RED

Peony (part 2)

Suddenly, her hearing was back and she could listen to all the sounds around her. Her vision cleared up as well as she watched the man in front of her say a few words.

"Kiana. Kiana, are you alright?" He asked, whilst staring directly into her eyes. The look of fear evident on his face.

"En-Enrico." She muttered under her breath, but loud enough for him to hear her.

A little sigh of relief escaped his lips as he stared at her. She was alright. She wasn't hurt or in danger of any kind. She was safe.

"Miss, do you want to kill yourself!?" The driver of the car asked as he stood in front of them. They both looked up to him and a clear expression of how angered he was played across his face.

"What do you mean by that? You almost ran her over." Enrico defended, as he helped her stand to her feet.

"I didn't. She was the one who wasn't looking. Listen miss, next time you plan on killing yourself, don't come in front of my car." The driver explained, rather bitterly and without wasting a second more, turned away towards his car.

Enrico felt angered by this man's choice of words. He felt the need to put this driver in his place and demand he utter an apology to Kiana, but at his very attempt of taking the first step forward, Kiana pulled on his coat. A clear meaning for him not to.

He took a look at her and saw the state she was in. She didn't look so good and he knew she would have to see a doctor to ensure everything was fine with her. Fine, he was going to let go for her sake. With one arm around her, he helped her walk her way out of there and across the street towards his car.

Tell him.

Her subconscious reminded her and Kiana knew that was exactly what she was going to do. As they made it safely cross the street and beside his car, Kiana looked up to him.

"I have something to tell you." She told him, as she came to a stop causing him to do the same.

"We can talk about that later. First, I have to get you to a hospital." He stated before attempting to help her walk further, but she took her stand, causing him to shift his eyes back to her.

"No. We can't." She told him, as she gently made her way out of his arms, so that she was directly in front of him.

Enrico had no exact idea as to what could be more important than her health. At the moment, all he could think of was making sure she was safe and back to her normal self.

"Yesterday, I mean last night, you... you made a big and important confession." She started and from the word 'confession', he immediately understood what she was talking about.

He suddenly felt a little embarrassed, causing him to look away from her, barely returning his stare back to her. He couldn't understand why she was bringing that up at the moment. He had already made it clear that she didn't have to feel obligated to reciprocate his feelings for her.

"Perhaps, it was out of anger but you... you spoke the truth and said something that you possibly regret..."

"I told you to forget everything."

"I can't. I mean... I tried to do that but I just couldn't. I made a mistake in the past and I really don't want to live through that mistake once again."

"Kiana, we don't have to talk about this..."

"I love you." She stated rather quickly, while her eyes remained on him. His eyes instantly shifted to her, but the expression on his face was unreadable. She couldn't point out what emotion he was feeling at the moment.