Chapter Six Awkward Moments

It's been two weeks and still no sign of Hugh. As expected, for someone who took such a beating.

It was stunning how he still managed to walk after receiving such pummeling. Selena's mind was so occupied that she could barely notice her friends presence.

Nobody really knew what she'd been through, right from The Ethereal's Gate City down to here in Doomsville.

Hugh Trail was the only one who seemed to understand her. She felt guilty for not being able to visit throughout those two weeks after the incident.

She'd asked her friends about him and most of them didn't even know his name. Billy was the only one who seemed to know, but he refused to escort her.

They were both still caught up in their debate on whether or not to visit. Billy had always detested Hugh's street, because of the notorious deeds they were known for.

"Are you kidding, that place is a fuckin' freak show" Was how he had responded to her before agreeing to write her down the address.

5th Hell's Street usually called The Nightmare alley was no place for a lady like her. It was within the downtown districts of the city and was usually filled with bandits, henchmen, gangsters, drug lords and frequent cases of murder and rape, the sheriff rarely showed up for fear of his life.

However she was determined to go visit Hugh, it's the least she could do for someone that almost took a bullet for her, besides she had gotten a gun and won't be at anyone's mercy ever again.

She just had to sneak out of the school premises without her dad's guards noticing. She knew she was taking a big risk but this was worth it, who knows Hugh might be dying in there with no one to help him.

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Hugh was soaked with his own sweat, clearly from the strenuous workouts he'd been doing. Ever since the fight, he found it difficult to do a few things that usually seemed easy.

His dad had always taught him not to show weakness, so he decided not to show up to school till he got better.

He walked to his fridge and opened it, it was almost scanty. He took out a half bottle of water and proceeded to gulp it down, but just then he heard a knock on his door... "strange".

Selena was about to knock again, only for the door to swing open. What she saw or whom she saw almost made her choke.

Hugh's perfectly sculptured abs, it was well defined. Trickles of sweat were slowly dripping down from his chiseled chest to his firm abs and down to...

The naughty thought made her face to turn crimson with shame, she felt a slight tingling sensation in her chest.

"Hey" she muttered nervously, but only to be welcomed by silence.

"Can I come in?" She managed to ask after a few seconds of silence.

"No" he promptly replied.

"What??" She blurted out in bewilderment.

"What do you mean by that?" she asked hysterically.

After a momentarily silence he asked coldly with a face void of emotions "What do you want?"

She didn't understand why he was being so hostile towards her, could it be that he was perhaps regretting what he did, well who could blame him.

"I..i..ugh.." she found herself stammering

"Brought you somethings" she finally managed to say while raising up a first aid kit and a fancy small bag.

Taking a closer look she noticed that he had stitched the cut on his shoulder and the ones on his face were slowly fading. His lips weren't swollen just cuts.

Though he did have one deep cut on his lower lip, around his moist soft pink lips...she shook her head slightly to wave off the lustful thoughts.

"It seems you did a good work stitching yourself up" she jokingly said with a bright smile while trying to ease up the tension.

"You're still gonna be needing these though" she added softly and gestured for him to take the item.

"What's in the bag?" He asked sternly.

"Um it's just a few sandwich that I bought from the local restaurant over there, sorry I cou_".

"Let me have it" he said swiftly, and interrupting her long speech.

She gently handed over the bag to him. He took it harshly and quickly emptied it's contents like a hungry wolf.

"You may leave" he said abruptly.

She didn't know how to react to his kind of attitude. She wasn't used to people addressing her in such manner. It hurt her because she had risked a lot to come only to be treated with so much disrespectful. She turned away fuming angrily while walking away.

"I believe this is yours" he said with his voice slightly raised.

She sighed inwardly and twirled slowly to meet his gaze.

"I bought it for you" she muttered quietly, while referring to the brand new phone that he was holding.

"I don't need it...come have it" he sharply retorted and gesturing for her to come take it.

She walked up reluctantly and took the phone before turning to leave, but then again she couldn't leave, at least not like this.

She refused to be humiliated by some scum simply because he'd seen her at her most vulnerable. She quickly spun back and walked up close to him.

"Listen young man" she said angrily while poking him on the chest repeatedly.

"I don't know your story and sincerely right now I don't really care. I'm just gonna say this once,.so you better listen good."

"This pretty face is pretty much the last face your ever gonna see knocking on your doorstep so you better look at it real good before you can crawl back to your shit_"

She seized to utter anymore word as soon as his palm touched her cheek and slightly raising her chin. The hairs on her skin responded shamelessly to the touch.

She felt a tiny sinking feeling in her tummy and her breath became hot while her legs wobbled like a jellybean.

"W..what are you doing?" She managed to ask, it sounded almost like a moan.

"Follow me" he simply said and walked inside.

While reluctantly displaying to her a full view of his lean broad muscular shoulders and his inverted triangular shaped back and those firm strong butt. She bit her lips nervously, covering her flushed face.

"Come in" he casually gestured for her to enter his room.

"What!!?" She blurted out almost choking.

His hot...true. But is that how low he thinks of me!?.Does he see me as a slut!?, is that why he let me in!? she mused inwardly.

She was already fuming from ear to ear like a crazy bull and out of rage walked up to him and attempted to slap him. But unfortunately he caught her by the wrist, before the slap could even land.

Hugh didn't understand why she'd try to slap him, he was only trying to help her out. He had noticed her slightly swollen cheek and felt some sympathy, so he decided to give her something that would protect her from certain troubles.

Her hand felt so soft and fragile. She had the most soft skin he'd ever seen and her slightly swollen cheek courtesy of crack shot was evidence of it.

His thoughts were however disrupted by a soft whimper. Selena's face was flushed red, with little tears drooping round her eyes.

"Your hurting me" she said with a suppressed voice, she'd been begging for him to let her go but he didn't seem to bulge.

He quickly let's her go as soon as he noticed she was in pain. She fell down softly while touching her aching wrist, he wanted to help her get up but he knew she'd probably scared of him now.

She stood up not saying a word, the tears she was suppressing were slightly rolling down her soft cheeks, her wrist was indeed hurt, just how fragile was she...He thought to himself.

She dusted her clothes and quickly attempted to leave while avoiding making eye contacts.

"Selena" he called her softly.

She paused with her back facing him and unknowingly displaying her tulip grey skirt that clung tightly to her smooth hearty shaped bum. Their was no way any man could miss such detail, he wouldn't deny the fact that he was attracted to her.

"What is it?" she asked lividly, amidst tears.

"I wanted to give you something" Hugh said calmly.

"Well you can keep it to yourself, I've had enough humiliation for one day" She spoke in a pained tone and proceeded to leave.

"Just hold on a second" Hugh spoke with a mixture of panic as he rushed and grabbed her gently by the arm.

She turned quickly to slap him but he hugged her immediately and prevented her from swinging her arm or making any further abusive move.

She was too weak to struggle, so instead she let out soft sobs and wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders.

He could feel the soft bosom of her chest pressed hard against his, it triggered a strong burning sensation down to his lower region and so he battled with the lustful desires that were gradually eating him up.

They stayed in that position for what seemed like hours, she loved his scent...it was like cologne and something she always defined as masculinity.

"Hey..." he called out softly, his voice seeming a bit shaky.

"Mmhmm?" She mumbled dreamily.

"Can you let go...I wanna go get it " He requested gently.

She nodded meekly and quickly released her grip while her cheeks flustered pink when she noticed how awfully close they'd been.

He was suddenly being awkwardly nice she thought to herself as Hugh retracted into the room. She was now all alone wandering in the sitting room. It was then she noticed the empty drug cans that were littered all over the place.

At first she assumed it was pain killers but on a closer look she figured out what it was. It was drug pills for someone who was suffering from brain tumor. It was then that it all dawn on her, Hugh was dying and their was nothing anyone could do to save him.

That was probably the reason why he was willing to take the fall for her. A boy with no regard for his life.

Could it also be his reason for being hostile to her? probably because he felt it was pointless relating with the world since he was still gonna die.

It didn't matter though, he was dying and what he needed most now is a friend, a family, a companion and perhaps a lover.

"Drop that!" A familiar cold voice abruptly disrupted her thoughts.

She shivered a bit and then turned to see the handsome face that seemed really pissed at the moment.

"Your dying" she said gently, her eyes filled with empathy.

"Yes and I don't need your pity" Hugh blurted out, clearly feeling very bittered by her sudden discovery but trying his best to conceal.

"Hugh it's okay to be sad, or to cry. We're all human after all" She whispered softy as she approached him gently.

"Then why do I feel so different?" Hugh asked bitterly while suppressing his pained tone.

Selena wanted to reach out and hug him or even kiss him but that would be absurd.

"Your not different Hugh" she said in all earnestly.

His face was still filled with distrust and pain, so she decided to do something crazy.

"Here feel my heart" she lifts his hand gently and places it on her chest before placing her's own on his.

Hugh felt her soft honey brown bosom once more, his insides started boiling like a lava pit.

"Do you hear it?" She asked innocently with a wide smile.

Hugh only shook his head affirmatively, but he was obviously in a different world. He felt like his hand would melt and sink into the softness of her boobs. He also took the time to admire her very light brown skin with all the cute little brown dots on her nose and then his gaze fell to her lips, her moist pink lips. He felt the urge to seize those lips now.

"See we're not so different after all" He heard her whisper while laughing cheerfully.

Subconsciously he joined her and started to chuckle for the first time in a long time. She was delighted when she saw him laughing, it didn't suit his nature, but it made he look even more breathtaking than he already was. She hurt her to think that he won't live long enough for them to become real friends.

Their laughing and chuckling had died down, they were both staring at each other afraid to break eye contact. It was turning into one of those awkward moments, when two little inexperienced teens are about to have their first kiss.

Selena's eyes had lowered to Hugh's supple lips and she unknowingly came closer to him. His breathing was already hoarse and he made sure to take heavy gulps every second.

She parted her soft lips slowly and leaned in for a kiss. Hugh gulped hard and brought his lips closer, their noses slightly touching and their breathing was clasping unto each other's faces.

Selena let out a silent moan and proceeded to meet with his lips..but was interrupted when her phone rang. Hugh withdrew immediately and so did she.

"I...ugh...got to take this call is my..um"

"Sure...sure" Hugh rubbed his tiny hair awkwardly.

She gently walked out while answering the call and he quietly followed her from behind. As soon as they reach the door, she gently put the phone her bag and turned to face with him.

"So I'll see you in school" she mumbled with an awkward smile, while shyly twirling her hair.

"Yeah...yeah you will" Hugh replied nervously.

"Alright great, bye" she said while waving awkwardly.

"Wait...!" Hugh suddenly called out.

"Huh?"

"I want you to have this" he handed her a pendant.

The pendant was like a coin with a bold star shape craved on it, with little runic symbols

surrounding it.

"My dad gave it to my mum, said it was going to protect her" Hugh said with a sad smile.

"It must be very precious to you"

"It is...that's why I want you to have it." He said earnestly.

She was utterly speechless and didn't know how to react to his mesmerizing words.

"Thanks Hugh, that's very nice of you" she said with a bright smile as she took the pendant and quickly put it on.

"How do I look?" She teasingly asked while shamelessly twirling around.

Hugh stared dreamily at her, he was almost hypnotized by her curvaceous body.

It seemed like he wanted to say something else but then he simply nodded gesturing to her that it was okay.

Selena flashed him a warm smile and gently walked away with the smile still evident on her face.