Eight

" Did you ever lose someone close to you?" Skye asked after a while. He had been drinking his wine freely and wasn't stopping.

"Yes I have. My Dad" I hesitated to process it before I could reply.

He smirked "we seems to have a lot of things in common"

I didn't know what to say again but watched this man whom I deem as powerful break down. Sometimes I forgot he was also just a man. His face looked flushed.

"I just lost my Dad" he said again after the silence. The alcohol was making him bare his soul to me.

"I'm so sorry" I felt pity for him. I was angry with myself for being selfish with my feelings without realizing the fact that he too might have something that could be bothering him too.

I turned fully to him when he started talking again.

" He was the strongest Man I know. He didn't deserve a common disease killing him as if he was nothing. He made men shake in their boots and would kill any  man who dares mess with my family" his tone shook and I could his pain.

"I'm so sorry," I repeated. "It's gonna get better" was all that came into my mind.

It was awkward that he was baring his soul to me but I didn't know why it made me feel like I was special and it warmed my heart.

A little while later, we made it home. I was tipsy and my mind contradicted itself. But Skye mildly helped my waist. Maybe he thought that I was going to fall if he allowed me to walk alone to the car.

It was as if he didn't drink or maybe he wasn't showing it.

We drove back to his home.

"Stay here for tonight."

I had to agree with him, I didn't have the strength to go back and forth with him about where to stay. I was already used to his house and the well furnished guest room.

My breath was heavy and I was feeling hot, I needed to wash away the heat. Skye seems to have known what I needed. He held me cautiously and led me to his bathroom. I tried my best to take off my clothes and shower.

I was calm after the shower and the feeling that followed next was a kind of sweet feeling. I wore the clothes Skye prepared for me. The loose T-Shirt and sweatpants was what I needed right now.

Mr Skye came in later when I was about to settle on the bed. He used the bathroom and slid into his gray sweatpants and white t-shirt. I wondered why he looked so good. I didn't think of men as good looking.

He made for the bed too. He sat on the bed beside me and the strangest thing was I didn't feel strange. It would feel so irritating if it was Sam or any of my other male friends.

My blurring eyes felt his eyes over me, he stared at my neck the most. His eyes gave me chills and my heart tightened. I didn't want to admit to myself that it felt so good.

I felt his hand on my chest, it was mild and then it Was heavy,it slid slowly and held my neck. And he started to massage it weakly.

" You look so soft and red. You are pretty this way"  I heard him whisper. I didn't want to think too much about this. Maybe it might be normal for him but it wasn't for me.

I reached for his hand and pulled it away.

"Go back to your room" I said as if the guest room belonged to me.

" This is my room," he laughed weakly.

" Then am going back to mine" I made to stand,

"There's no need. Stay here."  he pulled me back  and I sluggishly fell on the bed. " I will go out for a cigarette" he left quickly for his balcony.

I didn't know when I dozed off.

*******

Bear's face was the first thing I saw when I woke up in the morning. He was staring curiously at me. I moved and sat on the bed rubbing my eyes. My head banged and I was nauseous.

" Where is Daddy?" I rubbed Bear's soft hair.

" He's in the kitchen"

I tried my best to stand from the bed and make it to the kitchen. And then there was Skye making breakfast in his night clothes and an apron. He looked homely. He didn't look like the powerful man that I knew from the beginning but just a normal guy. My heart melted at that.

" Hey" he greeted me when he noticed my presence. His smile was tender towards me

" I don't feel too well" I held my banging head. Skye immediately reached for a drug and handed it to me with a glass of water.

"Drink this. It might help"

I swallowed it fast hoping it would work sooner than expected.

Later, I helped dress Bear for school and had to dress myself too. I wasn't worried about me being late to Lectures but I was worried about  Bear already late to school and Skye seems not to care. I already told him to hire a nanny for him but he seems to have trust issues.

When Skye dropped me in college, I entered the Lecture room and had to apologize to my Lecturer for my lateness.

Thank God, I sighted Sam and joined his Seat.

Sam eyed me and Scribbled on a paper "Coming from Mr. Skye again?"

"Yeah" I wrote back

"What's going on between the both of you?" That was strange coming from Sam. How could he be asking me that?. That question shouldn't be brought up when there were two men involved. Two men being good friends shouldn't be asked stupid questions like that because it doesn't sit right. Or was I overthinking what he meant?

"Nothing Dumbass. We just became friends"  He actually agreed with that and stopped writing to me.

When I saw Lucy after that lecture, she was all smiles and shy. Her colorful Cardigan made her look brighter. 

" I missed you" she hugged me. She was soft and smelled of Lavender.

" Me too" I held her too.