Anna, it seemed, could not even be bothered to give Roberto a break after the startling revelation. Barely five minutes had passed after the conversation when Anna unbolted the heavy door and came striding into the cell. Roberto was shaking all over with fury, barely able to muster up any calm. How dare Anna make an appearance like this, as though nothing was out of the ordinary?

"Get lost, you monster!" Roberto roared, as Anna shut the door behind her, with a considerable amount of effort. "How dare you show your ugly face here now like this?"

"Excuse me?" Anna raised her eyes mockingly.

"I heard you!" Roberto hissed, trembling with rage. "Rahne kissing that boy was nothing but a stupid illusion, conjured up by your Shadow friend to trick me and to break us up! How dare you? How dare you do something so evil and show your hideous face here to me? GET OUT!!!"

"Let's make this very clear, Roberto," Anna responded firmly, folding her arms across her chest. "You either respond to my feelings for you, and be free again. Or you'll simply have to remain in here. There's no other option."

"I hate you more than anything else in the world!" Roberto roared. "From the bottom of my heart and soul, I abhor you and all your wicked deeds! Get lost! I'd rather die and rot in here alone than be your lover!"

"Oh, trust me, you don't."

"Trust you? Trust you? I'd rather trust a dead cat any day!"

"Roberto, my patience has a limit, and that limit is now!" Anna said threateningly. "I'm sick and tired of you always avoiding me as though I had some deadly, contagious disease. Return my love, and you never need be in here again."

"You're a damned beast and not a human," Roberto returned coldly. "I don't know if you're insane or simply sick in that perverted head of yours, but as surely as the sun rises in the morning, I will never be your lover or friend! As long as I live, I will live only to escape. You will never have my love or friendship no matter what you do to me."

"You're making a big mistake, Roberto, the biggest of your life. Your refusal will come at a high cost, even if you don't know it now. I mean it."

"GET OUT!" Roberto exploded, straining against the chains until his wrists were blood-red. "If I had no chains restricting me or a sense of moral, I'd strangle you to death right now! GET OUT!!!"

Anna sighed, shaking her head like a peevish child. "Then you leave me no choice." Before Roberto could open his mouth, Anna had taken several steps forward, and was pressing her lips against his, her hand pulling his head forward.

"CURSE YOU!" Roberto spat, recoiling at once, using his hand to deliver an almighty slap to her face. A red handprint immediately blossomed across her perfect pale skin. With his other hand, Roberto wiped his lips with more force than necessary.

"Well, that was sweeter than I thought," Anna purred, apparently undaunted by his slap. "I'd always hoped that you'd do it willingly to me someday, but since you didn't, I guess I had to take the initiative and do it myself." She leaned forward again, but Roberto was prepared, and instantly lashed out with his feet, kicking her viciously in the stomach.

"Ok, that's gonna hurt," Anna said casually, rubbing her stomach calmly. "Perhaps I've been feeding you too much meat. Those legs and hands of yours have far too much strength. I suppose you'll have to survive on vegetarian dishes from now on."

"Do you think I care, you bitch?"

"Bitch? Well, you are getting cruder and cruder each moment. Perhaps you're not prepared to see how much I can offer you, as your lover. Never mind. Take your time. When the time's right, you'll be more than happy to give me your love freely."

"That'll happen on the day the moon rises in the morning."

"You and your nature talk. Well, my sweet Roberto, I'll leave you to yourself for now, until you've calmed down. Then maybe we'll have another sweet little condition. Goodbye."

"Good riddance!"

Roberto spent the rest of the afternoon cursing Anna inwardly and wiping his lips, wondering how long more he would still feel the disgusting touch of her lips on his.

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