Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 78

Kyle’s P.O.V.

“What happened to Violet? Did you propose her when you went to the supermarket with her?” I asked Ethan. He looked at me while shrinking his nose. “What? No…. why would I do that?” he yelled and asked me at the end. I raised my brows at him in confusion. “She was nervous and scared when she came back. I noticed that she was trying to avoid you the rest of the time”, I told him what I had noticed there. We were in his car right now, going back to his home. A sly smirk formed on his lips which made me curious now. “I like her… this is right… but I don’t think that I like her in that way”, he replied to me in a calm tone and I jerked my head backward in confusion.

He sighed and then stopped the car at the corner of the road. I was now really confused because we could talk while driving. He didn’t need to stop the car. “I mean… that I like her but feel protective towards her like …. Like a brother. She is sweet, naïve, and innocent and this … this urge to protect her is not in a romantic way in my heart. I think… I can stay forever in her life if she accepts me as her brother”, he explained his thoughts and I just blinked while processing what he just told me. He smirked and started the engine again.

“Are you sure?” I asked him in a low tone after some time and he nodded once to confirm that he was serious now. I didn’t know why but I felt relieved by his revelation. He tilted his head a little and glanced at me. “By the way… that pendant was really nice”, he suddenly spoke and my eyes widened in shock. Did Violet tell him about that gift? “What pendant?” I asked him nervously. He laughed this time while kept glancing at me from time to time. “Really Kyle???? Do you think me so dumb?” he asked me in a mocking tone and I gulped hard. “She didn’t tell me anything… in fact, she was scared of me because I told her that I know who gave that pendant to her and what that design is”, he told me the reason for her nervousness.

I narrowed my eyes at him because I really didn’t get the meaning of his words which he said about the design of the pendant. He glanced at me once again and huffed when he saw confusion. “I forgot that you don’t have any interest in literature”, he said while rolling his eyes, and now it was my time to get annoyed. “That pendant is the letter ‘K’ in gothic font”, he said and I sucked my breath. I blinked hard while processing his words again. “What did you say?” I asked him nervously this time. He shook his head in disappointment. I immediately opened my phone and searched for that particular font. My breath hitched when I saw the design of the letter ‘K’ in gothic font.

I gave her the pendant with a letter of my first name. She told me that she would never take off that pendant because that was her first gift and she loved the design. I couldn’t ask her to give that pendant back to me. What reason would I tell her? “She knows, Kyle…. Don’t pressure your brain so much”, Kyle opened his mouth again and I looked up at him blankly. “What do you mean by she knows?” I asked him almost yelling at him. “She knows that it’s the letter K, Kyle”, he replied to me in an annoying tone this time and my breath hitched.

Of course, she knew. She had things about fonts. She always used different fonts to finish her assignments and to make them attractive. She knew since the beginning when I put that pendant on her neck, still, she accepted that gift and wanted to keep that with her. “You two are really something, brother”, he commented to me in a sarcastic tone this time. “There is nothing between us, Ethan. That… that was … I just liked that design… I didn’t think anything about the design… I had no idea that it was K”, I tried to explain to him that it was unintentional. He nodded immediately. “I know that you didn’t have any idea about the design but what were you thinking when you bought that pendant for her, huh?” he asked me in a suspicious tone.

“Forget it… I gave that to her and she accepted that even when she knew what that design is. It is looking good on her”, I tried to shrug off the topic and looked outside the window. To be honest, I didn’t want Ethan to confront me right now. I really didn’t have any idea about that design and what I was even thinking before giving her the pendant. “You are really stubborn, Kyle”, Ethan grumbled, but I ignored him. I was still looking outside the window as if there was something interesting there. I was glad that Ethan didn’t continue the topic and stayed silent.

Soon we reached home and I dashed out of the car in a hurry. I knew that Ethan would ask me about this again later. I just didn’t want to be questioned by anyone right now. “Hey”, Mrs Parker greeted me with a small smile as soon as I reached the living room. “Hey”, I greeted her back in a gentle tone and walked towards her. “Hey, mom”, I heard Ethan greet her back. She smiled widely and lovingly at him. “Hey, son… so how is everything there?” she greeted him back and then asked me a question in a gentle tone. I sat down on the single seat and slumped my body down. I was really tired.

“Her uncle…. He must be in the army before”, Ethan commented on Victor, Violet’s uncle, in a sarcastic tone. The corner of my lips curled up at his complaint. “What happened?” she asked him immediately in a concerned tone. “He had a cold face all the time we were there as if we have stolen something very precious to him”, Ethan whined and I looked in the other direction. “He is the father of two teenage girls, Ethan. I can understand the reason of his cold and strict behavior towards you. It’s not easy for a father to let his daughter live with a young boy of her age under the same roof alone. Violet is not their biological daughter but Victor treats her like his own daughter and that’s why, he wants to ensure that Violet is safe with Kyle”, Mrs Parker explained Victor’s behavior.

I looked back at her and found that she was looking at me with a small smile on her lips. “Can I live there too, mom?” suddenly Ethan asked her in a pleading tone and we both snapped our heads towards him. She immediately slapped her arm hardly while glaring at him. “Say one more word about going away from me and I will beat you to death”, she threatened him while gritting her teeth. He pouted and rubbed his arm where she slapped him. “I was just saying, mom…. you didn’t have to beat me so hard”, he complained again in a childish tone. She slapped him again and he yelped in pain this time.

I smiled while looking at them. I could never experience this in my life. “By the way, Kyle…. Sam and I decided to celebrate your birthday tomorrow there…. that Violet’s home”, she told me and I raised my brows at her in confusion. “I am not a kid anymore, mom…. There is no need to celebrate my birthday now”, I once again protested and she glared at me this time. “This is your eighteenth birthday, son. Of course, I am going to celebrate this day. You don’t want to celebrate…. fine… then be with me for my sake”, she asked in a motherly tone. I just blinked in response because I really didn’t know what to say to her right now. Since the beginning of my friendship with Ethan, she always gave her motherly love to me. She always decided things for me too but always kept me in her mind. She did everything only to make me feel happy.

“This is not a big party when it should be. Only us, Violet and her guardians, and your friends will be there. Sam is going to bake your birthday cake for you”, she told me further, and I chewed my internal cheeks trying hard to mask my feelings right now. I looked at Ethan and he was smiling from ear to ear now. “Please be happy, Kyle… if you can’t be happy for yourself, then be happy for me. I …. I want to give all the happiness to you if you allow me…. but to my dismay, you … you always restrain yourself even in front of me and it sometimes really broke my heart…. let me do what I want to do for you this time”, she spoke in a cracked tone and I could feel her sadness in her tone too.

“Mom”, Ethan immediately wrapped his hand around her shoulder and rubbed her arm gently. “Mom… you know me very well.. you know that I love you so much… more than I love my mother”, I spoke in a low tone while looking at her lovingly. She smiled but I saw tears in her eyes. I stood up from the couch and went near her. I sat down in front of her on my knees and took her hands in mind on her lap. “You are the most important woman in my life, mom…. I call you mother because I mean it… you know this, right?” I opened my heart in front of her and asked her in the end nervously.

She immediately nodded while looking at me with tearful eyes. “If you want to celebrate, I will celebrate with you because your happiness matters the most. I know that I made you worry for me almost all the time but… I want you to know that you matter the most to me. I always complain to God why you are not my mother… because… I… I truly want yo to be my mother… I know… I know that.. you are not happy with my decision of leaving this house, but you know the reason too… I … I just want you to know that… that no matter where I live… you will always be my mother”, I was sincere in my words and I put all my emotions for her in my words. I wanted her to know now that she was so important to me…. more important than my mother. She smiled and cupped my face. She leaned down and kissed my forehead affectionately. I closed my eyes and imprinting this moment deep in my memories because I was really going to miss my time with her in the near future.