Rebirth of a Holy Dragoon
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy. OCs belong to various friends. I think you know the drill by now.
TRIGGER WARNING: ACTUAL SEXUAL TORTURE.
Warnings: You don't remember the list of warnings I gave before? Fine. Here. Cursing, potential OOC, OC x Canon, stupid fluffy romance, sex, angst, self-insert author avatar, shitty storytelling.
FIC START!
Chapter Fifty
Canti wasn't a big fan of meat. She'd eat it, but having it as such a thick slice of steak on her plate turned her off of it a bit. She liked it with other things, on top of other things. Her Papa would have known not to give her something like this. She started to eat the cake on her plate instead.
"Why are you not eating the steak?" Mateus asked, staring at her. "That's prime bee-"
"I don't really… like steak," she said hesitantly. "Texture of the meat. It's thick. Would be hard to chew."
"I'll cut it for you," he said smoothly.
Canti shook her head. "I'm sorry, I know you went through something to get it and bring it to me, but I'd rather you give the steak to Kain. He loves meat."
"Without protein, your muscles will atrophy," he disagreed. "I will not have your muscles fading away." He came to her, pressing his body against hers. It made her uncomfortable to see him cutting it up like that. "You will eat this, I don't care how small the pieces have to be."
"I don't want it," she said, trying to pull away from the table. "I'll just eat the cake and give the rest to Kain!"
"What you want, darling, doesn't matter anymore," he said, stabbing a few bite-sized pieces with his fork and pointing it at her mouth. "Either you eat it on your own or I'll feed it to you." She took the fork and sniffed the meat. It smelled strongly of the spices it was seasoned with. He stepped back just a little to allow her the room to eat on her own. "Take your time. I don't want to see you choke."
Canti frowned, pushing the plate away. "I don't want it!" she said much more forcefully. "I don't like meat that much. It feels weird in my mouth!"
Mateus sighed, standing up. "I suppose I'll have to go send a Thundaga up your beloved's ass before you listen to me, won't I?" he asked softly, starting to walk out. "You don't have to be so angry about it, I'll do it without you yelling at me."
She reached for the knife that he had cut up that steak with, turning to block him from leaving her cell. "You won't hurt him anymore," she declared. Even though she was shaking, she tried to be confident. Oh, if only it was a spear in her hand rather than just a table knife. "You'll… you'll let us out of here this instant!"
He shook his head. "Now isn't this a surprise. I never expected you to actually try to threaten me!" Mateus laughed. "You're quite charming, but now I see. You won't be swayed by me hurting him… you need me to hurt you."
The way he said that filled Kain with dread. "Canti, no! Just eat the damn meat!"
"She will. She just needs some persuasion, is all," Mateus said, leaning closer to her. "Come on, darling, if you're going to attack me, then get it over with all ready. If you aren't, stop wasting our time."
She shook beneath him, unable to even swing the knife. His body was against hers again, and even though she wanted to be confident, it fell away. Canti had never faced anything like this before, and the terror that ran through her was impossible to hide. The way Mateus smiled at her made her think that he enjoyed just how much fear she had for him. He licked his lips as if he wanted to eat her, or perhaps he wanted to revel in the power he held over her.
"Do it," he whispered to her, pressing himself even harder against her, pushing her back against the barrier itself.
"I don't want to hurt you," Canti said, instead pushing him back off of her. "You, at one point, were just a friend I had at school. I don't understand why you-"
Mateus snatched the knife from her hand. For a moment he seemed like he wanted to point it back at her, but he didn't. Instead he just placed it on the table and focused all of his attention on her. "That life is over now," he said, trying to put his arms around her. She fought against him, not wanting him to embrace her, so he used his hands to grab her wrists and thrust her up against the barrier even harder. The more she struggled to get away from him, the harder he pushed her against that wall. "You'll be my wife once you turn of age."
"I don't think this is how people are supposed to get engaged," she said, still doing all she could to break free from all of his weight.
"I would have loved to do it the old fashioned way, really, but the sad fact is, you were falling in love with someone else, so…" he looked down at her. "…will you sit down and obey your fiancee?"
Kain blinked for a moment. He remembered at one point having Minwu promise to marry her because he was afraid of his own feelings towards someone in his family, and arranged marriages weren't common in Dagurreo, but he also knew that they happened from time to time. "Canti's all ready engaged," he said quickly. "Mateus, what you want is completely against the law."
"She is?"
"I am?!"
"It's true," Kain said. "It's all ready been arranged."
"What, with you?" Both Canti and Mateus asked at the same time, bewildered at the suggestion.
"No, not with me," Kain replied. "But her marriage was arranged all ready to someone she likes a whole lot better than you! Someone I trust explicitly to take care of the one I love."
"You… arranged my marriage?" Canti asked. "But… I thought… you and I…"
"It happened before I accepted my feelings towards you," he explained sadly. "Because I knew my father would never approve of me marrying someone in the family. Don't worry though. He's a gentle person, someone probably more loving than I'll ever be." He shook his head. "It was arranged to protect you."
Mateus shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Where we're going, I rule everything. That engagement won't mean anything once I sit on my golden throne…" He leaned into Canti again, running his tongue along the side of her face. She shuddered in disgust, staring up at him defiantly. "…you'll learn to love me."
"I don't think so!" she spat at him.
"At first, I found your defiance endearing, but I'm quite bored of your tantrum," he said, grasping onto her wrists harder and forcing her to stand up straight. "I would take you now, but you're not of age."
"...take me?" she inquired. "Take me where?"
"Your innocence will not save you." He quickly spun her around and caught her wrists again, so that her back was against his chest. "The moment you are of age…" Mateus led her back to her bed and forced her face down onto it, causing Kain to cry out from his side of the barrier. "…I'll have all of you."
"No!" Kain pounded on it as hard as he could manage. "Not like me! You aren't going to do to her what you did to me! Stop it!"
Mateus turned to look him right in the eye. "Doesn't it bring back lovely memories of summer camp?" he asked, pulling her gown up so her panties were exposed.
"I'm going to run a spear right up your asshole and out through your fucking nose, you heartless piece of-"
"Empty threats do not phase me," he put his hand up and slapped it against Canti's butt so hard that it left a stinging sensation on her skin. "So please. Be silent." He rubbed her skin where he had hit it, almost like he wanted to heal it, but he slapped the same place again even harder. "You are free to watch, however."
Canti flinched every time he spanked her. It was painful, but she didn't give him the satisfaction of hearing her cries in pain. It happened again, and again, and again. By the time he was done, the muscles of her rump were swollen and she didn't even feel it.
"You won't be able to study at the table like that. It'll hurt too much. Be a dear and stay on the bed to avoid any avoidable pains," Mateus whispered, leaning down on her completely. He pressed her into that mattress, his chest against her back. "Relax. Now that I've punished you, I won't count this against you in the future. We're on a clean slate. Just remember what happens when you disobey. It hurts us all." He lifted her up to place her completely on the bed, instead of just being bent over it. "Like I told you. You will learn to love me."
"...I hate you," Canti whispered, tears streaming down her face.
"That's fine. You'll come around."
"I'll get out of here…" she whispered again.
"I don't intend on keeping you here forever," Mateus sat down on the edge of the bed and ran his hand over her side as if he wanted to comfort her. "This is just training. That's all. You have to learn one way or another."
"I love Kain Highwind. Not you. That will never change."
"Don't make me go punish him just out of jealousy."
"Please… don't…" she begged, whimpering.
"If you do exactly as I say this instant, I will not take it out on him."
"What do you want now?"
Mateus smiled. "You will submit to me. You will not fight back. You will not talk back. You will submit. When I tell you to do something, you will do it. It's the simplest thing in the world."
She sighed. "And what do you want me to do now?"
"Tell me that you love me."
"...what?"
"Tell me that you love me, or I will go and force myself on Kain. You'll get to hear his cries and whimpers right through the barrier. You'll feel it through the bed, as he felt your punishment," he tickled her ear just a tiny bit. "It doesn't even have to be loud. Just say it."
Canti closed her eyes, pressing her hands against the barrier. She wanted to reach for Kain, to hold him against her for comfort and protection. He was the only thing she wanted right now. She missed him and being close to him. "Kain…" she said, knowing that he would hear her, "…I love you."
"As I love you…" Kain's voice replied.
"...wrong answer," Mateus grunted.
That is the only reason I can even… she thought before she coughed a little. "M-Mateus," she whispered, turning to look at him with the most hateful expression she had ever born to anyone, "I-I… love… you…"
He wiped her cheeks of the tears and kissed her forehead. "I'll accept that for now." He stepped away from the bed and put his hand up against the barrier to cause it to open long enough for him to sneak through. "I need you to rest. Tomorrow I'll bring ointment for your wound. Good night, my love." And then he left, just positively beaming at what he'd managed to do today.
Canti sniffled before wailing in pain. Her heart ached terribly. Kain, on the other side of the barrier, also welled up with tears. They both laid on opposite sides of that barrier, feeling each other's subtle movements on their shared bed, but wanting nothing more than to hold one another.
