Blood & Roses
Chapter 6
No Secrets
"Kisara," Kaiba started, clenching his fists. "I'm saying-"
Kaiba actually stammered; was he really going to say this? To her of all people…
"I WANT TO BE WITH YOU!"
There. He said it.
His hand was extending towards Kisara as she folded her arms across her chest, her hair colorless in the moonlight that shone through the window and with a small gasp she turned to the side so that she could look at him. With a questioning look she tried to decipher what was going through Kaiba's mind and said weakly, "But…"
Kaiba used this as an excuse to continue.
"I cannot explain why; I don't care if half the things you do lack logical explanation – like jumping off tall buildings, particularly… Kisara, please, this is new to me – "
"You don't know what you're getting yourself into!" Kisara interrupted; it was vital that she convinced him to stay away from her now, because if he didn't he would die.
"I don't care!" Kaiba growled, gripping Kisara by her arms but she only pulled away as a shudder passed through him. Above all, she couldn't deny Kaiba if she looked him in the eyes… the war within himself… against the world.
Kisara tried again, speaking the absolute truth, "I'm not allowed to even be with you."
"Why?" Kaiba frowned; this would have been easier with a fangirl.
"Because..." Kisara stammered, thinking of the laws she had to live by, the vampire code she was breaking by just being there. Kaiba surprised her with his reply, "I don't care. I want you."
Kisara sighed. Kaiba rejects everything supernatural therefore he will reject me… I must expose my secret to him; it's the only way.
"Do you think you're awake?" she asked.
"Don't start that again," Kaiba groaned but after looking at Kisara he nodded.
Kisara let out a sigh between clenched teeth and strode purposely to Kaiba, and embraced him passionately which confused him immensely as he was overcome with the coldness of her flesh.
Instead of being repelled by this, he only wrapped his own arms around her in an attempt to warm her up. "You're very cold." Kaiba murmured in Kisara's ear as she tightened her grip, "Like death; now I suggest you shut your eyes."
Before Kaiba could process this strange order he was suddenly aware of a wind violently whipping at his hair. "I'M… FLYING?" he stammered as Kisara whisked him past his own KC building. How did we get here so fast? Wait… am I even awake?
Instantly Kaiba shut his eyes so that he wouldn't have to take any more in, and could consider this a dream in the morning if he simply ignored the situation.
After two minutes of bliss, Kaiba felt the ground beneath his feet and warmth. "Kisara?" he called out and stumbled backwards when he realized he was on the roof of another tall building. That was close, he thought as he nearly tripped over the edge. He looked around him only to find nothing, Kisara had disappeared.
"SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE ME HERE?" Kaiba yelled losing his patience and clenched his teeth in frustration.
"Why would I do that?" Kisara asked innocently from behind him; Kaiba spun on his heel to face her. "Explain yourself!" Kaiba demanded but to his dismay Kisara shook with humorless laughter, "This is me! Do you want me now, Kaiba? HUH? Well, DO YOU?"
"Right. My dream Kisara's usually make-out with me, not shout at me." Kaiba accidentally let slip. Kisara paused her temperamental rant to gape at Kaiba who just shrugged nonchalantly – too late to retract his comment so he decided to keep going with it. "For the last time this is not a dream, wait- 'dream Kisara's'?" Kisara gaped at Kaiba again who just coughed uncomfortably. She twirled a few strands of hair between her fingers and asked with a gleeful grin, "You dream about me? Well… this sure is an interesting turn of events."
"Shut up." Kaiba mumbled folding his arms across his chest - complete with stubborn pout. "Cuuuuute." Kisara continued and then resumed their original conversation.
"I'm not like any body else," Kisara stated frostily, "Clearly." Kaiba responded with a smirk across his face. He detected a color change in Kisara's eyes and took a step back, "What are you?" he asked matter-of-factly.
"I wish I could tell you…" Kisara said wistfully as she gazed into Kaiba's eyes which had narrowed to thin slits.
"let me guess 'you wouldn't believe me', right?" Kaiba imitated mockingly but all sarcastic humor forgotten when Kisara turned her face away from him.
"I am a Vampire, Kaiba."
Kisara whispered compellingly and disappeared to leave Kaiba to his thoughts, confident that all desire he felt for her would be discarded.
She was wrong.
Indeeeeeed ;DD
