Loyalty And Love 2: Against The Odds

Chapter 5: Vacation

Kiara POV

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As Khy went into the closet I sat on the bed waiting for him to come out. 

When he did, he came out with a small box in his hands.

"What's that?" I asked

He sat next to me and opened the box. "Some stuff I held on to."

The first thing he pulled out was an old Ralph Lauren cologne.

"Where did that come from?"

"It was Khalil's, he gave it to me before he was shot. His favorite one." he kept his eyes on it as he examined the dated cologne.

Next he reached and pulled out a old solid gold ring.

He smiled to himself and said "My grandfather gave this to me...he always said it was his lucky ring and nothing bad would happen when I wore it. Ironically I wore it the same day we became official."

I looked at the ring from afar and noticed the aged look it possessed.

He took out a few more items before he finally pulled out something thoroughly remembered, the watch he held in his hands the day of Khalil's shooting. You could still seldomly see blood stained in the deep crevice of the watch's design.

"I remember that watch."

"Yeah..." he kept looking at it.

I looked at Khy and seen he had a tear running along the side of his thick smooth cheek down alongside his jaw line.

"Baby you okay?" I looked at him.

I never seen Khy in such a vulnerable state before. I never seen him cry a day in my life.

He swiftly wiped the tear but another followed not much longer after the first. I could tell he had been harboring his feelings for a long time.

He got up without saying anything leaving he watch on the bed as he did. 

I didn't chase after him. I figure he wanted to deal with it on his own.

I picked up the watch and seen an engravement on the underbelly of the watch that said KCH My Lil Bro 4 Life.

Now it made sense why he got so emotional. 

After a few more minutes I got up to check on Khy. I checked the bathroom and he wasn't there. I checked each room in the house and couldn't find him. Lastly I checked the back deck and there he was standing outside looking at the view.

I opened the door slowly. "Khy.." I called out as I stepped closer to him.

He wiped his face again and turned away from me.

"Khy you don't have to afraid to show me this side of you. I know your hurt and been hurt for a long time. You can't keep sheltering you feelings, deal with them, express them because covering them isn't going to do anything but build it up more. I'm here for you and you know I'm not going anywhere. You probably think I don't understand but I do and I'm willing to help you if your willing to accept my help. Stop always trying to be hard and conceal your emotions."

Khy looked at me with a few more tears awaiting to be released.

He didn't say anything but he walked over to me and got on his knees before me and wrapped his arms around me and hugged me, letting out more cries as he did.

I rubbed my hands on top of his head as he continued to let out cries.

"I know Baby it's okay."