REJECTION

Skyler tucked her in bed all the while avoiding physical contact with her.

His hair was still dripping wet as he continued with his task, a drop of water from his hair fell and landed on Aliya's neck. Skyler watched as the droplet rolled down her neck and slid into her dress.

Aliya could feel as the cold liquid glide down her skin and she shivered due to it's coldness. She could feel the way his gaze followed the droplet till it slipped into her dress and only then did he look away.

Aliya could feel her anger resurfacing as she tried to not show it. She closed her eyes and waited till he was done, when she felt the bed sinking again she knew that he had already left.

Aliya slightly opened her eyes as she looked at his retrieving back as he made his way to the couch.

Aliya watched as Skyler picked his laptop and then began to work. His eyes were intensely focussed on the computer screen as his hands moved simultaneously on the keyboard.

She watched as different emotions painted his face as his eyes looked at the screen.

"Stop staring"

Aliya's eyes widened when she heard his voice and immediately she shut her eyes close. Aliya then heard footsteps approaching and she could tell that he was coming towards her but still she refused to open her eyes.

Skyler continued to walk towards the bed as his eyes focussed on the figure lying on the bed. He had noticed her gaze on him ever since and now seeing her he could tell that she was pretending.

He continued to approach the bed and when he reached her he stopped.

"I know you are awake" He said as he then opened the drawer and brought out something from inside.

Aliya who had shut her eyes close opened them and she then saw the figure towering above her. Aliya couldn't deny the fact that he looked even more handsome when his hair was wet. His grey robe was still on and Aliya could see part of his chest, she had seen his whole upper half in the bathroom earlier but she wouldn't mind if he would show her again.

Aliya blinked her eyes a few more times as she tried to remove that image from her head. She then slowly sat up on the bed as she looked at Skyler with her poker face. She was still mad with the fact that he had rejected her in the bathroom.

Aliya knew that she wasn't like those celebrities or models but she was sure that her body was better than some of them as she had heard lots of people praising her in secret.

Aliya wasn't willing to let it go and even though it was embarrassing for her to act like this she didn't care.

Aliya watched as Skyler sat next to her on the bed but still he was keeping a distance from her. She watched him grab a pillow and placed it on his thigh

Her eyes then noticed the tube on his hand and she then realized what he was trying to do. And although he wanted to help her she still felt pained with the fact that he was doing all this while avoiding direct contact with her skin.

Aliya watched what he was doing in silence without commenting as her eyes looked into his trying to figure out what he was thinking.

"Place your hand" She heard his voice.

Aliya slowly placed her wrist on the pillow as she avoided his gaze so he won't notice her pained expression. She could feel something touch her wrist and she could tell that he had put the ointment. All that was left was for him to rub it on the soar spot but Aliya couldn't feel anything warm touch her wrist and her hopes crumbled down.

Aliya didn't have to look at him to understand the situation, she just retreated her hand and then used her hands to spread the ointment on her wrist without bothering to look at Skyler.

Skyler had a pained expression as he watched her tend to her hand herself, he wished he could be the one doing that but he didn't want to touch her, not after what he had done the first time.

If not for him she won't have gotten that red on her wrist.

"Aliya.. I'm..."

"Sorry" Aliya interrupted him as her eyes looked at him.

"You seem to like that word a lot" Aliya completed her sentence as she removed her gaze from him.

Skyler could see the unshed tears in her eyes and he knew that she was trying hard not to cry in front of him and his heart hurt with the thought.

He tried to reach his hand to grab her wrist so that he could blow on her wrist but he stopped midway and retreated his hand back.

Aliya who noticed his little movements felt anger coursing through her veins at the rejection she was getting from him.

"Asshole" She muttered under her breath as she blew on her wrist all the while spreading the ointment.

Aliya could feel her veins popping as she tried not to lose control of herself. She could feel his intense gaze on her and it seem to fuel her anger.

"What is your problem?" Aliya asked with her eyes looking dangerously at him.

"First you rejected me and now you are looking at me like I'm some kind desert that you can't get your eyes off" All hell broke loose as Aliya poured out all the anger and frustration she had been feeling since he rejected her.

"I didn't reject you Aliya" Skyler said as his eyes looked at her pleading with her to please understand what he was going through right now.

Aliya scoffed at his words and then continued to tend to her arm.

"Aliya you don't know what you do to me, you don't know how much impact you have on me." Skyler said as his eyes continued to look at her.

"Bullshit" Aliya said without glancing at him.

"If only you could read my thoughts Aliya, the devil only knows what I want to do with you."