Sorry for not updating in a while. I've been really lazy lately but a few nice reviews made me want to proof the chapter. Speaking of proof reading…I do apologize for the many mistakes you may come by again. I try my best to proof read by re-reading a long chapter twice is very tedious. Other than that I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Chapter Thirteen: Maki's Predicament
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He was trapped, trapped in a small cage where the only key to get out was his pendent. A pendent that was very special to him. He couldn't just hand it over. It was his only memento from his early father and it was rightfully his! Could he really steal back his pendent from Belliume and give to Talon and Zaria just to avoid being violated again. He didn't know what he should do and loosing his father memento wasn't his only problem that he was risking. That pendent held many secret abilities and was very powerful. If Ken got a hold of it…He didn't even want to think about that.
Belliume! Yes of course he could tell Belliume what Zaria and Talon wanted to do to him just to get the pendent and he could help him! Wait, it was his word of over theirs. Who would Belliume believe?
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Maki froze.
'Oh god is that Zaria again?! Please god no, no, no! Maybe its worse maybe she told Talon what she wants him to do me. Please be someone else, please!'
To Makis' luck it wasn't Zaria or Talon. It was a maid with his dinner. She entered the room and set his food on the nightstand. "Is there anything else you would like with your dinner Mr. Tyown?" The maid asked.
Maki shook his head at first but then he thought. Maybe she could tell him some things that would help him. "Wait actually there is. What can you tell me about a boy named Maki?" Maki asked.
Maid thought for a moment. "You mean the child who eavesdropped on The Darkness Lord and stole his pendent?" Maki nodded his head. "Well recently I heard that the Dark Lord has ordered one of his men to take the child captive and torture him till he turns to his side."
'I already know that! Tell me something I don't know.'
She tapped her chin and tried to think of more. "But, our Lord won't tell anyone who he chose to kidnap him, but he said he shall sense the child's pain and misery to be able to tell whether his being tortured or not." She said as Maki sat himself on the bed suddenly feeling dizzy and light headed.
"Thank you…" He said and the maid left.
"H-he can sense my pain and misery, so that is why Belliume spanks me, because he doesn't actually want to hurt me..." Tears of confusion, sickness, hate and all other sorts of emotions started to pour out of his eyes. He curled up into another ball and cried into the pillows. Belliume really was trying to protect him. Sure this was good news but it just made things times harder for him. He couldn't tell Belliume that he knew because if Ken someone how found that he knew than he could hurt Belliume and maybe even kill him.
Ken was probably living up all the pain he was feeling at that very moment. He would do his best to avoid Zaria and Talon and not give the pendent. That was the plan.
The next day Maki was forced to wait out the whole for Belliume and hoped that he wouldn't be gone for more than a few more hours. Luckily all his meals were given to him in his room and the only reason he had to leave his room was to shower and use the bathroom. He was also fortunate that he didn't run into Zaria or Talon, but luck never lasted forever.
On Maki's way back from the bathroom Zaria appeared in front of him with a cold smile. "Why hello there Tyown, did you sleep well?" She said coolly.
Maki glared up at her. "Why are you doing this to me…" he chocked out. "Please don't carry this out. What if your husband finds out what you did to me!" He yelled shaking a bit.
Zaria only laughed. "Oh honey, Marrow couldn't care less. We've been sleeping with other people for years since our love life sucks a bit. Marrow is a little small if you know what I mean." She laughed again while Maki forced himself to stay put instead of beating the living daylights out of her.
"You're sick!" Maki shouted. "I wasn't but I'm going to tell Belliume what you did to me and your plan to get the pendent!" He told Zaria who seemed to care less while she examined his nails.
"Tyown, Tyown, Tyown." She repetitively said. "Wait, that isn't right, Maki, is it?" She patted the frozen child's head. "I've known for a while so you can drop the act." She demanded. "Listen, I can turn you into Ken right now and tell him what Belliume has really been doing with you. Then you'll both be dead. So, I suggest you keep your mouth shut." She threatened.
Maki didn't know what he should do. He was completely lost again and this time there was no way out for him. "How did you know…?"
"I eavesdropped on one Kens meetings and over heard his plans for your capture but don't worry Talon doesn't know anything about any of this. That pig head would kill you or call up Ken right away if he knew. Or at least brainwash you first to make you come to our side." She told Maki who felt suddenly very sick.
'I think I'm going to puke…'
"By the way Belliume here to pick you up so, remember our little talk honey." She said leaving the ill looking child to get his things ready.
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"Ah, there he is Belliume." Talon said as Maki walked up to Belliume. "He was very well behaved so you don't have to worry." He patted the boy on the head which caused him to jump a little.
"Okay, thank you again Talon. Are you ready Maki?" Belliume asked.
He nodded and followed Belliume out and back to his home.
"Why are you being so quite kid?" Belliume asked as they entered the house. Maki didn't say anything as he stared into space. "Hello?" Belliume waved his hand in front of the boys face.
Maki jumped and looked up at Belliume. "Huh?" He looked around the room wearily.
"Maki are you okay?" He bent down to his level and felt his forehead. "You're not warm; is there anything you want to tell me?" He asked concern.
'Is there anything you want to tell me' the words flooded through Maki's head. The same words that Zaria said to him before she violated him and blacked mailed him. What was he going to do?! He didn't know, he didn't know anything and how could he, he was just a child! He didn't know what to do! It was official Maki was having giant melt down at that very moment.
"Maki...?" Belliume asked concern again.
The room became dizzy and soon there was more than one Belliume and the words coming out of his mouth sounded like gibberish to him. He passed out in Belliume arms…
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"Maki wake up." Said a distant voice but some how familiar to him. "Come on Maki wake up." The voice begged. "Please…" It sounded so desperate and so sad.
'That's such a nice voice but I can't tell who it belongs to.' Maki thought in his sleep. 'Whoever it belongs to sounds like their worried about me.'
"Please pull yourself together kid!" The voice was growing more concern.
'Sounds likes it belongs to a man voice. Maybe it's my dad calling out for me to wake up. No wait my dad is dead…'
"Maki snap out of it! Please wake up, please!" The voice sounded more worried than before but he couldn't figure out why. He was just sleeping, though in his state mind he could remember anything before he passed out; none the less that he had passed.
'But he sounds so worried so it must be my dad. I can't wait to see him and maybe mom with him too. I have so many things to tell them/ I'll tell them about Jero, Oashura, Sammy, and even Belliume. I can tell them how Jero taught me how to fly on his pitchfork and everything, yeah. I can't wait to see them…I think I'll wake them up now.'
Maki woke up and saw not his father noir his mother but Belliume. Disappointment swept over him and all he wanted to do was go back to sleep where he felt closer to them.
"Maki, thank goodness you're awake!" Belliume pulled the boy up into a sitting position and held the child's face with joy. ""I was so worried, you past out so suddenly and you wouldn't wake up." He suddenly hugged but Maki only sat their dazed. "Are you alright?" He sighed as he looked over the child.
"Um…Fine…" Maki managed to say and looked around the room. He wasn't in his normal room. He was sitting in a king sized bed and the room it self was very exotic and was filled with items from around the world.
"Are you sure? What am I am I saying of course your not okay you just fainted." Belliume tone was worried and he franticly looked over Maki checking every nook and cranny of the boy. "Do you have any idea to why you fainted?" Belliume asked.
The world slowly started to come back to Maki and everything was clear again.
'Because, I'm a nervous wreck!! I was just molested by a crazy women and she coming after me again if I don't get her my stupid pendent!'
Maki shrugged and shook his head. He hated lying to him but he had to.
"Maki they didn't do anything to you while I was away, right?" He placed both his hands on Maki's shoulders.
'She almost fucking raped me Belliume! They want the pendent and are black mailing me for it! Please Belliume help me, help me!!' Maki wanted to say but he just couldn't.
"No…" Was the only thing he could get out of his mouth. He wiggled out of Belliume's hands and laid himself back down on the bed.
"Well okay…" Belliume said unsurely. "Oh yes rest, resting is good!" The man nodded and tucked Maki in. "Are you hungry, hurting, anything?" Belliume was being very obsessed with the boy and it was killing Maki on the inside.
'Please stop please! I may have to betray you or not and, and your being so nice to me; and it doesn't help that I've found out that you've always been nice to me! Please stop being nice!'
Maki hid his head under the covers and shook his head to Belliume's questions.
Belliume sat down on the bed and patted the lump hidden under the covers. "I can tell something bothering you. No one passes out for any reason at all, so can you please just tell me." He asked but the lump just shook no.
"Mothings mong I'm mpine." The lump muffled through the sheets.
"English please." Belliume sighed and pulled the blankets away from Maki.
He sat up and looked at Belliume. "I said nothings wrong I'm fine." He mumbled looking away from Belliume. "I just didn't sleep well last night." That wasn't a complete lie. He didn't sleep a wink the other night and sat up in bed awake thinking Zaria or Talon was going to come into his room and 'hurt' him again.
Belliume smiled and ruffled Maki's hair. "Oh, just a bad night sleep. Why?" He asked.
"Why does he feel the need to ask me so many questions?!'
Maki shrugged his shoulders. "I never sleep well when I sleep in a different place." He lied.
"You slept fine the first night you slept here." Belliume crossed his arms. He knew something more was bothering the boy and he wasn't integrating him he just wanted to help him.
Maki sighed as he began to get aggravated with Belliume. "Because, that night you spanked me into exhaustion which is how I slept so well." Maki fell back into the bed and pulled the sheets back up to him.
"Well I can just spank you again. Then maybe you can tell me what's really bothering you." Belliume said playfully and gave him a friendly swat to his bottom. The boy instantly jolted once Belliume made contact to him but not in the same way he used to.
Maki didn't say anything to Belliume spanking idea he just pulled the blankets tighter and tighter around himself.
"I'm going to let you rest now. How does that sound?" Belliume hesitated to touch the boy but gave the lump under the sheets a gentle pat. "I'll check on you later." He said and left.
The guilt killed Maki. He hated that he had to lie to Belliume but he had no chose. Now all he could do was lie in bed and think over what he should do.
'Okay Maki lets see. Belliume told me that there are barriers around the house to keep other people from getting into the house and his yard so I may not to have to steal back the pendent. My problems are solved…I think. What if Talon and Zaria find a way to break the barrier? I need a plan for that to.' Maki lied in the bed restlessly thinking of plans and back up plans. He thought through many ideas discarded many and thought of few good ideas.
Little did Maki know that Nina had been watching him.
After watching the boy for two hours she left the room and went to go find Belliume sitting in his study.
"Nina, your back how is he doing?" Belliume stood from his desk to go talk to the old women.
"Belliume he no sleep one wink. For whole two hour he just lay there wide awake. Something wrong with boy very wrong and something on his mind. He look like he thinking really hard Belliume." She told the man who began to nod and pace.
"Your right Nina something did happen to him. Talon did something to him I just now it!" he spat out bitterly. "I knew I shouldn't have left him with that man! What was I thinking?!" Belliume clenched his head.
Nina marched over to Belliume and kicked him the shin causing him to double over. "Nina, what was that for!" He yelled.
Nine gripped the collar around his neck and pulled him in closely.
"You listen Belliume! You did thing you only could! You go to meeting with fool Ken! You knew while you gone demons would come here to find brat but you send him away to be safe!" She yelled and gave him a sharp whack to the head.
"Ow…" Belliume rubbed his sore head. "I know your right Nina and I thank you for getting rid of the demons but still. I rushed that boy out of the house so they wouldn't find and then I just leave him with that rat Talon. It was the only thing I could. I think he would have been better of with the demons" Belliume moaned. "I swear if I find out if he did anything to Maki…" He clenched his fist.
"Don't worry Belliume. Just keep eye on brat and if they did do something to him you find way to deal with it. You alway do." She reassured.
Belliume nodded and smiled at Nina. "Thank you Nina. You always know what to say." He smiled as she nodded proudly.
"You go check on brat. I go make dinner." She shooed Belliume out of his office and sent him upstairs.
Belliume entered the room to see Maki wide awake and staring at the ceiling. "Hey kid. Has the ceiling done anything interesting while I was gone?" He joked and took a seat on the bed.
Maki just sighed and sat up on the bed. He wasn't in the mood for jokes at the moment. He just spent the past few hours thinking of ideas to get him out of his predicament. He had come to a final solution. He wasn't going to hand over the pendent and he was going to stay as close to Belliume as possible. Then they couldn't hurt him. He hoped at least. His back up plans didn't seem as good so he hopped that his original would work out.
"Are you going to talk at all?" Belliume asked. "Listen its making me mad that you won't tell me what's wrong with you. Please tell me." He said pitifully and gave Maki the lower lip look.
He couldn't help but laugh at how the man was acting. He wanted to know that badly. "I told you already. I just had a bad night sleep, that's all so stop worrying so much." He gave Belliume a reassuring smile.
Lie or not Belliume had to leave it at that before they both got into a fight and he had to spank the boy. Not to get him wrong, he liked spanking him but not when he knew the he was under the weather. So, leaving the topic aside Nina made their meals appear and the two ate without argument.
Half way through their meal Maki put his dish aside and looked up at Belliume. "Done already?" Belliume asked looking at the half eaten plate of food.
"I'm really not hungry" he said while turning his head around to look around the room.
"I was wondering…Why am I not in my room?" He asked.
"When you passed out I didn't have much time to think so I rushed you into my own room." Belliume told Maki.
"This is your room?!" The boy gasped. "It's huge, and you got all this cool stuff, and, and, and!" He wanted to say more but he was speechless.
Belliume just gave him a nod and went on eating his own food while the boy flabbergasted about the room. "If you're up to moving, I can move back into your room tonight." He suggested.
To be truthful he didn't want to go back to his own room. He wanted to stay in Belliume's where he wouldn't be alone. Well more of that fact that he wanted to stay with Belliume. He was scared and at the moment Belliume was his security blanket that he didn't want to let go of. Though, as much as he didn't want to let go of Belliume he had to refrain from being so childish so he gave Belliume a nod saying he wanted to be moved back into his own room.
Later Maki was moved back into his own room after much fighting with Belliume. The man insisted on carrying him back to his room; claiming he shouldn't use so much energy. Maki argued that he was fine and that he could stand on his own two feet but when he attempted walking he lost his balances due to the lack of eating, sleeping and the amount stress that was on his chest. He was forced to let Belliume carry him bridal style to his room where he pouted all the way to his room.
"You can stop pouting now I've put you down in your bed." Belliume said taking a seat on the bed.
"I'm not pouting." The boy mumbled. He only chuckled and ruffled the child's hair to his dismay but to his joy he took out the Hamlet book. He wasn't just happy that he was going to be read to but that Belliume was going to stay with him.
"Ah, I see now that you know I'm going to read to you, you get rid of that pouty face." He teased. Maki didn't care as long as he had Belliume with him.
"Whatever will you just read?" He tried to act like he didn't care.
Belliume rolled his eyes and began to read and read for three hours, though there was more talking than reading. Maki kept interrupting and asking question after every paragraph and made Belliume give him long explanations. He hoped Belliume wouldn't realize that he was really staling to keep him their longer. The longer he had the man with him the longer he felt safer.
"So what does he mean when he says 'thank you'? Because, I feel like it has a deeper meaning then just showing gratitude. It must have a more complex feature. What do you think Bell?" Maki asked trying to delay and sound smart at the same time. Though for Belliume it was just annoying now.
Belliume looked at Maki and twitched his eye brow. He honestly didn't know what was up with the kid today. Sure he normally asked questions when they read but he was never this obnoxious about it. "It means thank you and that's it!" He slammed the book shut and rose from the bed.
Maki shook his head furiously and grabbed onto Belliume sleeve. "Where do you think you're going? Were not done yet and you haven't fully answered my question yet." He said desperately as he tried to get him to stay.
Belliume pinched his nose and looked at the boy with annoyance. "It's taken us three hours just to get through two chapters because of your constant lingering questions. I've had enough of them for now so good night." He tried to pull Maki off his sleeve but the boy held on tightly.
"Okay, I'm sorry please just read two more chapter and I promise not to say a word, so please?" he begged giving Belliume pleading eyes.
To great disappoint the man just shook his head "Not that I wouldn't like to read in peace while you didn't talk but I have some work to do and it's late. You've had a long day and need some sleep." He pulled Maki off his sleeve and forced him to lie down.
"Fine…" The pouty child said as he turned away while Belliume pulled the covers over his shoulders and ruffled his hair.
"Sleep tight kid." Belliume said leaving Maki all alone.
A feeling of dread swept over him as he clutched the blankets around him and closed his eyes tightly. Being all alone in a dark room and having a crazy couple out to get you just because of pendent didn't exactly make you feel all safe. Though, if he slept through the night then it wouldn't be so bad. Then he wouldn't spend the whole night awake and afraid.
'Yea, that's a good idea. Also the faster I go to sleep the faster I'll wake and see Bell again…yea…' He slowly drifted off to sleep.
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"Hello there" a cool feminine said. Maki jerked his eyes open and looked around trying to find out where the voice was coming from. Suddenly found his arms and legs tied to the ends of the bed.
"What the…" Maki tried to jerk his arms and legs free but was unable to. "Who the hell did this to me?! Where the fuck are you?!" He hollered with anger and fear.
"I have a better question" said a figure that stood in the shadows. "Where's my pendent?" A woman leg crept out of the shadows and into the moonlight. Slowly the rest of Zaria Talon body came into view.
"Well?" She asked coolly as she placed herself on top as Maki.
Maki sweated speechlessly and tried to shove her off but was unsuccessful.
She glared at him with her ice blue eyes as ran her fingers slowly down his naked chest causing the boy to twitch and jerk. "Aw, you don't feel like talking?" She said puckering her lips out.
"I-I-I" He struggled to say as Zaria fingers danced on his chest and slowly started to move to his lower area. "Please…Please don't" He begged.
She only giggled as she pulled down his pants and boxers. "Where is my pedant?" She sang as her fingers mocked to touch his genital area.
Tears poured from Maki's eyes as fingers cupped around him gripped tightly. "I don't know…" He sobbed.
"Pity…" She sighed getting up off the boy and walking over to the nightstand where the spanking tools where. "I guess you better start finding it then." She took the long stick and stood by Maki.
"Wha-what are you going to do with that." He dared to ask. "Please…whatever you're going to do, stop. I'll get it…I'll get it." He cried harder and harder and tried to thrash his legs but she whipped his legs with the stick.
"Oh, I know you'll get me my pendent." She slashed the stick across Maki's bare stomach and he let out an agonizing cry. "Yes I know." She grinned evilly and laughed as Maki screamed and begged for her to stop.
After what seemed like endless slashes Maki jolted himself awake. He panted desperately and looked around the room. No Zaria, stick resting with the other tools, and he wasn't tied to the bed. It was all just a terrible nightmare.
'No that wasn't just a nightmare…it's a nightmare that could come true…' Maki thought whipping his sweat drenched forehead and rising from the bed.
"I can't go back to sleep." He muttered to himself leaving the room. He walked down the long hallways and held himself close. There was no way he was going to sleep now. He wasn't going to risk having another nightmare like that. What if Zaria had sent him the nightmare? Could she do that?
Maki found himself standing outside of Belliume room. He could hear light snoring from the other side of the door meaning that the older man was asleep. The last thing he wanted to do was wake Belliume up telling him he had a bad dream.
'Honestly how childishly desperate have I've become?'
He took a seat in front of Belliume door, wishing he could go in there to see Belliume. He wouldn't do it. If the closest he could get to Belliume was sitting outside of his door all night then that would do perfectly.
The issue was that he would have to fight the urge to go back to sleep. If he was to fall asleep then he would have the nightmare again and most likely wake up screaming. Then after Belliume finds him screaming he would have to explain some things. If he didn't wake up to the nightmare then he would have to force himself up before Belliume woke up and found him sleeping outside of his door.
Maki sat up against the door and got himself comfortable for the long night. He could hear Belliume breath form other side and it was almost soothing and hypnotic. He found himself breathing at the same pace as the man on the other side. His eyes were becoming heavier and heavier as each breath was taken. "Stay awake…Stay awake." He chanted to himself. "Stay…awake…stay…" He fell into a deep slumber.
While the boy slept a short figure appeared in front of him. It was Nina looking annoyed as ever. "Brat." She muttered as she stepped over the child and entered Belliume room. She jumped onto his bed causing to the man to wake with jolt.
"Wha?! Nina is that you?" He sat up in his bed rubbing his tired eyes. Adjusting his eyes to the dark room he saw that it was the old hag. "Nina it's late…" He moaned.
"I no care!" She snapped whacking Belliume with a rolled up newspaper. "Do you know who sleep outside your door?" She asked tapping her foot.
"Well whoever it is their luckily since there sleeping." He growled and pulled the covers over himself.
Nina began to violently hit Belliume with the newspaper. "You do not go back to sleep when I talk to you!" She continued the blows.
"OW, OW, OW! Nina I'm sorry, I'm getting up!" He shielded his head with hands as he sat back up on the bed. "Who's sleeping outside my door?" He winced as she gave him one last blow to the head."
"I do my house work late at night and I go to sweep outside your. I no sweep cause brat laying there asleep! Move Brat, Belliume!" She demanded.
Belliume titled his hand in confusion. "Maki's asleep outside my door?" he asked getting out bed and grabbing his robe. He opened the door carefully to see a blue haired child sleep curled up into a ball outside his door.
"Wake him up a drag Brat back to room." She told Belliume as she poked the child with the end of her broom.
Belliume shooed the broom away and picked up Maki being careful not wake him. "No Nina." He said simply and brought him into his room and laid him on his bed.
Nina shook her head and tisked. "You spoil the Brat." She said and left the two to be alone.
Belliume tucked Maki in and rubbed his head. "You worry me Maki." He gave him one last pat and crawled into bed with the boy.
The next morning Maki knew something wasn't right even before he opened his eyes. He could tell that he wasn't in his bed, noir on the floor. No he was lying in a soft bed and had giant covers over him. That didn't bother him but it was the fact that he felt himself clutching on to something. That something was breathing and was warm. That something was a someone and that someone was…Belliume.
Maki didn't dare open his eyes to face Belliume. It would just be too humiliating but he knew he had to. He couldn't be in the same bed as Belliume and clutching him forever. He would have to do it sooner than later and just to get it over with.
Maki was about to open his eyes but then he realized he may not have to!
'If Belliume still thinks I'm asleep then I'll only have to wait here a little longer and hopefully he will get up first! Then I don't have to open my eyes to me holding on to Belliume! Why am I even holding on to Belliume anyway...?'
"Maki…?" The voice that he dreaded spoke "Maki, I know you're awake." Belliume teased flicking the child's nose.
He braced himself and opened his eyes to his Belliume night shirt covered chest and arm. His face was planted right up against the man's chest and he was holding on tightly to his arm. His face burned with embarrassment and he buried his face deeper and deeper into Belliume chest.
"Good morning sunshine." Belliume said a little too cheerfully. "If you want to get up and eat breakfast you're going to have to let go of me." He patted his head with his free hand.
Maki slowly released Belliume and sat up on the bed shielding his face with his hair. He rambled through different words to try to explain but in the end he could only think of one thing to say. "I blame you." He said blankly.
"Me?" He Belliume snorted. "I'm not the one who fell asleep outside of my door." He moved the hair away from Maki's face. "I was just the one who was kind enough to bring you into my bed." He grinned.
Maki's face grew redder and redder. "Well, I-I-I you! What were you doing in the same bed as me, HM?!" He crossed his arms and gave Belliume a sly look. "Think you're the one you has some explaining to do, you sick pervert." He turned his head away from Belliume.
The man rolled his eyes and gave the child and swat on his rear that caused him to yelp. "Seeing that this is my bed and how I have every right to sleep in it. When I crawled in bed there was a good amount of space between the two of us. In the middle of the night you wouldn't stop whimper, moving, kicking, and just plain being annoying." Maki did his best to avoid eye contact with Belliume.
'Damn it I hate it when he does this.' He looked away shyly.
"You were the one who grabbed onto me and started cuddling. I for one thought it was cute. So, stop acting so ashamed." Belliume ruffled the boy's hair.
"Fine, fine you win Belliume." Maki started to move off the bed but Belliume grabbed his arm.
"Since were still on the topic I wanted to know why you were sleeping outside my door." Belliume asked concern.
Maki bit his lip and didn't dare look straight at Belliume since he wasn't able to tell the truth. "I must have bee sleepwalking." He knew that he had already used that lie once before but the twos the charm, right?
Belliume gave him 'I know you're lying' look while nodding his head. "You see Maki, last time you used that lie minutes later you were whipped." Maki rubbed his rear at the memory. "Are you looking for that to happen again?" He asked sternly.
Maki took a deep breath and braced himself for another lie. "Belliume I swear that I'm not lying to you." He tried to sound sincere. "I honestly don't know how I ended up outside your door. My only guess is that I was sleepwalking." Guilt spread through out his whole body he couldn't stand how many lies he was telling to Belliume.
A disappointed sigh came from the black haired man. "Okay I'll believe you for now but later if I find out that you're lying to me I'm going to spank you with a hair brush." He threatened as the child winced at the idea.
So, the two went out about their day somewhat normally. Maki returned to his room to get bathed and dressed and was tickled to see his shoes still in the hamper. They ate breakfast together and Maki was still forced to wear the tie but this time Nina remembered the honey and cinnamon in his porridge. Luckily for him, Belliume had him do his choirs in his study with him. All he had to do was organize some books and dust a little but not without the strict supervision of Nina. Afterwards they studied math for a little while then after the math session Maki got to relax and listen to Hamlet. Anyone would think that this was a good day for Maki. They were so wrong.
Belliume was being so nice to Maki and he couldn't stand it. He had lied so much these past two days and he almost felt as if Belliume was rewarding him for bad behavior. Just to ease the guilt a little he hoped that Belliume would take him upstairs to his room and go through another spanking succession with one of the items but no. He didn't even mention spanking for the rest of the day. What made it worse was that he knew Belliume was just trying to protect him and was actually a really nice guy. Life had its way of biting Maki in the ass and it bit hard. The only good thing was that Belliume didn't let Maki go outside that day like he had promised. There were rain clouds and Belliume didn't want to risk Maki getting caught in the rain. He was glad because it felt like it was punishment; since he had really wanted to do. Any other day he would argue with the man saying it wasn't going to rain and who cares if it was? Its just rain and it can't hurt anyone. So, being not aloud to go outside was the only good thing that had happen that day.
While Maki was organizing under Nina hawk eyes Belliume rose from his desk and walked towards the door. "Where are you going Belliume?" he asked.
"Oh, I can't find an important document so I'm going to go look in my other office." He told Maki who jaw dropped.
"You have more than one office?! How many do you need?" He said completely flabbergasted that someone might need more than one office.
'How many business things does this guy have to take care of anyway?'
"I have four, one for each floor." He explained saying he had a lot of business things that one room couldn't barely keep track of.
Maki looked annoyed at the explanation. Business clearly bored him to annoyance. "Jeesh…" He mumbled putting away some books. "You only work for Ken, right? How much paper work does he give you? Also aren't you like an assassin of his or something?" He asked.
"Yes, I only work for Ken and I am an assassin of his but the man can't be organized for the life of all his people." Belliume stressed. "Being Lord of a Darkness world you need to keep track of many papers on many different things. Since Ken is physically and mentally unable to do that, I have to do it."
Maki forced himself not to laugh at the idea of the all mighty Dark Lord unable to work for himself and begging his workers to do his paper work for him. The more time he spent there the more he started see how stupid Ken really was. Though, seeing how Ken could sense every moment of pain and or misery he felt he didn't see that as stupid at all. More scary then stupid.
"Also Ken claims that an evil doll named Debbie keeps stealing his paper to…" Belliume coughed awkwardly. "To draw picture of Ken then um do indecent things to the pictures." Belliume face was blushing red a little.
'Now that is funny!'
"Anyway I really have to go look for the document. I'll be right back." He said leaving and trying to get the red to disappear from his face.
"I go with you!" Nina shouted after Belliume. "You do bad organizing job in office. I organizes it right way." She followed the man and continued to shout after him.
Maki laughed at the duo and went on to continue his organizing in silence till he heard a familiar cold giggle come from behind him. "Well hello there Maki, I can see you're really cracking down on finding that pendent." She said coolly.
Maki froze and didn't dare turn around to face the voice.
'How…How did she get in here…?' He began to tremble with fear.
"Aw, cat got your tongue." Zaria cooed as she approached Maki and put her hand on his shoulder.
The contact sent a shiver up his spine and did his best not to twitch as she bent down to his level and began to breathe in his ear. "M-m-Mrs. Talon." He gulped.
She spun him around and clutched his shoulders tighter. "Listen good boy. I can't stay her long before those dreadful barrier alarms start going off so listen well!" She snapped. "You better get started on looking for that pendent or I swear I'll make you regret it." She threatened digging her nails into his shoulder.
Maki winced with pain. "No…" He forced himself to say.
Something violently dangerous burned in Zaria's eyes as she roughly pushed Maki up against the book case he was organizing before. "What!" She growled digging her nails in so deep that blood started to draw.
"I said no!" He squirmed in pained. "You can't hurt me again as long as Belliume around. I won't ever give you that pendent!" He spat and finally stood up for himself.
She released her grip on the boy and placed her hands on her hips. "Belliume may be able to protect you but if you want to protect him than I suggest you do what your told." She told Maki who looked at her with confusion.
"What do you mean?" He paused for a moment and then anger filled his eyes. "You said you would only tell on Belliume to Ken if I told Belliume what was going! I haven't told him anything!" He clenched his fists that were trembling with rage.
She merely smirked as she began to step back. "Well as long as you do as you're told then I won't have to tell Lord Ken anything." She laughed as she snapped her fingers, disappearing into a puff on smoke.
Maki slid his back down the bookcase and buried his face in his knees. "Crap, crap, crap!" He said over and over again shaking his head and banging it up against the bookcase.
He lifted his head up from his knees and pushed back the tears that were falling from his eyes. "I know what I have to do." He said with a shaky voice. "I have steal back the pendent..."
Belliume and Nina soon returned. "Belliume I tell you that document is in place but you no believe me." She said following an annoyed looking Belliume.
"Yes, Nina yes. You were right, I was wrong let's just leave it at that." Belliume entered his study but paused when he saw Maki. "Maki why are you on the floor?" he asked as the boy jolted up and fixed his clothing.
"N-nothing." He stuttered and didn't dare look at Belliume. He wouldn't be able to look at Belliume ever again after what he was about to do later.
Belliume titled his head with a concern look. "Maki, look at you, you're pale as a ghost!" He cupped Maki face in his hand. "And you feel cold and you're sweating. Are you okay?! Do you feel like your going to faint again?!" Belliume stressed.
Maki shook his head and allowed Belliume to fuss over him. "For a moment, that's why I was on the floor but I'm fine now." He lied.
"Belliume you fuss too much. The boy fine he just need to work more. That get him in good shape." She nodded but Belliume didn't listen.
Belliume placed both his hands on Maki's shoulders. "Maki, I know I've asked you this about of thousand times now but is everything okay? Is there anything you should be telling me because I'm really worried about you..." Belliume looked deeply into Maki's nervous blue eyes with his concerned red eyes.
Maki didn't see the point in letting guilt hurt him anymore
"No, Belliume nothing wrong." He lied once again.
Thanks for reading! Poor Maki is in such a predicament. Well that explains the chapter title. Well it only gets worse in the next chapter. If want to find out what happens then please review and stat tuned!