Twilight Kiss

Melissa's pov

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" Back to the reason why I am doing all this,"  the serious tone made me divert my attention from the wine I was about to grab from the table, and look up to meet his eyes, slowly placing the wine glass down. His voice was damp and showed no emotion, I glanced at his emerald face, awaiting what he have to say, I was surprised by the expression he wore on his face now, the smiling face that was previously making jest of me as faded away entirely, he doesn't look sad or happy either, at least I find it hard to predict that with his face that was unreadable. 

I sank back into the couch, my back resting on the back rest in anticipation for his words, his eyes are on me, neither do I bothered taking my eyes off his face this time

I breathe in, trying to calm down my sprinting heart, my mind won't stop giving me different assumptions about what he wanted to say, still, I tried to stay calm, my hands trembling under the table cover, I twisted my fingers into each other, crossing my legs at the same time. But instead of saying anything, he just continued starting for what looks like an eternity, like he was just thinking about where to start from.

I shimmered.

" Never mind, let's talk about this after we are done eating" his damp voice came when I was about to break the long stare.

" Really, why bring this up when you know you're not ready?!" The hysteria I was trying to hide was evidently obvious through my tone. He didn't say anything, just looked down for a few seconds before raising up his face again...

" Sorry, just think it over, it will be a bad idea if I told you this before we finished this" his eyes moving to  and fro to indicate he was referring to the food.

" Then you should have kept this to yourself, I hate being left in the dark, like you did earlier, and..." I rolled my eyes at him, and he smirked silently, but it didn't look real, to me, it seemed like he was forcing it..

" And what?" he probed.

" Being left in suspense" pronouncing the last word more loudly than the rest.

" Okay fine, I will keep that in mind, at least for next Tim....e" his eyes landed on mine as he muttered the last word, something flickered inside his eyes but before I could comprehend, he looked away. 

And everything went silent again, I watched from the corner of my eyes as he reached out for a fork, picked it and then sat back to enjoy the chicken lap that he dragged to his front earlier. 

Six grown men won't even finished all these foods that was used to decorate the table, not even in the mansion, we have never set a table before with this amount of food, staring at it already made my stomach grumble loudly, my mouth salivating as I glanced around, thinking of where to start from.I picked the red wine that I dropped earlier, my hand grabbing the wine, placed it on the cap, and then squeezed it open. ..

I poured some into the wine glass.

The only sound that occupied the entire room was coming from the cutlery Bobby was using,  hitting the ceramic to produce a faint sound, same with the glass I was holding. 

After eating silently for what seemed like a long time, I can sense that my stomach is overloaded already, I gently placed the knife and the fork down, I tore some tissue paper and cleaned my mouth with it, covering my mouth with my right palm as I yawned.

" Are you done?" 

I darted my eyes to my side, only to see he was no longer eating, but now glaring at me. I nodded, dropping the tissues into the empty plate.

"I'm very sorry for taking your time, trust me, I don't know it is going to take this long" he cooed, his voice sounds so innocently,there is no way you won't believe him even if all the words that were coming out was a plain lies.

" I would have appreciated it if you had started talking instead of apologising, besides, this is the fifth time you are doing that tonight" I tried to compose myself, not minding his helpless eyes that were all over me.

He sighed loudly, " Okay I don't know how to explain in a way that will please you" 

" Just start from anywhere, why would you want to please me?" 

Grinned, " You are funny" 

" I'm sure you knew I was leaving very soon, even though I got no chance to tell you earlier" he hesitated for some moments, while I continued looking at his moving lips. I clearly don't understand why he was sounding like he did something very bad to me just because of that, it is not like I am entitled to his explanation in the first place, so why all this? 

" Melissa, I know you must be wondering why I am doing this," I only nodded, my eyes slightly shifted away from his face, I could feel my face turning pale as he mentioned my name.

" This is because.....i will.....be leaving....tommorow" his voice broke a little as he muttered the last word, I watched as his green eyes ball slowly changed into red, it seemed like he was restraining something from coming out of his eyes. For a few seconds I don't really understand what he meant until the reality hit me, he was really leaving?/am yet to recover from that shock before telling me he would no longer be here by this time tomorrow.

" Did you really need to leave?" it doesn't sound like a question, I know that's very stupid of me to ask when I clearly knew why he was leaving, whether today or tomorrow, his current situation is inevitable. I don't know am already shedding tears until the white crystal dropped on my lap. I find it hard to explain while am feeling this way, moreover, is not like I had no idea that he was going to say this, but why did it hit different when I heard it directly from him? why am I feeling helpless like i'm about to lose another person that is very important to me? But is he really important like my subconscious mind claimed?

His cold hand that touched my damp face jolted me out of my thoughts, I just stayed still,while his hand as his palm cleaned the tears from my face, my sight was frenzy.

" Don't cry, you are adding to my misery by doing that" I heard his serene voice.

I cleared my throat.

" You should have simply said this in the mansion" I managed to mutter amidst the tears, his palm still moving around my face.

He chuckled, " I wanted to spend some time with you, even if it's just for the last time" he mouthed, his warm breath hitting my face.

I sniffed," But why me? I don't even know why I am being like this " I whimpered, the more I tried to hold back the tears, the more they fell out on their own. It seemed like I completely lost my real self, no! this us not me, get hold of yourself Melissa!

Silence creeped over us for a few seconds, my eyes was a bit cloudy so I find it hard to see his face clearly.

" Because I.. Love...You Melissa," the voice came all of a sudden, and I found myself holding my breath in the process, did I really hear him clearly, love?

" W/....hat?" I stuttered, still bewildered by the statement.

" I love you" he muttered again, and I let out the breath that i had been holding, gasping  for air.

" I don't un....." something soft pressed against my lips before I could even complete my statement.

My heart skipped more than a beat.

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