Hellbound With You (WN)

She looked down at Zeres who was sprawled on the floor beside her bed, guilty and worried. ”Are… are you… ” her voice trailed off at the sight of him, lying unmoving on the floor. His expression was… he looked genuinely shocked. It was as though he was still wondering what had just happened in his life.

Iryz could not help the laugh that was bubbling and about to burst out of her lips. He did not even move a single inch as he continued to lie there on his back, staring up at her bedroom ceiling.

”You okay? ” she asked again, struggling and finally managing to swallow her laugh.

He looked at her but still did not bother moving. He still looked as though he was processing the whys and how had he ended up on the floor.

”Uhm… yes… I ’m fine. ” he finally replied, blinking at her.

Iryz pressed her lips tightly together. It seemed as though this man had never been kicked off from the bed before, that this one – his first – experience seemed to have thrown his entire system into such a lag so badly that he had troubles responding as usual.

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”I ’m sorry about that… I was just too flustered to find you… ” she cleared her throat and changed the topic immediately, going with the assumption that he understood where that sentence was headed towards. ”Well anyway, I ’m sorry. I didn ’t mean to kick you that hard. ” She apologised somewhat sheepishly.

He just stared at her for a long while before slowly, his expression changed into something… sad, despite the small smile that seemingly curved on his lips. ”No… that kick… I fully deserved it. ”

While Iryz had fallen speechless at his self-recrimination, he let out a deep breath and covered his eyes with the back of his hand. He did not seem to have any plans on getting up from the floor anymore. This man… why must he be acting like this? How could she even have the heart to just kick him out of her house when he was behaving all mopey and morose like this?