"Please Wura, tell me what is wrong" said Mero as he walked closer to Wura but carefully so as not to cause her to be alarmed.
Wura on the other hand was silent, she had not expected him to continue pressing her, she thought that he would leave once she had shouted at him, and yet he was still here, and to make it even worse, he looked so very concerned.
"Please Wura, I am not talking to you as a knight, or as your guard, but as someone who cares for you, please tell me what it is that is bothering you, I might be able to help, just trust me, tell me what is making you feel this way" said Mero in a soft gentle voice that made Wura feel like crying, she hated this, she hated how she was feeling, she hated everything.
"Please…" said Mero as he inched closer to her and Wura did not say anything at all, she just stood there, frozen, looking lost.
Wura looked at Mero as she could not take this anymore, she just fell down to the ground as she covered her face with her hands and she started to cry.
"Wura are you alright?" asked Mero in worry as he bent down next to her, he already knew the answer to his question, but he could see that Wura needed someone right now.
"No Mero, I am not alright, I am not alright at all" said Wura as she shook her head and she cried as Mero tried to calm her down by rubbing her back as she cried.
"What is making you feel this way Wura? Tell me, maybe it will make things easier" said Mero as Wura shook her head.
"Everything Mero, everything, I hate this war, I hate being here, I hate that the people are suffering" said Wura as she cried.
"But Wura, things are of course going to be this hard, we are in trying times, and now is the time to be strong" said Mero as he was not sure that the words that he had intended for comfort had come out right.
"How can you say that Mero? This is just one thing, my entire life from the time I married Liam has been hard, I have never been able to breathe, think assess the situation it was just from one problem to another, and now I am in the worst stage of my life ever" said Wura as she cried.
"I miss Liam, I really do, I just want him to come back, I am tired of waiting, it feels like forever, and things just keep on crumbling down at my feet, I go from worse to worse and now I have the stupid war to deal with" said Wura as she cried all her emotions were a mess right now, she was tired of pretending like she was alright, like all this did not faze her, it did.
"Wura, you have been through worse, and you have been able to overcome them, and I am sure that you can do the same here" said Mero as Wura shook her head as she cried.
"Wura, I know it is hard, I know it is, but you have to be strong, you are the Queen, you are not just leading yourself, but all of us as well" said Mero.
"Do not say that Mero, you do not know how hard it is to be strong, you know nothing about how I feel, everything is just a problem right now, I am in a mess, a huge mess" said Wura as Mero frowned, from the way she was talking, it was as if she was dealing with something much more serious than what he knew.
"Wura, what is actually making you act this way? Tell me the truth, maybe I can help" said Mero.
"No Mero, you cannot help me at all" said Wura.
"Why not?" asked Mero as he did not get it, he knew that she was trying to push him away, but this was just too much, she usually confided him, so it made him sure that whatever it was that she was going through was much more serious than he could imagine.
"Because Mero, you are one of my problems, so please just leave" said Wura as she cried and Mero's eyes went wide with shock, what did she mean by that? Her words just made Mero more sure that he had ignorantly offended her, and he was determined to find out what exactly he had done to hurt her.
"Wura, I am not going anywhere, just tell me, please tell me what I did to offend you, I apologize for anything I could have done to harm you, I never meant to hurt you, please know that" said Mero as he begged her, and Wura felt even worse, here he was already apologizing even though he did nothing wrong.
"You did not do anything Mero" said Wura.
"If I did not then why are you pushing me away? Why are you not looking at me? Why do you not trust me enough as you have done in the past?" asked Mero as Wura cried hearing his words, feeling terrible.
"Because Mero I think I have feelings for you alright?!" said Wura as she just spit it out, she was tired of hiding, she was tired of feeling confused, she was tired of feeling so bad, her emotions were in a mess right now, and she needed some clarity, she could not continue to get closer to Mero, no, not when she had feelings for him.
As soon as Mero heard her words, he was taken aback by what she had said… what did she mean… she had… feelings for him? The first question that came to his mind was what kind of feelings, but in his mind he already knew the answer to that.
"I have feelings for you Mero, and I hate myself for that" said Wura as she looked at him and cried.
"I feel like the worst person in the world, why did I have to develop feelings for someone else, and why did it have to be you?" she asked as Mero kept silent, not knowing what to say, so he just listened.
"Ever since that night at the festival, I made the worst mistake of my life by kissing you, everything just spiraled out of control" said Wura.
"I know that we agreed that nothing happened, but in my mind I never forgot, the moment kept on replaying in my mind over and over again and I hated myself for that, I hated that I remembered it so vividly, I hated that I got drunk to the extent of kissing another man" said Wura.
"I feel like a betrayer, I betrayed Liam because ever since that moment, I started to see you differently, and I think that… we are too close, we spend too much time together, we talk about personal things together and it just was not good for me because… I have feelings for you… I think that I like you Mero" said Wura as she looked at Mero who was still silent.
"So you have nothing to apologize for, I should be the one apologizing for ruining our relationship that was just fine, I ruined everything and I made it even worse now by telling you" said Wura as she cried.
"Mero, I beg you, please let us be distant to one another, I do not want these horrible feelings of mine to grow, I want things to remain the same, I do not want to feel any more unfaithful, because I already am" said Wura as she cried.
"Please, just stay away from me Mero, stay away, I am sorry for letting things get to this stage, forgive me, and stay away from me" said Wura as she stood up and hurriedly left the tent as she dried her tears and sniffed, hoping that Mero would not try to follow her, after all, she had just said something unthinkable, and judging from the way Mero reacted, he obviously did not feel the same at all.
And to Wura's luck, Mero did not follow after her, he just remained there, thinking about her words and what she had told him… she had feelings for him? He would have never been able to guess something like that.
This was a serious problem indeed. Mero sighed, this was not something that would be resolved by Wura running away or distancing herself from him, this was no way to handle a delicate issue like this.
Mero stood up, he wanted to follow after her, but he stopped himself, it was really late right now, and he knew that Wura needed some time alone to herself to calm down, he would try to talk to her tomorrow… yes that was the best decision, to talk to her tomorrow morning.