A/N: I think I need to update today because I think I'd be very busy for the next days to come (I have a lot of exams to deal with). Here goes.
Weeks passed and Kitty experienced even more headaches as its frequency increased, as well as the agony it brought her. Jean and the professor detected greater psionic waves coming from her each time they'll bring her in the lab. Everyone began to notice the sudden changes in her. Everything seems to have changed actually, her style, her mannerism, the way she talks and some even thought of her as being bipolar. Other than that she's been acquiring a lot of abilities; as of now she's gained access to her telekinetic and telepathic abilities. Professor Xavier began to grow even more troubled because the last time he checked, the Neo has taken over almost half of her. He and Jean have to do something really quick.
On the other hand, Seth and Kitty grew even closer as the "new guy" started to get used to his teaching job. Two weeks after his first day, he stopped calling Kitty at 7:00 in the morning to escort him inside. Hence, he would just go inside the mansion and get greeted by his students (mostly girls) and head straight to Kitty's door. Everyone began to think they were lovers and found the way Seth acted sweetly towards the brunette professor cute. This left Bobby burn with jealousy as he watched the two walk down the hall, eat lunch together or just the mere fact that they're always together almost everytime.
"What do you wanna do after class Professor Pryde?" the Calculus professor asked as he sat on the edge of Kitty's desk. The brunette professor then caught herself staring at Seth's blue eyes. She immediately looked away upon realizing that she's been staring at him for a while now.
"Hey, how about we go to your house?" she instantly became enlightened and flashed a wide grin to Seth. Before the man could even respond, Kitty stood and pulled him out of the room.
"Looks like Kitty would be spending her time with Seth again." John pointed out after he, Bobby and Piotr saw the two went outside.
"She rarely hangs out with us." the huge guy beside him crossed his arms as the three of them headed to their rooms.
"Are those two...lovers?"
"No" the voice of Bobby answered blankly as jealousy began to brim inside him. Kitty has been ignoring him for days, probably because of the complicated situation they were in. But she's the one who brought them to in this situation in the first place. Both of them know that he has a relationship with Rogue, but why did she kissed him...several times!? Bobby walked silently and before he knows it, he was alone now because his companions has entered their own rooms by then. As he passed by the room of Rogue, the door creaked open. The woman with a white streak in her hair emerged from the silent room and met Bobby's icy blue eyes. She's hurting and he knows that he's responsible for it. They've been fighting almost every day ever since he started to grow cold to her. He never wanted to hurt Rogue, but he also can't stop loving Kitty.
"Hey", Bobby greeted and took some steps towards Rogue.
"Hey", the woman forced a smile. A long moment of silence filled the hallway. She can no longer deny that his love for her has changed. Does he love her still? She could only wish it would be a yes. Because she will never be able to handle it if he would say no. Tears began to form at the corners of her eyes, but she did her best to stop it from coming down. She took some steps towards him and threw her arms around him. 'Please hug me back' were only the words that ran inside her head.
Bobby knew that he is the most responsible for the pain of Rogue. He slowly wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. He has hugged her several times before, but he knows that that hug is no longer the same as the hugs they used to share. And he knew it for sure, he no longer loves her.
Some moments later, Rogue broke away and smiled at him before she walked down the hallway. Bobby headed straight to his room and laid on his bed. Not a single thought of Rogue entered his mind because he was quite troubled that she is currently with Seth. What if something bad happens to her? What if Seth and her...? He quickly rose from his bed and headed out. He needs to follow Kitty and Seth.
"Are we there yet?"
"Just a few more steps" Seth grew impatient because of Kitty's constant asking. He reached Kitty's hand and pulled her to one of the houses along the last street they turned to. It was a two storey house with a balcony and a wide front yard. Kitty never knew that Seth was into landscaping because of the perfect arrangements of the rocks and some other decorations on his front lawn. The house itself was a wonderful work of architecture. The foundations of the house have a rough veneer stone panel design on it as well as some portions of the walls. The windows are huge and somehow make up most of the wall. They walked along a brick path and headed for the door with an intricately carved design on it. Seth grabbed a bunch of keys from his bag and looked for the key of the door, then unlocked it. The inside of his house looked even greater than the outside.
The floor is wooden and seems to be polished regularly. The walls are painted beige and had some portraits hanging on it. Kitty went to the living room and saw a big red couch with a glass center table and a wide screen TV in front of it. The wood used for some of the articles in the living room and probably in the whole house was either mahogany or oak.
"You have a great eye for furnitures huh? Are you sure you're the only one who's living in here?" Kitty commented as she looked around the house. She walked into a mini office with glass walls and sliding door, and saw Seth inside. She continued looking around and saw a grand piano at one point of the house; she can't help but to press some keys.
"Yeah, my adoptive parents used to live in here before they moved to Boston because of my dad's work. When I said that I'll be moving to New York they told me to just live in here" Seth heard the piano and he knew instantly where his friend was, "Here let me teach you."
"You can play?" Kitty asked. She was quite embarrassed because of how unknowledgeable she was with the instrument. She moved a bit and shared the long stool with Seth. The man played a simple piece and asked Kitty to do the same. He positioned the brunette's hands over the keys and played slowly. At first, Kitty sucked at playing, but later on she learned how to and was able to play on her own without Seth guiding her. Satisfied, she asked him to play songs like 'Canon', 'Flight of the Hummingbirds' and 'Heart and Soul'. And Seth did as he was asked.
"What do you want for dinner?"
"Hmm...Surprise me, I guess?" Seth grabbed her hand and led her to the kitchen. She sat on one of the seats of the large glass table and watched Seth rummage through the cupboard and his huge fridge. He grabbed some packets and some ingredients and placed it on the marble counter. Seth grabbed a knife and a chopping board, and started chopping some onions, garlic and some other more ingredients he grabbed from the fridge. Afterwards, he heated a pan and began to cook.
"Smells appetizing. What are you cooking?" Kitty inhaled the aroma that filled the kitchen of her friend's house. She never knew that Seth could cook. Well, he probably should be able to because he lives on his own.
"I'll surprise you."
Seth grabbed a pack of pasta in his pantry and cooked it after the pot of water he placed over the stove began to boil. Some more moments passed and he grabbed two plates and served the food he cooked for Kitty.
"Eat up" he smiled at the brunette as he handed her a fork.
Kitty took some of the food and ate it, "This is good. I never imagined you could cook."
Seth smirked before he continued to eat his food. As they eat, Kitty asked Seth some questions that popped into her head, like 'how did you learn to cook?' 'how is it like to do all of the chores?' or 'don't you miss your family?', but when she asked 'how about your real family?'; Seth became silent and she knew for sure that it was an inappropriate question.
"I'll clean up" the brunette volunteered as she piled the dirty dishes in the sink.
"Nope, I'll handle this. You're my guest."
But Kitty still insisted; so it's been decided that the two of them will clean up. Kitty will wash, Seth will wipe. There was a brief silence between the two of them, only the sound of the utensils and the flow of water from the tap were heard until Kitty screamed after a loud gush of water..
"What happened?" Seth turned around only to see almost half of Kitty's body soaked up. A small laugh escaped his mouth, even though he tried not to, "I should've fixed that yesterday, I just forgot. Wait, let's just finish this up and I think mom has some old clothes in their room upstairs."
After Seth wiped the last plate, he led Kitty upstairs to his parent's room. There's a king size bed inside, a small couch, with a glass center table; the cabinets, drawers, and nightstands are all made of oak. Like the rest of the house, the master's bedroom has a well-planned interior design. Seth opened the huge cabinet near the bed and allowed Kitty to choose what to change with. Afterwards, he pointed her the door at the end of the room, which leads to a bathroom.
"You all set now?" Seth asked after Kitty emerged from the bathroom. The dress quite suited her petite physique, so Seth was quite awestruck. Seth looked away and happened to glance at the glass door of the balcony, it was already getting dark, "Let's go to the balcony. I'll show you something."
The balcony of the house is accessible through Seth's room, so the two left the room and entered the door in front of it. Kitty expected a unkept room or a room filled with posters from Seth's favorite band, but it was not. The room is clean and well-arranged like the master's. She saw a cello at the corner and a guitar at one corner.
"You play guitar and cello too?"
"Yup", Seth replied as he opened the sliding door, which leads to the balcony. Kitty continued checking out his room, she saw two stacks of CDs over the oak desk; the first stack has some rock band albums including Paramore, Mayday Parade, New Found Glory and Nickelback, while the other stack mostly are instrumental songs mostly piano, violin or cello. She picked one CD and checked it out.
"You want to play that? Wait a sec. I'll go get my laptop downstairs." Seth rushed outside and was immediately back to the room. He turned his laptop on and inserted the CD, then hit play. The sound of the cello and piano from the speakers made Kitty sentimental.
"I'll show you something," Seth said as he reached for Kitty's hand and led her to the balcony. The moon is up and the stars are up as well. Staring at the starry night with a sentimental music playing made the place quite romantic.
"Care to dance?" the man beside Kitty suddenly asked offering his hand to hers. The brunette chuckled and reached for Seth's hand. The two danced to the sound of the piano and cello playing from the speakers; they both found it funny though although for the guy something strange just stirred inside him. He began to feel a bit warm and some a grumbling movement inside him as he stared at Kitty's warm eyes.
"I think I should go back to the mansion now," Kitty said as soon as the music started to fade away.
"I'll drive you home." The two left the room and headed downstairs. Seth grabbed the keys of his car before the two of them headed to the garage. He opened the garage door then drove the car outside. It was quite faster than walking because it only took them 10 minutes or so to reach the gates of Xavier's mansion. Seth went outside first and helped Kitty out of the car.
"Thank you for this Seth. I had fun." Kitty smiled then stood on her toes and kissed Seth on his cheek. She watched the guy drive away and disappeared from her sight.
A/N: Yup, I'm into engineering, architecture and interior designing. Now you probably know why I'm not so great with grammar and updating almost often. More actions in the next chapters (which will be posted as soon as me and engineering would get along). Reviews are very much appreciated as always. Thank you! :D