We Found Love

ACT 25

ACT 25

The mixed feelings of fear and security, it's a combination that was absolutely conflicting and would probably drive a person desperate for something to hold onto for their sanity to remain. Maybe that's why the rapper refused to let go of the diva even when they were both caught.

Mayym's garden might offer privacy, but it wasn't exactly enough to hide them and give them their own bubble for so long. Being found by the said woman's husband was no surprise at all. Besides, there was no one to blame here anyway. Both artists were too consumed by their emotions to rationally think things through.

Although, nothing can really save the couple currently situated at the other side of the table from the man that was seated right across them, eyeing them with a neutral gaze while his wife prepared tea for them.

Akali honestly felt like a coward in that moment. She avoided her father's gaze at all cost, while Evelynn, whose right hand she has been clinging to ever since they were found and led back to the house, was engaged and locked into a staring contest with the mentioned parent.

Evelynn didn't show fear, but she wasn't intimidating either. Calm, cool, collected, she was just like always. It somehow made Akali a bit anxious due to the fact that she didn't know what Evelynn would say or do to her parents.

Would she really side with them if they demanded something of their daughter, or would Evelynn fight for Akali like how she always thought she would?

Mayym slid two cups of tea towards the two before she took the space at Tahno's left, which was right across Akali. The woman released a breath of relief when she finally settled down, briefly looking between Tahno and Evelynn before sighing and focusing her attention on her daughter.

"What seems to be the problem?" Mayym inquired in a soft tone, shortly meeting Akali's gaze.

The freestyler quickly took her eyes away, her clutch on Evelynn's hand twitching. "K-Kaa-san, we..."

Tahno's still form relaxed when Akali spoke. He reached for his own cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "Our daughter is afraid, Mayym."

"I can see that." Mayym said, tilting her head at Akali as she observed her and Evelynn.

The siren surprisingly left her rigid posture at the same time Tahno did, her free left hand covering the top of Akali's forehand as a gesture of comfort. She nuzzled her blue-eyed lover with her cheek and what she got was confusion, fear and surprise all combined in a single gaze.

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Evelynn murmured to Akali, a small smile of reassurance curving her lips.

Mayym quirked an eyebrow at the sight, looking at Tahno afterwards for an explanation. The man placed his cup down and turned to his wife, glancing at the pair in front of them before he said, "They were at the garden."

"And?"

"I found them kissing," Tahno's face gave nothing away. He then looked at Akali. "and Akali was crying."

"Akali," Mayym delicately called out her daughter's name. "is there something you want to tell your father and I?"

Akali knew she couldn't let this go on much longer. She needed to tell them the truth. The feeling of fear was growing inside of her, but the fact that Evelynn was right beside her, holding her hand and had even went as far as giving her a kiss on the temple, it gave her enough courage to leave her hunched position and to finally raise her head to meet the eyes of her parents.

"Evelynn, you..." Tahno shifted as he spoke in English, trailing a couple of times in the midst of it. "...did not tell her?"

The words of the raven-haired man baffled Akali. It prompted her to turn her gaze to Evelynn, her stare asking the other to answer the questions she had. Instead of acquiring a response from Evelynn, the vocalist merely bowed her head at Tahno as she gave her reply.