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Chapter 9

I think I'm drowning
Asphyxiated

Silence filled the household. The evening sunlight filled Amy's bedroom. Arousing her from her sleepy slumber. With a quick yawn and stretch. She allowed herself to wake up. She sat up and gazed out the French doors that lead onto the balcony. A small smile appeared on her face as realization that she was alone due to the silence that seem to fill the home. So without a second thought she approached the CD player and pressed play. Then waltz her way into the shower.

I wanna break this spell that you created

DING DONG!! The door bell rang. A gasp left Amy's lips as she was pulled out of her thoughts and slipped on the wet tiles. A small curse left her lips. She picked herself up from the floor watching how she stepped as she left the bathroom. By this time the door bell was constantly ringing as the person became impatient. Her fist clenched tighter around her towel as she tried to rush down the stairs. She finally got to the door instead of checking to see who it was she swung it open. To see a male standing there about to push the door bell again.

You're something beautiful

"Yes." Amy growled

"So you are alive then." The male almost snapped back.

Amy winced as she recognized the voice. "Come in." Amy grumbled. Kai stepped in and Amy slammed the door behind him. "So what is it you want now?" She asked.

"I came to see if you were alright." Kai replied uncomfortably.

Which Amy picked up on for even his face showed his discomfort. "What?" She asked instinctively.

"Nothing." Kai replied with a slight tinge of red upon his cheeks which was unspotable to the untrained eye.

"Kai, it's not like you haven't seen a girl with just a towel around her before so stop acting like a baby." Amy stated on the verge of snapping

"You can talk." he grumbled

A contradiction

"Watch your mouth Hiwatari we don't wanna another broken nose do we."

"I'd watch what you say Miss Dickenson. Your childish threats won't get you anywhere."

I wanna play the game

I want friction

"So why is it you really came here then?"

"You were supposed to be in a private meeting this morning."

"What meeting?"

"The one that was this morning."

Amy then noticed that Kai's discomfort was growing with rapid speed. Which only made her smirk.

"Who would have thought that the greats Ice kings weakness was a woman standing with a towel wrapped around her?" Amy smirked with amusement

You will be the death of me

You will be the death of me

"Dickenson stop acting like a child and changing the topic."

"If it bothers you that much then I'll get dressed. Jeez, it's not like I planned all of this on purpose."

"Could have fooled me."

bury it

I won't let you bury it

I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it

After a few minutes Amy came back down to find Kai seated within her living room.

"Is this alright, Hiwatari?" Amy asked harshly. Kai's gazed at her to find that she was in a t-shirt that was miles to big so he figured that it was Zeke's and a pair of shorts where just visible.

"I guess it'll have to do." He replied with a smug look upon his face.

"So what happened at this 'meeting'?"

"Here is all of the paper work you have to go through."

"There was no meeting was there?"

"Are you accusing me Miss Dickenson?"

"Since when have you become so formal?"

Our time is running out

Our time is running out

Kai rose from the sofa, he approached her. He stood so close to her that if he only moved half of an inch they would be touching. He looked down at her coldly. She just returned the coldness.

"Do you mind Kai I have other important issues to sort out as well...So can you just get on..."

Kai's finger tip ran arcos her jaw line. Amy cheeks started to boil up as the blood ran to them, causing them to change to a crimson colour. Her breath was caught within her chest. A smug smirk appeared upon his face due to her reaction to his gentle touch.

"Just as I expected." Kai stated smugly.

"I'm not interested in you. That is just my weak spot that is all and you know it." Amy grumbled.

You can't push it underground

You can't stop it screaming out

Amy frustration started to grow more and more as his smugness increased. Kai could see her frustration and it amused him greatly. Amy backed away from him frightened that he would take things too far and send her back into the state that she hadn't long freed herself from. She walked over to the coffee table where he had left the paper work for her.

I wanted freedom

Bound and restricted

Kai stood and stared at her. She felt his gaze upon her back. Amy was confused by his behaviour. It was so unlike him to act in this way. In fact she hadn't seen him like this at all. Then it clicked he was testing her.

"Kai if you're going to continue to behave like this then I'm gonna have to ask you to leave." Amy stated

"Acting like what?" Kai asked

She was starting to get more and more wound up as his toying around with her was starting to increase. What she found more annoying was the fact that he was testing her but she didn't know what about. He went to place a hand onto her hip but within a split second she spun around and slapped his hand away.

I tried to give you up

But I'm addicted

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" She practically shrieked. He just stared deeply into her eyes. "Kai, you know that Zeke and I are getting married soon. So stop toying with me...I am not your little toy which you can play with whenever you want."

"Who said that you were a toy?" He asked which sounded more like a purr than anything else.

"Kai, I think you should leave." she stated "I do not have time for people whose only intention is to treat me like some rag doll."

Now that you know I'm trapped sense of elation

You'd never dream of breaking this Fixation

"It's your own fault." He then stated under his breath

"What is Kai? What is my fault?"

"If you stayed in hiding like you did for the last few years then I wouldn't be in the situation that you have put me in."

"Which is Kai come on your gunna have to help me here."

You will squeeze the life out of me

Bury it

Kai managed to back Amy into a corner. His hands pressed either side of Amy's shoulders which was against the wall that Amy was now pressed up against.

"So you really want to know why I'm peeved off with you?" Kai asked which sounded like a low growl rippling through his chest.

"Off course I do...If were gunna have to work with each other I need to know what exactly all of these problems that you have against me." Amy snarled

I won't let you bury it

I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it

Kai stood there trying to read her. Trying to work her out and his own thoughts as well as feelings. "Well Kai what is it that I have done so wrong that made you leave me when I need you the most? What could I have possibly done to you over the last three years when I haven't seen you? And..." Amy began. She then noticed that his expression changed

Our time is running out

Our time is running out

You can't push it underground

Kai moved in closer so that their noses where nearly touching. "Please don't cry." he stated. Amy looked at him full of confusion. She knew she wasn't crying for she would have felt the tears. Kai's finger tips ran across her cheek bone and upon his finger Amy saw the tears that he had collected. Only then did the intense heat that was generated by the tears start to burn her skin. Her breath became caught within her chest.

You can't stop it screaming out

How did it come to this?

Before she could do anything a pair of hands wrapped around her and pulled her into a surprisingly warm embrace. As the tears streamed down her face. Soaking his shirt. Due to the closeness that she was pulled into which only surprised and confused Amy. A light soft gently touch under her chin made her jump slightly. She felt the hand on her back pressed tighter against her lower back. Confusion swamped over her. As old feelings merged into new ones. As his violet eyes show the intensiveness of his emotions. Which was over powering for her to deal with.

You will suck the life out of me

Bury it

I won't let you bury it

I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it

He then moved in closer so that she could feel his breath upon her lips. Before she had a chance to shy away his lips pressed softly against hers. Her eyes opened widely as shock, fear and confusion took over her. Before she had a chance to take comprehend about what was happening her eyes closed slowly, softly and the tears streamed down touching the side of her lips. Her hands entwined around the back of his neck. As he placed his hands firmly on the middle and the bottom of her back.

Our time is running out

Our time is running out

When they broke apart. Amy gazed at him her confusion was hitting him like a tone of bricks. "Kai..." Amy began to ask her confusion was over powering within her voice.

"Shhh." he hushed. As his softly traced lines up and down her back. Her hands clenched his shirt tightly.

"Why Kai? Why?" she cried

You can't push it underground

You can't stop it screaming out

"Shh...don't worry your self about it." Kai soothed.

"But...."

"No buts."

An old flame started to enlighten its self within her. Making her start to doubt her self. As she realised that yet again he was just trying to break her. "I've been trying to find you for the last three years." Kai stated. Her eyes widened. "And I thought that by appearing in the public eye again it would be easier to find you. Even though I knew that after what I did to you that you wouldn't want to take me back any way..."

How did it come to this

Ooooohh

She stared up into his violet orbs. Her eyes burning with tears and staining her cheeks. "What is he trying to do to me?" Amy thought to her self. As she tried to work out her true feelings while staring into his eyes. As if his eyes held the answer to her feelings. His gaze looked at something that was behind her. Then returned his gaze to hers. "I'm sorry but I have to leave you." Kai then stated. Amy dropped her arms away from him and stood there numbly. As he placed a kiss upon her cheeks and left her there. Stuck within her thoughts. After she heard the front door close behind him. She collapsed onto the floor. Her tears now becoming uncontrollable sobs as all of her emotions became uncontrollable and to much for her to handle. "Why...did he...have to...do this...to me..." Amy sobbed.