[Virgins]

Chapter 7

The Next Day

Location: X-Mansion - Westchester, New York ~ 2:28 PM

She fixed the position of her lab coat that covered her body. She fixed her safety glasses and pulled her gloves in keeping them neatly wrapped around her fingers. She picked up two lab beakers filled with different colors and poured them together into an erlenmeyer flask. As the colors mixed, she snatched her pen and wrote something down on her notebook. Since she was alone in the chemistry lab, a relief flowed through her veins because of the peaceful silence. But then, a knock was heard. She closed the book and spun around to see a man with his left wrist casted, walking in with his right hand held onto the knob, pulling the door shut.

"Need accompany?", he gave her a civil smile. She let out a soft giggle, "Honestly, no", she took off her safety glasses with a taunting smirk. He chuckled, "So, you love to hang out in here?", he gazed around the room. She nodded once, "Yeah. Well, it's actually not a hang out. I was studying chemistry", she took off her gloves and coat. He walked towards a stool which was settled next to the girl leaning against the lab table and butted on it. "I heard you killed Riptide", he grinned. She had a slight blush, "Yeah". "I must say you're amazing. Although, you're just... 5 foot-..." "Don't you dare", she cut him off, giving him a playful nudge in the arm. He laughed, "Just being real, you know", he ruffled her hair which he made it messy. "Hey!", she cackled and combed her hair with her own fingers before she took out her hair band from her pocket to tie it up. Sooner when she was about to tie up her hair, she felt his hand wrapped around her wrist; stopping her. She was startled, "Yes?", she raised an eyebrow. He smirked, "You look cuter with your hair left untied", he brought her hand down. She blinked her eyes with a bitter smile curved in her lips. It was hard for her to believe that it was the same sentence as the old him had told her when they first met six years ago. Her heart went blue like a wilting flower. She remained silence.

"Kitty?", Bobby called her name when he caught her staring at him for a long time. She snapped it out and quickly looked down at her feet. "You okay?", he tilted his head to the side trying to catch her face covered by her beautiful cascading hair. She glanced back up at him, "Yes, I am", she faked a wide grin. He frowned slightly with his blue eyes staring into her exotic ones. He wondered what was she thinking about. He noticed that she had been acting weird since he woke up from coma. She seemed serene but he knew that behind those brown eyes she was hiding something from him and she wouldn't just reveal it easily.

They spontaneously turned to look at the door as they heard the door creaked. They saw a platinum blonde haired teenage girl opening the door, slowly. "Oh, sorry", before she could pull the door closed, she heard Kitty's voice calling her name. She stared at them, cautiously. "Come on in. Don't be shy", Kitty insisted. The blonde walked in hesitantly and shut the door behind her. Kitty walked towards her, taking her wrist and went back to Bobby, pulling her along. "She's a new mutant here. She's got a wonderful power, you know", Kitty told Bobby with a grin. Bobby raised his eyebrows at Kitty, impressed; before turning his head to smile at the blonde, "Really?". The Ukrainian faced girl blushed. "The name's Robert. What's yours?", he asked. "I'm Lukina Yeliashkevych. It's nice to meet you, Robert", she replied him with a Ukrainian accent, tucking some of her unusual white colored hair behind her ear before holding out a hand towards him for a handshake. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Lukina", he took her hand and pressed his lips against her knuckle, lightly. "Call me Bobby", he said, giving her a seductive gaze. Lukina's pale cheeks glowed red.

Kitty Pryde cleared her throat, cutting off his gaze, "So Lukina, maybe you could heal Bobby's broken wrist?", she faked a friendly smile. Lukina took his left hand and clamped it. "We should take off the cast first, I guess?", Bobby suggested. Lukina shook her head with a soft smile. "It may hurt a bit", she placed her other hand on his cast and in the next second, both of her palms were filled with white bright beams. Bobby frowned when he felt his wrist was having a slight pain. Kitty studied his hand, intensely with a serious expression shown in her face. He winced in pain, seconds after when a crack was heard from his wrist. Kitty was a bit shocked about it but she kept her lips sealed because she knew Lukina was doing a right thing.

Lukina pulled away her hands, "You're healed". Bobby froze his own cast through his left arm and turned the cast into dusts. He clenched his left fist as he studied it, carefully. He twisted his wrist, slightly, "It really worked!", he had a wide grin. "Thanks", he gave her a charming smirk. She nodded once with a bashful smile in her face. A strong envy feeling flowed through Kitty's veins, turbulently. She was exasperated with the way Bobby treated Lukina.

She was scared of losing him.


Meanwhile...

Location: Worthington Jr.'s Work Place - Westchester, New York ~ 2:57 PM

He took his seat in front of a wheeled old man and greeted him with a handshake. The bald man rest his back against his wheelchair, "How are you today, Mr. Worthington Jr.?". "I'm feeling good and yourself, Xavier?" "I'm doing well, thank you...", Professor paused for a moment before he asked, "Shall I start?". Worthington Jr. gave him a nod, "Please" "May I ask why would you sell the cures individually?", Professor was curious to know. It took seconds for him to reply, "That's a tough one", he let out a nervous chuckle. Professor smiled in amusement, "I think I already know why". "Listen, don't get it wrong. I was trying to help terrified humans" "By killing mutants?"

An absolute silence fell between them. Worthington Jr. couldn't answer him.

"We've made a deal and you've promised us. What happened to it?", Professor said, calmly, "We gave humans peace and why can't they return it?"

Worthington Jr. remained silent. He couldn't catch words to reply.

"Then, I must say you have falsified the deal"

Worthington Jr. let out a sigh with guilty, "I'm sorry. Please... Forgive me", his voice was trembling in fright.

Professor smiled, "No need to feel sorry. We just wanted you to know that you were having a wrong plan"

Worthington Jr. gave him a grin with an uneasy feeling. "Well, will you stop selling the cures?", Professor held out a hand. Worthington Jr. glanced down at his hand then turned to look up at him back again, "Yes, I will stop selling the cures", he agreed by shaking Professor Xavier's hand with a nod.

[To Be Continued...]


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