In This World

He does it on purpose. The pushing of my boundaries. It's a game to see how close he can get and what he can do, before I completely explode. These stares of his are in place to fuel this irritation, and he knows it. But as much as I try to ignore him, my mind involuntarily focuses more on Leo. I can't help but listen at night to the room next to mine, or glance every so often when he's been outside in the summer heat. I'm trying so hard to be unaffected, but it's proving to be in vain.