Thief of Hearts

Chapter Four by: Death's Daughter

Regular disclaimers apply.


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Later that day, King Treize had to go out on some obscure peace-talk thing; Aveli didn't know what exactly, she hadn't been listening.

All she knew was, he wasn't in, and wasn't going to be back for a while; two very good things in her mind.

It had taken her relatively little time to find Treize's room, but it was taking longer than she would have liked to find what exactly she was looking for in there.

"Making me wear a sodding dress, ch'yeah, right…bastard…where is it? Christ…too damn neat for his own good…and it stinks of bloody roses in- Aha!" Aveli paused from her muttering as she found what she was after. Opening the wallet, she pulled out all the paper money in there and stuffed it in her bra for safekeeping. Then she opened the credit card section and flicked through it, before pulling out what she was after. She dropped the wallet back in the drawer, shut it and locked it again. "Mastercard, accepted everywhere…" She muttered to herself, smugly as she sauntered out the room. "He didn't like my clothes, I don't like his, let's see if we can reach a compromise…"

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Treize sat down in the armchair with as much dignity as he could muster, tired as he was. It was all he could do not to just flop into it and fall asleep.

However, it was still early, and, from the smells of things, dinner was served. Standing, he sent a servant to go fetch Aveli and he made his way into the dining room.  His stomach grumbled as he seated himself; but manners dictated that he didn't start until Aveli had arrived.

Five minutes later, the door opened and Treize looked up to see the girl strut in. He cleared his throat, his eyes taking in the skin-tight leather pants and the shirt that was only boarder lining on decent. She smiled cheerily at him before wandering down the table and taking a seat.

"I went shopping!" She stated, with more innocence than was normal as she started on the food.

"I can see that." Treize said slowly. "And where did you get the money, pray tell?" He blinked as a credit card bounced off his head.

"I figured you had enough to spare. You being king an' all."

"You stole my credit card? How do I know you didn't steal anything else?"

"'Cause I'm not like that. Only steal precious stuff if it's off someone I really, really loathe." She smiled sweetly, not letting on how close Treize was coming to that category. "'sides, it would look strange trying to pay for clothes with a…emerald studded locket." She smirked at the minute twitching of Treize's eyebrow. "Chill, though, I advise getting a better lock for the safe under your bed…oh, and the secret drawer in your dresser has chewing-gum stuck in the lock, sorry." Aveli finished her drink, burped loudly, before standing up, saluting and wandering out the room, leaving Treize dumbfounded, with a cold dinner.

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Chapter Five by: Lady Pax