“Ahhh!” my eyes watered from the way Aiden is crying.
It sounded… painful.
The cry I hear when someone dies, the agony when someone broke your heart. It’s the same. But why is he like this?
I encircled my arms around him and embraced him as tight as I could. What’s wrong? Why is he like this.
My eyes started to pool tears and I’m sobbing hard, getting absorbed by his emotions despite the confusion inside me. Did I put him into so much pain that he breakdown like this? What happened?
He continued crying while his face is buried on my neck. I tried consoling him, calming him by caressing his back but he doesn’t stop. He won’t stop. He can’t. He whined like a hurt animal and I can feel the pain he have from the emotions that slipping through our link.
I can’t stop myself but join him. He was hurt, pained but happy.
Damn, what just happened?
“Aiden, what’s wrong? Look at me, please…” I whispered between my sobs. I held his face and made him look at me. I was stunned for a second.
His eyes are so sad. Oh my, what happened for him to be like this?
I grabbed his face with both of my hand and kissed him on the lips. His lips are trembling, he is happy but there’s something else he hold inside that I can’t put into words.
His arms snaked on my waist and pulled me closer to him as he kiss me back. We are kissing without our tongues, its a deep smack but its just enough.
It feels enough.
“What’s wrong? Why are you crying like this?” I asked when I break the contact of our lips.
I pressed my forehead to his and wiped the tears off his eyes and cheeks. He is still sobbing but not like earlier.
But the feeling that I can’t explain is still there. It’s drowning him and he seems unaware that its slipping to me.
“Y-You’re here. You are here. With me.” he whispered and tears started pooling down his eyes again.
“Shh, baby, what’s wrong? I never left you. I’m always here. I will always be with you.”
Is it that bad to sleep now? Or am I not asleep?
I wanted to pry for answers and explanation but I know this is not the right time. Aiden is still sinking in this drowning feeling and even if I can feel half of it, I can’t swam myself up.
Oh, Aiden… what happened to you? To me? To us?
He hugged me once more and as I had him in my arms, I felt everything he was feeling right now.
He thought I won’t come back, and he is grateful to heavens that I’m here. It confuses me but I can still feel it so bad.
“Don’t leave me again…” he whispered and kisses me again. I never thought of leaving you…
“I won’t. I will never.”
“You’re back… you’re back.”
He kept repeating those words over and over like he couldn’t believe it. I looked at Seth who is quietly walking out of the room.
I guess I didn’t just fell asleep.
***
It’s been two days since I woke up. Two days since I witnessed my mate cried so hard and looking back, I never thought he will be okay. He never left my side since. He holds my hand, and never let go if it in everything that I do. May it be eating, bathing, anything.
“You always look at me.” I said.
We are sitting here at our spot. The sun is shining bright and the day is wonderful that I asked him to take me here. I feel like its been too long since I’ve been here so I enjoyed the greenery.
But Aiden’s gaze never left mine.
Slowly, his arm that rested on my waist moved up to my shoulder. He pulled me closer. He kissed the top of my head in long seconds then he looked at my eyes again.
“I love you, Ash.” he whispered.
I smiled. “I love you, too.”
He kept being like this every since I woke up two days ago. I don’t remember what happened after I was taken hostage by Elon but Aiden filled me up with details.
He said that Elon has stolen me from him and that the King came to lift the curse. I never remember any of it, but I cared less. All that is important to me now is that I’m back and cured.
He thought I won’t wake up anymore, that I left him for real.
Aiden rested his head on my lap as he lay on the grass, he caress my baby bump and planted kisses on it.
I smiled.
“Oh, it moved.” I said as I felt it. I chuckled when he continued kissing my belly, asking for more movements. I ran my fingers through his hair as he played with our baby.
Aww, I think he can’t wait for our child to be born! He look so cute!
“Did he fell asleep?” Aiden pouted when the baby didn’t moved again, and I laughed from his reaction. He waited but when there’s no response from our child, he closed his eyes and gave my bump a long kiss.
Aww, he looks so daddy-ing.
I continue to caress his hair. He seemed over protected of me lately. I can only imagine the fear he gone through while I’m out of our bond. Though he barely talks about it and ensure me that everything was fine, I know it didn’t.
Still, I didn’t pry for more but I’m itching for stories. Maybe he wanted to put everything behind us and I don’t want him to keep on remembering what happened.
“Aiden…” I called.
He looked up at me. “Hmm?”
“Did it scare you too much?” I bit my lip when I felt that my question has sounded wrong.
He sat up and looked at the river. “Which did?”
Which? Not what? Was the pain that many? That thought made my eyes weary and sad. I never want him to experience all that has happened and I can’t imagine what he has faced.
“W-When I was stolen?” I bit my lip.
I saw him look at me in the side of his eyes but like the usual, he never look me in the eyes when I mention conversation like this.
“Yeah…” he simple answered. He looked at me, watched my face like he will forget how I look any second. “Very.” he smiled weakly and reached his hand up to my cheeks. “I won’t let that happen again.”