Note: Yeah it's a little slow, but trust me it will pick up soon J
The night was cold as Lara made her way down the busy streets. She kept her head down and squeezed through the crowd of people, not knowing she was being followed. The wind sent a shiver down her spine, it was cold and light and then gone.
She came across an alleyway, she stood there, wondering if she should walk down it. The alleyway was dark, creepy looking, but overall, unwelcoming. She shook her head and turned her body to leave, but a faint cry stopped her. She looked into the dark alley to see a figure of a small girl, she ran into the alley crying, asking for help.
"Are you okay?" she called out to the little girl as she took a step forward, she called again, no answer. She took a few more steps until she was in the shadows. She stopped and listened carefully, she could still here the little girl crying.
Not knowing what to do, she took a step back but was stopped by someone standing behind her, she felt large hands land hard on her shoulders, with a yelp she jumped away and turned quickly to see the same man from the bar. He was smiling again and asked,
"What are you doing in this alley?"
"There's a little girl crying for help" she replied as she pushed her bangs out of her eyes. He smirked and said there was no girl crying,
"How do you know?" she crossed her arms and cocked a eyebrow, he smiled and said she was almost tricked by an unseen force. She shook her head,
"Prove it" she said firmly, he shrugged his shoulders and took a few steps farther into the alley, a hissing noise arose, he looked over in a corner to see red eyes. He smirked and turned to Lara who was standing close behind him.
Before the man, the creature or whatever it was could attack, the man Lara was standing behind pulled out a knife a through it into the shadow, the thing screeched in pain and ran off into the night.
"Told you" he looked over his shoulder and smirked, she rolled her eyes and said she normally fall for tricks like that.
"It only takes one to get you killed" he picked up the knife and stuck it away, she shrugged her shoulders and said in an unpleasant tone,
"Thank you"
"Whatever" he smirked again and kept trying to see her eyes.
"What's your name?" he asked as he crossed his arms, she thought about it for a moment, should she really tell him? Is it even worth it? She sighed and said her name was Lara. He introduced himself, saying his name was Bakura, that name rang a bell to her.
She tried to remember where she heard that name before, she looked up at him and made the first eye contact. He took a step back when he realized her eyes were blue.
"Lara, the Queen of Thieves?" he smiled wickedly at her, she nodded with confidence. She pulled her hood down and fixed her hair.
"I thought that was you, hm, you're shorter than what people told me" he placed his hands on his hip and chuckled when she grunted in annoyance.
"Well, it was nice meeting you, but I have to go" she took a step back but was stopped when he placed his hand on her shoulder again,
"Do you really think I'm going to let you go? After looking for you, I don't think so" he smiled and pulled her closer, she growled and tried to push him away,
"I swear to Isis, let me go Bakura, I will hurt you" she looked up at him with a snarl, she never liked being handled like that. He chuckled again and leaned down until he was at eye level with her,
"Is that how you're going to talk to your king?"
"Ah, you're the King of Thieves, whatever, but it doesn't give you the right to grab me like this, I hate it when people do that" she pulled away and shook her head. He raised a brow and took a step forward.
"Fine, I'm sorry" he said in an unpleased tone, clearly he didn't meant it.
Lara rolled her eyes and said he didn't meant it, he shrugged his shoulders and looked into the street. A few moments of silence passed before he turned to her and asked,
"Can I buy you dinner? Maybe we can start over on the whole first meeting thing." She pondered about it, she hasn't had anything yet and she was broke.
"Fine, but nothing else after that." she pointed at him, she couldn't help but smile at him. The rumors she heard about him were off, a 'ruthless' man buying her dinner? Maybe she'll grow to like him if the dinner thing goes nicely.
They went to a new place and began to order…