I Was Born To Love You

The Touch Of Sympathy

"Hey Leonardo." I say, making sure my voice is soft. I waited until he seemed to get ahold of himself, I knew he wouldn't tell me his problems so soon, I'd have to wait to comfort him until we were closer.

"Daisy! Hello, I didn't see you." He responds, closing the book abruptly and placing it in a little backpack that was pink, filled with rainbows and a unicorn in the middle.

"Yeah, I was in the back today, moving boxes, but now I have to place them on the shelves." I respond, keeping my conversation away from the book he was reading, it was obvious that it seemed like a guilty pleasure of his. A beautiful thing to have in common with him.

"Oh, you must be tired, especially working in heels." He says as his eyes pan down my body, and at that moment I had never felt so self-conscious about my body, but so alive at the same time. I wanted to run, but I wanted to hold my place at the same time. He made me feel too many things at once.

"Oh, it was a little tiring, but I'm fine now. How's the family?" I ask as I sit in a chair next to him. I wanted to keep this conversation going, I never wanted to be departed from him, I felt like we had something between us, forcing us together, he just hadn't realized it yet.

"We're fine, Bella is working at the moment. Melanie is getting by, and so am I. But it's become stressful, with my job and Bella's, we're thinking of hiring a babysitter for Melanie." He says as he rubs his eyes, looking tired, and sitting back in his seat.

He looks up and our eyes meet. I look at him, my eyes obviously spilling out with sympathy. He looked tired, down, as if he had no energy left. Even though he wasn't at his best, and I should probably be comforting him, I couldn't stop thinking about how perfect he was. Staring into his eyes felt like walking into the living room after a tough day and noticing that there were some cookies that had just come out the oven, waiting for you. The warm feeling of the living room, the soft, comforting smell, it felt like home. He felt like home. At that moment, I could feel myself fall for him even harder, the string between us becoming tighter, pulling me closer to him.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to bring you into this, you were just..well you were the first person that's asked how we've been in a while." He says, darting his eyes away from mine, looking down at his hands in his lap.

My heart fills with happiness, though I only asked about his family was to seem nice, I only really cared about how he was feeling, not Melanie or Bella, they could disappear for all I cared.

"Hey, don't apologize for that, I'm a friend of yours and.. Melanie, and now Bella too of course. I'm here to support all of you." I respond, hesitantly saying the other women in his life, who I felt were completely unnecessary. I put my hand on his arm and rub it up and down, giving him a soft smile along with it, trying my best to comfort him.

He looks at his arm, watching my hand go up and down, as his eyes follow the trail from my hand, to my arm, to my shoulder, to my face. He stares into my eyes with puzzling look on his face. Trying to make me out, trying to decipher the reasoning behind my comfort, trying to figure me out.

"Thank you. I appreciate it." He says, giving me a smile and I smile even brighter. Luckily I'm sitting down, or else I probably would've completely fallen, especially with these heels on. All of a sudden the sound of chairs being pushed, hushed voices and the sound of people walking. I quickly remove my hand from Leonardo's arm, getting up and putting my hands back onto the cart. Leonardo also gets up, straightening his suit, clearing his throat, washing away his emotions for the time meanwhile.

"Daddy!" I cringe at the shrill voice of that small little being, she was too annoying for my liking. She runs into his arms and hugs him, crossing her arms behind his neck.

"Hey baby." He says as he hugs her back, a smile growing on his face. For the first time I've seen today, he sighs in satisfaction. I read his eyes to see a dose of happiness. I suddenly let out a soft smile, although I didn't mean to. There was only one thing wrong about the image in front of me at the moment. The wrong girl was in his arms.

"Daisy!" I hear her yell, coming over to me and hugging me too. I hug back, holding in my breath, acting like if I were to breathe, I'd pass out.

"How was the club today baby?" Leonardo asks, slipping the book she had in her hands into the pink backpack, then putting the backpack on her. I sighed in disappointment, I should be getting called all these cute little nicknames. But no, he had to use them for someone who was as useless as a white crayon on a sheet of white paper. 

"It was so fun! Me and Harry think that the book is good so far!" She jumps up and down, obviously not being able to contain her excitement.

I pretend to be looking at the books on the cart, re-checking them and making sure they won't fall off. I felt incredibly awkward standing beside them, and not saying a thing.

"Daisy, I was wondering if-" Leonardo starts, but is cut off by the voice of Gary.

"Daisy! I need you for this!" He whisper-shouts behind one of the aisles, tags in hand. I take a deep breath, trying not to let all my anger out and lash out at Gary.

"I'll be back." I say, pushing my hair behind my shoulders, getting ready to move my cart again. I could see his eyes on my hair, then darting back to my eyes.

"Don't bother, we've got to leave in a minute or two. We'll see you next week." Leonardo says, holding Melanie's hand, a charming smile on his face.

"No! I'll be quick! You had something to tell me." I finish. I was desperate, but I was trying my hardest not to show it. I could feel my eyes widen and my lips part as I looked into his eyes, hoping he would stay.

"It's okay, we'll come back on Monday, and we can talk about it." And with that final sentence, Melanie sends me a wave and big smile, and they both head out, giggling with each other.

I mutter under my breath, pissed as fuck. On the bright side, I made a big step with Leonardo today. From touching, to eye contact, him needing to talk to me about something important. I couldn't wait to go into my notes app later and write about me and Leonardo holding eye contact for a good amount of time, and me touching his arm!

Although I was left in a pool of anticipation about what he had to talk to me about. It could either undo all the progress I've made, or help me get closer to the finish line.

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