After that question, the two of us stared at each other and gradually his face approached mine, I felt his breath on my face, his mouth was so close, until for a moment a lightning bolt crossed the sky and broke the magic, for the moment we both We pulled apart and it was a reaction as if we had both fallen from a cliff: fast and brutal -I ... I ... I-I found myself trying to speak without being able to really articulate words yet I still didn't come out of stupor
Rajib: I that Alma, what do you want to tell me? -Pronounces Rajib as he rests his hands on my shoulders and focuses his attention on me as if trying to decipher my next words
-It's not that Rajib I think that -and there I stay submerged in his eyes, as if he were under the spell of a mermaid, of course it doesn't help that he has his hands on my shoulders, it is true many boys have rested their hands on my shoulders. shoulders: friends, companions, opponents but never had any of them transmitted such an embracing heat to me as Rajib's, it seems that they burn my skin, I know that at this moment he must be thinking that I am abnormal because I know that I am staring at him and I'm not talking but I don't know what to say to him until suddenly I feel a drop of water on my skin, I immediately turn my gaze to the skies and for the first time I notice the great storm cloud there is, so for the first time in what to stop. I was eternity I speak and say
-It's time to go Rajib the rain is coming
Rajib: that's what you had to tell me because at the moment it seemed to me as if you had been in a trance, are you okay?
-If I'm fine, don't worry, let's go before one starts to fall - and at that precise moment it starts to rain and my words are suspended in the air, until I feel a warm hand that grabs my hand and pulls me, when I observe in Rajib's direction there he is with a radiant smile
Rajib: come on run or we'll get soaked And so without letting me utter a word, Rajib pulls my hand and we both start an accelerated race towards the exit of the garden, so 7 minutes later we are going through the garden doors to the outside a little wet but nothing more
-You know that if you had left me I could have repelled the rain with my powers enough to be able to walk out of the garden, right?
Rajib: I know, but you can't deny that it was much more fun that way
-Funny could be the fall that we could have running like crazy under a torrential downpour to get out of the garden, why do I have the slight impression that you like to live like this, always tempting the limits of all Rajib?
Rajib: because it is the truth, little princess, although you are not much better, you are the crown princess of that planet and you spend it on the battlefield risking your life in every fight that appears anywhere in the solar system, what are you running from little princess? Or rather, what are you after?
-I am not running away from anything Rajib, I fight for what I believe in and I do my duty Rajib: If it's true because of how little I know you, I know that what you say is true, but come on Alma, we both know that it is not the whole truth
-You are not going to stop until I give you an answer that pleases you, right?
Rajib: it wouldn't be me if I did
-It's not always the same, sometimes I run away from the castle and its intrigues and other times I chase the peace that slips through my fingers as if I were afraid of myself
Rajib: You see your majesty, it wasn't that difficult
-I'm tired Rajib, today has been a very long day, for now, why don't we go to sleep?
Rajib: to order, little princess, but given the case that our bedrooms are one in front of the other, why don't you let me accompany you to your room?
-You know that on another occasion I would have engaged in a discussion with you about why that is not necessary, right? But today I am too exhausted, so I do accept your offer, but let's go now, yes?
And in this way the two of us resumed a slow walk, one next to the entrance to our rooms, each one was engrossed in his own thoughts, in my case and although it is true for a while what happened in the garden had made me completely forget the conversation with my parents now that we were both walking in the quiet silence of the night the memories of it returned with all their strength, and although I do not have a mirror to see myself I know that my face right now must be terrifying I am that every second my rage increases, until at the moment I hear Rajib tell me
Rajib: is everything really okay Alma?
And that's when I turn in the direction of his voice, to my surprise he is not next to me but a meter and a half behind, I was so absorbed that I did not realize when I stopped walking, I open my mouth to tell him that everything is perfect and hurry up, I'm very tired and I need to get to my room but I can't, my mental capacity is not enough for me to tell lies at a time like this, with all the ideas that I have in my head so I take a deep sigh and I answer him
-all how good you can be after a day like today After my concise statement, Rajib stares at me as if asking for an explanation of that short sentence, but I look him in the eyes and for the first time since I met him, despite the fact that his bright orbs call me with that spell they have on my soul does not give in and I remain in an impenetrable silence
Rajib: ok I guess you'll tell me when you're ready, I won't ask again And so the two of us resume the step towards our rooms when each one arrives if he places in front of his own room to say goodbye
- see you tomorrow Rajib, good night
Rajib: good evening Alma
Then we each turn around and get ready to enter our rooms and it is there at the last second that a question comes to me that I have been wanting to ask for a long time, although I know I do not owe something, it tells me that the answer will put me in Trouble, but still I speak the words
-Rajib you know why my parents assigned you that room? When I don't get an answer I turn around and there he is looking at me with bright eyes that seem to say a thousand things at once, things that I am not able to understand, and so the seconds pass, each one more interminable than the previous one until he answers me Rajib: for sure not my dear little princess although I think your parents dream of hearing wedding bells