Why You?

𝑪𝒉. 𝟐𝟗 | 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅

"Lex, what the hell?" she frowns rising back up to the surface.

I throw her phone onto the chair and took my shirt off.

"What are you doing?" she immediately looks away like she's never seen me shirtless.

"I need a shower," I tell, diving into the pool.

Aira goes towards the stairs to get out of the pool but I grab her by the wrist and pull her back. My hands wrap around her back to lock her body against mine.

"I was talking to Noah, he must be waiting for my reply," she winges.

"And?" I respond, unbothered.

Her phone starts to ring. She uses her whole force to push me away but I hold her tighter.

"Lex, let me go."

"Try and get out yourself," I challenge.

Her phone consistently rings as she tries and tries. Meanwhile my eyes travel down her body. She's wearing a white shirt that's soaked and everything underneath is visible. All I can see now is her purple bra and panties. Her hands slowly give up as she looks down to her soaked self too.

"Oh my, God," she exclaims covering her chest.

I look up to her face with my lost senses.

"You amaze me every time."

Aira pushed me off her and heads towards the stairs of the swimming pool to walk out. I just smirk and walk her walk to her phone with every visible. Everything. She walks straight into the house to escape me and I reflected back on what I said. I need to get a hold of my senses around her. Why am I even thinking of her in that way? Kissing her was just a mistake. I was mad at that time and I admit that it was wrong. Well, at least things are better between us now.

I wait for Aira at the dinner table before starting my meal. She takes forever to come down and once she does, my polite expression to her was returned with ignorance suggesting that she was mad at me. She takes her seat and silently eats her food. Is she mad about the pool incident?

"Are you mad about the pool incident?" I ask.

She doesn't give me a response and avoids looking at me. Maybe she desperately wanted to talk to Noah. Or she's just annoyed of me because I didn't let her talk to Noah.

"Did you and Noah fight?"

She still doesn't give me any answer. I bet they did. But she wasn't talking to Noah. I mean after he started badmouthing Laura she was mad at him. He must've apologised. That guy can't bear Aira's anger and upset face. Hhh, what else can he do, convicted by the hands of his heart.

"Aira."

Her eyes are stuck to her plate and each time I talk to her she doesn't talk back. She's not even looking at me. I look over my memories with her since our night out to try figure out if I've done something wrong but nothing there. She gets up from the food table and heads to the stairs. I follow up behind and make my way to her front.

"Why aren't you talking to me?" my heart started aching for an answer.

She looks up to me and I give a gentle smile. I am so confused. I have no idea on what to do. She stares at me in anger. Something's changed. The expression on her face was serious. I mean she is arrogant but I've done nothing wrong. Then there it is, a slap right across my face.

"What the fuck, Aira!" I yell.

She completely ignores me and walks up to her room. HOW DARE SHE JUST SLAP ME LIKE THAT!? Just because I said two nice words to her doesn't mean I've become a nice person. I don't follow her up to her room. Why waste my time with a person like that? But what did I do? Why did she just slap me out of nowhere?

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Today's a Sunday and I spend my whole day observing Aira. She's in front of me but not talking to me. I'm not talking to her either after that slap but the more I keep up with my ego the more restless I become. With that, I'm halfway through the day and I give up my arrogance. It's the first time I've done this to be honest. Otherwise there's just a lot of self respect in me.

I try talking to her again multiple times but she just ignores me or rudely shuts the door at my face. Which does get to me because I don't put up with this behaviour from anyone, not even Liz or Nan. In the end I gather up my arrogance again and let it be. When she wants to talk she can talk. I'm not dying for her to talk to me.

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Another day it is and like yesterday I have the urge to coax Aira and get her to talk to me. I don't know what the hell in me is forcing me to be so clingy but here goes nothing. I open google on my computer and search up 'how to coax a girl'.

Take her out on a date, make something for her, give her flowers. Flowers seem too much considering our relationship. I'd give her some chocolates. They're ordered and on the way. As soon as they get here I send my manager to drop them off to Aira.

Aira's outside my cabin entering the key to get in. She looks even madder right now. She furiously walks in and throws the chocolates on my table.

"Stop it with this childishness. I said I don't want to talk to you why do you keep doing this?"

"But-"

"But nothing Lex. Just stop it!" she turns away from me.

I get up from my seat and grab her wrist as I attempt to talk again. She snatches her wrist out of my hand and slaps me right across the face. This time I refuse to stay silent.

"What did I do Aira? You've slapped me twice since yesterday, what's your problem?" I try communicating.

"Wow! So now you don't know what you did?" she scoffs.

"I've been trying to figure out what I've done but I just can't seem to figure out. I am not some kind of person on the path you can just slap whenever you want. Tell me what the fucking problem is!"

"I'll tell you what the fucking problem is," she says taking her phone out of her blazer's pocket.

She turns the phone to me and it's a photo of Laura's sister all bandaged.

"Okay, you don't like Laura. But I really didn't think you'd go this far, Lex. Nora is just a child! How could you be so heartless!" she yells pushing me.

"Laura tried hurting you multiple times! You're so blind in that so-called friendship that you don't see it."

"There you go again," her teeth gritted and she held her head in her hands with annoyance.

"Listen to me, Aira," I say grabbing her arms.

"That spark in the power room. Laura did that," I try to explain.

"Stop it Lex," she says freeing her arms. "I've had enough of you. But what you did to that poor little girl. You're disgusting Lex Hudson. YOU ARE SO FUCKING DISGUSTING!"

I am not going to spare Laura anyhow. After me hurting her sister, she still won't stop. I have to do something about this matter otherwise she's going to end up hurting Aira really bad.

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