- Must be love - (Charlos)

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"𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨"

Never Mine-After Nourway

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Yesterday was crazy After coming out of that police station, we both went to our hotel, we canceled our tickets, we both have to stay in London for two weeks.

We can practice in the mornings and in the afternoons we have to go to the homeless children organization for services
Our work starts today and now He put his hand on his head and stood next to me, wearing his uniform Red t-shirt and blue jeans with institute brand I grinned
"It is fitting you leclerc"
He replied with sarcasm
" But not more than you"
I looked at him, it was obvious that he was still tired from yesterday's events
" sorry"
He turned to me in surprise

"what?"
" I'm sorry for telling you to go to the bar, I shouldn't have done that We wouldn't be stuck here for two weeks like this "

He took his eyes from mine and sewed them to his legs
"It's not your fault, you just wanted to make me feel better "
He turned to me And he playfully said " maybe it would be better if we didn't play that drinking game "
I laughed "You'r right"
Today we did a lot of work and made a lot of repairs However, I can definitely say that the hardest part for Charles was spending time with the children.

Maybe it won't take more than an hour because we are mostly called for building work
But still As if he was afraid of communicating with children He was sitting in a corner all the time and just looked at them
and did not come forward
...

Now We have been working here for almost three days now They talk to us Friendly, which of course means that we are very famous However,

until now, I have tried hard to cover the news of our work here Charles has been on his own for the past three days
And he doesn't talk much with the children until today
he entered the children's room to fix the swing I heard his loud voice,
"what happened?"
When I wanted to get up and go to him, I saw a girl who went towards him and took a handkerchief towards him.
Charles frowned at her, the pain in his hand seemed to be too much

After seeing the girl, his eyes moved between the girl and the handkerchief in surprise.
The girl said in a childish voice
"Your hand is cut, sir, you need this "

Charles said in a quiet voice, "Thank you."
I saw his little smile I went to the two of them "

"Don't tell him sir, you can call him Charles "
And I put my hand on Charles' shoulder and pulled him forward a little
" can she Charles?" The girl did not even wait for his answer she jumped up a little and then extended his hand to shake Charles's hand and introduced himself
" Lily "
Charles looked at her and her hand, then look at me I pointed to him with my eyes to shake the girl's hand
And He did that.

"Charles"
And he smiled shyly
" Very well now you two are friends"
noticed that Charles didn't want to let go of the girl's hand, as if he wanted to hold it, but in the end he let it go.

We talked a bit with Lily about her favorite games and books. She even introduced her imaginary friend to Charles. Unlike the last three days, Charles was laughing and trying to make Lily laugh too,
until all the children gathered around him and laughed at his adventures and jokes.

I looked at his face and feel he is much more beautiful with children
Maybe because he laughs Or maybe because he can be his self around them ?
I shrugged on my thoughts and rejoined them

After work, I changed my clothes and left the building with Charles In these few days, we used to walk to the hotel together And sometimes we talked
"are you hungry? "
"Very!!"
I laughed at his boyish face
"All right, little boy, let's go have dinner"
I noticed the change in his face after hearing the nickname I gave him But I did not pay attention to it
"Have you ever eaten beef wellington? "
He frowned a little
"It is familiar but no"
" Well, we can find this beauty everywhere in London"
We found a small and cozy restaurant in one of the streets It was simple and classic The good smell of food filled the whole space we ordered

We started eating together I stared at him to see his reaction to the food
He ate an armor from it and turned towards me I could see he liked it
" I told you!!" I said with a smile
"Yes, it is really delicious" I stared at him eating the food with such pleasure He noticed my stare and raised his head I wanted to look away from him but I heard his voice
"Thanks,..
For helping me connect with thhose kids ,
I don't do this often
Maybe because I never had to get close to them"

I pulled myself forward a little on the table But "now you are, they like you Charles, you are much different with them than other times"
He looked at me curiously
" Believe me, I love watching you with them"
He lowered his head to hide his little smile and continued eating
..
Today I went to clean the children's room And I found Lily crying alone
" Lily?"
" what has happened?"
" He told me not to approach him"
"who?"
"Charles"
"what?"I said in surprise
" I went to him, but he left and told me not to approach him anymore,
did i do something bad?"
I caressed her hair
"No, Lily, you didn't Maybe he was not feeling well hum? I'm going to talk to him, so don't cry then, okay?"

Angry at Charles' behavior
I went to the hall and found him alone in the theater room
"Charles? What did you say to Lily?"
He raised his head at my angry voice
" I told her not to come near me"
" and why?"
" Because I don't want to see her anymore "
I lowered my voice
" Charles, what's wrong with you?"
His eyes darkened And he said in a cold tone "You have no right to ask me this question Carlos, Remember, we are not close friends !"

With his tone and words, he hit me I stared at him in shock
And then I took a step forward and said with an emotionless tone
"I know, you don't need to remind me ؛ I knew that you never wanted to be too close to me That's why whenever I invited you or asked you to go somewhere you rejected it with various excuses، I know Charles ؛We are not close friends And you can't blame me for this ، because you didn't want to And it has nothing to do with me But you have no right to hurt that child with your words Remember this!!"
As we reached the last words, my voice got louder And with the last word, I turned my back on him and slammed the door in the room I didn't want to talk to him now

I showed myself busy all night I did not go wherever he was and in the end I returned to the hotel alone
I thought about his actions and words all night I knew he was suffering from something, but I didn't know he want my help?

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"Carlos"
Lily pulls my shirt
" Carlos, look at me"
" Don't you see Lily? My hands are very dirty and I have a lot of work Go and I'll come to you later, okay?"
" But I brought this for you"
And she showed me the paper in her hand
" What is that?"
" come and look "
I came down the stairs and took the paper from her hand And I could recognize three people in the painting, Me, Charles and Lily
" What is this?" Isaid with smile
"My favorite painting"
" Favorite?"
" Yes, because Charles wrote a letter behind the painting "
I raised my eyebrows in surprise
"Charles?"
" Yes and he said I give it to you "I turned the paper over and saw Charles' handwriting
"My dear Carlos, I know that I was a total bitch
But now came back to Lily and asked her for forgiveness. But except from Lily, there was another person I wanted to ask for forgiveness And that is you, I'm sorry for what I said yesterday, you were always my friend, and you always cared about me more than anyone else. I know we are not close friends, but we can be, right?
you invited me once to cook me a hamburger, I want to accept this invitation now
Charles Leclerc." I smiled big because of his words
I shook my head And I stared at his name , took my phone and sent him a message
"tonight It's too good to eat a burger "
"I know"
"See you"
I put the phone in my pocket and kept the painting

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