Aurora & Ikuto
ACT ONE: Enter the Muse
Chapter 1.9: Out Cold
Aurora's consciousness honestly didnt' last long as she found herself drifting back to sleep. She wasn't sure what after that was a dream and what was reality, but she soon found herself opening her eyes in time to see a figure sitting in the window looking at her. The person had cat ears and a cat tail, which caused her to suddenly sit up.
She felt dizzy and felt the person suddenly step towards her and grasp her hand deliciously in his own. "You shouldn't push yourself. The fact you passed out was heard all the way over at the high school division."
Aurora's eyes snapped open to look into the cool blue ones and her cheeks suddenly flushed up. "You're in the high school division?"
"How do you think I was able to find you as fast as I did love?" The male kept staring right into her eyes and Aurora felt her heart skip a few beats. "And obviously you love me too. My ears can pick up that heart beat of yours. This is what happens when two people are soul mates. They just know they are meant for each other."
"I don't know what you are talking about." Aurora glanced down at the ground. "My father likely has an arranged marriage for me, you know."
"Fuck the arranged marriage." The male pushed her small body back into the bed and his luscious lips touched hers. "Now get some rest."
She then passed back out, only to wake up and find that he was gone. She felt her cheeks flush up and then realized in her mind, or at least thought in her mind there was no way he could have been there. Standing up, she picked up her book bag and headed to the door, knowing full well that the limo would be waiting for her.
Getting down into the limo, she sat in the back letting the cold air conditioning blow over her. Her driver spoke up. "Your father knows about what happened at the sports festival."
"And what is my punishment?"
"No punishment milady. He has just asked me to pay attention to when the weather is bad like this and you are to stay home on days like this, even if you have activities with the school."
"I see." Aurora paused for a few minutes then leaned forward. "I was asked by the Queen's chair if I would like to take lessons from her about being a proper Japanese lady. Maybe with this I'll be more like mother."
"Perhaps." The man simply kept driving until they arrived home. "Your father is out of town, so you shan't see him for dinner tonight."
Aurora let out a deep breath. "I hope the meal is cold."
She went upstairs and decided to take an early shower, stripping of her sticky uniform and leaving it outside the door so it could be cleaned for tomorrow. The cold water dripped down off her shoulders and she took a deep breath as her head pounded from the heat sickness. Finally though, she went and toweled off before heading down for dinner.
The food was a nice salad and cold soup and she ate it, pleased that the meal was towards her condition. She ate half of each though, as her stomach ached from that morning. She hoped that she wasn't becoming sick and she climbed up the stairs and changed for bed, collapsing into the bed. She at first had dreams that were there yet not there.
That was until she found herself rushing to the bathroom to throw up her dinner. She took a drink of water after wards and collapsed onto her bed and she then found herself having a strange dream. She recognized the setting as the school grounds and she found herself hurrying along, looking for just the right door.
She opened one door and saw Ikuto sitting there, drinking tea and she went and sat down with him. "Good afternoon, milady."
"Good afternoon to you too." Aurora picked up her cup and found herself glad for the cold drink.
"The weather is supposed to be better tomorrow, but there is a high chance you won't be seeing me."
"Did I see you again?"
"Ahh, that is the question. What delicate lips you have? Perhaps I've sneaked past security and I am watching you sleep?"
At that, Aurora's eyes snapped open and she glanced over at her window to see that it was open. Letting out a deep breath, she hurried over and closed the door, locking it rather quickly. The shadows in the room began to creep up on her, and she hurried over to her lamp stand and turned on the light, illuminating the entire room.
"I can't sleep in the dark like this." She thought to herself. "Father won't like the fact I am having to use a light. Remember when you were little and he took away your night light?"
"I'll just tell him it was because I wanted to see my way to the bathroom in case I had to throw up again." Aurora leaned back, letting out a deep sigh. She hoped she could drift off to sleep, but she couldn't shake a dark feeling that was pressing down upon her chest. There was nothing there, and she even got up to check under the bed, only to find that nothing was there.
Finally though, she drifted off to sleep, and this time she dreamed that she was a cat sitting in a man's lap, having her back petted and she felt suddenly comfortable. She heard the chairman's voice speaking to her, his voice completely soothing and causing her to relax and go deeper into sleep.
"Dreams are important things to have. They can tell us very many things, things we honestly didn't expect to have shown to us, but things we need to have shown to us despite this fact. It is something we need to grasp. But catching the dreams is like catching a star. It is rare, but when it does occur, it is something that is to be rejoiced."
