Chapter 33: Tears of love

Despite all the conflicts racing into my mind, i started to think not as her boyfriend but as a human.

Ema needed help.

She needed to be saved from that situation that literally destroyed her from the inside.

The fact that she even cut her left arm was a big alert that she was about to do something even worse than that.

In that moment , i didn't know what was the best thing to do, but i was sure that she needed to be helped in some way.

So , without thinking, i rushed to her.

When I saw the blood streaming from Ema's arm again, panic surged within me.

Without hesitation, I rushed to her side, kneeling down beside her.

My hands shook as I gently took her injured arm, examining the cuts with concern.

"We need to get you help, Ema," I said urgently, my voice filled with worry.

"Let's get you cleaned up and patched up those wounds."

Ema nodded weakly, her tears still flowing freely.

With a sense of urgency, I helped her to her feet and guided her towards the bathroom, where I began to clean her wounds as gently as I could.

Each cut felt like a dagger in my heart, a physical manifestation of the pain she had been hiding from me.

As I worked, I couldn't shake the feeling of guilt that washed over me.

But now, as I saw the raw vulnerability in her eyes, I vowed to do everything in my power to make things right.

Once I had cleaned and bandaged her wounds to the best of my ability, I wrapped my arms around Ema, holding her close as she continued to cry.

While holding her, i could feel her soft body trembling and shaking into my arms.

She was desperately clinging to me as if she wanted to be protected.

"It's okay, Ema. You're not alone anymore. I'll help you. I'll also speak with Benjiro, Suzuki and Evangeline. We'll deal with this Chiko and have a great revenge on him." I said while gently caressing her head and back.

Ema clung to me tightly, her sobs slowly subsiding as she buried her face in my chest.

In that moment, as we held each other in silence, I knew that our relationship had been tested in ways I never could have imagined.

But despite the pain and the scars, I also knew that our love was stronger than anything life could throw at us.

And together, we would overcome it all.

Ema suffered a lot from that situation and she didn't want me to suffer with her.

She has been acting jealous and possessive because she didn't want to be alone.

Ema felt like she was cheating and she was scared that i could do the same.

"I'm so sorry… Fumi. I promise to never hurt you again. I promise to never be jealous again." She said while snuggling into my chest.

Little did i knew that the situation between me and her was still far from being fixed.

This time, i helped Ema as a human act of kindness, not as the manipulated boyfriend who believed her lies.

Our relationship was about to be tested in the next days and weeks.

If she wouldn't have changed her toxic behavior despite all my help against Chiko , i promised to myself to end everything.

I couldn't live a life of hell with someone who wanted to control my life, my friends and everything i was doing.

I loved her with all my heart and soul, but despite that, i was also starting to love myself too.

The girl who is about to be my wife must be someone who completes me, someone who supports me in everything i do; not someone who even decides the people you must hang out with.

"Ema… it's okay now. I'm here with you. Stop crying now." I said with a gentle voice.

Her cry slowed down, while her head was still buried into my chest.

I felt my top pajama a little bit wet from her tears.

"Umu" she nodded.

I tried to break the hug but she refused to let me go.

Instead, her grip around me tightened by a lot.

"L-let me stay like this , please. Hold me. Say that you love me. Say that you'll never leave me. Say that you'll always protect me no matter what." She said, with a desperate tone, while still clinging tightly to me and sobbing between every words that came out from her mouth.

I kept trying to calm her down.

"Yes, Ema. I love you. I'll always protect you." I said.

"R-Really…?*sniffs*" Ema replied while sobbing.

I nodded and kept hugging her.

"And the stupid Fumihiro once again fell into her trap" a little side of me thought.

Deep down i knew that Ema was saying the truth this time, but i couldn't erase that feeling from me.

I had to put all my bad emotions aside and help my girlfriend to get out of this situation.

"Ema, let's go into your room. You need to sleep now." I said while trying to break the hug.

She nodded.

"Yes, you're right… I should rest." Ema then broke from the hug and wiped her tears away.

We then walked inside her room and then i gently helped her to get into the bed.

I wasn't acting with my usual love.

I was acting like a human was helping another one.

Ema's room was a complete mess.

Everything was not in order, with things and clothes on the floor.

Ema then went into the bed and i covered her with some blankets.

After that, i grabbed a chair next to her desk and put it near her.

After sitting on it , Ema smiled at me with a very loving expression and grabbed my hand.

She then used it to rub her cheek.

"Can you stay here until i fall asleep ?" Ema gently asked.

I smiled at her and nodded.

"Yes. I will." I said before caressing her cheek.

Ema giggled lovingly as she calmed down after what happened a while ago.

She closed her eyes and she rapidly fell asleep.

"I love you… fumi…" she mumbled before falling into a deep sleep.

She let out some little and gentle snores and she was still holding my hand next to her face.

She was smiling while sleeping, finally feeling at ease with herself.

I couldn't say the same for me.

My mind was conflicted.

I felt like i had to end everything with her but at the same time i ended up helping her again.

"But who is going to help me?" I said to myself.

One thing was clear: our relationship was about to be tested.

I promised myself to end everything if something bad would have happened, no matter what.

After 20 minutes, Ema was sleeping like a stone.

Her grip on my hand losened and i could break free.

She was still snoring softly and her sleeping face was relaxed and beautiful.

I then stood up from the chair and i started to look around the room.

The first thing i noticed was Ema's phone on her desk.

My curiosity then raised inside me and i couldn't help but grab it to see if Chiko was still bothering her.

After picking it up, I unlocked her block screen and entered inside her messages with Chiko.

The last conversation they had was yesterday.

I saw Chiko clearly harassing her , writing messages like "you're mine, leave that asshole, you're beautiful" or even "I'll make your life a nightmare if you won't break up with him".

Anger was about to rise inside me but knowing all the situation and truth prevented me to starts bursting in rage.

Ema's replies to him were cold and distant.

She was writing things like "leave me alone, please" or "don't hurt me" or "I'll call the police if this keeps going".

She was trying her best to stop him.

This should've been a proof that she's been loyal to me all this time.

I felt relieved after reading that , so i had to make her phone in standby and put it where i picked it.

I then sighed.

I was happy that Ema didn't cheat on me.

I still had a few questions to ask Ema, like how and why she had met Chiko yesterday.

And above all, there was a very important question: "If I hadn't caught them yesterday, would Ema have continued to hide the situation from me?"

At that moment, I decided to wait a few more days before asking these question , to let the situation cool down.

The relationship between Ema and me was about to be put to the test.

I didn't expect anything, but at the same time, a part of me hoped that everything would go smoothly.

In short, I have been engaged to Ema since childhood.

We have shared everything together.

Joys and sorrows, memories, first times... anything.

It would have been a shame to leave her, especially at a moment of vulnerability when she was more fragile than a thin sheet of glass.

While lost in my thoughts, I decided to go downstairs to clean up the bloodstain there.

So I went back to the bathroom to get a cloth and a bucket of water to clean everything up.

I did everything right away, and the bloodstain came off.

But there was an important thing I had forgotten.

Benjiro, Evangeline, and Suzuki.

Just as I remembered them, I heard the doorbell ring.

A shiver ran down my spine.

I approached to ask who it was.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"Open up, Fumihiro. It's me, Evangeline, and Suzuki.

"It was Benjiro's voice.

"Damn..." I thought, giving myself a little slap in the face.

I had no choice but to open the door, so I did.

I opened the door and saw my friends with a truly worried expression.

Along with them was an ambulance and their entire team.

As soon as they saw me, Suzuki covered her mouth in concern and took a few steps back, frightened.

Evangeline and Benjiro did the same."Guys? Is everything okay?" I asked, not understanding anything.

They all stayed silent for a few minutes until Suzuki spoke.

"B-B-Blood..." she said with a terrified tone.

At that moment, I realized everything.

Ema's arm was covered in blood, and she must have stained my entire pajama top while clinging to me.

"Ah," I said."I'm about to call the police," said a nurse who was present there.

They thought I had committed murder."St-Stop!!! I can explain!" I tried to say.

But nobody wanted to listen.

Instead, Benjiro rushed over me and blocked me on the ground, while Suzuki ran upstairs to check on Ema.

Luckily, after some minutes of chaos , all the misunderstanding was clear.

To be more specific , it was over when Suzuki came down and said that Ema was okay.

I said that Ema hurt herself while cooking breakfast and she was sleeping.

"Okay, boy, time to go back to hospital." Said the nurse.

"But i don't want to! I'm fine , I'm-Oh!" I was trying to break free from Benjiro's grip but he was too strong.

Then , i saw the nurse taking out a syringe and give me a shot of something.

The only thing i remember was Benjiro's worried expression and strange sounds of distorted voices.

They put me to sleep.

~~~~~Time skip of 5 hours~~~~~

I didn't remember anything that happened after that.

Once again, after some hours, i woke up in the hospital again.

My body was still feeling weak and , before opening my eyes , i touched my body, feeling that lots of cables were connected to my skin, the same cables that doctors use to control the heart rate of their patients.

"*yawn*U…uh… what happened to me?" I said after gently opening my eyes.

I was still very stunned.

Maybe because of the shot and what they injected inside my body, or maybe it was because i was still suffering from what happened to me.

I tried to stand up, but i couldn't.

I looked around the room and noticed that it was a different one.

I even noticed that the door was a security door where you couldn't escape very easily.

I then tried to move my leg but i felt a weight on it.

"Uh…?" I then took a look and saw… a girl resting her head on my bed.

She wasn't Suzuki or Evangeline… she was…

"Red hair…? Wait… is she…?"