"So what should I call you?" asked Oracle innocently as we walked side by side to our hotel room."You can call me daddy.""Daddy?" Oracle asked again as if to confirm the truth of Axe's words."Yes," Axe replied quickly. He was still faithfully holding Oracle's small hand as he led his through the steps."Aunty. May I?" This time Oracle turned to me. His hopeful gaze broke my heart. Why did it hurt so much to see Oracle wishing that he could call Axe daddy. I really do. He made me feel like a bad person for separating him from his own biological father."Aunty, why you be quite? Can I call handsome uncle just like 'daddy'?"I smiled a little and nodded in response. I had nothing to say but to say yes. I quickly wiped away the tears that were about to fall. For a moment I saw Axe staring at me intently. Unlike at the restaurant earlier, this time Axe gave me an unflattering and questioning look. I think Axe was watching my every move, so suspicion was lodged

I was a little flabbergasted to see him holding a medium-sized kitchen knife. Don't tell me Axe is going to prove what he said in the bathroom. I really couldn't believe it."Don't do this!" My steps definitely took a step back as I realized the distance between us was getting thinner."Go away!" I screeched almost like a madman. My chest rose and fell feeling tight at the unforgiving glint in his eyes. Is it true that the one in front of me right now is Axe? I shook my head in answer to myself. Of course, there was only one human like him on this earth.Degh!The sound of a stifled voice made my heart instantly hammer. Woefully, there was no more room for me to move. I was locked in with my body restrained by the pantry. "Stop right there!" I exclaimed, trying to grab whatever was still left there, perhaps the chefs had left some leftover ingredients that I could use to throw at Axe's face."Stop, Axe!" I couldn't stop crying when I turned around and found nothi

From the afternoon, until now it's late at night. My phone kept vibrating and displaying several message notifications that I kept ignoring. I have no intention of picking up the call or reading the message. I left my phone on the nightstand, not even glancing at it. I could already guess that the culprit was none other than Axe. Who else would have my new number besides him and Edward. That's right. Axe did give me a cell phone, but with a note that I had to use the sim card he gave me. So the few old contacts I had couldn't be saved. Let alone other people, I didn't even have my mom and dad's numbers. That's why I didn't contact them, even though my only wish when I first came under Axe's custody was to contact them.Axe shouldn't have needed to contact me anyway because he obviously knew where I was given the tracking device on my body. Remember what Edward once told me?My breathing ended in relief when there was no more vibrating coming from my phone. It wasn't that som

Six days I've been at Rose's apartment. Those six days I also let Axe stand in the garden waiting for me to apologize. I don't know, time seems to have flown by, even though it feels like it was only yesterday that we had the fight.'I'll wait for you in this place until you forgive me.'I can still hear that confident sentence. But I salute Axe, he put his words into action. Six days and five nights living out there just for me, it was an unbelievable struggle. I knew Axe was tired underneath it all. It was noted that on the first to second day he was still able to stand and on the third day until today, his position had changed. Axe was no longer towering, but sitting with his head slightly bowed, and once in a while I found him lying down tired. Sometimes I also saw him massaging the bridge of his nose and squeezing his head roughly. My chest was aching, I couldn't bear to see him continue like that.I quickly moved to the door connecting the balcony. I push the

It's been an hour since Axe's eyes opened briefly, until now he's still faithful to his subconscious world. As always, Axe likes to keep me waiting. It's been three times since we've experienced something like this. Our relationship was never easy, always complicated.I let out a tired breath. I shift my gaze to the nightstand for a moment. My black flat object now caught my attention. Instantly a name popped into my head. Edward! Yes, Edward. I'll call him and ask him to bring Axe a change of clothes. Poor Axe, until now he's still wearing the same clothes we last spoke in the courtyard downstairs. It's also his fault for being so stubborn, I asked him to go back to the hotel and he kept waiting for me to end up sick like this. But the truth is that we were both at fault, if I could have forgiven him sooner. Maybe Axe would still be okay.Never mind. Everything has happened. The most important thing now is for me to take care of him so he can get better soon.I let