Darien woke up a few times to go to the bathroom to throw up and one of the times he got up from his bed there was a cup of warm water and a Alka-Seltzer by his bed. He picked up the Alka-seltzer ripped it open and plopped it into the warm water. He couldn't remember if it had always been there or if it was recently put. As he drank it down he heard talking.
"Seiya, I really don't think we should." Darien got up from his bed hearing Serena's voice. He was surprised she was still here. "I don't, know what you are trying to do here."
When he got to his door he pushed it slightly to see through. Serena was standing by the window to the balcony on her phone. Her back was turned as she looked outside. "Yeah, I know I haven't seen you in three years! Why does every one keep reminding me of time!" Her voice was raising but then she lowered it back down remembering Darien was asleep. Moonlight shined down on her illuminating the front of her body while the rest of her was cast in shadow. Darien noticed she wore one of his T-shirts. It was obvious it was his because it was just too big for her body. The shirt hung above her knees and she had to pull at one of the sleeves to keep it on her shoulder.
She was silent, listening to the other person on the other end of the phone. "I-I miss you too, Seiya but things get complicated when you are around…" Darien had turned away from looking out his bedroom door trying to block out, Serena's words. Miss him? Who was this Seiya guy? He gripped the cup in his hand and started to shake. "How? Seiya, I mean…" Serena said in reply to him.
'woah! Do you feel that? Is that an earthquake!?' Seiya said lucky for Serena interrupting what they were talking about. Serena's eyes opened wide. "Seiya, look, I'll think about meeting up with you but right now, I-I got to go. I need to take care of something!" Serena said in a panic. 'Alright, let me know.' He said and then the other side of the line went dead.
In the other room Darien's eyes opened realizing what was happening. "Shit! Shit, shit, shit!" He thought in a panic realizing he wasn't only shaking himself, he was shaking the whole god damn planet! God he hated this part of being drunk. It's why he never drank, it made it harder for him to control his power. He was finally sober but to regain control over his power took a bit longer, it wasn't as simple as just sobering up. He tried to breath but the earth keep shaking. "Come on! Come on!" he whispered under his breath hoping it would stop before… On the other side of his door he heard Serena end her call. He panicked more and raced to his bed like a kid about to be in trouble. He set the cup down by his bed and got in.
That's when Serena came into the room. "Darien, are you alright!" He nodded. "Can you stop it?" She questioned coming to the side of his bed. He shook his head no. Now that he shook the earth, not much could stop it. He could try to calm down but it would still take a bit to stop. He always tried his best to not let things like this happen. Earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, huge thunder storms, snow storms, he was able to cause any kind of natural disaster. He had caused a lot of 'natural disaster's' over the years, especially when he was little, just out of his fright and loneliness. An orphaned and frightened kid who had a connection to the earth was a dangerous and scary thing. Hopefully this time it wouldn't be so bad anywhere. The only time he had true control over it was when-
Serena touched his hand and looked into his eyes. A soft smile grazed her face. "It's ok Darien.. I'm here. Just breath." She said tenderly. The earth shook some more then stopped abruptly. "See! You've got it!" she smiled. He nodded. "yeah." He turned his hand, so hers sat in his palm. "Yeah." They both looked at their hands together.
"Um, Sorry." Serena said about to pull her hand away from his but he gripped it. He shook his head. "No." he said. "It's- It's fine. Just sit with me for a bit…" They sat in silence, It was heavy with words that wanted to be said and words not dared to be spoken.
Finally Darien said. "Do you think I caused anything bad?" Serena smiled. "I don't know, will find out later, when the world news is on." Darien looked into her eyes. Later… she said later. Would she still be here for them to watch it together? Maybe he was reading to much into her words.
"You should get some more sleep." She said as she took her hand out of his and patted his leg under the sheets. Serena stood up about to head out his bed room door. "No…I mean." he paused. "Um, wait…" She turned back around to him looking down at him as he looked back up at her. "Stay…Sleep beside me…" He started to panic a bit, the air started to get cold, literally. Darien was lowering the earth's temperature. "I mean… I'm not so sure I can control my power, when I'm like this. I have a better handle on things when you're close."
Serena was hesitant at first but she could see Darien's sincerity of the situation. Literally and figuratively. He was truly worried about the control over his powers to the connection of the earth. Plus she wasn't just going to stand there and let the planet go below negative thirty. Then he said " …And plus I know that couch must be uncomfortable. If you are going to stay the night why don't you sleep somewhere more comfortable." At his words she sighed and hopped into his bed on the other side of it, keeping her distance. She got under the covers and lied down, trying to keep warm because of how cold he had gotten the room. He laid down with her and they just stared at each other. The steam from their breathes mingling because of the extreme temperature. It took a little over an hour but the earths temperature went back to normal and in half an hour after that they were both asleep.
When the sun came up it woke Darien up with its strong rays. The sun shined on his face. He had forgotten to close his curtains that night or more like he never really bothered to. He enjoyed watching the moon as he fell to sleep. It honestly reminded him of the time of the silver millennium when he would look up at the moon and just wonder about its princess.
Speaking of said Princess. She sat at the corner of the bed, legs crossed as she cradled a cup of Joe, just staring at him. She took a sip. "There's one next to you." He blinked at her a few times and she blinked back until he realized she meant the coffee. He turned to his night table and grabbed the warm cup, taking it to his lips. "Thanks." Was all he said.
They sat there in silence for a few minutes, only the coffee to keep them busy. Darien pulled the cup away from his lips. "Look, Ser-"
"Do you feel better?" She asked. Darien was confused for a second. "Uh, What?"
"Do you feel more in control? …Of your powers and the link." She had worried about it all night, she woke up every three hours like she used to when they dated, out of habit cause of her worry. She knew how bad it could get. She had witnessed it once, when she had gotten badly hurt and he became completely upset till it was uncontrollable. He barely remembered it happening and after telling him about it once she never spoke of it again. Even though they weren't together anymore, she still wished that it would never happen to him again, she couldn't stand seeing him go through it, especially cause of her. She wanted to protect him.
"Well?" she said. He nodded looking at his cup. "I'm fine, nothing to worry for." He looked up at her, smiling at her as he finished off his coffee. "Why are you sitting so far away? So close to the edge of the bed." Serena shrugged at his question. "I guess I didn't want to wake you with me getting back into bed, plus there was no need to."
Darien nodded. "mmm" He turned to his night stand to put his coffee mug down. Turning back to her he said. "I never liked you keeping your distance from me. We can sit next to each other…..maybe talk?" He patted next to him on the bed. "And for the past few years, you have been very far away." he added. Serena was about to get up to sit next to him but she stopped herself and sat still right where she was, staring at her cup. He looked straight at her as he patted next to himself again on the duvet loud enough for her to hear it.
Serena got up from where she sat at the corner of the bed and walked closer to the head of it. She placed her cup down on the night stand on the other side of the bed and just stared at Darien as she bit her lower lip. He just smiled back at her, not thinking much else about it she sat down a good distance away from him on the bed her legs still hanging off of it.
There was silence, a lot of it. Being in different places in their lives years later, it was hard to say exactly what you wanted to say when all you could do was talk about a past that you wanted to avoid. Breaking the silence Darien said the thought that burned inside his skull.
"So, who's Seiya?" He said cautiously. Serena's blue eyes opened wide as she stammered, saying softly. "H-how do you know about Seiya?" Darien turned his body to her and breathed out. "I heard you talking to him last night, it wasn't hard to miss…." He pauses and closes his eyes. "Is there anything I should….know?"
Irritation formed across Serena's face. "Know!?" she grunts out. "UH! No Darien! There is nothing you should know! You don't have a place in my life to know anything! So why should I have an obligation to tell you anything!" She sat back on her legs at her last words. Her arms crossed, looking away from Darien. She didn't know why she got so upset at Darien for asking about Seiya, she just did. She knew she could of just told him no and that would of been the end of it.
"Serena, look, I didn't mean to offend, I just, I was just curious…for you to have someone new in your life..."
"How can I have someone new in my life when you're standing outside Crowns fruit parlor and I'm holding my breath for you to walk in and you never do!" she seethed.
"What?" he stared at her in shock. She gawked back at him. "Oh god, I didn't mean to…. to say that. Forget I said that! Oh god!" Her eyes looked frightened. She was about to move off the bed but Darien moved faster, taking her wrist from her folded arms he pulled her into his chest.
She let out an oomph as she made contact with his chest. "You…" He paused. "You saw me?" he breathed out. Her wrist was still caught by the grip of Darien's hand. While the other laid idle beside her. She was scared, afraid to make any moves. Why did she have to go and say that!? She thought to herself. "You saw me outside the fruit parlor doors?" He was looking down at the top of her head. She wouldn't look up.
Serena breathed in his shirt it was all she could do. It smelled of his adventures with alcohol last night. She finally spook. "It wasn't hard to spot you, the parlor is practically made of glass. And who wouldn't notice someone standing outside in the cold." He made a noise. He had forgotten it was cold that day. Serena's hands finally shifted to grip the back of his shirt causing his shirt to crease. "I was so mad at you for not walking in. I didn't say anything to the girls as we sat there. I saw you just standing there debating to walk in. It was killing me. If you took two more steps you would be in the doors. I was begging you to walk in but then Andy stopped you. And then I was furious at him, you, everything!" she keep gripping his shirt. "But then I thought. I had no reason to be angry at you. I was the one who ended it."
Darien placed his hand on her arms pealing them from his shirt to push her back so he could look at her face. She looked down. "I felt so stupid! After that I just stayed mad at myself. It didn't matter that I knew you were there every day I was, trying to make sure I didn't see you. By you doing that it just made it so much harder to move on. I tried too… The reason why we broke up I just couldn't do and I just became more angry at myself for letting you continue. I was so mad at myself for letting you stop my heart from moving on!"
Darien turned her head to him. "I'm so sorry I did that to you…." she hiccupped "No, you're not." His lips hovered over hers and as their lips met there was a moan of yearning that came from both of them.
8/22/2016
This took me a bit cause this chapter just keep changing constantly. I was just really unsatisfied. i basically took a whole scene out to get it where it is. So it could just flow better and i'm really glad i did that.
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