Sipping...
"Such a pleasant morning tea..."
Ah, the sun is so beautiful today.
Nothing too much damage was committed, just a bandage on my head and few fractures here and there and mostly I am fine.
But, you know the real enjoyable part, although he is not dead yet, he must be going through a lot of pain.
"Illyum, don't laugh like that."
"Natalia it tickles.",
I want to laugh as much as I want.
My darling is applying disinfectants on my wounds.
It doesn't even hurt anymore.
"You fell from a height more than 460 feets."
Father could only blankly look at me like I am a monster.
No, I am just happy.
Could you all not feel that euphoria?
Oh, the poor bastard is now lying just besides me on the infirmary bed, totally unrecognizably covered in bandages.
No one is paying any heed to him.
Moreover, Natalia is acting like she doesn't even know him.
Haha have it now!
Karma returns!!!
"Squad leader, what did we bring the bastard who did such a thing to commander here?"
Shush!
The squad leader pushed pushed out the poor soldier with a few curses and begged the king of the mercenary glaring at him.
You know the rules of jungle, right?
"Why did this happen?" Mom was crying while mother in law was consoling her.
"But, I tried to stop him."
Skimming over this drama, now everyone left me and Natalia alone.
"What did you do that?"
Natalia had tears growing in her eyes but none were falling out. Although, she can break any moment.
"To tell you the truth, for happiness, personal satisfaction, inner piece and the list goes on..."
"What the hel-"
"But ultimately for you."
I held her chins in my hands forcing her to look deep into my eyes.
"I did it for you and me, my darling."
"But how can it be for me?"
She held up her hands on her blushing cheeks.
"Illyum..."
"Hmm, my darling."
"What do you love about me?"
As soon as her words finished, she blushed even harder.
Huh, what was that?
I was just saying all of that to spite the mummy bandaged Albert beside me...
Hey, don't take that too seriously.
I wanna take it slowly.
I put my hands on my forehead and looked at her with though the gaps of my finger and she looked to be blushing so hard that she might burst open.
Beautiful.
"I'm not sure, maybe you.", I finally answered her question.
Don't know if it will work, but it is worth a try.
"I love you too," she said in light whispers as she raised her eyes back to me.
"Why?"
We were childhood friends due to our families being friends, we got engaged half the way our childhood after her father perished due to a pestilence.
Although, we had no problems being together, we loved each other.
Natalia liked being with me but I didn't know why...
"It is because of who you are Illyum."
Her redness disappeared all of a sudden as she came closer to me.
I could feel her breath and I am sure she could feel mine too. Our lips were just two inches away from each other and our breathing ragged.
"We were together ever since I remember, you were the only one next to me."
She fell and leaned on my chest.
"Everyone else thought that I was weird and I thought everyone else was just a brat, I thought the same for you. But, you were there every next moment, no matter how much I chased you away; you always came back and said, 'you are beautiful', 'irresistable' and such, yet I still thought you were just an impulsive kid on his first crush. God knows what happened and I eventually fell for you."
She sank even deeper into my chest.
"Every second we spent together, gave me the feeling of butterflies in my stomach, you played with me and I took care of you, I thought you were the one who needed help and we will eventually separate. But... I didn't knew."
She lifted her head, tears were flooding out of her eyes.
"Whenever you got hurt, you hid your wounds and ignored them, papa passed away, you were there to console me, mama scolded me, you told me what I did wrong and consoled me while I got angry at you for blaming me like them. Then, I slowly realized that you were the one who were there for me when I was a kid acting adult. I believed that our time will never end but..."
She became silent and fell back, but I know what happened.
I left.
"I am sorr-"
Shush...
She put her fingers on my lips and said, "Don't apologize if you have done no wrong. I thank you for being next to me, always, even when you left me alone."
Her head moved and our lips touched each other...
That was all.