The Traps of Black Swan

'I want you even when we are mad at each other.' He let out a throaty hearty chuckle and pecked on her cheek fondly, "Alright. Even if you try to throw me out, I will stick on to you like the strongest glue."

Anyhow his little humor still didn't change her expression. Brushing her little baby hair away he waited for her to speak.

"I want you in rain and storm as much as I want you in the spring." She continued after giving it a thought.

Aaron caressed her cheek with his thumb understanding she was trying to say she doesn't just want him for the happy moments but all sad and difficult times too.

After seeing his faint curve of his lips, she prompted, "I know you are strong but I still want to protect you from all those evil ones."

She wasn't the same Ava Kelly anymore who desperately looked for a protector when she was in danger. Hence she didn't need a knight in shining armor to rescue her from a difficult situation, she could protect herself and him too.

Aaron didn't exactly know what she was trying to imply with all those. Looking at her emotionless face going silent, it took him time to realize she was waiting for his response and was failing to show the anticipation on her face.

He pecked on her nose tip and hummed.

Aarvi blinked a few times before adding one more, "I want to be the only luckiest girl who could call you mine."

Aaron smiled in amusement, gently bopped her head, "Aarvi Evans, you are the one I need, the one I want, the one I have. I could ONLY be yours." He stressed 'only' to assure her.

Aarvi finally asked with all seriousness in her soft mellifluous voice, "Then do I sound obsessed?" If Naomi's love for Aaron is called obsession, she wanted to confirm, she wasn't obsessed with him.

Or is she?

Aaron pulled her up to sit understanding she now has confusion between love and obsession. He tried to think if she was obsessed with anything but found none. He couldn't say she is obsessed with the cupcake he bakes that she gobbles down, it was her most favorite dessert.

He also realized the time he was giving her at home was significantly reduced in recent days that he didn't bake her favorite cupcakes.

He first tried to tell her what is an obsession as much as he knew. "An obsessed person is like a lustful person. He or she just cares about his or her wants, likes and dislikes without giving importance or knowing about the other person's needs and feelings."

Aarvi slowly nodded by applying his words to Naomi. Naomi always said she loved Aaron and wanted him in her life but she never cared to know what he wanted.

"The obsessed person will be jealous and possessive too. Does that mean if you see me close with another man, you won't be jealous?" She asked it like a challenge forgetting about herself.

He felt good hearing the provocation in her words, at least a small emotion was crawling out, her icy cold heart was starting to melt.

Placing his both forearms on her shoulders he bopped their heads, "First of all, you can't get close to anybody. Friends are friends, they don't have such feelings for you. "

Aarvi wasn't satisfied with the response so she silently watched him until he couldn't put on his indifference but respond to her properly.

"Aarvi Evans, it's about trust. I trust you and I know you won't do something inappropriate that I should be cautious about."

This response made her adorably wobble her head accepting his response as plausible. Before he could react, she pushed him in on the bed and pulled a duvet over him.

Aaron didn't retort and saw her support her elbow on the pillow lying down facing next to him, propping her head on her fist. He flipped to her side and watched her eyes travel everywhere in the room while thinking something.

She summarized his words, "So love has trust, the obsession has possessiveness and jealousy."

Aaron faintly hummed, he was basically curious about her coming words. He found little confusion in her eyes as she tried to word it.

"What love means to me is a need, probably more than it. I can always get what I want. You're everything I need." She slowly hummed to herself as she thought what could be the word for 'more than it.'

Aaron had become like a rock staring at her. He wanted to confirm if he wasn't dreaming and she was really there.

He understood she asked about obsession because of her 'wants'. Since it's cleared, she finally confessed to him without even realizing she was speaking her feelings.

Everything gets so simple at the right time and the right way.

Lying her head on the pillow, Aarvi pulled the duvet up until her neck as she continued with a faint smile for finally clearing all the puzzles in her heart.

"I need you more than my vengeance, I need you beside me just like how you need me."

Aaron waited with a hope for a few more words but she yawned ready to sleep. Just as he thought, his Cupcake spoke her feelings without realizing it. 'Is it because she is sleepy?' He didn't care.

Aarvi was about to flip aside and sleep but a hand snaked around her waist and the next moment she was on top of him.

"Sleep Aaron, it's late." She said trying to roll off controlling her yawn.

Aaron tried to hide his eagerness with patience while he asked, "Aarvi Evans, don't you think you missed a few words?"

"Huh?" Blinking due to drowsiness, she asked without bothering to give work to her brain, "What did I miss?" She stopped struggling and supported herself to face him properly.

Aaron hated the nighttime now, 'Should I wash her face and ask?' He really wanted to do that but forced himself to forget it.

"Could you please repeat what you said at last?" Like a teenager who got the first chance to hear his love confession, he threw his brain out in the dark and eagerly waited for her to realize.

Aarvi thought back and said, "Sleep Aaron, it's late."

He almost thought she ignored his question before understanding it, "No, no, before that."

Yawning, again and again, she frowned thinking about what she had told him as she laid on him into a comfortable position as the stubborn man had his strong iron-like arm caged around her waist. She mumbled snuggling her petite face next to his neck, "You're everything I need?"

Aaron was excited to hear that again but had more expectations from his sleepy Cupcake, "Then?" He probed.

However, he had overestimated her and she was dozing off.

After a few seconds, he realized she didn't even hear him or took his words seriously. He hissed waking her wide awake, "Aarvi Evans, how dare you leave me in the middle?"

Startled by hearing his cold loud voice next to her ear that practically skyrocketed her heartbeats, she frowned squinting her eyes at him. It was dark and deathly silent, they were actually whispering till that.

Aarvi smacked his head and commanded icily, "SLEEP! NOW!"

Aaron: "..."

He had forgotten in over-excitement that an overbearing attitude doesn't get him anything against Aarvi.