the scarlet painting

𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜

The next day was filled with regret from what happened yesterday, but I couldn't focus on that right now because I felt like death my body felt like it was on fire I had a headache from hell, my throat felt like it's never received any water ever it was so dry . my parents had gone to go get me some medication they also took Aires, they thought I would best since all he did was annoy me by telling me how if you can't handle your alcohol don't do it and more so to get me some quiet my parents took him. My phone was littered with text messages and missed calls I didn't bother looking at them to save my self from all the embarrassment.

I had gone down to go get water from the kitchen, I felt terribly weak I had been holding tightly on the reels help me support myself and keep myself from falling down I got close to the sink and grabbed a glass to get some water.

A huge headache hit me at once, everything became blurred and specks of white had invaded my vision, my body began to feel too heavy for my legs to carry and slowly everything went black.

I had felt something wet and warm on my forehead I had also noticed I was in my bed I slowly reached up to my forehead and picked up what the wet and warm thing on my forehead was it was a cloth with curiosity I started scanning my surroundings I had definitely changed locations from the kitchen to my room there was a small bucket that laid at my bedstand table that's probably why the cloth was warm. I started rising u but winced at the pain by my lower back I tried rubbing the spot but there was already a pain relief patch "what .. how did that happen"

"Hey, don't try sitting up you'll only hurt yourself more"

"Reed?" and sure, enough he had come from downstairs and now sat next to me.

"When did you get here, how did you get here and why are you here?"

"geez an  interrogation  when you just woke up how about a thank you"

" oh I am sorry thanks" then I realized just how utterly disgusting I must look with that realization I tried sliding deeper into my covers

"look I don't care how you look Leo so don't try that shy crap ok" it always amazed me at how Reed knew when I felt a certain way or did a certain thing he knew what it meant .

" also try locking your doors Leo what the hell if you're wondering how I entered the house".

I thought you would be super sick from how you handled yourself yesterday so I came to make sure you're ok... I also needed to talk to you"

his face was unreadable

"you know you didn't have to worry"

" yeah you passed out in the middle of your kitchen surrounded by broken glass shards and water are defiantly not a sign to worry Leo."

his sentence dripped with sarcasm the silence was filled with the ringing of my phone I tried reaching for it but Reed reached for it first he scanned the name and his facial expression shifted into scowl he quickly handed me the phone and left with the mini bucket of water and cloth downstairs. in bold letters stood Chase on my phone I decided to answer I had ignored his calls way too many times and at this point, I knew he wouldn't give up until he talked to me

"hello"

"finally now you answer my calls look we..ne-e"

"Chase what happened I regret every bit of that I am so sorry I am a mess and shouldn't have done what I did'.

"are you serious ... Leo what game are we playing here all I know is that I think I have feelings for you Leo no matter how much I try to suppress them..i "

"chase you have a girlfriend which... I might have messed things up with this is all so messed up"

"yeah well .. hasn't it always been like that"

"chase..."'

He hung up the phone was I terrible person it felt like it

I didn't mean to start this mess really or did I selfishly want to start this whole thing

Ugg I let out a huge sign laying down again facing my stars Reed appeared again

"done with your conversation?"

"you knew very well I was finished with my conversation." Reed seemed to raise his eyebrow he must have picked up the hint of irritation that had been in that statement

" I don't understand why you're irritated at me Leo"

"like you didn't know what you were doing yesterday?"

I didn't know just how loud my voice had been

Reed smirked a little "oh yeah that's funny since you know you move away for months come back get wasted and end up making out with chase and your mad"

"omg Reed I am sorry how would you react if someone told you they basically have  been watching you all your life then oh yeah they're people want you dead"

"oh please you make sound like some stalker and we could have figured it out together instead of you leaving out of nowhere" his voice seemed to have matched mine now

We were now both facing each other, rage, rage had filled the room and a whole lot of tension

"look that girl you saw made out with me I never did anything"

"right so you couldn't have pushed her off right"

"Why the hell are you like this"

Why was I being like this it's not like we were some couple so why the hell were we acting like one.

Defeated I sighed

" Reed I am done whatever the hell this is has to stop" I had turned towards the door but was stopped by Reed grabbed my wrist turning me to face him, he slowly walked towards me cornering me by my bed.

he took another step and so did I till I had fallen

down on my bed he was now right above me hovering " Leo ... you can't be done because our chapter hasn't even started don't you think that unfair that our chapter hasn't even started but you want to end it, I mean you d know there are two people in a relationship lioney" he smirked at the nickname he had then fallen next to me. I had turned around now facing him and so did he

When did his eyelashes become so long?, where there always dimples sitting by his cheeks .why didn't I notice how just beautiful his eyes where they were purple mixed with a little green and slight blue. did he have little freckles around his checks and nose they were so faint, his lips were they this red they were scarlet in colour like he had painted them but they were natural

"are you staring at me ?"

He asked his voice lit up the silence it had a bit of tease on there

I kept quiet only meeting his eyes

And his eyes with mine after a long pause our lips had met it was magical almost too perfect it was long, fever vent almost like we didn't know just how much we needed it till this moment it was urgent as well it felt as if we were to let go we would be starving ourselves from the bliss that was the kiss there was no word to describe how it felt in this moment

It just felt perfect in the midst of chaos that was my life right now.