Relax/Divide

[24] All Fruit Eventually Rots

"Olive?"

Aeron stares at me, eyes wide.

My heart sank, I felt sick. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream but all I could do was stay still.

"A-Aeron..." I muttered quietly. I felt like I couldn't speak. I held my chest with my hand.

"Oh my god, Oleander-" Aeron stumbles towards me, his hands reaching out for me.

I step back, please don't touch me...

"Olive, I'm so fucking sorry baby..." His face was filled with desperation, those eyes of his, staring into my soul.

Vincent walks to my side.

Aeron immediately glares at him, "You..."

I look at Vincent who began speaking in a calm but stern manner towards Aeron, "Stay away."

He shakes his head, "You leave this between the both of us alone, you hear? This is our fucking problem, not you guys." Aeron switches glances at Susan and Vincent, who were both by my side now.

I walk closer to Aeron and turn to them both, "He's... Right. We... Need to talk." I said without even thinking.

Susan gets angry and tries to grab my hand again, "I'm not leaving you with this fucking bastard, Olea-"
I snapped, "Yeah well, I never had my chance to speak to him since-"
"Why the fuck would you want to speak to him! He's full of dirty lies, that son of a bit-"
Vincent drops his bags and pulls her away from me, "Susan! Just... Give them a moment-"
"No! I won't let you two make up and have you fuckin' beaten to the ground again!" She looked towards Aeron, eyes full of tears, "I won't let you hurt my best friend again!" She cried, struggling to escape Vincent's grip. People began stopping to stare at us.

Aeron grabbed my hand, "Olive, let's go somewhere else to talk, okay?"

Susan hits Vincent's arms as she screams at him, "LET GO OF ME, WHY ARE YOU LETTING HIM LEAVE?" Vincent clutches onto her arms and looks at me so sadly.

I stammered, "I-I don't know..."

Aeron grabs my shoulders and forces me to look straight into his face, "Baby, I'm so fucking sorry. I was so stupid, I shouldn't have let you go like that-"
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Susan screamed.

He continued, "I realized when you left, I was a fuckin' asshole and I should have never hit you or said any of those things. I realized... I love you so goddamn much, Oleander..."

I love you so goddamn much, Oleander...

He caresses my face and smiles weakly, "Please... Please come back with me. I want to be with you and no one else. I want to be with my Olive..."

I hear Susan sobbing, no longer struggling to release herself.

I take a deep breath in.

I'm getting another chance to... Fix this.

To be with him.

To love again...

I hold his hand that was on my face.

The warmth. The touch.

The same feeling I had when we first met.

"I promise you I'll treat you better. I'll never hurt you again. I want to be with you like old times. I want to... Live my life with you, baby."

This... This is too good to be true.

"Oleander, this isn't what you deserve." I hear Vincent cry out.