Night Tales

Tale 8: When The Truth Reveals All Of It

"Time's up...you make me do this, Aryie so don't tell me I didn't warn you before", he sighed as he went into the room and switched it all off. He woke her up as the noises that was blazing inside the room has stopped.

" What the heck? Get off me, you jerk! Get your hands away from me! Let go of me!", she yelled and moved away from him as soon as she awake.

"Stop struggling, Aryie! Damn it!", he tried to hold her as tight as he could until she punched him in the face and stumbled back a bit.

He glared at her as he tried to control his anger after what she should not have done it to him. Even if he really does deserve it after what happened. She felt intimidated by him like always but hid it away as she does not want him to feel satisfied by the glare he gave her.

" I already told you, Aryie. Don't test my limits. Do you think that by blazing off your room with high volume metal rock songs will make everything fine?! And now you punch me?! I'm trying my best to keep you safe. Protecting you from the beast but you keep on pushing the limits!", he said and walked towards her as she moved back from him while shouting at him to stop walking.

"Wh-what? N-no! No! Stop! I'm not sorry for punching you! You deserve it, okay! Just damn stop walking! You took away my freedom. You changed my way of living from the moment you entered my life and how could I not be mad about it, you psycho!", she let out all what she kept to him and it only angered the man standing infront of her now.

"GODDAMNIT, ARYIELLA! Can't you just shut up!", he shouted at her as he keep himself in control as he does not want to hurt her. He trapped her in his arms and tried to calm her as he reached her closer.

"Please just calm down. I'm trying my best to keep my anger in control but you being stubborn, makes me impossible to be. Can't you just listen...to me first," he said as he break away and hold her shoulder. He looked into her eyes as he spoke. He knows that he is the reason. The cause of what happened between them but he had to. To keep her safe.

"No. No I can't. I don't want to hear whatever you want to say. You have to understand. This is wrong! I can't stay here with-you-you already dead-dead to me..to us..I can't..I can't take the risk..I just can't...," she said in low tone while trying to stop her tears from flowing down her cheeks until she breaks down in his arms.

He let her cries in his embrace until she calm down herself. He want to tell her the truth when she ready. Even though he has question to ask her. He want to ask what does she mean by he was dead not only to her but to someone else too. He will get the answers tomorrow morning as the woman in his arms sound asleep after the outburst.

She let it all out of her. Letting him know what he has done to her two years before. Showing him what he has done changing her. Telling him that he is to blame on what changed in her life yet he still make her felt more alive. She knows that she have to tell him sooner or later but she was scared. She questioned him in her mind. She know it was not right but she can not help herself doubting him. She can not take a risk by making a wrong decision as she have another life to think of than herself.. What if he hurt her again like two years ago. She love them too much. She can not bear to see the hurt in them and gone through what she faced before.

°next morning°

I heard birds chirping and groan as I opened my eyes after a long dreadful night. 'Ugh! Who the heck open my window?!'

"Hey, yo! Morning Ells and wake up now you sleepy head!", a cheery woman voice greet me and shake me awake.

I groaned and finally awake as I could not hold the torture anymore. I faced the woman who dare to disturb my sleep but I was stunned by her.