Author's note: Hehe, I just realized I haven't given Nakago a name!
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He stood topless before a full length window, looking on the outside. A soft tiny smile curved upon his handsome face as his eyes followed intently. Oh god, the woman looked so familiar, feels so familiar...just like her. Pulling the heavy curtains, he turned away to stop the desire from erupting within him- the urge to run after her and ask.
Sitting upright in a velvet-colored armchair, he spun the wine glass effortlessly. Was she she? It sounded silly in his mind but he could not care at this stage. He wanted to know, needed to understand her.
While he was rubbing the temples of his head, best friend came in. "Whatever is the problem, Your Grace?" a snicker and the blond duke felt his pressure point close to bursting, "You look unwell, is it the weather...?"
The question trailed and the blond man walked away, head still held high despite the boiling fury underneath the facade. It was childish to be arguing with an actor who understood people's feelings fairly easily. It was a losing fight which the duke recognized. He would recognize but not acknowledge defeat.
"Believe me, it is not the weather," the duke turned around as if a model had just finished her walkway and was returning, "it is your mere presence, Silver. It displeases me so."
The long, raven-haired, gray-eyed man smiled cheerfully. Many would think him mad; after all, who smiled after being insulted as such? "Ah, but it is my very presence that is the reason you look much kinder," the slender man replied, his hand gestures flying like a flamboyant man, "but be it smile, frown or emotionless, your fans go wild." He sighed and dropped dramatically onto the opposite sofa. Running a hand through his long, silky hair, Silver smiled mysteriously at the duke who stiffened, "I saw and heard it. She reminds you so much of Seiryuu no miko, yea?"
No, its not remind...It is her! It has to be, who else feels like her? The duke shook his head, there was nothing he could hide from his best friend. Not just any best friend, but the best friend who literally grew up with him. "I need to meet her once more. I need to be convinced," he planned as his best friend smug smile grew wider, "I can entrust you with getting necessary information, can't I Silver?"
That was the call for dismissal- all discussions were over. The slender built, sexy actor bowed and excused himself.
"Miaka, excuse me," Yui fumbled in her handbag, searching for her buzzing hand phone, "I've got a ca-" A wave of the brown haired lady and Yui walked to a corner, away from all the noise in the mall. "Hello?"
"Hi there, darling," a melodious voice floated through the ear piece, enchanting the ex-Seiryuu priestess. A voice so familiar yet she couldn't place thought to. "Would you like to join me for dinner?"
"I'm sorry but I don't merely go out with strangers," Yui firmly replied. She wouldn't be swayed into blindly joining this beautiful voice.
"Oh very wise and right. I'm Silver K', the actor; and Silver meets Yui Hongou," the man on the other line took charge with a tinge of child-like voice and excitement, "Yui Hongou meets Silver K'. Too bad, we can't have a handshake...Now we know each other! Would you please join me for dinner today?"
"Um, I'm sorry but I've to dec-"
"Oh don't go breaking my heart, sweetie." Yui could honestly hear him smile and she frowned. You don't usually received these kind of calls unless you're sure it's a prank. "I'd love to meet you...After all, that celebrity kissed your hand, didn't he?"
Yui started to recall the recent and previous event. That Nakago look-alike had kissed her hand in front of a massive crowd. Was it because she stood up? Unlikely. Was it because he remembered her...?
"I'd be very happy if you could come and join me." Yui could hear sincere pleading from Silver and it almost broke her heart. It sounded so child-like, as if a child was pitifully asking for a candy. Yet at the same time, Yui's instincts told her that there was nothing pitiful about the man on the other side. If anything, he was an extremely dangerous man.
"I...I guess I could." She didn't know what possessed her to accept such invitation but somehow the name Silver K' and the voice sounded way too familiar. Too familiar in a not harmless way.
"Great! I'll pick you up at six and we'll drive up to Ginza. See you sweetie." The suffocating tension had disappeared and so were all the suspicion. The call ended just like that Yui seemed to have forgotten of the threat he could have proposed.
"Who was that Yui?" Miaka bounced towards her best friend, Taka following with a brilliant, dazzling smile, "Tetsuya?"
"Nope, not Tetsuya," Yui's frowned deepened as she forced herself to justify her acts of accepting the invitation, "He said his name was Silver K'."
"SILVER K'?" Miaka repeated, not believing her ears. Onlookers started to turn and encircle them. Still surprise, she continued despite the attention, "Silver K' as in the number one actor and playboy? The best friend of that bachelor-model?" Embarrassed, Yui pulled Miaka, who pulled Taka, away from the crowd and away from the mall. She had to look down to avoid being caught on camera. Breathless, Miaka asked for further information, "What did he ask? A date?"
"Sort of," Yui finally answered when all of them had entered Taka's red car, "he said he'll pick me up." As Taka drove the red glossy-looking car, Yui continued filling her best friend, "He reminded me of someone..."
"Another Seiryuu seishi?" Miaka teased Yui who turned away to hide her tomato face, "Your lucky day! Two seishis, one after another!" Yui felt a mixed of emotions; sure, she was more than overjoyed to see Nakago but to know there was another seishi, Yui could only guess she'd be torn apart. She could only hope she won't land in the same position as Miaka- when Hotohori and Tamahome had come to the Suzaku no miko...
Yui shook her head, not able to believe it. Somehow, she had hoped she'd meet Tomo, the black haired flamboyant actor. She loved his sarcastic humor but it didn't last long for her to form a strong relationship with him. He was always off to a mission to intercept and tear those Suzaku seishis apart until a mission that caused him his life. Suboshi had betrayed him, especially Nakago and her, and killing him. Tears started to glisten when Yui realized she actually missed the actor so much; she missed him as a friend. He was the closest thing, in the Seiryuu camp, that she could call friend.
"Yui, we're here," Miaka gave her best friend an encouraging squeeze on the shoulder. Yui had never been the sort of a weak woman. On the contrary, the blond had always been strong and it broke Miaka's heart to see her in such a form. "Take a shut-eye," she continued, "Maybe call Tetsuya?"
Yui said nothing, there was no need to. Miaka understood her well enough. With hands shaky enough, she pushed the door open before she walked up to her apartment. A single backward glance and she suppressed the urge to groan. It wasn't that she missed spending time with Miaka but...
She threw open the door, immediately shut it behind her. The sight before her was, well, usual to say the least. An ashtray flipped over, cigarettes butts messed over the glass coffee table. Beer bottles rolled off the floor, shards of broken glass decorated the carpet. God, it was impossible.
There on the sofa, sprawled like a drunkard was her boyfriend, Tetsuya. His cheeks were as red as a blushing high-school boy and he smelled just as horrible as an alley garbage dump. Summoning enough venom, Yui commanded fiercely, "GET OFF THE DAMN COUCH THIS INSTANCE, TETSUYA!"
The said man immediately scampered of the couch and landed clumsily on the floor. Looking up into angry yet beautiful blue eyes, Tetsuya slowly rose and grin a boyish smile. As if he could redeem himself, "I've prepared dinner for the both of us. Beer is on me too." He led her into her kitchen, his hand disgusting in hers but Yui didn't pull her hand away. The last thing she needed was an argument with a drunkard who could hit her pretty hard. And it wasn't that she pitied this drunkard but she couldn't leave him for he was there when she needed someone...of course before he became a drunkard.
"I can't have dinner with you," Yui forcefully pulled her hand away and stared right into his eyes, "I'm on a date."
Anger clouded the drunkard's face before he rose his arm high to land a deathly blow on her. "A date with who?" he growled, hatred filled those brown eyes and it scared Yui, "Which blasted asshole sure dares to steal my girlfriend? He's got guts to piss me off!" He walked towards a paralyzed Yui and grabbed her chin forcefully, smiling cruelly when he heard a gasp escape her lips, "You belong to me. You're mine." He brought his lips but a quick slap across his face made the angry drunkard angrier.
"How dare you," fury written across every line of his face, his breathing came in short and fast, "You've got guts to hit your boyfriend, do you? Well, I'm gonna teach you never to raise your hand against me." After that, a series of punches and slaps and whimpers filled the household.
Blow after blow came down hard on Yui who struggled to fight back. A female against a powered male, how was she going to win? Tears slid her porcelain face as Yui rolled over, protecting her womanly features. She definitely couldn't allow him to damage her there. Losing it, Yui choked on her sobs, "St-stop, stop Te-Tetsuya..."
Kicking her on her side, Tetsuya squatted over her, evil dancing in those dark brown eyes. His hand tightened around her jaw and seemed to be able to crush it with a little more effort, "Have you learnt?"
Trying to salvage the last of her dignity, Yui spit onto his face and the monstrous anger clouded his face. "It wasn't good enough to teach me. You're pathetic!" Yui glared at him and a fist powered by anger came down.
"Stop pushing your luck," a voice echoed. Craning her neck, Yui saw a silhouette of a slender man in the door way.
Had it not been for him, her face would have definitely been crushed. As she continued to squint to figure out the sexy, slender man, she vaguely saw Tetsuya flying across the room and toppling over the coffee table. Walking around her, she saw long black hair flowing endlessly. Another loud deathly coughing, before a loud crack as if someone's bone was broken. "Stay away from her or," her guardian angel snarled quietly, venom spitting which silenced Tetsuya's pathetic whimpers, "I'll kill you."
A warm, smiling and handsome face greeted her before she passed out. She felt herself being lifted and hoped deeply she was not going to be brought into a brothel. She's experienced first-hand when she was there but...no, she shouldn't think of him. Squeezing her eyes tight to vanquish the fog, Yui looked into the gray, cloudy eyes. It had to be the most hypnotizing eyes she had ever laid her eyes on. "Are you...?"
"Silver K'." He smiled and she passed out.
"My Lord, she's fine," a butler greeted the Master of the house happily. It was not usual to have a grateful lord who treats his assistants fairly. "Would you like to see her now?"
Swirling the thick blood-red wine, Silver sighed before placing the glass on the table. He stood up, dusted his clothes and check himself for perfection in the mirror. No faults, no extra lining...charming. "Will she recover?"
He had been so shocked when he brought her into his home from hers. Never did it occur to him that his priestess lived in a look-alike dump. Worse, he never thought his priestess was crazy enough to be living with a mad man under one roof! Sure she had been desperate for attention in his world, but did she have to look for ugly mad men? Sometimes, she had him boggled with her acts and this was one of those such times.
"There would be minimal scars," the butler winced when he saw the hawk eyes of his Master. It was evident anger was the main root, and something else. "She's awake." Silver need only nod his head, since he didn't trust his voice from shouting at his innocent and faithful butler.
Storming to his guest room in the left wing of his mansion, he knocked two polite ones before throwing the door open. There in the large bed was his priestess in a sky blue silk robe. Swallowing the lump of saliva, he closed the door with a click before he approached his alluring priestess cautiously. Each step was a painful restraint from trying to scoop her up into his arms and thank Seiryuu for uniting them once again. Oh he did miss his priestess for she had stretched her hand to save him from his despair and ultimate sorrow. Was it a sign presented to him to help her up now that she was as good as defeated?
Thoughts buzzed in the cunning head of the actor and he needed to free himself from his doubts. So...
"How're you doing?" he smiled a pleasant smile that made Yui want to smile, "Drink?" Without her answer, he went on to pour a glass for her; all the time his hands shook slightly. He handed her the glass and sat beside her on the bed. Not close enough to signify anything prominent. This was the first official time he was serving her. This was the first moment he was of direct use to her. Man, it felt good. It felt right.
"I think I've got a bump somewhere," she winced when her fingers came into contact with that swollen area of her head, "but other than that, I'm fine." She gave him a lopsided grin that failed to mask her pain because no sooner did she wince in pain.
I'm sorry Shin...Silver stretched his arms and collected his priestess in a strong and warm embrace. Pressing his lips to her ear, he whispered, "Even though I don't have any healing powers...let me help you ease the pain..." He tightened his hold around her, closed his eyes and pressed his soft lips lightly on her bump.
All this time, Yui was squeezed to Silver's chest. It wasn't bulky with muscles but it was slender and sexy. She was way too aware that should she shift a little, his length would be between and pressing against her clit. When she realized one of Silver's hand had cupped her hip and the other massaging her back, Yui could only moan. Despite only wanting Nakago's touch on her, Silver was just as good. Well, at least it was pleasurable.
Good God, I'm sorry Shin...I can't take it...Silver smiled the kind of smile that gave healthy encouragement and this time, Yui smiled back at him. All thoughts of her painful bump was gone and replaced by the hot desire of wanting Silver's touches on her bare skin. Nudging her chin up so that he was looking into her deep blue eyes, Silver asked softly, "Has anyone kissed you before and mean it?" When she shook her head, he smiled again before he captured her lips in a sensual slow movement.
He was the teacher, eager to teach and she was the student, eager to learn. He tongued and licked her lips, begging for entrance which she proudly deny. Frustrated at being denied, he nibbled on her bottom lips while his hands worked smoothly on her back, drawing lazy circles. "Let me in..." he begged again, and Yui could not help but allow him. He tasted her, his tongue licking inside her mouth almost choking her with simple pleasure. Their tongues fought, trying to dominate the other and this caused Yui to shift. She shifted for better position, unknowingly slid in between his thighs. Her fingers clawed into his shirt and into his skin, drawing thin red lines. She was on fire, her nerves crazy with pleasure.
Unbuttoning his first button with fingers that shook with mad desire, Yui's eyes filled with lust that she, herself, didn't know existed in her until now... "No...No, good god, Yui!" Silver pushed her away, scampering quickly away from the bed, "Oh for the love of Seiryuu, this shouldn't have happened." Rubbing his face in his palms as if to desperately forget anything happened, he groaned and growled an almost inhumane sound.
His ferocious growl scared Yui out of her hazy pleasure and into reality. Just what was she trying to achieve? "Silver, I'm sor-"
"No, no, it is I who is sorry," Silver peeked through his long pale fingers and finally put his hands down when he thought it was alright to see her fully, "I shouldn't be stealing." He walked towards her and settled into the nearby chair. Running his hands calmly through his jet-black hair, he smiled a rueful smile, "You've got a boyfriend, haven't you? You love him, don't you?"
It sounded so sad, Yui wanted to reach out and tell him it was alright. "Well, I don't have a boyfriend but I care for someone that is," she smiled sadly that broke Silver's collected composure and she walked towards the window, overlooking the garden, "he's changed since two months ago." Following her, Silver wrapped his arms around her in a way that was not inviting anything more.
"Is it that man I saved you from?" Curiosity perked him and Silver suddenly felt a rush of anger when he uttered the question. If it was true, then his priestess was being taken advantage of. He had to put an end to it as seen fit of a celestial warrior.
"Yes, Tetsuya was my boyfriend until he changed," a choked sob and Silver quietly wince. He obviously wasn't prepared for his priestess to go emotional on him, "Until he adopted that bad habit- drinking and clubbing. I don't know what possessed him to do it..."
Then forget the bastard and come to Shin... "I'd suggest you leave him for a better man," Silver spun her around and ticked the free tears away, "if you ever need a shoulder to cry on, come to me. I'll lend you mine." But Shin should be the first you should be running to...not me, not anyone else...
"Silver...?" Yui spoke uncertainly, unsure of his intentions yet she felt protected and treasured, "I must ask, are you Tomo, one of the seven Seiryuu celestial warriors?"
He smiled the smile a proud parent would give his child. "I'm whatever you wish me to be, Yui," he released her and a mischievous grin spread wide across his face. "How's the bump?" Yui immediately flushed- he was right, he could take the pain away! "I take it my therapy works?" he teased and laughed airily when Yui's cheeks turned with a deeper red. "Ha..ha, come for dinner won't you?" he stretched his hand out, his face still red from laughing. Yui could only smile embarrassingly as she shied away from his hand and skipped out of the room, followed closely by a laughing actor.
Author's note: I had a fun time writing the ending of this chapter. I hope you'd have fun reading the last part.
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