CHAPTER 10 - Verlockung [Temptation]
'There's nobody in here,' remarked Omi as they got back to the lobby. The torches were all put out, and no sign of inhabitation was in the place.
'Somehow I feel like this is a wild goose hunt,' Yohji said.
'This is. What if this is a trap?' Ken asked, looking around cautiously,
'Well that can be possible,' said Omi. 'After all I don't think those thugs would be revealing themselves at once…'
Yohji wandered around the spacious lobby and inspected it closely. 'Wild goose hunt…wild goose hunt…damn,' he cursed under his breath. 'It's been an hour, and they still haven't arrived. So what do you think of that?'
'I feel bad enough already…' Omi said exhaustedly. 'We've been searching this place forever and found no one.'
Ken was already getting exasperated with what was happening. 'Where could they be?'
*
'Found the target,' one of Jin's men said, not lifting his eyes off his computer's screen. 'Midtown Tokyo. Kirei Ryokan.'
An evil grin curled on Jin's lips. 'Ikeso,' he ordered. 'And make sure the rest of the Weiss gets locked in the manor. Bomb them with poison gas…and make certain all of them dies.'
*
Ran blinked to the warm sunlight touching his eyes.
Two days since he got kidnapped…so much had occurred since then…
Then he became aware of Kei sleeping beside him.
'Kei-san…' he whispered softly catching his breath. He pulled himself up, so his elbows supported his upper torso. He ached to touch her, he suddenly realized. Never in his life had he became this attracted to a woman…was it desire? Or love? He did not know…
Tenderly he brushed a few wisps of hair lost upon her cheeks, and tucked them behind her ear. She did not budge. Her sleep must've been too deep. *She slept beside me without me knowing it?* he thought to himself, quite startled by that fact. Yet he could not deny the bliss it gave him.
Perhaps his mind had not been functioning effectively since he got to know her better. He had himself prisoner without any prior reason…he trusted her as he led him to freedom…and now…
Slowly, he brought his lips to hers…soft as breeze…cradling her head with his strong hands… It woke her with a start, surprised with the touch of his mouth, and gasped. However, she surrendered to his lips, and returned the kiss.
Probably Ran had completely lost sanity.
She moved up the bed, so her head rested upon the down pillows as he continued nuzzling her neck. She snuggled comfortably beneath him as his kiss intensified. Liquid fire seemed to surge in his body, as his ardor overflowed. Ran wrapped his arms tightly around her, devouring her mouth, getting lost in the heated sensation…
His heart banged on his rib cage, screaming for him to stop. He knew this was wrong…terribly wrong…
On influx, images of Kei and Jin passionately locked in a private world flashed in his thoughts…of Kei and Jin kissing in front of the flower shop when he saved her…of Kei and Jin mocking him as they held him captive…
Of Kei and himself eating ice cream in the empty track field.
If that made everything right, Ran would want to spend forever lost in this moment…
*
'Iie…'
Ran pushed himself from Kei and stared at her steadily. She had been a real temptation…
It was as if he heard Sakura's voice at the back of his head.
Shutting his eyes, he pressed a palm on his forehead. 'Do you realize what you have just done?' he asked, his eyes pensively staring at nowhere.
'Kiss you?' she asked, confusion present in her voice.
'Iie,' he said quietly. 'Saved me from them…healed my wounds…brought me here… Why?'
Wistfully she smiled. 'Aya,' she began gingerly. 'You're the first man, who ever treated me like a human being…' she confessed, sitting upon the bed and looking at him warmly. There was a sad note in her tone of speaking. 'I've longed for someone like you…and I am thankful I found you…' She looked down timidly. 'I know you do not approve of it…me kissing you…I know all about Sakura…I know how much you love her…I'm sorry…'
He placed no reply. *I know I detest it when women gets extra sweet...* he thought.
'I know a lot of things about you,' she disclosed. 'Gomen nasai…you've been a real temptation…I have always wondered how it would feel to be with someone who accepts me…and I have already felt it, now I am contented…I don't care if this means death.'
'Kei-san…atashi---' Ran's sentence was interrupted by a stream of bullets and broken glass raining from the window beside their bed. Immediately Kei and Ran ducked, and sought shelter behind the bed. Ran's arm was around Kei as he shielded her from the bullets.
The steady hum of missiles filled their ears.
'Jin-kun,' she muttered. 'He found us…'
*
'There's nobody in here,' remarked Omi as they got back to the lobby. The torches were all put out, and no sign of inhabitation was in the place.
'Somehow I feel like this is a wild goose hunt,' Yohji said.
'This is. What if this is a trap?' Ken asked, looking around cautiously,
'Well that can be possible,' said Omi. 'After all I don't think those thugs would be revealing themselves at once…'
Yohji wandered around the spacious lobby and inspected it closely. 'Wild goose hunt…wild goose hunt…damn,' he cursed under his breath. 'It's been an hour, and they still haven't arrived. So what do you think of that?'
'I feel bad enough already…' Omi said exhaustedly. 'We've been searching this place forever and found no one.'
Ken was already getting exasperated with what was happening. 'Where could they be?'
*
'Found the target,' one of Jin's men said, not lifting his eyes off his computer's screen. 'Midtown Tokyo. Kirei Ryokan.'
An evil grin curled on Jin's lips. 'Ikeso,' he ordered. 'And make sure the rest of the Weiss gets locked in the manor. Bomb them with poison gas…and make certain all of them dies.'
*
Ran blinked to the warm sunlight touching his eyes.
Two days since he got kidnapped…so much had occurred since then…
Then he became aware of Kei sleeping beside him.
'Kei-san…' he whispered softly catching his breath. He pulled himself up, so his elbows supported his upper torso. He ached to touch her, he suddenly realized. Never in his life had he became this attracted to a woman…was it desire? Or love? He did not know…
Tenderly he brushed a few wisps of hair lost upon her cheeks, and tucked them behind her ear. She did not budge. Her sleep must've been too deep. *She slept beside me without me knowing it?* he thought to himself, quite startled by that fact. Yet he could not deny the bliss it gave him.
Perhaps his mind had not been functioning effectively since he got to know her better. He had himself prisoner without any prior reason…he trusted her as he led him to freedom…and now…
Slowly, he brought his lips to hers…soft as breeze…cradling her head with his strong hands… It woke her with a start, surprised with the touch of his mouth, and gasped. However, she surrendered to his lips, and returned the kiss.
Probably Ran had completely lost sanity.
She moved up the bed, so her head rested upon the down pillows as he continued nuzzling her neck. She snuggled comfortably beneath him as his kiss intensified. Liquid fire seemed to surge in his body, as his ardor overflowed. Ran wrapped his arms tightly around her, devouring her mouth, getting lost in the heated sensation…
His heart banged on his rib cage, screaming for him to stop. He knew this was wrong…terribly wrong…
On influx, images of Kei and Jin passionately locked in a private world flashed in his thoughts…of Kei and Jin kissing in front of the flower shop when he saved her…of Kei and Jin mocking him as they held him captive…
Of Kei and himself eating ice cream in the empty track field.
If that made everything right, Ran would want to spend forever lost in this moment…
*
'Iie…'
Ran pushed himself from Kei and stared at her steadily. She had been a real temptation…
It was as if he heard Sakura's voice at the back of his head.
Shutting his eyes, he pressed a palm on his forehead. 'Do you realize what you have just done?' he asked, his eyes pensively staring at nowhere.
'Kiss you?' she asked, confusion present in her voice.
'Iie,' he said quietly. 'Saved me from them…healed my wounds…brought me here… Why?'
Wistfully she smiled. 'Aya,' she began gingerly. 'You're the first man, who ever treated me like a human being…' she confessed, sitting upon the bed and looking at him warmly. There was a sad note in her tone of speaking. 'I've longed for someone like you…and I am thankful I found you…' She looked down timidly. 'I know you do not approve of it…me kissing you…I know all about Sakura…I know how much you love her…I'm sorry…'
He placed no reply. *I know I detest it when women gets extra sweet...* he thought.
'I know a lot of things about you,' she disclosed. 'Gomen nasai…you've been a real temptation…I have always wondered how it would feel to be with someone who accepts me…and I have already felt it, now I am contented…I don't care if this means death.'
'Kei-san…atashi---' Ran's sentence was interrupted by a stream of bullets and broken glass raining from the window beside their bed. Immediately Kei and Ran ducked, and sought shelter behind the bed. Ran's arm was around Kei as he shielded her from the bullets.
The steady hum of missiles filled their ears.
'Jin-kun,' she muttered. 'He found us…'
*