The next day, I was lethargic all day, and my eyes were swollen because I hadn't slept even an hour. How come the smiles that Hiro and my kids are giving are freaking intriguing? I want to know, and I'm about to explode, plus the fact that I was pregnant.
Shit! I almost forgot that part. What I was doing was not good for my baby, so I tried to close my eyes, but before I could do that, my kids suddenly interrupted me. I was forced to open my eyes so I could do nothing but get up.
"Mom, something is waiting for you in the ocean." They both giggled again, as if I shouldn't have known everything before I arrived.
"What is it, Red, Rayden?" I lazily answered them as the three of us walked down the stairs. "I'm tired," I yawned, looking like I was just now overcome with sleepiness.
"Mom, you need to wake up." Red tried to reach my face, but no matter how he tried to jump, he couldn't.
"Fine, fine!" I give up on these two and just smile, even though the truth is that I didn't sleep in the first place.
We just walked until we reached the beach near my grandparents' mansion. I tried to see what it was, but I couldn't really see anything, everything was just too tiny in my eyes. Could it be that these two are just playing with me?
"What are we going to do on the beach?" I started to get irritated with them. I was trying to hold on to what I really felt since I didn't want to raise my voice to them. But these days, my head is always getting hot from noises, and that's because I'm freaking pregnant.
"Mom, be patient, will you?" Rayden was irritated as well, so I didn't say anything to him because I wouldn't win if he was my opponent.
"Can you sit, mom?" The two command me, my brows starting to meet each other because I feel like they will slap me if I don't follow their order. "Please, mom." Red blinked his eyes, so I sighed and did what they had asked me to do.
When I sat down, they immediately put a blindfold on me, and I didn't have an idea where it came from. I tried to yell at them, but before I could speak, they immediately put clothes over my mouth.
I was worried for my child in my womb that I might fall, so I started praying to the Lord to save me. I don't know what I could do if something happened to my baby. But they are my babies too. Argh! How ridiculous is this? I didn't struggle anymore because I knew that these two would not harm me. I just need to trust.
"Here we are, mom." Red's shrill voice irritated me. I struggled when we stopped in an unknown place because I was still blindfolded. But from what I've heard, what I hear is the sound of waves crashing back to the beach. No matter how far the wave goes from the sand, it will still come back.
Little by little, I felt someone remove a cloth from my mouth, and the blindfold in my eyes suddenly disappeared. I was closing my eyes, and while slowly opening them, my vision became blurry. Before I could see properly, it was Raven who was in front of me.
I was startled and stepped back a little; fortunately, the man held me. I get off of his touch because something strange is forming in my body that I know only brings violence and danger.
"W-what is this?" That was the first word I asked when I realized what was happening. I looked behind me and saw my kids hiding their smiles, but they couldn't do it, so they laughed out loud.
Carefully, the man held my chin and made me face him. "Just look at me; I don't want others to get your attention now." He smiled, so I suddenly got nervous because I didn't know how I would react.
He held my cheeks, so I also held them. "R-Raven," I called him, stuttering because right now while I was facing him, I was struggling to breathe.
"Please, just let me do it for now. My request isn't difficult, right?" I swallowed. Why is he doing this to me now?
"What are you saying?" I tried to laugh because it seemed like the only two of us were serious while staring at each other. Gosh, something in me is screaming to run however my heart wants me to stay put where I am.
"You're only mine now; I don't have a share even now." He gently caressed my face and sounded soothing, so I bit my lower lip.
"W-why?" Darn it! Why do I have to be this nervous in front of him?
Should I tell him about the baby in my stomach? Or should I just let everything go tonight, and then I'll tell you tomorrow? I don't know; I have no idea. All I know is that I want to be happy, even just at this moment.
I felt Hiro and the kids leaving. I was trying to turn my attention to them when the man tried to ask for my attention.
"Aren't you going to do me a favor?" He pouted, so I suddenly chuckled a little. How could he be so cute and handsome at the same time?
"Fine, what is that, and why are we here?" I challenged him.
"I can't sleep knowing that you are not mine. I can't breathe knowing that you are not tied to me. I will be insane if you don't become mine, Cbiara Blair. I waited for this every day, every hour, every minute, and even a second. I was waiting for you to be mine; I can't let you go now that you're here." I see in his eyes that it was full of emotions, eagerness, and love. "I can't bear not being with you now. You can't escape this time, Cbiara; I will haunt you forever." Suddenly, my eyes widened when he kneeled down. I shook my head and was trying to stop him, but he was stubborn.
"R-Raven,"
He slowly gets a box from his pocket; there are people behind him, and there is a word written there. At the same time he uttered those words, the words written on the paper unfolded. "Will you be my safest place in this cruel world, Cbiara Blair Ashton?" My whole body trembled while looking at him and those words.
At the edge of the ocean, where I formally stand, Axl Raven kneels at me while my kids and Hiro cheer us on. I was too emotional to handle everything. God, is this finally my turn?