Hotaru ran through corridor after corridor knowing Death was on her heels.
He would kill her if he caught her; she knew that. And she wasn't going to
go to the grave a miserable unmarried woman. She had to get away from the
Underworld!
And she was almost there! If she could just reach the main gate and get threw.... But she knew Death was gaining. But.. There! The gate! It was just ahead. She was almost there. She was there.
Another second and she would be free! But arms grabbed her and pulled her away from the jump she'd been about to take. Death had her and she was going to die. Duo held Hotaru tight against him and then with all his strength flung her over his should and started marching back to the palace. Some of the messengers stopped what they were doing to stare.
Duo didn't pay them any mind; he was thinking about what had been about to happen. 'Hotaru.. You would run from the Underworld just to escape me. You would rather live with mortals than with me? What if I hadn't caught her? What if she'd made it threw that portal? I don't want to think what would have happened if I'd lost her.'
They were in the palace by now and almost to his room. And now she'd started to struggle. Hotaru bashed at him and fought for her freedom. "Please let me go." She finally cried.
"Begging isn't going to help." Duo said gruffly.
"Please sire, just let me go. I can't stand to stay here! I can't work here when you bring you're bride back!"
Duo stopped. She didn't want him to.. Get married? She was hurting, that's why she'd run. She must hurt all over! 'What have I done?' Duo asked himself. He started walking again and kicked open his door.
After depositing Hotaru on the bed he walked back to the door, closed it and locked it. When he turned back to her, he gasped. Hotaru was crying. She was sitting in the middle of his black satin sheets in the middle of his bed crying. She looked like a fallen angel. So small and innocent.
"Hotaru.."
"Kill me." She finally said.
"What?"
"I ran to get away from the pain and from the death that I knew you'd give me for defiance. But death is better then living with knowing you'd be here at nights, cuddling with some wife I probably wouldn't even like."
Duo felt like he was being ripped around. "Hotaru."
"Just kill me!" She yelled looking at him with her big purple eyes filled with pain.
"No." He finally said.
"Do you have to no mercy?" Hotaru crumpled into a ball on his bed. She sopped against her knees.
"No, I don't."
Duo took a few big strides over to the bed and sat down. Carefully, he pulled the fragile girl against him. Hotaru didn't fight it; she was too weak at that moment. "Please, Duo.."
"Hush Taru. I won't hurt you." He murmured. "I would never hurt you. I love you to much." He whispered against her hair.
"Duo.. You love me?"
"Yes." He whispered. "Very much so."
"Duo!" She cried and pulled him closer. His cape slid off leaving him no covering for his pained eyes. They held each other and just stayed there. "Please.. I love you. Don't leave me!"
"I won't. We're both here Taru. I don't ever want to let you go. Just don't run away from me!"
"I.. have to." She finally said.
Duo pulled her back and looked her straight in the eye, "Why?"
"When you get married. it'll hurt to much!"
"Would it be that bad marring me?"
And she was almost there! If she could just reach the main gate and get threw.... But she knew Death was gaining. But.. There! The gate! It was just ahead. She was almost there. She was there.
Another second and she would be free! But arms grabbed her and pulled her away from the jump she'd been about to take. Death had her and she was going to die. Duo held Hotaru tight against him and then with all his strength flung her over his should and started marching back to the palace. Some of the messengers stopped what they were doing to stare.
Duo didn't pay them any mind; he was thinking about what had been about to happen. 'Hotaru.. You would run from the Underworld just to escape me. You would rather live with mortals than with me? What if I hadn't caught her? What if she'd made it threw that portal? I don't want to think what would have happened if I'd lost her.'
They were in the palace by now and almost to his room. And now she'd started to struggle. Hotaru bashed at him and fought for her freedom. "Please let me go." She finally cried.
"Begging isn't going to help." Duo said gruffly.
"Please sire, just let me go. I can't stand to stay here! I can't work here when you bring you're bride back!"
Duo stopped. She didn't want him to.. Get married? She was hurting, that's why she'd run. She must hurt all over! 'What have I done?' Duo asked himself. He started walking again and kicked open his door.
After depositing Hotaru on the bed he walked back to the door, closed it and locked it. When he turned back to her, he gasped. Hotaru was crying. She was sitting in the middle of his black satin sheets in the middle of his bed crying. She looked like a fallen angel. So small and innocent.
"Hotaru.."
"Kill me." She finally said.
"What?"
"I ran to get away from the pain and from the death that I knew you'd give me for defiance. But death is better then living with knowing you'd be here at nights, cuddling with some wife I probably wouldn't even like."
Duo felt like he was being ripped around. "Hotaru."
"Just kill me!" She yelled looking at him with her big purple eyes filled with pain.
"No." He finally said.
"Do you have to no mercy?" Hotaru crumpled into a ball on his bed. She sopped against her knees.
"No, I don't."
Duo took a few big strides over to the bed and sat down. Carefully, he pulled the fragile girl against him. Hotaru didn't fight it; she was too weak at that moment. "Please, Duo.."
"Hush Taru. I won't hurt you." He murmured. "I would never hurt you. I love you to much." He whispered against her hair.
"Duo.. You love me?"
"Yes." He whispered. "Very much so."
"Duo!" She cried and pulled him closer. His cape slid off leaving him no covering for his pained eyes. They held each other and just stayed there. "Please.. I love you. Don't leave me!"
"I won't. We're both here Taru. I don't ever want to let you go. Just don't run away from me!"
"I.. have to." She finally said.
Duo pulled her back and looked her straight in the eye, "Why?"
"When you get married. it'll hurt to much!"
"Would it be that bad marring me?"
