Passion

6

|P A S S I O N|

Creaking open the dorm's door, Mikhail wasn't in sight and I guessed that he went to use the bathroom. I looked outside the window and sighed watching the way the leaves on the trees were moving along with the breeze.

I noticed something about the trees that they don't have low branches and their stems were thick and broad that climbing was almost impossible. Walking over to my bed and laid on the not so soft mattress.

Mikhail's phone was on the bed so I walked over to it to check the time. Lunch time was over and I needed to get to class. I quickly ran out of the dorm and to my class.

**
I ended up coming back to the dorm by eight and Mikhail was fast asleep. His two feet were sprawled on the floor and he laid tummy flat on the bed. He was putting on a short sleeved vest and it was the first time I was seeing his hands. His music player was on and a song that I had no idea of was playing.

Walking over to him, I positioned him on the bed and covered him with the blanket that was carelessly tossed on the ground. I noticed the bandage on his wrist and I lifted the hand to inspect the injury.

Cuts.

There were cuts splattered all over his wrist to his elbow. Some were fresh and some were already scars. I winced at the sight of the pinkish cut which was slightly swollen  tracing over it lightly. He adjusted himself on the bed and I dropped his hands and walked over to my bed.

Does he cut himself?

**
I had drifted off to sleep in my uniform and was immediately woken up by whimpers. I tried ignoring it at first but it became consistent and I wondered who the hell was crying.

"Mama" I heard the voice and I immediately got down from the bed to check on Mikhail. He was crying. Tears were welling down his closed eyes as he shuffled on the bed.

"You're okay" I assured cleaning the tears from his eyes. His eyes shot open, they were red and teary. I retracted my hands from his face and he sat up staring at me.

"You were crying....are you okay?" I asked but he ignored me standing up from the bed. He increased the volume of the music playing before muttering "Go to sleep Ayla" Even though the way he said it was rude I still couldn't help the way shivers went down my spine when he mentioned my name.

I muttered "Good night" before climbing back up the bunk. He called his mum's name when he was crying then I remembered what happened earlier.

"Your mum didn't teach you not to touch white walls"

"Don't dare talk about my mama"

Mika, your old lady isn't coming back why do you care so much. If I remember my father killed her"

I muffled my screams with the pillow as I repeatedly hit the bed in anger. I am sure going to kill that guy...maybe just with words.

**
I had woken up late and Mikhail was in the bathroom. I got down from the bunk setting down my uniform on the bed. The speaker was in the bathroom and I knocked on the door. When I didn't receive a reply, I barged in and he wasn't inside.

I quickly took a shower and put on my uniform. I stared at myself in the mirror and groaned. The blue pleated skirt was almost at my ankle and the white shirt looked like something the hulk would wear. I combed my hair with my hands before exiting the room.

I was going to meet the guy that harassed Mikhail and we were going to have a few conversation that would lead him to apologize to Mikhail. Locking the door behind me, I ran down the creaking stairs making sure to avoid the broken patches in the wood.