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Mystique in our Relationship

Chapter 14

Sari snapped her head around to stare wide eyed at the blond. He likes…no…loves me. Sari felt the emotions and impulses go through her. She should be yelling. Lumina liked this guy! How was this going to make her feel? How was she going to tell her without ruin their friendship?

'M-Me?!' Sari managed to squeak.

'Yes, you.' Rock murmured. 'I first felt it when you were kidnapped. I found myself missing you, missing your presence, missing you being with me. Heck, I even missed you yelling at me or hitting me on the head for being a flirt. And you were only gone for 2 days.' Rock held her, if possible, tighter. 'I felt my love for you grow stronger.' Sari squirmed slightly. However, Rock's grip on her didn't loosen. So Sari, just this one time, she'd let him hold her…just until the rain stops.

Skye's POV

I stared, feeling slightly enraged, as the boy Rock wrapped Sari into his arms. I should've left when the rain started, but I felt compelled to stay and remained hidden in the bushes. Even though the rain roared loudly, I could hear Rock's confession to her as clear as a bell.

'…I love you, Sari…' I felt strangely relieved when Sari began to squirmed, followed with a little drop of guilt. The guilt was for Rock, me being happy about his soon-to-come sorrow. The relief confused me. Why am I happy about Sari not loving Rock? I turned around and slipped into the darkness, again not in the mood to steal and leaving the scene of Sari in Rock's arms.

Rock's POV

Next morning, I got up feeling dazed. Distantly, I looked back to last night. I finally said it, to Sari, I finally told her I love her…She let me hold her last night, but I doubt she's gonna face me as if it never happened. How will I face her myself? Ugh…my head is pounding, and I get this feeling it's not because of all this thinking.

Normal POV

Sari didn't know what to do. How was she going to tell Lumina? She should be honest, yeah…honest. She didn't know Rock was in love with her. She didn't purposefully make him fall in love with her. It wasn't her fault. Sari snuck over o Lumina's mansion without Rock seeing her. The look on Sari's face told Lumina instantly that something had happened, and she had a guess what it was.

'My room. Tell me there.' When they got to Lumina's bed room, Sari told Lumina everything that happened that night; how they got caught in the rain, her fear of thunder, Rock hugging her and him confessing to her. Lumina didn't say anything, and in the end, she had the face Sari feared she would have.

'Please don't hate me.' Sari whimpered.

'I won't. It wasn't your fault.' Lumina said softly. '…Do you love him back?'

'NO!' Sari almost shouted. 'Lumina, I know that you like him and you're one of my friends. Would I do that to you?' Lumina gave a hallow laugh.

'Hah…of course not. How could I think such a thing?' Sari sighed and leaned back on the chair she sat on.

'Lumina, how do I reject him without totally crushing him? I haven't seen him today, and right now I don't want to see him.'

'Understandable.' Lumina sipped her tea serenely. 'But you have to face him sooner or later if you want to reject him.'

'Way to kill my high.' Sari grumbled, then sighed, defeated. 'But apparently, you're right.'

Sari did all that she could not to face Rock. She visited Ruby after she was sure Rock had left for the beach. And she abandoned the beach, her usual fishing spot, for the lake near the mine, even though the fish were not as plentiful as the ocean. Rock noticed her efforts and was a bit hurt, but understood that Sari was just a bit shocked and let it pass. Night fell and Sari ran into Skye, literally. She was running away from the inn as rock was walking home from the beach and ran into Skye in front of Vesta's farm.

'Whoa. In a rush, beautiful maiden?' Skye purred teasingly.

'Ahem.' Sari replied, faking a frown.

'Hehe…right. Sari.' An expression flickered on Skye's face that Sari thought was affectionate, but brushed it aside. 'Pity that it rained at the last minute last night. I was looking forward to seeing your beautiful face.' Sari rolled her eyes, but a light pink dusted her features.

'Q-Quit if with the pick-up lines.' She stammered.

'Heh. Do I have to prove it to you?' Before Sari could answer, Skye swooped in and planted a gentle kiss on Sari's warm cheek. Sari almost fell backwards and her blush darkened. 'Do you believe me now?'

'Uh…' Was all Sari was capable to say. Skye laughed. 'Oh!' Sari exclaimed suddenly. 'Rock told me that you saved me from drowning.' For some reason, Sari blushed. 'Thanks.'

'Well, I guess you owe me something then.' Skye's expression quickly changed to serious. 'I want to ask you something.'

'…Eh?'

'Heh. Let's not talk here.'

The pair went over to the Goddess Spring. Sari sighed with satisfaction as she sat on her usual rock and dipped her feet in the water. 'So, what did you want to ask?'

'After I saved you, you mentioned a boy. Who is this boy?' Sari closed her eyes as she felt herself being pulled into the memory.

The young Sari ran, not caring that her lungs were bursting, not caring that she had a very painful stitch in her stomach, not caring that she had nowhere to go. Finally, reaching her limit, she collapsed by a cliff. It was raining very hard and the thunder roared in her ears. Sari grew delirious.

'I don't belong anywhere.' Sari whispered to no one in particular. 'I'm just a nuisance wherever I go.' She tried to stand up. He clothes were wet and heavy and the mud was slippery under her slippers, the rain felt like bullets as it pelted down on her. Lightning flashed in the sky and it struck the cliff. The cliff trembled and the ledge that Sari was standing on broke off, falling down toward the water, Sari with it. It hit the water with a loud crack. The cliff sunk and it dragged Sari with it. Water filled Sari's lungs and her skin quickly became icy cold from the water. "So this is what it feels like to die." Sari thought. She wasn't afraid. In fact, she was quite calm. She felt herself become sleepy and her vision slowly began to fade to black. The last thing she saw was a figure swimming toward her and she felt it wrap an arm around her waist.

Sari woke up on the shore. The rain had calmed to a light drizzle. Sari saw a face bent over hers, but her vision was too blurry to make out any details. She tried to sit up, but gentle, yet firm hands lay her down again.

'Best that you rest.' Said a voice. Although the voice was breathless from swimming, Sari could hear that it was a boy and that it was smooth and velvety. She never heard anything so beautiful. The voice controlled her. She began to feel sleepy. She wanted to see who her savior was and thank him…Curry?

Sari woke up again, only this time, in her farmhouse. Doctor Hardy put a hand on her forehead.

'Don't worry. You're okay.'

'Where's…'

'That boy? I got a glimpse of him. He carried you here then ran off after quickly explaining what condition you were in. He then told me to give you this.' He held up a thin chain with a sparkling diamond encased in what looked like twisting silver vines. 'He told me to tell you something…what was it? Oh yes.' Doctor Hardy took a deep breath. 'To remember me by. Until we meet again so that you can tell me thank you.' He recited. Sari picked up the necklace and fingered the diamond. 'Well,' he said suddenly, 'I better tell your parents that you're ok. Rest well.' And he left, now talking with her parents outside. The rain had stopped completely. Sari slipped the chain over her head. It was too long. She took the diamond in her hands and held it close.

'…Until we met again.'

Skye didn't say anything for a while after Sari finished her story. Skye felt a twinge of familiarity. Skye slowly leaned over and traced Sari's neck. Sari sat perfectly still as Skye's long fingers traced the outline of her neck. Finally, Skye found, hidden under her high-collared shirt, a thin chain. He pulled it out to reveal the diamond, encased in twisting silver vines, sparkling in the moonlight.

'That was a lovely tale. Tell me. Why did you think I was that boy from all those years ago?' Sari blushed, embarrassed.

'…Because even though you were drenched in sea water, you still smelt of curry.' Skye smiled warmly and dragged the diamond to his face to kiss it, at the same time bringing Sari very close to his face.

'We finally meet again.' Skye whispered, his words hot against her skin. 'And your thanks is accepted.

Yep! I finally typed a long chapter! Praise me. Oh...an announcement...I'm thinking about retirement. I need a little break from FF, so after I complete all me stories...im gonna log off FF until I'm 18. Thank you for all ur reviews...I loved reading them all. Hope you enjoy all my stories that I already have up. When I am about to retire, Ill post a chapter to all me stories telling you all. Well...until the next time I update...if I dont get writers block -_-''

P.S: if you guys have a cure for writers block, could u tell me...cause I really need one