"What happened? Why did you look so flustered? Your cheeks?" she stopped talking and followed Ria's line of sight.
" Who are you looking for?"
" Nothing should we go home now ,am tired" Ria pulled June's hand and dragged her away and led her to the car so they could head home now.
"Ok" June could only adhere to her sister's wish.
"Since you're done with school what did you want to do now"June was cheerful as always as she drove.
"We should go see the boys ,don't you think?"
June was a bit taken aback she didn't expect to hear her sister want to go see Tristan after her earlier confession but here she was asking her if they could. She herself didn't want to see Khalifa or Tristan. As she stared at Ria is when she saw some marks on Ria's neck.
"What are those on your neck Ria?" She asked as she focused her attention back to the road and then back to Ria. Ria quickly pulled out her scarf and hid them marks. She became even more suspicious of her.
"Tell me Ria" this time a little more insistently.She noticed the slight fear on Ria's face and knew there was something definitely wrong.
" Umm...I just found them on my neck when I woke up" she was actually convincing herself that June would believe her but unfortunately....
"Lies! tell me the truth Ria" she was kinda angry now.
Ria sighed silently as she thought this through,if she told June that she was the one that caused them at night she definitely would be angry at herself and feel super sorry for what she did , on the other hand if she didn't tell her ,she would be angry at for hiding things from her. Lately their relationship was doing great and she didn't want to spoil that ,at all.
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" Ok ,It was you who caused this marks" she opted to follow her first option and closely watched June's reaction. She widened her eyes in disbelief as she looked at the road ahead. She then decelerated and stopped at side of the road.
"What do you mean?" Ria could only imagine what she felt.
" Most of the night ,you wake up and do some weird stuff but am always there to stop you" Ria almost whispered and she didn't know why.
"Weird stuff like?"
"Let's just go home June this isn't impor..." June cut her off.
"Tell me Ria, I need to know"
"Screaming , sleepwalking and other stuff too" this time Ria's voice was restraint ,she actually wished that June didn't hear anything but June heard her loud and clear. She inched closer and touched the marks making Ria wince in pain. June looked at her face and she now knew what she did to her. June already guessed that this was from last night. She could feel some tears start to cloud her eyes hindering her view as they streamed down her face forming an eleven. She felt hurt to have hurt the person who cared for her dearly ,the one who saved her from her miserly and welcomed her dearly. How could she? She only blamed herself for this. What was actually wrong with her?
"I...I strangled y-you" when Ria saw the heartbroken face before her she felt worse than before. She had expected this kind of reaction but June looked as if she could cry waterfalls by now. She pulled her closer and hugged her tight .
"Hey don't worry ok ,I know you can't hurt me when you're sane so please stop crying everything will be alright ,ok" Ria tried to sympathise with June but she couldn't stop crying.
"Am sorry Ria ,I didn't mean to hurt you " she heard June mutter in between her sobs.
"I know let's go home now"June pulled back and and looked at Ria saddenlingly.
"You should drive" They exchanged seats and Ria drove as she kept stealing glances at June,who was silently looking through the window. After a while they arrived home and by then June was sound asleep. Ria looked at her sleeping face and sighed.The driver helped carry her to their room and soon she slept too, holding onto June's small hand.
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Since from now on ,Ria was going to be free ,she woke up late. She stretched her arms wide hoping to touch another warm body beside her but it was cold and empty. She looked to the side and didn't see June's sleeping body next to her.
"Huh! Where is she?" she questioned as she skipped out of the bed and ran out of the room. She relaxed as she thought that June woke up earlier since she had slept earlier than usual and might probably be in the house somewhere.
"Beka, show me where June is" she said as soon as she saw Beka wiping the tables.
"The young miss has not yet awoken isn't she in your room?"
"No" she asked a few more people to confirm this and it was true. She was now beginning to get worried,they had not even seen her all morning,where did she go now. She went back to her room to fix herself while brainstorming on the whereabouts of June. She obviously couldn't go back to Ace's place ,that place was hell for her so no. So where? She left the house and drove to Tristan's place ,this was the only place she thought June could go to.