Chapter 747 - Seven Hundred And Forty-seven: Done With Them
The third point of view:
Everything she knew about Neon was crumbling. Neon, the boy she accepted and took as her brother for years, has feelings for her? This can't happen.
"How long have you had feelings for me?" she couldn't help but ask. Ailee wanted to know how it happened and what triggered it.
Once, Ailee stumbled upon an online comment that claimed men can't be just friends with females. Either she catches feelings or he does. If it looks like neither caught any feelings for the other, then they're hiding it so well so as not to ruin their friendship.
It seems that had been the case all this while. Neon caught feelings for her and she didn't. Yeah, she was sure of that. It was no wonder he was sensitive to all of her needs, it was only because he liked her.
"Since I grew up or perhaps, when I was younger. Each time I looked at your parents, I knew that was the kind of life I wanted with you, Ailee," He explained.
They were at the side of the road and though the tension around them was thick and it seemed like a disagreement would break out very soon, passersby didn't bother them.
"No, stop it! Stop it, Neon!" She shouted at him.
"Stop what exactly, Ailee?! My feelings for you or your feelings for me?!" He shouted back at her.
Ailee went pale at that accusation, "I don't have feelings for you, Neon! Anything I feel towards you is purely platonic," she was quick to defend herself.
"Oh really?" Neon snorted, "Yeah, sure, that's exactly why you kissed me back passionately,"
Ailee glared at him, "I was disoriented, Neon! Moreover, that's my body's response to such provocative stimuli. It's designed that way,"
"For sure, deceive yourself with all the biological bullshit," He rolled his eyes, and that irritated Ailee so much she burst out,
"Fine let's say I do have feelings for you and then what? We date, have sex, and break up? Is that It, Neon? Is that what you want from me?!"
"You're making this sound much more complicated than -"
Ailee cut him off, "You might not be my brother but the world sees you as one. We can't just work, Neon and I hope you see that as well. Don't make our relationship more awkward than it is already," She said and turned away to leave.
"Where are you going?" he asked her.
"A place where I won't have to see you!" she retorted without even glancing over her shoulder.
"Ailee?" There was a worried look on his face as he approached.
"No, stop it already, Neon, you've done enough damage already. You should have just gone to the grave with this secret of yours," Was the last words Ailee said to him before flagging a taxi down and left him all by himself.
With Ailee gone, Neon just stood at the spot motionless. Then suddenly, he screamed with so much rage that the passersby avoided him thinking that he had gone crazy.
He kicked the car's tire, running his hand through his hair in frustration. Neon knew he shouldn't have kissed her, at least this was not the time nor place. But then, he took advantage of her vulnerability and it backfired on him.
Neon couldn't explain it but he felt the time was against him. Aunt Reina no longer likes nor does Ailee and Niklaus was going against his son just to save him, it just made him uneasy as if his stay here was limited and soon he would be kicked out as Allen promised.
He knew Allen, he was a pretty determined person and once he had his mind on something, he would never give up on it until he achieves it. Moreover, Ailee was going back to school and there was a possibility of her reconciling with Theodore.
All these fears pushed him into making a move on her. Even if she ends up hating him, he would never regret confessing his feelings to her. At least she knows how he feels now and he wouldn't need to share the burden all alone.
Ailee didn't dare go to the school knowing that it would be the first place her brother Neon would search for. She snorted at the thought of him being her brother. Neon was not her brother and although he had said that more than a few times, he made it clear today.
Ailee was in an empty field all by herself. She needed to think right now and that required space. However, Fate would never give her the space she needed because her phone rang and she looked down to discover that it was Eve.
Great.
Now, what was she going to say to Theodore? She liked the guy really, but after this experience with Neon, Ailee wasn't really sure she wanted to commit herself to any relationship at the moment.
"Hello," She picked.
"Hello, Ailee, it's me, Eve,"
"Yeah, I know," Ailee wondered why she sounded nervous.
"Where are you? First lessons have gone already," She inquired.
"I decided to skip school today,"
"Oh," There was disappointment in her tone.
"Why do you ask? Is anything the problem?"
"No…" Eve said and that was a lie. But she said almost immediately, "Urm yeah …?"
"What is it, Eve? Tell me, what's going on?"
Well, in one word, Ailee was not prepared to hear the story of her brother sexually assaulting her after she experienced not long ago.
"I promise you, Ailee, I didn't mean to reciprocate the kiss. It just happened all of a sudden and then I was kissing him back… but it's a mistake! And we didn't have sex! I didn't even enjoy the kiss! You have nothing to worry about, I would never be with your brother! "She tried to assure Ailee who was going through a headache right now.
"You know what?" Ailee said with a heavy sigh, "You all just do whatever you want, I don't care anymore,"
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