A New Promise

Xavier's P.O.V.

"ROSALINE"

Rosebud flinched as a thunderous growl echoed behind her. I clenched my jaw tightly as I saw her friends glaring at both of us. Rose turned around only to see them shooting daggers at her.

"WHAT THE HELL ROSIE! WE TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM HIM, DIDN'T WE?"

Rebecca screamed while glaring at her. My eyes turned red as I saw my Rose looking down guiltily.

"BUTTERCUP! COME HERE! THIS INSTANT!!"

Mark hollered at her. I shot him a death glare but frowned as I saw Rose looking down, staring at our intertwined fingers. She placed her trembling hands on my hand to get out of my grip but I tightened my hold.

"DON'T"

I gritted. She looked at me in fear hearing my fierce growl. I shook my head in 'no' when that idiot Nick yelled.

"ROSALINE!! WE SAID COME HERE!!"

Rose flinched. I know my Princess was in a dilemma as to what to choose. She is too innocent. She will go back to her friends definitely.

'And I can't let this happen'

My chest vibrated in fury and I immediately pulled her to myself. Her eyes turned wide as saucers but I immediately cupped her cheeks in my hands and looked at her sternly.

"Listen to me Rose. You are not anyone's puppet. Start taking your decisions yourself. See, the people who told you to stay away from me, who assured to protect you from any harm are the same ones who turned their back on you when you needed them the most"

A lone tear escaped her eyes but I was quick enough to wipe it before her crystal hits the ground. I pulled her closer to my face and made her look in my eyes.

"I know you don't trust me. I know I should have come sooner but I promise you Rose, I will never ever leave you. I promise to protect you from all the dangers of this cruel world. I will protect you with all my life. I won't even let a single scratch to bruise your flawless skin. I won't even let a single crystal to escape from your beautiful eyes. Every morning I want to wake up with your dulcet tones, the only reason of my breathe should be your beautiful smile, the only reason for me to live on this earth should be you and I want to be the only man with whom you'll spend your entire life. So, Rosaline Browns, do you forgive your idiot childhood friend and would like to make me a part of your beautiful life? Do you accept me Rosebud?"

I poured all my heart in front of her today. I want her to know how much she is important to me. I want her to see how much I want her; I want her to see how much worth she has in my empty and dark life. I can't keep these feelings for so damn long.

'I want her to hold me, to calm me, to care for me, to love me'

Tears started falling down from her eyes like a waterfall as she started crying while looking at me.

"You know who I was all these years?"

She asked me with wobbling chin. I smiled sadly and rested my forehead on hers.

"Yes, I know you and that made me bound to you. I am bound to make you the Queen of my heart, I am bound to make you the Princess of my world, I am bound to make you the Angel of my life. I am bound to make you mine"

I spoke softly while caressing her wet cheeks. She smiled at me with teary-eyes. Suddenly that witchy Rebecca pulled my Rosebud away from me and shouted.

"What are you doing? YOU PROMISED US!!"

"You promised too"

Rose immediately cut her off in a hoarse voice as she looked at her with hurt expressions.

I can't take this anymore. They are making my Doll shed so many tears.

My jaw ticked. I started breathing heavily.

I will take revenge. I will make them cry tears of blood.

'I will kill them'

'All of them'

I will give them the worst death. I swear to God today, I won't let them live.

I was about to strangle this bitch who dare shout on my little bud but got stopped when I heard my Rose crying.

"You promised too Rebecca, you all promised me. We all promised to always stick with each other in weal and woe, to never leave anyone's side, to never keep secrets between us and moreover to never betray each other"

She spoke in a broken voice. Rebecca's face morphed into a guilty one as soon as she heard those words while those two boys looked down in remorse and shame.

I smirked watching their faces.

'Serves you right'

"But what did you do today? You all know I despised Michael so much but still you didn't help me. I kept crying and screaming in front of you, pleading to you all to save me but what did you do? You left me and now you're talking about promises? You even have the audacity to show me your faces and yell at me? TELL ME!!"

Rose shouted while crying hard. I looked away from her as I can't see her broken like this. My whole body was shaking in anger, I was finding too difficult to control my rage but for my Rosebud's sake and for the sake of my sanity, I kept my cool.

Rose then turned around. She looked at me and smiled.

"You all say that Xavier is not good for me but he was the only one who protected me today. I don't know what would had happened to me if this beast would have taken me along with him. You are telling me to leave him and come to you but will you do the same if you were in my place?"

She looked at them with teary-eyes demanding answers for their silence. Rebecca glared her and gripped her arms tightly.

"Yes, I would have done that. Because I trust my childhood friends more rather than a stranger whom I had met just a few months ago"

She spoke with gritted teeth. I froze.

For the first time in my life, I felt scared. Scared that Rose would leave me, scared that she would choose them over me, scared that she would ignore my confession and again run to them just like that day. All the colour got drained off my face as I saw her shocked face after hearing that witch's words.

It's not like I will stop here or would accept her rejection. Like hell I would even let that happen even but still I don't want to force my Rosebud. This is the first time someone has captured my heart, for the first time I found a new reason to live.

I want her to accept me whole-heartedly, I want her to accept me the way I have accepted her, I want her to love me the way I love her.

Without any selfishness, without any coercion.

Just by her own will.

I looked at Rose with teary-eyes as I was scared that she would again reject me. She finally looked up and spoke something which left me shocked.

"Then I would choose a stranger who is more than a friend rather than those 'friends' who are no less than a stranger"

Rebecca looked at her in shock. Her jaw dropped to the ground. With that Rose walked towards me and held my hands.

"I accept you Xavier Knight"

Tears of joy escaped my eyes. I couldn't believe my ears.

I immediately crashed my lips on her and kissed her with all my heart. Rose kissed me back. My happiness knew no bounds.

Finally, I got my Rosebud...

I broke the kiss and showered feathery kisses all over her face. Rose giggled. I smiled and rested my forehead on hers.

"I love you Xavier"

I smiled and pecked her lips.

"I love you too Rosebud"

End of Xavier's P.O.V.

End of flashback~

Present time

"ROSA!!"

"ROSA!!!"

"ROSALINE!!!!!"

Rosaline turned around only to see Antonio standing at the doorway staring her. His eyes widened as soon his saw her tear-stricken face. He rushed to her and cupped her face.

"Oh God- What happened? What are you crying?"

Rosaline looked at him sadly. Feeling wetness on her cheeks she realized that she has been crying for so long. She couldn't hold her pain any longer and crashed in his arms while sobbing loudly.

"Everything was a lie. His promises, his love, his everything was nothing but a lie. I loved him with all my heart Antonio but what I do I got in return? He said he would never make me cry but he became the reason of my tears, he said he can't see me in pain but he became the cause of my pain. He said he always want to see me smile but because of him only I forgot how to smile again. I trusted him, I loved him, I cared for him but see what I got? See where I am now? Hurt, broken, wrecked. Everyone used to say that I am so lucky as I got my Prince Charming but what they didn't know that my Knight was none other than a devil in disguise who shattered me completely"

She cried her heart out while Antonio hugged her tightly.

Antonio felt bad for Rosaline. She was literally suffering too much. In this game of love and war, the person who was shedding bloody tears was only Rosaline not Xavier, not Vincent. The poor girl was unnecessarily trapped in this mess. She didn't deserve all of this.

He wrapped his arms tightly around her shivering figure and patted her head gently.

Antonio's P.O.V.

I can't see her like this. Xavier is being too much unfair to her. It isn't her fault. Xavier's obsession and Vincent's revenge is only making her life hell. Well, this isn't Xavier's fault too as he is also broken but what he is doing to Rosaline is not right at all.

I have to do something. I can't see them both suffering like this just because of a misunderstanding. Xavier needs to clear everything and inbuilt his trust in her heart again. He needs to win her again before it is too late.

I patted Rosaline's head softly while she kept sobbing like a broken soul.

'Don't cry Rosaline. I won't let come anyone between you two anymore. What you both had to go through, you not at all deserve this. The ones who made you both cry, I will make them suffer. There will be no more tribulations, no more misunderstandings, no more tears and no more pain. But Xavier needs to win you again. He needs to realize his mistakes. He needs to realize that he still loves you. He has to bring you back. And I promise you that I will make him do that even if.......

I have to face your crazy husband's wrath'

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