?UNEXPECTED EMOTIONS?
(Tales of Meteor City)
**CHAPTER FIFTEEN**
By, Naomi Cindy B
**Don’t copy or repost my story to avoid misfortune, write yours**
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“Why would you do that?” Eleven said from the living room
“it’s called revenge ok? ” Iris replied, taking another bite of the orange
Diamond is alre-ady on her way upstairs
She barged into Kingston’s room and entered the bathroom, he’s just about to start brushing cos the toothbrush is few inches away from his mouth
“No!!! ‘ Iris screamed, gr-abbing the toothbrush from him and throwing it into the bathroom bin, breathing heavily…
“I’m glad… I’m glad you haven’t used it” she said breathlessly, trying to catch her breath
“Why?, Why would you suddenly gr-ab my toothbrush and throw it in the bin, then tell me you’re glad I haven’t used it” he said
” I’m just glad” she replied and took a new toothbrush from the plastic cu-pboard
She handed it to him
“You can use this, happy brushing” Diamond said before leaving
” She’s turning more and more Strange everyday” he thought as he took the toothpaste…
” That was harsh like seriously, you don’t know what he would have done if he knows, he’ll be angry! ” Diamond said as she got downstairs
“yes, I also think that was a cruel revenge” Eleven added
Iris only smiled
” Next time, don’t try to take revenge by using his toothbrush to wash the toilet again” Diamond said
” Really?, So that’s the case?” Kingston said, coming downstairs, he actually heard
“bur-sted” Diamond muttered
Kingston stood in front of Iris
“You washed the toilet with my toothbrush?, What if I have used the toothbrush?” He said, sounding angry
Iris kelt looking at him without talking
“Iris plea-se!, Don’t you ever pl@ythat kind of prank again!, St©p being a bone Ok! ” He yelled..
She cringed in fear and freaked out, so much that the orange fell off her hand
Kingston sat and she stood, she ran upstairs to her room
Eleven followed
“That was… Harsh, you shouted at her a little bit too much” diamond said
” What she did is harsher” Kingston replied
“But she seems hurt” Diamond said
” I’m hurt too” Kingston replied sarcastically
” eish!, How inconsiderate” she remarked, serving his food
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Iris can’t help but cry, surprisingly his words hurts so much, it hurts and she doesn’t know why
She held unto her che-st and cried profusely
The door pushed open and Eleven entered the room
“Iris you’re crying” he said, quic-kly squ-atting in front of her
“He yelled at me and it hurts” she said, tugging at her go-wn
Eleven held her hands and squee-zed them lightly
“Iris you don’t have to cry believe me, and I also think what you did is a little bit off” he said
” I just wanted revenge for what he did yesterday” she replied
” I know, but it shouldn’t be like that, especially when you know the kind of person he is, and I think taking revenge is not for you” Eleven said, holding her face
“I just feel hurt” she said, hiccu-ping
“Will you st©p crying?”
He wiped her tears with his thumbs and can’t help but stare at herl-ips
He blinked nervously and started leaning in
“What is he doing?” Iris thought and swallowed ha-rd , looking at him
Theirl-ips are few inches from each other when she abruptly stood up…
“I’m sorry* she quic-kly said, backing him
Eleven turned her to himself and held her face
“You really feel nothing for me?” He said, searching throu-gh her eyes
Iris nodded positively
“I’m sorry but you don’t make my heart thump anytime you’re close, I feel nothing” she replied
Tears fell from Eleven’s eyes as he let go of her
“Really?, You don’t” he said again
“Yes” she replied sincerely
“Oh…ok, but I have a question,….the last time when you healed me in Meteor, how did it…
“My blood, yes my blood can heal, I used my blood for you” she replied
” That’s what you meant when you said ” your powers won’t be for nothing” he said and she nodded
He gave her one more glance
Eleven left the room and entered his room, locking the door behind him as tears fell from his eyes
He stayed behind the door and cried bitterly
“Andromeda is really right,she’s not for me” he thought sadly, sitting on the floor…
Preet tugged at her go-wn nervously, an Habit she found herself growing with
“I’m sorry Eleven, I just don’t…I feel nothing, and I plan to be truthful with you, that’s why I had to tell you this way, I’m so sorry” she said to herself
Her mind drifted back to when Kingston shouted at her
” That j£rk” she muttered, feeling hurt again
“why am I feeling hurt just because he shouted at me?” She asked herself
She got no answer so she fell on her be-d and covered herself up
Diamond sat and watched TV alone since Iris is not available
Kingston is with his l@pt©p as usual….working at the study upstairs
“Now everywhere is boring without her” Diamond thought, putting off the TV
She went to meet Kingston at his study
“Hey what are you gonna do about the boringness here?” She said, sitting in front of him
” Ion know, I’m working as you can see,you can just go and sleep” he replied
” No, Oppa!, You made Iris cry, I can just feel it, you should find a way to bring her out since she’s my only companion” Diamond said
” She cried?” Kingston asked worriedly
“You’re worried?”
“No way” he denied
“Of course you should be, I’m going to be-d like you said, goodnight!, Make sure you sleep, I don’t want you working on your l@pt©p all night” she said and pe-cked him before going in
“Cried?, I didn’t hit her, why would she?” Kingston thought worriedly
Honestly he has been worried since she climbe-d upstairs but he’s just trying to keep it in
He stood and went downstairs to get a bottle of water from the fridge
The moment he got to the fridge, the k!ssby the fridge popped up in his head
He held the fridge and sighed
“It really didn’t work, really?” He thought
He got the water but just went to the study to drop it
He walked to iris’s doorstep and stood for a while
She’s a detective, no matter how slow and steady you ti-ptoe, she’ll get
But nevertheless, he went in
He closed the door slowly and stood for a while again before going in fully
He sat by her be-d and truthfully traces of tears are still on her slee-ping face
He t©uçhed her face and wiped them away
And as he did, his heart beat doubled and he can hear it
He stro-ked her hair and smiled without knowing
“I’m sorry, I made you cry” he said slowly
Surprisingly she didn’t wake up
“She should have smelt my pres£nce by now” he thought, tou-ching her face
His heartbeat continued accelerating and she had to hold his che-st
He sighed
“What’s happening to me” he thought but got no answer to his thoughts
He stared at herl-ips and his heart almost dropped
He curved hisl-ips and almost leaned in but he stood up abruptly before he’ll do anything
He covered her with the duvet very well and left the room
“Why am I feeling this way?, It’s strange” He asked himself as he walked back to the study room
He got there and a message is waiting for him in his l@pt©p from Danny alre-ady
*Boss, your clients from Japan refused to pay even after we closed the deal few minutes ago*
“That’s millions of dollars, I invested a lot” he muttered and quic-kly logged in to the bussiness blog
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Next morning***
Bring out the man” Aurora ordered and a sick pale looking man was brou-ght out to the execution ground.
Lillie panicked greatly at what’s about to happen
The man was caught talking bad about the empress and she’s sure he’ll die in her mother’s hands
“I nee-d to let Eragon get out of the dungeon dungeon first, I can’t rush things….I can’t let her know that I’m against her yet, but this man here will die” she thought, looking at the frail looking man
“Lillie, you can execute him” Aurora said
Her heart skipped several beats
” No, I can’t do this” she thought
“Lillie” Aurora called again
“Huh eomma?” She said
“I just told you to take care of him, let his head roll on the ground for talking bad about your mum”
Lillie stood reluctantly, thinking of Ways to make this man escape death
She walked to the stake briskly and drew her sword
She closed her eyes, thinking of possible ideas, she got one
“Mother, I really don’t want want to rush his death, I want to kill as many as possible, why don’t we keep him in the dungeon and let the offenders be many before execution” Lillie said
” That’s quite good,. Take him in” Aurora ordered
He was taken in and Lillie inhaled ha-rd
” I did it” she thought, staring at the dungeon fence
She smiled…she actually sle-pt there with him again last night
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“I still don’t un-derstand why he told you not to follow him to work” Diamond said, shopping with Iris
Eleven insisted on staying home, he thinks seeing less of her will make his feelings for her fade
“Since we’re not destined, it Should fade away as quic-kly as possible” he thought
” Maybe he’s still angry about yesterday” Iris said
“let’s say it’s like that, do you like teddy bears?” Diamond asked when they c@m£ across a bear sto-re
” OMG I love them!, They’re like my animal friends in Meteor” she replied
Diamond smiled and got as many as ten for her
” I’ll set them round my be-d and name them, I’ll name one Diamond, one Eleven, Isla, Cole and I’ll name one Mr Frankie” she said
Diamond can’t help but laugh
” Diamond!” Cole called from the other end of the sto-re
“What are you doing here?” Diamond said as he advanced
“You should have asked how do I do, that’d have been better” he replied, getting to her and pu-lling her into a hvg
“j£rk, as if I didn’t see you yesterday” she said, patting him
“I missed you anyways” he said
She quic-kly broke it and sm-irked
“Iris watssup” he waved
“I thought you only saw her” Iris replied
” Oh no our little miss is jealous” he said and Iris giggled
” You didn’t come with Isla?” She asked
“No, I didn’t br@nch at her house, she’ll kill me if she knows I c@m£ to shop without her” Cole replied
” You both will make a good couple, I can smell it” Iris said.
” not in this lifetime” he replied
” We’re going home alre-ady, see ya in school tomorrow” Diamond said
” A goodbye hvg” he said
” Go away” Diamond replied and left with Iris
They got home and Diamond is preparing to cook dinner when Kingston entered,not smiling…as usual but this time the frankness has been multi-plied
The Japanese are still on it and his casino is at stake, it’s the biggest deal he has ever done and they’re fv¢king up big time
Iris stood and ran after him as he climbe-d the stairs
“Why did you tell me not to follow you to work this morning?” She asked
He never answered, he just kept climbing
“Hey Kingston, are you still angry about what I did?, Is that it?” She asked
He never answered too
He’s about to enter his room when Iris tried to hold his hand but he f0rç£fully took it away and Iris staggered and almost fell
“St©p pestering me will you!” He yelled unintentionally before entering his room
He $h!t the door
Iris Started crying again at that
“He hates me that much?, Why?” She asked herself
She rushed downstairs and eventually ran out of the house without anyone’s knowledge
She walked and cried at the same time, it’s dark alre-ady so no one noticed, except the sound of her sobs
She got to a bus station and sat on a bench there, still crying
She feels hurt again
“Why am I feeling this way?” She thought, tou-ching her che-st
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“Oppa, you should eat” Diamond said after setting the table
“No, I don’t have an appetite” he replied
“You always don’t have an appetite and it’s becoming a bother” she replied worriedly
He actually c@m£ downstairs to check on Iris, feeling bad about what he did earlier but he decided to go back when he didn’t see her
“Where’s Iris?” Diamond asked
He kept mute
She went upstairs to check her room but it’s empty
She rushed back downstairs
“She’s not in her room”and she said
“What!” He said in shock
They checked the whole house round together but can’t find her
“Oh fv¢k!, Did she leave cos of how I behaved?” He asked himself, worried like hell
” I’ll be back, stay home” he said and rushed out of the house, he even forgot to wear a belt on his trou-sers
He didn’t take a car
He cruised the whole street for her but can’t find her
“What have I done?” He asked himself, feeling guilty and scared
He pu-ll-ed up his trou-sers and sighed as he went round once again but still can’t find her
He stood in front of a bus station and breathed incoherently for some minutes
The bus moved, revea-ling her
She’s sitting in the bus station alone, and even from afar, he knows she’s crying
He crossed the road and walked up to her
“What are you doing here?” She asked, sniffing , her face is all we-t from her tears
“Why did you leave the house?” He asked
” If I stay in that house after you almost made me fall, I’m gonna cry all throu-gh so I decided to leave” she replied
He squ-atted in front of her and his hands went straight to her face, he wiped her tears
“Iris it’s not my fault….I’m not like some random guys and you know it, I’m just….I….
“Are you sorry?” She said
She stared de-eply at her
” Yes” he replied
” Then say sorry”
” I’m sorry” he replied
She hvgged him Immediately and he reciprocated, stro-king her hair …
TBC…