She's Kept

A fist landed on Simon's cheek, while tightly gripping Thea's arm for her not get away. Her strength was as if nothing on how Simon gripped her, his arms are covering his face from all of Thea's weak punches. The rain, seems not to have the plan to stop on dripping, but the cold weather doesn't seem to matter on the both of them as the tension never did stop.

Hiding from his arm, Simon took a peak on Thea's face, but he was stunned he unconsciously dropped his arm making his face wide open from Thea's punch, but that doesn't took Simon's eyes away from her. She's crying, Thea's crying, her tears didnt stop flowing, along with rain that drenched the both of them. Thea constantly wiped her tears, her nose becomes reddish, her cheeks blushed.

'She's beautiful, she's crying but she's still so beautiful, god! What am I gonna do?' Simon thought as left himself all mesmerized to her. But his expression changed when he heard Thea plead, but Simon is afraid to let go her arm.

"Why are you doing this? Do you want something in return? Are you gonna hurt me just men always do?!" Thea cried, her voice becomes hoarse from all that cold and her fever.

"N-No Thea that not's what I meant for helping you__"

"No! Men always think that they can just take advantage of girls!" Thea shouted Simon and keeping on throwing weak punches in him; his face, his chest. This left Simon speechless and intently looking at her, with his tears flowing down his cheeks.

With this, Simon grabbed Thea's arm, bringing her close to him, his hands went the nook of her neck putting her head on his shoulder, his other went to her back and hugged her so tight.

" What the hell did those people did to you?! What have you been through to say those words?!" his voice broke when he cried so hard and whispered while hugging her so tight. Both of them calmed down as they felt each other's hug, feeling the warmth the other gives. Seeing both their shoulders rise and fall as they breathe heavily makes their tears stop,while Simon hugged her so tight that as if he wont let her go.

"I didnt notice, that it did have a wound." says Simon tapping the wound on his lips, while Thea is applying some medicine on it.

" I remembered punching you so many times,.... Im sorry about that." Thea replied in a whisper, face all blushed from shame.

As she keeps on applying the medicine on Simon's lips, his eyes roamed around her room and sighed. " Thank god we both made it here. Im getting warm now, thanks for letting me in__" Simon paused when he saw Thea's face all red.

"Now that I remembered you had a fever, are you okay now?" Simon asked her lowering his head to see Thea's whole face.

They are now sitting on her small dining table in her apartment after they went straight to her place after being all soaked in the rain.

She keeps on lowering her head out of awkwardness being alone for the first time with Simon. When Simon couldn't see her he gently cupped her cheeks making her face him, couldn't even remember how embarrassed he always is whenever Thea is around, he gently put palms on her forehead. He even looked up to estimate her temperature.

" You dont feel worse like from before that you look so pale and looks like any minute you'll pass out__" Simon looked down on her only to see her breathing rapidly and froze in her place.

" Oh my god! What the F____" he blurted out immediately pulling himself away from her together with the thick towel he's wrapping around his naked upper body.

"He-Hey The-Thea Uhm...I-Im so-sorry F-for making you feel uncomfortable__"

" Uh... I need....I need to treat your wound, I gave you that myself though." Thea smiled at him as she looks on Simon as if nothing awkward has ever happened. 'I did feel uncomfortable,I mean I am really ready to hit him,but...but he helped me a lot, I've caused so much trouble today. I'm not letting it so packed up. I owe him a lot, just from giving me a job, helping me to get here safe. I must act accordingly.' she thought as she heard a loud sigh from Simon that's only a few inches away from her.

"Damn, I thought I fucked up." Simon whispered and paused putting his hands on his mouth to prevent something.

Simon laughed out loud making Thea flinch in surprise. She fixed her medicine kit and smiled at him.

"You guys really are siblings." Thea whispered, but those words didnt escape from Simon from hearing.

"What do you mean?'' Simon stopped laughing and intently looking at Thea.

" Sara, you guys are very much alike, laughing at small things." Thea slightly giggled, but the thought Simon and Sara being siblings drifted her mind to scenarios. ' What if I did have a sibling, much like, I am not feeling alone those times.'

" Thea? Are you okay?" Simon asked when he noticed Thea's expression changed.

Thea gave him a forced smile. " What if I did have a sibling, will feel I not be alone?"

She whispered, the words where it never did escape from Simon from hearing. His face became all serious, and sympathy and curiosity was all so oblivious in him. He walked closer to her and put himself to sit on the chair across her silently,and never taking his gaze away from her.

"Alone? Were alone all this time?"Simon asked her, neglecting the thing he always have thought before that she's living with her parents in this small apartment.

Thea lowered her head making him think that he crossed the line again." Uh..So-sorry for asking." saying those words, Simon felt a rush of regret on he didnt even asked Sara all the things about Thea.

"If I did have a sibling will I have someone to cry on? Will that make not to be afraid alone?" Thea cried not hiding all her emotions to in front of Simon; her boss, her friend's brother.

Seeing her cry so hard, Simon felt a stinging pain in his chest, feeling all the guilt, with the thought of him loving her for a long time, from the he got to know her until this very moment. Feeling so weak of not knowing how sad she is, the desire to know what made her cry, what made her say all those words. ' What have you been through Thea before the time I met you?'

" You have me. You have Sara. We wont make feel so afraid,we wont make you cry." he told her those words, that even he himself in not sure whether that will be true.

He pulled himself towards her and opened his arms together with his smile.

"Me and Sara may not be any of blood connection with you, but we will try hard to make you feel safe, just open up to us, were here." He said, and in a blink of an eye, he feels heavy and warm but somehow it makes him feel at ease.

Arms wrapped around him, Thea hugged her so tight, and as if on cue he hugged her back. With this assurance, Thea told Simon all the things that happened, starting when her parents died until how she end up here in the small apartment.

After the rain stopped, Simon made his way back to his car. Walking in crowded alleys in Tondo, feeling the ominous gaze of the people he walked pass by makes him feel uncomfortable. Pulling himself inside his car, he sighed as he feels safe from the people in the area, but the thought of Thea still lingers in him.' I'll definitely protect her.'