Chapter 31: Reviving and enlivening.

Before she would say anything, he placed his fingers on her lips uttering a silent 'shhuhssh' and gently lifted her by his arms like in bridal style even though his shoulder ached like hell. Though she wanted to stop him, but the gesture was so longing that she couldn't resist either, so she just let her arms fall on his shoulders locking the ends of her fingers. He climbed upstairs for her and she could stare him with all the longing that was burning inside her and she had no fear about it, she felt the beats of his heart and he wouldn't let her know. She pulled her head near his chest binding him a bit more tightly and letting their hairs intermingle within.

He could feel so warm the sensations and how beautifully everything was compensated. They didn't talk for so many days for some stupid reason that they don't understand it now either; and they hurt each other by depriving their hearts for the little talks and smiles. It was a self-resistance they thought they could build but then it echoed in his mind:

We had a bond that no one could break; I know your smiles were genuine for my deep care. I understand your frustrations when you just couldn't make, I felt so bad about it that I couldn't take ... I'm glad we are together with the bond proved so strong, I wish if I could keep you in my heart, never let you go anywhere. I wish if I could go on saying till the end that how much I loved you, then I'm just afraid that you aren't ready yet and so… I'm letting you have space, to realize and to understand and figure out your feelings. I hope you could just be comfortable when we are around. I feel each pain so beautiful because you are in my arms, and now nothing matters that I lost or what happened in the past. I'm glad we are friends again. I just wished if I could tell you about it.

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I feel so warm and so addictive to his cologne and touch that I feel I need it more each day passing more than what I actually take, I just wish if I could tell how much I missed being 'us' and now when we are together, no matter what I really feel about you, but I just understand that I need you like no other and I promise that I'm going to be genuine and loyal for your gestures and yearns. Because I realize that you are the reason for my smiles that I give so rare, it's like I often sigh and have a sad face like an unfortunate person. I wish if I could capture you with my arms like this forever.

She smiled as she thought, while he noticed, he returned it. He slid the door and walked inside and laid her on the bed and slid off the door. He sat tired on one corner of the beret and glanced at the wounds.

She watched him in anticipation if he would say something or just anything. But when she noticed his wounds and deep cuts and those injuries, she immediately got up though her body and head ached like hell because her body was weakening. She ched for the first aid box which was placed on the top of the small shelf near study table.

He hissed in pain as she held over his shoulders-they ached. She sat beside him and before he'd say something like, 'just lay down there, you are already so tired, I'm fine', she opened her mouth,

"I'm fine Tyson, let me bandage you around." she first scratched the while gauss piece and rubbed the red thing over his forehead and then slowly wiped the rest with cold water.

"Ahhh!"

"Okay okay, done." she said calming him. She finally put the small bandage on his forehead and stiffened it smoothly. It hurt a bit but he bit his teeth tightly without any hissing of pain. She made a small moment with her hands shrugging her shoulders asking him where else are the wounds. He didn't have the capacity to tell everything so he pulled off his jacket and placed it beside and then plugged off the T shirt. She smiled softly and bandaged the shoulder and the lateral side of waist gently.

He could feel the tears forming in her eyes as he laid with his eyes digging the pillow, revealing his naked back to her. When she had to bandage the back, he could hear the clunk of her tears within eyes that she tried to rub off before he turned to normal position. He knew he had to choose to ignore it, but then there was one thing sure he knew he was going to do. He wore back his top attire and looked at her as she was carefully yet normally watching him with those usual eyes, he got up from the normal sitting position and smiled at her, he thought she knew that it was a gesture, but she didn't get the idea. She simply picked his jacket that he hadn't wore yet and let his shoulders fall in the sleeves smoothly and each moment she found so much quenching with crave that she found was precious like her breath. When she was done, she knew she had to stand in front of him when they would just stare each other and she knew that it was so needed this moment right now. He gently cupped her chin and she slowly closed her eyes and they neared till he gently brushed over her forehead. I wanted to say you that I know how this heals your ached and tangled mind, I know I'm the cure just like you are mine, and just how like this you have cured my forehead and the other wounds, I wished if I could inject those three words in your mind…

She opened her eyes after he retreated and smiled at him.

"Thanks." she hushed.

"For what?"

"Everything…everything."

I saw the colors around you fading

And I was trying better shades shading

And I see you so changed now

Cause you look so cute that I can't stop to frown

I wish if we could make the best of this

If you could smile like this forever, that's my only wish

"No problem." he smiled back as his eyes nearly closed out of dizziness, the tiredness of the night that was still there. He gently rubbed over her head with his weak palms and let them fall back.

"Okay, come on, now you are so tired, just lie there on, I'll occupy the couch." she said happily.

He hugged her tightly though he felt so feeble but he was sure that she was gonna wrap back and she sure did, closely her fingers forming no broken end at the back and once with that final look at the quote that was beautifully hung on the wall, saying 'Let not the small and arguing minds let you sink low.' she knew how much it was true and with the trust she never had on anyone, she closed her eyes.

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A few minutes later, you could see them laying, on the respective bed and couch in deep in their siesta out of the mental and physical stress.

Hilary didn't care to put a pillow under her head, it was lazily laid on its hand and her waist turned facing the wall adjacent to the washroom, and the right leg over the left. Her hair that all were back behind her neck and the hands that laid one over the abdomen, she was used to that position and the other over her head, with her mouth slightly open.

The capped boy laid just straight, except with his left leg on the right with the ankles in contact and the hands that simply lay parallel to his body. He had put off his jacket as he felt that it was much already hotter around. He had put it near Hilary's real jeans near his closet in heap. He noticed that she had worn his jeans but he just smirked at it and didn't tell her, it was before he lay on the beret. He was trying to hold together as they were falling apart.

She knew she was secure, safe and she felt like everything was compensated, her heart needs some time and it had got it and she knew that she was going to stay here without any fear.

I know it's mine weather I win or lose...

The air around was faded, yet cool, a bit more understood, purposely calm, the calmness after the fight, it had to be, so the curtains didn't flutter and the hair didn't beat them.

She woke after a little time, after an hour. He was still asleep and she gently smiled looking at him. Slowly she got up, and paced with benevolent yet unsure steps towards him and stood near the beret looking him sleeping, looking so innocent that she couldn't think of anything else. In this world now, when I've left everyone, I know you are there, still there for me, and I know that you'll never leave me even if I do. I'm sorry for what I thought that I was better off without you. Now I realize how much important you have become in my life, I see your profound care. Yeah we have a bond that nobody can break, believe me, my smiles are genuine for your deep care. I don't want to know why my eyes usually so often form tears, and I don't wanna comprehend why my eyes are starting to fill when I see the wounds that are bandaged on your forehead. Why did I let this happen, you were there for me…The pictures of past hour ran through her mind, she was standing expressionless, unreadable like she had the most dreadful experience, the could recall those scenes where Kai had hit him with his blade so harshly, mercilessly, she couldn't help it. But then she could let her cheeks feel an another sensation of the flowing blood like tears and that ran slowly and slowly.

Her eyes shone because they were filled with it, and slowly and steadily they rolled down as each second rewinded in her afflicted mind. Then she discerned that he was making some moments in his sleep, so she got beware that he was going to wake up, so she turned, wiping them, though now she couldn't stop the sobs that had to come. Yet she folded her lips and washed her face with the cold water.

He slowly got up and wore his jacket and got fresh, while she sat on the couch, simply tending to close her eyes. It was formal, like they know that they were awake and she was feeble to look much at anything, she had a strange phobia whenever she couldn't do much.

He gave her jeans and she sheepishly forced a smile when she got the fact that she wore his jeans. He smiled when he gave her all her clothes. She kept them in the cover and placed it in one corner.

"Shall we head down?"

"Okay, you go. I'll come a bit later."

"Sure." He smiled Just be sure you don't depress yourself much and don't think much of what happened.

"Don't worry about me."

"Hmm" Is that possible that my mind can think of anything else apart from you, when I know how much this has affected you?

He headed downstairs after he purposely didn't close the door, signing her to come down soon.

After she saw that he was gone, she plugged some pills from her pocket and put in her mouth without bothering about anything else. Did she know that she was watched?

Later, she headed down. And there were everyone sitting there out in dojo including Kai and they were sort of having some sort of discussion.

Tyson was sitting on the dais and Kenny and Max a bit far from him. Max came to know about it later, he felt so shocked when he heard about their fight after he came back with Mariam to the dojo. Fortunately, he had managed to let her go before Ray started revealing the story…he felt extremely bad about his friend, but because they wanted to maintain some sort of peace around, so they thought to ignore Kai, just like Tyson and Kai were doing, they couldn't do anything, he was their captain after all.

"Oh, Hil, you came down finally." Max smiled.

She smiled back, and when she did Tyson could feel a sad music played in background, he could hear her singing.

So I let it go, simply blew

Because I see everything in you

So I'm here trying first to heal you

Cause I know it heals me

I wanna sing a song for you

Though I'm unsure if you'd listen to it

Then he came back to the reality, she wasn't singing, she was sitting next to him, holding a first aid box. XD

"Bend" she said feebly with no haze in her eyes.

He did and she genuinely yet unintentionally leaned towards him making him like it was so natural. She of course dint cared that everyone were staring at them, because she had no gestures intended, no intimate contacts. She removed that bandage on his forehead and as she did, she gulped and pouted her lips tight to prevent them opening out sobbing. Yet the moments of her nose that narrowed and the eyes as well gave him the clear signs and he dint know why, he knew that she was hurt because he was physically. But he didn't expect this to be so in-depth. The others couldn't see it, because Kai was standing at the opposite of them, far apart, and others could just see her back. Tyson simply smiled at her, telling her that he was alright. She tried to smile back, yet she concentrated on putting the bandage perfectly.

"Tyson, you think we can have sort of party tonight?" Max asked.

"Like what?" Ray interrupted.

Tys didn't hear him, he continued gazing her so assumed fiancé, in his dreams (she never thought that way what she was feeling lately was no more than deepening bond.)

"I'm fine, Hil." He said without any reason.

"Hmm, yeah I know."

"Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine Tyson." she said making her voice most normal, "Does that hurt..?" she said as she cleaned it with swap.

"Yes, it hurts."

"Ohhh." She said like she didn't get it.

He became a bit valiant for what he was going to say, "It hurts for what toda- "

"Just a sec" she pretended as she cut him off and bent a bit more till she had a better access to place her finger on those lips to quiten him. While she motioned him to be quiet with her face, he did, simply obeyed.

"You heard me Tyson?" Max repeated, while Hilary retreated to normal position.

"Huh?"

"Should I repeat it?"

"Sorry, I didn't hear you Maxie!"

"Hmm…I was suggesting if we could have a party tonight."

"Oh why?"

"That's a good idea Tyson, it will help us reviving and getting better." Kenny said.

"Oh, oh-kay, as you guys like."

"Is there someone coming?" Hilary questioned.

"Yeah, Mariam and maybe even Brooklyn."

"Okay."

"Why Brooklyn?" Kai asked.

"Because he was in the town, so it'd be better if we call." Ray spit off.

"No, don't." Kai ordered.

"Okay, fine." Hilary replied.

"HUH?" Ray shot her 'why are you saying this' look. She ignored it and smiled at Tyson as she was done bandaging him.

"Okay guys done, please build some mood." Kenny enlightened.

"Sure Kenny!" Hilary and Max replied enlivening.

The navy haired guy smiled at the genius and Ray returned inside while the scarfed blader walked out.

They went inside and ate the so called lunch, that wasn't it either. It was almost five and they ate hungrily; even Hilary. She was sitting next to Tyson and on the other side were Ray and Kenny, while Max was on the other far corner.

She saw everyone eating busily. She looked at Tyson and once she was satisfied that he was eating his own stuff, she slowly pulled out an another pill from her pocket, slowly making a movement with her hand towards the pocket and slowly taking out grasping lightly. Before she could pretend that she was eating a normal morsel, she was repelled with by some his action- She was shocked at his sudden reaction when he clutched her wrist in which she held it. Though he never looked at her, like she didn't do, she knew he held it. But she just looked numb at her bowl, while he kept on gulping the rice balls with the other hand. After a second, he opened her closed fingers that were obviously unseen by anyone, covered by the table cover, and he snatched that pill and kept in his pocket and beckoned her sternly with his eyebrows to eat her food. She gulped, and continued, she was so scared that she felt like saying him sorry after the lunch for eating them ever in her life and making him convince that she would never do it again.

"Max, say Mariam to bring Ozuma too." Tyson suggested.

"Sorry Tyson, but Ozuma is not here."

"Okay no prob,"

"Ray, are you alright?" Hilary pretended to say, just to get the navy haired guy's attention like how he'd response to her. He dint look at her, rather he gulped more.

"Of course fine, I'm happy as long as everyone here is happy." He smiled.

"I'm sorry for whatever happened." She said frankly no more afraid.

He nodded with that lips of 'no it's not like that, absolutely'. She smiled formally and continued eating.

After sometime, she and Ray washed the dishes, Tyson was reading that novel. She smiled at him. Max was doing some sort of studies, Hilary encouraged him to concentrate more on Chemistry part, and she knew he was weak at it. She headed upstairs after she was done, and he followed her. She opened her bag to pull her books.

"Goin' to study?"

"Yes, Tyson, you should do that too." She suggested

"Oh come on Hil, give it a break. Come here..." he said as she was changing his top, wearing some black one, standing near his closet. She turned from where she was standing at the study table and looked at him,

"Why are you calling me?" she said.

"Just come here." he said still struggling putting in that sleeve.

She walked to him "Hm, say."

"I'm having a severe ache in my left wrist, please can you write my notes for me?" he asked.

"What? Obviously not, you gotta do it."

"Aww, come on darling, please" he pleaded, "Just for me!"

"Sorry, I won't" she said without any hesitation.

"Hmm fine then, I'll do it later, if I feel okay. Till then I'll complete that novel"

"You reading it?" she asked under excitement.

"Yes, any problem" he said under the pretense of uncaring tone, "Go, do your homework."

"Hey, can I read with you too?" she sweatdropped yet she took care to say properly.

"Nope."

"I promise I'll help you, later." she said in a pleading tone.

"Not even if you do it."

"Hey please! I really love that novel, please Tyson!" she held his wrist.

"Oh leave it, I said you, it's aching." He said with little pain.

"Oh, sorry, I mean to say, please!"

"Hmm, okay, fine."

"THANKYOU!" She nearly hugged him, while he smiled with shock, yet he lifted her in bridal style,

"Hey leave me!" she said as she didn't expected, it was abrupt, "I'll fall"

"As if I never lifted you." he chuckled.

He placed her on his beret and sat beside her and then opened the novel.

"Nice selection of the place to read." She remarked.

"Heheh! Not like that, I'm at the page where you were last time." He smiled.

She remembered that a few days before she was reading his novel. Then she smiled back him as she yawned slightly,

"Okay, start then."

A/N: Thanks so much to lirianstar, HuaiLang, Zukafu Chiriamoto, Julia FH, The next you know who, unaisa memon, solitude13, Goldmineempire5 for reviewing! That means a lot!;D