chapter 47
Lucia’s ‘p.o.v
It was getting harder and harder to just exist. I wanted to end it. nothing made sense to me anymore it had been three days
I could also tell that Helios‘ patience with me was thinning out he wanted nothing more than to help me out and he didn’t know
how.
“my lady, the king wants to find out if you would be up to attend the ball. I wanted to say no, but then I couldn’t. this ball meant so much to him and I didn’t want to turn him down.
I nodded yes. It would be of help if I stood up from this bed, this room even for a split second.
The maid left the room, going to relay my message. Everything seemed gloomy to me. The days and night started to become indifferent to me. And’I did not even have the appetite to eat.
I kept it all to myself though, putting on a happy face when Helios came along or at least an unbothered one.
Not long after, the women for my dress fitting came around to make a new dress for the event. It didn’t make sense since I still had tones of new dresses that I was yet to wear in my closet, but I wasn’t complaining. If he decided this was how he was going to spend his wealth then I wasn’t going to say anything.
Helios came towards the end of the dress fitting. It was part of his daily routine. He came after he was done with his duties and then stayed with me a bit till he saw that I was no longer in the mood to tolerate people. The women bowed to him filing out immediately, as they were already done.
“how are you” it was a daily routine he had started doing. He’d ask how I was doing then how my day was then he would proceed to ask me if I was feeling any better before going
“I am good” I said in monologue voice. I waited calmly for the next question while I went back to lay down, facing the ceiling. I
waited a minute, but I didn’t hear anything so I looked up to see if he was still there.
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And surely he was, he stood awkwardly with a bunch of flowers in his hands. He tried to hide the flowers when he saw that I was looking at him but it was too late. I had already seen it.
“it is nothing, I saw it and thought I should pick it up for you but its okay I was just…” I stood, going to take the flowers from his
hands.
“thank you” I said as I held the flowers. In the process of him handing me the flowers, his robes fell back a bit, exposing a good bit of his hands for me to see. It was red. This looked so painful and obvious with his very pale skin.
“What happened here?” I said going to touch it but he quickly moved his hands away. Adjusting his robe to cover it properly. “helios?” I called out to him hoping he would answer.
He sighed, looking anywhere but me as he answered me “I tried to hand pick flowers for you and got stung by a bee. It’s no big deal, I am just happy you have them, that is all”
It touched me. He let himself got stung to get me the flowers. “you could have used your magic you know, it would have b I said a bit concerned. He smiled a bit.
fer.”
“That would have ruined the fun, I picked each one carefully and it was the best way to distract myself from how cringe this would
have felt if you didn’t accept them” he gave out his awkward smile.
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I threw my arms around his neck, pulling him down for a hug. This was the sweetest thing he could do “I know this might too much of a burden for you right now, bit I swear I would get back on my feet as fast as possible” he pulled away from the hug a bit to look
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into my eyes.
“this is not a burden, you are not a burden” he said with so much sincerity, I almost cried again. I went back into the embrace for a while more before I let go of him.
“I got you something for the ball” his hands disappeared into the robe as he said that, appearing with a little box. “I know you said you wanted to go through this alone, but at any time, if you feel it gets too much, you have the option” he said opening the box and showing me a cute golden bracelet. The designs on it were so detailed and I couldn’t get over how pretty they were.
“I don’t think I can take it” I said shaking my head to refuse the gift
“it’s a gift Luzia, I want you to have it. you don’t have to wear it.” I didn’t miss the way he said my name, or the way it made my body shiver even though I wasn’t in the right state of mind. It was as if my body recognised him even though my mind was lost
somewhere
plus I doubt your mum would want you to be this sad for long” finally I nodded, taking the little box from him. He kissed my forehead, making my body buzz a bit but I stayed perfectly still.
“I would see you in the evening” he said maintaining eye contact with him till he was completely out of the door.
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i waited, standing still for a few more moments to ensur that he had really gone before i looked at the flowers he had given me.
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i smelled them and smiled. it was the first genuine one in days. and it was because the flowers, or maybe it was because of the person that gave me,the flower either it did something to me
