AN: Thanks for all your wonderful reviews. I love you guys! I've been doing really well at writing lately, so let's see if I can keep it up. I hope you guys like this chapter. It's getting a bit more dramatic and a bit more OOC, I think...sorry...
-Kaida Amarante
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"A-Antonio?" Arthur struggled under his friend's grip, trying to fight the brunette off. "Antonio! I'm not a piece of property! You can't treat me like this!"
"I'm going to treat you like this until you recognize that you're mine and no one else's." Antonio stopped and smiled down at his friend, his eyes burning. "I'm not leaving until I make you love me."
Arthur's struggles stopped when Antonio pulled him into a passionate kiss, one that made the Briton's heart pound and his face grow hot. However, it wasn't long before he was reciprocating the affection, throwing his arms around Antonio's neck and locking the brunette in place. "I know, Arthur." Arthur stared up in shock when Antonio pulled away. "I know that you're not an object. That it's not right for me to keep you all to myself...to tie you down...But that doesn't make me want you any less. I still love you, but I feel that's not right. It's not my place to try to force you to love me or even love you." Antonio stood, then, letting Arthur up from his pinned down position on the table. "I'm sorry."
It was when the Spaniard started walking away that Arthur's heart skipped a beat in fear. "Antonio! Toni, don't go!" The blonde hopped off of the table, chasing after his lover. "Please, don't leave me..." Antonio gasped when he suddenly felt arms wrap around his waist. "Toni, you can't leave me." Why? Arthur's arms tightened around Antonio's waist in his confusion. Why am I telling him he can't leave me? It's...it's because I haven't come up with an antidote yet! That's it! "Alright? You're not leaving."
Antonio's emerald eyes were wide with shock.
"Alright, alright, I won't leave." Arthur smiled and kissed Antonio's cheek before walking towards the bedroom. "What's going on with him?"
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Arthur ran to the room on the second floor, his eyes frantic as he grabbed a book off of one of the shelves lining the wall, quickly flipping through the yellowing pages. "Love antidote...love antidote...Aha!" He rubbed his finger along the words, the ingredients for the antidote to the potion Antonio had drank. "I never need antidotes, so I forgot that this was here..." He glanced toward the door, sighing as he tried to decide what to do. "It'll...take me a while to finish it..." He went back downstairs, then, putting a jacket on as he went. "Antonio, I have to go pick up ingredients for a potion someone paid me to make. I'll be back later."
Antonio continued watching the door, even after Arthur was long gone. "Artie...When are you going to..." He sighed and lied on the couch, falling asleep quickly.