I Choose That Bad Boy

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Streaks of tears were streaming down his cheeks.

So many emotions were swimming in those beautiful orbs of his.

Relief.

Guilt.

Sadness.

Concern.

I never knew that it was possible to show so many feelings all at once.

I guess I was wrong.

Well, I was wrong 98% of the time.

So whatever.

"You're awake. Finally." He choked out as a wide grin slowly formed on his face.

Abandoning his chair, he leaped forward and engulfed me in a tight embrace.

Yes, he literally leaped forward - like a predator hunting it's prey down type of leap.

Of course, he was careful not to put too much of his body weight on me, since I still had bandages of different sizes all around my body.

Putting all the previous anger that I felt towards him aside, I returned his hug back almost immediately, locking my fingers around his neck.

I didn't even realize how much I'd missed his hugs up until now, and his intoxicating scent which I'd grown used to over the past few months. Or weeks. I'm not sure.

Untangling my fingers, I ran them through his disheveled locks of silky brown hair.

Damn, they were so soft.

And they smelt really nice.

"Hey, what type of shampoo do you use?"

"I'm sorry."

We said at the same time.

His was filled with sincerity whereas mine was utterly random.

Cue in the embarrassing blush now.

A series of awkward silence filled the air as he slowly pulled away from me and got back to the chair.

Clearing his throat, he spoke up first after a while.

"Did you just... You know, sniffed me?"

"I did?" I asked dumbly.

"Yeah... You did." He trailed off.

Ops. What the hell was wrong with me? When did I even learn to sniff other people? I thought only dogs sniff people. Wait. Oh my gosh, I think I just called myself a bitch. You know, a female dog?

Okay, seriously, it must be all the medicine and fluids or whatever the hell that they injected into my system for me to act this way.

Yeah, that must be the main reason for my weird thoughts and actions.

"Okay, so..." He started off, clearing the silence once again to get my attention.

I looked up from my lap and looked at his nose.

Yeah, his nose.

What? Call me a coward for all you want, but I just couldn't find the courage to look straight into those beautiful eyes now.

I was sure that I would be mesmerized by them and probably get trapped hopelessly in them once again.

"I just wanted to-" I began, but he stopped me and silenced me effectively by placing his fingers over my lips.

Urg. Go away you crazy butterflies. Fly somewhere else, not in my stomach.

"Let me say first, alight? I've been planning this speech in my head for a really long time already." He pleaded and I agreed.