I'm Not Daria
Devan's attitude is different

"Stop. Please," I'm panting, falling to the floor with my heart pounding.

Mario stopped at the top of the stairs and laughed at me.

"God, I'm so weak." I grumbled.

It was a quiet Sunday with no one in the mansion. Mr and Mrs Daralyn were away on a picnic and Anna was sleeping because she was too tired to study on the second day.

Devan surprisingly took the day off for the first time since he was here. She bothered me all morning because she thought I was avoiding her by not allowing her into my room, but the truth is I was just taking my classes. After about ten minutes he kept whining, I finally stopped answering him. He left fifteen minutes after that.

At lunch there were only three people, Devan, Anna and of course me he asked what I was doing in the room all morning but only gave the reason that I was sleeping because I was tired.

After lunch, I quickly put my plate in the sink and said goodbye to Mario, I climbed the stairs knowing what Devan was doing.

As soon as I got out of the kitchen, Devan who had finished his lunch much earlier patiently waiting for me to finish, he got up and ran after me.

I already had a premonition of his little plan and I quickly reacted. He chased all the way to my room, I slammed the door and thought his nose was broken. Oh, he should have left me alone.

I don't know what she wants from me, but she comes to my door every once in a while and takes me to a place that I sometimes answer by "go with Luna" or ignore her altogether.

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My class finished after four in the afternoon, because there were no activities, I asked Mario if he had any free time, and it turned out that he had some free time, and, so I invited him to watch a movie with me in the room.

My phone battery was running out, so I asked Mario if he could get a charger from one of the drawers on the side of my bed

All I forgot was that's where I hid my old phone. So he questioned it, I jumped in to pick it up, but he was faster and wouldn't give it to me unless I told him why I had an old phone with a cracked screen.

So our little game began, chasing him all over the house to get my phone from him. We played for about ten minutes before I finally stopped to catch my breath.

"Are you okay?" Mario asked, looking as if he would laugh out loud at my suffering.

"Give me my phone, Mario," I asked in the most emphatic voice."or.."

"Or what? Why would a girl like you have an old cell phone that I'm sure you'd never use?"

"I don't need to answer it," I replied, slowly approaching him while checking the phone which gave me a chance to take a little peek at him.

"Don't light it!" I cried when I saw he was going to turn it on.

Mario furrowed his brows in confusion, seemingly unaware of how close I was to him.

"What's the problem?" She asked.

Even though my phone is password protected, there's no way she can see my lock screen. Not much, just a picture of Anna and a photo outside my college.

Mario knows the existence of this phone is a considerable risk. He looked down and was about to press a button to turn it on, but I quickly pounced on him.

He screamed and lost his footing. We both fell and I was lucky enough to land softly on Mario. My phone slipped out of his hand and I quickly grabbed it while staying on top of it.

There was the sound of the door opening before an angry voice growled towards us. "What the hell is going on here?"

Devan loomed high above us and I quickly slipped my phone into the pocket of jeans.

Realizing what he meant, I lowered my head to see that I was still on top of Mario and somehow his hand rested on my waist. Oh, how awkward.

I rushed to get up and felt Devan lift me up and put me on my feet. Mario also got up and cleaned up the little dirt in his apron.

"Sorry," he said, not knowing what else to say to Devan as he clearly drilled a hole in his head. "See you later. Daria," he said to me

"What if you never see him again and just do what you do?" Devan.

"Devan!" I hit his chest. I looked towards Mario.

"I'm sorry, Mario. You can go. You don't have to listen to it."

Mario leaves after apologizing to Devan who told him to leave.

I turned towards Devan with my hands on my hips. "Why are you acting like this to her?"

"Are you spying on us?" I asked, looking at him in disbelief. There was no other way he could know other than that.

He didn't answer my question "Tell him to be within his limits."

"What limits? What the hell is he doing? I invited him to watch a movie. I want to learn to cook from him. Her friend. Don't do this to us."

"We?" Devan asked with raised eyebrows. "Is he now? Your boyfriend?"

"God, I didn't mean it that way. We're just friends." I said, stressing on the last word.

"I don't think he'll think the same."

"But we're friends, okay? So leave him alone. Don't bother us"

I'm sorry I said it. Devan looked really hurt. He swallowed hard.

"Has she been in your room all morning?"

"Stop assuming things that don't happen. He is my friend, just like Anna or even Gio is my friend. Just like that."

"I just want to spend time with you. I really want to spend time with you. But you chose him over me." He shook his head. "He's always been more than me, isn't he?"

"I didn't choose between the two of you. Stop being immature and don't exaggerate things that aren't important. Why don't you see it? I spent time with you both."

Actually I was surprised because he said that he was happy to spend time with me. It makes me feel good because I feel comfortable when I'm near Devan.

"Don't lie to me. I've been waiting for you since morning for you to finish whatever you're doing. You have no idea how hard it is for me to admit that because I should hate you". He said quietly "I won't force my presence on someone who doesn't want to see me"

With that he turned around and walked back to his room. Unexpectedly, something inside of me was crushed hearing his words and the vulnerability he showed me.

"No, Devan, not like that." He did not look back to look at me. "Stop"

He didn't do it. I ran after him and just as he was about to slam the door into my face, I put all my strength into it and managed to open it. He's not looking at me.

"Go away. Go to him. I know that's where you want to be." He didn't look at me, his back was facing towards me and I felt guilty and sad for him.

I didn't answer as I walked towards him. While pulling her shoulders hard, she ended up facing towards me but still did not want to look me in the eye, her face was down, so I cupped her face gently with both hands and made her look at me. "I'm sorry" I whispered. We stared at each other for a long time before I finally ventured to embrace her in the hope that she would feel a soothing embrace.

She did nothing for about a minute, but then she finally, she wrapped her hands around my waist, put her head on my shoulder and smiled. Immediately her arms tightened on my waist and she pulled me closer towards her with her face buried in my neck.

My heart almost jumped out of my chest. Never had I been hugged so tightly that it made me feel as if we were one. A simple hug like this stirred up my emotions. I rubbed her soft hair and pulled the edges as I felt her lips on my collarbone, my breathing becoming faster. Her lips softly kissed and her breath tickled me.

It'swrong. I have to stop.

But I couldn't muster the strength to pull away. A few minutes passed and she started peppering kisses along my neck, not knowing where it was headed but it felt too good to stop.

She pulled a little and looked me in the eye, her arms still tightly coiled around my waist and my arms on her shoulders. There was an unspoken emotion in his eyes. I've never seen him stare at someone like that. He tilted his face, his eyes scoured my entire face absorbing every inch of my face and found myself doing the same.

His eyes closed slowly and his face approached and so did his lips to mine.

Just as our lips were about to meet and just as we were about to make the biggest mistake we had ever made, I came to my senses from my confusion caused by its intoxicating aroma and its dark brown eyes.

I backed away from him. "I have to go." I walked to the door and opened it. As he walked out, he spoke. "I'll be in your room, but not with Mario."

Without waiting for an answer, I entered my room and closed the door.

If I don't back off, will we kiss? But it would be a big mistake. Devan is dating Luna. If he knows what we're gonna do, I don't think he's gonna help me anymore. In fact, he'll probably tell everyone who I really am.

I shook my head. swearing to never let such a thing happen.have to be careful around Devan.can't let him and his charms mess with my thoughts

When can we be like this? Like when we were just about to kiss each other. Not a month ago we always clashed with our mouths, fussing over the childish fit.

I just hope that we will forget a little about today and there will be no awkwardness between us whenever we are around each other.

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