What kind of people did I hate?, people that didn't know what they had , people that had everything and didn't know what they wanted , I hated it , so when I saw someone who was just like, who needed me as much as I needed them, I will use them as much as they use me , so...eventhough we were both different in every way , we somehow kept crossing each other's paths, from total strangers to acquaintances, strangers again,neighbours and now.....what were we?.
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It was still fresh in her mind, everything that had happened today , her mother, Daniel and Denver , it all felt too surreal , how had it come to this , Rhea stood at her door , today's event reminded her of what she had wanted to do before meeting Denver again , all she wanted that day was to end this foreboding cycle, she knew that once she opened that door and she entered ,she wasn't coming out, it will all end....if she died, but....her hands were still raised half way to the door , why was she hesitating , there was nothing more to lose, there was nobody..., the elevator door chimed open , she didn't bother to look , she already knew who it was , those slow careful steps, she had memorised it , the fruity scent she could easily tell and then he stopped at a distance away, " aren't you going inside...., you will catch a cold with your wet clothes still on .....", his voice echoed through the hallway , deep ,gentle, concerned and it made her feel like a pity case , it made her feel annoyed.
" Why did you save me ?", " because I didn't want you to die....", that simple yet obvious answer like that was the only reason , Rhea turned to look at him , he was dripping wet from head to toe and for a moment , just looking at him , she felt sorry for him, " why didn't you want me to die...., don't say something like it's because you like me ", she made sure to place that last phrase there cause that was the only thing she could think of that he could give as a reason , she was curious to know what he would say , Denver scoffed as he slowly walked up to her , his wet self leaving a trail of drips of water , " if it was anyone , I would have done the same thing...", he was now close to her , the lights above them flickered , he was being blunt , it was clear just from looking into his eyes that he was angry with her , " then if it was anyone...I should have been an exceptional...you should have just let me be killed off.....", " RHEA!", he yelled her name , no longer hiding it , and Rhea....smiled , " finally you are angry .....I have been wanting to see that look on your face directed at me , you always put on that facade infront if me, I hated it....., you follow me around like a dog who follows it's trainer, it's annoying...very annoying ", those were cruel words , now.....he would leave, " what about you?....you are like a slave who obeys it's master....tsk....", he lazily looked at Rhea who stared at him in disbelief , " that is so fucking pathetic....", never had she ever heard Denver swear before,he had always been selective with his words , always been gentle with her but.....it was as if he was a completely different person , " why?...., did you think I will just listen to whatever you will say huh....", his voice was cold , Rhea crossed her fingers, her heart thumping against her chest but when he leaned in closer that wistful glint flashed through his eyes and.....Rhea was confused.
He sighed as he relunctantly pulled away and turned his back away from her , " eventhough you want to die, please....not just infront of me...", his tone restrained, his voice shaky and full of reluctance as she watched him walk to his door and the beeps that echoed through as he punched in his passcode, she couldn't help but feel it...she felt disgusted with herself , all these while , when she came to him , when she talked to him, what was she assuming yo happen between them , he had always been direct with his feelings while she.....never reciprocated and hereshe was feeling all these emotions she didn't deserve to feel, she didn't even know what she wanted , she was never sure of it but she wanted to say something , if he left the halls , it will be quiet and his oresence will give her that will to not open that door . " I felt too confident.....I must have looked like a fool when I said all that...", she muttered squeezing her fingers onto her palm , " I wanted to run away from everything....I want to just end it all,.....when you came back to my life I despised you so much for altering everything , for understanding me, for knowing what just to say.....", " so you despised me too....hmm, how do you want me to react to this Rhea?", he was so close ro her now, his eyes still looked sad , a loud clap of thunder and the flickering lights seemed to resonate their shadowy emotions but.....it didn't matter.
Rhea turned her head away,crossing and uncrossing her fingers , she was nervous , both at their near proximity and at what she was saying out of the blue, " all my life I could tell how people felt about me , with the way they looked at me and the actions that they portrayed towards me....", she slightly looked up at Denver who looked curious as he peeked down at her , " then you showed up , everything you showed me was strange", that very moment it felt like the world could disappear at any moment, without the foreign feeling that seemed too unreal, that feeling she never understood , when has she noticed that feeling , was it after she saw him with that woman?, when he moved in or was it much longer?.
" I despised you too.....", after a while of silence he had finally spoken , this time he was gentler and calmer , he bowed his head low and sighed clearly in resignation then he scoffed, " I resented you....I wanted you to pine over me for ten years maybe even twenty years , I wanted you to miserably think about me just like I miserably thought of you....", as she listened to those long time greedy thoughts of Denver , the man she had tried so desperately to push away was still infront of her . Then she remembered the line of fate , she didn't know why she was remembering that at this moment but it made her question if everything that had happened had always been laid out by fate, she realized that.....she couldn't let him go , she couldn't imagine him with another woman , sure.....it was selfish, messed up how just a moment ago she had though of ending her life but right now, with him being here extinguished that thought entirely , she had felt so miserable when she had seen him with another woman , she couldn't imagine how he had felt in that ten years , she knew she didn't have that right , she knew this wasn't the ideal moment but...., " I like you. ...Denver", it wasn't the right time and yet she had just confessed something she had never expected from herself , she watched as his eyes softened and he looked almost flustered, " w.....wh....what did you just say?", he asked almost in a whispered voice ,almost hint of disbelief evident in his tone, " that feeling that you constantly spoke of ....I never recognized it , you liked me for ten years, I wondered how that was possible , how could you like someone for that long.....", she took a step closer to him , her defenses falling apart , and Denver just stood there , watched her, his heart was thumping fast against his chest and he was trying his best not to pull her in and embrace her , " I just realized that I have liked you for a very long time , I had been trying not to understand it but...", she looked down , the rumbling of thunder echoed through, Denver sighed softly as he took a step closer and then he pulled her in and hugged her and this time Rhea embraced him back, their wet clothes clinging to each other , " seeing you with that woman today .....I told myself you would be happy, I shouldn't interfere but.....as I ran , I didn't think about mum or Daniel , I thought about the littlest things that concerns you...ha....", she buried her head in his chest as she fisted her hand at the back of his cloth.
Denver couldn't help it as a small smile formed on his lips, she was adorable , his hand reached over and stroked her wet hair , " why?....are you embarrassed?", " yes", she simply said, her voice appeared slightly muffled . Demver scoffed, " you can't believe you can say something that pathetic....", he asked as he tightened his embrace , " yes", she said again, Denver softly leaned his chin on her head, " get use to it because...we will be pathetic together from now on...I like you so much Rhea".