Author Note: Thank you for all the comments and questions throughout the story! Also, Wilderness Lodge is a condo/hotel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee that has an indoor and outdoor water park. All the descriptions in the following chapters are accurate as I have been five times in the past three years.
Me: Lenalee, will you do the honors?
Lenalee: Sure, Crowsnight doesn't own DGM or the characters, only the plot.
Me: Thanks, and here's the next chapter!
Situation
Chapter 37: Wilderness Lodge
"Kanda, where are we going?" I whine, getting restless from being in the small Ford Focus for over three hours. He glances over at me, amusement sparkling in his dark eyes, "It's only about another hour, maybe less."
I woke up at around nine this morning to an empty bed and a suitcase at the end of the bed, half-full with clothes. Long story short, Kanda told me to pack enough clothes for a today through Friday and a little extra, plus swimwear and that Fou would take care of Ice. Personally, I had no clue what we were doing, let alone where we would go swimming, but I did as he said, and in about two hours, my stomach was full and we were in this black Focus. Originally, I thought Kanda didn't have his license, but guess what? Yep, he can legally drive, though I wish that he would tell me what we were doing.
I complain, "We've been driving for hours!
"Correction," he says, eyes back on the road, "I've been driving for hours. You, on the other hand, can't stay still. Don't you have an iPod?"
I nod, "Yeah, but I didn't think you would want to listen to it. My ear buds finally broke after five years, and all I have is a jack."
"Then, use it. I can just tune it out," he insists, and I happily reach into the backseat, grabbing my bag and putting it on my lap. After unzipping the top, I rummage around until I find the cord and electronic device, and the bag goes back behind me as I plug the iPod into the input on the stereo. Flipping though the songs, I ask, "What kind of music do you like?"
"It doesn't matter, just play what you like," he tells me, not glancing away from the windshield. Shrugging, I set it on the "My Favorites" playlist, the first song coming up "Play Dead" by The Birthday Massacre. Quietly, as to keep Kanda from hearing me, I sing along to the somewhat creepy music, "Thinking hurts and thoughts don't rhyme to those of us who've never tried to find a face behind our lipstick smiles. And as our pretty faces die, our broken hearts will wonder why the make-up just won't hide the scars of time."
As I continue to mumble the words, I watch out the window, my breath on the window fogging the glass and the dreary clouds looming ominously over the forests around us. Even though autumn is by far my favorite season, winter is beautiful in my eyes, even if it was cold and seemingly gloomy. Maybe it's because I have connection to it, the snow falling in the long, freezing nights and killing everything it can clutch in its unforgiving grasp like the tears running over my scarred, dead heart buried in my warm yet hollow chest, beating only for the ones around it. So why is it that I can stare in awe at that same, pure, careless snow and see the beauty, but can only crack the mirror when gazing at my own reflection? Where is the corruption? Is it my broken eyes, or is it that nature can be the most striking thing while still prowling for its next kill?
Or maybe it's Kanda and his twisted sense of beauty being me. I would never consider myself beautiful for so many reasons, like the scars that cover my body, the pale, vulgar, repulsive things that will forever mark me as weak and fragile. Not only are they reminders of my past, but sometimes I can't even make eye contact with my boyfriend when we're intimate. It doesn't bother me that I'm no longer a virgin, but it was the last sense of purity I had in me, and it's gone now, even if I was to the person I love and father of my baby.
No, my virginity was long gone, but when I think about it, it was the least I could do to tell Kanda how much I loved him and how grateful I am that he saved me, even if there are times that I regret it. I continue to gaze at the passing trees, naked as they reach towards the dark sky with their gnarled arms vulnerable to lightning and fire, and the sky is so menacingly gray, the color of ashes, even though it was only one in the afternoon. It was obvious that it would burst soon, its cloudy eyes bubbling over with fat, cold tears, and it was only a few minutes before it did, the water beginning to run down the windows. Over my music, now playing "45" by Shinedown, I could hear the faint squeak of the window wipers, announcing that it was really raining, not my imagination.
The car slows down as Kanda turns into what looked like a condo complex, several different buildings around the area, but one stood out, the one with four slides twisting and curving out the side of it.
Kanda parks the car at one of the biggest buildings near the main entrance since there were very few other cars in the lot, probably because it was Tuesday, and glances over at me, "We're here."
"What?" I ask, shocked. "You mean we're going to swim in the water park at the Wilderness Lodge all day?"
He shakes his head, and as my shoulders slump slightly, he continues, "We check out Saturday at eleven."
Even though there was only a little room in the car, I squeal and launch myself into his arms, "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"
"You're welcome, and besides, it's not like it's going to be all bad for me either. I wanted to do something like this before you start showing," he says into my neck. After a moment, I pull away and tilt my head, "Showing what?"
He chuckles, "The baby, before you start showing that you're pregnant, Baka."
"I knew that!" I protest while trying to hide my blush, which would not go away.
"Okay," he says. "I'll get the bags while you check us in. We're under the Black Order."
I nod, hopping out of the Focus after flipping up my hood, and race to the door, glad that it wasn't raining as heavily as it could have been with as dark as the sky was. It takes less than five minutes for Kanda and me to be heading towards our room, which luckily was at the building we were at already, and I was so excited to be on the top floor. On top of that, we were literally twenty yards from the building's door to the arcade's entrance that we have to go through to get to the water park. Words cannot describe my enthusiasm! Heck, I practically jumped down the hall to our room, and Kanda said that I must be related to Lavi with how hyperactive I was acting at the moment.
When I unlocked the door with my keycard, I opened the door and gasped at the room. It was luxurious! To my right was a long table, five cabin-like chairs on one side and a black, leather booth against the wall, and from there was a cabinet. The right wall goes into a nice kitchen, the fridge and four-eyed stove against the wall, and the bar was made of brown granite, the sink, dishwasher, and appliances in the kitchen part and four chairs, only higher, on the outer part. The kitchen was partially in a nook, so on the other side of the counter, the right wall continues into a white door and where the right and opposite wall connect, a large flat-screen sets on dresser, and under it is a stereo and DVD player.
The opposite wall is where the balcony is located, over-looking the outdoor water park, even though it was drained, and after that was a loveseat. In the nook of the opposite and left wall is a nightstand topped with a lamp, and then a couch, and in the center of the room is a coffee table.
The left wall then flattens into one parallel to the balcony and continues to a twin bedroom and the bathroom, the first block a vanity and sink with the entire wall a mirror and the second a shower and toilet. I say, "Wow!"
"Glad you like it," Kanda says as he walks toward the unidentified room by the TV. Following my boyfriend, I find the master bedroom, complete with a king-size bed and flat-screen across from it and to my left where it set on top of a large dresser. There were nightstands and lamps on each side of the bed, and a window in the left wall. A closet was nestled into the wall next to the TV, and Kanda set our bags in front of it before flopping down on the bed, right in the middle all spread out. My first thought was how much he must trust me to do that and then lie in such a vulnerable position, and the bluenette grumbled, "I hate driving."
"But you're happy you did because I'm happy, right?" I ask, climbing next to him and resting my head on his right shoulder while curling up to him. He replies, "Of course."
As I was lying there, I realize that the bedroom went directly into the master bath. A small divider no taller than three feet stood between the bed and the triangular Jacuzzi, and after another divider, there was a small sink. Parallel to Kanda and me, there was an open door, and inside I could see a shower, but nothing else, though I assume there was a toilet. Happily, I say, "Thank you, Kanda. This is really nice."
"Until Thursday afternoon," he tells me, his right hand drawing intricate designs on my black-clothed back like an artist painting on a blank canvas, the promise of many possibilities inviting. I glance up at him through my snowy ribbons, "What do you mean?"
His eyes are closed as he replies, "Lenalee and Lavi are spending the night Thursday. That's why there's an extra bedroom."
I nod, "But it'll be fun! We need three or four people to ride the big slides anyways, this way we don't have to ask strangers."
"I suppose, but then again, it gives us only two nights to see what all we can accomplish better in that tub and a master bed," he smirks, opening his dark eyes to look at me. I smile, "Just means you'll be tired in the morning. I have much more endurance than you do."
"Is that a challenge?" he asks, the glint in his darkening eyes unmistakable. Lightning fast, I straddle him just to be pinned just as quickly, my legs wrapped around my attacker's waist as I whine, "No fair! You didn't even give me a chance!"
"Quit complaining," he orders and leans down to my ear. "You love it and you know it."
I shiver slightly, "So what if I do?"
"Then you have no room to whine," he whispers before licking inside my ear. Moaning, I say, "Kanda, I wanna…swim. This can…wait."
He pulls away, but places a hand flat on my chest, the other by my head. Glaring down at me with his control over the situation obvious, he smarts off, "And what if I want it now? You know that I get what I want, and right now, I want you, and more importantly, your body."
Submitting, I allow him to trail his lips and tongue along my jaw and neck, loving this side of him. Usually, if I object to something, it ends there, but there are times when Kanda completely controls it, regardless of what I want to do. These are usually the times that I end up on my hands and knees, begging for it while he spanks me or something along those lines, but I don't mind. I love being controlled and treated like I'm his property, and as he stated earlier, he knew that, too.
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Now, it's four o'clock, and Kanda is in the bathroom getting ready to go swimming. Okay, so he was standing on the tile that made up the bathroom, but there were no walls, so I could watch him brush his hair and put it in a cropped ponytail. I ask, "Why do you put it up like that?"
"So it won't get in the way, and I hate wet hair sticking to me," he replies, sitting on the bed beside me in his black swim trunks, his chest bare. I was still lying down on my side, clutching a pillow and the blankets up to my neck, "Okay, that makes sense."
Not moving, I realize that he was ready to go and I was still naked under the covers, trying to hide. The urge to go swimming was too much, and I wiggle out of the blankets that concealed my body, giving Kanda a quick kiss on the cheek before crawling to the end of the bed and putting my feet on the floor. After digging out my white surf shirt and equally white swim trunks, I slip them on, my back to Kanda until I'm dressed, and then I move to stand in front of him, "I'm ready."
He glances at me and asks, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah," I reply happily, gluing on a plastic smile. Shaking his head, he plants his hands on my waist and guides my body to sit beside him, his right arm still around me while the other is one is forcing eye contact by staying firmly on my right cheek, "Tell me, Allen."
I don't like him holding our gazes together since I know that his eyes can pierce through the wall I've built to hide my emotions, and I think he knows it, too, but he doesn't move, just continues to mix midnight blue and blade silver. Giving up, I sigh and stare down at his neck, "What if my shirt comes up? What if someone sees my scars and starts calling me names?"
"How will anyone know that they're from cutting?" he asks, letting his hand grip mine.
"Maybe someone will," I say, terrified of the consequences that might have. Kanda's grip tightened slightly, "Then I'll take care of it. No one, and I mean no one, hurts my boyfriend and gets away with it."
"Okay," I say, not sure if I believed it or not. I mean, I know Kanda will come close to maiming anyone who does something bad to me, but I didn't want to get kicked out of the water park! Go with it, Allen. If you keep worrying you won't enjoy it, so stop it.
Shortly after that, we go to the restaurant in the water park and eat. Well, I do. Kanda nibbles on a small piece of pizza to keep me at bay while I gobble down the rest of the extra large pepperoni pizza. Then, we finally enter the rest of the Wild Water Dome, the scent of chlorine prominent in my nostrils. Time for fun!
Author Note: Hey guys, sorry about the short chapter, but the next one will be longer, promise!