C2 YOU CHANGED

CHAPTER 2 YOU CHANGED

IT’S HIM!

There's no mistaking here, this familiar scent, the sweet and minty aftertaste of his lips, the familiar warm embrace, and the usual rapid heartbeat. It’s really him.

Elijah’s head was in a deep turmoil, his eyes open widely and the purple pair of orbs looking back at him in cold but affectionate eyes, the worry was as visible as the sunlight and his strong hands held his waist and checked his body very carefully.

It was then that Elijah realized their position when the people around them squealed in both delight and surprise.

“Fuck” he cursed under his breath and it just got to him that he fell straight to the floor, the man caught him and was the one who hit the floor instead and protected him, and they freaking KISSED!!! In the public!! Him on top of the man while he nestled in his arms romantically while their lips stayed still for a damn long time.

“O my gosh! I got that on my live stream!” one of the fans at the side exclaimed while waving her hands holding her phone with the camera directed at them.

Elijah immediately gathered himself and stood from the ground. Just when he was about to turn and leave the man, he saw how his face winced in pain and the slightly pale lips alarmed him.

“A-are you alright?” rushing to his side, Elijah helped him up and subconsciously wrapped his arm around his hips to assist him as he stood and walked to the infirmary. The security offered help but since it was his fault that he was injured, Elijah took it up to himself to help him.

“Why would you risk yourself to catch me when you clearly can’t be there whenever I fall,” he mumbled to himself but the man still heard him, the small smile on his pale and thin lips stayed for a few seconds then he shrugged his shoulders while his purple eyes remained on Elijah’s body for a very long time.

“Are you just going to stare at me? Why don’t you strip your clothes so I can assess your injury?” He exclaimed while raising his brows at the man.

‘It’s been a while, Eli” his deep baritone voice was still as cold, nonchalant, and yet affectionate as ever. The familiar tone and the soothing feeling it gives him shook Elijah’s heart that he felt like he was about to suffocate anytime soon.

“Quit acting so close and do as I say, or I will leave your fucking ass here.” The man lying on the infirmary bed bit his lower lip as if hurt by his detached attitude and helplessly obeyed. His eyes seemed so lost and yet he understood where Elijah was coming from.

“You changed,” he uttered as if it was the most obvious thing.

Elijah rolled his eyes and crossed his arms to his chest, he wanted to smack him in the head but remembering that he was injured because of him, he decided not to.

“What do you expect? I would retain as the gullible, idiotic, rainbows and butterfly bastard forever? Change is the only thing that is constant Mr. Yaeger.” Elijah winced at the sight of the bruise forming at the man’s side and back while he tried to stop himself from reaching his fingers and touching them, the same daisy tattoo was still there imprinted at his sides, the one that he also has.

“Mr. Yaeger? Don’t act so distant with me Eli. At least offer me the respect that I deserve, it was you who-”

“If you continue your words I will take it as though you need no help with your injury.” silence wrapped the room and the sai Mr. Yaeger shut his eyes as if trying to control his emotions, the fire in his heart was burning him, creating more invisible wounds that he felt like he had to extinguish. And the only person who could put out his fire and heal his burns was the man before him who treated him like that of a stranger.

“Ion, just call me Ion, please. At least give that to me, Eli- Elijah.” Elijah finally lifted his eyes and met the purple ones of the man before him.

Thousands of words were left unsaid and just with that, Elijah was frightened.

“Mr. Yaeger, since it was all an accident, I will pay for your injury and have it like that, I will send my assistant to assist you, then, I have to leave.” Elijah turned his back at him and walked to the infirmary’s door, stopping for a few seconds wanting to say something. “Let this, let this be the last time we meet each other, Mr, Yaeger. Well then. Thank you for saving me, I have to go.”

Elijah could swear that the moment their eyes met, the once expressive and soft eyes turned cold, enough to make him shiver and leave in a hurry.

He could not bear to see the man who wrecked his heart to pieces and have him act so friendly and intimate with him. It was unbearable.

The painful sting and the unforgettable memories downed on him as he walked towards the meeting place he was planning to go to earlier.

‘I’m sorry, Eli, please let me explain’

‘Eli, I tried to stop’

‘Eli, please! Just listen to me!’

‘Eli!’

‘Eli!’

“Director Elijah? Director? Sir? Elijah?” Elijah flinched in surprise as his eyes met the face of his friend who was looking at him with his brows forming a thin line in confusion.

“Ahh? What?” Realizing he was spacing out, he could only stupidly ask what the man wanted from him.

“We have been calling you for the past few minutes and you were just there staring at the cup of tea in front of you, did the fall shake your head pretty badly? Or was it the kis-” Elijah glared at his friend, his eyes were like daggers shooting at him and making him shut his mouth desperately before angering him?

“I am okay, please continue. I am just tired from the trip.”

“Well, if you insist.”

Elijah snapped out of his consciousness and pushed the unwanted thoughts at the back of his mind. As of now, he knew he had to focus on his work before him and stop thinking about Ion Yaeger for once.

TBC

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