Love Grows In The Dark by Eli Lowe (ebook offline txt) 📗

voice...to feel all those tingles even if just for a while, why did he have to vanish into the thin air without any words?

Or,

Or did he try to reach me but could not?

Shit.

Why didn't I think that before?

Maybe he had to be somewhere else tonight for something more important, but he just could not tell me, because he had no means to contact me.

Yes, that might be the case, cause I never gave him anything to reach me when needed. Not even my number.

Then how could he contact? No, he just could not, even if he wants to.

But I can.

Yes, I got his number mysteriously, not long ago, as he maybe wanted to make sure that I could reach him whenever I feel like talking to him or taking another step further with him, with our not so blooming relationship.

All of a sudden I started to think differently. I started to feel that maybe there is still some hope. Maybe he didn't abandon me willingly. Maybe he had some reason which he couldn't tell. So, that means I can call anytime and ask him, only if I can gather some courage to do so.

Because as far as I remember, I could not, this morning.

Suddenly, the wind seemed to start blowing on a completely different direction, on a virgin way that was never traversed by the wind ever before. And strangely, I didn't know from where, but I got the courage to take the much-awaited step which I was always unwilling to initiate.

In an instant, even before my mind could recollect what I should do next or not, my legs started to move without much of my knowledge, as my heart was becoming more and more impatient to solve all those unsolved miseries which were embracing my life, to make my life even more miserable.

I started running, without thinking about anything else only to come out of the dark alley and to cover the whole distance from here to my home just on my feet.

Cause I needed to go home as quickly as possible.

Cause it was just the distance which I needed to cover that was left between me and my mate right this instant... I mean his number. It was at home.

And the biggest question you must be wondering how did I get my mate's number right?

Well, let me clear all this out for you.

****flashback from today morning ****

Kaith left my room but only after he was fully convinced that I was not staying back at home but going to school together with him, even when I was not at all feeling to do so.

In fact, I had no intention to move even from my bed the whole day if it was not for Kaith who never fails to be there to threaten me, in each and every way possible to keep me moving on with my forever hopeless life.

So, I had no choice.

If I really needed to go to school, I needed to prepare myself to hide once again only to go through the same tiring school hours... the same routine all over again.

In that case, I should not delay anymore then.

With that, I got up from the bed and dragged myself to the bathroom only to get out of the clothes from last night which I didn't bother to change until now, so that I could take a good and relaxing shower.

And after taking off almost every piece of clothing ever so quickly, I was about to throw them aside for washing later just when something stopped me from doing so.

A piece of paper which was peeking out of my pant's back pocket caught my attention all of a sudden.

As far as I remember, I never put anything inside my back pocket ever. So, that's why I became all curious to see, from where it came.

In no time, the piece of paper was lying on my hand and the words written on it were before my eyes. It was saying:

'To my unknown mate.'

And just below there was his number.

Mate's.

How?

I mean when?

When did he manage to put it in there, inside my pocket?

And how could I not know?

Then I remembered that it was my ass that he kept kneading last night like a pervert. So it must be then. It was indeed much easier for him to put it inside without me knowing. But surprisingly, he didn't mention anything at all about giving his number or about calling.

Did he want me to call him? Did he want to talk to me?

What should I do?

I started to become all crazy over a sudden discovery. My feelings were already unclear since last night till now and here I was holding his number and thinking if I should give him a call or not.

What if I got recognized by him?

If not, then what would we talk about?

A lot of useless thoughts kept coming in and going out of my mind in just a short while only to leave me completely motionless...only to make me terribly late for school.

So, for the time being, I kept that piece of paper aside carefully and hopped into the shower without any intention to delay further. But the cold shower water could not help me to think less as I took longer than ever to come out of the bathroom, cause my mind kept wandering aimlessly in order to find answers to all my clueless questions.

Kaith's yelling kept me moving to get ready as soon as possible but as if my mind was stuck there on the little piece of paper where my mate's number was written and waiting to get my attention for once at least.

No, I forced myself not to think anymore, while I busied myself to fetch one