*Jade's P.O.V*
"Please wake up.." I heard sniffling next to me as I furrowed my eyebrows trying to ease the headache. I groaned in pain and opened my eyes to the dimly lit room. I looked around before stopping my gaze next to me. My heart swelled at the view. Harry sat on the ground, holding my hand with his head on our intertwined hands. He was crying..
"Harry.." My voice cracked. He immediately looked up to meet my gaze. His eyes were broken.. Just like his soul. "You're awake.." He said somehow not believing. "Is this your room..?" I asked trying to get up but shortly, I was stopped by Harry placing his hand on my shoulder. "You need to take some rest" he said before wiping his tears and getting up to leave. "Wait" I stopped him. He stopped and turned around to look at me. "Are you.. crying because of me..?" I asked him not believing my eyes. He fixed his gaze on me but never said anything. "No" he firmly said and left making me frown. I took a deep breath before laying back down. It was indeed his room..
My head pounded in pain and there was nothing to make it stop. I turned towards the bedside table to see there was a glass of water... as usual. I reached for it and picked it up.
"Jade, you do realize that you need water on the bedside table before sleeping. What if you choke at night?" He laughed pointing a finger at me. "Fine, I'll do it. But don't blame me if I knock it over when I'm asleep" I said chuckling. "I will make sure that you won't." He said pulling me closer to him and placing his arms around my waist. "Perfect." He said.
I smiled at the memory. It was something that brought us even closer.. I was so lost in my thoughts that I hadn't realized when Harry came back Into the room. "I..uh.. Here's an Advil. For your headache." He said softly, sitting next to me and handing me the tablet. I carefully took it and drank some water before placing my hands on my forehead. He was about to leave again when I felt him getting up but I stopped him. "Harry.." "Yeah?" He replied.
I looked back at him and spoke up. "I'm sorry.." I said. "For everything." He sighed before speaking up. "It's not your fault" he simply replied. This was not the same Harry I knew. "I did it for the best of both of us.." I continued as he listened intently. "But I know.. it didn't help." I confessed.
"You were meant to be with Alex." He said. "We're not married.." I said making it clear. He snapped his attention to me as if he had heard a good news. "But.." He said looking at my hand. "It's just a promise ring" I sighed.
He stayed silent for a while before he said something that struck me. "Why did you leave me all alone, Jade?" He said with hurt laced in his voice. "I know you said you thought it was for the best.. but why..?" He sounded broken. I didn't have words that I could put to tell him. "I don't know.." I whispered looking down.
He then placed his hand under my chin and lifted my face up to face him. His eyes deep in mine. "I still love you. You know that right?" He said softly, placing his hands on either side of my face. I nodded as I felt my eyes getting blurry. I didn't know what would happen between us.
"But I know I need to let you go" he said. "No, Harry" I said cupping his face in my hands. "Jade, as cliché as it sounds, I know I won't be able to live without you but I can't afford to ruin another relationship of yours. I've done enough. Just by wasting your life not seeing what was right in front of me has destroyed me enough. Maybe this is what I deserved" he said with no emotions.
What he said next absolutely shattered me. "So please go" he took hold of my hands and placed them back in my lap. "What?" I said out loud not believing. "You've heard me, Jade. Please." He begged. I immediately felt tears blurring my eyes. We were already apart yet now we'll be done.. Forever..
I nodded and sobbed before getting up only to be stopped by him again. "What do you want now?" I cried, trying to struggle out of his hold. He got up with me and held me by my shoulders before pulling me closer to him. I cried against his chest. I didn't even know why was I crying, or that why was I even letting him be this close to me.
My mind just couldn't think straight. All I knew was that I was safe in his arms. I felt protected. Protected from everything around me. From all the pain, sadness yet I revolved back to all those emotions every time. "Please don't make this worse, Jade.. You know I can never see you cry." He said playing with my emotions.
He then cupped my face in his hands and wiped my tears off with his thumb before looking down into my eyes. "Alex will make you even happier than I ever could.." He stated. "He'll make sure you'll sleep in his arms.. Protected. He'll make sure you'll wake up with your morning tea ready on the bedside table. He'll watch your favourite movies with you every Saturday nights. He'll take you out on dates every once in a while to show you how much he loves you." He continued but I stopped him. "Harry. Don't." I said completely broken. He's saying everything he did for me.
"I'm certain that he'll make you forget about all the sorrows you've been capturing in that beautiful heart of yours." He said caressing my cheek. "But before you go.. I'd like to do something.." He said softly and leaned in. I did not move, I knew I longed for him. His gentle touch was something I longed.
I closed my eyes to capture the moment. Salted tears and a painful kiss. It was a puzzle completed. With the correct pieces on either side, fitted together to form a photograph. Two pieces pulled out of the same broken picture, finding its way to be joined together only to be broken again and placed back into an ordinary life.
"Jade?" I was pulled out of the moment by the voice at the door.
