Jyo-ha was being lead to a dark room. The maids sat her down onto the bed.
Whispers and giggles wafted across the room.
'I wonder which old man would it be…..'
'Maybe Master Buu rou. I heard he likes thin, white girls like her.'
'Poor thing….'
'Out all of you!' Ginyuu walked in, someone besides her.
'Yes Madam!' The maids scrambled out hastily, forgetting to look at the shadowy being besides her.
'Now Sir, here is your haa-nyo. Enjoy.' Ginyuu chuckled. A pleasant sandalwood scent floated into the room.
The man's face broke into a grin. An animalistic grin.
'Don't break her bones, Sir.' Ginyuu bantered and strolled out of the room. She closed the doors, looking the darkened bedroom with a laugh. Swinging her hips, she moved back to her own chambers, preparing to count that twenty chests of taels given to her as payment.
'Jyo….'
'Jyo……..' A soft caress fluttered across her cheek. Jyo smiled.
'Kai……..' A gentle kiss answered her call.
'Jyo……let me please…..' A rough hand slowly loosened her sash.
'Kai……..we will be married first…Kai….' Jyo murmured in protest. Kai's hand continued to explore. Jyo's eyes flared open. She sat up and scrambled away to a corner, tying back her sash furiously.
'No, Kai, don't!'
Kai looked at her, with saddened green eyes.
'I will be going to the North tomorrow, Jyo. It will only be this time, Jyo, we will be together. Jyo, I love you. Please, Jyo, let me.'
Jyo stared back at him and shook her head stubbornly.
'No, Kai, we will be married first. Kai, I love you too, but we will be married first.' Jyo emphasized.
Kai got up slowly, looking at her. He pushed a strand of brown hair from his face.
'I love you, Jyo.'
'I love you too, Kai.'
Kai turned his back to her and walked out of the barn.
'Jyo-ha………' The man nuzzled the girl's neck slowly, pushing aside the top of her dress. In the dark, the man pushed Jyo onto the bed, pulling at the ribbons that held her dress together, kissing her hair and her closed eyes.
'Jyo-ha….kiss me back.' The man ordered roughly, pulling her dress off from her shoulders. Jyo's eyes flew open and she leaned up, kissing the man mechanically. The man laughed and undressed her unceremoniously. He kissed her all over, licking his way around her collarbone and pale white shoulders, burying his head in her length of soft blue hair. He kissed down to her breast and laid his head on it, listening for a while, the quick beating of her heart.
'You are such a beautiful thing, Jyo-ha….You are worth the money.' The man whispered roughly, fondling her. He stripped himself and looked at Jyo, her naked body sliced by strips of white moonlight, her features shadowed. Throwing himself down onto her, he kissed her lips violently, forcing his tongue into her mouth.
'Sweet….' He chuckled, pulling away. 'The woman I was going to marry, she would be as sweet as you are. She has blue hair too, Jyo-ha. But she refused me, that bitch. She's just a peasant….. how dare she think she is some highborn lady.'
The man traced one callused finger down Jyo's heaving chest. 'Now, that I am rich, I can have any woman I want….. And tonight, I have the most sought after courtesan in all of the capital. You will please me, won't you, Jyo-ha….'
Jyo's head nodded automatically. She sat up and begin to pleasure the man, her shadowed eyes staring straight ahead. The man sighed under her touch, his hands gripped her white shoulders tightly, his fingernails biting into her flesh.
'You….you are good for a beginner.' The man gritted his teeth, feeling his breath quicken. Jyo continued her movements unconsciously. The smell of sandalwood grew stronger. A thin sheen of sweat broke over Jyo's body.
The man pushed her down and ravished her fiercely. Jyo's body quivered in response. But her eyes stared straight ahead, her mind suffocated by the sweet scent.
'Kai, where are you going?'
Jyo stood up, and walked towards him, tying back her sash. Kai's back was still turned from her.
'I am going to pack. I am leaving tomorrow morning.'
'Kai, will you come back for me?'
Jyo looked at the young man with hopeful blue-violet eyes. Kai turned around. Suddenly his gaze looked so cold, his green eyes looked like hard rocks, hard green rocks.
'I will, Jyo.'
Somehow, those words did not comfort Jyo. She looked in his green eyes…. She hoped to see something….
She looked into green eyes, open wide in the joy of ecstasy.
'Ahhhh…..Jyo-haa !' The man screamed, collapsing atop of her. The scent was gone in a flash. Jyo felt a stabbing pain between her thighs and something soft sliding out of her, leaving a wet trail.
She gasped, as the pain shot up her body. The man was like deadweight atop of her, crushing her chest. Wind blew in, cooling her sweaty body. She was naked, she realized in horror. The moonlight shifted, shining atop a tussled head of brown.
A sense of dread smothered Jyo's senses. Ignoring the pain, she moved the man away from her, letting him lie on the bed. The man was panting heavily, a satisfied smile on his face, his eyes closed. Clutching the bed covers to her, Jyo touched the man's cheek with a trembling hand. The man's eyes opened at her touch.
'You are wonderful…Jyo-ha…' Green eyes looked at her. Green eyes. The man ran his finger down her forearm. He was unable to see her face, for her features were shadowed in the moonlight. The man sat up, brushing the plastered strands of hair from his forehead.
'Now, I will look at you properly, and perhaps we can have some more fun…' The man laughed and gripped her shoulders, moving her towards the moonlight.
A heart wrenching ache stabbed Jyo. Moonlight fell down on her features, on her disarrayed hair, on his green eyes.
The man's hands dropped from her shoulders, a frightened look covering his face.
'Jyo…' He swallowed hoarsely, moving to the end of the bed.
'Kai…Kai…' Hot tears welled up in Jyo's eyes. 'Kai….' She lunged forwards clutching at him. 'Kai, bring me away, Kai, please, bring me away…..'
Kai looked at the girl before him in horror. Of all women, Jyo! The irony screamed at him. His fingers gripped at the bedsheets. Jyo grabbed his hands, sobbing.
'Kai, Kai, bring me away. Take me away. Please….'
She looked up into his face. He was deathly pale, he was shocked beyond comparison.
'Get away from me!' He screamed, pushing her away roughly. He leapt away from the bed and dressed himself quickly.
'You are a courtesan, a cheap woman. Don't expect me to bring some prostitute back! I don't even know how many men have enjoyed you!'
His green eyes grew stone-cold, and he spat at her. It was a blatant lie. He knew he took her, he was the first.
Jyo looked at him, tears trickling down her cheeks. Kai flung the doors open and fled.
Kai never returned to Ginyuuka. But he was seen at other courtesan parlors.
Whispers and giggles wafted across the room.
'I wonder which old man would it be…..'
'Maybe Master Buu rou. I heard he likes thin, white girls like her.'
'Poor thing….'
'Out all of you!' Ginyuu walked in, someone besides her.
'Yes Madam!' The maids scrambled out hastily, forgetting to look at the shadowy being besides her.
'Now Sir, here is your haa-nyo. Enjoy.' Ginyuu chuckled. A pleasant sandalwood scent floated into the room.
The man's face broke into a grin. An animalistic grin.
'Don't break her bones, Sir.' Ginyuu bantered and strolled out of the room. She closed the doors, looking the darkened bedroom with a laugh. Swinging her hips, she moved back to her own chambers, preparing to count that twenty chests of taels given to her as payment.
'Jyo….'
'Jyo……..' A soft caress fluttered across her cheek. Jyo smiled.
'Kai……..' A gentle kiss answered her call.
'Jyo……let me please…..' A rough hand slowly loosened her sash.
'Kai……..we will be married first…Kai….' Jyo murmured in protest. Kai's hand continued to explore. Jyo's eyes flared open. She sat up and scrambled away to a corner, tying back her sash furiously.
'No, Kai, don't!'
Kai looked at her, with saddened green eyes.
'I will be going to the North tomorrow, Jyo. It will only be this time, Jyo, we will be together. Jyo, I love you. Please, Jyo, let me.'
Jyo stared back at him and shook her head stubbornly.
'No, Kai, we will be married first. Kai, I love you too, but we will be married first.' Jyo emphasized.
Kai got up slowly, looking at her. He pushed a strand of brown hair from his face.
'I love you, Jyo.'
'I love you too, Kai.'
Kai turned his back to her and walked out of the barn.
'Jyo-ha………' The man nuzzled the girl's neck slowly, pushing aside the top of her dress. In the dark, the man pushed Jyo onto the bed, pulling at the ribbons that held her dress together, kissing her hair and her closed eyes.
'Jyo-ha….kiss me back.' The man ordered roughly, pulling her dress off from her shoulders. Jyo's eyes flew open and she leaned up, kissing the man mechanically. The man laughed and undressed her unceremoniously. He kissed her all over, licking his way around her collarbone and pale white shoulders, burying his head in her length of soft blue hair. He kissed down to her breast and laid his head on it, listening for a while, the quick beating of her heart.
'You are such a beautiful thing, Jyo-ha….You are worth the money.' The man whispered roughly, fondling her. He stripped himself and looked at Jyo, her naked body sliced by strips of white moonlight, her features shadowed. Throwing himself down onto her, he kissed her lips violently, forcing his tongue into her mouth.
'Sweet….' He chuckled, pulling away. 'The woman I was going to marry, she would be as sweet as you are. She has blue hair too, Jyo-ha. But she refused me, that bitch. She's just a peasant….. how dare she think she is some highborn lady.'
The man traced one callused finger down Jyo's heaving chest. 'Now, that I am rich, I can have any woman I want….. And tonight, I have the most sought after courtesan in all of the capital. You will please me, won't you, Jyo-ha….'
Jyo's head nodded automatically. She sat up and begin to pleasure the man, her shadowed eyes staring straight ahead. The man sighed under her touch, his hands gripped her white shoulders tightly, his fingernails biting into her flesh.
'You….you are good for a beginner.' The man gritted his teeth, feeling his breath quicken. Jyo continued her movements unconsciously. The smell of sandalwood grew stronger. A thin sheen of sweat broke over Jyo's body.
The man pushed her down and ravished her fiercely. Jyo's body quivered in response. But her eyes stared straight ahead, her mind suffocated by the sweet scent.
'Kai, where are you going?'
Jyo stood up, and walked towards him, tying back her sash. Kai's back was still turned from her.
'I am going to pack. I am leaving tomorrow morning.'
'Kai, will you come back for me?'
Jyo looked at the young man with hopeful blue-violet eyes. Kai turned around. Suddenly his gaze looked so cold, his green eyes looked like hard rocks, hard green rocks.
'I will, Jyo.'
Somehow, those words did not comfort Jyo. She looked in his green eyes…. She hoped to see something….
She looked into green eyes, open wide in the joy of ecstasy.
'Ahhhh…..Jyo-haa !' The man screamed, collapsing atop of her. The scent was gone in a flash. Jyo felt a stabbing pain between her thighs and something soft sliding out of her, leaving a wet trail.
She gasped, as the pain shot up her body. The man was like deadweight atop of her, crushing her chest. Wind blew in, cooling her sweaty body. She was naked, she realized in horror. The moonlight shifted, shining atop a tussled head of brown.
A sense of dread smothered Jyo's senses. Ignoring the pain, she moved the man away from her, letting him lie on the bed. The man was panting heavily, a satisfied smile on his face, his eyes closed. Clutching the bed covers to her, Jyo touched the man's cheek with a trembling hand. The man's eyes opened at her touch.
'You are wonderful…Jyo-ha…' Green eyes looked at her. Green eyes. The man ran his finger down her forearm. He was unable to see her face, for her features were shadowed in the moonlight. The man sat up, brushing the plastered strands of hair from his forehead.
'Now, I will look at you properly, and perhaps we can have some more fun…' The man laughed and gripped her shoulders, moving her towards the moonlight.
A heart wrenching ache stabbed Jyo. Moonlight fell down on her features, on her disarrayed hair, on his green eyes.
The man's hands dropped from her shoulders, a frightened look covering his face.
'Jyo…' He swallowed hoarsely, moving to the end of the bed.
'Kai…Kai…' Hot tears welled up in Jyo's eyes. 'Kai….' She lunged forwards clutching at him. 'Kai, bring me away, Kai, please, bring me away…..'
Kai looked at the girl before him in horror. Of all women, Jyo! The irony screamed at him. His fingers gripped at the bedsheets. Jyo grabbed his hands, sobbing.
'Kai, Kai, bring me away. Take me away. Please….'
She looked up into his face. He was deathly pale, he was shocked beyond comparison.
'Get away from me!' He screamed, pushing her away roughly. He leapt away from the bed and dressed himself quickly.
'You are a courtesan, a cheap woman. Don't expect me to bring some prostitute back! I don't even know how many men have enjoyed you!'
His green eyes grew stone-cold, and he spat at her. It was a blatant lie. He knew he took her, he was the first.
Jyo looked at him, tears trickling down her cheeks. Kai flung the doors open and fled.
Kai never returned to Ginyuuka. But he was seen at other courtesan parlors.
