[ONGOING]Crimson Heroes (Ikarishipping)

CHAPTER 9

Chapter 9

Dawn kept on tossing around her bed. A day has passed ever since she confessed to Kenny. No matter how much she denied it, she was still downright hurting. The pain she felt however, wasn't foreign to her.

It was the first time she ever confessed to anyone in her seventeen years of living. It was her first time getting turned down. Yet the kind of pain she felt wasn't new to her. It was the kind of pain that had awakened after years of slumber inside her.

The kind of heartbreak she felt wasn't just painful.

It was nostalgic, the depressing kind of nostalgia. She didn't know why.

She turned to the side one more time before deciding to sit up. She looked past her windows and saw how it was still dark outside. She guessed it was still some time around three or four in the morning. She pulled up her sleeves and checked her wrist watch.

3:50AM.

She couldn't remember how long she stayed awake.

Still with her blue striped pajamas, she got off of bed and decided to drink some water. She turned the knob of her bedroom door and turned her heels toward the kitchen. After taking a glass, she noticed that Paul wasn't on the sofa.

"Where did he go?" She asked herself.

Remembering how Paul have started to spend some time on the rooftop, she decided to look for him.

When Dawn arrived at the rooftop, she noticed the door to it was unlocked. She pushed it open and was met with a cold brush of daybreak air. Dawn slightly shivered.

Winter was coming afterall.

She turned her head around and looked for a certain plum head.

She didn't see him. She would have headed back when something made her quite sure that he was just somewhere around –his aroma.

She inched her nose and tried to locate where he was. She walked slowly to the middle and saw him meditating at the elevated platform. His eyes were closed in deep concentration.

She shivered again from the cold air, embraced herself and walked slowly to him.

Dawn sat right beside him and took a deep breath. She swept her navy hair to the side.

"Mind if I sit beside you?" She asked politely.

Paul opened one of his eyes and looked at her from his peripheral view. He closed it back and continued meditating. He only replied with a barely audible 'hmm'.

"Do you do this everyday Paul?" She asked again, making sure it had that polite tone earlier so he wouldn't push her away like the usual.

"Something happened with you and him?" Paul bluntly asked, not even bothering for Dawn's small talks.

"How did you know?" Dawn gulped, surprised how Paul was able to come up with such. "And it's 'Kenny', not 'him.'" She retorted.

"You went home just by yourself last night." Paul replied and slowly opened his eyes. "And not just last night, the other night also. I just guessed."

Dawn twirled a hanging lock by the side of her cheek and heaved a sigh.

"I told him that I liked him." She uttered.

She didn't know what came to herself why she admitted her problem to Paul immediately. Somehow, the pain she felt overwhelmed her that she had to get it out in some way or another. And there was no one else aside Paul right now. It could have been Zoey, but it was still Sunday. She wouldn't get to meet her until Monday.