Love & Obsession

“I am not your father's charity case, Asael Elayzer,” Ezrene seethed out at him which caused his cerulean orbs to fill with that treacherous havoc of insanity, especially when he saw her crushing that watch underneath her shoes which he had put inside her bag for her.

Each and every student who were present inside that classroom tensed up because they knew no one dared to get in Asael's bad books here, including the college authority but everyone here also knew that the only person who Asael allowed to raise her voice at him was just this mere girl, Ezrene Soler whom this entire college knew as Asael’s girl.

Balling his fists, he took a threatening step closer to her while glowering into her emerald eyes but before he could say or do anything to her, that voice resonated.

“Is everything alright there?” Both of them turned their heads and noticed that their professor had already entered the class who was looking at them and the crowd which had gathered around them.

Ezrene slowly nodded at her professors and then turned her head in his direction where she found his blazing blue hues still glaring at her. It filled her with fear because she knew what possibly her bravery was going to cost her.

“Kindly join your seats then, everyone,” their professor said, which made him pass Ezrene a dreadful glare before he turned around and sat on his bench. Ezrene sighed and went to her desk and settled there.

“Rene…..” Cressa clutched Ezrene's arm while looking at her worriedly because even Cressa knew how tough Asael had turned her best friend's life here. 

“I am fine,” Ezrene whispered to her, whereas from inside, her heart had already started pounding inside her chest because she didn't know how awfully he was going to take his revenge for the insult she had thrown at him in front of everyone here.

She slowly trailed her eyes and looked at him through the corner of her eyes where her fear paced up, seeing his vigorously clenched jaw. His eyes were still filled with malice. He was not going to let this slide so easily today and what would he do to her…..that thought had started horrifying her.

“My name is Aylin Brandon. I will be teaching you literature for this semester of yours,” their professor introduced herself to everyone.

“Hope we are going to learn some good things from each other during this time, so let's start today's topic,” their professor said and then opened the book in her hands.

“But before beginning with today's topic, I want to ask all of you what do you think is obsession as it's our primary focus for today's topic, so how would you define obsession and what do you think would happen if it entangles with love or any other human emotions?” the professor asked everyone and then started roaming her eyes.

“So who would like to answer first?” The professor uttered, wandering her gaze over everyone until it landed on Ezrene.

“Ms. Ezrene Soler, right?” The professor pointed towards Ezrene. She stood up on her feet and then nodded her head. 

“Actually, the entire college is praising you and how you have achieved such good grades which no one had been able to achieve since the past 5 years here, so congratulations, Ms. Soler. We are proud of you,” the professor uttered, smiling, which Ezrene returned with a beam.

“Thank you, Ms. Brandon,” she replied.

“Okay, so would you like to answer my question about obsession and love?” 

Ezrene swallowed down her saliva, trying to think about her answer and then with a sigh, she finally opened her mouth.

“Obsession is that emotion of a human which ruins and harms every other feeling of a person when it collides with it whether with love or hate. Obsession destroyed everything because in obsession, the obsessor refuses to see the boundaries of right, wrong, moral, immoral, sane, insanity so if it entangles with love, it destroys the sacrificing selfless beauty of love because an obsession can never be considered as love no matter what,” Ezrene gave her answer which made the professor gave her an impressed smile.

“Very good explanation, Ms. Soler but anyone else here who would like to share their views regarding Ms. Soler’s answer?” The professor asked and then found a hand getting raised in the crowd of students.

“Mr Elayzer?” Professor Aylin said, a bit startled, seeing Asael's raised hand because everyone here knew who Asael Elayzer was and what kind of student he was, so seeing his willingness to answer, it stunned the professor a bit.

Asael stood up on his feet which made everyone look towards him, including Ezrene.

“Proceed with your opinion regarding Ms. Soler's answer, Mr Elayzer,” the professor uttered which caused the corner of his lips to tug upward.

“I do not agree with Ms. Soler's answer because….” he tilted his head to look at Ezrene's emerald eyes which were already at him.

“Obsession can take its obsessor to that destination where love fails to take its lover,” his words rolled out of his tongue while his eyes remained glued with hers which caused a shiver inside her heart because only Ezrene knew what he exactly meant by those words of his.

“So….,” he turned his head to look at their professor.

“I don't know about harming or ruining but obsession holds the power of strengthening a human's any other emotion whether it collides with love, hate or lust. Obsession makes sure that that feeling reaches its destination no matter what became just like Ms. Soler said…” he turned his head to look at Ezrene again.

“Obsession doesn't care about the boundaries of right, wrong, moral, immortal, sane, insanity,” Ezrene clenched her palms because she knew his each and every word was straightly headed towards her.

“So I would say love is nothing without obsession,” Asael said. They both continued to peer into each other's eyes until

“Quite an interesting answer, Mr Elayzer. You both can settle down on your seats. Thank you for your answers,” Professor Aylin uttered which made Ezrene look away from him and then she sat on her seat and he also followed her action of joining his seat and then their class proceeded.

“That's all for today. Thank you, class,” Professor Aylin uttered and then left from their class. 

Ezrene hurriedly packed her bag and then grabbed Cressa's hand to leave from that classrooms as fast as possible because she didn't want him to create a scene here in front of so many people with her as she knew he was boiling to make her pay for his insult, so she instantly stood up on her feet and practically ran out of that classroom with Cressa.

He gritted his teeth while his piercing blue eyes filled with more rage, seeing her running out of the class to escape from him but how far she would go from him because he had always been closer to her more than her own breathing. No one and nothing could make her escape from him ever.

………….

“You shouldn't have done that, Rene, especially in front of our entire class,” Cressa said to Ezrene, looking at her extremely worried. Ezrene heaved a high.

“I know, Cress but seeing that watch inside my bag, I lost my mind. It made me so angry that I wanted to kill him right there,” Ezrene uttered, still angry but now her sanity had returned too which had finally made her realize the dreadful kind of mess she had fallen herself into by insulting him in front of the entire class. He would surely make her pay for this in his own sick and terrifying ways and the only thing now she could do was just attempt to hide herself from him for the entire day here but she knew this was not possible. He would surely come after her and that thing had started freezing her blood in fear and nervousness.

“Hey, Ezrene….” That familiar voice made her turn around and she saw her friend, neighbor and junior school mate, Leone, coming towards her with a smile on his face. 

“Thank you so much for these notes, Ezrene. I passed my year with very good grades because of them,” he said while extending Ezrene’s first year notes back to her which she had prepared at her time. She had given her notes to Leone as he had asked her for them because he needed them to pass his first year exams.

“Congratulations,” she smiled at him while taking her notes from him.

“Thanks. I thought about giving your notes back to you at your home but seeing you here, I thought to hand them to you right now,” he uttered, making her nod in understanding. He lived just a few blocks away from her house.

“And yes, these are for you,” Ezrene saw Leone taking out some chocolates and a small box from his pocket and then he extended them towards her. Ezrene gave him a befuddled look.

“These are for you as your notes really help me a lot to pass my year or I didn't even know that without them, whether I could have even managed to pass my exams or not,” Leone's words made Ezrene sigh. Leone's mother had fallen seriously ill during his last semester, so Leone could not pay much attention to his studies, so he asked Ezrene for her help as they both had common subjects and that was where Ezrene gave him her notes.

“It's okay, Leone. You passed your year with good grades. That's more than enough for me,” she said, politely refusing his gifts.

“No, please take them. It's just not only for your help but you have also topped our college this year, so my mom told me to give you a beautiful gift to congratulate you, so please take it for her sake,” he requested her and this made Ezrene sigh. She had quite a good bond with Leone's mother as she was a very good friend of her mother.

“Thank you,” Ezrene took the box and chocolates from him, smiling which widened Leone's beam.

“Hey, open it, Rene and see, what is inside it?” Cressa showed her excitement to see the gift which made Ezrene roll her eyes at her. 

“She could be too much sometimes,” Ezrene said, making Leone chuckle and Cressa frown. They all were good friends.

Ezrene opened that box and found a beautifully plain and simple watch inside it. Her eyes widened in happiness. That watch was not looking expensive, luxurious or branded but it was simply attractive and her obsession for watches made her fall for it instantly.

“Did you like it? Mom told me you like wearing watches, so I thought about giving one to you. It's not expensive or branded though,” Leone sounded a bit hesitant because he belonged to a middle class family, just like her. 

Ezrene noticed that discomfort on his face, regarding the price and worth of his gift, which made her immediately take out that watch from the box and then she wrapped it around her wrist.

“Why don't you help in wearing it? I would like to show some flex with it,” she uttered, trying to remove his hesitancy because she valued someone's feelings and emotions behind their gifts but not the price or cost of the gift.

Her actions and words made Leone smile and he immediately helped her wearing the watch.

“Beautiful,” Ezrene said, smiling warmly while looking at her wrist after Leone clasped that watch there with his own hands unaware of those nefarious azure eyes which were gazing at her from a distance and were witnessing her wearing that poor ugly watch which that fucker had given her after she broke that expensive beautiful watch under her feet which he gave her.

He dug his nails against his palms, turning his knuckles pale when he watched her telling that fucker, Leone, to help her in wearing that watch which he did. His jaw clenched viciously. His Bella had really turned braver than necessary but he did know how to make her become his obedient kitten again which caused that sinister smirk to form on his face.

……………

“I think he has a crush on you,” Cressa's words made Ezrene spin her eyes.

“He is just my friend and my junior,” she replied. Both the girls were heading towards Cressa's next class as Ezrene had no class at this period.

“So what? He is just your junior here but he is already 23 I guess and who said, a boy cannot date a girl older than him? It sounds quite sexy,” Cressa spoke.

“Yeah, I agreed. It sounds pretty good but I am talking here about Leone and I and we can never date because I can never see him more than just as a friend,” Ezrene uttered as she had never tried to see Leone more than just as a friend. 

“But….”

“Now shut up and get inside your class. We are here,” Ezrene halted Cressa from further speaking as they both had reached her class.

“Okay bye. I will call you after my class,” Cressa said, earning a nod from Ezrene and then both the girls parted their ways.

Ezrene was walking on that corridor to reach the library of their campus as she thought about studying a bit there till Cressa's class would end and she was silently going there when suddenly she felt someone cupping her mouth from behind which made her drop her notes on the ground and before she could protest or do anything, she found herself getting forcefully shoved inside the old library of their college which the premises had abandoned few months ago.

Tears stung her eyes in fear. Panic rushed in her veins as the surrounding around her was quite dark which made her start throwing her hands in order to save herself until she felt that arm getting wrapped around her waist and she felt her body getting engulfed in the familiar warmth of that person.

“Ssh…..” that husky whisper in her ear made her stop protesting while she felt her body getting pressed against that sinewy chest.

“You do know that no one and nothing dares to get this close to you, except for me, mi bella,” he rasped in her ear which made her turn her head slightly. Finally she managed to see those glowering sapphire eyes towering over her and this numbed her body in fear but at thatsame exact time, it calmed her heart, knowing she was not trapped in the embrace of anyone else but him and just him.