You Get Me
Chapter 10
Her heart raced as she shut the bathroom door behind her, leaning against it. Kina's eyes shifted around her as she looked for any kind of sign that someone was watching. She was done being brave and putting on an act, a mask. She was scared, afraid, some could even say paranoid but she knew for a fact, she was alone. Alone, the cold word that whispers through the wind as it lashes at a person, pushing them back. Trust no one. The words of her father. Did he mean even don't trust Yue, Nuriko or Hotohori? She was so unsure. Unsure of everything in her life right now. All she knew was she had to do something, but what? She'd been wearing a mask around the house, at school. Pretending everything was ok but it wasn't. Would Max ever leave her alone? And what were his strange intentions? Nothing boring was ever happening to her that was for sure. But she'd rather live a boring life than a life like this. Was this her destiny? So many questions and yet so little answers. Was the relationship of her and Yue doomed? Even with the blessings of Venus?
"Stop this. Stop doubting yourself." Kina slammed her fist into the bathroom countertop. "What does he want from me?!" She lowered her voice; afraid Yue would hear her and start questioning her. She knew she should tell him but she was scared of what Max might do. She didn't care about what he did to her, but she did care about what he did to Yue, Nuriko, Hotohori and most importantly, the baby. Like Yue said before, she had to think of the baby.
"Are you ok in there?" Yue's voice brought Kina out of the coma she was in.
"Y-yeah." She vaguely stuttered then turned to start the shower. "Lying and hiding, this is no way to live. But I have to do it, if I want to live. Does that make any sense Tama?" She turned to the tan kitten that purred in response to her. "I'm so confused! What am I supposed to do? I wish somebody would just tell me." A soft sigh escaped her lips as she stroked Tama gently.
"Meow!" He said back to her.
"Some answer you have." Kina chuckled. She then turned and stared into the mirror at herself. Her red head was plastered to her face from sweat and her skin was a ghastly pale. Her blues eyes stared back at her. She lifted her hand and laid it against the cold mirror. "M-my heart hurts…" She let the words flow out of her mouth as the warm tears fell. Her hand curved over her stomach, you couldn't even tell she was pregnant. With that, she turned and stepped into the shower.
~*~
"Is Kina ok?" Yue walked into the kitchen, talking to Nuriko. Hotohori was polishing Table.
Hotohori angrily looked up, "Two words- mood swings!! It'll be a battle zone in here soon! Take cover Nuriko, join Table and I as we build a bomb shelter!"
"Ha-ha." Kina mocked them as she walked into the room.
"Yeah, we would have to make a bomb shelter in cause we have World War 3!" Nuriko burst into laughter but shut up as Kina gave him the glare-o-death.
~*~
Rays of golden sunlight pierced through the frosted window, randomly landing upon the faces of Kina and Yue.
"Mmm…" Kina's eyes slowly opened as everything was a blur around her then it came into focus. She turned her head to the left to come face to face with a drooling Yue. "Just what you want to see when you wake up." She chuckled to herself. For that brief moment she forgot the pains of yesterday. This was today; it was a new day for her. A new chance at the world. The red head tediously dragged herself out of the warm haven, her bed, as she crept over to the window to shut the blinds. She needed at least another half and hour of sleep. But as she stepped in front of the window Kina froze in shock. Her mouth opened to form words. "SNOW!!!!!!! SNOOOOWWW!!!!" She screamed happily as she dove onto the bed, jerking Yue awake. "Look!! LOOK! It snowed out! Snow! Snow!!" Kina happily bounced on the bed as the frightened Yue tried to make out her words.
"Oh! Snow!" The white haired bishonen stood up and looked out the window. The world was enveloped with a layer of pure white snow. Crystal droplets of pearl fell down from the clouds to softly land on the ground. When it rained, it was blue crystals but when it snowed, it was white pearls. Pearls from heaven, as Kina's mother use to say.
"It's beautiful." Kina sighed happily as Yue wrapped his arm around her. "I love the snow." A smile formed on her face.
"Me too, but not as much as I love you!" Yue poked her side, causing her to laugh. The dream-like snow layered the ground, the trees and the roofs of houses. Across the street children where already building happy snowmen and where engaging in snowball fights.
"I'll drive you to school today, can't have you walking out in this cold." He grinned.
"Thanks. Let me get ready then I'll met you in the car." She replied.
After she was bundled up like a marsh mellow, she left the warm home to be blasted with the cold. Yue smiled at her as she stepped carefully across the frozen sidewalk. She looked up and saw him watching her, causing her face to turn a light pink as she hurried her steps. As she approached him, her footing slipped on the ice causing her to go flying forward. With a quick motion, Yue had his arms around her, holding her up against his strong body.
"Careful. I got you." He whispered to her as he steadied her on her feet.
"Thanks, my hero." She held onto his hand tightly as they walked towards the car together.
"See you after work!!!" Yue waved as he drove away from the school, blowing Kina a quick kiss.
"Bye." Kina waved. She watched the silver car disappear around the street and from there she turned away from the school, walking in the opposite direction. "I can't go back to school until I know what Max is up to. I'll just make a little visit to his house." She smirked at her plan. She knew it was stupid. She knew it was risky. She knew it was dangerous, but she had to know if she should live her life worried every second that Max was going to pull some kind of stunt. Her footsteps quickened as she tried to stop her heart from racing.
She was at his front door. Pushing the doorbell, she waited for an answer, hiding in the bushes. No one answered. No one was home. Perfect, he was at school. Grinning, she crept around the back. "Just one little wiggle…and…perfect!!" She put her bobby pin back in her hair as she opened the door. Stepping in slowly, she looked around. The house looked the same as before, normal inside and out. Kina just prayed no one would find her in there. Her red hair fluttered from the heater that was turned on as she looked around the kitchen. Normal kitchen, nothing strange. Guest bedroom, normal, nothing strange. Normal bathroom, normal bedroom, normal laundry room. What was with this guy?! Everything was normal except him!!! Kina glanced around his bedroom. The bed had been left unmade and articles of clothing littered across the floor.
"I'm going to be ticked off if I don't find anything…" She turned to leave the room when a glittering pink caught in the corner of her eye. Kina swung around, squinting to see as she walked closer to his closet. There it was again, sparkling pink. With the swing of her hand she pulled open the closet and what she saw made tears fill her eyes, her heart stop and her body shake violently. Right in front of her was the wedding picture of her and Yue that had been missing a few weeks ago. Around it flowers and sparkling hearts decorated it, as if it was a shrine. But it was a shrine. What made her shake more was the in the wedding picture, Yue's face had been cut out and pasted in its place was a picture of Max. She grabbed the picture, ready to rip it but she froze. If she ripped it, he would know she was there. Kina went to put it back when some writing on the back caught her eye again. It was her handwriting, a perfect forgery of her handwriting. And on it, it said "To my beloved Max. With tons of love, Kina." It was her exact handwriting, but…how? She had never written it. Other pictures of her littered the floor, during physical education class, during Spanish class, laughing in English class.
"When did he take these? How?! HOW!?!?!" She screamed but stopped herself, afraid somebody would hear. She felt utterly and completely violated. Kina looked around to see if there was anything else and what she found startled her. Behind the 'shrine' to her, there was something else. It was another 'shrine.' It looked old, maybe made a few years ago. The flowers where dead and the hearts where faded. In the center was a picture of a girl with red hair, smiling with her arm around Max.
"Who's that?" She questioned herself as she looked at the picture. The girl looked frighteningly like Kina, but not exactly. If you did a few changes to her, then they could be the same. That scared her. It scared the crap out of Kina. All she knew now was she had to get out of that house, get out of the closet. This was too deep for her; she was in too far. She was sinking in quicksand, drowning in the water from before; the glass was shattering all around her. And she had no way out. She turned and began to run, to get out of the house. Kina had to get out of there. Tears blinded her as she ran to towards the backdoor. Then she hit something. Something solid but soft and warm at the same time. She stumbled backward; regaining her composure then looked up at the thing in her way. And what she saw was what she feared most. Her eyes saw shoes, then jeans, and then a red sweater. Then his face. His. Max's face with his piercing eyes and his twisted smile.
"Looks like I have a little uninvited visitor." He said quietly as he stepped towards her. "Now what has this intruder been up to?" He ran his eyes over her, causing her to shudder. He reached out, clamping his hand in an iron grip on her arm.
Kina winced in pain, "L-let go…" She managed to squeak.
"And why should I?" He seemed to mock her, to laugh at her fright.
"B-because it hurts…" She replied, her voice broken.
"Oh, what a pity. It hurts. Well too bad, it hurts that you are not trusting enough that you have to break into my house. I could call the police on you, or call your precious Yue down here to see you. But I'll be nice." He raised a fist into air and brought it down on her cheek. She coughed, feeling her mouth go numb with pain. "Don't do this again!"
"But I haven't done ANYTHING! You psycho!" She slapped him across his face as she made a mad run for the door. She had to get out of this place, this trap.
"No, you don't leave yet!!" He turned and dove at her, grabbing onto her jacket hood and yanking her backwards. It caused her to fly down and land on the floor with a loud thud.
"Help!!!" She screamed before a hand was clamped around her mouth.
"Be quiet, we wouldn't want a freak accident to happen to you, now would we?" Max threatened.
She nodded with tears in her eyes. It was the end. The end for her and for her life of happiness. Her world collapsed around her.
Yet Another Story… ^_^
Kina: SNOW!! SNOW!!!
Yue: No, that's just my dandruff.
Kina: …
And ANOTHER Story (Special- two in one!)
Kina: M-my head hurts…
Yue: You've been thinking too much again, haven't you?
Kina: It's going to explode into pieces!!!!
Nuriko: Duck and cover!
Kina: Duck?! Where? Quack! It's stalking me!
Lauren: Don't ask…!
Chapter 10
Her heart raced as she shut the bathroom door behind her, leaning against it. Kina's eyes shifted around her as she looked for any kind of sign that someone was watching. She was done being brave and putting on an act, a mask. She was scared, afraid, some could even say paranoid but she knew for a fact, she was alone. Alone, the cold word that whispers through the wind as it lashes at a person, pushing them back. Trust no one. The words of her father. Did he mean even don't trust Yue, Nuriko or Hotohori? She was so unsure. Unsure of everything in her life right now. All she knew was she had to do something, but what? She'd been wearing a mask around the house, at school. Pretending everything was ok but it wasn't. Would Max ever leave her alone? And what were his strange intentions? Nothing boring was ever happening to her that was for sure. But she'd rather live a boring life than a life like this. Was this her destiny? So many questions and yet so little answers. Was the relationship of her and Yue doomed? Even with the blessings of Venus?
"Stop this. Stop doubting yourself." Kina slammed her fist into the bathroom countertop. "What does he want from me?!" She lowered her voice; afraid Yue would hear her and start questioning her. She knew she should tell him but she was scared of what Max might do. She didn't care about what he did to her, but she did care about what he did to Yue, Nuriko, Hotohori and most importantly, the baby. Like Yue said before, she had to think of the baby.
"Are you ok in there?" Yue's voice brought Kina out of the coma she was in.
"Y-yeah." She vaguely stuttered then turned to start the shower. "Lying and hiding, this is no way to live. But I have to do it, if I want to live. Does that make any sense Tama?" She turned to the tan kitten that purred in response to her. "I'm so confused! What am I supposed to do? I wish somebody would just tell me." A soft sigh escaped her lips as she stroked Tama gently.
"Meow!" He said back to her.
"Some answer you have." Kina chuckled. She then turned and stared into the mirror at herself. Her red head was plastered to her face from sweat and her skin was a ghastly pale. Her blues eyes stared back at her. She lifted her hand and laid it against the cold mirror. "M-my heart hurts…" She let the words flow out of her mouth as the warm tears fell. Her hand curved over her stomach, you couldn't even tell she was pregnant. With that, she turned and stepped into the shower.
~*~
"Is Kina ok?" Yue walked into the kitchen, talking to Nuriko. Hotohori was polishing Table.
Hotohori angrily looked up, "Two words- mood swings!! It'll be a battle zone in here soon! Take cover Nuriko, join Table and I as we build a bomb shelter!"
"Ha-ha." Kina mocked them as she walked into the room.
"Yeah, we would have to make a bomb shelter in cause we have World War 3!" Nuriko burst into laughter but shut up as Kina gave him the glare-o-death.
~*~
Rays of golden sunlight pierced through the frosted window, randomly landing upon the faces of Kina and Yue.
"Mmm…" Kina's eyes slowly opened as everything was a blur around her then it came into focus. She turned her head to the left to come face to face with a drooling Yue. "Just what you want to see when you wake up." She chuckled to herself. For that brief moment she forgot the pains of yesterday. This was today; it was a new day for her. A new chance at the world. The red head tediously dragged herself out of the warm haven, her bed, as she crept over to the window to shut the blinds. She needed at least another half and hour of sleep. But as she stepped in front of the window Kina froze in shock. Her mouth opened to form words. "SNOW!!!!!!! SNOOOOWWW!!!!" She screamed happily as she dove onto the bed, jerking Yue awake. "Look!! LOOK! It snowed out! Snow! Snow!!" Kina happily bounced on the bed as the frightened Yue tried to make out her words.
"Oh! Snow!" The white haired bishonen stood up and looked out the window. The world was enveloped with a layer of pure white snow. Crystal droplets of pearl fell down from the clouds to softly land on the ground. When it rained, it was blue crystals but when it snowed, it was white pearls. Pearls from heaven, as Kina's mother use to say.
"It's beautiful." Kina sighed happily as Yue wrapped his arm around her. "I love the snow." A smile formed on her face.
"Me too, but not as much as I love you!" Yue poked her side, causing her to laugh. The dream-like snow layered the ground, the trees and the roofs of houses. Across the street children where already building happy snowmen and where engaging in snowball fights.
"I'll drive you to school today, can't have you walking out in this cold." He grinned.
"Thanks. Let me get ready then I'll met you in the car." She replied.
After she was bundled up like a marsh mellow, she left the warm home to be blasted with the cold. Yue smiled at her as she stepped carefully across the frozen sidewalk. She looked up and saw him watching her, causing her face to turn a light pink as she hurried her steps. As she approached him, her footing slipped on the ice causing her to go flying forward. With a quick motion, Yue had his arms around her, holding her up against his strong body.
"Careful. I got you." He whispered to her as he steadied her on her feet.
"Thanks, my hero." She held onto his hand tightly as they walked towards the car together.
"See you after work!!!" Yue waved as he drove away from the school, blowing Kina a quick kiss.
"Bye." Kina waved. She watched the silver car disappear around the street and from there she turned away from the school, walking in the opposite direction. "I can't go back to school until I know what Max is up to. I'll just make a little visit to his house." She smirked at her plan. She knew it was stupid. She knew it was risky. She knew it was dangerous, but she had to know if she should live her life worried every second that Max was going to pull some kind of stunt. Her footsteps quickened as she tried to stop her heart from racing.
She was at his front door. Pushing the doorbell, she waited for an answer, hiding in the bushes. No one answered. No one was home. Perfect, he was at school. Grinning, she crept around the back. "Just one little wiggle…and…perfect!!" She put her bobby pin back in her hair as she opened the door. Stepping in slowly, she looked around. The house looked the same as before, normal inside and out. Kina just prayed no one would find her in there. Her red hair fluttered from the heater that was turned on as she looked around the kitchen. Normal kitchen, nothing strange. Guest bedroom, normal, nothing strange. Normal bathroom, normal bedroom, normal laundry room. What was with this guy?! Everything was normal except him!!! Kina glanced around his bedroom. The bed had been left unmade and articles of clothing littered across the floor.
"I'm going to be ticked off if I don't find anything…" She turned to leave the room when a glittering pink caught in the corner of her eye. Kina swung around, squinting to see as she walked closer to his closet. There it was again, sparkling pink. With the swing of her hand she pulled open the closet and what she saw made tears fill her eyes, her heart stop and her body shake violently. Right in front of her was the wedding picture of her and Yue that had been missing a few weeks ago. Around it flowers and sparkling hearts decorated it, as if it was a shrine. But it was a shrine. What made her shake more was the in the wedding picture, Yue's face had been cut out and pasted in its place was a picture of Max. She grabbed the picture, ready to rip it but she froze. If she ripped it, he would know she was there. Kina went to put it back when some writing on the back caught her eye again. It was her handwriting, a perfect forgery of her handwriting. And on it, it said "To my beloved Max. With tons of love, Kina." It was her exact handwriting, but…how? She had never written it. Other pictures of her littered the floor, during physical education class, during Spanish class, laughing in English class.
"When did he take these? How?! HOW!?!?!" She screamed but stopped herself, afraid somebody would hear. She felt utterly and completely violated. Kina looked around to see if there was anything else and what she found startled her. Behind the 'shrine' to her, there was something else. It was another 'shrine.' It looked old, maybe made a few years ago. The flowers where dead and the hearts where faded. In the center was a picture of a girl with red hair, smiling with her arm around Max.
"Who's that?" She questioned herself as she looked at the picture. The girl looked frighteningly like Kina, but not exactly. If you did a few changes to her, then they could be the same. That scared her. It scared the crap out of Kina. All she knew now was she had to get out of that house, get out of the closet. This was too deep for her; she was in too far. She was sinking in quicksand, drowning in the water from before; the glass was shattering all around her. And she had no way out. She turned and began to run, to get out of the house. Kina had to get out of there. Tears blinded her as she ran to towards the backdoor. Then she hit something. Something solid but soft and warm at the same time. She stumbled backward; regaining her composure then looked up at the thing in her way. And what she saw was what she feared most. Her eyes saw shoes, then jeans, and then a red sweater. Then his face. His. Max's face with his piercing eyes and his twisted smile.
"Looks like I have a little uninvited visitor." He said quietly as he stepped towards her. "Now what has this intruder been up to?" He ran his eyes over her, causing her to shudder. He reached out, clamping his hand in an iron grip on her arm.
Kina winced in pain, "L-let go…" She managed to squeak.
"And why should I?" He seemed to mock her, to laugh at her fright.
"B-because it hurts…" She replied, her voice broken.
"Oh, what a pity. It hurts. Well too bad, it hurts that you are not trusting enough that you have to break into my house. I could call the police on you, or call your precious Yue down here to see you. But I'll be nice." He raised a fist into air and brought it down on her cheek. She coughed, feeling her mouth go numb with pain. "Don't do this again!"
"But I haven't done ANYTHING! You psycho!" She slapped him across his face as she made a mad run for the door. She had to get out of this place, this trap.
"No, you don't leave yet!!" He turned and dove at her, grabbing onto her jacket hood and yanking her backwards. It caused her to fly down and land on the floor with a loud thud.
"Help!!!" She screamed before a hand was clamped around her mouth.
"Be quiet, we wouldn't want a freak accident to happen to you, now would we?" Max threatened.
She nodded with tears in her eyes. It was the end. The end for her and for her life of happiness. Her world collapsed around her.
Yet Another Story… ^_^
Kina: SNOW!! SNOW!!!
Yue: No, that's just my dandruff.
Kina: …
And ANOTHER Story (Special- two in one!)
Kina: M-my head hurts…
Yue: You've been thinking too much again, haven't you?
Kina: It's going to explode into pieces!!!!
Nuriko: Duck and cover!
Kina: Duck?! Where? Quack! It's stalking me!
Lauren: Don't ask…!