My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I turned on the lights and looked around the room, but Hendrix was nowhere to be found. The balcony floor, however, was littered with cigarette butts. It was evident that he had been smoking a lot last night. I thought I might find him in the study, so I walked barefoot out of the bedroom.

It seemed I was wrong. He was in the living room.

Andrea's blue dress was thoroughly soaked. She stared upwards at Hendrix who was taller than her, her eyes red and filled with stubbornness.

"Leave!" Hendrix said, visibly annoyed.

"No!" Andrea's lips curled into a smile, ambiguously innocent as it was pitiful. "You know I'm afraid of thunder," she explained.

Andrea wore an expression of weakness and helplessness, which was accentuated by her drenched clothes and tousled hair.

After a while, Hendrix gave in and uttered, "Go and take a shower first."

Andrea nodded, looking at him as she paused briefly before saying, "I didn't bring a change of clothes with me."

"The ones you left in the guest room are still there," Hendrix replied.

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Andrea nodded again and headed into the guest room.

mentioned that it was large and spacious, and would be

rooms.

would never come to pass. I had never even realized when Andrea had left a set of clothing in the guest

What a joke!

of someone falling came from

Raising his head, he made eye contact with me. He asked as the

nodded in response. My heart ached a little as I told him, "She fell. Go check

"Arianna!" Hendrix exclaimed helplessly.

with

couldn't stop him from

raging heavily outside on the balcony. I walked

to numb in comparison to the

the ground with my knees bent, I hugged myself tightly with my arms around my waist. I buried my face between my

The so-called happy endings in fairytales were

through gritted teeth. Nobody else would be of

I had been spending too long in the rain, but my head felt heavy and I was dizzy.

the sounds of pitter-pattering about the room, I lifted my head. As it turned out, Hendrix had already been standing by my side with a

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