after what felt like an hour for Dorian she stopped crying.
" are you done?" he asked giving her an handkerchief
" yes," she said cleaning her face
" how do you feel?" he asked
" better, relieved a bit" she said
" see, it worked. anytime you're hurt inside, let it out don't hold back " he said patting her shoulders
" where, how, when, did you find a place like this?" she asked
" since I was a kid. I actually use to wander around so I found it, the place that takes all my worries away " he said
" worries?" she asked confused
" when I was a kid, I use to come here everyday just to take my mind off the things bothering me. I always felt alone and I found this place where I can actually be alone and make good memories. I started building small things over here, like the swing, the net chair, lights, and much more. I literally spent most of my childhood here, I had no mother, father, sister, brother, aunt,, uncle, cousin. I was just on my own, I never got to know what a family looks like. I never got any love and care, I just go to the temple to eat the food donated by the people, roam around and then come here." he said
" didn't you have any friends?" she asked
" no, no kid played with me. they said I came out of nowhere, that I'm not a normal human so they all ran away from me" he said
" but then His Majesty invited me to the palace and I saw a girl playing around in the garden, when she saw me she offered me an apple but I didn't collect it. Then she smashed the apple and said she wouldn't have it as well, she was so violent with the apple that I ran off" he said looking at Cyma
" so you were the chicken boy, you just ran off like that" cyma said
" chicken boy, is that what you call me?" he asked
" of course, you were acting like a chicken. shaking and running off so scared of sn apple " she said
" I wasn't scared of the apple I was scared of you" he said
" too bad, the apple actually tasted sweet " she said
" you later ate it?" he asked
" did you expect me to waste it" she said
" you smashed it on the floor, and stepped on it severally with your leg" he said
" I was trying to make an apple pie " she said
" you were so dumb" he said
" and you were so scared " she said
" you know after that day, anytime I came to the palace I always went to the garden to watch you playing secretly, until one day you just vanished. then I had to run away from this crazy girl who was always after my life" he said
" that would be Quiana " cyma said laughing
" she was always making us act a play where she was the Queen and I was the king. she even tried to kiss me one day, I had to make a run for it" he said and Cyma was just laughing.
" where did you go?" he asked
" I went to the base camp to join Quil and Quentin in training" she said
" no wonder you are so skilled in fighting, besides I left the city two days before the crown prince arrived back" he said
" no wonder Quentin,Quil, and I never really got to meet you " she said
" yeah " he said
" by the way, why were you secretly watching me play. did you perhaps have a crush on me?" cyma asked raising a brow as she brought her face so close to his
" no, I only watched you to learn how to play alone" he said pushing her face away with his finger
" but why didn't you tell me you're the chicken boy when we first met?" she asked
" I didn't know you were the violent girl" he said
" I didn't change that much, you're lying " she said
" neither did I" he said
" no, back then you had short and curly bangs, you were so cute and fragile like a puppy ..." she said
" and now?" he asked
" you're just talk, big and stiff like a statue " she said
" a statue?, I'm part of the most handsome guy that every girl wants to be with in this city and other places " he said
" what did you see?" she asked
" huh?"
" when you left the city, what did you see out there?. what does the world outside the city gates look like?" she asked
" it's nice, advanced, and busy " he said
" is it worth leaving the city for?" she asked
" why don't you see it from her yourself?' he asked and she stared at him
" do you plan to stay in the city all your life?" he asked
" what do you mean?" she asked
" I'll take you out of the city one day, so you'll see the world out there with your own eyes. the real site seeing" he said
" funny" she said
" I didn't mean it that way, I mean I actually loved today sir seeing" he said and she stared daggers at him
" let me ask you a question" he said
" go on, if it's reasonable" she said
" why exactly where you crying, why are you hurt by what happened?. is it the fact that Alpena knew Zion loved her and she kept it away from you while trying to make you get closer to him knowing quite well how much she herself loves Zion or because Zion doesn't love you and you feel you lost the love of your life and you can't cope with that so you're trying to put the blame on someone else. those two people are the most important people in your life, so will you allow their love for each other affect your long time friendship. will you allow your greed take over you, and ignore their true love for each other. Will you allow your pride and sorrow make you a person that destroys your two best friends happiness in the name of love. This isn't even love it's obsession, love is when you let go of someone you love for their happiness, when you're happy seeing them happy. " he said and cyma kept mute
" I'll give you time to think about it, I'll go and prepare the blankets. it's already late, we can't go back now. We'll leave tomorrow morning" he said getting up living her to think about it