You Scared Me

"Ayden," Kiara helplessly murmured, her whisper audible to only her own self. She could not quite figure out what hurt her the most. His anguish or her indifference to his anguish! Furiously upset with herself, she stood still.

His revelation was unexpectedly smooth but the emotions involved were as rough as they could get. Ayden had not planned to let her know at all.

She covered the distance between them with her heavy feet, her heart anxiously pounding against her chest. "I am sorry, Ayden." That was all that she could bring herself to say.

"What are you saying sorry for?" Ayden turned to her, slightly taken aback as her head hung down in front of him.