CH: 25 BACK TO NORMAL

We finished our dinner like usual, but the thing which was unusual in that it was very quiet. No one was ready to speak a single word, I was hoping that he would say something, but he didn't even look at me during the whole dinner. It was so awkward on the dining table, we both didn't want to speak, I believed that maybe just like me he also wanted that the opposite one start the conversation first, but I wasn't able to encourage myself to speak even a single word. Just like him I was also looking at my food only.

After our extra awkward dinner we directly went to the bed to sleep, the silence between us was bothering me and irritating me too. I didn't want this awkwardness to continue but I couldn't do anything. I was the one who created this situation and now I'm the only one who is regretting. Thinking about this I felt feeling lonely again, I used to be once when he wasn't here with me in this house. The only thing that was different this time was that he was here with me physically but not mentally. It was really heartbreaking for me. I closed my eyes in the hope that it will turn into a dream even though I knew it wasn't one. I eventually fell asleep and relaxed in the warmth of the bed.

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In the morning I woke up, a bit late it was around 8:30 am and the first thing I noticed that Jacob wasn't by my side, he was already awake and went somewhere. I sighed and got up from my cozy bed and headed to the washroom to wash my face and to brush my teeth. I felt a bit fresh after that, and decided to go on a jog. I changed into my jogging pants and a casual t-shirt; I picked up my earphones and my mobile phone. I looked for Jacob in the kitchen too but he wasn't there also. I didn't search for him any further and headed towards the park for jogging.

The weather outside was quite good. The air was quite fresh with the smell of strawberries and peaches, even though there were some unwanted noises of horns of the vehicles but it didn't bother me after I plugged my earphones to hear some music. I got so immense in the music that I forgot everything at that moment about what happened yesterday and relaxed myself. I was filling the fresh air inside my lungs and was feeling so light and calm.

I already finished 8 laps of the park and stopped near a tree to take a break, when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I startled and turned back to see who it was. And he was none other than Jacob, I spoke in a terrified voice, "HYUNG?" he looked at me and gave me a bright smile, which automatically generated on my face too. He said, "What are you doing here, running like this? You aren't fully recovered yet and you are running. till yesterday you were not able to walk properly and now you are jogging. "And his expression turned into a bit serious one.

"I'm okay now hyung, I am able to walk now and I came to jog because I wanted to inhale some fresh air as my head was feeling quite heavy" I replied as the smile didn't disappear from my face because he was finally talking to me directly and was smiling at me too.

He put his hand on my head and ruffled my hair a bit and said, "Your head will for sure feel heavy boy. You are injured and have stitches on your head too". I fell into his touch as I wanted it so badly to caress my head again and again. I giggled, and he caressed my head and again said, "stop your jogging now, let's go to home I will make the breakfast."

"But where were you hyung in this morning?" I spoke giving him a questioning look. He held my hand intertwining our fingers and started walking and said, "I was on the roof. I also wanted some fresh air just like you." I nodded my head and said "oh!" and we headed towards our house. On our way back I was just staring at our fingers which were tangled into each other's.

I didn't even realized when Jacob became so important in my life that his presence, his words, his actions, his everything started being important in my life, he was becoming a special one in my life whom I wanted to stay by my side no matter what, whether I'm wrong or right I wanted to make him correct me for my every fault and praise me for my every good work. But every time I thought about this practically, it is impossible for him to stay by my side for a long period of time. He will leave me one day, after knowing the feeling I had for him, maybe he will find a new apartment to live and will leave my house, and that was the only thing which was bothering me to accept the things I had in my mind.

We reached to our home and after Jacob unlocked the gate we went inside still holding our hands together, I gaze didn't shifted from our hands for a bit and that's when Jacob saw it and shook off his hand gently and said "go take a shower I will make the breakfast. Okay!" I nodded my head and went for a bath. I was so relieved that everything was back to normal between us after everything happened yesterday, but I was still unsure that why he suddenly stopped talking to me yesterday while he said that it wasn't my fault and what happened today that he was back to normal.

I quickly finished my bath and changed into my work clothes and went to the dining table I saw that the food was ready and he was sitting on the dining table scrolling down on his phone. I sat on one of the stool and after Jacob saw me he left his phone aside and said, "Will you go to work today also?" and analyzed my clothes. I nodded my head and said, "I'm feeling better now, so I decided to go to work, and I already took a leave for one week if I'll take any more leave I won't be paid" and giggled a bit at my last words and looked at Jacob he smiled towards me and went quiet for a while as if he was thinking something, and after a break, he said, "you can go to work but there is one condition" I raise my eyebrows after hearing that, and he continued, "I will drop you and pick you up."

"But..." before I could speak anything he cut off my word and spoke, "it is an order mason not a question." He said in a serious tone that created a shiver in my spine I nodded my head and started eating my food. He caressed my head and said, "Good boy." And that made my face turn red as that statement made me blush. I didn't lift my head and said, "Thanks." And he laughed listening to my reply. I still didn't look upwards and said, "Hyung can I ask you one thing?"

"Mmhmm" he said and I took a deep breath and built my courage to spill words out of my mouth, "what happened to you yesterday? Why you suddenly behaved like that and didn't talk to me?" I finally spoke. He looked at me said "Nothing... some old wounds got scratched yesterday."

"Because of me?" I spoke in a gentle yet questionable voice.

"No Mason they just suddenly came into my mind when I was talking to you. It has nothing to with you." He reassured me and I felt a bit relaxed. But I still had some doubts because I didn't fully believe it.

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