Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 86

Kyle’s P.O.V.

I looked at the back of Pearl ascending the stairs. I couldn’t tell what I wanted to do right now. It had been three days…. Three f**king days since she had uttered a single word to me…. Not even good morning or good night. She hasn’t even glanced at me once in the past three days. She was doing everything yet not talking with me. She prepared my meals but didn’t sit down with me to eat them. She had taken two shifts in the diner because Jenny had her exams. Now, she went out of the house before I woke up and came back home when it was about bedtime. I tried to talk with her but she just ignored me.

She was using her bike to go everywhere and that was why we just followed her on her way back home after her shift in the evening. I was busy with my modeling schedule in the past three days and that was why Ethan and others were accompanying her. She asked Ethan to stop following her as it was awkward, but he refused her request. Other guys were also doing the same thing and now she didn’t stay alone even for a second, in school. They didn’t let her walk away from them. I closed my eyes and put the back of my head on the edge of the backrest of the couch. Was I so bad? She could yell at me if she was pissed. Why did she be so cold? I scoffed internally at my own thoughts. No one had ever heard her say even a single word in a loud tone, let alone yell.

I sighed and then stood up from the couch. I took my laptop and other stuff and went upstairs too. I looked at the screen of my phone when it started ringing. I narrowed my brows in confusion when I saw Justin’s name on the caller ID. “What’s up”, I asked him after picking up the call. “Did she tell you what David talked to her?” he asked me in a worried tone and I stopped in my tracks. “What? What did you say?” I asked him in a bit loud tone of worry. “She didn’t tell you?” he asked me and I just took a deep breath.

There was a pause of a few seconds before he spoke again. “When I went to the diner today… I saw David sitting there with two other boys. I saw Violet standing up from the chair near them when I reached there. They left immediately. I asked Violet but she said that they just apologized to her for what happened back then”, he told me what happened in the diner and I looked at the closed door of Violet’s room. “Thanks for telling me, bro. I will talk to her”, I thanked him, and then we both hung up. I stormed towards her room and entered the room without knocking.

“What the” she yelled, but stopped immediately when our eyes met. I threw my things on her bed and stormed towards her. She was standing near the cupboard. I saw the panic on her face but I didn’t stop. I pulled her towards me by grabbing her arm. “What were you thinking when he asked you to talk to him?” I asked her while yelling at her. She didn’t say a word again but looked at me with a fearful gaze. I tightened my grip on her arm while gritting my teeth. “Answer me… why did you talk with David?” I yelled again while pulling her closer to me. She trembled hard and put her hand on my chest to keep herself straight.

“K.. Kyle.. yo… you are hurting me”, she stuttered and tears started appearing in her eyes. I closed my eyes to calm myself down and loosened my grip on her arm, but kept holding her. “What did he say?” I asked her again in a calm tone, this time after opening my eyes again. I was still breathing heavily but I had to stay calm or else things would get more complicated between us. “He… he just asked for…. For… forgiveness an.. and requ.. ested”, she stuttered hard once again and choked on her voice. I could see the pain in her eyes this time. She immediately lowered her head.

I put one finger under her chin and lifted her face up. “Look at me, Violet”, I commanded her in a calm and soft tone. I knew that she was scared of me but it was now pissing me. I knew that it was me who implanted this fear in her heart, but now it was getting on my nerves now. She refused to open her eyes and it pissed me more. “Open your eyes, Violet”, I commanded her in a stern voice this time. She slowly opened her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek. I sighed and then pulled her into my embrace.

“Breath, princess”, I coaxed her as she was hyperventilating. She clutched my t-shirt tightly on my chest and started taking deep breaths. I felt something odd on her waist. Her skin was so soft there, but I didn’t remember sliding my hand into her clothes. I looked down at my hand on her waist and gulped harder when the realization hit me hard. She was scared, not because I yelled at her. She was only in her sports bra and pajama right now. I guess she was changing clothes when I entered the room. I closed my eyes tightly and cursed myself for my recklessness. Where was my brain when I entered her room without knocking?

She was holding me tightly as if her life depended on me and I was thinking about how to avoid this situation. I had never seen her in short clothes. She always wore baggy clothes and this was the first time that I had seen her bareback. My heart was now pounding harder in my chest. “Breath, princess”, I once again coaxed her when I felt that she was still breathing heavily. To be honest, I didn’t know whether I was asking her to breathe or I was trying to make myself breathe. She was still trembling hard in my embrace and the restlessness of her hands on my chest was giving me some weird sensations that I had never felt.

I held her tightly in my embrace only to ensure her that she was safe and that I was not going to do anything bad to her. Heck, I couldn’t do anything bad to her because it pains me now whenever I saw her in pain. I slowly started stroking her back, but it was making me crazy now. Her skin was really soft. “Just tell me what he said to you”, I asked her again in a gentle tone when I felt that her breath became calm. “He… he”, she tried to speak but choked. I slowly lifted my head a little and cupped her face.

I lifted her face up and kissed her forehead lightly. I forgot everything around me as soon as my lips touched her forehead. All the restlessness and irritation that I was feeling earlier disappeared immediately. I knew now that I fell for her and fell harder than I had ever imagined. She was the one whom I needed the most in my life. I got jealous whenever she paid attention to any other boy, even if they were my friends. I felt happy when she showed her trust in me. I felt happy when she embraced me on her own will. I got angry when she stopped talking to me. I felt happy when she looked at me timidly. I felt happy when she sought comfort and safety in me. I knew that I had lost my mind and also my heart because I fell for the girl whom I hated the most.

“He… just asked me to… to talk with Ethan and… and his mother… All of them were guilty for hurting us. He… he asked me to … to forgive him and … an… and asked the school authorities to… to take them back… he said that .. that he would do anything to come back to school”, she told me in a soft tone what David asked her. I kissed her forehead before lifting my lips from there. My one hand was around her waist and the other had cupped her face. I looked down at her face. She had still lowered her eyes and she was fidgeting with my t-shirt cloth. It was her habit whenever she became nervous.

“What did you say to him?” I asked her in the same soft tone. My eyes were glued to her eyelashes as I was trying hard not to look down. Her breast was pressed to my chest and I was really glad that she had her bra or else I didn’t know what she would have done. “I said that… that it’s not on me… He has to talk with Ethan’s mother about this matter”, she replied to me in a low and meek voice, still not looking at me. “Is there something interesting on my chest?” I asked her in a teasing tone when she didn’t look up. “Huh?” she looked up in confusion and a sly smile crept on my lips. She immediately lowered her eyes once again but blushed when she understood what I said. I laughed and then put her head on my chest. I put my chin on the top of her head and took a deep breath in satisfaction.

After three days, she was once again in my embrace and this was giving me an amazing feeling right now. I didn’t know whether I would be able to tell her that I liked her in the near future, but one thing that I knew now was that I had to keep her safe at any cost. “Avoid him if he approaches you again”, I said to her in a soft but firm tone. “But”, she spoke but paused. “What?” I asked her in a soft tone again because I wanted to know what she was thinking. She didn’t speak further. “Okay… tell me one thing”, I didn’t pursue it because I knew that it was pointless to force her because she would never tell me if she didn’t want to tell.

“What?” she asked me in a low tone but wrapped her hands around my waist making my heart beat faster again. She didn’t know what her effect was on me and her simple act of hugging me was enough to make me feel butterflies flickering in my stomach. “You were angry with me, right?” I asked her and felt her body go stiff. “I am sorry”, I whispered because I really wanted her to be normal with me again. She didn’t say anything and I tightened my grip on her body. “I am really sorry, princess, for… for shouting at you”, I once again apologized in the same soft but sincere tone. “Y.. you always do this… al… always s.. scold me… f…for nothing”, she complained this time in a low tone but it made me smile. This was the first time that she complained about something.

“I will not justify what I did because that was utterly nonsense on my end”, I replied to her in a soft tone once again. “I will not do that again… but promise that you will not stop talking with me…. I…. I…. I feel alone”, I finally blurted out my true feelings which I was feeling for the past three days. “Promise?” she asked and I tightened my grip. “Promise, princess”, I promised her with all my sincerity. “About David…… we will talk with mom first. She knows what to do in this matter”, I again instructed her not to deal with David or any of his friends. Whether they were guilty or not, they didn’t deserve her trust.

She just nodded at my chest and I took a breath of relief. I closed my eyes and enjoyed my time with her right now. We stayed in the same state for a good few minutes. “Uhhhh… Kyle”, she broke the silence in a hushed tone. I just hummed in response. “It… it’s late now”, she said, and I just rubbed my chin on the top of her head. “it’s late, Kyle… we have school tomorrow”, she spoke again and I opened my eyes. I didn’t want to go now, but she was right. I was about to loosen my grip on her body when I realized that she was half-naked all this time. I gulped hard and blinked harder while thinking about what to do now. “Uhhh… right… it’s late”, I said in an awkward tone and looked up towards the roof.

“Sleep now.. it’s really getting late”, I instructed her again trying to keep my voice firm, and, without wasting any other second there, I quickly removed my hands from her body and dashed out of the room as if my a** was on fire. I almost ran to my room and threw myself on the bed on my stomach while breathing heavily. I was proud of myself as I managed not to look at her. I was a bit disappointed but at least it wouldn’t create any awkwardness between us. Now I needed to take care of David and needed to know what he really wanted from her. There was no way that I would let anyone hurt her now. She was mine and soon she would be mine.