His Adulation

He sat aside in the club blazing with lights and music, not really wanting to mingle with all those thirsty, sweaty animals around him

He wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for her

He wanted to watch out for her

Keep her away from all those disgusting, horny pigs and protect her

It's not like he haven't done that before

A guy before tried grinding on her forcefully, he stood up, absolutely fumed, and punched him in the middle of the dance floor, dropping the stoned guy unconscious

Then they got banned from entering that club again

The feeling of smooth skin woke him up from his daze, to see a pair of strikingly blue eyes

"Hey, you," The girl that just sat beside him cooed in a gentle, mesmerising voice

"Hi,"

She slowly trailed her hand up his bare arm

"You look really stressed, anything I can help with?" She scooted a bit closer

"Not really, no," he replied, looking away from her dazzling features and settling on the cute girl dancing crazily and drinking heavily in her too-short-for-his-liking black dress. He thought she was mind-numbingly beautiful in it, and he didn't want any other guy to see her like that, but who was he to judge? Who was he to tell her what to do?

The charming brunette sitting by trailed her sight to where he was looking, since he appeared to have zoned out just looking at whatever he's looking at

"Are you scared?" She asked a couple of minutes later

"What?" He looked at her in confusion

A sweet smile spread on her black, plump lips

"Do you know her? The girl you're staring at,"

He was silent for a second, debating wether to tell her or not

"Yeah... Actually, I've known Aster for a pretty long time, but she didn't. The first time she noticed I existed was just 5 months ago."

She removed her hand from his arm, deep in thought

"Well, are you scared? Scared of facing the truth?"

He faced her, both their eyes looking deeply into each other, inky black and electric blue, a beautiful combination

"Yes," he finally spoke in a deep voice, "And the truth is that I love her, I love her so much it actually hurts, and I don't want that... She makes me so damn weak, I don't want to be weak, but I just can't help it at times,"

His eyes were still watching hers, as he confessed the truth no one has ever even suspected it existed, to a complete stranger he just met, but that's not gonna affect anything, like, he probably won't even meet her again, right?

She was taken aback, she didn't really expect his reply, she expected him to deny it and just wave it off since he has that dark, full of secrets vibe, but he simply spilled out the whole thing

"She doesn't know that, does she?"

He shook his head

"I'm too much of a wimp to tell her."

"Why? Afraid of rejection?"

He breathed out a cold laugh

"I've been rejected all my life, why would I be scared of this one." and his black eyes somehow darkened, as his past revisited from the back of his mind. Pushing it away, he continued, "I'm just scared of how she affects me, how weak she makes me, it's just not healthy at all, and one day, it's gonna affect her too, it's gonna hurt her, so hiding it is just for the better,"