Darkly and Eternally Yours

Chapter 4

I stretched my arms, feeling bareness around me, the warmth, the heat was gone. I subconsciously felt around the bed, my eyelids still shut but there was no sign of a body anywhere. Did he leave? I finally opened my eyes, my curtains open, allowing soft morning light and a gentle breeze inside. I spotted Adrian on my tiny couch, crouching down, tying the shoelaces of his black Converse. He was wearing his clothes from the previous night, which made me blush from all the memories of last night.

"Hey, you're up." He said, after he finished tying his shoelaces, he got up. "I umm... gotta go, I'll see you later okay?" He said, walking over to me.

"Why are you going out so early?" I asked, sitting up, concealing my chest with the covers, even though he saw me naked.

"Did you not sleep well?" I asked, frowning.

"I have some work to do." He said sitting down in front of me, delicately tucking a strand of stray hair behind my ear.

"But you're on vacation." I said eyeing him.

"Yeah, but I've got errands, I'll see you around okay?" He said placing a final kiss on my lips. He smiled looking me in the eye.

"Okay." I replied trying not to show my disappointment. I didn't even know why I felt so attached to him, maybe I thought, it was because of last night, but either way I didn't want him to go.

He stroked my hair, offering me a beautiful crooked smile and walked out my door giving me a nod. He left my house, and probably my life too, because I was fairly certain that he wasn't going to 'see me around', he didn't even have my phone number. He probably just didn't want to be here anymore, after all the s*x was done, I thought to myself.

I felt barren and lonely, I shrugged my thoughts off, getting up, realizing it was 8.38 a.m. and I had to leave for my classes right now if I didn't want to be late. I took a warm shower, letting the warmth soothe my muscles and dressed up in a navy blue hoodie with 'Supreme' scrawled in white ink over my chest and a pair of dark jeans. I put on my black high tops, tying my hair in a ponytail, I made my way out of my bedroom. I checked my phone to see if Dianna called, she sent a message, a few minutes ago, saying that she was home safely.

Grabbing a granola bar, and a cup of hot coffee, I headed out in my car, my mind still wrapped around Adrian.

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"You did not!" Dianna exclaimed, being her usual hyper self.

"What, it's not like I was a virgin or it was my first time doing a one night stand." I said, rolling my eyes.

"But he was hot! You could have made him more than an one night stand." She said, huffing.

"Let's just leave it at what it is okay?" I said and this time it was her who rolled her eyes. I told Dianna that we did go home and have s*x because she was dying for the details but I intentionally left the part of my dream and my breakdown in front of Adrian, also the fact that I couldn't keep my mind off of him.

"How was Blondie?" I teased, changing the subject.

"Hey, don't call him that! And he was great, I know it's super cheesy, but I felt a strange connection to this guy ya know? Like it wasn't all about s*x, it was different."

"I get it." I said, thinking deeply, Adrian was different to me, I just couldn't remove my mind from him. Was it all about s*x for us? Why was he so sweet to me? Was that just how he was and I was misinterpreting it for something else? He said he was on a vacation , he probably just wanted to enjoy it. I wasn't important. I frowned, this wasn't the first time, my first boyfriend back in high school broke up because he wanted s*x and I wasn't ready for it. My second boyfriend, after high school was the only serious one I ever had. I had lost my virginity to him, but at the end, we separated and it didn't make sense to have a long distance relationship for us, the spark was gone. Since then, I had an one night stand with a guy, Dianna had introduced me to, he left while I was sleeping, without a goodbye or anything. And I had that feeling again, left alone. I didn't mind being alone, I loved my own company, but sometimes, it just got lonely.

"Earth to Kiara!" Dianna called out.

"Sorry, I just got a bit lost in thoughts." I smiled sheepishly.

"Recess is done , let's go." She said, scanning me with her eyes as we walked to our separate classes.

The classes went on, I tried so hard to focus on them, but my focus would escape and latch onto thoughts about Adrian, how mysterious and beautiful he was. How he'd kissed me, the shots of electricity, the intense pleasure, the feeling of him sliding in and out of me, with his breath sending goosebumps down my neck, how his lips burned flames on my skin. I was slipping again, I shook my head trying to push the thoughts away.

The bells rang, signalling that the classes were done. I waited for Dianna as usual, "Hello stranger," I heard behind me, the voice was familiar, I smiled, turning around.

"How did you know I go here?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Lucky guess?" He said, with that sexy crooked smile that was quickly becoming my favorite.

"What brings you here?" I asked.

He took a deep breath,"I don't know if you felt anything, as sleazy as that sounds, I want to know you, there's something appealing about you, you're not just a one night stand to me." He said, surprising me.

"I took off from your house this morning, because I was afraid, that I felt so drawn to you, like I wanted to consume in you. I have never felt this way for a woman before. I don't date Kiara. I can't." He said, looking at the ground. His voice a bit vulnerable when he said 'I can't'.

"Why?" I asked, curious.

"There's so much you don't know about me, in fact you know nothing about me." He said, looking back at me.

"Then how is it fair, that I tell you everything about me and you don't?" I asked.

"I can't, it's not exactly my choice." he said.

"Why? Look Adrian, I don't want to be nosy, prying in your private life if you don't want to share it with me, I know we've just met, but you can trust me to not go blab off everything someone says to me." I replied.

"It's not just you, but I'll try... I just need time." He said, his graphite eyes meeting mine, worried that I'll reject him.

"Okay." I replied, cautiously.

The relief was plain in his eyes, but he tried to not show it, "So... will you go out somewhere with me like normal people usually do?" he said.

"Where?" I asked, a hint of smile on my lips.

"I don't know, maybe for dinner tonight, if you're not busy..." he lingered.

"Oh, I'm not busy tonight." I replied.

"What do you like?" He asked.

"Umm... Pizza is fine, if that's okay with you." It was abundantly clear to me that Adrian didn't know what to do, so I decided to make it a bit easier for him.

"Okay, I'll pick you up then, 8 pm is good?" he asked.

"Perfect." I replied, giving him a smile.

"Thank you for everything, last night and now." He said, sincerely.

"I should be the one thanking you, for helping me with my break down last night. It was really sweet of you." I said, blushing a little.

"Sweet?" He repeated, his expression held disbelief. "Okay." He said, kind of confused.

"I don't have your number." he said, and we exchanged our digits.

"I'll see you tonight then." He said, locating a kiss on my forehead, a tender gesture, that made my heart melt. No one ever kissed me there, it was always my cheeks, lips or neck.

He smiled that dazzling smile before walking away. I turned around to find Dianna smirking, leaning against a pillar by the wall. "Looks like someone's got a date."

"Yup, I guess someone does." I smiled. Well, at least he didn't completely ditch me.