Silent Tears
Chapter II
Earlier this morning, while the whole city was still asleep - three Shooting stars crossed the dark sky.A flash of light appeared in a park close to the center of the town.
" Ahh, it`s good to be here again!" Yaten streched his back while gazing around. "Yeah..it`s been a while.." Taiki looked concern.
"Looking forward to meet Miss Mizuno again,he?"the silverhaired man teased his older brother.
" Watch your words boy!"the brownhaired grinned smutty " what about a particular blonde, bubbly girl?" Before Yaten had the chance to wack out, Seiya interrupted them.
" Peace, guys!You two will have enough time and chances for those kind of conversations while we are here - so lets discuss what are we going to do NOW! It s damn cold in this damn park!"he scolded.
A few seconds there was silence, then Taiki spoke up-" I think we should go to Raye`s place first. We can be sure that she still will be at the temple. Don`t forget guys, a lot of time went by - most of them will have different adresses." "You are too smart,bro`." Seiya smiled - but in his heart, there was a hot burning - to `imagine`that `his` Serena was living as a married women in a house with Darien was painful and disturbing - how would it be to `see`and `handle`it?
"Hello! Seiya? Are you in there?" Yaten knocked on his head.
Back to reality Seiya boxed his brother`s shoulder." Don`t knock my head, weirdo!"
"Gosh, you were completly spaced out - some people pay money for those trips.." rubbing his shoulder he turned to Taiki.
"Let`s go to Raye..you are my favorite brother..let this freak stay here in the cold park.."offended he grapped the older mans arm.
Taiki laughed."Don`t be so cruel Yaten.I m sure Seiya is really sorry - aren`t you Seiya?" amused he faced him.
"Maybe my butt.." -
"Oh, see! He is evil! I always told you!" Yaten stated satisfied. "Will this ever have an end..."Taiki asked desperately. "Never" they answered in unison.
After a long quit walk through the city they stood in front of the beautiful temple.
"I m nervous..." Yaten said. "Me too" Taiki responded.
Seiya took a deep breath and knocked on the door...nothing..he waited a few moments before knocking again.
"Coming!" They heard a familiar female door slit open."What ca...Oh my god!" Raye`s face lost all colour as she recognized who stood in the doorframe."You are back!"
"They`ve all matured a lot" Seiya stated in his mind.
A few hours had passed since they`d arrived and he was sitting between the 4 women and his brothers now. After the shocking seconds in the morning, Raye had given them a warm welcome.
She`d offered them two guestrooms which they could use a long as they was running the temple together with her husband Chad since her grandfather had died 2 years ago. -Chad told him about that in a quiet minute while they were alone in kitchen preparing breakfast - over the past hours all of the girls showed up and he enjoyed to see all of them but his heart was waiting impatienly for a particular women.
Hours of chattering, laughing and teasing went by and no sight of her.
Seiya glanced at the clock for the fiftieth felt his unrest and turned to Ami." Say Ami, when do you think will our dear Serena show up?" he smiled at her.
" I think she`d said something around 3:00pm to I think actually at four."she answerded also smiling.
Seiya gave his brother a thankful decided to take a little bit of fresh air, with that he stood up und left the room.
Outside it was still rainy - he looked around and took a seat on the bench under the porch. The storm had settled but it was still dark. "Really depressing..." Seiya sighed. He glanced up as he felt the appeareance of a women.
"Everything alright Seiya? Why do you sit here in the cold rain?" Ami asked while she made herself comfortable to his side.
"Yeah, just needed fresh air." he gave her a wink.
She nodded her head in agreement and stayed silent.
"Is she alright?" he asked her, starring into the passed -
"To be honest...I do not know Seiya..."she said quitely, her eyes straight to a fixed point somewhere in the grey. "What do you mean?"he asked concerned.
"I`m not able to tell you a lot - not now - the only thing I can tell you is that something had changed with isn`t the girl you know anymore.- I don`t know what to tell ya Seiya..you have to see her.."Ami sounded desperate.
That was a confusing thing for Seiya, because he`d known the bluehaired women as the calmest creature he had ever known - except Taiki of course -
"Calm down, Ami.." he tried to comfort her.
She took a deep breath, then she got up from the bench, turning around to face him she said."I can`t tell you anything..it seems more than difficult..I just don`t know..."she turned around to face him-
"let`s talk about it in a few - if you still want to.."she smiled at him and went back into the temple.
-Leaving him alone with his thoughts.
"I m really, really late!Raye is going to kill me!"Serena thought while she was pulling her bodythight white turtleneck shirt over her head.
"This fucking house is just too big." she checked her make-up in the mirror and tugged up her collar to hide the dark bruises around her neck.
"Maybe I should take the car.."she took a glance out of the window and dressed in to her creamcoloured coat- zipping up her black leather boots she quickly left the house and headed to the garage.
"Parking lot..parking lot..somerwhere HAS to be one!"Serena mumbled to herself on her third time driving around the temple."Ahh!There!"Finally she was able to park her black got out of the car and raced up the endless stairs to the shrine.
Seiya took another glance at his watch and sighed-"Already past four..maybe I should go in and ask one of the girls to give her a `s just tormenting." he rose up turned around and headed towards the door.
Suddenly he stopped, turning around for one last time. - there she was - standing stiff as a statue - rain pattered down her body.
She took the last steps and slowed herself down, trying to cover her head with her hands she scolded herself for being so stupid to leave the house without an umbrella.
She walked over the yard and finally looked up - there he was - Serena`s heart stopped beating - everthing was quiet, even the rain faded for a moment.- her heart started to pound a fast rhythm, starring into his azure eyes a thousand thoughts went through her mind but only one was important at this time..
-"You are back.."Serena whispered.
With that she lost threw herself into his arms.
He was shocked - she felt so fragile, he was afraid to break her like a porcelain carefully put his arms around her, smelling the sweet scent of her hair.
After endless moments Seiya put two fingers under her chin to take a look at face was wet - rain had mixed with the silent tears that were streaming down her beautiful face.
"Serena!Sweetheart..don`t cry that hard!"he tried to comfort her."It`s just..I m just so happy to see you.."she said with a shiny smile.
Seiya watched her concerned."She is telling the truth...of course.."he thought-"but something is not right..what?"he gazed at her intensely.
"Her eyes" a voice somewhere in his mind sounded.
"Yea, right..her eyes.."he noted, then he pushed his thoughts aside - for now.
"I m very happy to see you too,darling.."he smiled at her brightly.
She blushed - even deeper as she noticed that she was still in his embrace.
"Gosh, he is so warm and he feels so good..how can I endure that?"she thought desperately -
"So tell me, what brings you back here to our lovely planet?"Serena asked with a twinkle while she broke the physical contact and entered her friends house.
- Immidiately her body turned cold again.
"Mmhh..you can call it a `vacation`.."Seiya had followed her into the hallway."`Vacation`from what? Soldiers duties? Hanging around and doing nothing..."she teased-" Or maybe from family?"she asked sneaky.
"No, of vacation.."he said starring at her.
"Oh, okay...I m sorry."she lowered her eyes.
"Why do you apaologize?"he asked looked at him puzzled."Never don`t apologize to me when there is no reason to."he smiled at smiled back and took off her coat.
He couldn`t resist to adore her. - Of course he head already noticed her beauty has grown even more over the time and that she was wearing her hair in a diffrent way - but now he noticed that her body had developed in a very positive way curves were magnificent to him.
"Sometimes time brings REALLY good things.."he grinned.
"Something funny?"she asked raising an eyebrow."Eh, no..."he started but then he was saved by a opening door and the loud greetings of their sighed in relief.
"So you finally decided to appear here,he?"Raye snapped towards Serena.
"Ahh, don`t bother me talk to our guests before you`re going to kill me."Serena snapped back and gave Taiki a big hug.
"It`s so good to see you guys!I`ve missed you!"she gave Yaten also a warm embrace.
"We`re are happy to be here even more, for your permission."Taiki said politely.
"You`re welcome."Serena answered rigidly.
Seiya observed the scene from the back and looked up surprised as he watched Serena`s behavior while his brother treatened her like the princess, that she was.
Her eyes were empty starring into mouth openened to call her out of trance but he could count on fuming Raye.
"So enough of formalities..Tell me why you have come that late!"she poked at her blonde friend.
"Raye, I m really sorry..I had to take care of a few things.."Serena excused herself.
"A few things?A few things?..Tell me what was so important that you`ve missed the whole day!Lita,Amy and Taiki already have to leave and you appear NOW?"the ravenhaired women exploded.
"I had to clean up the house Raye."Serena stated eyes fixed Raye`s.
-If she was able to survive her life with Darien, her fuming friend was easy to handle.
- After a few seconds the blackhaired gave in. - She turned to Lita and handed her her said her Good bye`s to her friends as if nothing had happened.
After the three had left the others went back to the living brewed some tea and they sat down on the made herself comfortable next to Yaten and soon startet to babble about nothing and everything.
Seiya still stood in the middle of the room, he found Serena starring at him - as he retorted her gaze she patted on the free space next to smiled and sat down close to her.
He eyed her."Do you eat enough,darling?"he asked her seriously.
"What?...Why?"she looked at him confused.
"Because you`re too thin."he responded determinded. - " Don`t fool me around,Seiya."Serena said simply.
"What makes you believe I would fool you?..I`m just telling the truth."
He took her hand in his own and watched her worried. She glanced down at their entwined hands.
His touches were so smooth and heart almost jumped out of her chest.
"Not like Darien`s..."she thought - that brought her back to reality - she drew her hand away immidiately and stood up. "What ever.."she said "maybe Raye needs a helping me.."with that Serena headed to the kitchen.
Seiya watched her he looked up to Mina and brothers eyes were stunned just as he felt and Mina`s were...sad.
The afternoon went by and they never stopped chattering and in thoughts and sipping his tea, Seiya listened to Serena`s conversation with Raye.
"She isn`t bubbly anymore...she still laughes but it`s different..it seems like her smile never reaches her eyes."- Suddenly Serena`s cell phone started to took a look at the display and her brows contracted.
"Hello Darien..."she answered.
Seiya only could hear her part of the conversation but the change of her voice and her movements were alarming. - "Where are you? Aren`t you suppose to be at home and clean up?" her husband asked her offensively.
"Yes, darling but I m already done."she said awing.
"And where the hell are you?I tried to call you three times at home!"he roared."I`m..I`m..ju..just at Rayes.." Seiya couldn`t realized what he heard and saw.
"Why is she stuttering?"he asked himself. - He wasn`t stupid - he`d already checked that Serena avoided to speak about her relationship with Darien the whole had asked her earlier and she just said that everthing is `fine` and left it that way. -
"So, you`re at Raye`s...and who do you think prepares dinner for tonight?"Darien sneered."By the way, We re expecting how you going to manage it." - with that he hung sighed - she hated it when her husbands `friends`show up.. they`re just `slimy`and she had always the feeling that they rip off her clothes with their eyes. - Sure they were smart enough to act like this when Darien wasn`t around..
She glanced at her watch. Almost six pm.
"Oh shit!I have to go the grocery store before I can start anything!"she quickly gathered her things- turning around to the others she said "I`m so sorry I have to leave..I was so stupid to forget to go to the grocery and now Darien and his friends won`t have anything to eat.I have to hurry.."she said with a slight grin."See ya tomorrow."
Her friends nodded their heads in sympathy, wishing her a nice evening.
Seiya followed her out of the living room into the hallway. - He watched her as she put on her was pale and her lips were pinched."Are you alright,darling?"he asked concerned.
Kneeling in front of him, zipping up her boots, she raised up her head to face him.
"Yea, ?"she asked quietly. - "You don`t seem very happy..."he began but was soon interrupted by her.
"Everything is fine Seiya..just as it should `t worry about me.."Serena gave him a hug and a quick peck on his cheek. "We will see us tomorrow.." - she didn`t gave him the chance to deepen the subject - but he saw the tears in the corner of her eyes as she stormed out the house. -
"That`s a way too much..."Serena took a nip of her wine. She was sitting in the dimly lit kitchen- half listening to the loud conversation in the living room, ready to appear if her husband would call out for her.
"Is destiny playing roulette with my heart?"she sighed deeply. - Right after she had left the temple, her mind never stopped spinning around be that close to him like a few hours ago was nearly unbearable for her. - He was so warm, so kind and had laughed so hard this afternoon like she hadn`t had for a long time. - She almost forgot the reality - for a short time. - The phone interrupted her thoughts.
She quickly rose up and headed for the ringing Darien was faster, he`d already answered the second line in the was able to hear him speak.
Suddenly the the kitchen door hit open. "..as I told you..she`s already asleep and I won`t wake her up..so goodbye..Seiya"Darien shut the phone down.
Serena grew stiff, she just gazed in his heart hammered in her chest, her hands started to sweat - she opened her mouth but was abruptly cut off by her husband.
"I think our guest will leave now...you will wait here." his eyes were cold as ice, he closed the door and Serena broke down to the floor immidiately.
"Oh my god..why have you called..?"she asked whispering.
Until this moment she`d managed it not to think of what would happen if Darien will catch up that the stars were back. She thought she had time..just a little bit... she heard the front door slammed shut and she steps halled through the house, aiming the kitchen.
Darien entered the room and sat down at the kitchen table. - "Take a seat!"he gestured to the chair next to him. Serena trembled but she did what he`d ordered. - She watched him, waiting for his outburst.
He quietly starred into her eyes, he started to smile.
Then he slapped her hard across her head flung saw red and black stars all around her.A second time she felt the pain in her head and the stars exploded beated her in such a hard way, that even she was of her cheeks were flaming red and tears shimmered in her eyes.
"Now tell me..."he frowned at her "Why is HE calling MY wife?" She wasn`t able to speak, her head was spinning and some `stars` were still glowing in front of her.
"Answer me!"he roared, another hard hit crashed down to the floor.
"Darien..please..don`t!Let me explain to you..please.."Serena pleaded. - He bent down and pulled her up by her hair to eye him. - She screamed - the pain was excruciating. "Speak!"her husband almost whispered.
"He..he came here with his brothers..just for vacation.."she stuttered.
"Not good enough!"he slammed her against the wall.
She stroke her hair out of her face. - "Darien, they are my soldiers!What shall I do?Send them away?"she grip tightened. "Maybe thats a good idea.." she felt his hot breath at her ear.
"You know that`s not possible..they`re bonded with my soul and the `s the only thing YOU cannot change."Serena starred into his midnightblue eyes. - The anger distorted his features.- "Perhaps you`re right but despite everything - YOU are be careful Serena"he warned her.
"And now - get your ass upstairs and prepare yourself to behave like MY wife."he pushed her a second time hard into the wall.
The first times were the worst ones - within the years she had learned that it made no sense to cry or even to fight against him. - He was too strong - and it just turned him on, when she reacted against him.
So Serena decided one day to relish what she got.
She started to savour his lustful, hard kisses and his rough was some kind of love anyway - Today he was remarkably harsh - comparable with the nights he had too much whisky..
He spread her legs wide apart and positioned himself between her, he cupped her firm round breast with one hand while the other clasped her wrists over her head.
He squeezed her breast hard and she smiled an evil grin and squeezed even harder, at the same time he penetrated her deep.
She cried out bent down to her ear-"You are my lawful wife..aren`t you..?"Darien whispered into her ear.
She could feel his hot breathe at her neck-"Yes, I am."Serena whispered back.
"Then be a good girl now, cause I`m very angry at you- and I think that is not what you want.."he squeezed her breast again - she struggled against him.
"Darien...please..."tears welled up her eyes.
"Shut up bitch."He straightened himself up again and starred at his frightened wife underneath hard member still in her.
"Serena..never do anything to my dislike. You know it`s healthier for you..If `he`calls you one more time in MY house - YOU will pay for it. - Got it?" He didn`t wait for an answer, he pumped deep into her numerous times.
Humiliated she participated his hot member pulsed with desire in her, she could feel it but besides this she felt nothing - except coldness.
Every time she closed her eyes she saw Seiya, she saw his warm radiant blue eyes - - that made her feel even more guilty and ruefully.
End of Chapter II
