Chapter 8
"How dare you?" Kia yelled the moment they stepped out of the hall.
Kai didn't even turn to look at her, just kept walking.
"Don't ignore me!" Kia glared at him.
Now he did stop. He turned and gave her a blank look and sighed. He looked extremely tired.
"We'll talk in the car" was all he said before he continued walking towards the lift.
Knowing it was useless to argue Kia followed him. They walked in most uncomfortable silence; it was like the air had thickened around them. They did not speak until they had passed the gates and again it was Kia who broke the silence.
"You probably thought it was funny?" she said in disgust.
Kai didn't answer; he just glared at her and then turned to look at the road.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" she snarled.
Kai smirked "The mysterious stranger"
"Stop it!" she said "I've had enough of your games! I won't play them anymore! I've had enough!"
The silence rang in her ears, yearning to be broken. And it was.
"At least it worked"
Kia looked at him in disbelief
"Worked?" she repeated "What exactly?"
"The whole plan" his smirk grew wider "to confuse and anger you"
"Really?" Kia was boiling with rage "That's what it was about. Let's just kiss a girl, frustrate her and have fun. Well, you disgust me!"
He glared.
"I really couldn't care less about what you think of me and yet I know you think the opposite"
"Don't flatter yourself" Kia's voice wobbled
"I have no need to, but I am no fool either Twee. I can read people"
Kia did not reply and as they reached the mansion and entered the garage she felt the fear of the other night. But as she was about to get out of the car, three previously spoken words stopped her.
"I hate you"
Kia let out an impatient sigh. She had had enough of him!
"Pray, tell me why, why do you hate me?"
Kai laughed bitterly "Do I need a reason!"
"I didn't ask to be hated" Kia's voice was low "I didn't do anything to provoke this feeling of yours. I want people to like me not hate me"
"Don't share your desires with me, I don't want to hear them"
"You don't know even a fragment of my wishes and believe me you'll never find out" the intensity in her tone astonished Kai.
Before he could answer, Kia stepped out of the car and left him in the garage. She went into the house moving straight towards her room. Then, realising Kai would go in that direction too, she went to Elani's room instead.
Walking in silently as to not wake her up, Kia checked to see if Elani was tucked in comfortably. Then she sat down next to the younger girl on the bed and put her head in her hands.
Why did these things only happen to her? She had never asked for those dreams; she had never asked to be hated by him.
As these thoughts went through Kia's mind, tears began to well up in her eyes. Her shoulders shook and she fought to keep the sobs in until she could hold them no longer.
Elani stirred next to her and Kia quickly tried to wipe her tears but the girl was already awake till then.
"Kia" she said groggily "Is that so?'
"Yes" Kia tried to hide her anxiety "It's me. Now go to sleep"
But Elani spotted something and sat up "Are you crying? Kia, you're not, are you?"
Elani reached out to touch her wet cheeks before she could be stopped and gasped loudly.
"What's the matter?" she asked worriedly "What happened!"
Don't worry!" Kia tried to calm her down "Nothing's wrong!"
"No! Tell me! Why are you crying?"
Knowing she would have to tell the girl something Kia reached out in the dark and hugged Elani.
"It was a story" she finally said "A sad story"
"Tell me! It's better if you tell someone!"
"Fine, I'll tell you" Kia almost smiled at the girl's insistence. She took a deep breath and started her story.
"There was once a young girl. She loved her family a lot and led a quiet and normal life. Everything in her world was ordinary……apart from one. Since she could remember, this girl used to have strange dreams. Dreams about a pair of beautiful………..green eyes"
Now Kia stopped to see if Elani was listening and surprisingly she was. Kia had purposely changed the colour of the eyes because she was afraid Elani might notice and make the right connection.
"She fell in love with those eyes and wanted to meet the person whose eyes they were and one day, she did"
The words came pouring out now and Kia spoke, unable to stop.
"He was nothing like she had imagined. Rude, obnoxious and arrogant. But when she looked into his eyes she did not care. The emotions she saw in his eyes were so strong that his personality diminished and she lost herself. But then….then he told her that…that he hated her"
Kia's voice broke and she stopped abruptly. Elani pulled her arm.
"Then? Then what happened?"
Kia broke into a fresh set of sobs and held Elani tightly.
"I don't know" she wailed "All I know is that the loathing and hate she saw in those perfect crimson eyes was more than she could tolerate!"
Elani did not notice her glitch, but someone outside the room gasped.
"But there must be a happy ending!" Elani protested.
"There is no ending to that story, or the girl's suffering and that's what's so sad"
And as the girls held each other they did not notice that there was a boy standing outside in the corridor who had heard Kia's every word and her every mistake.
There you go! Another chapter. I know it's short but it has pretty important things in it and for those of you who didn't work it out…….Kai knows about the dreams now!
I'll try to update as soon as possible but I'm working on Why Do I Care know…….so you might have to wait……
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And say nice things like you always do…..
C ya…
