Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 51

Kyle’s P.O.V.

“What is she doing?” Ethan asked me when I was giving him his medication before going to bed. I decided to stay with him in his room so that I could take care of him at night. He was not badly injured but he was in a lot of pain. I even helped him a few times with using the washroom. He also had black-purple marks on his ribs, stomach and no his thighs. “She is sleeping now”, I told him and gave him a glass of water to have his medication. He threw the tablets inside his mouth and drank water. He gave the glass back to me and I put it down on the nightstand. “You should also sleep now”, I said to him, but he g*****d. “I am not sleepy. Hell I slept the whole day”, he whined and I raised my brows at him. “Then I am giving you your bag. You have a lot of work to finish”, I said to him and he immediately frowned.

“I am injured bro. My hands are aching badly. How can you expect that I will be able to write, huh?” he whined again while making a puppy face. “Then what do you want to do now?” I asked him while going to the other side of the bed. “Did she ask anything about me?” he asked me in a hopeful tone. I g*****d internally because he was going to start again. “Yes, she did ask about you. She is very thankful to you for saving her there. She is also feeling guilty for putting your life in danger”, I told him the exact thing that I was telling him again and again in an annoying tone. I sat down on the bed and tucked myself inside the cover.

“Why are you so annoyed?” Ethan asked me with a frown and I glared at him this time. “Because you are annoying me by asking the same question again and again”, I said in an irritating tone this time and he pouted like a girl. I huffed and then lay down on my back. “Kyle”, he called my name after some time. “What now?” I asked him in a low tone. “Talk to me please”, he said in a pleading tone. I was exhausted and tired. I had to take care of his work in the team in his absence today. My other friends and team members helped me a lot. Still, I was exhausted.

I moved towards him and looked at him helplessly because he was looking at me with the same puppy eyes. “I know that I am annoying you but I really wanted to know what she thinks about me”, he said in a desperate tone. “You were alone with him the whole day. You could have asked her on your own. If you like her, then go and tell her”, I said to him and then yelled a little in the end. “You know I can’t”, he said with a sigh. “And why can’t?” I asked and he looked at me helplessly. “This is the first time that I have felt something for a girl let alone for Violet. She…. She is different from other girls. She is so naïve and innocent that”, he paused while talking about Violet’s nature.

I couldn’t deny what he said about Violet. She was really naïve. “She doesn’t even consider us as her friend. I don’t want to scare her by proposing to her”, he said with a g***n and I smiled this time. “What?” he asked me while raising his brows at him. “I think we have a situation here”, I said in a mischievous tone and he immediately flipped towards me. “What do you mean by the situation here?” he asked me immediately in an anxious tone. I smiled and then lay back again on my back. “Kyle”, he yelled and I laughed a little in a low tone.

“You are not the only one who annoyed me like hell today by asking about her and her condition, you know”, I said while looking at him teasingly. He gasped and widened his eyes in shock. The corner of my lips curled up again. “You.. you mean to say that someone else is also interested in her?” he asked me while stammering a little and I blinked to confirm him. “No”, he said while shaking his head a little. His eyes were glued to me now. I didn’t change my expression, still looking at him. He grunted making me laugh again. “Who is he?” he asked me in a gloomy tone.

“Dustin”, I told him in a teasing tone and his eyes widened again. “Dustin???? Are you serious?” he yelled aloud this time and I put my hand on my ear to cover it. “God, Ethan…. I am right beside you”, I said with a g***n and he huffed. He didn’t say anything for a few minutes. I was glad and thought that now I could sleep peacefully. I closed my eyes and sighed internally. I didn’t know why but I was upset. Both Ethan and Dustin were my best friends and now they were fancying the same girl. This was not a problem. The problem was that I was not happy with their approach to Violet. I felt jealous and possessive whenever either of them approached me to get to know something about her.

I remembered all those purple-black spots on her body. Ethan’s mother told me the places on her body where she needed to apply an ointment. I didn’t know who come she knows but I felt something churning inside me in anger when I saw them. She was in so much pain but she hid her pain from everyone. I felt her wincing in pain from time to time when I was applying medicine on her body. She had fair and soft skin. She didn’t allow anyone to touch or see her but let me put the ointment on her wounds. I wanted her to trust me and I didn’t know the reason why I wanted this. It was not like I had any interest in her. No, I was not attracted towards her but I didn’t like Ethan and Dustin approaching her in that way.

“What should I do now?” I heard Ethan after some time but I didn’t respond to him this time. I kept my eyes closed. I didn’t want to answer him. If they liked her then they should have enough courage to approach her. I agreed that the situation was now a bit awkward because both of them were good friends too but it didn’t matter here. They might have the same love interest but Violet was the one here who had to choose between them. “Kyle”, I heard him calling me again in a low tone. “Sleep now, Ethan. I want to sleep. I have to go to the practice in the morning before taking Violet to the hospital”, I said to him in a calm tone but didn’t open my eyes. He didn’t say anything again.

I sighed internally and then flipped on the other side and now my back was towards him. I also got a call from my mother in the evening when I left Violet’s room to come to Ethan’s room. She once again asked me to come back home but I was still firm on my stand. I wanted them to change but they were still hesitant. I told her what Sia did to Violet and Ethan. She was shocked but didn’t say anything. My parents were not involved in the school in any way. My mother was busy with business. So, she didn’t have time to join any committee or group in the school. That was why they didn’t anything about what is going on there.

She still insisted that I shouldn’t hear from anyone else. Dating her would be beneficial for our business and that infuriated me once again. Dustin’s mother paid me an advance tuition fee and now I was going to tutor Dustin from tomorrow onwards. A few students from the junior year also approached me about tutoring but I asked them to talk to me after Saturday’s match. My whole concentration was on the match now. Albert was still not well and now in the absence of Ethan, the team was in low spirits. We were determined to win the game but it affected our gameplay badly. I didn’t know when I drifted into sleep but I slept peacefully.

I woke up once again when I felt the need to use the washroom. I opened my eyes slowly and looked at Ethan first. He was now sleeping peacefully. I slowly got up from the bed and went towards his side of the bed. I tucked him inside the cover cautiously. He stirred a little and winced in pain in his sleep but didn’t wake up. I took a deep breath and then went to the washroom. After finishing my business there, I washed my hands and came out. Ethan was still sleeping peacefully. I went back to my side of the bed and sat down. I took my phone from the nightstand on my side and looked at the time. It was almost about to dawn. I was about to lay down when I felt to check on Violet. I must be insane to go into a girl’s bedroom at this time of the night but I stood up.

I slowly walked out of the room and closed the door behind me gently. I only needed to give it a quick look and then came back. There was complete silence in the whole mansion right now. I went downstairs as the other guest room where Violet was staying was downstairs. I was a bit hesitant when I reached her door. I stood up there for a few seconds when I decided to open the door. She was not able to stand up on her own and that was why she didn’t lock the door from the inside. I was surprised to see the lights on. Did she wake up already? I looked at the bed and found her sleeping. The night lamp was on at her side.

I cautiously walked towards her to switch off the night lamp. “No… no… don’t… don’t go”, I looked at her face when I heard her whimpering in sleep. I look at her face and found her covered in sweat. She was whimpering in the dream. I blinked when I noticed tears in the corner of her eyes. She must be seeing a bad dream as she was whimpering and crying in her dreams. “Don’t go… p.. please… don’t go”, she whimpered again and the tear rolled down. I immediately wiped that tear and sat down near her waist on the bed. “Relax, princess…. no one is going to leave you”, I gently stroked her face with my thumb and whispered to her to comfort her in her dreams. She suddenly put her hand on my hand and held my hand tightly on her face. My heart skipped a beat and my whole body shuddered in anticipation. “Please…. don’t go.. don’t leave me”, she pleaded in a whimper and it broke my heart in so many pieces. “I am not going anywhere, princess… sleep now”, I comforted her in whispers once again and she immediately relaxed. I took a deep breath while looking at her face. I didn’t know what was her nightmare but an urge of protecting her once again filled my heart.