In a dimly lit room on the second floor of the Tang mansion, a girl was having a nightmare.
Yvonne pulled tightly on the blankets. She was drenched in sweat and had tears flowing down her cheeks like a river.
Emil who had just come out of his study room heard someone moaning in pain.
He looked to his left and then right and was struck to know that the sound was coming from Yvonne's room.
With hurried steps, he entered the room with a master key. He didn't even bother knocking because he was sure she was having a nightmare.
What he saw when he entered the room pulled on his heartstrings. Yvonne was crying with her mouth shut, he could also see how she was trying to get away from something.
Emil felt his heartbreaking at the girl's appearance.
He walked towards her bed ready to embrace her when....
"Mummy, baby's hurting, can you please get up now so baby can also get up?"
"Fire, fire, there's fire coming mummy"
"Blood, there's blood everywhere mummy, look there's blood on you too"
Mummy.....mummy.... somebody help my mummy
Emil looked at the girl who lied on the bed trying to get up but couldn't. It seems there was something or someone blocking her.
She had her hands stretched up.
"what could have made her have such a terrible nightmare?" Emil's eyes redden
He sat down on the bed and held her outstretch hands, he was afraid to scare the girl so he held her softly trying to make her come feel comfortable with his touch.
Yvonne who was still struggling felt her saviour arrive, she held on tightly onto Emil's hands and began pleading;
"Please save my mummy, she's hurt, she's bleeding"
She kept on repeating those words over and over again.
Emil couldn't stand it anymore and pulled her into his embrace, he tightly embraced her as if trying to merge them together.
"Mummy's here now, its okay. hush now. Mummy isn't hurt" he continue to softly whisper comforting words into her ears.
As if being hypnotised, Yvonne stopped crying and quietened down. She embraced Emil back and found a comfortable place on Emil's chest and rested her head and eyes.
Emil's fingers blushed through her short hair luring her to back to sleep.
She slept peaceful this time around with no dreams. She had a sound sleep in the arms of Emil.
But the poor guy didn't sleep a wink, he was afraid she might have nightmares again. He sat down on the bed with Yvonne in his arms till daybreak.
Such a caring guy !
He loosened his hold on her when he saw her eyelashes flutter.
Is she about to wake up? ,I need to leave before she does.
But as if fate was working against him, Yvonne's eyes opened at his sudden thought.
He looked down at her and their gaze was squally fixed on each other.
What's he doing in my room early this morning? Yvonne was still in a daze so she didn't realise that,she was lying in Emil's arms.
Emil was once again pained to see the girl's puffy eyes and her tear stained face.
His loosened hands tightened once again causing the daze girl to completely wake up.
How awkward it will be to wake up in the arms of the guy you've secretly loved for many years.
Yvonne had two thoughts right now;
Her first thought was to go back to sleep. And her second was to pull away and ran to the bathroom.
Between the former and the later, she chose the later but fate was playing a joke on her .
She tried pulling away but the hold on her was so tight that, her pull didn't cause even the slightest change.
Emil knew the girl wanted to get away but how could he let her !. He didn't know why,but there was a tiny fear in his heart.
He was afraid he wouldn't get the chance for her to be in his arms, he was afraid she will be hurt when he let her go.
Yvonne stared wide as Emil's face kept drawing closer to hers. She didn't even blink when his lips touched hers.
Emil didn't go further, he just touched his lips to hers.
And just like that, they stayed in each other's embrace with their lips stuck together for a very long time.
None wanted to break it.
None wanted this moment to end.
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