Rebecca POV:-
My chest tightened as my eyes felt heavy, my body ached as I couldn't comprehend my surroundings.
“Argh…”
I can barely open my eyes, everything is vague, I can't even think properly.
“Dammit.”
I put my hand over my forehead and rubbed it to receive any solace but no avail. A deep sigh escaped my lips and I can felt tears, blurring my vision, due to this stupid flu.
“Mari- Argh.” I sniffed and laid on the bed and covered myself with the duvet.
I closed my eyes and instantly fell into a deep slumber.
The sleep wasn't sound, it seems like it was out of misery as if I can't sleep but I have to as I have to spare some mercy upon myself and give me some time to recover.
Some time passed and it's lunch time, the door knocked, waking me up from my deep slumber.
I sat up as a sudden pain went through my veins. I winced in pain and asked tentatively, "Who's there?"
"Ma'am It's Jen. Please eat something and take medicine." I just hummed and she entered.
“Yeah..” I run my hands in my hairs, pushing all strands falling on my face behind.
My eyes were narrowed. She was about to place the tray on the bed but I stopped her.
"Put it on the table. I won't eat in bed. I hate it." I said. She nodded and put it there.
I stood up and felt so weak, as if my legs gave up on me. I sat on the sofa and looked at the soup. I drank the soup and took my medicine and again laid back on the bed to sleep.
“How are you feeling now?”
The reason I swallow up the feeling of repulsion of sleeping with him is because the bed hasn't given me any nightmares.. yet.
“I actually receive a lull when I sleep in this bed.”
'The bed or the person?'
My mind asked as I shook my head and shrugged this thought off. Of course, bed.
“What?” She asked.
“Nothing.”
‘How can he ever give me any comfort?’
I laid and closed my eyes and allowed myself to fall asleep. But my pacification doesn't last longer and after a month I saw those lethal nightmares that took my life out of me.
“Jane!” My eyes shot open as I sat up breathing heavily, I looked around frantically to find any source of light in the dark room as the gloom evoked immense terror in me.
I put my hand over my mouth and let out a sob. Tears streamed down my face as I let out whimpers, I felt like my breath was sucking out of me.
“Janes…” I began to shake tremendously. Tears glistened my face as my cries were muffled by hand over my mouth to conceal my horror.
“Rebecca?” My hairs stuck on my forehead because sweat formed on it and I felt drastically affected by the sensation of fear.
"What happened?" I heard a voice and turned my head.
The lamp on Ryan's side turned on as he sat up and looked at me with a hint of concern.
“She.. She…” I narrowed my eyes at him and removed my hand over my mouth and let out a loud sob of sorrow.
“What happened?” His voice softened.
I opened my mouth to call his name and took me out of this but then I realized his hand was never present there for me.
“It wasn’t me… It was not me…” I whispered.
I closed my mouth and lowered my head as tears fell from my eyes followed by those sounds of convulsions.
I felt his gaze upon me but none of us dared to do anything, neither I tried to reach out to him to console me nor he tried to find the reason for my devastation.
“Rebecca.” It seems like he wants to ask as compassion emitted from him but he couldn't, for the sake of his revenge.
“Please…” I clutched the duvet tightly as it felt like a game to see whose posture would break first and me being deluged in fright, mine broke first.
“Stop them.”
I moved my hand and clutched his shirt. He didn't push me away as he kept looking at me intently as I put my head on his chest and let out my cries of anguish.
“Shh… It was just a nightmare. It’s not real.” He whispered.
My tears soaked his shirt as my heart began to race. He didn't even move an inch as I kept on crying.
“No, it was…” He remained silent and I also didn't speak a word, just the sound of my sobs were present in the room.
He was protesting whether he should comfort me or leave me like this.
“Even if it was, It cannot harm you anymore.” He hummed.
Somehow humanity was bestowed upon him as he moved his hand and stroked the side of my face gently.
“This darkness won’t hurt you. You are safe.”
I let out continuous gasps as I slowly lifted my head and looked at him. “Is it?”
He looked at me with that mystifying gaze and my affectation was broken and my agony was clear to him and I cannot hide myself from him. “Yes.” He smiled feebly, caressing me.
My grip on his shirt tightened as his hand moved to my neck and he pulled me close to his chest.
“Shh.. Don’t cry. It’s alright. It was only a deception of your mind.” He wanted to say I am here for you but it would be good as a lie because he is not.
“It’s okay… It’s okay..” He continued to soothe me, accepting me in his embrace.
The sound of his heartbeat reached my ears and somehow dispelled my fears as I felt somehow... serene.
I closed my eyes and continued to shiver as he wrapped his arms around me, pulling me in his embrace.