Kyle's P.O.V

As a light sleeper; I was awoken by the noise coming from Liza's room. I went to her door and waited to hear what's going on.

"Mummy" She screamed. Is she having a nightmare?

"Don't take her, please" She begged. I knocked on the door hoping she would wake up.

"Don't take her, she didn't do anything" She screamed as I heard her cry.

I opened the door and got in to find her hugging the pillow as if her life depended on it. Tears were streaming from her eyes as they were firmly shut.

"Liza" I called trying to wake her up. But it seemed that waking her up needs more than that.

"Liza" I called a little louder before she suddenly started screaming.

"Elizabeth" I called as I held her shoulders and shook her a bit but still no response.

"Elizabeth" I called her name a little louder as I shook her again. And thankfully she opened her eyes wide.

"It's okay, it's okay. It was just a bad dream" I said softly before wrapping my arms around her and pulling her closer to me as she was shaking.

"It wasn't" She whispered after a moment of silence.

"What?" I asked confusedly as I pulled back to look at her face.

"It wasn't.. just a bad dream" She said as she closed her eyes.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked her as I cupped her cheeks.

"You'll hate me" She whispered.

"Of course I won't. There's nothing you'll say that can ever make me hate you" I said as I rested my forehead on hers.

"Not this one" She said fearfully.

"Okay, baby. Just get some rest now. We'll talk about it later if you're ready" I said softly as I was going to stand up so she could lay back down.

"Don't go" She said as she gripped my hand firmly.

"Okay, okay. I'm not going anywhere" I said as I stayed in place. I laid down after she moved to give me space. I wrapped my arm around her as she buried her face in my neck. We sat for a minute in silence before I felt the urge to tell her this.

"Everything is going to be okay, I promise" I whispered softly. I knew she heard me when her she snuggled into me more.

After almost half an hour she finally fell asleep.. I couldn't. I kept thinking. What is the thing that's haunting her in her sleep? What happened to make her think that I'll hate her if I knew it? Obviously it has to do with her mother. But what could it be?

After a while of overthinking I fell asleep leaving everything to be solved tomorrow.

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Elizabeth's P.O.V

I was awoken by the soft fingers creasing my cheek.

"Good morning, Mona Liza" I heard his soft husky voice as I opened my eyes.

"Good morning, Da Vinci" I said smiling as I stretched. Then it all came back to me, the nightmare, my screams, her, and Kyle and all that made my smile vanish.

"Stop thinking too much" Kyle said as he creased the lines Between my eyebrows from frowning.

"What time is it?" I asked him.

"It's 8:30" He said calmly.

"Shit, we're late for school" I said as I got up. He held my hand and pulled me back to bed.

"We're not going to school today" Kyle said.

"What?" I asked confusedly.

"No school for today" He said again.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I said so" He said casually. Is he doing this because of me? Because of what happened last night?

"Kyle, if it's about what happened last night I'm..." I started but he stopped me.

"It has nothing to do with you. I'm not in the mood for school today" He said.

But I knew it.. he did it because me. Kyle uses a certain intonations when he's not saying the full truth. And he just used it now. He's doing this for me. But I also had no energy to argue with him.

"So, what are we going to do then?" I asked excitedly forgetting everything else.

"Mmm" He hummed as he sounded like he was thinking.

"I have an idea" He  said after a moment.

"What is it?" I asked.

"There's a prize that I need to deliver" He said excitedly reminding me of my demand.

"You're not telling me what exactly are we going to do, are you?" I asked already knowing the answer.

"Nope" He said proudly.

"Whatever" I said.

"Come on, let's get dressed" He said as I heard him get out of bed so I did too.

"Kyle can you.. Urgh.." I said nervously.

"Can I what?" He asked confusedly.

"I'm sorry. But since Rachel is out and I can't do it myself, can you.. help me prepare my clothes?" I asked shyly.

"Of course. Just tell me what do you want" He said.

"There's a black pullover in the right side of the bag" I instructed.

"Okay, I got it" He said.

"There's a boyfriend jeans on the left side of the bag" I said and after a moment he said he got it.

"Thank you. Sorry for burdening you" I said gratefully.

"Stop it. You'll never be a burden" He said with a soft voice that warmed up my heart.

"Come on, get dressed. I'll be back in a few minutes" He said before he pecked my lips and left. I smiled before I started getting dressed.

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After an almost 15-minute drive the car finally stopped and Kyle said that we reached our destination. I could smell grass and soil. This time it's more intense than the park. So I guess we are either in another park or maybe in a forest or something.

"Where are we?" I asked.

"I think you guessed" He said proudly.

"We're either in a park but not the one you took me last time or in a forest" I guessed.

"Good job. We're in the forest" He said as he held my hand.

"Come on, let's go" He said as he pulled me.

He carefully guided me inside the forest. After a few minutes of walking we stopped. Then I heard keys, a door being open and Kyle talking.

"We're going inside a cabinet in the middle of the forest. This is my secret place" Kyle said before he took my hand and helped me inside. Once I went inside, the scent of paint entered my nose so I smiled.

"You know what is this place" He stated.

"Yeah, I do. It's a place you paint in" I said.

It means a lot to me that he brought me here. But it made me sad that I can't see how this place looks like even though I have a strong feeling that it looks really beautiful.

"You're right. I got this place two years ago. Mum helped me with some cash though. No one knows about this place other than me and now you" He explained.

"Thank you for sharing this place with me" I said as I smiled.

"Come on" He said as he took my hand and pulled me a few steps to the left.

"Come on what?" I asked confusedly.

"I want to try something with you" He answered as he went away to do something.

"We're now standing in front of the desk I paint on" He said as he turned me around and put an apron on me. Then he turned me back to face the desk.

"What are we going to do exactly?" I asked confusedly.

"We are going to paint" He answered casually.

"Excuse me, We?" I asked.

"Yes, we" He answered like it was a normal thing.

"You probably forgot for a second that I'm blind" I said sarcastically.

"No, I didn't. But trust me on this. I'm here, okay? I'll guide you" He said softly before I felt him stand behind me. Then he held my hand in his.

"Tell me about a natural view that you liked" He demanded. I took a deep breathe before I answered.

"The sunset" I answered.

"Close your eyes" He whispered in my ear.

"Would it matter?" I asked.

"Yes. I don't want you to see this, I want you to feel it" He answered and I did as he told me.

He started moving my hand by his hand before I felt my fingers smudge in paint.

"Dark blue" He said and I smiled. He was talking about the paint color.

Then our hands started moving on a panel with horizontal movements. Then with every step he would describe what we were doing. And I started imagining thr view. The colorful sky, the sun setting, a lake and the reflection of the sky on it. I imagined it as if I could see it. And I wanted to see it.. so damn much

"Did you feel it?" He asked after we were done.

"Yes" I answered with a wide smile on my face.

"What do you think?" He asked.

"You have no idea how much this means to me, thank you" I said softly before I kissed his cheek.

My phone suddenly started ringing, cutting our moment. But that was not the problem. The problem is that my phone is in my back pocket. So I have two choices; either to ignore it which might not be possible since it is Ellie's ringtone, and she won't stop till I answer, or to let Kyle get it since his hands are a little cleaner than mine.

"Kyle" I called nervously

"Yes Mona Liza" He answered.

"Can you.. urgh.. Can you take my phone out of my back pocket?" I asked nervously and shyly.

He cleared his throat before I felt him move his hands away from mine. A second later I felt the tip of his fingers on my butt as he took the phone.

"Answer please" I said and he did as I told him then he put the phone on my ear.

"Hey" I said.

"Where the hell are you? Are you okay?" She asked worriedly.

"Yeah I'm fine. Sorry that I forgot to tell you that I ditched school today" I said with guilt.

"Why? Are you sick? How do you feel? Wait for me, I'll be at the house in ten minutes" She said in hurry.

"Ellie, calm down. I'm fine.. nothing happened to me. I'm with Kyle and I'm totally fine" I said trying to comfort her.

"With Kyle, huh?" She asked devilishly.

"Shut up" I warned as I felt heat in my cheeks.

"Okay, okay. I probably called in a very wrong time" She said devilishly.

"I said shut up. And tell Rach to not get worried too" I said.

"Ok Lizy. Have fun" She said then giggled.

"Bye Ellie" I said before Kyle hung up.

"Thank you" I told Kyle.

"It's nothing" He said.

We added a few more thing to the portrait before we were done. Then he took me to the sink to wash my hands.

I took the apron off before we exited his secret place. Or let me say.. our secret place.