Chapter Seven - Curiosity
"You two just been fighting for an hour?" Kai grinned, rubbing the back of his head with his hand.
An hour? Solomon's eyes widened slightly. It had been an hour already? He bit his lip slightly, loving that he could still taste the other. Perhaps it was now lust that drove him, but all that the blond wanted was for Saya and Kai to leave again so he could be with Haji…even if the admiration was only one-sided. He sighed slightly, which seemed to be noted from the first Chevalier, whose gaze flickered over to Solomon. Upon returning the stare, he felt shamed and looked to the floor. It was as though Haji was reading his mind.
"Saya," Haji's cold voice spread throughout the room, though only Saya returned his gaze. She looked warmer, more enchanted than she had before. Even with her cold stare and a lacking grin, she seemed much more well than before. Silently, the dark haired chevalier held out his hand. She took it, and without questioning or hesitation, was led up the stairs to the rooms above the restaurant.
"Do you love her?" Kai asked once they were out of sight. Solomon's gaze flickered from the empty hallway to the man, eyes wide.
He relaxed with a heavy sigh and took a seat on one of the stools at the bar. "My love for her is dutiful," he explained in short.
The other seemed to understand and took the stool that was spaced a bit from Solomon so that there was one in between them. He began to speak, though the blond was far from listening to what he was saying. His fingers moved in his fist and his eyes widened. Haji's hair ribbon was still in his hand. It was a wonder he hadn't noticed previously, for the chevalier had quite a different looked to him when his hair was draped around his sharply contoured face. Slowly, he opened his hand, taking a peek at the thin black ribbon and then closing it quickly.
Kai finished up whatever he was saying, and all the blond did was nod. He listened carefully, trying to hear anything from the upstairs rooms, but could only here very muddled speech. Instantly, he began to plan, to plot. He had to break away. "May I use your bathroom?" was the only thing he could think up after five minutes, however. Kai nodded and instructed him upstairs, only making things better for Solomon.
The blond slowly followed, knowing that once he got near enough, the other two chiropterans would hear him. With this in mind, he approached the bathroom two doors away from the one that Saya and Haji were in. He opened the door, though did not enter. Instead he just closed it again, and took a few silent steps toward the bedroom that he presumed was Saya's.
"Are you disappointed?" Haji's voice.
"No…I just would have liked to see them," Saya answered. They were speaking of the girls.
"They would have the same wish. There is nothing that can be done."
"I can't watch them grow older, only grow stronger"
Solomon heard movement, perhaps the sound of the chevalier moving toward her or away from her. It was silent for a while before Haji spoke up again. "Saya…"
"I feel like I should be angry at someone for this…though I'm the only one to blame."
"Saya…"
"If I didn't let them live…"
She was silent, and Solomon heard Haji approach her, touch her perhaps. "We made our choices…"
"Stop it!" She yelled suddenly. The blond chevalier's eyes widened from outside the door as he listened with intrigue. "It's my fault…First I let George…and then Riku…Riku," her voice was a mere whisper now, "and the two people I allow to live, I…" Solomon strained a bit to hear, still surprised at how suddenly emotional she had gotten. "I thought you were dead…"
"Saya—"
"I don't want to talk any more," she said calmly, though the chevalier could tell she was on breaking point.
Without warning, she burst through the door, which Solomon had involuntarily gotten closer to. The sudden opening of the door in the Americanized restaurant caught the blond by surprise, causing him to lose his balance for a moment as he stepped backward. Saya didn't even seem to notice he was there at first and turned right into him, also losing balance. The two of them fell onto the floor, Solomon's right hand opening as he did so. They landed hard on the wood, though Saya had probably gotten the better by falling on top of Solomon. The ribbon floated for a moment before delicately floating back to the second chevalier's hand.
Her eyes widened for a moment, recognizing what the ribbon was almost instantly. Solomon's eyes locked onto hers. Although he hadn't said anything, although the small black ribbon couldn't say anything really, it was unexpected that Solomon would be the reason that Haji's hair was not pulled up.
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It's been nearly a year since I last watched Blood+
I need to re-watch a few episodes to get the characters spot on again. This chapter was short and somewhat meaningless. I'm sorry for the extremely long wait, but things haven't been well lately. This was a bit of what you could call a filler chapter. The next one, chapter eight, will be much more necessary and I have plenty planned for the near future.
Now I'm curious as to how much longer this will be...how long I can go on with it. I'll be writing chapter eight this week. Thanks to all of the readers.
-Red
