Erelah POV
Two days passed after the mess between Gazer and Draco, I was ashamed because of what happened, I was ashamed to face Draco because I didn’t know what to say to him.
I apologized to him before we parted ways, but I knew that wasn’t enough.
Today I visited Damon again, I patiently waited here in the visitor’s area while preparing the food I brought for Damon.
I looked at the door of the Visitor’s area when it opened, from there Damon entered with a cold aura. I smiled as our eyes met.
I watched him walk toward me and then sit in front of me.
“Good morning.” I greeted, he just looked at me and then looked at the food I brought.
“Ah, I brought you something to eat. Have breakfast, it’s all yours after, I finished eating earlier.” I said then put food on the plate in front of him.
“By the way, Damon, have you talked to Gazer?” I asked, he shook his head so I forced a smile. Gazer said that Damon told them that he didn’t have a brother, so they were surprised when they found out that Damon was Draco’s brother.
I looked at Damon who was staring at the food in front of him.
“You can eat now Damon,” I said causing him to look at me for a moment then turned his gaze back to the food in front of him.
I watched him move the food I prepared for him, I smiled as he looked at me slightly before he ate his food.
“Damon, can I ask you a question?” I asked, he turned to me again then nodded, the cold emotion remained on his face, while he was eating I watched him.
“Do you have siblings?” I asked, he stopped taking a bite and then looked at me, he shook his head in response which is why I swallowed. He went back to eating again, I looked in another direction and remembered what Draco and Gazer said, according to Draco, Damon was his brother but Gazer said, Damon told them that Damon had no brother, and now…
I looked again at Damon who was just continuing to eat.
Damon also told me that he doesn’t have a brother.
“Erelah.” My attention was diverted when Damon called me, I noticed that he had half the food in front of him, and I smiled at him when I saw his gaze on me, he was serious.
“Why?” He asked making my forehead wrinkle.
“What, why?” I asked him, he took a deep breath then looked at me and leaned back in his chair.
“Why are you doing all this?” He asked so I just stared at him.
“Why do you want to exonerate me?” He added so I swallowed.
“Why do you want me to heal?” He asked while looking into my eyes.
“Why are you so kind to me Erelah?” He asked causing me to look away.
Why? I also do not know.
“That friend of yours, is he special to you?”
I remembered Draco’s question to me when I asked him for help, I also remembered my answer to that question.
Damon is a special person to me, I’m happy to see him, I’m happy to see his cold eyes, I’m happy when he’s near, the first time I saw his real smile will never disappear from my heart think that.
“You are important to me Damon,” I said then looked at him, I saw the shock in his eyes but his cold gaze remained.
“Important?” He asked then placed his two hands on the table and brought his face close to mine causing me to be surprised and my heart beat faster.
“How important is Erelah?” He asked while looking into my eyes, I swallowed and looked away then slightly moved away, I calmed myself down.
“W-Why did you ask?” I asked, he smirked then leaned back in his chair while keeping his two hands on the table.
“Is it bad?” He asked, then laughed. “You’re blushing, do you want something from me?” My eyes widened at his question, W-what?
“W-what are you going to say?” I asked standing up from my seat, I heard him laugh loudly so I looked at him, a laugh that was real and not forced, I smiled while looking at him, and I watched him laugh at me.
Why is my heart like this? It’s beating fast as if it’s going to come out of my chest, why is it that every time I see Damon laughing and smiling genuinely I’m happy, what exactly is he to me?
After a while, he suddenly became serious and looked at me, causing the smile on my lips to slowly disappear.
“Erelah,” he called me in his serious voice.
“Whatever you feel for me you need to stop it now.” I was stunned by what he said, I kept looking at him.
“I don’t know when your feelings for me started to me, stop that before it’s too early.” He said so I laughed and then looked in another direction.
“Your face is too thick to say that,” I said.
“Then why are you doing these?” he asked so I looked at him.
“Because you promised me, Damon.” My answer.
“Why do you keep that promise Erelah?” he asked, by this time I was stunned, I kept looking at his eyes full of cold and critical.
“You’re not stupid, you know that you’re not stupid either, you know how you feel about me.” He says.
“Damon, I only think of you as a friend,” I said.
“It’s good, now stop visiting me and all the help,” he said making me laugh sarcastically.
“Stop? Why? So that you can be imprisoned forever? So that you can be punished with the death penalty? Damon, why do you want your life to be put to death?” I asked annoyed.
“Because then everything will be fine Erelah!” he suddenly shouted so I was stunned, some of his guards were also alarmed causing them to approach Damon, Damon stood up and I knew he was annoyed.
I stared at him, not knowing what to say, this was the first time Damon had ever yelled at me. Yes, he was always cold, but never once did he yell at me like what happened today.
“I want to end this useless life of mine Erelah, I want to rest because I’m tired of fighting Chai and Achaz.” He says. Clenching my palm, I gave him a hard slap on the cheek causing him to stop and his guards to block between us.
“It’s that easy for you to say those things.” I hesitated then looked into his eyes.
“It’s that easy for you to say you want to end your life just because you’re fed up? What about the great opportunities you’ll have in the future? What about the people you’ll leave behind? What about Gazer and Havacco? What about me? !” I screamed at the same time as my tears flowed.
“Every time you say you want to disappear it hurts me, Damon, your friends are hurt because we are doing everything just to not lose you and then you–”
“I didn’t tell you to do that for me Erelah!” He shouted so I was silent.
“You don’t understand my feelings because you are not in my position, it is easy for you to say those things because you are not in my position, where this body is mine I will fight Erelah, I will fight just to be with you but in the end, I’m still a lowly Alter and when this body heals I’ll be gone too! I won’t see you then and I won’t be able to talk to you then!” He shouted causing me to stop.
His guards immediately came between us, I watched as they calmed Damon down as his words entered my mind.
“It’s time to let Sir into his room.” One of his guards told me, I didn’t pay attention to him because my eyes were only on Damon.
I watched as they handcuffed Damon and then made him stand up, Damon took a few steps away from me when he stopped again and looked at me causing my heart to beat faster.
“Stop whatever you feel for me Erelah.” He said before walking away from me.