Love of Angels
Chapter 03
Kaji smirks at me as if I'm the mouse and he's the cat in this twisted game, "I know what you are Alexia."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You're a half-angel."
Unable to control my disastrous habit of stuttering I try to calm myself. "I-I...I am certainly n-not."
"Don't lie to me Alexia. You are but I won't take your precious crystal heart...considering you help me in return."
"What do I have to do?" I ask with a sigh ghosting over my words.
He turns from me to gaze out the rain shrouded window, "I want you to lure two other half-angels here. Now your time limit is a mere two weeks and I'm sure that is plenty. You are to tell no one of this plan, understood? So don't worry about the other assignments."
"If I happen to tell someone, what happens?"
Kaji snaps back around to glare at me, "I take your crystal and kill the person you've told."
"I'll do it."
"I thought you would. You may leave for your mission starts at dawn."
Leaving the despicable man to bath in his glory of sucking me into his twisted scheme, I go straight to my room.
If it weren't for Bakura and Seto...I wouldn't have thought twice about agreeing to those terms.
Flipping on the light I stumble backward at the sight of a figure seated on my bed. "Why on earth are you in my room, Bakura?"
"What did he want from you?"
I roll my eyes and force the urge to stutter on my lie to halt, "He wanted to tell me that I don't have to work on the assignment."
"Why's that?"
I stride over to my drawers and begin shuffling through them, "Like he was going to tell me a reason? Now if you don't mind, I'm tired so do me a favor and leave."
"Good night Lexi."
The sound of the door slamming forces tears to brim at my eyes, "Night Kura."
The second I wake up I try to clear my head as all the thoughts from the previous night rush into my mind. I take a shower, get dressed, and eat my breakfast alone. Finding no one to stop me, I head to the park, to see if Atemu could possibly be there again.
It doesn't take me long since hardly anyone is on the streets. I get to the secluded portion and come to the conclusion that he has yet to come here or isn't going to. It's not like I have anything better to do, so I sit in the tree and wait, dozing slightly.
Maybe he'll come soon.
Something slams into against the tree and I lose my balance on the limb I'm seated on. Startled awake I don't have a chance to snag my hand on anything and I drop like a rock. Before I can blink I realize that my face is inches away from his own.
I quickly stand and offer my hand. Smirking, he takes it and stands before dusting himself off, "Nice to see you again."
"Um...yeah..."
"About yesterday, I'm sorry if I scared you. That's wasn't the idea in the slightest."
"No, no it's fine."
Rubbing at the back of his head he glances around, "Do you want to go get something to eat? I mean if you're hungry."
I nod and he smiles like a kid that just got the toy he wanted from the carnival. We walk away from the vegetation and to a random restaurant. There the conversation instantly died at the sight of the people chatting amicably around us. Afterward, Atemu paid the bill and walked me back to the area that I can possibly describe as ours. Standing face to face with him, he sighs.
"I'd better go."
In a slight whisper I try to say something to keep him here, "Atemu, I'm a half-angel."
"I know, I am too. Will you be here tomorrow?" he asks with a hopeful smile. I nod, speechless. "Good meet me here tomorrow. What time is best for you?"
"Seven in the morning."
"The peaceful time huh? Well I'll see you tomorrow. I had fun with you Alexia."
He turns away and waves back at me and I lift my hand, my words coming out too late for him to catch, "Bye, don't forget now." Almost at peace with myself I decide to sit and keep my mind away from my dreaded agreement with that slim of a man, so I lay down beneath that fateful tree.