A/N Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long since the last update. I wasn't sure what to write about and I've kinda been having writers block. But I am finally back with another chapter. :D Now, I've gotten a few reviews since the last chapter and I am going to take the time to answer them now~
Guests asking about Tora and Kailey; yes, they are seeming to go back and forth between being close and being pushed apart. But that is all due to each of their individual personalities. I do have plans for an upcoming chapter that will really bring the two together though...:3
Guest asking about the ball; I'm pretty sure I put it in a previous chapter but in case I didn't, I will add it again in this one. The Igarashi ball was moved back a few weeks due to the injuries and traumatic experience Kailey faced. Because she is from such a prestigious family, the Igarashis' most certainly want her to be able to attend so they are making sure it is at a time that she will come. I hope that answers your question. :)
nikunjonafiun; aww, thank you so much! I really appreciate all the support you and everyone else has been giving me. At first I wasn't going to post any stories I ever wrote because I was worried my writing wouldn't be good enough. But I'm glad I finally did, because all you guys seem to be enjoying it and your reviews help keep me going. 3
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! I only own my own original characters and the writing in this story.
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Chapter 19; Confusion
"I'm sorry, Kailey.." he starts in a quiet voice.
She opens her eyes slowly and lets out a soft sigh. After awhile, she looks over at him and offer a wry smile, "It's ok little tiger."
He was happy she sounded a little more like herself, but still felt a strange pain in his chest. He hands her the glass of water, "Here, drink this." he helps her sit up and she takes a drink of the cool water.
"Thank you." she says quietly. She gently grabs Toras' sleeve and pulls on it until he sits on the couch beside her.
They stay in silence for a long time, until eventually Kailey gets up and tells him goodbye. He still doesn't move for a long time after she is gone.
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The alarm blares to life like it does every morning. A pair of emerald eyes blink open. The eyes close again and a young womans' voice sighs. She sits up in bed and grabs the cellphone, turning the alarm off.
'6 am...Saturday, the 3rd of February. Twenty-one days until that stupid Igarashi ball. Oh right, I have play practice tomorrow, right? That should be interesting.' she thinks to herself. Suddenly a whine is heard. She looks at the end of her bed and sees her wolf, Pelevea. "Hm...Hey Vea, wanna go for a walk? Maybe we can pay a surprise visit to Taka-kun." She sighs and climbs out of bed, heading towards the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed.
After about 40 minutes, Kailey leaves the house with Pelevea in tow. She is wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, a red tank top, a leather jacket, large rim black aviators, and her ever-present knee-high black leather boots. She heads out the doors of the apartment building and walks down the street, heading towards Usuis' house. Her mind is in a loop of the events of the previous day. Her face grows a bit pink and she shakes her head, trying to dislodge the thoughts from her mind.
Reaching his house, she heads up to his door and unlocks it with the key he had given her. She makes a hand gesture to Pelevea, telling her to stay in stealth mode. The two of them creep in and head towards Usuis' bedroom. Making a mischievous face, Kailey leaps through his bedroom doors and makes a loud noise that turns into a screech and yelp as she sees Usui and Misaki laying on his bed making out.
"Ahh!" Misaki yelps, turning red as Usui throws a pillow at her.
"Out!" he laughs at her and she quickly scurries out of the room, closing the door behind her and laughing her ass off. She heads over to the couch and sits down to wait, Pelevea sitting beside her.
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A few hours after the incident of that morning; Misaki, Kailey, and Usui were sitting in the park eating ice cream while Pelevea soaked up the suns' light beside them. Misaki was still a bit flustered from the intrusion earlier and both Usui and Kailey were enjoying teasing her about it. Suddenly, Kaileys' phone buzzes and she pulls it out of her pocket, still laughing at something Usui said. She reads the caller id and sighs.
"Who is it?" Usui asks as she holds up a finger, answering the phone and walking a bit away, an annoyed expression on her face.
"What do you want?" she growls, her thoughts were going back to the previous day and her annoyance was growing. He hadn't even said anything yet, either!
"Whoa, you seem to be in a foul mood today." the silky smooth voice of the Igarashi heir comes across the line.
"What do you want, little tiger?" she repeats, her head was spinning with thoughts and conflicting emotions and she was getting confused as well as irritated now.
A sigh is heard on the other end, "I was just wondering if you wanted to watch the movie our play is based on so you can get a better feel for the role you are playing." his voice sounds ever so slightly defeated and she starts to feel bad.
"Ok...When would you like to watch it then?" her voice has gone a bit cold and she could almost see him wince on the other end.
"Would now work for you? I can pick you up in ten minutes?" his voice seemed hopeful but maybe that was just her.
"Mmm, I'm not home right now so don't go there. I'm at the park with Taka-kun and Misaki-san. I cou-" she starts to say but is cut off.
"Ok, that's fine. I'll pick you up in a few minutes. See you soon, princess!" Tora says in a rush, hanging up the phone before she can respond.
She is speechless for a moment before turning around and slamming her fist as hard as she can into the tree behind her, breaking the skin on her hand and very nearly breaking it. She was so frustrated and confused that she wanted to scream and cry!
Usui and Misaki run over to her, having seen her punch the tree. Usui grabs her arm and yanks her injured hand away from the tree as she pulled back to punch it again. "Hey! What's wrong? Who was that?"
She stays silent as the two of them drag her back to the bench and Pelevea comes over to them. Misaki pulls clean cloth out of her bag and hands it to Usui, as Pelevea sniffs Kaileys' hand and licks at the blood, cleaning the wound.
Usui gently pushes her head away and starts wrapping the hand as a black limousine pulls up and a smiling Tora steps out of the back. His smile falters when he sees the three of them. Kaileys' eyes are now closed in a defiant scowl as her hand continues to bleed. Usui sighs as blood starts to seep through the thin cloth, "You need a real bandage, I guess we need to..." he stops talking as Misaki pulls his attention to the approaching Igarashi heir. "I see..."
"What happened?" the heir demands, petting Pelevea when she greets him but keeping his angry eyes on Usui.
"Why don't you tell us? She suddenly punched a tree as hard as she could after hanging up her phone. I'm guessing the person she was talking to was you?"
Tora looks taken-aback, "Yes. We made plans to watch the movie our play is based on now. That's why I'm here."
The three of them look at Kailey in silence, waiting for her to respond. She just sat there with that same defiant, closed-eyed look she had since sitting down.
Tora scowls and grabs her by the shoulders, causing her to look up at him in surprise, "What's with you? You've been acting weird since what happened at school!" he growls at her.
"Nothings' 'with me'." she growls back, getting up and stepping out and around him. "And I haven't been acting weird. Let's just go. Bye Misaki-san, Takumi-san. I had fun today. See you two later. Could you take Vea home for me?" she asks, not looking back.
With a concerned and confused look, Usui nods, "Yea.." Pelevea, knowing what was expected of her, sits down beside Usui.
Kailey nods her thanks and heads to the waiting limousine, getting into the backseat and holding the cloth tightly around her hand to keep blood from going everywhere.
Tora shakes his head as Usui starts to ask something, "Forget it, you're not getting any information from me." he scowls, petting Pelevea bye and heading after Kailey with his hands in his pockets.
Usui and Misaki were left trying to figure out what the hell just happened.
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Tora glares at the still form of Kailey, "What the hell?"
She turns a sharp glare on him, partially turning to face him, "Can I help you?" she growls, still holding her hurt hand in a vise-like grip.
He notices the dark circles under her eyes and realizes what one of the problems might be, and his glares melts away. "Have you been sleeping at all lately?"
She turns back towards the window, her glare never faltering, "That's none of your concern. I'm fine."
He sighs as the butler opens the door for them and they get out of the car. Kailey looks at their location and realizes it is the Igarashi mansion. "I thought we were going to watch the play?" she inquires with as light-hearted a tone as she can manage-not succeeding with it very well either.
Tora nods, "Yes. We have it on dvd here. We are going to be watching it in our private theatre. Is that alright?" he motions the butler to come closer to him and says quietly into his ear, "Would you fetch refreshments for us and tell my parents to stay away for now? Tell them I will explain why in a few moments. Oh, and please get me the first aid kit a well." The butler bows and scurries off to do as he was told.
"Very well.." Kailey says, sounding a bit lighter than before. Her eyes were a bit bleary. To be entirely honest, she hadn't been sleeping at all lately. She just couldn't. Between thoughts of the attack to thoughts of what had happened between her and Tora, sleep refused to come to her no matter how hard she tried to force it.
He notices the difference in her voice and offers his arm to her, "Then shall we make our way to the theatre?" he asks.
She nods and accepts his arm out of habit from social events. The two make their way into the mansion and Tora guides them to the theatre as the butler returns with the movie and first-aid kit. A maid brings them champagne and a cheese and cracker plate. Tora has the movie put in and sends them away.
After they sit down, Tora takes her hurt hand, "May I?"
She nods, "Sure." her voice was still cold and her eyes blocked out any emotion she was feeling. She was now only wearing her boots, jeans, and tank-top; her sunglasses and jacket having been taken at the door.
Tora opened the first-aid kit and peeled away the cloth that had been serving as a bandage. The cloth was stuck to her wounds and he would have to rip it off, "This may hurt." he says and she just shrugs in reply. Sighing, he rips it off with only a wince in response from her. She was worrying him a great deal and he didn't like the feeling. He cleans the broken skin and applies a clean, thick bandage and puts the first-aid kit back together. She seemed to be focused on the movie so he took the time to speak to his parents about his plan. "I'll return shortly."
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"I think it would be a marvelous idea. It's a good way to get in good with the family." Suezo Igarashi said in a deep voice.
"Yes, father. That is what I thought. I believe you would very easily convince her father, as well. Is that all, sir?" Tora asks politely, smirking inwardly. His plan had worked.
"Yes. Thank you, son. I will make the plans now. It should take no longer than a day."
Tora bows and heads back towards the theatre. The idea he had told his father was to talk to Dremore Silvermorthnone about having Kailey live in the Igarashi mansion until her own home could be prepared for her. The reason he proposed would be that it was not safe for her to be staying in those apartments because of the recent string of robberies and murders in the area over the last week. It would take at least a year for a mansion of her own to be built and it would give them more time together. Granted, she would likely be very angry but that could be fixed in due time. Besides, she didn't seem to be sleeping well lately and he wanted to help with that. He comes back into the theatre to see the movie is pretty much over and Kailey is sitting as still as a statue.
He goes over to her and sits back down, "What do you want to watch now?"
She turns stiffly to look at him, "I don't mind. Anything is fine." she looks worse than before, her eyes no longer able to block out her emotions. He could see just how exhausted she was as well as a spinning mass of different emotions switching by too fast to tell what they were. Even though all those feelings were going through her eyes, she still looked lifeless.
"Very well." he got up and shuffled through a few movies that were still on the shelf and pulled out one her thought she would like. It was an animated movie called Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron. It was one of his favourite movies and he hoped she'll like it too.
He sits back down beside her on the couch as it begins to play. He glances at her out of the corner of his eye to see her reaction and is pleased to see her smiling at the screen, life returning to her features.
About thirty minutes into the movie, Kaileys' head falls over onto his shoulder and he looks at her sleeping face. She looks so peaceful and relaxed and he can't help but smile as he kisses her forehead. He gently moves her so she is lying on his lap in a more comfortable position and he continues to watch the movie.
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The movie is long over and Kailey groggily wakes up, stretching her arms up and accidently hitting Tora in the face. She yelps at the feeling of his skin and yanks her arms back down to her face, covering her mouth as she looks up at him with wide, startled eyes and a blush covers her face.
He smirks down at her, rubbing his jaw where she had hit him while stretching. "Rise and shine, princess. Are you feeling better now?"
She glares at him, her eyes full of different emotions. She was still lying on his lap and didn't seem to realize it yet, "Yes..." her blush was growing as they both delved into silence, him smirking down at her and her glaring up at him.
He was about to say something when her phone rings. Her eyes narrow and she quickly sits up, pulling the phone out of her pocket and getting ready to answer it.
'I wonder why she suddenly got such an irritated expression?' he wonders to himself.
She answers without even looking at the phone, knowing exactly who it is, "Hello father. What do I owe this pleasure to?" despite her expression, her voice is cheerful and happy. Her expression darkens to one of rage as the person on the other end talks.
'Oh my...It seems my father has already made the arrangements...This could be bad...' he gulps inwardly, worried about what was going to happen next.
"But-" desperation had crept into her voice now as she is cut off. She listens in silence to the stern voice.
'I wish I knew what he was saying...' he thinks to himself.
"Yes. I understand, sir. Yes. I will do so immediately. Yes. Thank you for your generosity, sir." she ends the call and calmly puts her phone on the table before them before closing her eyes and lying against the couch in silence, a pained expression on her face. After five minutes of silence, Tora was growing more and more nervous. He is about to say something himself when she beats him to it, "Well I was just informed of a rather interesting development. Would you like to hear it, little tiger?" her voice was dangerously light and Tora smiled a bit sheepishly at her.
"What would that be, princess?" he asks cautiously.
"It seems your father contacted mine with a proposition. He informed me that your parents were concerned with my safety due to the string of robberies and murders in the area around my building. He also said they so generously offered that I could stay here for my time in Japan since it would take too long for a Silvermorthnone mansion to be built. He also told me that I could either accept such a generous offer or I could return home to England." she turns a ruthless smile on him that made the colour drain slowly from his face, "Now, I don't suppose you have any idea how your parents came to know of these dangers, do you little tiger?"
Tora offers up a slightly terrified smile. He had never seen her so...Maki-like before. She seemed to be coldly angry, "Um...Heheheh..."
"I see..." suddenly she launches herself at him and pins him to the couch with her on top of him. Her eyes are the only thing he can focus on and because of that, he sees all the emotions play through her eyes-and is very surprised at such emotions. In the following order, desire, anger, confusion, fondness, playfulness, back to desire, then to anger, and finally ending at confusion.
Her brow furrows as a blush crosses her cheeks and she quickly stands up. He smirks and sits back up, his hair messed up and an aroused look on his face. "What's wrong, princess? Can you just not keep your hands off me? Guess that'll make living together interesting, won't it?"
She glares at him and then her phone rings again, the same tone from before. She groans and answers it, "Yes?" Her expression slowly changes from a look of annoyance to an increasingly despaired and sad look. Tora begins to get worried as she closes her eyes to hide the glistening quality of them. "Father ple-" her voice full of despair and pleading when she is abruptly cut off. She flinches as if she was struck and her shoulders droop, "Yes sir." she says dejectedly, and the voice on the other end says something else that causes her eyes to widen with fear and even more despair, "No sir. I will take care of it right away. Thank you, sir. Goodbye." she ends the call and looks like she is about to hurl the phone across the room.
Tora quickly stands up and grabs her wrists and pulls her to him. "What happened?" he gently demands, worried about what her father had said that had caused such strong emotions from her. He releases her wrists and wraps his arms around her in a hug instead.
"I-I need to get home. I have some things I need to take care of or else-" she starts to say shakily before biting back a sob.
He gently sits her down on the couch again and raises her chin so they are looking at each other. His heart starts to hurt at the pain in her eyes. "Hey. It's ok. What happened? What did your father say?" his voice was apparently gentle enough that she told him.
"My father decided that it would be rude to bring Pelevea with me. So I am to send her back home or-" she takes a deep breath, sucking back her emotions and trying to keep from crying. However, it wasn't working the greatest because of his threat. "He told me if I cause any problems or disobey him, he will have Pelevea killed." her eyes harden, blocking out her emotions, before turning back to liquid as her head falls down dejectedly, silent tears running down her cheeks.
Toras' eyes widen at the threat and he tries to comfort her, rubbing her back gently. 'But...my father said it was fine for Pelevea to stay here with her. Why does her father insist on her being sent home? Is it just his way of controlling her?' Tora thinks to himself.
Kailey pulls in a deep breath and looks up at Tora, "Can I please go home now? I need to pack up my belongings and get her ready to go home."
He nods and they stand up. They leave the theatre room and gather her jacket and sunglasses. "One moment." he tells her after she has gotten into the limousine. He goes back inside and goes to his fathers' office.
"Father, may I speak with you?" Tora asks politely, bowing slightly.
The older man waves a hand of consent from where he sits at his desk. "Yes, yes. What is it?"
"Silvermorthnone-sama has contacted his daughter and she is set to move into the Igarashi mansion tomorrow. However, he has required her to send her wolf back to England and would like to spend tonight with her." he begins.
His father looks up, "That is unfortunate that her father has requested that. However, I am getting the feeling that you have something else to say?"
Tora nods, "Yes. I would like to request that I can stay with her tonight to help her gather all her belongings and make sure she remains safe her last night at those apartments as well as to help her settle in tomorrow."
His father nods, "Very well. I expect for you to show her to her room in the morning. It will be ready for her arrival. The maids will be filling the dresser and closet with some additional clothing, as well."
He bows to his father and goes back out to the waiting limousine. After he is seated, the vehicle pulls away from the mansion and back to Kaileys' old home.
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When they walk into the house, Pelevea runs over to them and licks Kailey. "Hey girl.." she says sadly, crouching down to pet Pelevea. Pelevea sits down and watches her with knowing eyes. Kailey sighs and hugs her long-time companion.
The rest of the night consists of Tora and Kailey packing up a few of her belongings and moving them to the front room to make it easier to move them out in the morning. The give a lot of attention to Pelevea as well. Both were going to miss the furball a great deal but Kailey wouldn't dare defy her father. Honestly, she was half tempted to let her go into the wild but she knew that would end worse than sending her back to England.
At around midnight, Kailey grew tired. She stretches her arms above her head as she yawns, "Mmm, it's been a long day." she says as she finishes stretching.
Tora nods, "Yes it has. And you need to sleep." he smirks at her and she has a moment to try and scramble away when he picks her up in his arms and carries her towards her bed and throws her down on it, causing her to yelp.
"Hey! What are you doing?"" she turns pink as he takes his shirt off and puts it on her desk before coming over to her.
He just shrugs, "If I'm going to stay here tonight, I am at least going to be comfortable. What? Are you afraid you're not going to being able to control yourself tonight?" he smirks at her, sauntering over to her and picking her up again.
"What are you doing now?!" she demands, turning an even deeper shade of red at being pressed against his bare chest.
He laughs, and she feels the vibrations from it, making her blush even more. She was now scarlet in the face as she glared at him. He lays her down in the bed and turns the light off, crawling into the bed beside her and turning on his side to face her, his smirk still in place. "My, princess, you seem flustered. Whatever is wrong, my dear?"
She glares darkly at him and flips onto her side, turning her back to him. "Just go to sleep." she grumbles.
He laughs seductively, "Aww, but I can't sleep like this." she was about to ask what he meant when she feels his arms slink around her and pull her close to him. His breath was now warming her shoulder as he nuzzled his face into her hair. "Ahh, this is better. It's much more comfortable to sleep with a warm body next to you, don't you think princess?"
She struggled against his strong arms, "Let me go." she growls.
"Shh...I told you, if I'm going to stay here I'm at least going to be comfortable. What's the problem? Am I...exciting you?" he whispers into her ear seductively.
A small shudder goes through her but she pushes it to the back of her mind and ignores it, "Just go to sleep." she grumbles at him, as she tries to ignore his heat.
He laughs again and nuzzles in closer to her, "Goodnight, princess."
She blushes more, "Stupid tiger..." she whispers as her eyes grow heavy and she falls asleep.
Tora smiles to himself as her breathing evens out to that of someone sleeping. He couldn't help himself, he was having fun teasing her. Having her pressed up against him like this was nice. It just felt...right. He didn't know how to explain it. He was finally admitting to himself that maybe, during his attempts of making her fall for him, he had fallen for her instead. And it seemed that she might have more than contempt for him, whether she admitted it or not. So his attempts were ever heightened to win her over and make her his. He wanted to explore every part of her and claim all of her for him. He wished she was willing to do something now, though. She look very attractive to him in her black silk nightgown. Breathing in her scent, he too, falls asleep.
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The apartment is hectic as servants take all her packed belongings out of the door and into the cars waiting downstairs. She started to help when Tora caught her wrist and pulled her into her room with him.
"What's the big idea?" she glares at him.
"You can't help them take your belongings. I guess you have forgotten since living alone, but due to your status, things will be done for you again. It is rude for you to try and do their tasks for them. Do you understand?" his voice and expression were both very serious and she sighs.
"Right. Fine." she replies back. She looks sad again, "Well I guess we need to take Pelevea back now.." she sighs.
He nods, "Yes, that would probably be for the best.." he looked sad as well and the two of them take Pelevea out to the servant her father had sent to collect the wolf.
Before sending her home, Kailey hugs Pelevea again and kisses her forehead. "Be a good girl, ok?" she pets her again as she stands up. Pelevea licks her hand and looks at Tora. He pets her goodbye as well and the two watch as she is put in the back of a car.
'At least she'll be safe at home. Father won't dare do anything to her. I'm just going to miss her.' Kailey thinks to herself.
"Well, shall we go then? You probably want to get settled in, right? Plus my parents want to meet you and welcome you to our home." Tora says, smirking at her.
She rolls her eyes at him and swishes her hip into her, causing him to stumble slightly as she laughs, "Sure. That sounds like a good idea."
He shakes his head as he watches her walk away before walking after her, catching up easily. They get in the limousine and sit in a comfortable silence on the car ride to her new residence.
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A/N Hehe, so I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter~ I was originally going to make it longer but I figured this next bit will work better as its own chapter. So what did you think? I hope you guys are happy that Tora finally admitted his feelings to himself completely. xD And I hope you enjoyed that night-time scene with the two of them. xD I will hopefully write another chapter tomorrow or sometime this week but I can't make any promises. Especially since I am starting my senior year of Highschool on Tuesday. (bleh) Anyway, night everyone~