Ezekiel always lived alone and never shared his room with anyone, so he never had the habbit of knocking.
He just pushed the door and came in.
But he never imagined that Kiara would be changing. He was already inside, will it be awkward to go out now? He turned and turned his face towards the door.He said, "Do it fast. "
Kiara also blushed. Afterall it was also her first time sharing a room with a man!
Nevertheless, she said with a straight face, "It's nothing you have never seen before. Anyway I am done."
Ezekiel turned to her. She was wearing a loose shirt, which was provided by the inn, and she had her shorts on. Still, those long, fair legs were enough to make him a bit.... you know..
He saw her cleaning her wound and applying ointment clumsily,while making all those faces. He went to her, and said, "Let me help."
Kiara knew that she was horrible with this things, so she better not be any stubborn.
After Ezekiel was done with bandaging the wound, he went to freshen up.
When he came out of the bathroom, he saw Kiara's confused little face. " What's wrong?" he asked while drying his hairs with a towel.
When Kiara turned her head towards him, she froze. He was wearing nothing above. And his body was seriously drool worthy and perfect!
"Cough * There's only one bed. Do you have any problem in sharing it with me? " she asked,coming back to her senses. Ezekiel halted in his tracks. Now it was odd. He bit his lips. After sometimes he said, "No problem. "
And they switched off the lights and got into bed. The room was lit by the moon light . It have a rather peacefull atmosphere. He glanced at Kiara, and saw her lost in her own thoughts.
He also thought about what happened recently. How everything, how his life, his existence, his world, everything single thing changed. That too, only in a span of a few hours.
Yesterday morning, he woke up as Ezekiel Ruiz in his bed, hearing his parents voice wishing him a happy birthday and now he is ending the day as someone else in an inn with a stranger by his side.
Just like that.. he didn't even know, how he slept.
It was at wee hours, when Kiara was woken up by some sound. She opened her eyes to see Ezekiel twisting and turning. He was drenched in sweat,and tears flowed from his eyes like river.
She instantly got up and crawled to him. She held his shoulder and gently shook him, "Ezekiel wake up. Ezekiel... "
But he still didn't open his eyes. He kept on murmuring, " Mom.. mom.. leave my mom.. I beg... mom.. please.. mom... Dad.. step mom.. dont .. don't... mom.. don't do..."
His tears never stoped flowing. Kiara understood that he may have suffered unbearable pain and is in trauma. This time she shook him hard and said,"Keil.. wake up! It's just a nightmare. "
When Ezekiel open his eyes, he saw a young girl. Unconsciously, assuming her to be Anna, he pushed her back, "Go away... " But when he saw it was Kiara , he fixed and stared at her blankly.
Kiara who was pushed back, looked at him with widened eyes. But, when she saw his blank expression and pain, she understood that he had mistaken her for someone else.
She again approached him with a very gentle expression, she said as if coaxing a child, "Keil.. it's me. See, I am Kiara. It's okay.. it was just a nightmare, alright. "
Seeing that he didn't push her back or didn't show any resistance, she quietly hugged him, and rubbed his back. She wishpered assuringly in his ears, "It's okay. That was just a nightmare. It will not repeat again, ever. Okay? "
When Ezekiel felt that assuringly hug, and heard that gentle voice and saw care in her eyes, he really couldn't hold himself any more. He couldn't pretend to be strong anymore. He suffered today. Suffered so much.
He buried his face on her nape and cried and cried. And eventually he fell asleep again. The whole time, Kiara rubbed his back and held him in her arms. When she saw that he slept, she tried to lay him on his side of the bed, but he held her very tightly, even in his sleep.
So she just laid down together with him. Though the position was pretty much intimate, but looking at his pitiful face and condition ,she felt that it was worth.