Forgiveness

Chapter 14

Yua had a strange, tipsy feeling dancing around in her head as she stumbled slowly to her room. It even took her a few attempts to get her key in the door. She missed again on the last attempt, but the door swung open. Shocked and not ready for the support of the door to be taken away, Yua tumbled into the room and landed hard on her face.

'I must've left it unlocked. Whoops!' She grumbled into the floor before sitting up, enjoying the light-headed feeling that made her feel all giddy and warm. Yua thought to herself, that this must be what it feels like to be in love. She was so lucky to have Baise-Sama in her life and to be this happy with her. She stayed, slumped on the floor, humming to herself with a happiness that would rival a kid at a fairground. She was thinking about her Baise-Sama and all the things she could do to show her love when she was rudely interrupted.

'Oh my Little-One, why are you in such a good mood?' A silky voice purred across the room making Yua jump to her feet.

'Mistress? You are here already!' She excitedly looked around the dark room.

'No-one has ever called me that before, but whatever works for you Little-One.' Yua flicked her head back and forth to find the amused voice. Her strained eyes landed on a tall dark figure with a shock of red hair that glowed even in this dim light. In the state she was in, she didn't recognise who it was, but she recognised who it wasn't.

'Your hair is red, not pink.' Yua pouted in disappointment then plodded into the sitting room, already disinterested in the figure.

'Very observant Little-One.' Hisoka raised an eyebrow at her words and narrowed his amber eyes in suspicion. In the next moment, he had moved across the room to intercept her path, his broad chest creating a large barrier to block her way. Yua didn't even look up.

'Move. I need to get the apartment ready for Baise-Sama and you're wasting my time.'

Annoyance flashed across Hisoka's face. Using his body, and Yua's sudden contempt at being near him, he pushed her back towards the closest wall and flicked on the light so he could clearly see her face. Yua was trying to wiggle her way around him so Hisoka pinned an arm across her chest and held a hand under her chin to force her gaze upon him.

'Oh Hisoka, it's you!' Yua looked genuinely surprised but continued to try and wriggle free from his grip. He pushed her more tightly against the wall making her wince in pain. She then stopped trying to escape, huffed and looked up at him with pleading eyes he had never seen before. 'Please Hisoka. This is important. I have to get the room ready for Baise-Sama. It's nice to see you but you're getting in the way of our romantic evening'.

Hisoka's face dropped in disbelief at her words. Just the evening before, this woman had been teasing him with a fine balance of pain and pleasure but now she was begging for him to leave. It was strange but intrigued him, so he played along.

'Where's my manners? I am very sorry for intruding.' He moved away, released her from the wall and gave her a mock friendly smile, which the normal Yua would've scoffed at in a heartbeat. This new Yua however, returned a lopsided goofy grin and carried on with preparing the apartment. 'Do you mind if I stay for a bit? I'll leave as soon as your friend arrives.'.

Yua looked sceptically at him but he smiled even wider and held up her pinkie finger in innocence. Her face softened and she just shrugged and continued. Hisoka sat down on the couch and got out his deck of playing cards, trying to make it seem that he wasn't observing her every action. He began to do tricks with the cards. Tricks which would be impossible if not for using his Bungee gum ability. Hisoka knew the usual Yua would be interested to figure out his Nen but only an uninterested looked was tossed in his direction.

Hisoka smirked, this was more than just playing hard to get. He sighed and leaned back into the couch, crossing one leg over the other.

'So, Little-One. Who are you doing all of this for?' He continued to manipulate the playing cards with his Bungee gum, but it was such a natural instinct to him now that it actually relaxed him to do and required no focus.

'Baise-Sama of course.' Yua momentarily stopped lighting the candle in front of her and hugged her arms in close at thought of Baise.

'Hhmm, who is this Baise? Should I be jealous?' Hisoka smirked, teasing the information out of Yua.

'Of course not. I am Baise-Sama's. There's nothing for you to be jealous about because I'm not yours to be jealous over.' Yua said this as a throw away comment, only focused on how lovely it sounded to say she belonged to the person she loved. Hisoka however was angry at these words.

'That's where you are wrong Little-One.' Hisoka growled, leaning forward and placing his head on his hands. 'Come here. Now.'. An underlying tone of threat laced his voice making Yua comply. She stumbled closer and sank to her knees in front of him. Yua didn't quite understand why she was listening to someone who wasn't Baise-Sama, but she felt like she couldn't control her actions anymore.

Hisoka slowly wrapped a hand around her neck, making eye contact that bore into her soul and challenged Yua to try and escape if she dared to face the consequences. He rose to his feet and lifted Yua with him. When her feet left the floor, she gasped and grabbed onto his hand with both of hers, suddenly feeling her airways shrink. Yua could feel Hisoka's aura now, it was thick and heavy with rage and scared her to her core.

'Please. Hisoka. Let me go.' She cried between strangled gaps of air.

Hisoka ignored the pleas that his Yua-Chan would never speak and began trying to pinpoint a reason on her body that would cause this different behaviour. He noticed her eyes were almost fully dilated. 'Answer me honestly Little-One.' He squeezed her neck further for good measure, 'Have you taken any pills?'.

'No.'

'Then who is this Baise-Sama and where do I find him?' He growled possessively again.

'Baise-Sama is my one and only love. I am entirely hers and will always be so. I will never tell you where she is. I will protect her with my life.'

Hisoka raised an eyebrow at Yua's dramatics. 'Her?'. Either he had entirely misread Yua or more likely, this Baise woman was responsible for the change in his Yua-Chan. He dropped her to the floor and sat back down on the couch, patting the spot next to him.

'I'm sorry Little-One. I have been rude again. Please tell me everything about your Baise. She sounds really special.'.

Yua shakily got to her feet and managed to slide onto the couch, as far away from Hisoka as she could, but it was no good. He immediately shuffled closer to Yua but patiently waited for her to speak. Starting off dubiously, Yua describe Baise-Sama, but soon forgot about her fear as she melted into the warmth of the loving memory again. She explained about how they met, the funny conversations they had, their special kiss, how amazing Baise-Sama was and finished with their departing moments.

Hisoka was starting to understand what had happened. 'Can I see the message Baise wrote?'.

'No. Baise said no peaking until later.'.

'Ah Little-One. That was just for you, I can peak. Don't worry, I won't tell you what's written.' He gave her a winning smile and held out his hand expectantly.

Yua didn't mind too much and quickly handed him the note, watching his face as he read it.

'Well Little-One, this is serious. There's only one way I can think to cure you.'.

'Cure me?' Before Yua could register what was happening, Hisoka was straddling her on the couch, pinning her down with his weight. For some reason her wrists and ankles wouldn't move, as if they were bound with an invisible rope. 'No. Hisoka. Get off me.'.

She was struggling beneath him, writhing to try and knock him off. A sly grin spread across his face, enjoying that this semi-Yua person still had some fight in her. 'Now, now Little-One. It isn't my fault that you are going around and kissing strangers.' He leant down and whispered into her ear. 'I am very disappointed in your carelessness.' Hisoka ran his tongue over a visible artery on Yua's neck, feeling the vibrations of her heart hammering with fear. 'I suppose I can forgive you, just this once.'.

Yua shivered and turned her face away from him in disgust. 'Baise-Sama isn't a stranger. I love her.' She was whimpering now; the fight was leaving her body. 'Please get off me.'.

'Don't worry, I won't do more than necessary to wake you up from this manipulation.'. He suddenly grabbed her jaw in one hand and yanked her head to face him. He sunk down so there was merely a breath between them. 'I will try my best Little-One.'. Though he was being forceful, he said the words with sincerity.

Yua didn't respond. In one thought she was terrified that this person who wasn't Baise-Sama was so intimately close to her and yet, his presence was familiar. His body seemed to fit comfortably around her, and her own body responded to him as if it had done before. Yua was so confused and couldn't stop a tear flowing down her cheek. Hisoka captured it on his lips, before returning to align his face with hers. Yua's eyes searched his but found nothing malicious behind them. The amber spheres glimmered with a quiet concern, masked by playful intent. Completely different to what she had expected, but it sparked a small ember of trust within her. Enough trust to allow him to lean in and bridge the millimetres between their lips.

Baise-Sama's kiss had briefly been soft and quickly ignited into lust but this kiss was different. Hisoka's lips were hard but so gingerly touched her own, they could've been as soft as feathers. The first kiss was only a sweeping hint. A tender moment of uncertainty, unfamiliar ground for the both of them. Hisoka's hand move to cradle her face and his weight lifted slightly from her, allowing her an escape if she wanted it but she didn't move. He leaned down once again, this time lingering on her lips, giving her all the time to react as she pleased.

Tears of guilt freely travelled Yua's cheek now at the thought of Baise-Sama, but she couldn't help herself as she pushed upwards to meet Hisoka's lips. Now choosing this, Yua embraced the moment and melted into him, swept up in the taste and feeling of his lips moving with hers. The warmth that had been embedded in her by Baise was now being pushed from her body, replaced by a cold feeling. It was a familiar cold feeling though, a happy one. The type you would get from watching snow fall or the feel of a chilly autumnal wind.

She wrapped her now free arms around his broad shoulders, pulling him closer. She suddenly felt like the cool sensation was saving her from an unpleasant heat which she hadn't noticed before. When she felt the last ember of heat leave her body, she groaned with relief and parted her lips, fully accepting Hisoka, allowing him to deepen and take control of her lips. Yua didn't want him to have all the fun though and managed to wrap her legs around his hips to pull his body weight down on her again. This time she loved the pressure and arched her body against his.

He growled at her eagerness and began biting and nibbling his way from her lips, across her neck. The throaty noise that Yua released was animalistic but urged Hisoka onwards. He suckled at the base of her neck, roughly giving her a bruise to mark her as his. A strange taste of strawberries entered his mouth and he pulled back to see blood on her neck.

Hisoka quickly released her, confusion flashing across his face. Yua, still in the midst of lust, laid back and held her arms over her head letting him fully explore her body with his eyes. His eyes disappointedly remained on her neck. Hisoka usually enjoyed the sight of blood on his prey but only when he caused it. He roughly moved Yua's head to the side again, trying to find the wound but saw nothing but the red smear. He leant down and ran his tongue over it again, once more tasting strawberries.

'Little-one, why does your neck taste like strawberry?'.

Yua was muddled for a moment and then grabbed at her neck turning pink with embarrassment. She looked away from his amused gaze. 'It's jam from the cake I dropped.'

Hisoka smirked at her and then leaned in to lick away the rest of the jam, making a gratifying noise at the taste. He hovered around her ear and whispered, 'I always thought that you looked like a tasty treat to devour'. He chuckled when Goosebumps rose on her neck in response to his words. This was the Yua he was used to. Hisoka pulled back again, breathing in one last scent of her and moved to his feet.

'Why are you stopping?' Yua pouted and sat up.

'I don't intend to have the first time that I make you mine be whilst another person's Nen is likely still in your system.' Yua froze at his words. They rung like a promise in her ear that he will eventually be hers in every way she wanted, and a first time seemed like a promise for more. Excitement travelled through her body making every nerve end sizzle in anticipation. Her feelings must've been clear on her face because Hisoka chuckled again. 'Patience Little-One, you should really learn to exercise some restraint.' He leaned in on her again for one final tease, 'If I hadn't, I would've killed you the first time we met and lost all of your potential.'.

Yua snorted and moved away from him, slowly feeling more herself by the minute and not wanting to give him anymore easy reads on her thoughts and feelings. 'So, what clue did the note give you?'.

Hisoka passed it to her.

Looks like the kiss works Yua-Chan! It only lasts 180 minutes so you'll be back to normal by 5pm.

See you soon,

-Mistress (Baise)

Yua flushed furiously at the words. 'I didn't call her Mistress?'.

'Hhmm, well you called me Mistress when you first got back to the apartment so I would guess you did.' Hisoka smirked and stepped close towards her, so that he was looking down on her charmingly embarrassed face. He seemed unable to fully hold back from her in the moment but didn't mind too much, so long as he could have some fun. 'It seems you can't remember what happens under her influence. I could've done anything to you.'. The words hung in the air like a threat and an allure of a promise but Yua was done being toyed around with for the night and rolled her eyes.

'If you say so but by the sounds of it, I was more inclined to light candles for Baise-San than let you use me as a plaything.' She ran her tongue along her teeth, matching Hisoka's gaze. Anger flashed across his eyes once again at her unruly words but Yua just turned away and headed to her bed. 'You're welcome to stay, but I'm going to bed. Clearly kissing strangers is tiresome work'.

When she turned away from Hisoka, he could've killed her in one move to satisfy his anger, but he held back. He would not allow one moment of uncurbed emotion to make him waste the years she has grown closer to her potential. Yua was stood at the foot of her bed now, tempting him to stay. Though she said the words, it was her body she was using to tease. She turned to face the bed and took off her top and bra in a single movement. Hisoka groaned and pulled himself away. He could control his anger, but his lust was too high right now to risk breaking his toy.

When Yua turned around, she wasn't surprised to see the room empty but still let out a small disappointed grumble. She climbed into bed, looking forward to another sleepless night of thinking about Hisoka returning and finally giving himself to her.

She huffed and rolled to stare out of the window at the glimmering lights of the city but noticed a letter on her bedside table.

Your first match as a 200s fighter has been scheduled. Please find further instruction and information within.

Yua dropped the letter, not caring to read the rest just yet. A new excitement travelled through her body. It would be her first chance to have a 200s match and truly see how good the other fighters on this floor were. She just hoped they could keep her entertained.