“Why did you summon me, Tiffany?” Lion spirit appeared and then Benroy.
“Fûck, I wasn’t planning on doing that. But now that you’re here, you gotta shed light on this darkness,” Tiffany sat upright.
“What?” Aiden raised his brows.
“You can’t see them?”
“Who?” Aiden asked.
“He can’t see us every time, we can just make him see us again,” Chephirah said, walked towards Aiden, and blowing air from her mouth to his eyes.
“Hi,” Chephirah smiled, watching the guy from up close.
“Oh, shît!” Aiden gasped, startled.
“You should get used to seeing me like this unannounced, what’s the use of getting scared all the time?” Chephirah rolled her eyes and move away from him.
“So, what darkness?” Benroy asked.
“You said I was given birth to in your mountain, right?” She began with a question.
“Yes,” Benroy answered.
“Okay, according to Aiden, his dad visited the mountain when he turned one which was also the day I was given birth to. Didn’t you say someone released Akilang?”
“Where are you driving at?”
“If that is the case, did my dad release the demon that entered Anny eighteen years ago?” Aiden asked.
“Huh?” Chephirah glanced at Benroy as her lips tugged into a smile.
“I see you manage to figure that out on your own,” she said with a chuckle.
“No way,” Aiden shook his head.
“Yes way,” Benroy mocked.
“How could that happen? Why would my dad do something like that?” Aiden frowned.
“Akilang possessed his mind,” Chephirah answered.
“God!” Tiffany sighed.
Chephirah glanced at Benroy with a smirk, it is up to the kids to solve the puzzle, she mouthed and then vanished. Benroy watched the expression on their faces for a while before he also disappeared.
“Aiden?” Tiffany poked him with her finger.
“Uh… Anny… I am sorry,” he bowed in shame.
“Why?”
“I… My dad… I can’t believe the reason for your situation started with my family,” he exhaled.
“So? Come on, I’ve never for once hold grudge against the person who released Akilang. Or maybe I did, but I did not even have the time to think of hating the person. The world is a circle, I knew I was going to meet with the person one day, it just happened too soon and unpredictably,” she laughed.
“Anny,” Aiden sighed.
How the girl could smile at this situation was bothering him.
“Aiden, why should you apologize for what your dad did? Come on, you’re making me feel uncomfortable with your apologies,” she nudged him.
“I’m sorry.”
“Stop this, Aiden. Wait, since your dad was there, could he have seen how the demon entered me? I’m thinking that he might be aware of what happened to my birth mother,” Tiffany thought.
“Even if he does, he wouldn’t talk. My dad has not been talking since that day,” Aiden shook his head.
“Oh.”
“My dad’s friend was with him that day though, he’s on a business trip at the moment. I’ll let you meet him when he’s back,” he suggested.
“No.”
“Why?”
“If he truly saw the demon entered me, then he would be terrified to know that I was the baby the demon entered,” Tiffany said.
“You’re right. Then, what should we do?” Aiden asked.
“We’ll think about that later, not now.”
“Huh,” Aiden shook his head.
“Fate is such a dick, don’t you think?” she said loudly, which made Aiden smile.
“Yes,” he answered with a smile and Tiffany smiled back.
“So, don’t let this worry you, okay? Who cares if your dad released the demon? It’s sad already that he has been paying the price for his mistake for almost eighteen years,” She twitched her mouth.
“Why the fûck was my mum in the mountain that day? She was obviously heavy with me,” she wondered.
“That’s right, that is an answer that is supposed to be provided by the immortal creatures,” Aiden shook his head.
“You think so too, right?” She snapped her fingers.
“I’m sure it will. This came as naturally as possible, we weren’t trying to solve it. It just came to us. So, I believe that the answer will come to us… Soon,” he patted her back.
“I hope so. The curiosity is kîlling me deep inside of me,” she pouted, leaned closer to him, and then placed her head on his chest while the guy wrapped his hand around her.
==
Two days later~ Wednesday.
Aiden was walking toward Tiffany who was on the balcony with a scissors and towel when his phone rang and the caller ID showed that Declan was calling.
Oh, his heart skipped.
“Bro…” he whispered, praying the guy won’t lash him with words.
“Wow, you finally picked my call, àsshôlé!”
“I’m sorry, guy. I was…”
“Yeah, you are with your bîtch, right? Fûck, when did you start dating that she has started living with you? Even though I’m not close with her, I didn’t know she was such a bîtch!” Declan half yelled.
“You…” Aiden had just begun when his eyes met with Tiffany who looked like she was going to kîll someone at the moment.
No, no, no, there was no way she heard that.
He pressed his lips together and shook his head as Tiffany stood from the chair and began to walk toward him.
“Dude, we’re déàd,” Aiden whispered.
“You and who? Wait, your girlfriend did not hear what is said, Right?” Declan asked in a low tone.
“I…”
“Àsshôlé!” Tiffany snatched the phone from Aiden and shouted.
“W… what?!” Declan also shouted.
“Did you just call me a bîtch?!”
“Why would I do that? Wait, yes, I did. What you gonna do?” Declan rolled his eyes.
“Woah, I see you’ve got some nerves, Woah!”
“Some nerves? Bîtch, was I ever scared of you?”
“I wish I could twist your neck to deãth right now, àsshôlé,” Tiffany growled.
“You can only wish, girl. I see you’re so shameless moving in with the person you just started dating,” Declan scoffed.
“I swear, I…” She had just started when Declan ended the call which infuriated her the more.
“He fûcking ended the call,” Tiffany glanced at Aiden with an intimidating look.
“Calm down, babe. You can get mad, you know that” Aiden took a step closer to her.
“You were watching when your friend was insulting me!” She yelled.
“Babe, I did not hear what he said to you. It wasn’t on loudspeaker,” Aiden exhaled.
“Oh, I guess I am the demon for hearing your conversation from afar,” she threw his phone at him and then walked back to where she was sitting.
“Babe,” he caught the phone, and then hurried after her.
“What?”
“I didn’t mean anything when I said that I did not hear your conversation, I swear,” Aiden bent before her and then dropped the scissors, towel, and phone on the table where two glasses and a bottle of orange juice were.
“Yeah,” she nodded her head.
“Babe.”
“What?” she frowned.
“I swear, I didn’t…”
“I know. Just so you know, I’ll kîll that friend of yours when I see him. He is so dead!”
“Yes, ma’am,” he pressed his lips together.
“What are you doing with scissors and towel?”
“So…” He smiled and then placed his hands on her thighs.
“The fridge of your hair needs to be trimmed already, and I want to do that for you,” he grinned childishly which made Tiffany smile also.
“I was actually thinking of letting it grow, or what do you think?” Tiffany raised her brows.
“Hmm, after I trim it then you start to let it grow,” he said and Tiffany laughed.
“There’s a cream you can apply to your hair to make it grow faster than imagined. I can get it for you. But please, let me do this one for you, hun,” he pouted.
“Why are you so…”
“Cute?” Aiden interrupted.
“Who is cute?” Tiffany rolled her eyes.
“You were going to say that,” Aiden laughed.
“Whatever. Just trim my hair already.”
“Yayy!”
**
Aiden wiped the strands of hair that fell over her face with the towel after he had trimmed it finished.
“Let me see how I look,” she looked around and then grabbed his phone.
“Have you ever done this before?” She asked, looking at her hair in the front camera.
“No, you’re the first,” he pushed away the phone gently and looked into her eyes.
“Huh, not even with your ex-girlfriend?”
“No, you’re the first, trust me,” he leaned forward and kissed her cheek.
“Then I feel special,” she blushed.
“Of course, you’re damn special,” he grinned.
“I love you,” she said, catching the guy unaware.
“Huh?” Of course, she had never said that to him.
“I said I love you,” she repeated.
“Wow, I feel so loved right now,” Aiden giggled.
“I know, right? I love you.”
“I love you too,” Aiden said and then kissed her on the lips.
Still kissing, Tiffany pulled him up slowly to avoid his leg hurting him, placed her hands on his shoulder gently, and took his lower lips in hers while the guy sucked her upper lips ipassionately.
After a while, they ended the kiss and then he cupped her cheeks in his palms.
“You are… WTF…” he widened his eyes as he bore his eyes deeply into her eyes.
“What is wrong? Is something happening again?” She pulled away and then touched her face.
“Your eyes have returned to how it’s supposed to be!” He exclaimed.
“For real?” She widened her eyes.
“I swear, hold on,” he hurriedly grabbed his phone and then switched it to a selfie Camera for her.
“Look, your beautiful brown eyes had returned!” He exclaimed.
“Yayyy!” Tiffany screamed out in excitement and hugged Aiden.
“I’m happy, baby,” Aiden whispered as he caress her back.
“Same here. I’m happier,” she sniffed, trying to stop the tears that were threatening to fall.
Even though this was nothing to what she was going to face, she was happy as if she had won a battle.
==
Next day…
“Zoey will be happier to see you. Wait, shouldn’t you have told her? She’ll nag me and not you,” Aiden shook his head as he leaned by his power bike.
“I know, I just want it to be a surprise,” Tiffany shrugs her shoulder, munching on cheese.
“Wait, why don’t we just wait till Monday? Must we go to school today?”
“Yes, we must. I’ve missed school so much, Zoey to be precise.”
“We can just have her come over, hun,” he pouted.
“No. I’m going to school,” Tiffany rolled her eyes.
“Babe, what are you waiting for?” Tiffany sighed.
“We…”
Wait, she just called him babe!
“Are you shocked that I called you babe?” Tiffany raised her brow and Aiden nodded, blushing.
“Dummy,” she chuckled.
“You’re becoming romantic these days,” Aiden grinned.
“You can say that over and over again, hun,” she winked at him as she dropped a cheese in her mouth.
“Let’s wait for thirty more minutes, I don’t want to attend the morning gathering,” he hissed.
“Why? We’d be punished,” Tiffany frowned.
“No one dares to punish Aiden Wesley,” he boasted and ran his head through his hair stylishly.
“Well, I am Tiffany, Tiffany Willow,” she rolled her eyes.
“No one dares touch my woman. No one,” he shook his head.
“Oooooh, coooool!” She hailed and Aiden “winked at her.
“Yeah, baby,” Aiden gave her a thumb up.
“Let’s go to school,” her expression turned serious.
“Don’t be like this love,” Aiden wore a puppy look.
“Hm-hm,” Tiffany tilted her head and placed her index on her lips.
“Got it!” He moved away from the bike, walked towards Tiffany, and when he got to her place, he grabbed her waist and kissed her lips.
“Fûck!” Tiffany pushed him away.
“What?”
“My cheese poured away because of you,” she pouted.
“You got a kiss at least,” he said and kissed her again.
“Whatever.”
“Let’s go,” Aiden held her hand and began to walk toward the power bike.
“Why? You said we should wait for thirty minutes,” Tiffany raised her brow, walking after him.
“Let’s take a ride, it will get tiring waiting for thirty minutes,” he said.
“Okay.”
Aiden rode the bike outside the compound, while Tiffany followed.
He got down from the bike, closed the gate, and then walked to the bike.
“Do you want to wear a helmet?”
“No, my hair will be rough,” she placed her hand gently on her hair.
“Then, you’ll hug me very tight, right?” He grinned.
“Just get on the bike already,” Tiffany rolled her eyes.
“Okay!” He got on the bike, wore his helmet, and waited for Tiffany to also get on the bike.
“Let’s go!” He shouted after Tiffany had hop in.
“Yayyy!” Tiffany laughed.
.
“Fûck, babe!” Tiffany screamed as Aiden rode roughly.
“Are you okay?” He decreases the pace.
“Step on the pedal!” She said and wrapped her arms around his waist.
“Yes, ma’am!”
*