I love you

Ram's King

I dragged King to a quiet corner away, from all the chaos. I held his hands in mine but as soon as I met his eyes, I saw hurt and insecurities in them.

"Let go", King said when I kept staring at him.

"I won't till you let me explain", I replied holding on to his hands.

"I don't want to hear another excuse of yours", He said not meeting my eyes.

"I swear I went to help Duen and....", I started.

"Duen...", He stated.

"Why am I not surprised? Why don't you just go and ask him to be your boyfriend instead? Oh yes he already have one. Am I just a rebound to you? That must be it", He added not letting me interrupt in his monologue.

"Cool boy just tell me if it's true because then atleast I would know my place. I won't expect things from you and no matter how much I love you, I know I'll never be enough for you, for anybody", He continued with tears ready to come out of his eyes.

My heart clenched seeing him in this state. I love him so much, more than anything and anyone. If he still feels this way then I'm definitely doing something, well everything wrong. I couldn't take it anymore so I hugged him. When he tried to push me away , I held onto him. He started to cry for real and hugged me back. I patted his head softly and ran my hand through his hair just like he likes after a tiring day. He relaxed in my arms but I didn't let go.

"I'm sorry for making you feel like that. I'm sorry for hurting you, for making you feel like I don't love you, for not being very vocal about my feelings for you, for not staying a little longer to make you feel secure, for always being such an idiot. If I kept saying sorry for all the wrongs I've done so far then the list will go on and maybe just maybe you'll run out of love for me and realise just how big of a fool you're for falling in love with someone like me. I know I don't deserve you at all but I'm willing to be selfish because I don't ever want to let you go so never ask me again to let go because it is something that I won't be able to do, not today, not tomorrow. You're an important part of my present and you're my future. Please give me a chance to prove it to you", I said slowly letting go of his body and suddenly becoming aware of the sobs escaping my mouth.

I glanced up and saw him looking at me so I immediately glanced down. He stepped forward and I stepped back because I felt like I said too much and now he'll just break up with me and leave but I felt him touch my cheeks instead as he held my face in his hands. I leaned into his touch my default and relaxed.

"Hey", He said but I still couldn't bring myself to look at him.

"Look at me", He added lifting my face and I sighed before looking up.

"You know it took me days to get a word out of that pretty mouth of yours and here you are attacking my heart with thousand words in one go. How dare you do that to my poor heart?", He asked smiling softly and my heart melted.

"I was just being honest", I replied sincerely.

"Your one smile would have been enough for you to win me over again and you know that", He stated and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh look now he's rolling his eyes at me. I'm your senior. Show some respect", He said and I pulled him towards me caging him in my arms.

"Shameless", He pouted trying to wiggle out of my arms.

"I love you", I said kissing his forehead.

"STOP YOU'RE GIVING ME A HEART ATTACK", He chirped in blushing furiously.

"But I just said I love you", I said in a teasing tone.

"Ram", He replied glaring at me.

"I like it when you say my name", I admitted.

"I change my mind. You go back to saying nothing because if you keep this on, I'm most likely to lose my mind", He said jumping out of my arms.

"You make me lose my mind daily", I stated and he started hitting my chest.

"I TOLD YOU TO STOP IT", He replied hiding his face in my chest.

He's so cute. I enjoy teasing him so much.

"Kiss me and I'll think about it", I said shamelessly.

"This boy. Okay. Come here", He replied and leaned in to kiss me.

I met him half way through and butterflies erupted in my stomach. It was a sweet innocent kiss and none of us tried to deepen it. Well kisses and touches can wait. We've friends to get back to. We parted about a minute later.

"We need to get back to the cafe", He said catching his breath.

"I know", I said and held my hand out for him to take.

"Let's go then", He took my hand and we started walking back to the cafe.