She's Full Of Mystery

[22] - Why you?

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Black's POV

I was awakened by the smell of bacon. I jolted up and look at Aria's bed which is completely empty.

I quickly ran down the stairs and met by a tired Aria. "You should be in bed! What are you doing?!" I ask and saw two stacks of grilled cheese

I didn't expect her to answer and was going to take her to bed but...

"Cooking," she said flatly "you're not supposed to move. What if you get hurt"

She looked at me in the eyes. There it is again, the agony that I see every time she has tantrums.

"I already did," she said as her voice crack. "You need help?" I ask and she shared her head.

I watch her as she rolls the French toast on the cinnamon sugar.

By the looks of what she used, she's making French toast roll-ups filled with chocolate and strawberries.

See? She loves strawberries. I placed the grilled cheese on the table.

"Sit," she said once again and I do what she said. I can't believe it, she talks! She's getting better.

The air was filled with awkward silence as we eat until she decided to talk

"So, you saw me naked huh?" She asks which made me choke on my food. I drank water and cleared my throat

"I didn't- I mean I- ugh, I'm sorry for that it's just, you need to- and-"

She cut me off "no need to explain. I just expect you to, you know" she said as she takes another bite of her food.

"I wouldn't do that, especially to you" that made her look at me and furrowed her brows

"No! No, I- I didn't mean it that-" I was cut off by her chuckle

She chuckled!

"I'm just messing with you, eat up," she said as she finishes her last bite.

"I'll clean this up," I said and she nodded. Before she even gets a chance of standing up I picked her up.

"What exactly are you doing?" She asks

"Bringing you up to your room," I said and bring her to her room. I placed her on the bed "I'll just wash the dishes and I'll be right back" I ruffled her hair and went down

I was finished with the dishes when I heard a loud scream which made me ran up the stairs to her room.

"Aria! What happened!?" I asked as I held her as I went inside and there I saw her, laughing her ass out.

"Oh my goodness, you should see your face! This is priceless" she said as she laughs and I threw my pillow that's on the floor at her.

She's laughing, she's fuckin' laughing!

"Ow!"

I quickly went to her "I'm sorry, are you hurt?" I ask as I check for any blood on her and she giggles.

Yep, she's really getting better.

I somehow liked taking care of her. It feels right and I don't know why. It's just the feeling of satisfactory

"What if you and I take a bath and then watch movies and eat ice cream? Yeah?" She said and made her way to the bathroom.

I can't believe this! She talks, she has the presence of mind, she laughs! Those sleepless nights were worth it.

But I know she's still in pain, it's still visible. "Make sure to wrap up your stitch!" I shouted at her as I lay on her bed

"How are you feeling?" I ask as I take a handful of popcorn

"I'm good. Listen, I don't know what the fuck went into my mind or why I did this but promise me never to look at me differently and I don't wanna talk about this, yeah?"

And I just nod "how about your stitch?" I ask again "getting better" she replied and I nod.

"Thank you by the way," she said, "for what?" I smirk "oh come on!" And I laugh

"Why you?"

"Why me?"

"Yes, why you? I mean, there's 8 of us and you're here. Tell me also what happened"

"You seriously can't remember anything huh?" I ask and she shakes her head

"I was the one who made you calm. When I found you after you ran away, you were throwing and breaking chairs and tables, I don't even know how you manage to do that but you did. I tried stopping you but it's impossible. Then, I made you look into my eyes and them boom! You've calm down and fell asleep"

I stop for a bit to look at her reaction but it seems like she wanted me to continue, so I did

"Last week came, that was a disaster. The same thing happened, you cried, broke stuff that's why you got all those cuts. I haven't slept well because of you constantly having tantrums and for some reason every time I made you look at me, you calm down"

It's true, I seriously don't know why how I made her calm down.

"I have no clue if that's true or not but I'll buy it," she said and finishes her tub of ice cream, strawberry-flavored of course.

"So, strawberries, huh?" She laughs "don't ask me why, I don't know either. I just love it"

I look at her as she eats up the popcorn while watching. Black hair really suits her. She looks simple yet bold, ya know?

"Hey, stop watching me," she said and shakes her head. "Why? You gonna melt?" I ask her with a smirk "maybe, you'll never know" and I chuckle

The night came and surprisingly, she hasn't cried the whole day which made me relieved and hoping for a more complete sleep.

She asks me why am I sleeping on the floor and I told her the reason of course, now, im sleeping on her bed but she reminded me to keep my hands off her.

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