"Zarin! Don't do that!" She scolded before she could even see him.
Her childhood friend Zarin was probably the most annoying creature to have ever existed. freewebnoveℓ.com
Heaven grabbed her robe and covered herself quickly.
"Can't you arrive as a normal human being?" She asked, turning to him.
He stood leaning against the wall next to her bed with his hands in his pockets. Slowly, a sly smile made its way to his lips upon seeing her irritated. That was what he liked to do, after all.
"Except I am not a normal human being." He reminded.
Ignoring him, she continued. "We are not children anymore. You can't come here as you please. This is a lady's room now."
Zarin looked around, pretending to be surprised. "A lady? Where is the Lady?"
Fuming with anger, Heaven threw a pillow on him. She missed, which made him chuckle.
"Oh. You? When did you become a Lady?" He continued to tease.
Heaven had lost count on how many times she had wanted to kill him. He lived to annoy her, but without him her childhood would have felt so lonely. But what could she do? She couldn't love him without hating him.
"Just leave! I need to sleep." She said lying down on her bed, facing the other side.
She could hear him sigh. "I thought... maybe wanted someone to talk too?"
"About what?" Heaven asked curiously.
"About you getting married."
"I am not getting married." She muttered.
"You have to, someday soon. "
Why was he adding salt to her wounds?
Pushing herself up in a sitting position, she looked at him for a moment.
"Are you happy that I have to get married?" She asked.
"Only if you are happy with it." He replied.
"Well, I am not."
"You just have to find the right person." He persuaded.
"I don't think I ever will as long as I am locked in here, which means that I, eventually, will have to get married to someone I don't like, share a bed with him, let him touch me, give him children and …."
"Relax." Zarin cut off. "Take a breath."
She was panicking and squirming inside.?She finally said what she had been keeping inside, but there was more.
"You won't have to marry anyone you don't like." He assured sitting at the corner of her bed.
"You don't know that." Her voice almost broke. No, she would not cry. "I am a princess. I have a duty. I will put everyone in a difficult situation if I don't fulfill my duties."
"Hell with duties. Your parents love you. They won't let you sacrifice yourself." He explained.
That was the problem. They would sacrifice themselves instead, and Heaven didn't want them to.
"You are right." She said at the end. Zarin wouldn't understand, anyway. "Were is Gina?" She asked, changing the topic.
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