Always Romira

Chapter - 17

First of all, I'm terribly sorry for being Owl and I won't be giving you excuse, just sorry. And second thing, happy belated valentine's day. Hope you all had a blasted valentine with your partner and those who are single like me, let's just keep praying for our own Romero and Akira ;-)

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Akira

"You were saying?" Romero quizs as soon the waiter disappears.

"Yeah, but you have to promise that you won't get angry."

"What is it Ray?" His voice goes firm.

Uh uh.

I shake my head, "Nope. Not until you promise."

I can be stubborn too.

He exhales a breath that he does when he is frustrated but doesn't want to let out colourful words. And he doesn't it often with me. "Come on, Ray. Just spit it out."

I stay quiet and dig at my food, feeling the hunger return tenfold.

Yummy!

I hear him groan, then, "Fine, I promise to try, okay?"

Just try?

Not okay

But yeah, I will get what I can before he changes his mind all together.

"Actually I was about to ask you something." I start.

"Go ahead." He nods.

"Sydney once told me how you and Slade didn't like each other when you first met."

His expression tightens at the mention of his bestfriend or former one as he likes to think.

"And?"

"I want to know why you didn't like each other and what changed your mind."

Though I remember Syd telling me that something happened in their principal's office but I want to know everything from his point of view.

"Why do you want to know anyway?" He sounds irritated but not quite angry yet.

I lower my head and murmur quietly, "I'm just curious and I want to know every chapter of your life but if you don't want to tell me thats fine."

I feel a bit guilty for playing miss little innocent card but if that's what it takes to amend his friendship with Slade so be it, because I know importance of best friends in our life. I have two of them myself and I can't imagine not having them in my life. They are kind of a necessary, like a habit to share every good and bad thing with them or like to laugh and cry with them.

Romero says all he needs is me and maybe he is right about it but I want him to have everything or at least the things I can have my say in it, like family, friends and a home filled with love and warmness, all the precious things he has been denied since he was just a kid.

I want to give my all. He already has my body, heart, soul and I willingly want to give him my thoughts and share all my joys with him.

"You know I will tell you everything you want to know Ray, even the things I would rather keep in dark." His voice comes out as resigned and he looks the same as well.

I perk up at that, "So? How did you two become friends?"

A tiny part of me feels sorry for him, a very very tiny part.

Because I'd rather not have any darkness between us.

They have no place in our relationship.

I want to keep him so close, skin to skin and let our heartbeat have all the conversation we would ever need.