Liberation [completed]

Lies- Mia

"Mia?" I hear someone calling my name. I was barely sleeping so I heard the voice immediately. Happy to have a reason to wake up, I sit up and turn to the now comforting and familiar voice.

It's been three days since I moved in with Asher. We have spent most of the time together in those three days. We ate our meals together and spent the rest of the day just watching movies Asher thought we should watch. Turns out I loved superhero movies too and some of his favourite movies. However, I didn't take too well to the lord of the rings or Batman. It seemed to draggy and long. We had a heated discussion, leading to us not speaking for a few hours but in the end, we decided to agree to disagree. All in all the past three days have been fun.

Asher has been the perfect host, he even went to the point of buying me clothes to wear. He had filled the cupboard in my room on Friday while we were watching movies together. He forced me to throw out my old clothes and to begin wearing these new ones. I loved every item in the closet though some were a little too revealing for my liking. I loved the PJs the most. They were comfy and soft and I even wore the shirts around the apartment in the day. They were that comfortable.

"Asher?" I call out to him in the dark, I turn to the digital clock on the nightstand- It was half-past six in the morning.

I feel my bed dip and the lamp next to the bed come on. Asher was dressed in his office attire: light blue long-sleeved shirt and black pants. He looked very cleaned up and proper. I squint through the light wanting to admire his features in the dim light.

"I just wanted to come and check on you. I have to go into work today" He says almost apologetically.

"Ok, I'll be fine," I say as positively as I could. I will miss him, I could already feel it. 

Asher smiles at me, telling me he didn't buy my act of positivity, "So, I've left this phone for you to use, my number's already in it so if you need anything just give me a call alright?" He looking at me.

I nod my head and tilt my head to the side as I watched him. I was feeling too many emotions for him but I would never in a million years act on them. This was just a stupid crush. Just like in the movies, it was one of those damsels in distress feelings. I think I like him but I'm just really really really grateful for his help. Snuffing out my feelings for him, "Okay" I say stiffly.

Asher stares at me waiting for something, I didn't know what but I hold his gaze, wanting to lose myself in his eyes. They filled with so much life and zest. His features also drew me in, it wasn't like he was extraordinarily good looking but he was good looking for a thirty-year-old.

"Alright then" Asher finally says cutting off my assessment of him.

"See you later," I say sadly but succeeding to mask the longing in my voice. 

"Eat your food and drink your water" He reminds me strictly before leaving my room.

I spend the day watching more movies since Asher had told me I was allowed to do that yesterday. He even thought me how to operate the projector and everything. I skip lunch since I really wasn't hungry. My stomach thanked me for fighting against Martha's requests for me to eat. I had eaten too much over the past few days. I couldn't handle it, I had to remain light so I could run fast and hide in small places when I was on my own again. 

However, as the afternoon drew on, I found myself getting hungrier. My practised self-control kicked in and I ignored the hunger and growling from my stomach. I knew I should eat but this luxury wasn't going to last forever. I would have to fend for myself again and I wasn't very good at that, I will have to go back to saving and decreasing my diets. If I made a drastic change now, it would only be harder later.