14 The Past

As we walked up to the room I couldn't help but focus on how warm and soft his hands were. For a guy I didn't expect them to be this soft. I was staring at our hands clasped together the whole time when he suddenly let go. I was still looking down when he did that and watched as he turned around. He faced me and I could tell he had a bit of a worried look on his face.

"Are you ok?" He asked. I finally looked up to him and met his eyes. And I smiled. Because I knew I was safe with him.

"Yes. At least, I am now."

He walked over to the desk and mirror and picked up one of the quills and studied it as if trying to remember something. He seemed lost in thought and I couldn't help but wonder what was going through his head.

"What about you. Are you ok Erevan?"

He set down the quill and sighed.

"Something just doesn't feel right. I feel like I know that guy from somewhere."

I looked at him confused and took a step closer to him.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't worry about it I'm sure it was just from travelling. Just be careful around him though I got a bad feeling about him."

I nodded my head and watched as he headed to the chair in the corner in the room. It was a rocking chair. He sat in it and sighed as if he was really tired. In all honesty I was tired myself but I wanted to talk a little more.

"I-" I started but my voice got stuck in my throat. I didn't know what to talk about exactly. I remembered early today when my heart would race to the thought of him and I panicked a little.

I stood there with my mouth open like a fish. He sat there waiting for me to finish my sentence. There was just a silence between us and I couldn't tell if it was awkward or not. Embarrassed, I looked to the side and let my hair fall to cover my face. I listened to him sit up in the chair.

"The guy mentioned the towns and cities closer to the castle."

Finally I said something and I looked back at him and he had a weird expression on his face.

"I want to more about this world, if you don't mind telling me about it."

In all honesty I wanted to know more about the world but I also wanted to know more about him. Erevan gestured to the bed as if asking me to sit down. I gladly walked over and sat down on the soft bed sinking in a bit. I was excited to hear what he had to say.

"There's not much I can tell you. I've only been to the city a few times."

"Have you always lived in the dark forest?"

He paused for a second and I felt like I said something I shouldn't have.

"No. I haven't always lived in the dark forest."

"O-Oh," I said trailing off. I definitely said something I shouldn't have. I could tell he was uncomfortable. In the short time we've been together I've been able to figure some things out. I've always been good at reading people.

And if I was being honest he kind of reminded me of someone I knew back at home. I never really thought about it until today after I had that flashback. It was weird. I couldn't really remember anything from home. It was like something was preventing me from remembering something.

We were just sitting there in silence and I didn't know for how long. I wasn't really focused on that. I was trying to remember anything I could from my past.

"It's getting late. You should get some sleep."

Erevan's word's snapped me out of my trance and I felt weird.

"Sorry, what was that?"

He laughed a little as he got up from the chair.

"I said, it's getting late. You should get to some sleep."

I looked out the window that was by the bed and saw that it was dark outside. The room was just dimly lit by some candles that were around. But I wish I could figure out what time it was. There was a lot missed from back home.

Home.

What was I forgetting?

I pushed everything away and looked down at myself and what I was wearing. When I bought the dress it came with something underneath that seemed good to wear to bed and I was a little nervous to talking things off. I started taking my shoes off and as I did and watched Erevan go through some stuff he had in a bag.

Oh yeah, that's right. Where will he sleep?

I looked back at the rocking chair and scrunched up my nose. There's no way he'd sleep there. That's just too uncomfortable.

I watched him and he knew I was. He grabbed a blanket from in the bag and walked over to the chair. But before he sat down he liked at me.

"Is something wrong?" He asked while giving me a strange look. It was probably from all the staring I've done since this morning.

I opened my mouth and tried to say something but I went blank. I quickly closed my mouth and cleared my throat.

"Nothing never mind."

I pulled up the bed's blanket and went under and faced the wall away from Erevan. I listened to him walk around the room a bit before blowing out the candle making things completely dark in the room. Again, I listened to his footsteps and waited to hear the creak of the chair as he sat down.

I'm such an idiot.

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