Novelty of Noah - ON HOLD

Seven

A whole twenty-four hours had passed since Adelia first heard the ring of Noah's voice. He not only caught Adelia off guard but himself too. Maybe if she had expected Noah to crack his character, she would not have frozen in shock for almost thirty minutes.

As Noah was caring for the minor injuries which were inflicted upon Adelia, thousands of thoughts were hurtling through her head. The one belief that she could not stop dwelling on was the fact that Noah had broken his character because of her. She knew it was not necessarily a good thing. In fact, for the rest of the day, all Adelia could do was panic. She was troubled by the thought of Noah being upset and blaming her for the reason he broke his streak of silence.

Oddly enough, that happened to not be the case. Noah simply ignored his accidental slip up and brushed past it. For the rest of the day, he focused solely on aiding Adelia. Even when Adelia initially mentioned his use of verbal communication, he insisted on disregarding it.

Adelia did not think the day would come where she would hear his voice. She could not deny that she had fantasized and pondered on how that situation would go, but she had not imagined it happening like that.

From the moment Adelia received her burns to when she had finished her shift, Adelia and Noah were inseparable. Noah had not revealed his voice to anyone but Adelia. Even when Mauve had rushed into the kitchen after hearing the gasps from Adelia and the sound of the pan crashing on the kitchen tiles. Because of this, Adelia and Noah did not want to leave each other's side.

Despite the slight bitter tension between them over the past two weeks, Noah wanted to push that to the side. After having an itch of the need to have basic interaction with someone for the past year, Noah finally had that chance. As for Adelia, her wish had finally been granted and she could not get enough of his company.

Noah was not angry or resentful by having his first words, in a year, torn from his mouth. Surprisingly enough, he felt as if the two a hundred-pound anvils sitting on his shoulders had been lifted. As if the prison he had been locked in for the past year decided to set him free.

Unfortunately for Noah, once one burden had vanished, another appeared. He led in bed that night with a sack of realisation weighing down on his chest. Many opportunities for Noah to break his silence had arisen throughout the past year. But, this particular situation was the one which actually led him to act upon it.

Noah never felt any distaste or hostility towards Adelia. Though that may have been conflicted by his actions and how he approached her, that was never the case. Noah simply was disheartened by anyone who meddled with his path or intervened themselves into his life. He never understood why he disliked receiving help so much but that was all he would notice Adelia do. She had good intentions, he knew that.

After dozens of situations where Noah shot down Adelia's responsive intentions with cold glares, Adelia did not cave in. Noah began to recognise this. She continued to go out of her way to maintain him in particular, for the reason unknown to Noah. Noah desired to show Adelia his appreciation. But, for the life of him, Noah could not break his coldhearted persona until yesterday.

Noah did not want to show his relief in front of Adelia, but as soon as her name fell from his lips he felt as if he had been saved. He had been begging for a reason to finally speak and Adelia had given him one. For three long hours, as he was trying to sleep that night, Noah realised that the extent of the situation boiled much deeper than it being his first few words in twelve months. He broke his silence because of her, he spoke up because of her.

"How are you feeling?" Adelia asked Noah, as she sat opposite him.

Adelia and Noah were sat on two separate swinging seats in the garden. Noah had his back facing any window of the house which had a view of the garden, in case anyone caught sight of him talking. It was lunchtime and they were both taking advantage of the sun which was glaring over the land of the United Kingdom.