Daphne
It stings. The cold air against my tears as I keep walking away from him. What was the point in talking to me about it? I scoff as I swipe a tear as he rustles the bag and chases after me through the path towards the sidewalk.
"Shit Daphne wait!" he yells and catches up to me and I angrily look straight ahead as he starts to apologize.
I stop and turn and look at him, tears streaming down my face.
"you're doing an awful lot of apologize Roman, don't you think?" I say my lip trembling, as I cry in anger, and in hurt.
"I know." he says and drops the bag and grabs me moving closer as I turn my head.
"Look at me" his voice is a plea, not a command.
"Please Daphne" he says and I choke back a sob building in my throat.
"You know how many times Hunter has had to apologize to me since we met?" I ask him, my lips tightening and his head jerks back and Im satisfied by observing the verbal blow that he took by me rubbing it in.
"none Roman." I say.
"none" I repeat and shrug out of his hands.
"Daphne, please" he says and his hands grab me again and he slips them to my face and steps forward.
"dont you dare try to kiss me right now Roman" I say, my voice shaking.
"I love you"
The words are like a knife, not like the warm happy sunshine I expected them to be the first time he said them. God, he was ruining everything, all of our firsts were trash.
"no you dont" I say and shake my head and he grabs it more firmly and looks me in the eyes.
"I do....I have since we were kids, and you know it Daphne...I'm terrible at this...clearly....I say the wrong shit.....I ruin everything...but...I don't know what i'm fucking doing....you're the only girl.....the only one I've ever wanted....and I dont know to be, or what to fucking do with that.....I love you. I'm IN love with you, and fucking have been forever. " he says and I feel a lump in my throat that I can't swallow and it comes out as a cry. I choke on the sob and he pulls me into him.
"I'm gonna mess up Daphne" he says and holds me to him and I bury my face in his coat as I cry in the middle of the sidewalk like a blubbering fool.
"But dont walk away from me when I do. Work with me. Don't keep walking away." he says and I push back.
"You keep hurting me!" I argue.
"Just cause you want to stop , or don't mean to, doesnt mean I should have to stick around and take the blows, just because you'll throw an apology my way after" I yell, making a scene. And i hate that I'm making a scene, I hate that so much.
"I might be in love with you Roman...but...this sucks." I say and swipe my cheeks.
"I want you....I want you so fucking bad...it hurts" I say as he reaches out and I jerk my arm away and shake my head.
"But i don't know..." I say shaking my head. "I dont think....I dont think this is ever going to work..."
"Daphne don't say that" he says reaching out again and I shake my head stepping back.
"how many more times are you going to make me feel bad Roman?" I ask and his face goes slack and he frowns as if he too might cry.
"If I hadnt slept with Hunter that night....if I had not even reacted to you ditching me for Giselle......would we be here right now? Would you be begging to be with me or would you still be screwing her?" I ask.
I shake my head as he stares at me.
"You would still be with her...only taking me out to play with me when you got bored." I say and swipe my tears again.
"That's not true." he says softly.
I cry. I just fucking cry, because I want to believe it, but I dont.
"Daphne...please....cmon...we were having such a good time...and....I know i fucked it up again...but...we have fun together...we always have..." he says.
"I want to go home Roman." I say and he sighs.
"Please take me home." I say. "I dont want to talk anymore right now."
He nods. "If thats what you want."
"It is." I say and turn and start walking, the sidewalk blurry as my tears fall down my cheeks.
Not a word is spoken and when we get to the apartment building I keep walking.
"Daphne" he says and I keep walking, without looking back.
And he doesn't come after me, he let's me have my space and I stop at the corner of the street and pull out my phone.
I choke on a cry when I hear his voice.
"What's up Kitten?" Hunter answers his phone.
"can I come see you?" I ask, my voice clearly cracking.
"where are you?" he asks and I can hear his panic.
"Outside." I say and sniffle.
"Daphne, what happened?" he asks as he moves around and I hear a door slam.
"I just..really want to see you" I say.
"Meet me in the lobby baby...im coming down...dont go anywhere okay?" he says and I sniffle and walk back towards the apartment building.
"yeah, ok" I agree as my voice cracks and I start to cry.
"I'll kick his fucking ass" he grumbles and I cry harder.
"god damnit" he curses and he's out the front door of the apartment building before I even get to the front of it.
"where are-" he drops his phone when he sees me just coming up on our building and he runs down the steps. He's barefoot, shirtless and in those god damn sweatpants, that I dont have the capacity to appreciate properly right now.
He runs over and I sob as he wraps his arms around me and I throw mine around his torso.
"baby, baby, shhh" he hushes me as I hiccup from crying so hard, and trying to catch my breath. "Come on, let's get you inside okay?" he says, stroking my hair and kisses my forehead and then holds my head to his chest, holds me to him tight and I squeeze my arms around him harder.
"I got you, I got you okay?" he says and I clutch his back, his back that's so warm even when he stands shirtless in winter outside.
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Hunter
I swear to god, I will beat the shit out of Roman the next time I see him. The guy was severely fucking clueless when it came to talking to women obviously. Who asks a girl what the point is of talking to her and apologizing for treating her poorly, if they arent going date? What a fucking moron.
She sobbed as she told me about their walk, how it was going so well, and then explained the full car crash of what happened after, when it all went to shit.
"I'm so sorry baby" I say and pull her to me on the couch and she lays her head on my chest.
I knew I should be secretly thanking Roman for fucking up yet again, but I hated seeing her like this. I hated seeing her cry over him.
"You can stay here tonight baby" I say and kiss the top of her head and she cries.
"please stop crying, you're going to make yourself sick." I tell her and lift her up and onto my lap and she sniffles.
"God, this is inappropriate to say, but how are you even cute with a snotty nose and red eyes?" I tease and she laughs slightly in between her cries, then laughs a little more.
"You're always so fucking adorable" I say and tap her nose and she wipes her nose with her sleeve.
"Mmmm, sexy" I say and she shoves at me as she laughs through her tears and I smile and stroke her hair and then kiss her mouth.
"Let's wash your snotty little nose and face and then get some nice cold water, hmm?" I ask her and she wipes her sleeve again as she pinches her brows.
"I'm not a baby hunter" she says. and I grin.
"yeah you are, you're my baby" I wink and she laughs again slightly and nods.
"Fine...take care of me please" she says and I smile.
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I stand with her in the bathroom as she washes her face.
"God, I look like shit" she says as she dries her face off.
"Strangely enough though, I still want to put my dick in you." I say and she laughs , and throws the towel at me.
"god, I hate you." she says and I smirk.
"yeah, I know." I say and lift her chin and kiss her lips.
"Let's go drink some water, I think you cried enough to fill a swimming pool." I say and she rolls her eyes.
"I'm very emotional" she says and I laugh.
"I don't mind." I say and grab her face and slip my fingers in her hair.
"I hate watching you cry...but i'll wipe all your tears kitten...bet on it." I say and kiss her again.
I pull her hair gently, lifting her chin, tilting her head back and slipping my tongue back in that mouth of hers. It'd only been hours since I kissed her like this, but I needed more.
Her hands are on my sides as I keep gently tilting her head backward and forward, and side to side, however I want her as I turn my own face, angling my mouth and tongue how I want them while I taste her.
"Water" I say pulling away to catch my breath and she take a deep shaky breath too.
"yeah" she says and I smile.
"water" she agrees.