Chapter 33- Hurts

"Huh?"

"I said, hold me!"

"Um.. Nuo.. you.."

"I'm feeling very bad right now so I want you to hold me!"

Sniff

"Even you don't want me anymore! You won't even give me a hug! You're all so mean to me! If a girl is crying you don't leave her crying like this! You just stood there for half an hour and didn't even tried comforting me for one bit!"

"Oh, oh!!! You mean hug you. I thought you meant a different.. uhh.. never mind. Come here, I'll comfort you."

"No! Hmph! Forget it, I won't force you if you didn't want to. I'm all stinky and dirty."

"No, no, I always want to hug you!"

"Liar!"

"My dear sweet princess, come here."

"No!"

He scratched his head and walked closer to her. When he moved a step closer, she steps two steps backward. Her back hit the stone wall gently, "Ah!"

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

"hmph!" she looked away and wiped off some tear stains. He sighed and wrapped an arm around her waist, and the other arm patted her head gently. "There, there. I'm sorry that I was slow and didn't catch on. I saw you crying for the first time and didn't know what happened. What if you were hurt and in pain? Where should I touch you then? My precious lord, spare me and let me serve you tonight however you wish."

"Hei, I am hurt.."

He immediately loosened his arm around her, "Where?"

She frowned and pointed towards are chest, "Here. It hurts a lot. So much that I can't breathe." Her voice trembled as her tears rolled down her face.

"Ahhh!!! Don't cry, don't cry. Crying is bad for girls! Um um, shit, uhh, here. How about I treat you to a month's worth of lobster? king crab?"

At the end, he gave up and comforted her in his embrace. "Nuo, I don't know what happened to you today, but let me know if you ever need my help. No, even if you don't need my help, let me know about things that are bothering you. I might not be able to help you with whatever that is stressing you out, but it is always better to have someone listening to your worries. I'll always be ready to listen okay?"

"Hei..."

"Hmmm?"

"Thank you."

"Heh, I've said it before already. Between us, there is no need for formal talk. It's getting late, shall we go back to the house?"

"Mmm... but you need to carry me to my room."

"Sure, sure, whatever you say, princess. I'll pamper you all you want tonight." Huan Hei carried her in princess style back to her room. When they turned the corner of the hallway, Qi Yang was waiting outside of Ya Nuo's room.

"Yo, it's so late already and you two love birds have to make people puke rainbows from your lovey dovey act? Give my eyes some mercy will you?"

"It's not what it looks like."

"Hei, put me down. I'm fine now."

When her feet touched the ground, her legs felt extreme muscle tension. "Ow..." she whined.

"Where does it hurt?!" Huan Hei and Qi Yang helped her stand after seeing her wobbly legs.

"You guys want my honest answer?"

"Does it sound like I'm joking with you? Tell me, where does it hurt?"

"Everywhere."

"Go inside your room, we'll take a look at your condition after we settle you down somewhere comfortable."

Huan Hei placed her on the couch and examined her legs. When Huan Hei and Qi Yang touched her legs, she felt immense pain. "Ah!!"

Qi Yang: "Nuo, I'm already touching your legs with the least strength. If it hurts like this, we should go to the hospital."

Huan Hei: "Nuo, Qi Yang is right. You've had plentiful bruises before and you never trembled like this."

"I.. I only overused my legs today so this is muscle soreness."

Qi Yang: "Were you bullied or running away from someone?"

Ya Nuo lowered her head and a few drips of tears left trails on her face.

Huan Hei rubbed his temple, "Dude, I literally finally got his tears to stop outside the house."

Qi Yang nervously patted her shoulders, "Nuo, don't cry. You know I won't let anyone hurt you. If someone dares to bully you, I'll bully them back until you're satisfied okay?"

After hearing his words, not only did her tear drops increase in size and rolled down faster, she had hiccups.

"Ah shit! I'm sorry, sorry! I won't ask anymore okay? So stop crying, please. If grandpa comes by and see this, he will kill me a thousand times and throw me in the ocean. Nuo... you.."

Qi Yang suddenly grabbed her wrist and roughly brushed her hair aside.

"W..what are you doing to me?!! Let me go!! It hurts!!"

"Senior Qi Yang, let Nuo go!" Huan Hei tried to interrupt but was kicked away.

After brushing her hair aside and making her stay still, Qi Yang's attitude changed. He whispered, "Sorry. I have something to do. Rest for tonight" and walked out of the room.

"Nuo, are you alright? Let me see your wrist."

"My arm hurts!"

"I don't know what's gotten into him just now. Here, I'll rub it for you."

"Hei... I want to take a bath and then rest."

"I'll go fill the tub with water."

She nodded and wiped the rest of her tears away. 'For some reason I couldn't cry when I was alone, but once I saw Hei, all my sadness exploded in front of him. He must have thought that I was weird...wait... how could he be so natural around me when I'm dressed as a girl? Shouldn't he be shocked that I'm like this?? Hmm...'

5 minutes later

"Nuo, the water is good for a bath now. Enjoy your bath and rest well after that okay?"

"Hei.. do you..."

"Hmm? Do I what?"

"Do you..nothing..never mind."

"Oh.. well if there's anything you ever want to know or need then just ask."

Before Huan Hei exited her room she hugged his arm, "Hei, can you stay with me tonight?"