Chapter Eleven
TRISTAN
Since the day I received that threat from the frontterra, Athrun never allowed me to be all by myself. He asked Ethan and Ely to stay with me in my house and ordered Ashley and Justin to stay with Kira and his family. And every time I have a date with Kim, he would follow us with his aura hidden.
It was as if I was having a date with Athrun and Kim at the same time.
I asked him once why he had to be the one following us but he just smiled and then vanished. We both know that it was not easy act as if nothing was wrong between the two of us. I knew it was not easy for him to see me with another man so why not ask for another angel to follow us instead?
Loving somebody who can never be yours is an endless torture.
Was he a masochist now?
“What are you thinking about?”
I glanced at Ethan’s direction. “Do you really have to do this?”
He frowned. “Do what?”
I stopped walking and faced him. “Do you really have to follow me the whole day? Do you not have a date with Ely? Come on, Ethan! I wanted to be alone! Why don’t you go somewhere else with Ely?”
The moment I wake up, Ethan was there cooking hotcakes for my breakfast. When I asked him why he was in my house he just said that he was scheduled to babysit me the whole day. I tried my best to get rid of him but I did not succeed. He said Athrun made him promise not to leave me alone.
Since when did Athrun become my guardian angel?
“Athrun asked me to never leave you alone,” he said instead.
“Why do you have to listen to him?” I whined.
He laughed and for me it was a miracle. It was the first time I made him laugh. And to think that I was not even joking! I wonder what I did or said to make him laugh. Was he laughing because I look so wretched?
“I cannot believe that you are actually trying to get rid of me.” He ruffled my hair playfully. “I could still remember the time when you asked me to love you instead. You even tried to hurt Ely.”
I rolled my eyes and pushed him away. “That time I thought I love you. I got angry of Ely because I hate competitions.”
“I thought you are insecure of Ely…”
“In your dreams, angel!” I may be not as beautiful as Ely but I could say that I am still beautiful. “I am satisfied with my face.”
This was the face that captivated Athrun.
He smiled. “You said you thought you love me. How about Athrun? How sure are you that you love him?”
As sure as hell.
“I do not want to talk about it,” I replied callously.
“He loves you.”
“So?”
What good could it do if it will not change anything? Everyone knows that he loves me but do they know that he was willing to give me to another man? That he was willing to set me free because being an angel was far more important for him?
Hell and damnation with his love!
“Are you angry with him because he won’t fight for his love for you?”
I gritted my teeth and nodded slowly.
“Remember this, Zena. You love someone not because of the things that he is willing to do for you. You love someone because you simply love him.” He grabbed my hands and squeezed it tightly. “Love is unconditional. Do you understand?”
