Till I Met You (Ariana/You)

Chapter 26

~Y/N's POV~

It has been three days since the incident. Ariana and I were now sitting in her beach house on the island. Well, my house. But I still can't accept it. Anyways, that's not important right now. Shira, Scott, and Danny were helping to take down the posters. Ariana told me that all the posters were gone by the next day. How is that possible?

It's a big city and surely, there must've been a thousand posters.

How can they all be gone just like that? They must've had help from others..

Right?

Unanswered questions circled my mind and I have been staying that way for the past few days. Staring into space, sitting alone, not doing anything and just over thinking. I'm surprised that Ariana isn't pissed at me or asking questions. If I was in her position, I would've been pissed off after five hours of the first day itself. But, she is just there, whenever I need her, sitting beside me and staring at space with me.

It's even more horrible when she's having her own problems to deal with. Phone calls after phone callschase her and I could make out one thing. They were trying to shut down her mother's company and I could see that she was trying very hard to not let that happen. She almost looked hopeless now and I didn't like that. 

That's when a brilliant idea popped into my mind. 

Again.

This idea of mine has been popping into my mind every time I look at her sullen face. 

It was a dangerous idea but I wanted her to be happy. 

I can withstand any harm as long as she is happy. 

Would it work?

What if it fails?

They would know. They would do horrible things to her. 

I can't let that happen to her. 

My head turned slowly to peek a glance at Ariana. She was typing away furiously on her phone. She seemed tensed, angry and frustrated. I could tell that whoever she was texting was not making her happy. I frowned at the sight of her stern face. I didn't like it at all.

She had done so many things for me. She had given her whole heart to me. She is willing to do anything for me.

You know what? 

I'm doing it. 

No matter how dangerous it is, no matter how much I hate it, I am doing it.  

"Ariana." I called out and she turned around, whipping her head around in such a fast pace almost as if she was waiting for me to call her. I could understand. After three days, this is the first time I am calling her. It's usually the other way around. Standing up, I walked over to the hammock and sat beside her. Grabbing her phone, I placed it on the nearby table and gave her a smile.

She smiled back, narrowing her eyes at me at my sudden change in behaviour. 

"Thanks." I said, intertwining my hand with her's and she smiled, a wide and happy one as she looked out our connected hands. "For everything." 

"It's my duty." She replied, and I smiled at her, feeling my heart getting warm already. For a moment, we stared at each other, becoming completely ensnared with each other's unwavering gaze.  

A hand pulled on my hips and that was all it took for me to kiss her. I kissed her like she was my support, my strength and she kissed me back with the same amount of ferocity. "I love you." She whispered against my lips, reminding in those three words that she would always be here for me. She pulled back just for a millisecond before diving in for another kiss again. We had not touched or spoke for the past three days and the way she kissed me told me everything I needed to know.  

I was straddling her and her hands were tugging the hem of my shirt. The moment her cold fingers made contact with my warm skin, I pulled away, and moved her hand out. 

She frowned. 

I smiled, a fake one and rested my forehead against her, while cupping her cheeks. She got distracted and I felt relief flood through me.  

"How is your mom?" I asked, for the first time, talking about her family. She lifted her eyebrows, momentarily surprised before calming down. She looked like she was trying to hide an emotion but it went away as soon as it came. "Good." 

"Her company?" 

She let out a loud sigh and a frown fell upon her face. Suddenly, she looked a lot older. I lifted her chin up to make her look at me. "They are shutting it down."

I felt my heart sink at her sullen face. 

"I'm sorry. I lied." Her voice cracked all of a sudden and I frowned, not understanding what she was saying and lifted her head up to see her eyes. There were unshed tears in them and I felt like a million thorns were piercing my heart.  

"She's not well. She's dying. I don't know what to do. I tried everything. It's her life's work. It's the only thing that kept her alive after grandpa's death. I don't know what to do." A tear rolled down her left eye and I wiped it away furiously. The muscles of her chin trembled like a small child. "She is dying Kitkat." Her voice went an octave higher at the end and I hugged her to myself, her face buried at the crook of my neck.  

How could I have been so selfish? 

I only cared about my problems and forgot that she had problems of her own. The sound of a loud sniff from her made tears reach my eyes and I hugged her tighter. She sobbed into my chest and I held her in silence, rocking her back and forth. I blinked my lashes, to control myself from not crying together with her.  

I looked at the waves ahead of me. They were wild and crashing against each other like they were in agony. The pain hit me in waves. I hugged her closer to me and kissed her hair, wanting her to feel better. I could tell that Ariana never broke down before this. She was always a strong woman. She had a hard wall built around herself. But every day, as she spent her time with me, I could see her walls tumbling down brick by brick together with mine.  

The world turned into a blur, and so did all the sounds. The taste. The smell. Everything was gone. That's how it felt when the love of your life is hurting. 

But, the one advantage here is, I can fix it. And I am willing to do whatever it takes, even if it means losing her.  

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Ari :(