One-shot No.1:
CHARACTERS: mainly Rose and Dimitri.
Oh, and a cute little puppy, too :D
WORLD: Our world. Dimitri has a grudge against dogs (sad, right :( I love dogs, especially fluffy ones :D )
BEGIN:
ROSE:
Me, Lissa and Sydney walked out of the mall. All kinds of bags dangling from our arms. Lissa even managed to hold a cup of Starbuck cappuchino to her lips and took a long drink that sounded of "slurrrp"! Don't be fooled by her blond-haired-green-eyed princess look, she could be reaaally disturbing sometimes! Sydney kept going on and on about how Mia ditched us to hang with her boyfriend, " She hasn't gone shopping with us for two months!". Lissa nodded in approval. Even though I don't like girl's babbling much, it was comfortable having them around. Especially on our shopping sprees! I would never know what looked good on me with out them! After all, what did God created BFs for!
That day would have been just a normal day if I hadn't fell flat on my face. Literally, a face-down-flat-on-the-ground fall! Lissa and Sydney gasped in unison. I scrambled up, just to fall down again and got the bags all tangled. Great! Just great! This time, having learned my lesson, I lifted my head first. Something caught my eyes. I stood up hastily, managed to stay on my feet. I shoved all my bags to Sydney and ran to it. "It" was a small pup!
"OMG OMG! O-M-FREAKIN'-G! Look! It's a little stray puppy!", I squealed.
Lissa and Sydney rushed over, squealing even louder than me as they saw the pup. The pup backed off a few steps, obviously scared of the three girl freaking out over its cuteness. I held my hands out to it, saying softly, "Hey little one! Are you lost? Do you want to go to my place? Rosie won't hurt you! C'mon! Come to me!"
The dog hesitantly came over, sniffed my hand and licked it. I giggled and scooped it up. Turning to Lissa and Sydney, I saw them looking at me with wide eyes.
"I've never knew you had that in you", she blinked a few times and said.
"I'm full of surprises! Shouldn't ya know that already?", I answer with a grin.
"But what will you do about Dimitri?", Lissa asked.
I frowned. Dimitri's undying resentment toward dogs was well known. I hadn't thought of that. Suddenly, I felt like a genius. I looked at them determinately, a mischievous smile played at the corner of my lips, "I have an amazing idea. But first, let's go back to the mall. For this fluffy ball of cuteness, I will go in to the place I've sworn to never go into!".
DIMITRI
I drove into the driveway. The house was dark. I wonder why. Rose was never home late from her shopping trips. Normally, the bedroom lights would be on since she always tried her clothes on again. I opened the door. It was quiet. Rose was definitely not home. I sighed. Seeing her face was always a relief when I had a rough time at work. I hang my keys and walked into the kitchen.
ROSE
I checked my reflection on my phone screen. I looked perfect: brown curls fell smoothly on my shoulders, a low-cut dress red as flame hugged my body, revealing just enough skin to drive one crazy. Tonight, Dimitri would definitely fall for my plan. I would not fail the puppy! I saw him stepping into the kitchen. A devilish smile appeared on my lips.
"Prepare to bend to my will", I thought and lit the candles.
DIMITRI
In the dark, the dim but sudden light hurted my eyes.
"Rose, what have you done this time?", I groaned, stars dancing in my vision.
Rose stood up and wrapped her arms around my neck, "What! I've done absolutely nothing wrong! Why do you have to be so suspicious? What's wrong with preparing my beloved husband a wonderful dinner after his hard day at work? Look, I even make you a yummy chicken!".
"Chicken, eh?" I eyed the table and there it was, Rose's infamous chicken: its skin was falling off, the meat was half burnt, half raw and the whole thing lying in the middle of a mess of raw leaves and slices of tomato that I assumed to be the salad. I wondered why she even put the salad and chicken in the same plate anyway.
I shook my head, "Let's just order in, k? Or do you want some omelet and bread?"
Rose sighed, looking defeated, "Omelet please".
I smiled and kissed her, "I appreciate the effort, darling, but next time, you can put on your new clothes to distract me while I do the cooking".
"I know something you can concentrate on. Something like guessing what I'm wearing beneath this dress", she smiles devilishly and brought her lips close to mine.
"Why should I guess when I can just unzip your dress here and now?", I chuckled.
"You are no fun", she pouted. "But for today, I'll let you do want. Just don't forget to take a close look at the brand", she winked and sealed my lips with a kiss.
ROSE
With my lips on his, I was certain I had succeeded. He kissed me hungrily, his hand quickly freed me of my dress. It fell to the ground. He pulled back a little, just enough to get a glimpse of my lingeries.
His eyes widened, "I thought you said you'd rather die than wearing Victoria's Secret? And if I remember correctly, you even said you would never come into that store. Something is definitely off".
My heart skipped a beat. p00p! I didn't remember declaring that to him.
I crossed my arms defensively, "So? I decided to try something new! And don't you like this sexy me?"
"In my opinion, this new sexy Roza rocks!", he winked.
And as our lips were about to close in again, the puppy decided to bark.
DIMITRI
I was certain I heard a dog around here somewhere. Somewhere close, like our bedroom.
"That was a dog, right?", I asked Rose.
"Yes, probably from our neighbours", a weird look crossed her face. "Why don't you get back to what we were doing just a while ago?"
I turned away, heading to our room. I was sure there were something running around inside. Then, there was another "woof..". Definitely a dog! I kicked the door open and there it was, the source of all those annoying sound, playing happily in the wardrobe, making a mess of my clothes.
"Rose! Come take a look of what that dog've done!", I called out and grab the dog by the neck. It let out a pathetic yelp. Rose rushed into the room, her eyes widened at the sight.
"No! Dimitri! Let the pup down! You are hurting her!", she shrieked.
"I thought we agreed on not having a dog?", I questioned.
"But she was lost! She could have died if I had left her on the street! Are you that heartless?! Well, I'm not heartless, so I'm taking that pup in! And what's your problem with dogs anyway? You've never told me, and you expect me to understand your hatred to dogs?"
I sighed and rubbed my forehead, "I guess I should tell you now, shouldn't I? You know of Ivan, right? I told you he's dead, but I didn't tell you how. He died of an infection from a dog bite. My hometown was just a small village. In those day, medical care wasn't available to everyone, just those with money. Ivan didn't get any proper treatment. I tried to get help from the main town but he died before I get back. If I had got back earlier, he wouldn't have died. So now you understand why I hate those creatures?"
ROSE
He was practically shouting. I saw tears swell up in his eyes. He buried his head in his hands and fell to the floor. I rushed to his side and hugged him tight.
"I'm sorry! I didn't know anything. I'm so sorry! I'll take the dog to the pound. Please, just don't look so upset! Seeing you like this breaks my heart!", I rambled, tears blurring my eyes, too.
He wiped his eyes and smirked, "I didn't know you would give up that easily". Then his face softened, "Keep the dog, darling. I don't want you to feel guilty about abandoning something when you know you can help it. It's about time I faced these old feelings anyway. I just didn't expect this time to come so soon".
"I'm here for you, Dimka. You don't have to fight it alone. And little Popo is here for you, too", I said and held the pup up to him.
He raised his eyebrow, "Popo?"
"To remind me of the big poo I got myself in bringing this pup home!", I raised my eyebrows (DAMN!) like it was something obvious.
He chuckled lightly, " Ok, Popo.. welcome to my home. Sorry for grabbing your neck earlier. Forgive me, eh? I'll try to get along with you, but don't think too important of yourself. I'm doing this for the lovely girl who brought you here".
His face suddenly turned serious as those last words left his lips. I smiled, leaned in and kissed him. He let go of Popo and embraced me, trailing kisses on my neck. Popo looked at us with her big watery eyes, let out a goodbye "woof" and left. Man, I loved this pup! Dimitri fumbled with my bra, took it off me and let it fall. Then, what supposed to happen happened, and I was filled with happiness greater than ever before. Another hidden part of Dimitri's heart had opened up to me.