SLAVE OF THE HEART

Naimah

"She's Luke's and you have to give it up!"

"No way Victor! And I thought you loved me and her together!"

Victor scratched the back of his head. "Umm... well... I changed my mind so..."

"Why...?"

"Because i am the better man." Luke squared his shoulders as

he walked towards the two princes.

"Where did you even come from you... cockroach?" Rajab called.

"Still not creative enough Raj. You embarass me. 4 years in the army and you are still pathetic! No wonder your father loves Mulan more. Its not your fault. Your mother was too soft on you."

Rajab's blood boiled.

"Leave my mother out of this."

Luke laughed and just before him, his eyes seemed to shift. They had been blue and now they were brown.

How...?

"Get away from her you idiot!"

"Nah-ah! I quite love having my arms round her waist."

Rajab whipped out a gun and shot this man who looked nothing like Luke. However, for some reason they went through him and he did not get injured.

Not even once.

Till he saw Victor fall.

The bullets were all in his body!

He looked horrendous!

And he was dead!

.

.

.

Rajab spent time boxing in the gym to try forget about that dream.

I killed my best friend.

Naimah peeped into the gym to see him boxing. He was covered in sweat from head to toe and his hair was held back by a snapback.

Somehow he still looked attractive, even though she could have sworn that he looked close to tears. Was he in pain?

She found herself suddenly wrapping her arms around him. She never understoid how it happened. It just did.

Rajab tensed on feeling hands wrapping round him. He thought it was Victor.

Then the person laid their head on his back.

Naimah.

"Nee?"

"Ray,"she confirmed. He sighed, before looking down at his hands to realise they looked bruised.

She shouldn't see them.

It was too late because she already had. He knew it when she gasped.

"We have to get those dressed now!"

He sighed as he let her lead him to a first aid room within the gym. She found a kit and opened it.

"Let me guess... bad dream?"

He looked up at her. "How...?"

"You always miss breakfast when  you get one."

"How did you..."

She rolled her eyes. "We spend every holiday together! Of course i dont know a thing!"

She grinned before wrapping the wounds up. They looked pretty clean now. Less scary of course.

Then she lost her footing and fell on him, kissing his lips briefly.

He caught her before she almost hurt herself. He looked her over.

"You okay?"

"Yeah... just a little woozy. Is all. I am so sorry."

"Its okay. I mean, its not like we intended for it to happen, yeah?"

She nodded as she put the kit away.

"I hope you sort it out," she said as she left a few seconds later.

"Hope so too," he replied.

She opened the gym door and slipped out. Once the door was safely shut behind her, she grinned.

I can't wait to tell Mulan. That i FINALLY kissed him!

.

.

.

"YOU DID WHAT?!"

"I kissed him." Naimah giggled. Devonne raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Well, i still like him."

"You shouldn't have done that. What if Vasheronne..."

"What about Vasheronne...?"

The three girls turned to see Miraj walking towards them. He had on some geeky-looking glasses. Naimah sighed and Devonne looked at her.

"Oh, nothing much. Just Naimah making a move on Raj."

Miraj's eyes widened before he sighed. "I thought... i thought... i thought we were together?"

"You never asked me."

Mulan and Devonne got up and walked away quietly. Things were gonna get crazy now.

.

.

.

Rajab saw Naimah walk into his room just as he walked out of the bathroom. What she was doing here?

"Nee, why are you here?"

Naimah smiled. "Came to check on you. I hope you did not get bruised from me falling on you."

"Uh... yeah, about that..." he began but Naimah was not listening. She eyed him before jumping into his arms. She pulled his face down towards her before kissing him.

"I am so sorry!" she said before pulling away, only for Rajab to stop her.

"What Ray?"

"I still love you."

Naimah looked up, her eyes shining with unshed tears. She looked upset, and it made him take a step back.

"You never proved it."

"I know i should have but..."

"SAVE IT FOR SOMEONE WHO..." she didn't get to finish it because he pulled her in and kissed her back.

"Never say i never loved you," Rajab said, holding her face in his palms. Naimah sighed, looking down, before pulling his hands away from him.

"But YOU aren't mine anymore. You belong to Vasheronne.

"Naimah..."

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" she yelled before running out and shutting the door. She leant against it before sighing and running away.

She couldn't pretend that she did not have feelings for him.

Sometimes we hold onto things that we should let go of because we never got to know how it felt, or how it was to be with them.

♡♥♡♥♡