time, Dinah had to go off to school, Chris began to wonder where Tori had gone off to. Hearing yelling come from the next room, Chris quickly made his way out to see that Tori was in sobs. Grabbing the phone, Chris looked on to see that the call had ended but it had done just enough to make his friend upset.

"Chris" Tori said as he scrolled to see that her recent call was from Jason and that they had been talking on and off throughout the night

"Is he serious???" Chris questioned as he looked through her text

"That's none of your business" Tori protested as she tried to grab her phone away from him

"He's blaming you for being needy. Your grandfather is sick and he can't be here because you're being needy?" Chris questioned 

"It's not that simple" Tori replied before she grabbed her phone from him

"Well simplify it for me?" Chris requested " I thought he was supposed to be here? I thought the big reason why you didn't tell me was because he was here? I thought a lot of things about him that just don't add up" he questioned 

"Why does it matter?!?" Tori questioned 

"Because you don't deserve this!" Chris replied angrily before he realized that he was too piling on to the stress that she was already under. Pulling her towards him, Chris wrapped his arms around her as she rester her forehead on his chest. 

"I already know what you're going to say" Tori replied as she wiped away tears 

"I'm not trying to make you upset, but I just don't get why you would let him treat you like this" Chris said as he spoke to her with a softer tone as he rubbed her back 

". . . . because...I don't know, I just want to make things work" Tori reasoned 

"At what cost though?" Chris asked as she turned away to look out the window at the glowing rays from the sun "We've never really talked about it but I think...I think as your friend, I think you shouldn't be with a guy that can't even be here to support you" he said 

"I can see that. It's as plain as day, I can see that" Tori sighed 

"Do you not agree?" Chris asked "I mean be honest with me, tell me what you feel?" he asked 

"I feel like my relationship is over. I feel like I was him to be here out of just simple respect for me, respect for us and what we at least meant to each other" Tori stated " I don't care if he loves me or not, I just... I thought he could at least respect the fact that I'm hurting and would want to show compassion" she told him 

"You feel like you need him to much?" Chris asked 

"That's the problem" Tori laughed to herself "I don't need him, not like before. I don't need him, but I feel like I need him because I'm denying myself from needing something that I just can't have" she said as they both looked on at each other for a few moments, letting the silence kick in

"Regardless if what you need isn't present or not in your life, your strong enough to stand on your own" Chris told her 

"I'd love to believe that, but I'm a hope;less romantic. I believe in the fairytale so easily and will suffer through the tragedy for the sake of affection" Tori replied