Chapter 4

“Miss…are you alright?” He asked again, this time shaking her arm a little bit to see if she was even listening to him.

Siana had just been staring at him, her eyes focusing on his eyes which seemed to be casting a spell on her. Her cheeks still had tears running down them as she felt the pain of the princess from the poem. 

Unexpectedly enough, the more she looked into those eyes, the clearer and more blank her mind got, she couldn’t think or react to anything. However, when he shook her arm, she snapped back into reality, and once again panic took over her and she finally broke eye contact with him.

Someone was sitting so close to her and was touching her and it scared her. She had no idea how to react and just froze for she had never encountered such situations before.

Soon enough, Siana realized that she had to say something or do something to get out of the situation.  He seemed worried for her and seemed to have no intention of leaving without knowing what was going on. She mustered some courage and looked at him once again. 

“Y…yeah…I’m okay…” She managed to get some words out; her voice weak and shaky. That guy looked at her doubtfully as he tilted his head a little bit. Siana was trembling from panic and was still in tears. She felt uncomfortable and just wanted to get out of that situation, but he didn’t seem to get the hint and didn’t move at all.   

“But you are crying so much…” He said in a soft voice as he extended his hand toward her. 

Siana flinched and had no idea what he was going to do to her. A strange fear took over her as she wondered what might happen next, what he might do to her. 

Contradictorily to her fears, that guy used the handkerchief in his hand to wipe away Siana’s tears. He touched her face lightly with it as he wiped them away. His gaze seemed soft and comforting as he looked right into her eyes those green eyes. 

Siana was once again enchanted by that gaze, his touch felt so comforting to her that it seemed to wipe away all her pain and worries. She had never felt that way before and wanted to experience more of it. 

Unknowingly she kept staring into his eyes as if looking deep into his soul. She forgot all about her promises about staying away from people and not reaching out to anyone and for a second she wished that she got to know this person. 

“I got so worried for you when I saw you crying here…” He said as he finished wiping away all the tears from her face. 

Siana watched in a daze as his hands moved away from her face; she had no idea that she had been crying. It surprised her to realize how much pain that poem brought her and how much she could relate to the princess. 

However, it also left her feeling sad for she didn’t want to end up the same as the princess. That was partially the reason she distanced herself from all; she didn’t want to be betrayed. 

He chuckled lightly as he saw her looking so confused at his actions. “Yes miss, you were crying while reading that book.” 

Siana was surprised at that for it seemed as if he just read her mind but she ignored that thought in no time cause that whole situation was already a lot for her to take.

He finally moved away from her, leaning against the cupboard opposite Siana. He just sat there and looked at her, a mischievous smile all over his face. 

They sat there like that in silence while Siana tried to get back to reading her book but was too distracted because she could feel him staring at her the whole time. 

However, his presence also seemed to make Siana feel a certain kind of comfort. For once, it felt nice to know that someone worried about her and that she wasn’t as invisible as she always tried to be. It made her a little happy to know that there were people who noticed her.

After trying hard to get into the book, she gave up as she finally looked up at him and found him looking at her as well. He seemed happy to finally see her make eye contact with him. 

“Y…you don’t have to worry so much about me…” Siana was trying her best to not sound nervous but things didn’t seem to be going her way. 

Having avoided all interactions for years, talking to people now scared her and she always seemed to stutter; as if she forgot how to talk to them.

That guy laughed again, Siana’s actions seemed to amuse him and he seemed to be having a lot of fun just sitting there and watching her freak out.

“How can I not worry after I saw you being screamed at by those girls this morning…” His voice was low as if he didn’t want her to hear him but also high enough to let Siana know that he was doing that on purpose. 

And his plan to freak her out worked pretty well; her color went pale as soon as she heard that sentence. Several thoughts filled her head as her brain started to weave stories again. 

He had seen her that morning?! Was that why he was talking to her? To make fun of her or to see if he could bully her as well. Was her plan to avoid people going to fail just like that cause of one stupid interaction with some girls…?

“W…why are you talking to me…?” Siana finally managed to get her voice to sound as normal as possible. The fear was still clearly visible in it and it seemed to amuse that guy even more. 

“I told you, darling, I was worried for you.” All she could focus on was the mischievous smile on his face as he said those words.

A shiver ran down Siana’s back; she felt disgusted on hearing those words and anger filled her to see him play with her feelings like that just for fun. She was about to get up from there and go away when he burst out laughing, confusing and angering her even more.

“HAHAHA!” He kept laughing at her while Siana just froze, too shocked to say anything. The embarrassment and insult she felt in that situation were indescribable.

 “Oh god, this is too funny!” His laughter died down and he tried to get serious again. “I’m sorry for playing with you that way but I couldn’t help it…” 

Repulsion was all Siana felt in that situation. That didn’t seem enough of a reason for him to do all that to her. They didn’t even know each other for him to play such a prank on her. She turned away from him without saying anything and was about to walk away when he called her again. 

“I’m really sorry, okay! I just needed to give you something.” He held out his hand towards her. For one last time, Siana turned and looked back to see what he was talking about. 

A shock filled her body as she saw him holding her phone. She slowly looked at his face and there it was, his mischievous smile that seemed similar to a devil’s…