Dinosaur King - Chains of Love

Chapter 4 Just an Attraction

Zander sat down on his bed, holding the flowers he had for Reese. He sighed defeatedly.

"Why don't you tell me where did I go wrong, my angel?" he whispered, a tear running down his cheek.

He laid down, his arms spread, staring at the ceiling.

"Am I really that unlovable...?"

He closed his eyes, falling asleep.

Everything started as a dream; he felt someone gently raise his head as a wet towel touched his dehydrated face.

"Can you hear me? Are you okay?" a caring voice asked him.

He hardly opened his eyes and was met with an indescribable beauty. Seeing that he is alive, a smile formed on her pretty face and her violet eyes lit up. He noticed a golden strand falling into them; it was adorable. She also had two that were sticking out; she had ahoges just like him.

An angel...

His vision blurred and he passed out.

In the next second, he felt himself leaning against a wall more than lying on the ground. He opened his eyes, seeing a blonde woman with freckles over her nose standing in front of him. She pecked his cheek gently and his face turned red and hot.

"Thank you for everything," she told him.

Those words would usually be alright but in this context, they ripped his heart violently.

The first time he met the woman he loved so much...

And the last moment he saw the woman he thought can fill up that hole from her...

"She's NEVER going to love you. She'll leave you just like Ellie did."

He groaned in his sleep, his sister's words still haunting him.

Why? Why can't he find someone who'd love him?! What is he doing so wrong?!

He awoke and quickly sat up, rubbing his eyes behind his sunglasses. "AM I REALLY THAT BROKEN?!" he screamed and started sobbing, "why...? Why me...? I'm broken... and nobody wants to play with a broken toy... I am just an unlovable good-for-nothing loser!"

He continued to sit there, pitying himself. It seemed like hours have passed while he was still crying when the door burst opened and Ursula walked in covered with flames of anger.

"Can't you shut up?! I need my beauty sleep!" she yelled at him. It was then when she noticed that he's crying. She put out her flames. "What the hell happened?" she growled, "why are you crying?"

He stopped crying and looked at her. "I'm not... I never cry."

Ursula raised her eyebrows and lowered her voice. "You cry all the time, Zander."

"It's none of your business. Why do you suddenly care?"

"Because you're waking me up..."

"I don't care, Ursula; leave me alone!"

"That blonde bitch told you something, didn't she?!"

"Don't you ever call Reese like that again!" Zander got up.

"I told you she isn't as innocent as she seems and you just didn't listen! Now, who was right?"

"You know nothing!"

"She brings nothing but trouble for us!"