27. Each Other's Last Thought

AUTHOR POV

Mark entered the guest room full flushed and his face all red, locking the door behind him. Lifting his hand, he closed his face with his palms and stepped inside the restroom. Looking at his reflection in the mirror after removing his hands from his face, he turned the tap on and took a handful of water. Splashing the water on his face, he shook his head in disappointment.

"Are you an idiot? Why did you talk to her in authoritic tone? Is she your employee? Then why the fuck does she have to listen to your command? You're a disappointment to my love. How do I deal with you?" He cursed himself for being so dumb and acting all idiotic. Mark sighed in frustration remembering his words again and again.

" Ha! Make something for us? Why the hell would she? You're starving? No you're not the one that's starving. Its me. I am starving love you fool!" He closed his eyes trying to calm his nerves. After a minutes of staring at his own reflection, he got out of the washroom and flopped on the bed when he heard door knocking.

Mark walked towards the door calmly thinking that it would be Felix and twisted the doorknob pulling it open. Rose stood with her head held high enough that she gazed directly into Mark's eyes. She opened her mouth to speak but before that, Mark spoke in full speed making her unable to process what he said.

" I am sorry. I lied about starving. I am good you can take your time to cook anything you choose" She couldn't understand what he said at first but slowly swapped the puzzle pieces and said "I ready cooked food before going out. The food is ready". She then walked away from him towards Felix's room to call him for dinner too.

Mark just blinked because of the second time embarassing himself and walked down the stairs in silence. Meanwhile, inside Felix's room, A man who seemed like a devil in the looks, is smiling like an idiot thinking about all the incidents happened on that day.

FELIX POV

I slumped on the soft fabric of my bed as my thoughts drifted to her face. After suffering in loneliness for too long, I finally get to be so close to her that too on a Ferris wheel. I felt like I was on top of the world when I am saying they I love her. Not because of the ride but the feeling inside my stomach. I felt a ton of butterflies roaming inside my mind. My breath coming out unevenly, heart beat rising to maximum levels, my whole body turning cold. It is a beautiful feeling. I can't even find my words to describe the sensation I felt inside my stomach when I looked into her eyes.

Those eyes are so captivating yet so cautious. Her eyes tell a different story of themselves. Her lips not able to form a smile tell a different story. I have to find what happened. If only I had found her earlier, maybe I might be able to fix her broken heart. But it's too late now. I will even give her my heart if I am not able to mend her's together back again. I close my eyes and let this wonderful feeling creep into my heart and mind, engraving her scent in my lungs.

I was finally able to close my eyes in peace after so long without any medication, when I heard a soft knock on the door. Getting on my feet I walk towards the door to open it and I heard footsteps of someone running away. I stopped in midway as I immediately guessed who that was. Rose. Yeah...she is afraid of me. Infact terrified. She once saw me killing a man in the basement while drinking wine. She thought that I was drinking his blood. Rumor has it that I drink human blood to keep myself young without aging.

I don't blame the person who started this because I would think the same if I see a person being the same age since thirty years. All the children I used to scare away not letting them enter inside when I first came to this ancestral mansion have their own children now. All the people on this locality think that I am a kind of devil. Only a quarter of them saw me and noticed that I am not aging. Rest of all just think that a guy used to live here but he died and gave the mansion to his son, who is now living here alone.

The mythology stories tell that there used to be angels and guardians living in harmony in the north park of the world. And at the Southern pits of world, lived the dark creatures. People call them with different names. Ghosts, spirits, devils, afterlives, hell people, angelhaters and many other silly designations. But what used to live are demons and guardians of death, Satans. The upper part of the world is said to be the haven of Love. Flowers, trees, plants, sun and the moon. People think that these are enough to have a beautiful life. It had everything one can wish for. The gaurdians are sworn angels who are deemed to protect the angels and gatekeeping between the three realms. The Heaven, The Kingdoms and The Hellheim.

Heaven is the top of the world while The seven kingdoms stayed in the middle giving home to humans, trading food and other casualties between heaven and Hellheim. Angels and demons existed in harmony. They shook hands on the outside but swore to kill each other in their mind. They smiled throughout the conversation but they cursed each other immediately they turn their backs to leave. Peace is kept just for the sake of their realms. The guardians who were controlling all the timelines and harmony , instilling peace all over the world, feared for the day which is mentioned in a prophecy. Many striked off the prophecy as just an aimless story claimed by a witch on the brink of death.

My eyes turn a dark shade of green remembering all those painful days. The smile on my lips fading slowly as the scenes from that day played in my mind. My body started to react to the bitter feeling when I heard the soft knock again. I inched closer to the door rubbing my face with the palm of my right hand twisting the door knob with my left. Mark stood outside the door with a meaningful look on his face.

"Dinner is ready sir"

"Did you remember that I am your boss now?" I raised my eyebrow in sarcasm. He seemed embarassed because his face is slightly flushing.

"Please just forget whatever happened earlier sir"

"I prefer that too. I can't believe I argued like a child with you over a simple matter"

" Proposing is not a simple matter sir!"

" Do you want to start this war again?"

" No!!.... No I don't...um..let's go downstairs sir. The food is ready"

I smirked as I stepped out of the room closing the door after me. We walked down the stairs towards the dining hall to finish our dinner. I noticed a small figure breathing profusely from behind the kitchen wall. Some people never change their mindset. Letting their fears consume them not even trying to find what's the truth.

Mark dragged a chair for him to sit and eat while I got one for myself. We both finished our lunch in silence. All these years, we ate our food in silence. But that was a comfortable silence. What we are under now is an awkward silence. Not for me. But him. Mark is eating his food without even making a single sound. The deafening silence is eating him up. While I am comfortable with it.

The steam from freshly baked momos is dispersed around the room spreading the pleasant smell of cooked meat in the dining room. I ate everything from my plate and stood up from the chair to leave. Mark who didn't finish his food yet, panicked at the sight of me leaving. He gobbled up all the remaining food in his mouth and stood behind me with his mouth full of meat and vegetables.

"I am not that indisciplined mister Mark. I won't eat food from others plate. You don't need to stuff your mouth like that"

Mark struggled to gulp all that but he did anyways. I am quite confused by his actions. One moment, he is rooted to ground staring at his crush but the next moment, he is afraid to be in a room alone with her. What the fuck does he think? I rub off the thoughts and started walking away from the dining table. He followed me closely not before grabbing a glass of water. " Atleast drink the water here itself mark. What's wrong with you? " I blurted out in frustration. Acting all shy and hesitant doesn't get you anywhere. I drag my feet around the hall climbing up the stairs towards my bedroom. Mark followed me to the first floor making the situation awkward.

Twisting the door knob with my right hand, I stop in midway to open the door and turn my face around to face him. He is standing next to me like a lost puppy.

"I am going inside my room" I find myself saying this to him while twisting the knob slowly. He just nodded and turned around to leave to his room.

"You really should consider confessing your feelings to her. Being quite and silent doesn't help you" I advise him before opening the door and entering inside closing it behind me. I stay near the door to hear what he's doing. My demonic senses are sharp as always. I heard him mumble to himself.

"All I know is work and just living. How do I even tell her? If only I am asking bold as you ". He sighed and stepped into the guest he sleeps when he is staying with me and closed the door slowly. I smirk as I walk to the bed and lay on the bed resting my back on the soft mattress. I take a glance at the clock which reads 10: 56 pm and couldn't help but wonder what she is doing right now. A small smile crawl to my lips before my eyes get heavy. I involuntary closed my eyes as my body is giving up due to tiredness. I haven't been outside for so long before. I felt my eyes get drowsy as sleep consumed me dragging me into an endless chain of dreams.

AUTHOR POV

Sendui street

At 9:05 pm

After mark dropped Lyra and leo at their house, Leo dragged his feet in the hallway slumping towards his room. He walked slowly inside the house with Lyra closing the maindoor behind her. He yawned on his way to the bedroom. Leo raised his hand and placed it on the door knob with his eyes closed. His sleepy mind playing tricks on him as he missed to hold the knob. Opening his eyes groaning in frustration, he opened the door and entered inside.

Sleep took control of his body as the after effect of a panic attack. His body decided to shutdown soon enough to save itself from getting hurt from the panic attack. Lyra held the dragon plushie by it's neck and dragged it to the couch. She dropped the huge soft stuffed toy on the couch and flopped beside it. Sighing her tiredness away, she stood up from her seat and walked towards where Leo is sleeping.

Lyra entered inside Leo's room and saw him already asleep. She got near the bed, sat on the edge near him and tried to wake him up as he didn't eat anything. "Bubs! Wake up! You are yet to eat dinner "

"Vivi! I don't want to eat anything now. I feel nauseous" Leo spoke in a slur not even opening his eyes. " Will you wake me up if you feel hungry?"

"Mmm. Good night Vivi" Leo nodded softly as he drifted into sleep once again. Lyra kept watching his sleeping face for a few seconds and stood up from the bed. Her eyes never leaving his face. She broke the gaze as she started walking out of the room. Switching the AC on, she closed the door after her silently.

She ate the remaining sandwiches very slowly as she kept thinking about the mission they have to start from the day after tomorrow. She ate two sandwiches for almost two hours. Taking a small bite for every ten twenty minutes. She is so deep in her thoughts that she didn't notice that it's almost fourtyfive minutes past 10. She stuffed the remaining one sandwich in her mouth as it's too late at night. She have to swallow the sleeping pills to treat her restlessness. Afraid that she might sleep too long in the morning, she finished eating and gobbled up mouthful of water with the sleep meds.

Lyra entered inside her room and layed down on her bed resting on her back after locking all the main doors and switching off the lights. For a second. Just for a second her thoughts directed to what Felix said on the Ferris wheel before sleeping pills and tiredness started working together and her eyes closed in heavy sleep.

Both of them slept soundly after thinking about each other, being each other's last thought while the time and destiny swallowed them, dragging them into a deep sleep.