FOR YOU DARLING

POV - ADIRA NYTH

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Finally, the most awaited day has come: the Art's festival. Everything was really wonderful. The academy was fully decorated with flowers and colors. There were so many performances conducted during the day. First were the writing competitions. I happily participated in all of them. The group items would be organized after two days. The unique thing this time was that the blue house ranked first, followed by my house, then the other houses. It felt like no one wanted to lose. Sometimes I hung out with my friends, not caring about our house's ranking. On that day, I roamed the entire academy, enjoying the food stalls and performances. However, I couldn't find Sitara. I really don't understand her. What's really going on with her? Tara came up with a perfect excuse for ditching us. In the first two days, I didn't see Vante either. I really missed him at that time. I hope we would have the last practice together.

Three days had passed, and I was happy to say that our white house now had a huge tie-up with the blue house. Today was the final day of solo performances. They would announce the winner of the solo performances. I was so nervous about my solo performance; it was the day of my piano performance, called the concert piano performance. Though it was considered a group item, they had changed it this time. In honor of Amber's history, the founder of the academy was a famous piano musician, so they honored every pianist. The previous year I heard it was Vante, and they received a special scholarship too. The competition was like this: every house had a singer and a pianist who had to match their melody and win over the crowd. This competition had a different fan base and would decide whether you would be the high school goddess or god.

The performance was held in the huge auditorium. My token number was four. The red house and black house performances were impressive, but I was shocked to learn that Sitara was the singer in the blue house. She confidently won over the crowd too. Everyone cheered and congratulated her, which was enough to shake my confidence. While passing by, I saw her smirking. At that moment someone covered my eyes. I recognized the familiar scent of him. "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE IT, BELIEVE ME ADIRA," his honeyed voice was enough to boost me. This is why I love him; he knows exactly what I need. Then he removed his hands from my face, and for the first time, I smiled at him. Then, I looked at Sitara. She seemed frustrated after seeing Vante. Did I ask him something about her? I decided not to at that moment.

"Hey," Vante dragged me, "What do you want if we win this competition?" I asked him. At that moment, he held my hands and locked eyes with me. I really loved that expression of his. Then he told me, "A KISS FROM YOU." I was stunned to hear that. "What's with the shocking expression? Just kidding," he told me. While I tried to reply, we were interrupted by the announcement of our token number. "Let's go," he confidently told me.

We entered the stage and bowed. When Vante started his concert, his seductive voice captivated the crowd. I didn't focus on anything; it was just him and me. I played my melody along with him, hearing the cheers from the crowd. They shouted his name, and at the same time, I heard my friends cheering too. I played my piano, expressing my heart, soul, and feelings towards Vante. I played one of the complicated piano pieces, but it didn't feel difficult. All I could hear was Vante's voice. When he stopped, I ended my piano too. I heard the crowd cheering, and our judges were also cheering for us. It felt like we won everyone over, and I was so happy. I glanced at Vante; he was smiling at me. They announced the competition winners on stage, and it was us. We got the first rank, with the blue house in second place. I was surprised to know that I had won every competition I participated in. Then the solo performance day came to an end.

We still had group items for two more days, and that day came to an end. Vante was happy; he even treated our housemates and gave a motivational speech. My friends congratulated me, and others as well. After all the fuss, I decided to roam the campus alone. When I reached the forest corner, I felt Vante's presence.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him. "Oh, I was just checking on you," he smiled at me. "You were busy with your teammates a while ago. What do you really want?" I asked him. "Well... I... want..." he began to stammer. A chilling wind passed by us. My eyes were fixated on his lips, making me curious about the way they moved. It drove me crazy. I couldn't hold back and impulsively kissed him on the lips before quickly moving away. He looked stunned, and with a blushing face, I decided to run away, but he pinned me against the wall.

I couldn't resist the way he was staring at me, his face close to mine. He touched his forehead to mine, then moved and kissed my neck.

"THAT'S NOT A KISS, ADIRA," he whispered to me. I couldn't look at him, feeling suddenly hot and blushing, with my heart racing.

"HOW BOLD, ADIRA. NOW I WANT TO RUIN YOU..." At that moment, I stared at him, and he kissed me. I didn't hold back either. We competed inside that kiss, as if we didn't want to give up.

WE REALLY WANTED TO DEVOUR EACH OTHER. THAT DAY, WE BOTH CONFESSED OUR FEELINGS THROUGH A KISS. LITTLE DID I KNOW IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A PRISON, AN INESCAPABLE PRISON OF LOVE.

"So, you're telling me he is the one who killed my sister?" Lucian yelled at me. I couldn't reply; I just nodded. "Why? Why did he have to kill her? It's because of me, it all happened because of me." I burst into tears. "It's all my fault," I told him. Lucian seemed shocked to see me. He hugged me tightly, and I didn't push him away; I really needed someone to share my burden. "Let's go back, Adda," Lucian told me.

After having dinner, I went to my apartment. I couldn't sleep that day, so I decided to get some fresh air and went to the balcony. I didn't turn on the lights in the apartment; it was completely dark. While standing on the balcony, I saw Darcy's window was open; it was near to me, then i can see everything from here.it looked like he was doing something in the washroom. The mirror was clear to me, and what I saw there terrified me.

I SAW HIS SKY BLUE EYES AT THE SAME TIME HE FIXED HIS FAKE LENS. THEN HE REMOVED SOME FAKE SKIN FROM HIS HANDS, REVEALING THAT TATTOO AGAIN: THE BLOODY SKULL FACE. HE SMILED AT THE WINDOW AND MUTTERED, "I AM BACK FOR YOU, DARLING..."