Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 53

Ethan’s P.O.V.

I knew that Kyle was giving me alone time with Violet but she looked so uncomfortable with me right now. I pursed my lips into a thin line while looking at her keenly. Like always, she had lowered her eyes and was fidgeting her fingers on her chest. “You are not comfortable with me alone, right?” I asked her in a gentle and low tone while tilting my head a little. She looked at me this time. “It’s not like that”, she said in a very meek tone. “You can speak normally and without any fear here, you know that, right?” I asked her to be comfortable with me here. It was important for me. If I wanted her to open up with me, then it was important that she feel comfortable in my presence.

She took a deep breath and then looked back in front of her on the roof. “I have to go home”, she said and I raised my brows at her. “No one is there to take care of you, princess. What do you think is why my mom brought you here, huh? I agree that you took care of yourself all this time, but this is not a situation where you can show bravery. This is a matter of your life. Your injuries are serious enough to threaten your life”, I tried to make her understand why she needed someone’s care now. According to the doctor, she had fragile bones and due to the pressure of ruptured muscles in between the ribs, her rib bones could break if not taken care of properly.

“But”, she opened her mouth again but I interrupted her. “No, but, princess. You will stay here until the doctor gives you permission to go back to your home”. I told her what mom told me the last night. She told me that she talked with Violet and could see that Violet was reluctant to stay with us because she needed complete care right now. “I know that we have started on the wrong note but that doesn’t mean that there is no space for improvement. Now we are working together as a team. I think we should start over again”. I once again tried to develop a friendly relationship between us.

She took a deep breath and then looked at me once again. She smiled this time which made me take a breath of relief. “I… I think I can do this”, she said in a timid tone but that was loud enough for my hearing. “Thanks, princess… thanks for trusting me”, I immediately thanked her because I was really happy that we made some progress. It was nothing still it was something for me. “Okay… I need your help in some of my homework. I will write your homework for you and you just helped me to replace their answers”, I proposed to her a solution to both of our problems. She couldn’t sit down, so she couldn’t write properly and I was too lazy to replace the answers to the questions.

“But our handwritings are different”, she spoke in a timid tone once again but her tone was now firm and that was enough to make me happy. I moved my body towards her but winced in pain when I moved my upper body. “Be careful. You are injured too”, she suddenly spoke in a loud tone filled with concern. “I am okay”, I tried to comfort her in a painful voice and closed my eyes to conceal the pain while rubbing that area on my back. “Does it hurt so much?” I heard her asking me in a worried tone. I opened my eyes and looked at her with a weak smile. “No… it’s not that painful but”, I paused and her gaze immediately filled with pain and regret.

“I am sorry… I dragged you into my mess”, she apologized to me in a regretful tone and lowered her eyes again. I felt that her voice cracked in the end. “No need to apologize, princess. I can’t let anyone hurt you, not on my watch. I am glad that I managed to save you a bit but I am really sorry that I was not a big help there”. I apologized to her this time because she saved me a lot when they started punching and kicking me from all sides. She was scared to death yet she shielded me from behind. That’s why I didn’t have any serious injuries to my back. When we fell down on the ground, she climbed over me and hugged me tightly. That was when she got the maximum hit.

“I did nothing. If you weren’t there at that time then they would have killed me”, she spoke again in a cracked tone but didn’t look at me. I wanted to say something to her but didn’t know how to comfort her. I wondered how Kyle always managed to distract her. “Do you like horror movies?” I suddenly asked her a question which came to my mind. She immediately looked at me and widened her eyes in fear. “No…. I.. I don’t like horror movies”, she answered me in a fearful tone. “You know Kyle loved horror movies”, I told her in a gentle tone. “So he got all the ideas to bully me from there?” she suddenly asked me something that made me shrink my nose in confusion. “What?” I asked her in confusion while trying to understand her question.

“Uhhh.. n.. nothing.. it’s nothing. Forget I asked something”, she hurried asked me to forget. I shrank my eyes and nose in confusion and scratched the back of my head. She was about to say something again when I understood her question. “O my”, I exclaimed in amazement, and then laughed hard. She smiled in embarrassment and I saw a blush creeping into her face. She was really so naïve and innocent. All these years, we made fun of her whenever we got the opportunity. For us, she was a subject of fun, but none of us bothered to see her as a human being. She was weak yet caring and loving.

“Don’t tell him, please”, she requested to me and I just shook my head while laughing hard. I really wanted to tell Kyle what she asked but wondered how he would react then. At the same time, the door opened and Kyle entered the room with a tray in his hand. He raised his brows at me questioningly when he saw me laughing. I clenched my stomach while looking at him. “What happened?” he asked me. “Nothing… nothing happened… right, Ethan”, Violet spoke hurriedly and then looked at me nervously. “Yeah… yeah.. nothing happened… it’s just I cracked a joke”, I supported her and said whatever came to my mind.

Kyle huffed and then jerked his head a little. He put down the food tray in the middle of the bed after climbing the bed on his knees. He then gave me a fruit bowl and then looked at Violet. “Let me help you”, he said to her and then went off to bed. He went to her side and then placed pillows and cushions around her upper body so that her injuries wouldn’t cause her much pain if he lifted her a little. He then wrapped her hands under her shoulders and she wrapped her hands around her neck. I just looked at them in surprise because they were so close to each other and Violet looked comfortable in his presence. He lifted her a little up and placed the pillows beneath her in a comfortable position.

He then released her from his embrace gently and she also removed her hands. “Thanks”, she thanked him in a gentle tone and pulled the covered to her chest. He said nothing and walked towards my side. He climbed the bed on his knees once again from my side and then sat down in between us. He gave her a fruit bowl too and took the bowl filled with chips. We all started eating in silence for some time. “Mom will be back in half an hour and after that, I will go for the practice after leaving you in your room”, Kyle said to me while eating chips. “No.. let me stay here and please ask someone to bring my bag from my room, please. Violet agreed to help me with my homework”, I told him while eating the fruits.

“Okay… I will ask Maria to help you”, he said in a calm tone and continued eating chips. “Hey… what about watching a movie tonight here… in her room. It’s too boring to stay in bed the whole time”, I asked him while giving him a reason why I wanted to watch a movie. “I have some assignments and homework to finish. But you can watch it with her”, he refused in a calm tone but suggested watching a movie with Violet. “I would love to watch a movie with her but not in this condition (I moved my hand in front of my body while pointing towards my body)… we both need help even to sit properly”, I replied to him and he took a deep breath.

He was about to say something when Violet once again spoke in a timid tone. “Ethan is right. We both need your help even to move our bodies a bit. We can finish our homework together after you come back from practice”. Both I and Kyle looked at her. I was really amazed by how she gave a solution to both problems. I could see that Kyle was reluctant to watch a movie with us and she was reluctant to stay with me alone for a long time. I really wondered about the chemistry they had with each other but both of them were unaware of that.

“Okay”, Kyle said to her and I now looked at him annoyingly. He didn’t refuse her. After finishing the fruits, he took the bowls from both of us and put them down on the tray. He stood up from the bed and went to her once again. “I am comfortable like this”, she said to him while looking at him timidly. “You can’t stay like this for a long time, princess”, he said to her in a calm tone but I could feel concern in his tone for her. “Then put me back when you’re about to leave”, she suggested and he nodded. He then took the tray from the bed and walked out of the room. He was silent all the time and this made me worried for him.

“Did something happen to him?” she asked me after he closed the door. “Did you notice that too?” I asked her and she nodded while blinking rapidly. I looked at the closed door while thinking about what happened to him. “Don’t worry. He is a strong boy. He will be fine”, I comforted her while looking at the closed door and then looked back at her. She smiled and then took a deep breath. I guess I needed to talk with Kyle. He was okay until we came back from the hospital. I remembered that his father called him last evening but he didn’t tell me much about that call. I needed to talk to him and I decided to talk to him tonight before sleeping.