Damien was looking at Rose very closely, afraid he would miss any of the emotions flying through her eyes. He could see grief and love in her eyes... No pity? Damien was shocked. Almost everyone whom had seen his scars, always had pity and fear in their eyes. He doesn't know why but he just happens to be pretty good at reading people's emotions.
The first time he himself saw his scars he was so scared of looking at himself in the mirror.
Till today, he doesn't have a mirror on his restroom.
Since he himself felt that it was really unsightly for the eye, how much more other persons.
He had seen the look of pure disgust and fear in his dad's eye when he looked at his bare skin. The only person that wasn't ever scared of his scars is gone.
Damien finally asked, "Is it ugly?"
Rose looked at his face and nodded in approval.
Damien was disappointed, he thought, 'She really is like everyone else.'
'Like all those people who hated me and all those boys who ran away and called me monster when I moved to play with them' Damien felt like an huge brick was put on his heart.
Rose caught the disappointment in his eyes. She moved towards him silently, bent downwards and kissed his scars one after the other.
Both Damien and the nurse were surprised. The nurse for one, felt that the scars were pretty ugly to look at.
When she laid her eyes in it for the first time, she got scared, and was afraid to touch it.
After Rose was done, she looked at Damien and said confidently, "Yes, it's ugly but I'm not scared."
Damien was stunned again. He looked downwards to hide the emotions overflowing in his eyes. Rose didn't say anything afterwards. The nurse also carried on with her work and left quickly when she was done, in her heart she said, 'Why do I keep meeting all this lovey-dovey couples? Pity single me, PDA is over the bar(╥﹏╥)'
The silence in the ward continued even after the nurse left. Rose kept fidgeting as she thought that probably her words had hurt Damien.
Damien was thinking whether or not to open himself to her. 'What of all she had been doing for him? All the attention she had been paying him was all a lie? What if everything was a a game to here?' Damien thought.
Damien knew that he was overthinking this thing, and Rose wasn't that kind of person, but a part of him was still scared and in doubts, afterall he's been let down before.
"Aren't you gonna ask me how I got the scars?" Damien first spoke up.
Rose raised her head and looked at Damien, she thought for a while before saying, "I'll wait till when you are ready to tell me"
Damien looked at her for a while again, seeing that she was really been sincere about it, he looked down and started, his voice low, "I don't know I got it either."
Rose looked at him in surprise but she waited for him to continue, she didn't wanna rush him.
"I can't remember anything before I clocked ten years old." Damien continued as he looked outside the window, memories rushed through his mind, as he tried to filter them.
"My parents said that I was kidnapped, and that when I was rescued I had this scars in my body and I also couldn't remember anything that had happened."
"They also both agreed not to take me to see the doctor about regaining my memories, they said that they don't want me to remember all those bad memories." Damien finished.
He couldn't bear to look at Rose afterwards, she probably looked down at him... ha... Since he was all grown now, he could go meet the doctor on his own. But anything he dare to think about those forgotten memories, tears fills his eyes unconsciously, so yes, he was scared, scared to face his past.
Damien suddenly felt warmth in his hands, he looked at his hands and saw a pair of perfectly manicured fingers over his rough and callous filled hands, he finally looked at Rose.
Rose eyed were moist, she gazed at Damien with her glacized eyes and said, "It must have been hard on you. Having to look at this scars everyday and not to have any inkling on how you got it."
"You must have felt so confused. Thinking of how you had to deal with all these all by yourself."
"You don't have to worry anymore. I'll be here. Always by your side." Rose concluded as she moved to lightly hug Damien.
Damien froze for a while, a lot of things ran through his mind as he was been hugged by Rose.
'A light smell of strawberries' Damien thought. He loved her smell, he slowly placed his hands on her back and took her scent in greedily.
'Is this what it means to feel safe and secure?'
'I somehow want to keep it greedily all for myself'
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"Where is she?" Bob asked in a hushed time, as he was trying not to wake his wife up.
Robert was sitting on the couch while he was trying to set up his video game. He wore his usual attire, an hoodie and a lounge trousers
"At the hospital, Dad" Robert answered causally.
"I thought you said she wasn't injured" Bob said, worry written all over his face.
"She's fine, she's just accompanying someone there."
"Who?" Bob was already on alert.
"A guy or a girl?" Bob asked again.
"Dad, why does it matter? That person saved her life, she's just there to repay the person."
"Oh really? That's good. This girl, she's really getting me worried. She even told me that she joined LM company. Tell her to invite the person, let's give him/her our official appreciation" Bob said.
Robert paused what he was doing and looked at his Father.
"Dad, are you saying your precious daughter doesn't know how to give her thanks... don't worry about it dad. Sis will take care of it..." Robert said, he paused for a while before thinking that his Father might still continue the topic, he added, "Dad, you are disturbing me o... I wanna play my games"
Bob was immediately got distracted by Robert's lazy ass, that he forgot about what he was talking about.
"You lazy bum, all you do is to sit around and play video games..." Bob said as he looked at Robert.
"Every single time, can't you even wake up one day and just come assist me in the company" Bob said...
"Dad, be quiet. Mom's asleep" Robert said as he took a hold of the game pad and thought with a smile, 'Mission accomplished.'
Bob was once again enraged as he moved to continue to talk at Robert, he didn't dare shout this time for fear that Clarice might wake up. When he felt that he had said enough, he went upstairs, muttering to himself all the way.
"Finally..." Robert said as he relaxed on the couch, put on his headphones and started his game.
Bob entered into his bedroom and found his wife wide awake. He immediately felt guilty when he remembered when his son warned him.
"Did the noise wake you up?" Bob said as he moved towards the bed.
Clarice looked at him and said, "No Bobby, Is everything alright?"
"Everything is fine, fine... why wouldn't it be? I was just talking to Robert about how he spends too much time on video games" As Bob started talking to her, he got enraged.
"I wonder who he really takes after" Bob said angrily but he suddenly felt a chill. He rubbed his hands together.
"Don't you think it's cold in here?" Bob said as he looked his wife, who was glaring at him.
Bob laughed nervously and said, "Dear Clarice, did I say something wrong?" Clarice continued to glare at him.
"Ok, ok... I was wrong ok? He resembles me, and only me. It's a my fault he's that way. Can you please stop glaring at me now? You'll hurt your eyes." Bob said.
"Of course, that's how it is." Clarice said proudly.
"I'm hungry." Clarice said.
"Ok what would you like to eat?" Bob asked softly.
"Uhmmm... How about your homemade special?" Clarice suggested.
"Ok, I'll tell the chef to make it right away.
"Bob said as he wanted to make his way to the door, but he was stopped by Clarice.
"But I want you to make it for me?" Clarice said with puppy eyes.
Seeing her act this way, Bob couldn't bear to refuse her, it was so rare for Clarice to behave like this.
Bob chuckled, lightly tapped her nose and said, "Anything my Queen orders" He bowed dramatically and left.
Bob passed through the sitting room again and still found that Robert was in the same position he left him.
Bob talked and talked to Robert again till he was satisfied and then he finally left for the kitchen.