Beautiful Faults - Episode 16

 

June’s POV

“Good Morning Sunshine” I turned my head to where the voice was coming from and I realized it was Harry playing Chess and I was awe at the sight. How is that possible?
“Sunshine? That’s new and how do you know its me?” I asked as I step across the room to where he was.

“Because you always smell like sunshine and because…..” he trailed off before he stopped and faced the game back and I decided to ignore  what he just said and not push further.

“You know I could beat you at that” I challenged him and he smiled.
“How about I tell you that it’s absolutely impossible for you to do that?”

I placed the stuff I had brought for him on the table in front of him

“Challenge accepted bum”

Twenty minutes into the game, he had managed to beat me blue black at Chess even though I always thought I was the ‘queen of Katwe’ and I don’t feel good at the moment because I just lost to Harry.

“Don’t underestimate me when it comes to Chess , I played with my eyes closed back in school and I won almost all the times. The person who trained me was my father, he used to play with blindfolds on because he believed the game should be played by heart and not just with your eyes, he was the king of Chess before he died and I guess I got a really good part of that” I feel special anytime Harry opens up to me about things that are personal and dear to him

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. Yeah, we started off on a good ground, he actually made me feel comfortable with him and I think that’s why I feel too comfortable right now.

“I guess you did, he’ll be really proud of you right now”

“He sure will be, cos I know I turned out good” I laughed at his ego and over confidence, he always has it with him no matter what. 

“Mama already had her fair share of pain, I never planned on adding to it. I always wanted her to have a good life after dad died so I stayed away from the bad guys and bad ways. I never planned for this tragedy that happened to me, I never did”
I feel bad at the fact that Harry find it easy to open up to me while I’m locked up here with no courage to talk to him about anything. “Nobody plan for tragedy, because it’s always an unknown event that comes at that time when everything seems perfect”

“Enough of all this sober and sad stories, guess what I brought for you, Mr Bum” I stood up from the floor to get what I had brought from the mall down the street.

“With the way you just called me bum the tenth time this week, I think you got me shaving kits” he said laughing

“haa, you guessed right, come on get up your ass and let me turn a bum to a prince” I held his hand as I directed him towards the bathroom.

“I don’t want to become a grandpa from the 80s when youre done, so I think we should go to the barber’s shop so I could get a haircut too” he suggested and I disagreed.

“You don’t trust my shaving skills?’ he nodded
“Don’t worry, I’ll give you a nice shave and you’ll get a haircut when we’re done”  I don’t really know why I’m putting so much effort into this.

He agreed with my silly suggestion and we went into the bathroom.

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. Once we got there, I realized that Harry was way taller than me (something I should have considered first before deciding to take this drastic step). 

I had to find a way to sit on the sink while I held Harry and pulled him to stand in front of me. I held his face in my hands and first removed the shade that he was wearing and I couldn’t help but stare at the most gorgeous pair of eyes I’ve ever seen in my life. Its not even noticeable that he’s blind, his eyes didn’t give that away.

He coughed and I was drawn out of the daydream I had managed to get myself into. “Will you want the 80s style of shaving or the monkey in the evil shadow?” I joked trying to lighten the mood.

“Monkey in the what? I need to run for my life right now” he joked before he placed both his hands on my laps and I couldn’t help the electric shook that ran through me even with fabrics covering both. Whats wrong with me?

“You’re stuck with me” I picked the shaving lotion and applied it on his face before I started shaving the bum that was standing in front of me, in-between my legs too if you should know.
I couldn’t stop staring at his lips as I worked in silence, imagining how they’ll feel…..
_You need to get your mind out of the gutters, June. Its rotten in there_. I chastised myself.

“Mom told me about what happened when you accompanied her to the party” he broke the silence with my greatest fear. His mom had not asked me about why I had left the party that day without telling her and this just confirmed my suspicion; she saw what happened.

“I don’t want to talk about it” I replied bluntly
“You never want to talk about anything because you just don’t trust me enough to open up to me”

“This isn’t about trust, Harry. If I should trust anyone right now, it’ll be you. I just don’t want to talk about it”
He placed his right hand under my chin and I found myself relaxed a little bit and before I could tell him to stop brushing his fingers against my lips, I felt his lips on mine and even though my brain was telling me to push him away, I betrayed myself by kissing him back and savoring the goodness of the moment as different thoughts passed through my head. I pushed those thoughts aside and concentrated on the really gorgeous man who had his lips on mine right now.

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