"You are mine…Jeanne,"
With a scream I sat up in my bed drenched in sweat. This was the third night I'd had this dream and it would not go away. Sighing I sat up and looked at Fin Fish, whom was sleeping soundly as always, putting on my shoes I stepped outside on the balcony for some of the night's air.
"I see we can not sleep again?" I heard a voice say.
"Chiaki!" I yelled then covered my mouth and whispered. "Sorry about that you scared me half to death," I said my heart starting to race again.
"Sorry, I just was wondering what a beautiful girl like you is doing up this late at night, shouldn't you be getting your beauty sleep?" He asked. I blushed and looked down at the street below.
"And what about you, shouldn't you get your sleep?" I said looking up at him. His eyes looked into mine and he threw a cocky grin at me.
"Yea I guess I should, but I would much rather stay out here and talk with you Maron." He said with such compassion that it was scary. "You on the other hand may need some sleep for that big test tomorrow, ne?" He asked.
"Yea, I guess you are right, but Chiaki…there is something I need to ask you."
"Yes,"
"Why are you only like this when we are alone..and not with Miyako or anyone else?" There I asked it simple question don't you think? He look up for a min then straight at me.
"I would not want to hurt Miyako's feelings about me, or anything else about us… if there is an us that is…" He said then turned toward me. "You don't have to be alone Maron…I am hear for you…always remember that…ok?" He said and smiled at me. My eyes widened, I turned toward the door and began to go inside…it was locked.
"Chiaki, could you…" I started to say but noticed he had gone inside. So hear I was, on my balcony for the rest of the night. I sat there wishing I had a baka key for the lock..but I didn't think I would lock myself out. Sighing I sat down and stared out into the sky…the vision of Chiaki coming into my mind…his warm eyes, looking at me like they had before…I wish he could be like that all the time. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath inhaling the nights air. I stood up and stretched a little bit then looked over to see if Chiaki would come out anytime soon, looks like I was stuck here. I tried the door one more time and a sudden burst of energy hit me full force in the face. I fell backwards over the edge of the balcony and screamed for help. Whatever it was, was not going to let me back up and was not going to let me hang on for very long either. I screamed again feeling my grip loosen and closed my eyes praying help would come. My prayers where answered.
"Maron!!" Chiaki yelled and jumped on my balcony to get me. He grabbed my hands and pulled me up onto the safety of his embrace. Hot tears stung my eyes as I grabbed onto him and closed my eyes tight.
"Maron?" He said and stood up with me in his arms. "Maron it is ok now you are safe." The truth was I knew I was safe I was in his arms of course I was. But I knew, as soon as he left me alone I would feel uneasy and scared as I always did in the night.
"Maron? Come on your ok now," he said and I looked up at him a tear still falling down my face.
"Chiaki, I…" I started but couldn't finish because fresh tears began to fall down my face once more. Chiaki's eyes were comforting to me as he looked at me then smiled.
" Maron, it is starting to ran how about sense we can't seem to get into your apartment right now I'll take you to mine…no I will not try anything I promise you that…but you do need sleep, ok?" He said and stepped on to his balcony. I nodded and laid my head on his shoulder…right now I didn't care if I was outside or not just as long as he never left me alone. We got it to his apartment and he put me down in his bed. Lightning flashed outside as he got some water for me, I jumped at the sound of thunder and felt…alone. I didn't understand why I was feeling alone when I was with Chiaki, I mean I felt safe when I was with him. He brought the water back to me and I drank some then sat it on the table and yawned.
"You must be tired," he said, "how about we get some sleep?" He asked and I nodded.
"Chiaki…I can go to my room now, I mean if you do not want me here th…" I did not get to finish my sentence because the lights went out. 'And I bet Fin is sleeping threw all of this' I thought to myself. I felt around and found my way to the couch, and Chiaki. He grabbed me and pulled me into his arms, my heart raced and I laid my head on his shoulder again. "What are you doing this for Chiaki I am fine by myself…" I lied.
"No your not and I know you aren't, Maron stay here, just for this one night sense the power is out I don't want you alone in an apartment…I don't want anything to happened to you…" He trailed off and I looked at him in disbelief.
"Why are you doing this now…you are acting all nice and stuff now…" I said and pulled out of his arms, "Why Chiaki..why now and not earlier…I don't understand…was this all a joke…am I a joke to you or are you just doing this because you think I am a girl who can't do a thing for herself… is that it do you think I can not do anything for myself…I have for along time Chiaki…ever sense I was ten I have…I can still do it now…I" I broke off my sentence and finally realized what was wrong with me. I was afraid of getting hurt again. My parents left me when I was ten, where never there when I wanted them to be, so I was afraid it would happen again.
"Maron I never meant any harm to you, all I wanted to do is protect you, that is all I want to do is protect you. I know you have had a hard child life so have I, but Maron if you are afraid tell me. I will tell you this I will not leave you right now and you are not going out that door do you hear me. I have let you run away from me a lot of times but this time you are not going anywhere Maron. I am NOT leaving you alone in this do you hear me." He said with such force and love…love? Wait no not love…wait yes love…oh my gosh he loved me. He was still going on and on about how he would not leave me and I just shook my head and hugged him. He stopped and put his arms around me.
"Chiaki, I know you will not leave me…and to tell you the truth I feel safe when you are with me…I feel loved and cared for and needed. I love feeling like this, I have never felt like this before and I love it." I said and smiled at him even thought he could not see it because it was dark I think he knew. Even in this light I could see his eyes looking into mine, I felt a rush as our lips touched in a tender kiss for the first, but not last time. After we broke our kiss he looked at me then sat down.
"Maron…I need to tell you something," He said.
"Yea?" I said and sat down next to him. He looked at me with his brown eyes and said the words I thought I would never heard out of him.
"I am…Kaitou Sindbad," He said, and that is when my world fell to pieces right in front of my eyes.
With a scream I sat up in my bed drenched in sweat. This was the third night I'd had this dream and it would not go away. Sighing I sat up and looked at Fin Fish, whom was sleeping soundly as always, putting on my shoes I stepped outside on the balcony for some of the night's air.
"I see we can not sleep again?" I heard a voice say.
"Chiaki!" I yelled then covered my mouth and whispered. "Sorry about that you scared me half to death," I said my heart starting to race again.
"Sorry, I just was wondering what a beautiful girl like you is doing up this late at night, shouldn't you be getting your beauty sleep?" He asked. I blushed and looked down at the street below.
"And what about you, shouldn't you get your sleep?" I said looking up at him. His eyes looked into mine and he threw a cocky grin at me.
"Yea I guess I should, but I would much rather stay out here and talk with you Maron." He said with such compassion that it was scary. "You on the other hand may need some sleep for that big test tomorrow, ne?" He asked.
"Yea, I guess you are right, but Chiaki…there is something I need to ask you."
"Yes,"
"Why are you only like this when we are alone..and not with Miyako or anyone else?" There I asked it simple question don't you think? He look up for a min then straight at me.
"I would not want to hurt Miyako's feelings about me, or anything else about us… if there is an us that is…" He said then turned toward me. "You don't have to be alone Maron…I am hear for you…always remember that…ok?" He said and smiled at me. My eyes widened, I turned toward the door and began to go inside…it was locked.
"Chiaki, could you…" I started to say but noticed he had gone inside. So hear I was, on my balcony for the rest of the night. I sat there wishing I had a baka key for the lock..but I didn't think I would lock myself out. Sighing I sat down and stared out into the sky…the vision of Chiaki coming into my mind…his warm eyes, looking at me like they had before…I wish he could be like that all the time. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath inhaling the nights air. I stood up and stretched a little bit then looked over to see if Chiaki would come out anytime soon, looks like I was stuck here. I tried the door one more time and a sudden burst of energy hit me full force in the face. I fell backwards over the edge of the balcony and screamed for help. Whatever it was, was not going to let me back up and was not going to let me hang on for very long either. I screamed again feeling my grip loosen and closed my eyes praying help would come. My prayers where answered.
"Maron!!" Chiaki yelled and jumped on my balcony to get me. He grabbed my hands and pulled me up onto the safety of his embrace. Hot tears stung my eyes as I grabbed onto him and closed my eyes tight.
"Maron?" He said and stood up with me in his arms. "Maron it is ok now you are safe." The truth was I knew I was safe I was in his arms of course I was. But I knew, as soon as he left me alone I would feel uneasy and scared as I always did in the night.
"Maron? Come on your ok now," he said and I looked up at him a tear still falling down my face.
"Chiaki, I…" I started but couldn't finish because fresh tears began to fall down my face once more. Chiaki's eyes were comforting to me as he looked at me then smiled.
" Maron, it is starting to ran how about sense we can't seem to get into your apartment right now I'll take you to mine…no I will not try anything I promise you that…but you do need sleep, ok?" He said and stepped on to his balcony. I nodded and laid my head on his shoulder…right now I didn't care if I was outside or not just as long as he never left me alone. We got it to his apartment and he put me down in his bed. Lightning flashed outside as he got some water for me, I jumped at the sound of thunder and felt…alone. I didn't understand why I was feeling alone when I was with Chiaki, I mean I felt safe when I was with him. He brought the water back to me and I drank some then sat it on the table and yawned.
"You must be tired," he said, "how about we get some sleep?" He asked and I nodded.
"Chiaki…I can go to my room now, I mean if you do not want me here th…" I did not get to finish my sentence because the lights went out. 'And I bet Fin is sleeping threw all of this' I thought to myself. I felt around and found my way to the couch, and Chiaki. He grabbed me and pulled me into his arms, my heart raced and I laid my head on his shoulder again. "What are you doing this for Chiaki I am fine by myself…" I lied.
"No your not and I know you aren't, Maron stay here, just for this one night sense the power is out I don't want you alone in an apartment…I don't want anything to happened to you…" He trailed off and I looked at him in disbelief.
"Why are you doing this now…you are acting all nice and stuff now…" I said and pulled out of his arms, "Why Chiaki..why now and not earlier…I don't understand…was this all a joke…am I a joke to you or are you just doing this because you think I am a girl who can't do a thing for herself… is that it do you think I can not do anything for myself…I have for along time Chiaki…ever sense I was ten I have…I can still do it now…I" I broke off my sentence and finally realized what was wrong with me. I was afraid of getting hurt again. My parents left me when I was ten, where never there when I wanted them to be, so I was afraid it would happen again.
"Maron I never meant any harm to you, all I wanted to do is protect you, that is all I want to do is protect you. I know you have had a hard child life so have I, but Maron if you are afraid tell me. I will tell you this I will not leave you right now and you are not going out that door do you hear me. I have let you run away from me a lot of times but this time you are not going anywhere Maron. I am NOT leaving you alone in this do you hear me." He said with such force and love…love? Wait no not love…wait yes love…oh my gosh he loved me. He was still going on and on about how he would not leave me and I just shook my head and hugged him. He stopped and put his arms around me.
"Chiaki, I know you will not leave me…and to tell you the truth I feel safe when you are with me…I feel loved and cared for and needed. I love feeling like this, I have never felt like this before and I love it." I said and smiled at him even thought he could not see it because it was dark I think he knew. Even in this light I could see his eyes looking into mine, I felt a rush as our lips touched in a tender kiss for the first, but not last time. After we broke our kiss he looked at me then sat down.
"Maron…I need to tell you something," He said.
"Yea?" I said and sat down next to him. He looked at me with his brown eyes and said the words I thought I would never heard out of him.
"I am…Kaitou Sindbad," He said, and that is when my world fell to pieces right in front of my eyes.