I turned to face him because I don't feel safe with my back facing him, you know. It's better when I can see everything. But seeing his dark self affront is even more terrifying. My knees wanted to give up support and run away from here. But haha, that's not possible.
Looking at him, I gulped.
Oh, he's so angry…
"Why— Why are you here?" My voice ca out smaller than I expected. Like a timid cat, or a deer caught on a headlight. Both are not good. It made sound scared, which I am but we shouldn't let it show.
Lukas didn't say anything and just moved in a flash. I seriously just blinked and then he was already towering over . My body shrank in response, jolting away from his suffocating presence.
I kid you not, I could see this dark ominous aura emitting from his body. It's making the hairs on my body rise!
"Why am I here? Don't you think I should be the one asking you questions?" His gruff voice ca from above .
I refused to look up to him and nailed my eyes on his chest instead. Because even if I don't look, I'm pretty sure he is scowling at . I could feel it.
I opened my mouth to answer but Lukas was quicker and had already grabbed my jaw. He then forced to look at him and did not let go of again. He's so close I could sll him and feel the heat coming off from his body. But it's hotter in my jaw where his palms and fingers stayed.
"You better not pull the sa trick twice or you'll regret it," he sneered.
I'm in such a difficult position at the mont and I ant it literally. My lower back is pressed on the edge of the dresser behind . My arms are on both sides, serving as support so I wouldn't fall back. My legs are trapped between his, while he casually leaned over as he stared.
My heart began to thrum faster…
"I won't… I won't… So calm down, okay…" I pacified and then tried to push him away. It was futile. He wouldn't budge. Hence my hands stayed on his chest in defeat.
The light from the moon hit the side of his face and created an illusion. Now that I am forced to look at him, I am also forced to see this scene. Like an angel of death with glowing purple eyes that hypnotized people to fall to the dark side.
"I am calm…" He replied.
No, you're not.
Your whole body is taut and stiff, and your eyes look at with hostility. How are you calm?
"Okay…" I accepted it nonetheless. I don't really have any choice here.
He tilted his head slightly to the side.
"Are you going to tell the right answers now?"
My head was in a frenzy at the mont and I could not rember what I practiced for the whole day. It was jumbled. Plus him staring at so intently is making more nervous than I already am.
"It's… It's my anima."
Lukas did not react strongly so it gave the courage to continue.
"It's one of my powers- I an, part of— It's like– It's like uhh It's like a branch of my abilities…" I rambled, trying to piece my incoherent thoughts properly.
"A branch," he repeated.
He was still holding my jaw so I couldn't nod but I did agree verbally.
"Yes. I know things– unconventional things, but also not really. Uhmmm…"
What was that again? Oh gosh, why did I forget what I'm supposed to say…
Lukas narrowed his eyes when I didn't continue and started mumbling off. That simple movent scared and made raise my defense.
"It's very hard to explain, okay? I just— I just know. I don't even understand it either."
"You read minds. Is that what you want to say?" He said.
I strongly shook my head.
"No. Nope. I can't do that. I don't hear or see anything. It's my anima… It tells things. I know certain things that are fairly related to the people around because of it. A select few I'm interested in… I guess? It's in my head. My anima tells … sort of," I rambled off again.
Heck, I'm not even sure if I understood what I just said.
Lukas raised his left brow.
"So you're crazy."
"..."
How did he arrive at that conclusion?
Looking back to what I told him, it did sound ridiculous. My anima tells but I don't hear it? How would I even understand it in the first place? But it's also a good enough reason, how stupid it might have sounded.
Frustrated, I blew out air from my nostrils and rattled.
"Look, I just happened to know, okay. And it's not just you. I know so things about the others too. I an, who would tell all of that if you didn't divulge it to soone else, right?"
There was a pause between us, and it was quite long. Proving that the last sentence I said was a valid reason and proof at the sa ti. He knew that no one else knows those things except for him and had never confided it to anyone. And now I'm in the picture. I know about it despite keeping them a secret. How else would I learn about that if it didn't co from him nor to anyone else?
Checkmate, Lukas! Hah!
"Tch." I heard him click his tongue in annoyance before glaring at minus the killing intent.
At that point, I knew I had escaped from his suspicion.
"Can you let go now? And step back? You're too close for comfort…" I muttered and tried to push him away again.
Lukas remained rooted in his place and refused to budge.
"This is not yet finished."
"Oh goodness, what do you want? I already told you my side," I whined in exasperation.
What else am I supposed to tell him?
"Do you expect to believe everything? Your power? Really?" He was unrelenting and clearly nitpicking.
Annoyed, I frowned at him.
"Then tell , how can you conjure fire?"
"It's my–"
"Power," I cut off and arrogantly stared at him. "Exactly."
"..."
Lukas seed to run out of words.
"I'm not going to spill all your little secrets, alright? You can trust on that," I declared, giving him my assurance.
"I don't trust anyone," was his imdiate and tepid response.
"Even your friends?" I pointed out.
Lukas lifted his eyebrow in amusent like what I said was a big joke to him.
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