I came back for you

"Nothing at all. "

"Why are you putting them on?" He asks again. His eyes locked with mine. His full of concern.

"I don't want to stand out." I never did want to be bullied the same way I was bullied back at the town o left.

I Just want to start a new life. One that won't link me to the life I had before.

"Remove them." He says with a note of finality. The tone leaving no arguments.

"I...."

He frowns. "Take them out Lat." He gently touch my face.

"You're different." I sigh.

I don't know why I said that, neither can I fully tell how different he is, all I know is this; deep down Mate have changed.

He's not the same boy who made the butterflies in my stomach take flight for the first time.

"I know." He smiles. "Everyone changes. We don't remain who we were. We're constant to change." HE gently touch my face. "Remove the contacts Lat. I need to see you." He says in a very light tone.

" Not now. " Am really trying to process the fact that Mate is truly here with me. I really don't have that much time for my contact. It can wait.

Mate looks like he wants to argue, but he didn't. Instead he nods. "It's alright. I won't force you to do something you don't want to do." He stands from his position, and walk towards the only window on his office.

The window is too small, it won't be able to enter a person should they attempt to escape from there.

Sitting up straight, I watch him.

Mate unlike me have grown. These years apart have done him real good.

He've changed, and became more manly. Had it not being for his eyes and voice, I really don't think I would have recognized him.

If I really thought my mate of those years ago is handsome, he's nothing compared to the man standing at the window.

He looks as yummy as Rissa always talks, and even much more.

"What happened that day?"

This is a question that have being troubling me ever since the day he disappeared from the place I left him. I've always tried to know what happened that day.

"I left." He answers without turning.

"Why?" I stand to my feet, wobbling a little, I corrected my weight. Taking a very deep breathe, I walk towards him. His shirt that was reaching me mid thigh now reaches my knees.

Sitting makes it hunch up a bit.

"I've always wanted to leave Lat. I just don't want to stay at the orphanage."

"I know." He had always told me how much he hated the orphanage, but I thought he'll stay when he passed the month he said he'll leave. " But you never did, until that day."

"I stayed at the orphanage because of you. Who knows, I might not have left had it not being for the incident."

" How?" I touch his back, startling him a little. " How did it make you change your mind?"

" I woke up to the realization I can't protect you just the way I am. I knew then that I had to leave in order to be able to protect you. I stayed for you, I left for you, and now am back for you." He turns to me.

His words sounds really emotional, but his eyes haven't changed at all. It's as if am looking into a frozen ocean.

"But you never came back for me." I turn my back to him. Mostly on anger, and partially on the fact I don't want to look into his eyes.

"I did." He embraces me from the back. "I did come back for you. You're the reason I strived to stay alive. The thoughts of meeting you was what kept me from everything. "

" You never did. You never came back for me. You never did sought me out." I let the anger out.

How can he talk about searching for me when he've not done anything like that?

"I won't back to the orphanage two days after you left, I searched the whole town for you, I sent my men out to find you, I did many other things to find you, but I was unable to do so.

That can be explained by this. " He points to my eyes.

" You came back for me? You sought for me?" I turn to look into his eyes; it might be Cold, but I can be able to tell when he's lying and when he's not.

*

" He always looks lonely."

"Like I said, he always have look of longing in his face. That's the reason why he haven't had anyone to date..."

*

Rissa's words made me think on the possibilities of I being the one he's searching for.

" I promised to be back for you. Why promise something I can't fulfil? It's not right at all." He frowns a bit. " I've searched everywhere for you, I never knew you were right under my nose all this time."

" I just started working here....."

" And that's the reason I came here. Today wasn't the day am supposed to be here. It's a month from now.

I got a call from my manager, and he told me someone named Laty started walking here, that's why I came as fast I could." He gently caresses my hair.

" You had people looking for me?" I raise a brow at him. My heart skipping more beats than necessary.

" Yes." He nods. "I had to find you. I had to Know you're alive.

I promised I'll take care of you, and am here to fulfil that. I can't allow you Live on without knowing am alive." He places his forehead on mine like he always does when we were Small.

"You don't Know what you're trying to bargain with young man." I raise a brow at him.

"Am more than informed." He smiles a bit, but to me, it seems more forced than ever.