A Seat in His Heart

Chapter 10 - Guardian II

[Gold]

I knew Kyle was out of the bathroom so I opened my eyes and what I saw got me screaming, I stood up on the bed and closed my eyes. I had never seen what I just saw at least not in reality. What are these guys doing to me, first Pete stole my first kiss now Kyle was giving me a first view of a man's unclad body dripping wet after shower.

"Open your eyes" Kyle said to me with a stifled laughter obvious in his voice. "No!" I uttered a little too loud. "Gold, come on, please open your eyes." Kyle begged again.

"No way," I retorted. " Come on, girl you should take responsibility now shouldn't you?" Kyle is now in a full blown chortle.

"Responsibility for what?" I asked him, still refusing to open my eyes.

"Letting the monster out" Kyle stated. Now he has me wondering what monster is in the room. Whatever it was, I don't want to see it.

"Oh quit the princess act, Gold. I am going to freeze here!" He lamented. What exactly was he talking about, my curiosity got the best of me and I slowly gave in, opening one eye at a time, this drove Kyle into another laughing frenzy. He was standing by the door, leaning his right shoulder on the wall, arms tightly crossed over his chest and Left leg lazily crossed above the right one. This position is popping all his muscles. His hair is disheveled and damp around his neck and shoulders hugging his skin around there. He looked sparkly with light shining on all the water droplets on his body. Oh yes I was checking him out and he is a freaking Greek god. Thank goodness he has a towel wrapped around his waist else I would get a heart attack.

"Never seen a dripping wet man before?" He teased me by winking at me.

"None of your business! Go put on some clothes" I retorted. He started walking towards me

"stay where you are! I'm not ready for this!!" I yelled.

Kyle smiled deviously.

"What is it that you are not ready for, Goldie?" He snickered. I wrapped my hands around my chest and shook my head profusely. Kyle easily reached for my legs and with one swift move, I was in his arms, princess style. I hit his chest with all my strength, man, that was some pure muscles.

"Stop that, it tickles." he smiled and his dimples were all over the place. If I die, please hold this man responsible. He dropped me in front of the bathroom door.

"Since you are not ready for anything else, I hope you are ready to change up, so that you can get out of my pajamas and I can get dressed too. I am still wondering why you would want to wear mine when it's clearly black and has my initials on the back. look, it's all loose on you." He spoke in a bemused tone. I felt my cheeks burn in embarrassment, what was I even thinking? He held the door for me, maintaining the smile plastered on his face.

" I only took it because I do not like pink! Who told you all girls like the pink colour? Be more observant!" I said curtly and slammed the door. We ended up exchanging clothes. I wore the pink coloured one in the bathroom and he changed into the black coloured one I had worn. the pink one actually fit me better because it was my size.

As soon as we settled down the nurse came to check on my vitals, renew and insert the new saline solution into my bloodstream. Kyle didn't take an eye off me like she was going to steal me or something. When I winced in pain from the needle, honestly I hate needles, he almost yelled at the nurse to be careful. Then squeezed my hands really tight while stroking my head with his other hand. I almost felt like I am in the labour ward for delivery.

"Kyle, just chill, you are scaring her." I solicited. The poor lady was shivering in fear and missed my vein the second time. Kyle told her to get the doctor instead, and she ran out immediately. I wonder why he seems so powerful here and every one is working on eggshells around him, when he is only a student like myself. In less than a minute the doctor appeared and did the job in seconds and then apologized to Kyle and I.

I gave him a reassuring smile, while Kyle just stood there one hand in his pocket and the other typing away on his phone, he has been doing that a lot. Sometimes I wonder how Kyle is going to be when he gets older because apart from his Playboy and womanizing nature he is very stoic and disciplined when he should be, especially with other people. I am sure that is the reason for his academic prowess. what am I thinking, why did I think he was a womaniser? The door closed as the doctor left the ward. Just the two of us left now. Since I came in here the previous day, I have not been able to go out. Although the room is large, I felt very cramped up already.

"Can I take a walk around the premises?" I asked Kyle.

"Sure, do you want to go right now?" He looked up from his phone. "Shall we?" I said standing up from the bed. Kyle helped me with my IV pole, rolling it as we walked out side by side. We sat on the terrace, we were the only ones there, I wanted to ask Kyle about what he said to me earlier today but I could not get it past my lips. the moon was out with the stars but the lights from the building made it unnoticeable.

" Gold, I know you like Pete, and I understand that the heart wants what it wants," Kyle started few seconds after we were seated. was he reading my mind or something?

" And I will not create complications or make you confused, I'm not going to force you to like or love me back, but I am glad that I was able to let you know how I feel about you." Kyle said smiling at me but this smile did not reach his eyes. I found myself being flung into his arms and I gave him my most friendly and warmest hug.

" I will not hesitate to kill Pete if he messes with you or your feelings. that's a promise." Kyle said sternly then erupted with laughter after a brief pause. now as he was caught off guard with the surprise hug. We broke off with Kyle's arms still loosely wrapped around my waist. He notices that my eyes are tearing.

" Hey, don't feel sorry for me, I am a playboy, remember?" Kyle said proudly with a smirk. I knew that line was from his male instincts kicking in to pacify his crumbling heart. But he was right, the heart wants what it wants and my heart wanted Pete. I sent a text message to Pete.

' I'll be leaving the hospital in the morning, be there.'

"I'll probably hate myself for saying this, you are awesome, Kyle. Just for the records" I said facepalming myself.

" She finally acknowledged the fact. Hah! Kyle had always been awesome from the start" he said, smiling brighter now. Just then Trice approached us, Kyle put his arm around my shoulders as if to protect me from her.

"Oh my goodness! girl what happened" she looks like she has been crying. I instantly felt guilty.

"Are you okay?" I asked her. She gave me a hug "don't do this to me ever again. Where have you been all day, not answering your phone." she said sniffing. I didn't know where to start nor how to start.

"I passed out." I said simply. We were distracted by Kyle clearing his throat louder than normal.

"I am still here." Kyle said, raising his hand. We both turned to him and broke out laughing.

"The little guy that can not handle being ignored. Huh?" Trice joked. Now we talked about a number of things and I felt extremely grateful for the best friends I had and I was extremely exhausted from all the stress. I carefully observed my surroundings, this hospital seemed to be privately owned and very large, having a total of fifty floors in the main building. How did Kyle afford the bills, just thinking about it alone made me dizzy.

Kyle and Trice ended up fighting about who gets to stay with me tonight, then Trice gave up and left, while Kyle stayed. Back in the ward I laid down watching Kyle drift off to sleep after a long while of typing on his phone. I just kept wondering what he had been typing all day. The new thought that keeps my heart jumpy was seeing Pete tomorrow.