once upon a nike | ✔

chapter twenty - ❝i have already killed him, mentally. wanna know how?❞

dedicated to @offtojupiter for taking a mess like me along with her to another planet

"try keeping him happy. make him feel wanted. at least till he gets a little better. he's really angry about something. the two of you know that the best." said dr. lauren, a think middle aged woman.

melissa nodded and entered jordan's room. he was resting, looking outside the window angrily. he had a bowl of soup in front of him which he didn't touch. melissa noticed his bandaged wrist which he had attempted to cut.

❝hey.❞

❝aren't you supposed to be working today?❞

❝nah, i thought i'd come and spend some time with you in this hospital.❞

❝get used to it.❞

❝this time you broke my heart.❞

❝at least you know what pain feels like now.❞

❝you're so revengeful, aren't you?❞

❝i can steal those red nikes your wearing. that'd be called revengeful.❞

❝come on now. eat something. here, let me feed you.❞

jordan, surprisingly, began eating as melissa fed him the soup. he saw her dried up tears and touched her cheek.

❝you care for me because you love me? or you love me because you have to care for me?❞

❝both mean the same. stop tricking me into your words.❞

❝i'm not tricking you. the first question was whether your concern is real. the second one was whether your concern is forced. what is it?❞

❝i don't wanna answer you.❞

❝you haven't answered me since a week, look what you made me do.❞

❝ . . . ❞

❝feels good to be made like a criminal, eh?❞

❝do you want another punch?❞

❝sure.❞

melissa playfully punched him and he pretended to get hurt. both started giggling.

❝i wanna meet that boyfriend of yours.❞

❝no way. i'm not getting the two of you face to face.❞

❝he won't kill me.❞

❝mentally, maybe.❞

❝i have already killed him, mentally. wanna know how?❞