Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 58

Violet’s P.O.V.

“Where is Kyle?” Dustin asked Ethan and looked back at the door of my room. “He has a class in the evening”, Ethan informed him and I looked at him in confusion. “Kyle has started taking tuition”, Ethan informed me too when he saw me looking at him. I nodded and then looked at the closed door of my room. I didn’t expect that Kyle would stay out of his house for this long after the fight with his parents and also start earning, as he said earlier so that he couldn’t stay dependent on his parents financially.

“O I forgot that he asked me to solve some questions of maths when he took my class the last time”, Dustin pouted while telling something to Ethan and then looked at me. I just blinked, not understanding why he was looking at me right after telling me about the homework which Kyle gave him. “Violet”, he called my name sweetly. “Yes”, I asked him in a low tone. “Will you help me solving those problems, please…. I swear…. I will do them by myself in the future”, he asked me for my help in a very sweet voice and swore while raising his hand in the air like a child. I sighed and looked at him as if he had grown two heads at this very instant.

“Are you stupid?” Noah smacked the back of his head and Dustin yelped before looking at Noah angrily. “Why did you hit me?” he yelled asking Noah and Noah glared at him this time. “Don’t forget that you asked her to teach you first. Why would she help you when this homework is for your own good?” Noah reasoned his action and I smiled at him this time because he saved me from saying something harsh to Dustin about this homework. It was true though and I prayed that Dustin understood what Noah wanted to make Dustin understand. “Noah is right, Dustin…. You should do this at home on your own”. Justin also supported Noah. Dustin frowned while stroking the back of his head.

“I didn’t ask you two to help me. I asked Violet to help me”, he said in an angry tone to both of them, and then looked back at me. I sighed and then looked at him helplessly. “They are not wrong and you know this, right?” I also supported Noah and Justin in a low tone. For the first time, I said no to them and, to be honest, I was trembling in fear internally. Instead of getting angry with me, Dustin huffed and crossed his hands on his chest. “You are also bullying me with them”, he complained, and my eyes widened in shock. Was he real? Am I bullying him? “She is not bullying you. She is stating the truth. If you want to pass this subject, then you have to finish your homework given by your tutor on your own so that you can understand the concept clearly”, Ethan spoke this time trying to make Dustin understand my point of view. This was the same thing that I wanted to say but couldn’t and I was glad that Ethan said this to him.

“If I were the one who gave you that homework then whom would you ask for help…. Kyle?” I spoke once again and he pouted like a lost child in front of me. Why was he acting like a spoiled child in front of me now? No one would say that they were the ones who bullied me all the time in school. “Forget it…. I will finish my homework on my own…… it’s okay if you don’t want to help me”, he whined and looked away with a painful expression on his face as if I really bullied him. “Leave him, Violet…. He is always like that… a cry baby”, Noah commented on Dustin’s behaviour and teased him. “I am not a crybaby”, Dustin immediately retorted and threw a pillow at Noah which he had put on his lap.

Noah caught the pillow and everyone started laughing at Dustin. I also giggled and Dustin looked back at me. “You look beautiful when you laugh, princess…. You should laugh often”, he said in a sweet tone while smiling sweetly at me. I stopped smiling and lowered my head once again. They came to visit us today after their evening practice and they were with me and Ethan here. Ethan was in his room and came with them to my room. To be honest, I was not comfortable in their presence earlier and that was why, I wanted Kyle to come back soon. Now after spending a little time with them, I didn’t feel the situation as awkward as it was in the beginning. Still, I wanted Kyle to come back soon.

It seemed that God had heard my voice because, at the same time, the door opened and Kyle entered the room. He had a cold face which made me scared a little. “Hey, Kyle…. How is the class?” Ethan asked him immediately in a light tone. “It was okay”, Kyle replied to him briefly in a cold tone and came near to me. “Did you take your medicine?” he asked me in a cold tone too. I blinked at him harder because I really forgot to take my medicine and if I was not wrong then I was almost an hour late for my medicine. He looked at Ethan and I followed his gaze. Ethan passed a sheepish smile to him and then looked at Dustin.

“Sorry, Kyle…. It’s my fault.. I forgot too to take my medicine”, Ethan immediately apologized to him while smiling sheepishly and then looked at Dustin. “It’s your fault. I asked you to remind me that we have to take our medicines on time”, Ethan immediately put all the blame on Dustin, whose eyes widened in disbelief immediately. Dustin opened his mouth while pointing a finger towards himself while looking at Ethan in disbelief. “Forget it….. Noah… please bring his medicine from his room. They are on the right side nightstand”, Kyle asked Noah in a calm tone this time, and Noah nodded immediately. “I will bring the water for them”, Justin spoke right after that and both Noah and Justin stood up from bed.

Kyle sat down near me on the bed and took my medicine out. His face was still expressionless. He was once again angry and I didn’t know whether his anger was directed at me or not. “They called you again, did they?” Ethan asked him and I looked at him in confusion. He was also looking at Kyle with concern. I looked back at Kyle who was busy taking my medicine. It seemed that he didn’t want to answer Ethan. “Why can’t they leave you alone, huh?” Dustin muttered under his breath and now I was hell confused about what they were talking about. Kyle didn’t answer any of them and stayed silent. I tried to figure out who they were here. I sucked my breath when I realized that they were talking about Kyle’s parents.

There was a heavy silence in the room, as if none of us knew what to say. “Help me, please”, I spoke to Kyle in a low tone trying to distract him. He immediately looked at me with concern. “What happened?” he asked me immediately in a concerned tone. “I want to sit down for a while”, I told him what I wanted. He nodded and then stood up. “Dustin… pass those pillows please”, he requested Dustin while raising his hand towards him. Dustin immediately passed the pillows that he had around him. I was in the lying position all this time because I winced in pain when Maria tried to pull my body a little up to change my position. I was hurt on Monday and it was already Thursday. Still the pain didn’t lessen a bit.

Kyle then gently hugged me and I wrapped my hands around his neck. His hot breath fanned the naked skin on my neck and my breath hitched. He lifted my body up a little while holding me gently in his embrace and placed the pillows around me. He then slowly put me down and made me comfortable before releasing me from his embrace. “Are you alright?” he asked me in a calm tone this time when I hissed a little. “Yeah… it’s just some pain in my back”, I answered him truthfully this time. He nodded and then looked at Dustin. At the same time, Noah and Justin come back together.

Noah passed Ethan his medicine and Kyle gave medicine to me. Justin filled our glasses with water one by one. Kyle helped me taking my medicine and Ethan also took his medicine at the same time. After finishing the glass of water, I gave him the empty glass back. He put it down on the nightstand and then looked at the boys. “What were you guys talking about when I came?” he asked them and I looked at Dustin. “We …. We were talking about our match on Saturday. Ethan said that he would come for practice tomorrow as he is better now”, Dustin spoke immediately, making a white lie. Dustin really amazed me with his presence of mind. The way he spoke the lie without any hesitation was amazing.

It was now Ethan’s term to raise his brows. I smiled while looking at all of them. How easily they passed the blame on each other to save their a**es. Their constant nagging and bickering with each other made me envious of them. “When will she come back?” Noah asked Kyle about me and I looked back at Kyle. “Aunt will take her to the hospital tomorrow for the checkup. She is still in pain and I think, she will take time”, Kyle answered him in a calm tone. “Will she go with us for our tournament?” Dustin asked this time with concern. “Yeah… she will be fine by then”, Kyle answered him in a calm tone too.

I was now relieved that Kyle’s mood improved a little as he was now talking with his friends as his usual self. They then started discussing something about their gameplay. I just listened to them, whatever they were talking about. Kyle was still sitting beside me. I felt his hand on mine but didn’t flinch as I always did. This time, I held his hand lightly without looking at him. I didn’t know from where I got the courage to do something like that but Kyle held my hand immediately too. My hand was inside the cover and that was why no one could see our holding hands. My heart was now thumping loudly inside. I didn’t want any of them discovered our hands. So, I kept looking at their faces. They started bickering again and it made me smile.

“It’s getting late now… we should go… Violet needs to rest and we are bothering her for quite a long time”, Noah looked at his wrist watch and then looked at me with a small smile on his lips. “No… it… it’s not like that… I…thanks guys for coming to me… I was really bored lying all the time here”, I thanked them sincerely for coming here to me. Their visit was not what I was expecting or looking forward to but I was glad that they came because I was really hell bored here lying alone all the time. “Then we will come again”, Dustin spoke this time and smiled widely. Noah smacked the back of his head again and Dustin now looked at him angrily while putting his hand at the back of his head.

“Let’s go now”, Justin interfered this time and they all stood up from bed. Ethan also stood up with Noah’s help. He was better but needed help while standing up again after sitting for a long time. “I will come back”, Kyle whispered to me before standing up. He removed his hand from my grip and I immediately felt at loss.