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I sat a few inches away from Kerrick, watching him type on his laptop. His eyes were trained on the screen intently and he seldom looked away expect when he was taking up more papers to type."Kerrick, why do you have to do that?""It's for a proposal I'm working on.""I mean typing, don't you have an assistant at work to do it for you?""I don't need one." He replied stiffly, without meeting my eyes.I frowned at him and he faintly looked over at me then back to his laptop."I think you do need an assistant, so you can leave all this work at the office.""No," he sighed. "That still wouldn't make it any easier. I would have to constantly go back and forth between here and there whenever I need something and I don't have time for that.""I still think it would be better."He closed his laptop and got up, obviously not interested in continuing the conversation anymore.It was frustrating, watching him work without any interest in anything else - including me. I didn't want to protest b
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"You don't have to do that." I spoke as I rubbed the back of my hand and stared at Kerrick closely."Tend to your burn, I'll finish dinner."He stirred the pot and lowered the flame beneath as bubbles of steam rose from it."Kerrick, I can still do it." I objected while reaching for the spoon."It's already done." He pulled back and stopped me. I gave up and sighed before going over to the sink and turning the tap on over my hand."Don't do that.""Why?""Cold water will only irritate it more." He scooped hot noodles into the dishes on the counter then poured warm sauce over it. "There's an ointment in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, use that.""Okay."He brought the plates to the table but I didn't move until his eyes landed on me."What is it?""How is it that you can cook?"He narrowed his eyes and sighed before sitting back in his chair."I'm not as useless as you think I am.""That's not what I meant.""Then why would you ask a question like that?"I looked down at my sting
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I stared at the ceiling blankly, having nothing much to do except wait for Kerrick to come home. I rolled on my stomach and sighed before jumping off the bed and going downstairs.Having no one to talk to felt strange and even though I was living with Kerrick for a good while, I still didn't adjust to it. I slouched on the couch for a while before a thought came to me. I could just call back home.I picked up the phone and rang Samantha and Victoria and before I knew it, we were laughing and talking non-stop. Warm feelings filled my chest as we talked about old memories and brought up more recent things and gossip. It was really funny that even though we were distances apart, it was as if I was still in my father's store and they just stopped by to talk.Eventually, I was upstairs again, sitting on the floor and talking to Daniel this time. We were generally just speaking about my father and the store but it really made time fly, especially since talking to him could easily wipe away
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Kerrick wasn't beside me when I woke up, still physically and mentally aching. I sat on the edge of the bed, watching my tears make small, damp spots on the carpet by my feet as they slipped down my face.My eyes were swollen from crying all night and my back was stiff but I was able to sit up straight enough, even though I had a little difficulty at first. I pulled myself on my feet slowly, my legs cramping a bit but I carried on anyway. I went to the bathroom and splashed water on my face then looked in the mirror before grimacing when I saw just how drained I look. A ghost of my former self.I squeezed my eyes shut and saw Kerrick's uncaring face, my knees buckled and I felt so angry, weak, and frustrated, I wanted to smash my hand in the mirror but I pulled myself together. After a moment, I finally made my way downstairs, my steps crooked yet steady. I looked around the room for Kerrick but only found his desk scattered with papers before I realized he was gone. I stared at my fe
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My eyes were trained on Kerrick the whole time he was typing on his laptop, his calm expression leaving me in wonder. I was sitting adjacent to him, studying his every movement carefully just hoping he'd reveal something to me.When his eyes caught my staring ones, I averted my gaze quickly and pretended I was looking at something else."You've been staring at me for a while." He finally said after an extended moment of silence."It's nothing." Heat flushed over my face, and I stared at my hands."Oh.""I um," I started. "I was thinking about last night."He closed his laptop and stared at me deeply and my face nearly melted from the amount of heat coloring it just because of his eyes. The atmosphere around us becoming a little awkward."What exactly?" He questioned."It was different."He didn't look too surprised by my answer and oddly it was as if he knew I was going to say that.I was so afraid, but somehow the way his fingers grazed my skin ignited my body. He was gentle with me
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"Kerrick, please," I begged. "Come to bed."He looked straight at me and turned back to his work, obviously trying to lock me out. When I said I was going to be there for him, I meant for support in his work not what he was doing to himself.For the past few days he rarely slept and he seldom rested or took a break. I knew what he was doing was important to him but I couldn't support him self-destructing like this."Delancy, I have a lot of work to do. I can't stop now." He said without meeting my eyes.I knew his hands must've been cramping and his neck was probably stiff, along with the fact that it was after one in the morning and he was working since daylight the day before."I know it's important but what about your health?" I reasoned. It hurt watching him work like that and it almost remained me of when my father used to stay up late, trying to sort out things for the store."I'll worry about that after I've done all my work.""And when is that?""You should get some sleep." He
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"Kerrick?""Hmm." Our eyes met as they cut from his work to me, curiosity marking his features."You said your father gave you a break so why are you working?" I inquired."Well," he closed his laptop and put it on the coffee table in front of him. "I was just finishing a project, it's nothing big.""Oh," I exhaled, relieved. "That's good to know."Kerrick was working tremendously hard but not as excessively as before. His father seemed to have noticed his effort because he gave him a break, which he rightfully earned.He rubbed the back of his head and looked at his work with a shrug. "I'm glad most of my paperwork is done.""Me too."He slouched back on the couch and I stared at him before noticing something and rising to my feet."Kerrick, your button is loose.""What?"
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There was a soft sound of raindrops pelting against the window, still late into the night when I woke up. I turned to Kerrick and wiped my eyes, looking back to the window again briefly before sitting up stiffly and letting the sound soak in before I looked down at him again.He looked so calm and peaceful asleep, nothing at all like the distant, cold person I knew. A cord strung in my chest, remembering what he said only hours before about hating him.I leaned over and looked at him more closely, he wasn't scary or intimidating, and he didn't seem bitter or harsh. It was as if I was looking at a totally different person, he looked as though nothing had ever bothered him before.I brushed my hand through his creosote hair, the texture wonderful against my fingers. I brushed his hair away from his face and smiled at his sleeping image, when I first met him he seemed only relatively handsome but now looking at him, closer up, he was surprisingly very beautiful.He was sleeping without a
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