The red haired witch episode 47
THE RED HAIRED WITCH
EPISODE •• FORTY •• SEVEN
THEME:PLEASE WAKE UP!
A WEEK LATER
ZONDAEL MOUNTAIN
Kira POV
I appeared on the couch in the sitting room,Darius was reading a book “Lost Love” It was a super rom-nce novel. I stood up and went to him.
“Your food is in the Kitchen”
“Yes I know”
“So have you eaten?”
“No..am not hungry”
“What?”
Darius asked when I was staring at him
“Nothing… I was just wondering why you are reading a rom-nce novel all of a sudden”
“Can’t I read a book?”
“Yes you can! But it just unlike you…and I thought you said you don’t like Books – Not only that,you doze off anytime I read one to you”
“Can you just stay quiet and lemme read this book in peace?”
“You shouldn’t be reading a book now Darius”
“Why?”
He arched his brow
“I’m bored”
Darius rolled his eyes
“I’m serious..and it killing me”
“Go and read a book”
“I read all the wh0le books in the shelf”
“Bring in more witch”
” i am tired of doing that.. I changed the shelf twice already”
“What?!..you mean you read all the books in the shelf..plus the extra you brought in”
“Yes”
“How did you do that?.. I mean how come you read everything so fast? When am still struggling to read one”
“I am a Book Goddess… And you seem to have forgotten that I have powers Darius… I read fast..uhmmm three times faster than a normal human would read”
“Okay..so what do we do then?”
He looked around
“Got it! Take a nap on the couch”
“No i don’t want to take any nap”
“So what do you want to do?”
“I want you to..tell me a story!”
I grinned at him
“What story?”
“An interesting story”
“Okay..”
Darius dropped the book on his lap
“In the year 1404…”
“No..no..no not that kind of story. I don’t want war stories or adventures”
He gave me a confused look
“It so hærd to please you Kira..I have no other tale to share aside War and adventures”
“They are so boring.. Telling me about those ones will add more to my boredom”
“Arggggggg Kira. What do I do with you?”
He gritted
“Nothing..well why don’t you just tell me a love story…your own love story”
“I don’t have a love story”
“That impossible”
He picked up the book to start reading but I snatched it away from him
“You have a love story to tell…I know you’ve been in love before…you just don’t want to tell me. Why?” He didn’t reply..he only stared Into space
“Uhmmm lemme guess your lover broke up with you because you didn’t give her enough money she needed. No..no..it can’t be that..ahaha! She cheated on you with another cool guy.. No that not it”
I tried to think of what his case might be just to force him to talk
“Yes! I know you cheated on her with her best friend.” No!”
Darius replied finally. Got him!
“Her sister?”
“I said no Kira”
“Okay..then it her mother”
“Eww! Never!”
“Then what is it? Tell me Darius”
“I don’t have a love tale to share with you”
“Liar!..that’s so unfair”
I said in a sad tone
“You know a lot of things about me but you’ve never told me anything about yourself.. Or your family and It so Unfair!”
I made an attempt to stand up and leave but Darius dragged me to his side..close to his chest
“Let me go If you don’t want to say anything. It clear that you don’t trust me..and -”
“I loved an Elf Princess”
Darius spoke up. I raised my head to look up at him
“An Elf Princess”
He nodded slowly without meeting my gaze
“So you dated an Elf Princess”
“No I only loved her but she was in love with a mortal Prince”
“That’s one sided love”
“Whatever you call it” I sensed the sadness in his voice. His love tale seemed to be a sad one. I hate one sided love!
“So what happened Darius?”
“The Prince fell in battle and died. She mourned the Prince for centuries”
“You should have made your move,comfort her and confess to her”
“I couldn’t do it all I ever did was watch over her at a distance”
“Why Darius?”
“I just felt it of no use telling her my Feelings”
“But why?you have every right to let out what you feel for someone you love -”
I paused and studied his expression
“Perhaps is that related to who you are?”
“Yes..My kind can’t have a mate… or bear children”
“What?! Are you serious?”
He nodded. His Adams apple bobbling up and down
“I didn’t get too close to the Elf princess – she was in love with the prince even after he died..so confessing to her won’t change anything”
“Did she know you watched over her?”
“She knew but she didn’t acknowledge me until her final passing in battle”
“She died in the battle?”
“Yes”
“I’m sorry about that”
“Don’t be sorry am over that a long time ago”
He is over that but her memory is still clear to him…the hurt and pain of losing a loved one still evident in his voice. I shouldn’t have asked about his love life
“I need to get water in the kitchen”
“Let me get it for you”
“No I will get it myself”
He wants to be alone that’s the only reason why he refused my help
“Okay”
Then Darius walked off only for me to hear a loud thud in the kitchen some seconds later. I rushed into the kitchen to find Darius laying on the floor
“Darius! Darius!”
I went to him
“Darius”
I called but he didn’t respond. He was unconscious!
“No..no Darius wake up..what happened to you?”
I sprinkled water on his face but he didn’t wake up. I felt it that something was wrong but I don’t know what exactly… Who do I call? What should I do?!
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Darius POV
I opened my eyes slowly to the bright light hitting straight in my face. It took me a second to adjust to the brightness in the room. Where am I?’ I looked around and found out I was in my room. I heard someone sobbing quietly by my side
“Kira” I called her in a low tone and she raised her head
“Oh Darius..thank goodness you are awake I was so worried about you” I looked at her feeling confused
“Can you hear me Darius?”
“Yes..yes I can hear you”
I sat up on the bed
“What happened? Why are you crying Kira?”
She wrapped her arms around me tightly and she sobbed
“I..I was scared Darius – you passed out yesterday…you were unconscious for a wh0le day and that got me worried that I thought you were going to die”
“Sh sh easy.. just relax am fine”
I hugged her,closed my eyes memories of yesterday flooded my mind. I released Kira when I felt strange within
“Are you okay Darius?”
“Yes I’m fine”
I faked a smile and wiped her tears with my fingertips
“Look at how you stained these babies with tears” I pinched her cheeks gently
“How long have you been crying?”
“Since you passed out”
I sniffed
“You said you wanted to get water Darius but then I heard a thud from the kitchen.. I rushed there and saw you on the floor. I didn’t know what to do after I sprinkled water on you and you didn’t wake up. I became scared when you didn’t wake up after an hour, two and three. So I started crying when I couldn’t take it anymore.. I called your name severally i even threw few punches to your side but none of that worked”
“I’m sorry for making you worry that much Kira”
“Tell me what happened! Did you slip and hit your head?”
“No there was no water on the floor”
“Then was it because I asked you about your love life?..I kept wondering if that could be the reason and at some point i started blaming myself for asking you to tell me what hurts you”
“No Kira you don’t have to blame yourself for anything..and what happened to me is not because of what I told you”
“then what is it Darius?”
“I think it related to my identity”
“Really?”
“Yes..but I’m not sure what it is exactly”
I stared intensely at Kira. She was tired and it was clear in her eyes telling from the little dark circles under her eyes
“Get some rest Kira”
“I’m okay”
“You are not Kira…I can tell that you haven’t slept since I passed out” I pointed to her eyes
“How can I sleep when I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with you?”
“Now..I’m awake get some rest Kira…don’t worry I’m fine”
Kira hesitated it obvious she doesn’t want to leave me alone
“Okay you can sleep here..if you want”
“You get some rest too”
She removed the pillow I was resting my back on and placed it back on the bed properly
“Have you eaten?”
“Yes”
She pulled the bed cover over my body
“Can you stop treating me like a baby?”
“You look like one right now”
“Hell no! That -”
“Sh sh sh no more words again baby boy and rest okay?”
I nodded childishly and she laughed
“Come on”
“Well someone needs to rest more than I do”
“Yeah I know…I will take the couch”
Kira str-de to the couch and lay down on it
“Rest and don’t stare baby boy”
“Okay”
I closed my eyes pretending to be asleep..seconds clicked by and I reopened my eyes to check Kira. She was fast asleep! I waited for more minutes just watching her sleep. I moved to the couch and carried Kira to the bed,she mumbled in her sleep while I covered her with the blanket. Then I settled down in the couch thinking about what could have made me pass out for a wh0le day. I need to talk to Malphus about it.