Invisible Contract
* It's been ten minutes and yet the young man hasn't arrived he's delaying me* Gabriella thought as she looks at her phone's screen
*but why did he seem familiar to me? and why was he staring at my neck?*
*ugh, he's wasting my time* she grunts inwardly
*no wait, I'm perfectly fine why am I waiting for him, I should just go, but if I do that he will be more worried and feel more guilty. Well looks like I'm waiting. But still I can't get it over my heard that he looks familiar, his prescence gives me a vibe, like he's my protector or something. And why was he staring at the mark in my neck? *
~Few minutes later~
*hmp, I'm so tired waiting for him, I'm sure my injury must have healed already.Wait, could it be that he ran away?.* checks her phone again
~gasps~
*It's almost time for dinner, I have to go now* as she stood up to leave a hand held her back restricting her movement
" I thought I told you to wait for me " a familiar voice came from behind sounding half annoyed, as she looked back slowly she saw the boy in the mask, unsure of his expression since the mask covered half of his face she concluded that he was annoyed.
"I know but you took so much time, now I'm almost late for dinner" she made a fair point
"Is food really more important than your health?" he asked
"But if I don't eat I won't be healthy" she makes another annoying fair point.
" hmp!" Henry huramphed as he gently pulls her back to the bench making her sit. He kneels with a knee, his eyes on her hurt foot
"Give me your foot." He said calmly, like he was never annoyed. The calmness of his voice would make anyone comfortable around him. He was so focused and this made Gabriella wonder if he was really beating himself up because of a small injury.
He gently grabs her foot, massages it slowly and gently pours an oil on it and simply bandaged it.
*His palm is so soft, feels like he never touched anything before* Gabriella thought as she admires his skills. But he isn't using a hospital oil on me
"This isn't a hospital oil" she sounded sure of what she was saying
"Yes, this is an ancient oil used in healing small injuries and bone fracture, I couldn't get to the hospital because of the crowd so I simply went home to grab some of this. It will at most take 2 hours to heal your injury completely". He said looking at the leg he was bandaging." He stood up as soon as he was done
*Maybe he could be good at basketball and he can become my coach as a compensation, yes, yes!* 🤩 she grinned inwardly
"well miss I'm done, next time look properly before you walk ok? , now I have to get going is there anything else you want?"
*I've got a good eyes saving a not-so-cute girl whom I also injured,😁* he smiled inwardly proud of himself
"Yes, I mean do you intend to leave me here in a dark and lonely place, Someone could kidnap me or something else could hurt me 🥺" she said supporting her speech with a puppy dog eyes.
*so much for the not-so-cutecute girl I saved,🙄* he rolls his eyes.
"Miss there are lot of things wrong with your statement ; firstly, it's still bright out here, secondly, there are alot of people passing by nothing could possibly happen to you, thirdly, you're an adult no one will kidnap you, they would adult-nap you instead and lastly I know you're perfectly fine so you have self defense against anything or anyone who tries to hurt you" He made his clear point
*I don't know what he's thinking under that head but it won't work unless you teach me basketball*
"So what's your point"
"All I'm saying is that there's no way anyone could harm you when people are around."
as soon as he finished talking an old lady came and sat beside Gabriella
"Oh ma gosh, teenage lovers doing their stuff is indeed a sight to behold, sorry for the interruption, but boy please take good care of her she's looking horrible" the old lady giggles as she finished teasing them
*😓, I don't even Know this woman* Henry thought
"See, you've got a company" Henry said pointing at the old lady
"You caused this so you must take care of me 😑" Gabriella agued
*What have I gotten myself into 😭, I even healed her with a rare potion she's not grateful for that*
"Now I know what's going on , he wants to break up with you but you ain't ready, I can't really blame you he's got really pretty eyes and you're not so good looking, try taking care of yourself ok?" the old woman teased again
*ma'am you're not helping at all,😩* Henry thought
"ugh...😕" Gabriella made a face showing she was clueless about what's going on
"oops my ride is here bye" the old woman bid her good bye before leaving
"Fine what do you want? 😒" he asked reluctantly
"please hurry up I'm almost late for an appointment" he added
*appointment?*
"ok, I'll go straight to the point, do you know how to do sports "
"Yeah, sure" he said with a flat tone
"Do you Know about basketball?" she asked eagerly waiting for an answer
"Yeah, the thing is that I'm bad at playing them but I'm one of the best coach there is, at least that's what my friend told me"
"...😐" she made a stupid face
" what?, if you're looking for a coach I can coach you, you have to try before complaint"
"But I didn't say anything"
"exactly"
*I guess I'm stuck with this weirdo, not like I have any choice,I might as well give it a try.*
"ok so when do we start" she asked
"Maybe tommorrow, I'll give you my contact and address"
"How do I know you won't give me fake contact and address"
"Let's shake hands"
*This dude keep saying stupid things*
"Did you hit your head or something?"
"Relax, where I come from handshake is an unbreakable promise" Gabriella hesitates before finally shaking hands with him.
"Ok, bye, I've gotta go"
"Wait I haven't even gotten your name yet"
"I'm Henry"
"I'm Gabriella" they shake hands again
"Say Gabriella, don't you have dinner to catch-up to?"
Gabriella gasps
"that's true, bye" she runs off and stops a taxi, boards it and leave.
"She's gone, what a pretty interesting person. Damnit I forgot to give her my contact and address. Well I guess I'll meet her here tommorow" He said as he hopped on his bicycle and ride off.